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At Home in the South:
Investigations in the Vicinity of Caracol's South Acropolis:
2003 Field Report of the Caracol Archaeological Project
Arlen F. Chase and Diane Z. Chase
Department of Sociology and Anthropology
University of Central Florida
Report submitted to the Belize Institute of Archaeology
At Home in the South:
Investigations in the Vicinity of Caracol's South Acropolis:
2003 Field Report of the Caracol Archaeological Project
Arlen F. Chase and Diane Z. Chase
University of Central Florida
The 2003 field season of the Caracol Archaeological Project took place from early February through the end of March. A trip also was made to Belize in January 2003 to hire workmen and to participate in the formal opening of a fully stabilized Caana by the Government of Belize and the Tourism Development Project. The 2003 excavation crew for the Caracol Archaeological Project consisted of a total of 25 individuals (see Table 1). New investigations undertaken during the 2003 field season focused on locales at the rear of the South Acropolis that potentially could have housed attached specialists. Further work was also undertaken on South Acropolis structures previously investigated by the Caracol Archaeological Project in the early 1990s as well as on two looted epicentral structures located outside the South Acropolis. Our 2003 efforts additionally aided the Tourism Development Project, under the direction of Dr. Jaime Awe, in their clearing, recording, and artifact processing of the South Acropolis buildings prior to final stabilization. The particular areas focused on by 2003 excavations were:
¤ Structures D5, D9, D11, D12, and D14, as well as a collapsed chultun - all new excavations either south of or immediately adjacent to the larger, more formal architecture in the South Acropolis.
¤ Further excavation and recording of Structures D4, D5, D7, D16, D17, and D18 Ð areas previously excavated by the Caracol Archaeological Project - and recording of these areas in conjunction with the Tourism Development Project, as well as processing of artifactual materials from these areas recovered by both the CAP and TDP.
¤ Recording of looters' trenches made prior to 1985 in Structures D1 and A9, combined with minimal new excavation in these vicinities.
As in the recent past, funding for the 2003 field season came from the Ahau Foundation, the Stans Foundation, the University of Central Florida Trevor Colborn Endowment, and private donations to the University of Central Florida.
Previous excavations have shown that Caracol, like other urban centers, is composed of architectural units with differing functions. It has been suggested that the city of Caracol may have been organized in a concentric plan much like the urban model proposed by Burgess (1923) with an urban core surrounded by poorer transitional neighborhoods and suburban areas at the outskirts (A. Chase et al. 2001). Causeways connected downtown Caracol with the surrounding settlement, agricultural fields, and special function termini thought to have functioned as "market" areas in an administered economy (A. Chase 1998). The interpretations of Caracol urbanism are bolstered by settlement survey, excavation, and analyses (including both artifacts and stable isotope studies of human bone). These combined analyses and excavations have suggested that Caracol settlement was distinguished by household production (A. Chase and D. Chase 1994a; A. Chase et al. 2002). Specialists were not attached to elite households; rather, production locales for chert, shell, and other items were primarily localized within residential compounds disbursed throughout the site. Settlement was characterized by relatively evenly spaced individual plazuela groups as opposed to sets of clustered or nested plazuela groups; it has been suggested that this pattern was necessitated by efficient use of agricultural fields (A. Chase and D. Chase 1998, 2001a).
Epicentral Caracol forms the heart of the site's urban landscape. During the Late Classic Period, this area contained monumental architectural units with varying administrative and residential functions (A. Chase and D. Chase 2001b). Besides anchoring the central B Group, Caana served as a presumed royal residential compound associated with individuals found on Caracol's stone monuments. The A Group lacked residential functions, serving in a largely ceremonial and ritual capacity. Barrio functioned as an elite residential compound (albeit one with no identifiable ancestral mortuary shrine). The Central Acropolis formed a more typical elite residential compound with two eastern and one northern mortuary structures. And, the walled areas near the Machete causeway functioned as a specialized workshop area and residence for non-agricultural workers.
