Lyobaa Project: Results of Subsoil Geophysical Study in the Ancient Zapotec Monuments of Mitla, Oaxaca

Summary

This is an abstract from the "Bringing the Past to Life, Part 1: Papers in Honor of John M. D. Pohl" session, at the 89th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

This paper presents the methodology employed, as well as the results obtained from the geophysical research conducted in the archaeological site of Mitla, Oaxaca, during the 2022 season of the Lyobaa Project. In this project, noninvasive geophysical techniques, such as ground-penetrating radar (GPR), electrical resistivity tomography (ERT), and ambient noise tomography (ANT), were utilized for surface scanning of the Church Group and the Columns Group. With the support of these techniques, it was possible to identify previous construction phases of the site and determine the physical conditions of some of the structures and the soil beneath these structures. The research was conducted with the collaboration of a multidisciplinary team from the National Institute of History and Anthropology (INAH), the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), and with the financial assistance of ARX Project A.C.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Bringing the Past to Life, Part 1: Papers in Honor of John M. D. Pohl   •
• Society for American Archaeology 89th Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA (2024)

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Abstract Id(s): 38065.0