Report of 2011 research at the Ceren site, El Salvador
Summary
The 2011 research at Ceren, El Salvador, focused on agriculture about 100 m south of the village architecture, and encountered surprising variation in maize and manioc cultivation. The serendipitous discovery of a Sacbe (ancient Maya roadway) was surprising and intriguing, as it is much wider and more formal than needed for purely practical-economic purposes.
Cite this Record
Report of 2011 research at the Ceren site, El Salvador. ( tDAR id: 375184) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8SJ1N1B
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URL: http://www.colorado.edu/Anthropology/people/bios/documents/THEREPORT2011_001.pdf
Keywords
Culture
Maya
Material
Ceramic
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Chipped Stone
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Dating Sample
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Macrobotanical
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Pollen
Site Name
Ceren
Investigation Types
Heritage Management
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Research Design / Data Recovery Plan
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Site Evaluation / Testing
General
agricultural features (ridges, mounds), sacbe, drainage ditches, field boundaries
Geographic Keywords
Zapotitan Valley, El Salvador
Temporal Keywords
Classic Period
Temporal Coverage
Calendar Date: 560 to 630 (approximate calendar dates)
Spatial Coverage
min long: -89.375; min lat: 13.816 ; max long: -89.333; max lat: 13.845 ;
Individual & Institutional Roles
Principal Investigator(s): Payson Sheets
Record Identifiers
Ceren Maya village research(s): Exceptional preservation of Maya farmers
Notes
General Note: Photographic archives and fieldnotes, profiles, drawings also kept at Sheets' lab, CU Boulder.
Source Collections
Museo Nacional David J. Guzman, San Salvador, El Salvador