The 2003 investigations continued to focus on urban form and function by excavating in less well studied areas of the Caracol epicenter. In particular, investigations concentrated on the smaller structures bounding the southern part of the South Acropolis and on two looted pyramids. The primary focus of investigation was the South Acropolis (Figure 1). Work here in 1990 and 1992 had focused on looted Structure D4 and Structures D17 and D18 (previously investigated by Anderson [1958, 1959]), finding a new tomb in Structure D16. This earlier work had demonstrated that the northern and central parts of the South Acropolis Ð in spite of the recovered tombs Ð did not appear to have a residential function. Thus, it was imperative to discern how the smaller structures may have functioned within this architectural complex. As the Tourism Development Project was slated to start the final stabilization process of the South Acropolis in the Spring of 2003, it was decided to focus the efforts of the Caracol Archaeological Project in this same area to maximize the recovery of archaeological data and aid the clearing efforts that were undertaken by the Tourism Development Project. This would also result in a more comprehensive season report that would incorporate past excavation efforts. A secondary focus of the 2003 investigations were Structures A9 and D1, both of which have been severely looted; the goal was to record the looters' trenches and to carry out limited excavation relative to these two buildings so as to gain an understanding of how these architectural concentrations functioned in terms of the overall epicenter.
New South Acropolis Excavations: 2003
The South Acropolis consists of three integrated plaza areas, all sharing the same raised platform. The northernmost plaza is ringed by the largest architecture. The two southern plazas are lower in level than the northern ones and are delimited by smaller constructions. While most of the larger buildings defining the northern plaza of the South Acropolis had been excavated prior to 2003 (see below), no investigations had been undertaken in either the smaller structures comprising the northern plazas or in the smaller western structures of the northern plaza (Figure 2). Given the enigmatic function of the larger architecture in the South Acropolis, it was believed that excavation in these smaller buildings (Structures D8-D15) could hold the key to understanding how the South Acropolis fit into Caracol's urban plan. The conjoined plazas in the South Acropolis and the mix of both larger and smaller constructions are relatively unique at Caracol. Were these structures lived in? Did Structures D9 and D11 fit with more general residential expectations relating to mortuary activities? Or, were all of these buildings used in some other way, perhaps by attached specialists? Excavations undertaken during 2003 sought to determine the form, function, and temporal dimensions of these smaller buildings in an attempt to determine how they were used in relation to the rest of the South Acropolis. In particular, we wanted to know whether they might have served as residential or other special function structures. As a result of the 2003 investigations, residential functions can be assigned minimally to those structures lining the southeast plaza of the South Acropolis. These excavations also succeeded in locating not only in situ burials, but also de facto debris (D. Chase and A. Chase 2000) associated with two different time periods. Investigations did not suggest that these plazas served as craft production areas. It is hoped that future stable isotope studies of the recovered human remains will be able to determine if the individuals consumed the identified palace diet or the lesser protein and maize diet characteristic of the walled areas adjacent to the Machete causeway (A. Chase et al. 2001).
Structure D9
Located in the southeast corner of the South Acropolis is a lower plaza level. Structure D9 is the eastern building for the plaza bounded by Structures D7 and D16 to the north, 3 small platforms to the south, and Structure D11 to the west. The structure was selected for excavation to test for the existence of Caracol's typical Late Classic residential group eastern mortuary patterns (A. Chase and D. Chase 1994b). Initial investigation required removal of backdirt from South Acropolis clearing excavations.
Suboperation C164B (Figure 3, Figure 4, and Figure 5) consisted of an axial trench, measuring 6.3 m north-south by 1.5 m east-west, placed through the presumed mid-line of Structure D9. Evidence for at least two sequent constructions was uncovered in this locus and four discrete burials were encountered. The core of the latest building contained a reconstructable dish (Figure 12b) and several sherds from a broken face cache. The core of the earlier building consisted of hard-packed fill. Both versions of Structure D9 had been built on a plastered surface that may have represented the original plaza platform and that covered large boulders comprising a dry-core fill; all of the burials penetrated into the dry-core fill level and, thus, their contents were generally not well-preserved. Stratigraphy and artifacts indicate that the Structure D9 construction and use dates to the Late and Terminal Classic eras.
