Preliminary LiDAR-based Analyses of the La Corona – El Achiotal Corridor
Author(s): Marcello Canuto; Luke Auld-Thomas
Year: 2018
Summary
Located in the northwestern Petén, Guatemala, the Maya sites of La Corona and El Achiotal have been investigated since 2008 by a multi-disciplinary US and Guatemalan research project. While a primary goal of this project has been to reconstruct the region’s political history, we have also investigated the management of local resources and general human impact on the landscape. In 2016, a LIDAR survey, funded by the Pacunam Foundation and operated by NCALM, was undertaken in a 410 square km rectangular zone encompassing both La Corona and El Achiotal. In the following paper, we present ground-truthing analysis and preliminary interpretations of the LIDAR data-set as it relates to ancient settlement, land-use strategies, and defensive features.
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Preliminary LiDAR-based Analyses of the La Corona – El Achiotal Corridor. Marcello Canuto, Luke Auld-Thomas. Presented at The 82nd Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Washington, DC. 2018 ( tDAR id: 445411)
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Keywords
General
Digital Archaeology: GIS
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Maya: Classic
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Settlement patterns
Geographic Keywords
Mesoamerica: Maya lowlands
Spatial Coverage
min long: -94.197; min lat: 16.004 ; max long: -86.682; max lat: 21.984 ;
Record Identifiers
Abstract Id(s): 21116