Proyecto Salinas de los Nueve Cerros
Summary
Archaeology, ethnohistory, ethnography, geology, and community development at the largest Precolumbian saltworks in the Maya world. Salinas de los Nueve Cerros was a Maya city located at the highland-lowland transition along the Chixoy River that produced up to 24,000 tons of salt/year during the Late Classic period (AD 600-850). It was occupied from at least 800 BC through the Classic collapse, and continued to be occupied throughout the Postclassic and colonial periods, with salt production only stopping in the 1950s. In the 1980s and 1990s, the region was recolonized and is now home to over 10,000 residents, most of whom are Q'eqchi' Maya.
Cite this Record
Proyecto Salinas de los Nueve Cerros. ( tDAR id: 6042) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8125V4F
Keywords
Culture
Archaic
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Colonial
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Early Classic
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Historic
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Late Classic
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Late Preclassic
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Middle Preclassic
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Postclassic
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Republican/Modern
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Terminal Classic
Material
Building Materials
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Ceramic
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Chipped Stone
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Dating Sample
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Fauna
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Ground Stone
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Human Remains
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Macrobotanical
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Mineral
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Pollen
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Shell
Site Name
Salinas de los Nueve Cerros
Site Type
Archaeological Feature
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Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex
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Funerary and Burial Structures or Features
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Non-Domestic Structures
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Resource Extraction / Production / Transportation Structure or Features
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Rock Art
Investigation Types
Archaeological Overview
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Architectural Documentation
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Bioarchaeological Research
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Collections Research
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Data Recovery / Excavation
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Environment Research
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Ethnographic Research
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Ethnohistoric Research
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Historic Background Research
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Methodology, Theory, or Synthesis
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Reconnaissance / Survey
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Research Design / Data Recovery Plan
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Site Stewardship Monitoring
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Systematic Survey
General
Highland-lowland interaction
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Interregional exchange
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Maya
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Mesoamerica
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Salt production
Geographic Keywords
Coban, Alta Verapaz
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Ixcan, El Quiche
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Maya highland-lowland transition
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Northern Transversal Strip
Temporal Coverage
Calendar Date: -800 to 2100
Spatial Coverage
min long: -90.687; min lat: 15.893 ; max long: -90.516; max lat: 16.067 ;
Individual & Institutional Roles
Contact(s): Brent Woodfill