S.D. C164B-1 (Figure 6, Figure 7) consisted of a crude crypt placed in front of the final construction of Structure D9. It was sealed by a plaster floor that abutted the lowest step of this edifice. Large capstones covered the partially open-air crypt. The burial deposit had been placed in a small open-air chamber barely below ground level and cut into dry core fill; thus, the contents of the crypt were not well preserved because of collapse and access to animals. Skeletal analysis indicates that there were 2 adults within the chamber, 1 older than the other. Based on the position of the long bones, it would appear that one had been articulated and placed supine with head to the south. Ante-mortem tooth loss is evident in one mandible. Heavy wear was visible on the recovered teeth and calculus deposits were also present. Phalanges and vertebrae show evidence of arthritis. Three vessels (Figure 8) were grouped together in the southern part of the chamber and a concentration of small shell objects (Figure 9) were found beneath the bone towards the north part of the crypt. Their were obsidian blade fragments within the fill. The pottery vessels indicate that this interment dates to the Late to Terminal Classic era.
S.D. C164B-2 (Figure 10, Figure 11) was located immediately west of S.D. C164B-1. The southern part of this chamber had been cut away by the placement of S.D. C164B-1, indicating that some time presumably elapsed between the positioning of these two burials. The interment contained the remains of 1 partial adult with head to the north. Associated with this individual were an obsidian lancet and a single pottery vessel (Figure 12a). The vessel type indicates that the crypt may be assigned a Late Classic date.
S.D. C164B-3 (Figure 13) was placed within an unlined cist and covered with a minimal number of captstones. The remains consisted of a single individual aged as being from birth to 1 year old at the time of death. No artifactual items accompanied the burial. The burial was placed prior to the construction of the earlier version of Structure D9, probably in the later part of the Late Classic Period.
S.D. C164B-4 (Figure 14) was intruded through the floor in front of the lowest step for the earlier version of Structure D9. It was sealed by fill for the steps of the later version of that edifice. It appears that a crude cist was carved out of the dry-core fill and that a single adult with head to the north was placed into the cist and covered by large capstone. The teeth of this individual had pyrite inlays and calculus deposits. No artifacts can be specifically attributed as accompanying this interment, although a complete point (Figure 28d) was recovered in the fill covering the burial.
Structure D5
As mapped by Satterthwaite (see Figure 1), only a single structure demarcated the southern side of the southeast South Acropolis plaza. Remapping this area during 2003, however, revealed the existence of three small platforms where one had originally been indicated (Figure 2). The westernmost of these three platforms was randomly selected for testing and was designated as Structure D5 (a label that had originally been incorrectly assigned to the eastern half of Structure D4); the middle platform retained the Structure D10 designation; and, the eastern platform was designated as Structure D36.
Suboperation C164C (Figure 15, Figure 16, Figure 17) consisted of an axial trench, measuring 5.3 m north-south by 1.5 m east-west, placed over the westernmost northern platform defining the southeast plaza in the South Acropolis. Clearing the humus within the trench revealed a simple line-of-stone building with two crude broad steps on its northern side. Continued excavation into the core of the upper construction revealed that it immediately overlay another construction that appeared to face east. Two steps for this earlier construction were exposed, the uppermost one in section and the lower one about 50 cm east of section. A floor abutted this lower step; crushed on this floor and against the side of the step were most of four pottery vessels (Figure 18). These vessels represent both serving and storage functions and date to the later part of the Late Classic Period. The remains of a corner of an even earlier construction, represented by the plaster turn-ups of a buried floor and a few facing stones, was recovered in the northern part of this excavation. The northern part of the trench was dug to bedrock and revealed yet one more buried floor. The fill material for the lowest flooring was Preclassic in date.
Collapsed Chultun
A sunken area, or sump, was evident in the plaza between Structure D5 and Structure D16. The surface depression was believed to have been caused by either the collapse of an open-air chamber or of an open-air chultun. Accordingly, the feature was selected for further investigation.
