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This is an abstract from the "Recent Multidisciplinary Investigations in the Mirador Basin, Guatemala" session, at the 86th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Investigaciones en el Grupo Sereque han enfocado en la estructura principal conocida como Edificio 5A7.1 del Grupo Sereque, que corresponde al complejo La Danta. El grupo esta ubicada al norte sobre una elevación y área de cantera y está conectado directamente a la primera plataforma de la Danta por una calzada de...
The Structure A-15 Maneuver: A Novel Application of Structure from Motion Mapping at Chan Chich, Belize (2015)
The Chan Chich Archaeological Project (CCAP) has been utilizing Structure from Motion (SfM) technology to document investigations at various scales ranging from individual artifacts to landscapes for the past two field seasons at Chan Chich, Belize. SfM is an imaging analysis algorithm that creates 3D models from a series of overlapping digital photographs, and the resulting data can be exported as a digital elevation model, an orthorectified image, or a 3D model. In 2013, the CCAP successfully...
Virtual Graphic Representation and Urban Analysis Architectural Grand Central Acropolis: Main Access and Structure 4D1-20 El Mirador, Petén; Guatemala (2015)
This paper develops Maya urbanism and architecture this complex acropolis type of El Mirador site. In order to perform an analysis of this building, proposing a graphical representation allowing their virtual and theatrical reconstruction of the same. This hypothetical proposal is modeled based on historical information and recent archaeological evidence in this sector. The Grand Central Acropolis is located southwest of the nucleus of the settlement and as its name suggest, It is a great...