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Ganned but not forgotten: Late Postclassic archaeology and ritual at Santa Rita Corozal, Belize
lowland maya postclassic • Austin • Published In 1985 • Pages: 104-125
By: Chase, Diane Z..
Abstract
The archaeological site at Santa Rita is located north of the modern town of Corozal in Belize. This site is noted for its long history of occupation and is particularly conspicuous for its Late Postclassic remains. By 1894 the site had been partially destroyed to provide building materials for the nearby town of Corozal, although thirty-two of the original mounds were noted as surviving intact. In the early twentieth century, the archaeologist Thomas William Francis Gann roughly mapped the area and excavated the majority of structures he found at the site.The results of his work established Santa Rita as being chronologically of the Late Postclassic period. This work discusses Chase's subsequent excavations at the site in 1979-1980 and the archaeological and ethnohistorical interpretation of the artifactual materials thus obtained which seem to confirm Gann's classification of Santa Rita as being Late Postclassic.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2001
- Region
- Middle America and the Caribbean
- Sub Region
- Maya Area
- Document Type
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Archaeologist
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- John Beierle ; 2000
- Field Date
- no date
- Coverage Date
- 1100 BP-480 BP (900 A.D.-1520 A.D.)
- Coverage Place
- Santa Rita Corozal, Belize
- Notes
- Diane Z. Chase
- For bibliographical references see document number 2:Anonymous
- LCCN
- 84013168
- LCSH
- Mayas--Antiquities