Landscape and settlements in Cuscatlán, El Salvador

Summary

This is an abstract from the "SAA 2024: Individual Abstracts" session, at the 89th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

Several explorations were carried out in Cuscatlán (Amaroli 1986; Amaroli 1992; Velázquez & Hermes 1995; Barrera 2018; Arevalo 2018), where the Metropolitan Area of San Salvador (AMSS), El Salvador, now stands, including explorations resulting from archaeological rescues and projects based on the model of preventive archaeology (Bozoki-Ernyey 2007) along with the recording of various fortuitous findings in the area, southeast of the magnificent San Salvador Volcanic Complex (SSVC) (Ferres et al 2011). In the current study, the data has been organized using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to analyze the cultural change before and after the diverse volcanic eruptions that affected pre-Hispanic populations, including the Maar Plan de la Laguna (Amaroli & Dull 1998) and Ilopango Caldera (Dull et all 2019) from the Middle Preclassic Period to the present. This research aims to provide a perspective on the cultural change forced by volcanic and tectonic dynamics, as well as the complexity and archaeological richness in Cuscatlán.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• SAA 2024: Individual Abstracts   •
• Society for American Archaeology 89th Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA (2024)

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Abstract Id(s): 39782.0