Book
Excavations in the Monos Complex, El Mirador, Peten, Guatemala
New World Archaeological Foundation, Brigham Young University • (61) • Published In 1989 • Pages: viii, 62
By: Copeland, Denise Ranae Evans.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is an excavation report on the Monos pyramid, the third largest structure at the El Mirador site in northern Petén, Guatemala. Its dimensions are 127 meters wide, 160 meters long, and 42 meters high. It is built in three layers or platforms. Test pits and trenches were excavated at each level to collect chronological and architectural data. Excavations were divided into natural stratigraphic layers. Nearly 4,000 sherds were recovered, of which half were identified. Of those identified, 72 percent were Late Preclassic material. Only 71 lithic specimens were collected.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Archaeological excavation methods
- Ceramic technology
- Lithic industries
- Masonry
- Miscellaneous structures
- Chronologies and culture sequences
- Cultural stratigraphy
- traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Preclassic Maya
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2001
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Middle America and the Caribbean
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Maya Area
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Archaeologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Ian Skoggard ; 2000
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1982
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 2300-1850 BP (1850-1100 BP)
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- El Mirador, Petén, Guatemala
- NotesAdditional notes
- by Denise Ranae Evans Copeland
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 61-62)
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Mayas--Antiquities