K’anwitznal: Six Years of Cartography at the Site of Ucanal, Guatemala

Summary

This is an abstract from the "SAA 2023: Individual Abstracts" session, at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

Building on the pioneer work of the Proyecto Atlas de Guatemala, the Proyecto Arqueológico Ucanal has considerably expanded the survey and excavations of the site leading to a better comprehension of the transition of the Late to Terminal Classic periods. The site has been surveyed with a combination of approaches including a traditional total station, GPS, UAV for photogrammetry, and small-scale lidar reconnaissance using a UAV. Excavations of 24 distinct architectural groups and city infrastructure zones have also provided a comprehensive portrait of the site’s settlement history and urban growth. Unlike other Southern Lowland Maya sites, Ucanal possessed a flourishing population during both the early and late phases of the Terminal Classic period. This paper examines the settlement and hydrologic layout of the site of Ucanal, comparing it with other settlement patterns in the Maya Lowlands, and provides a preliminary analysis of settlement density to better understand Terminal Classic urban developments.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• SAA 2023: Individual Abstracts   •
• Society for American Archaeology 88th Annual Meeting, Portland, OR (2023)

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Record Identifiers

Abstract Id(s): 37249.0