essay
Salvage of looters' trenches, El Mirador
el mirador, peten, guatemala: an interim report • (45) • Published In 1980 • Pages: 25-36
By: Nielsen, Glenna.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
In this field research, Nielson examined looters' excavations and also carried out preliminary testing of low-profile mounds in El Mirador. She found evidence of elite residences, plazas, altars, and triangular stones, which might be vault stones.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Masonry
- Structures
- 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
- 1979
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 2450-1600 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 Glenna Nielsen
- For bibliographical references see document number 13: Anonymous
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 60041468
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Mayas--Antiquities