essay
Drainage canal and raised field excavations
archaeology at cerros, belize, central america : an interim report • 1 • Published In 1986 • Pages: 75-87
By: Scarborough, Vernon L..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Scarborough reports on excavations designed to investigate the canal system at Cerros. Five trenches were dug at regular intervals across the main canal. Additional excavations investigated raised field, reservoir, and raised causeway features. Construction involved both cutting into bedrock and building up retaining walls, which would have involved a large-scale workforce.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Topography and geology
- Water supply
- 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
- essay
- 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.
- 4: Excellent Secondary 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
- 1974-1981
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 2350-1850 BP
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Cerros, Belize
- NotesAdditional notes
- Vernon L. Scarborough
- For bibliographical references see document number 6:Anonymous
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 86003843
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Mayas--Antiquities