Temple (Site Type Keyword)

Parent: Non-Domestic Structures

Monumental architecture constructed from stone or other materials, and used for religious and/or political purposes.

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Project Report 2010 (2010)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Uploaded by: Ronald Faulseit

Project Report to the Consejo de Arqueología of the Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia, accepted in 2010. Project consisted of comprehensive excavations on Terrace S19 of Cerro Danush


Project Report 2015 (2015)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Uploaded by: Ronald Faulseit

Project Report to the Consejo de Arqueología of the Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia. Project covers extensive site mapping of the entire site, as well as comprehensive excavations on Cerro Danush. The file is large, so it has been divided up into four .pdf files. Project supported by the National Science Foundation (BCS 1353793)


pXRF Chemical Signatures for Obsidian Sample from Terrace S19, Cerro Danush (2013)
DATASET Ronald Faulseit.

These are the raw data recorded for particular trace metals from the pXRF detector. The provenience of each piece is reported. For further information on provenience or the sample, consult the project report 2010


pXRF Obsidian Sample Data from Terrace S25, Cerro Danush (2015)
DATASET Ronald Faulseit.

These are the provenience, description, and measurement data for the obsidian pieces analyzed through pXRF from Terrace S25 on Cerro Danush. See Project Report 2015 for further information on proveniences and such.


pXRF Results for Obsidian Sample from Terrace S25, Cerro Danush (2015)
DATASET Uploaded by: Ronald Faulseit

This file contains the results of pXRF analysis from the obsidian collected during excavations of the residences on Terrace S25, Cerro Danush, Dainzú-Macuilxóchitl


Radiocarbon Analysis Report, Beta Analytic (2010)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Ronald Faulseit.

This file contains the report from Beta Analytic regarding their analysis of 10 charcoal samples collected during the 2010 project. For more information on sample provenience and collection methods, please read the Project Report for 2010


Radiocarbon Analysis Report, Center for Applied Isotope Studies, UGA (2015)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Uploaded by: Ronald Faulseit

This file includes the radiocarbon analysis report for 18 charcoal samples collected during the 2015 field season on Terrace S25, Cerro Danush. Because the lab did not conduct the calibrations, I conducted them using the program Calib v. 7.1, which uses the program intcall13.14c, (Stuiver and Reimer 1993).


The Recapture of Palmyra (2016)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Allison Cuneo. Susan Penacho. Michael Danti. Marina Gabriel. Jamie O'Connell.

The region of Palmyra and modern Tadmor was taken from ISIL militants by a coalition of Syrian, Russian, and Iranian military forces on March 24, 2016. This report will provide a summary of what is known to have taken place in the area since September 2015, including a synopsis of the humanitarian and military situation since then and the effects the conflict has had on the cultural heritage of ancient and modern Palmyra. This report is a preliminary analysis of a rapidly developing event, and...


Room counts, plaza areas, and neighbors for Northern Rio Grande Pueblo settlements, 1200-1700 CE (2019)
DATASET Uploaded by: Scott Ortman

Data analyzed in: Ortman, Scott G. and Grant D. Coffey (2019). The Network Effects of Northern Rio Grande Pueblo Rituals. In Re-Framing the Northern Rio Grande Pueblo Economy, edited by Scott G. Ortman, pp. 75-85. Anthropological Papers of the University of Arizona 80, University of Arizona Press, Tucson.


The Sa'ilele Malumalu
DOCUMENT Citation Only Joseph Theroux.

This resource is a citation record only, the Center for Digital Antiquity does not have a copy of this document. The information in this record has been migrated into tDAR from the National Archaeological Database Reports Module (NADB-R) and updated. Most NADB-R records consist of a document citation and other metadata but do not have the documents themselves uploaded. If you have a digital copy of the document and would like to have it curated in tDAR, please contact us at comments@tdar.org.


Settlement data from the 1960-1975 Basin of Mexico Surveys (2014)
DATASET Scott Ortman.

Data analyzed in Ortman, S. G., A. H. F. Cabaniss, J. Sturm, and L. M. A. Bettencourt, The Pre-History of Urban Scaling, PLOS ONE (Feb. 2014).


Settlement Scaling and Increasing Returns in an Ancient Society (2015)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Scott Ortman.

Main text and SI of published paper in PDF format. The SI includes a series of datasets derived from the Basin of Mexico surveys that are analyzed in the main text.


Settlement Zone Communities of The Greater Blue Creek Area - Occasional Paper 2 (2000)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Robert Lichtenstein.

The present work is an archaeological study of the settlement zone of the greater Blue Creek Area, located in the upper Rio Hondo drainage of northwestern Belize. The excavation data reported here were recovered during the 1997 and 1998 field seasons of the Maya Research Program's Blue Creek Project inder the direction of Dr. Thomas H. Guderjan PhD.


Social Reactors Project datasets
PROJECT Uploaded by: Scott Ortman

Datasets from various publications of the Social Reactors Project


Special Report on the Importance of Palmyra (2015)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Michael Danti. Tate Paulette. LeeAnn Barnes Gordon. Abdalraqqaq Moaz. Cheikhmous Ali. Kathryn Franklin. David Elitzer.

The purpose of this report is to provide a concise introduction to the site of Palmyra and its importance so that the international community can better understand why it should be saved. The ancient city of Palmyra stands out as one of the most remarkable archaeological sites in Syria and, indeed, the world. Following the takeover of the site and the adjacent town of Tadmor by ISIL (IS or ISIS), Palmyra has been in the news daily. On May 12, 2015, ISIL launched an attack on Palmyra. ISIL...


