The Naranjo Rescue Project: New Data from the Preclassic Guatemala
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Research Year:  2006
Culture:  Maya
Chronology:  Preclassic
Location:  Guatemalan Highlands, Guatemala
Site:  Naranjo

Table of Contents

Abstract
Introduction
Background
Rescue Projects and the Middle Preclassic
Research at Naranjo
Preliminary Interpretations
Acknowledgements
List of Figures
Sources Cited

Abstract

The Proyecto de Rescate Naranjo started as a rescue work required by the Instituto de Antropología e Historia in Guatemala due to the construction of an urban development in the area. An emergency grant was provided by FAMSI to do more fieldwork and support archaeological analysis. Fieldwork began at the end of July 2005 and finished in March 2006.  Naranjo is located in the central Guatemalan highlands and has proven to have a Middle Preclassic occupation with a scant Late Classic re-use. The site was completely abandoned by the Late Preclassic, suggesting that it fell under Kaminaljuyú's centralized authority. Its large size, strategic location and large presence of plain monuments, suggest that it may have been one of the earliest ceremonial centers in the region. The settlement pattern study has shown a high population density, suggesting a complex organization of the Middle Preclassic highland society.

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Submitted 08/22/2007 by:
Barbara Arroyo
Asociación Tikal
arroyobarbara2003@yahoo.com

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