Recent Research in the Petén Lakes Region, Petén, Guatemala

Part of: Society for American Archaeology 88th Annual Meeting, Portland, OR (2023)

This collection contains the abstracts of the papers presented in the session entitled "Recent Research in the Petén Lakes Region, Petén, Guatemala" at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

Over the past decade, the Petén Lakes region of Petén, Guatemala, has been the location of a number of archaeological projects. The new research includes lidar and photogrammetry surveys and associated ground-truthing, which have uncovered new sites and updated those previously mapped. In addition, new excavations at Nixtun-Ch’ich’, Muralla de Leon, and Tayasal have refined site chronologies and revealed details about life in the region from the Middle Preclassic to colonial period. Major topics of investigation have included urbanization, site planning, and state formation in the Middle and Late Preclassic periods, and resettlement during the colonial period.

Other Keywords
Maya: Preclassic • Architecture • Zooarchaeology • Settlement patterns • Maya: Classic • Subsistence and Foodways • Digital Archaeology: GIS • Mobility • Landscape Archaeology • digital archaeology

Geographic Keywords
United Mexican States (Country) • Belize (Country) • North America (Continent) • Peten (State / Territory) • Yucatan (State / Territory) • Orange Walk (State / Territory) • Cayo (State / Territory) • Corozal (State / Territory) • Belize (State / Territory) • Stann Creek (State / Territory)