Summary data for Romano-British settlements (2024)
DATASET Uploaded by: Scott Ortman

A key question in economic history is the degree to which preindustrial economies could generate sustained increases in per capita productivity. Previous studies suggest that, in many preindustrial contexts, growth was primarily a consequence of agglomeration. Here, we examine evidence for three different socioeconomic rates that are available from the archaeological record for Roman Britain. We find that all three measures show increasing returns to scale with settlement population, with a...


Sunset Crater Archaeology: The History of a Volcanic Landscape, Introduction and Site Descriptions, Part 1 (2006)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Uploaded by: adam brin

The U.S. 89 Archaeological Project investigated 41 prehistoric sites located approximately 30 km north of Flagstaff, Arizona. All sites were on Coconino National Forest (CNF) land. The project was conducted by Desert Archaeology, Inc., for the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) prior to the widening and improvement of 26.7 km (16.6 miles) of U.S. 89, between the southern boundary of Wupatki National Monument in the north, and the town of Fernwood in the south. Archaeological fieldwork...


Supplemental Survey of the Putuni monument in Tiwanaku, Bolivia using the Optech ILRIS-3D (2006)
SENSORY DATA Adam Barnes.

The Putuni is one of the large stone monuments in the monumental core at the archaeological site Tiwanaku, Bolivia. It is located west of the large Kalasasaya monument. The Center for Advanced Spatial Technologies (CAST), University of Arkansas conducted high density surveys of the Putuni with the Optech ILRIS-3D scanner. CAST researchers completed a survey in 2005. The scan files from the 2005 survey are available at the following tDAR URL: https://core.tdar.org/sensory-data/391585....


Supplemental Survey of the Templete´ (Semi Subterranean Temple) in Tiwanaku, Bolivia using the Optech ILRIS 3D (2006)
SENSORY DATA Adam Barnes.

The Templete´ is a sunken temple at the archaeological site of Tiwanaku in Bolivia. The structure is notable for a series of unique carved stone heads. It is located east of the larger kalasasaya monument in Tiwanaku. The Center for Advanced Spatial Technologies (CAST), University or Arkansas conducted a high density survey of the temple in 2005. The scans from the 2005 survey are available at the following tDAR URL: https://core.tdar.org/sensory-data/391586. CAST researchers acquired...


Survey of the Kalasasaya monument, Tiwanaku, Bolivia using the Optech ILRIS-3D (2005)
SENSORY DATA Angie Payne.

The Kalasasaya is a raised courtyard located in the monumental core of Tiwanaku, Bolivia. This large courtyard is over 100 meters long. The Center for Advanced Spatial Technologies (CAST), University of Arkansas conducted a high density survey of the Kalasasaya in 2005. CAST researchers surveyed the courtyard with the Optech ILRIS-3D scanner. The original scan files and merged point cloud are provided here. Visit YouTube to view a fly-through of the 3D scan of the Kalasasaya:...


Survey of the Putuni monument in Tiwanaku, Bolivia using the Optech ILRIS-3D (2005)
SENSORY DATA Angie Payne.

The Putuni is one of the large stone monuments in the monumental core at the archaeological site Tiwanaku, Bolivia. It is located west of the large Kalasasaya monument. The Center for Advanced Spatial Technologies (CAST), University of Arkansas conducted high density surveys of the Putuni with the Optech ILRIS-3D scanner. CAST researchers completed a survey in 2005. The scan files from the 2005 survey are provided here. CAST completed another survey in 2006. The original scan files from...


Survey of the Templete´ (Semi Subterranean Temple) in Tiwanaku, Bolivia using the Optech ILRIS-3D (2005)
SENSORY DATA Angie Payne.

The Templete´ is a sunken temple at the archaeological site of Tiwanaku in Bolivia. The structure is notable for a series of unique carved stone heads. It is located east of the larger Kalasasaya monument in Tiwanaku. The Center for Advanced Spatial Technologies (CAST), University or Arkansas conducted a high density survey of the Templete´ in 2005. The scans from the 2005 survey are provided here. CAST researchers acquired supplemental scans of this temple in 2006. The scans from the...


Tikal Report 11: Georeferenced Map- "Ruins of Tikal" (with border) (2013)
GEOSPATIAL Christopher Carr.

These maps are georeferenced versions of the maps produced by The University Museum, University of Pennsylvania, project at Tikal, Guatemala and published as Tikal Report 11. These georeferenced maps are intended for use with GIS (Geographic Information System) software. The maps should be useful for archaeologists, tourists and managers of Tikal National Park. This map set consists of eleven georeferenced maps. The set includes two versions of the overview map of the central sixteen square...


Tikal Report 11: Georeferenced Map- "Ruins of Tikal" (without border) (2013)
GEOSPATIAL Christopher Carr.

These maps are georeferenced versions of the maps produced by The University Museum, University of Pennsylvania, project at Tikal, Guatemala and published as Tikal Report 11. These georeferenced maps are intended for use with GIS (Geographic Information System) software. The maps should be useful for archaeologists, tourists and managers of Tikal National Park. This map set consists of eleven georeferenced maps. The set includes two versions of the overview map of the central sixteen square...


Tikal Report 11: Georeferenced Map- "Bejucal Quadrangle" (without border) (2013)
GEOSPATIAL Christopher Carr.

These maps are georeferenced versions of the maps produced by The University Museum, University of Pennsylvania, project at Tikal, Guatemala and published as Tikal Report 11. These georeferenced maps are intended for use with GIS (Geographic Information System) software. The maps should be useful for archaeologists, tourists and managers of Tikal National Park. This map set consists of eleven georeferenced maps. The set includes two versions of the overview map of the central sixteen square...