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Preliminary Lidar-Based Analyses of Naachtun Settlement Patterns and Land Use (2017)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Philippe Nondédéo. Cyril Castanet. Eva Lemonnier. Louise Purdue. Jean-François Cuenot.

Located in the northern Petén, Guatemala, the Maya site of Naachtun has been investigated since 2010 by a pluri-disciplinary French-Guatemalan team. Some of its goals aim to reconstruct the political history of the site and its spatial evolution through time, and to understand the management of local resources and the impact of anthropic activities on the landscape. Archaeological and environmental excavations and studies have been carried out in the city center and surroundings areas while a...