Suboperation C164D (Figure 19, Figure 20, Figure 21, Figure 22) consisted of an excavation measuring 4.0 m north-south by 1.65 m east-west placed over the sump that was evident in the plaza. Initial clearing of the humus revealed the remnants of a plaster floor on the north side of the excavation, tilted at an 80 degree angle, indicating that a collapse had indeed occurred. Excavation succeeded in following the collapse downward and revealed a line of stones that ran parallel to the western excavation limit. These stones turned into a wall facing which extended across the limit of the former chultun and abutted its bedrock sides. This facing was set directly on the floor of the chamber. The flooring of the chamber consisted of hard limestone shelves that stepped down from west to east. The entire floor of the chamber was excavated, both behind and in front of the wall. Situated behind the wall and on the floor of the chamber in front of the wall were a series of reconstructible vessels, which permit the use of this chultun to be dated to the Protoclassic / Late Preclassic era (Figure 23: b,c,d,e,f,g,h,j from behind the wall; all others from floor in front of wall). A figurine head (Figure 28a) that can be dated to this same era was found in the collapse that filled the chamber.
Structure D11
The most massive structure north of the central architecture is Structure D11. This building forms the western limit for the southeast plaza and the eastern limit for the southwest plaza in the South Acropolis. It extends out of the raised platform supporting Structure D18 and extends to the southern edge of the South Acropolis, effectively blocking passage between the southeast and southwest plazas. Excavation revealed that Structure D11 was part of the southeast plaza, something that could not be ascertained by surface features alone.
Suboperation C165B (Figure 24, Figure 25, Figure 26) consisted of an axial trench, measuring 2.0 m north-south by 14.6 m east-west, through Structure D11. Surface clearing of the entire trench revealed no remnants of any stone superstructure, but did find the lower two courses of a stairway on its eastern side. A late plaster floor abutted the lower step. The lack of well-defined architecture may be due to the late date of the last version of Structure D11, if a reconstructible cooking vessel (Figure 27b) found in the western extent of the excavation can be related to the use of this edifice. Penetration of the structure core recovered Late Classic ceramics, a pottery figurine head, and most of a pottery whistle (Figure 28a and 28b). Deep excavation within the core of the latest version of Structure D11 uncovered an earlier version of the structure. The earlier construction's shorter axis ran east-west and measured 4.7 m; it rose 0.75 m above an even earlier platform floor, which ran beneath all of Structure D11. A separate plaza floor abutted the eastern limit of this earlier building, indicating that it too was aligned with the southeast plaza. Penetration of the earlier building's core revealed an almost concrete-like matrix and some isolated human skull fragments.
Structure D12
The southwest plaza of the South Acropolis is defined by the rear of Structure D11 on the east, by the rear of Structure D17 on the north, by Structure D13 on the west, and by Structure D12 on the south. Structure D12 was selected for excavation based on the fact that it did not have a large tree blocking its central axis.
Suboperation C166B (Figure 29, Figure 30, Figure 31) was an axial trench, measuring 1.5 m east-west by 5.5 m north-south, placed through Structure D12. Like the uppermost buildings throughout all the northern plaza areas in the South Acropolis, the architecture was very indistinct and defined only by lines of stone. Clearing revealed the corner of a potential bench in the southern part of the trench and possible steps in the northern part of the excavation. Three floors were encountered. The uppermost abutted what was left of the latest version of Structure D12. The other two floors lay beneath the fill for Structure D12 and represented platform surfaces capping extensive dry core boulder fill. No deposits were recovered in this excavation.
Structure D14
Two low buildings, Structures D14 and D15, exist at the western end of the main South Acropolis plaza. Structure D14 was selected for excavation because of its position on the southern side of this plaza and the fact that all of the other southern buildings in this plaza (Structures D16, D17, and D18) had produced tombs. Structure D14 did not conform to this pattern.
Suboperation C163B (Figure 32, Figure 33, Figure 34) consisted of an axial trench 1.5 m east-west by 6.0 m north-south placed over Structure D14. Initial clearing revealed several lines of stone representing a multi-level perishable building. Penetration of the core of this latest construction revealed an early construction represented by a single line of stone set upon the original plaza floor. Unlike the dry-core fill found beneath the southern plaza floors, the fill for the upper plaza floor consisted of large fill stones set within a hard-packed dirt matrix. No deposits were recovered in this investigation.
