Investigating the Spatial Analysis of Chultuneob at Mul Ch’en Witz, Belize
Author(s): Brian Waldo; Samantha Lorenz; Toni Gonzales
Year: 2018
Summary
Mul Ch’en Witz (Hill with Many Caves) was first excavated in the summer of 2017 by the Contested Caves Archaeological Project (CCAP), a subproject of the Three Rivers Archaeological Project (TRAP). The area, located just below the escarpment on which the core architecture of the ancient site of La Milpa, Belize is situated, was chosen for excavation because of the high density of chultunes encountered within a restricted area. The chultunes have similar entrance styles and diameters, and five of the six investigated were located less than ten meters apart and display a strong north-south alignment. This poster will discuss the relation of the Mul Ch’en Witz chultunes to other landscape and architectural features at La Milpa and will advance preliminary inferences of these relationships.
Cite this Record
Investigating the Spatial Analysis of Chultuneob at Mul Ch’en Witz, Belize. Brian Waldo, Samantha Lorenz, Toni Gonzales. Presented at The 82nd Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Washington, DC. 2018 ( tDAR id: 445280)
This Resource is Part of the Following Collections
Keywords
General
Caves and Rockshelters
•
Maya: Classic
•
Survey
Geographic Keywords
Mesoamerica: Eastern
Spatial Coverage
min long: -95.032; min lat: 15.961 ; max long: -86.506; max lat: 21.861 ;
Record Identifiers
Abstract Id(s): 21708