Mirador Basin
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The Mirador Basin is a hypothesized
During the past two decades, the region has been the object of archaeological investigations at the large Middle and Late Preclassic sites of El Mirador, Nakbe, El Tintal, Wakna, the recently discovered sites of Xulnal and El Pesquero, and numerous smaller settlements, dating mostly to the Classic period, such as La Florida, Maaxte, Zacatal, Chan Kan, Tsab Kan, Pedernal, Isla, La Muerta, and La Muralla. Dozens of additional sites are dispersed within the Basin, including several extremely large ones such as Naachtun in the northeast corner which is currently under investigation by a team from the University of Calgary in Canada (Director: Kathryn Reese-Taylor). The primary settlement of the major sites in the basin dates to the Middle Preclassic (ca. 1000 BCE - 350 BCE) and Late Preclassic periods (ca. 350 BCE - CE 150), with relatively little overburden from the large scale constructions and extensive settlements that characterized the Classic periods (CE 250-900) of Lowland Maya civilization.
The region belongs to the
Research and development of the Mirador Basin occurs in close cooperation and collaboration with the Guatemalan
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References
- Alvarado, Gilberto (1994). "Aspectos Ecológicos del Norte del Peten, Guatemala.". In Richard D. Hansen (ed.). Investigaciones Arqueológicas en Nakbe, Peten: El Resumen de la Temporada de Campo de 1993 (in Spanish) (Report filed with the Instituto de Antropología e Historia de Guatemala, Monumentos Prehispánicos, Guatemala ed.). Los Angeles: University of California, Los Angeles RAINPEG Project. pp. 113–138.
- Balcárcel, Beatriz (1999). "Excavaciones en Residencias Preclásicas de Nakbe, Peten". In OCLC 42674202.
- Balcárcel, Beatriz (2000). "Excavaciones en Residencias Preclásicas, Nakbe, Peten". In Richard D. Hansen; Judith Valle (eds.). Investigaciones Arqueológicas y Ecológicas en la Cuenca Mirador, 1998: Informe de la Temporada de Campo (Report filed with the Instituto de Antropología e Historia de Guatemala, Monumentos Prehispánicos, Guatemala ed.). Guatemala City; Los Angeles: Proyecto Regional de Investigaciones Arqueológicas del Norte del Peten, Guatemala (PRIANPEG); University of California, Los Angeles RAINPEG Project; FARES Foundation, Idaho. pp. 297–329.
- Gill, Richardson B. (2000). The Great Maya Droughts: Water, Life, and Death. Albuquerque: OCLC 43567384.
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- OCLC 38936552. Archived from the original(PDF) on 3 October 2008. Retrieved 30 October 2008.
- Morales-Aguilar, Carlos; Douglas Mauricio; Abel Morales Lopez (2006). "Nuevos datos sobre el asentamiento del sitio arqueologico El Mirador, Peten, Guatemala: Reporte de Campo 2005.". In Edgar Suyuc; Richard D. Hansen (eds.). Investigacion y Conservacion en los sitios arqueológicos El Mirador, La Muerta, Wakna, El Porvenir, El Guiro, La Iglesia, La Sarteneja, Chab Ché y la Ceibita: Informe Final de la Temporada 2005 (in Spanish) (Report filed with the Instituto de Antropología e Historia de Guatemala, Monumentos Prehispánicos, Guatemala ed.). Pocatello: Idaho State University FARES Foundation. pp. 221–317.
External links
- FARES Foundation
- Mirador Basin Project website - archaeological program: directed by Richard Hansen
- Global Heritage Fund (GHF) - Working to establish a 810,100-acre (3,278 km2) Archaeological and Wildlife Preserve in the Heart of the Maya Biosphere