The Long and Winding Road:
Regional Maya Sacbe, Yucatán Peninsula, México

Conclusions

This season of research has resulted in realization that there is a considerable amount of investigation still to be done during the summer of 2000 field season. Archival research has proven to be elusive and frustrating, but I will continue to pursue this endeavor by communicating with the University of London (to obtain archival information on the Banco de Londres y México), and Banco Serafin. Additionally, I am continuing a search of the literature in México, and colleagues occasionally send me related articles (see for example, Möller, 1986). Ethnographic interviews continue to be useful in locating road segments and features, as well as to confirm our previous information about the local history. Survey and mapping have been slow, but productive, and I hope to conclude a large segment of the map during this upcoming season. Excavations have revealed a small amount of ancient material, which will be analyzed during the summer of 2000.  I also hope to conduct additional excavations this summer to obtain more material, and further confirm the antiquity of the roadbed. The 1999 season was instrumental in reaching this conclusion and for providing justification to continue this long-term project. The author would like to thank the Foundation for the Advancement of Mesoamerican Studies, Inc. (FAMSI) for providing me with an opportunity to conduct this research.

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