Research Themes in the Maya archaeology of Northwestern Belize
Author(s): Colleen Hanratty
Year: 2025
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This is an abstract from the "Sessions in Honor of Dr. Fred Valdez Jr. and His Contributions to Archaeology, Part 1" session, at the 90th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.
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Until the late 1980’s, unstable political conditions limited archaeological research in northwestern Belize to a few early explorations in the early part of the 20<sup>th</sup> century. The establishment of long-term, intensive and extensive investigations by the Programme for Belize Archaeological Project and the Blue Creek Archaeological Program dramatically changed this situation by 1992. Archaeologists with these projects embarked on multi-faceted, multi-institutional efforts which encompassed numerous approaches to better understanding of the ancient Maya past. This paper will focus on only some of the successful themes undertaken by both projects. These themes include the structure of urban polities, the integration of non-urban communities into larger polities, use and control of physical resources, and the complexity of large scale and multi-scalar agricultural production. In this paper, these will be reviewed in order to highlight some of the successes of these two projects.
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Research Themes in the Maya archaeology of Northwestern Belize. Colleen Hanratty. Presented at The 90th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. 2025 ( tDAR id: 510198)
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Abstract Id(s): 52828