Hidden Structures at El Mirador: Challenges and Prospects

Summary

This is an abstract from the "Recent Multidisciplinary Investigations in the Mirador Basin, Guatemala" session, at the 86th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

Invisible structures present serious and difficult to solve challenges for Mayanists. Despite a generation of research into Classic period invisible structures, we know little about their prevalence, history, or range of uses. We know even less about invisible structures from the Preclassic. Invisible structures are clearly widespread at El Mirador, but their true extent is unknown. Excavation of invisible structures at El Mirador reveals a range of construction methods and possible uses, and sometimes complicated sequences of construction. We will discuss our attempts to sample invisible structures, based on remote sensing using GPR, and excavations of identified invisible structures to assess chronology and function.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Society for American Archaeology 86th Annual Meeting, Online (2021)   •
• Recent Multidisciplinary Investigations in the Mirador Basin, Guatemala

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Abstract Id(s): 33059