Summary of New 2003 South Acropolis Excavations
The new 2003 excavations Ð now all backfilled - focused on smaller structures in the South Acropolis and significantly added to the time depth for the occupation of this area through the recovery of the extensive deposit of Late Preclassic / Protoclassic materials from the collapsed chultun. The vessel from the rear of Structure D11 also indicates that this area was used through the end of the Terminal Classic era. No workshop debris could be detected in any of the recovered artifactual remains from the excavations in the small structures of the South Acropolis. As the excavations were large enough to have recovered such debris, it does not appear that these buildings were used for the production of specialized artifacts. However, a good case can be made that at least the southeast plaza functioned as a residential group. Not only were four Late-to-Teminal Classic burials recovered in Structure D9, but serving and storage vessels were recovered on an earlier floor within Structure D5. These data strongly suggest that the northeast plaza of the South Acropolis was a residential area. However, a new question is raised by these data. What is the relationship between the inhabitants of the southeast plaza and the rest of the South Acropolis? Were these individuals caretakers or the primary users of this area? This question can still not be answered definitively without additional analysis.
Continuing South Acropolis Excavations: 2003
Prior to the 2003 field season, the major architecture in the South Acropolis had been partially, but not completely, tested and excavated. Initial excavations within this group were originally conducted by Belize's first archaeological commissioner, A.H. Anderson (1958, 1959), in the 1950s. Clean-up and areal clearing intended to make the area more readily accessible to tourists was the primary focus of the subsequent USAID-GOB funded Caracol Archaeological Project investigations carried out in 1990 and 1992. These investigations recorded and amplified the previous work that had been done on Structures D17 and D18 and cleaned up and recorded the looting that had occurred on Structure D4 (before exposing the entire building); the research also uncovered a new tomb in Structure D16 and tested Structures D6 and D7. All of Anderson's open excavations were backfilled, as were the looter's trenches in Structure D4. Furthermore, the summits of Structures D4 and D17, the western base of Structure D18, and the tombs in Structures D17 and D18 were all stabilized as an outcome of this effort. The archaeological data collected as a result of this work suggested that the three central buildings in the South Acropolis functioned as important, presumably non-residential, mortuary structures and that Structure D4 had not had a residential function.
The recent Tourism Development Project at Caracol also selected the South Acropolis as one of its focal points for further stabilization. The Caracol Archaeological Project carried out a close articulation with the TDP during 2003 and helped in the clearing efforts for these buildings through assigning lots and processing artifacts that came from the TDP excavations (the suboperations assigned to TDP excavations in the South Acropolis are shown in Figure 35). Based on the TDP clearing effort (Figure 36), the CAP also added to plans and sections that had been started in 1990 and 1992 for Structures D4, D6, D7, D16, D17, and D18. An additional penetrating excavation was also undertaken in Structure D4.
Structure D4
When visited in 1983, the western half of Structure D4 had been pitted by looters. A deep trench ran through the western side of Structure D4, penetrating both a bench located here and the floors beneath the bench. Because of this looting and the revealed architecture, Structure D4 was selected for further excavation in 1990 and was then subsequently stabilized by the Caracol Archaeological Project during the 1991 field season. Once it was uncovered, it became evident that Structure D4 formed a formal entranceway into the South Acropolis. Individuals would have had to pass through this building in order to enter the plazas and structures beyond. With its two massive side benches, Structure D4 can be thought of as something like a waiting area and/or guardhouse. The ancillary buildings, permanent to the west and impermanent to the east, faced north Ð to parts of the site exterior to the South Acropolis. Thus, the enitre northern building Ð Structure D4 and its wings Ð served to provide privacy to any activities that were carried out within the plazas making up the South Acropolis.
