Excavations on Agricultural Terraces: Results of the 2004 Field Season at Chan, Belize

Future Research at Chan

Excavations in the 2005 field season will focus on terraces and housemounds situated in different locations around the Chan site and representing different construction types. We will be focusing on a terrace group located approximately 1.5 km distant from the site core in order to sample terraces in the hinterlands of the Chan site. This group is represented by significantly smaller terraces and housemounds. We will also be excavating a group of large cross-channel terraces to gain a representative sample of this type of terrace. And finally, we will be excavating a group of terraces located only 150 m from the site core to provide a sample located at the center of the site.

These different excavations will ideally provide a representative sampling of the types of terrace constructions located at the Chan site, as well as the organization of the different people who constructed, maintained, and farmed in this area.

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