An Interactive Map of Honduran Archaeological Sites

Summary

Honduran Archaeology has long focused on the investigation of Copan and the ancient Maya culture in the western part of the country. The non-Maya region has only been investigated intensively in the past 50 years, despite the fact that as a bridge between the cultures of Meso- and Southamerica Honduras offers an exciting area of investigation. Access to information about the non-Maya archaeology of Honduras is difficult, given that there are hardly any introductory summaries. In order to make this material more accessible, and to offer a new investigation tool, the MayaArch3D Project has developed a 2D Web-GIS for the documentation and analysis of archaeological sites in Honduras. While some interactive maps for Central American archaeology do already exist, none of these offers more than an overview function and none enables complex analysis. The MayaArch3D 2D Web-GIS facilitates GIS analysis and complex queries. Hence, the tool holds a great potential for educational purposes, for the documentation and administration of archaeological sites and also as an investigative tool to answer particular research questions. This user test case analyzes the spatio-temporal development of the southern frontier of the Maya region in Honduras.

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This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• MayaArch3D: Building a 3DWebGIS Documentation and Analysis System for Complex Archaeological Sites   •
• Society for American Archaeology 80th Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA (2015)

Keywords

Spatial Coverage