Suboperations C72BÐC72J consisted of excavations undertaken in 1990 that were involved in the areal clearing of Structure D4 and its western annex (Figure 37). Suboperation C72B involved the clean-up of the looters' trench through the western summit of Structure D4; this section (Figure 38) was augmented by Supoperation C72H which excavated the southern area exterior to the building. Suboperation C72I consisted of the axial trench through Structure D4 (Figure 39). This excavation revealed the existence of earlier buildings buried in the core of Structure D4, in fact revealing the buried side of an earlier construction that appeared to face to the south.
Special Deposit C72B-1 was assigned for the heavily burnt, fragmentary, and plentiful human remains that were found within a pit in the northern extent of the trench that encompassed the original looters' excavation. The black soil that defined this pit was sealed by eroded light brown floor bedding for the floor surface that was immediately north of Structure D4. Within this pit were the cremated remains of minimally one individual. The only other materials found in association with this human bone were fragmentary obsidian blades.
Suboperation C72K was an excavation carried out in February 1994 on axis to Structure D4 to look for a lower northern step (Figure 40). The excavation recovered a single row of stone and measured 1.5 m north-south by 3.0 m east-west.
Suboperations C72LÐC72Q were assigned during the 2003 field season for clearing excavations undertaken by the TDP in and around Structure D4 (see Figure 35 and Figure 42). For the summit excavations, the newly revealed architecture was drawn at 1:20 and added to earlier drawings (Figure 37). Additionally, Suboperation C72N was assigned to a 2 m north-south excavation used to penetrate the terrace immediately south of Structure D4 and add the dry core fill that was revealed to the earlier section (Figure 39). A small test was also made in a discontinuity in the plaster surface west of Structure D4 within Suboperation C72M (Figure 41), but it proved to only be an area of eroded flooring.
Structure D6
A flat area was evident on the northern flank of the arm linking Structures D4 and D7. This platform, noticeable in mapping, had been designated Structure D6.
Suboperation C89B (Figure 43, Figure 44) was assigned for an exploratory excavation made into Structure D6 during the 1992 field season. All that was discovered were crude walls comprising the rear wall for the western arm of Structure D4 and the eastern limit of the Structure D4 southern stair outset. In reality, Structure D6 was probably not a formal building, but was rather just an architectural terrace.
Structure D7
Dominating the eastern side of the main interior plaza of the South Acropolis is Structure D7. A small excavation was made at the base of Structure D7 in 1992 by the CAP, but recovered no visible architecture. In 2002, the TDP cleared the entire building prior to its stabilization. They too found a lack of visible architecture on the sides and base of the structure. At the summit of Structure D7, however, three building substructures were uncovered. The central one was set back to the east and the two side substructures faced the central platform (see Figure 2).
Suboperations C91B and CD20A (Figure 45) were assigned to excavations undertaken in Structure D7. Suboperation C91B was 3.8 m east-west by 2.0 m north-south excavation placed on axis to Structure D7 at its base in 1992. This excavation was halted after initial clearing because it recovered neither architecture nor any evidence of caching activity, as would normally be expected if the structure had functioned as an eastern ancestral shrine (D. Chase and A. Chase 1998). Suboperation CD20A was assigned to the clearing of Structure D7 in 2002 by the Tourism Development Project prior to stabilization in 2003. These excavations recovered 3 substructures at the summit of the building, but little else in the way of architecture. Two tombs were, however, encountered during the 2002 clearing operations; data presented below indicates that these chambers appear to have been used relatively early in the history of the South Acropolis and that at least one had been re-entered (see D. Chase and A. Chase 2003). All of the mortuary activity in the central structures post-dates the use of the eastern Structure D7.
Special Deposit C20A-1 (Figure 46) was assigned for a tomb that was encountered in the core of the central summit substructure south of the central axis. No pottery vessels were recovered from this chamber. Presumably because of its proximity to the surface and its location in dry core fill, the bone was not in a good state of preservation.
