Kings of Jaguar Hill: Monuments and Caches at Zapote Bobal (2005)
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Research Year:  2005
Culture:  Maya
Chronology:  Late Classic
Location:  Zapote Bobal, Guatemala
Sites:  Zapote Bobal

Table of Contents

Abstract
Introduction
Program of Investigations
Excavations in El Cementerio and the Main Plaza
The New 2005 Monuments
Stela 16 and Altar V
Stela 17 and Grupo Chultun
Altar X and Miscellaneous Sculptured Stone 1
Stelae 18 and 19
Future Seasons
List of Figures
Sources Cited

Abstract

This FAMSI grant, received by the Proyecto Petén Noroccidente for the 2005 field season, supported the first excavations at the Classic Maya site of Zapote Bobal, Guatemala. The fieldwork phase of this project began in June 2005 with the consent of IDAEH and continued into July, after which time several months were spent analyzing the results of excavation in the project laboratories in La Libertad and Antigua, Guatemala, as well as at university locations in the United States and France. FAMSI funds were specifically used during the field season to excavate and document the sculptural record at the site; during the course of season, as outlined in the following paper, several caches as well as new monuments were uncovered. Together with data from other parts of the site, these monuments and caches have provided the first glimpse of ritual life at a polity known to us from the Classic Maya inscriptions as Hix Witz, or "Jaguar Hill".

Submitted 08/18/2006 by:
James L. Fitzsimmons
jfitzsim@middlebury.edu

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