Northeastern Yucatán Project:
Archaeological Survey in the Northeastern Corner of Yucatán, México

List of Figures

Figure   1.  Map of the Yucatán Peninsula showing the project’s proposed research area. At the time of writing this report, the first stage of the archaeological survey has been completed at 90%.

Figure   2.  Overall map with the location of all sites surveyed and mentioned in this report. The base map for locating the sites was originally taken from a chart in a 1:250.000 scale drawn by the INEGI. Each square with blue lines measures 10 km on the sides.

Figure   3.  Map of 1774 showing El Cuyo with the shape of a hill; it may probably refer to the pyramid we now are acquainted with (cartographer unknown).

Figure   4.  Front drawing and section of the fragmented stone resembling the shapes of the "curtain hanger" that flanked the doors of Maya rooms. This is from the site of Km. 11.

Figure   5.  Sketch of the central area of the archaeological site Km. 11.

Figure   6.  Drawing of the greenstone axe which originated in the Teapa area.

Figure   7.  Artifacts found in possession of private individuals from the town of Solferino: (a) Shell pectoral from Solferino, (b) Shell pendant from the Monte Bravo area, and (c) Snail bead from Solferino.

Figure   8.  Sketch of the Nohcachí settlement.

Figure   9.  Sketch of main core of Nuevo León or Site 5. It corresponds to a plaza where the largest structures of the settlement are gathered.

Figure 10.  Sketch of the pre-hispanic settlement of Site 7, with the drawing of a metate found in the southwestern corner of the main platform.

Figure 11.  Hypothetical reconstruction drawings, based on the sites of Nohcachí and Nuevo León (Site 5), exemplifying the sites with the largest volumes recorded in our study area.

Figure 12.  Hypothetical reconstruction drawings based on the site of Km. 11, exemplifying a second tier range of the sites recorded in our survey.

Figure 13.  Hypothetical reconstruction drawing exemplifying block 3 in relation to the size of the sites in our survey area.

Figure 14.  Hypothetical reconstruction drawing exemplifying the size and type of the last block structures to which a portion of the visited sites belong.

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