Blue Creek Central Precinct

Summary

Multi-format digital data set that focuses on the central precinct of the Blue Creek site, which is composed of Plaza A and B complexes.

These data consist of PDF documents of published and unpublished papers, reports, and manuscripts, Microsoft Excel databases of artifact collections, images of architectural features, artifacts and surrounding landscapes, scanned topographic and survey maps produced by the Blue Creek project, and aerial images. The information contained in BCAP reports and manuscripts will be cross-referenced with digital geo-spatial information, images, and feature/artifact data sets from the central precinct. At the macro level, these data sets will include topographic and soils maps produced by various public agencies, topographic and survey maps produced by the Blue Creek project, images taken by project members, and aerial photos from public sources and those produced by C-Dimension of Plano, Texas, under contract with MRP. For each building and/or feature excavation, a wide range of digital information will be integrated, including pre- and post-excavation drawings, photos, stratigraphic profiles, and written descriptions and field notes.

Cite this Record

Blue Creek Central Precinct. ( tDAR id: 6421) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8VH5Q82

Keywords

Culture
Maya

Material
Building Materials • Ceramic • Chipped Stone • Dating Sample • Human Remains • Macrobotanical • Mineral • Pollen • Shell

Site Name
Blue Creek

Site Type
Agricultural or Herding • Archaeological Feature • Ball Court • Burial Pit • Commercial or Industrial Structures • Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex • Domestic Structures • Funerary and Burial Structures or Features • Isolated Burial • Non-Domestic Structures • Plaza • Pyramid • Resource Extraction / Production / Transportation Structure or Features • Settlements • Structure • Temple • Tomb • Water-Related

Investigation Types
Archaeological Overview • Architectural Documentation • Architectural Survey • Bioarchaeological Research • Collections Research • Data Recovery / Excavation • Site Evaluation / Testing • Systematic Survey

General
Blue Creek

Temporal Keywords
Aguas Turbias Ceramic Complex, Late Classic I Period (A.D. 600–750) • Cool Shade Ceramic Complex, Early Middle Preclassic Period (1000/800–650 B.C.) • Dos Bocas Ceramic Complex, Late Classic II Period (A.D. 750–830/850) • Leguas Ceramic Complex, Late Preclassic Period (350 B.C.–A.D. 100) • Linda Vista Ceramic Complex, Terminal Late Preclassic Period (A.D. 100/150–250) • Postclassic Period (after A.D. 1000) • Rio Bravo Ceramic Complex, Terminal Classic Period (A.D. 830/850–1000) • Rio Hondo Ceramic Complex, Early Classic Period (A.D. 250–600) • San Felipe Ceramic Complex, Middle Preclassic Preclassic ( 650–350 B.C.)

Spatial Coverage

min long: -88.888; min lat: 17.868 ; max long: -88.848; max lat: 17.897 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contributor(s): Stephen Reichardt

Principal Investigator(s): Thomas Guderjan

Resources Inside this Project (Viewing 1-9 of 9)

Documents

  1. The Construction of Interpolity Sociopolitical Identity Through Architecture at the Ancient Maya Site of Blue Creek, Belize (2008)
  2. The Economic Base of an Ancient Maya City (2005)
  3. Maya Political Economy: A Spatial, Temporal, and Contextual Analysis of Jade Deposits throughout the Southern Lowlands (2009)
  4. Patterns of Maya Jade Disposal at Blue Creek, Belize (2004)
  5. Settlement Zone Communities of The Greater Blue Creek Area - Occasional Paper 2 (2000)
  6. A Thriving Non-Royal Lineage at Blue Creek; Evidence From a Sequence of Burials, Caches and Architecture (2002)

Images

  1. Blue Creek Central Precinct Images (2011)
  2. Blue Creek Central Precinct Map (2011)
  3. Blue Creek Central Precinct Temporal Maps (2011)