Investigations of Middle Preclassic Public Architecture at the site of Blackman Eddy, Belize
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Research Year:  1997
Culture:  Maya
Chronology:  Middle Pre-Classic
Location:  Cayo District, Belize
Site:  Blackman Eddy

Table of Contents

Abstract
Introduction
Background information about Blackman Eddy
Early Middle Preclassic Construction Phases of Str. B1
Structure B1-6th
Structure B1-5th
Structure B1-4th
Ritual Deposits Associated with the early Middle Preclassic Construction Phases: B1-4th, B1-5th, and B1-6th
Conclusions
List of Figures
Sources Cited

Abstract

This report will focus on Middle Preclassic public architecture from the site of Blackman Eddy, Belize. The Southwest Texas State University Belize Valley Archaeological Project began investigating the site of Blackman Eddy in the summer of 1990 and has continued to the present. In 1990, survey and test excavations were initiated in the site core of Blackman Eddy. The site of Blackman Eddy is located in Cayo District, Belize, approximately 200 meters south of the Western Highway on a hill overlooking Blackman Eddy village and the Belize River floodplain.

Submitted 10/01/1998 by:
M. Kathryn Brown
maryb@post.cis.smu.edu

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