Southeast Sector Settlement, A Stucco Statue, and Substantial Survey:   The Caracol 1997 Season
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Research Year:  1997
Culture:  Maya
Chronology:  Late Classic to Terminal Classic
Location:  Belize
Site:  Caracol

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Abstract
Southeast Sector Investigations
Investigations in the Vicinity Structure A1
Survey
Summary
List of Figures
Sources Cited

Abstract

The thirteenth season of the Caracol Project ran from the end of January through the beginning of April 1997. Excavations began the second week in February and continued through the last week in March. Major support for the 1997 field season came from the Foundation for the Advancement of Mesoamerican Studies, Inc. (FAMSI) and from private donations to the University of Central Florida (UCF). The 1997 season had three major foci:

1. The investigation of open/collapsed/looted tombs from residential groups in the southeast sector of Caracol;

2. The investigation of the area excavated by Satterthwaite at the rear of Structure A1 for the removal of Caracol Stela 1 and Caracol Altar 1 (now in the Bliss Institute);

3. The enlargement of the recorded part of Caracol’s central area through transit-mapping.

Substantial accomplishments were made relative to each of the above three goals during the 1997 field season.

Submitted 01/01/1998 by:
Arlen F. Chase and Diane Z. Chase
Chase@caracol.org

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