Special Deposit C20A-2 (Figure 47) was assigned for a tomb that was found partway down the western slope of Structure D7. This tomb had been refilled with core material and, because it shows no indication of having intact capstones, is believed to have been accidentally re-entered at a later time and then treated in accord with other patterns that are noted for Caracol (D. Chase and A. Chase 2003). Some of the nine vessels (Figure 48) that can be assigned to this chamber were clearly intact on the floor of the chamber, according well with an accidental re-entry. However, the inclusion of potential cache vessels (specifically Figure 48a) in this chamber as well as "Charlie Chaplins" (Figure 49e and 49f) and other small shell objects generally found in caches is problematic and may indicate that specific rituals were carried out when this re-entry occurred. The presence of 4 limestone bars (Figure 49a-d) in this chamber is also intriguing given their presumed association with weaving and twining. The nine vessels that were recovered in association with S.D. CD20A-2 are all of Early Classic date and this assemblage is clearly earlier than any of the other mortuary deposits encountered in the South Acropolis.
Structure D16
The architectural focus of the South Acropolis is the large raised platform that makes up the southern side of its main plaza. Three buildings surmount this raised platform: Structure D17 on the west end; Structure D18 in the middle; and, Structure D16 on the eastern end (Figure 50). In contrast to Structures D17 and D18, Structure D16 is barely visible in terms of architecture, appearing almost as if a flat surface with a slight bump across its northern end. This appearance may be due to later stone-robbing at this locus, especially as it is clear that a complicated architectural sequence exists here and that Structure D16 is earlier than either Structure D17 or Structure D18.
Suboperations 88B and 88C (Figure 51, Figure 52) were assigned for the areal clearing and axial penetration of Structure D16 during 1992. Suboperation C88B was assigned for the western part of the summit structure and its articulation with Structure D18. Suboperation C88C was assigned for the axial trench and the eastern part of Structure D16's summit. At least 3 building phases could be ascertained as a result of these excavations. The latest building phase was represented by a partial facing at the summit of the plaza above all other floors and walls; its existence lends strong support for an interpretation of stone-robbing at this locus. The middle phase of construction has low broad steps leading up to the summit of the platform. It was cut through on its western end by a covered crypt and it, in turn, is believed to seal an Early Classic tomb in its core. At least in the front of Structure D16, this middle phase overlays even earlier platforms, which appear to be off-axis to the east from the construction that is now visible.
Special Deposit C88B-1 (Figure 53) cut into architecture that makes up the middle phase of construction for Structure D16. When uncovered, the crypt had its capstone intact, but was literally just under the ground surface. For whatever reason, no bone or artifacts were recovered in this crypt.
Special Deposit C88C-1 (Figure 54, Figure 55, Figure 56) was assigned to a well constructed tomb that was presumably sealed by the middle construction effort in Structure D16. When found, the chamber was barely a meter below the ground surface. At one time, the interior walls of the chamber had been plastered. The floor of the tomb had a layer of cinnabar under the vessels and bones. The tomb contained the remains of 2 individuals, both of whom were adults and 1 of whom was female. Nine teeth inlaid with pyrite were recovered, all from one individual and all maxillary teeth indicating that one of the individuals had decorated teeth from premolar to premolar. Thirteen whole and 3 partial ceramic vessels were recovered from the chamber, all of Early Classic date (Figure 57a, Figure 57b). Other artifacts from the chamber include a set of composite obsidian earflares (Figure 58c), 2 antler figurines (Figure 58a and 58b), 4 complete spondylus shells, 5 stingray spine fragments, 2 pyrite mirror pieces, 237 shell beads, 12 shell inlays, 1 shell pendant, 1 shell figure, 2 shell tubes, 3 pearls, 1 jadeite pendant, 3 jadeite beads, 2 crystal mosaic inlays, 48 hematite mosaic pieces, 75 malachite mosaic pieces, and 1 obsidian drill.
Suboperations 88D and 88E were assigned in 2003 for the basal excavations on axis to Structure D16 (C88E) and for the basal excavation of the eastern side and northeast corner of Structure D16 (C88D). In general, only a basal course of cut stone was recovered on the northern side of the platform.
Structure D17
The western side of the central platform was crowned by Structure D17. A.H. Anderson excavated a tomb in this building in 1953. He then returned in subsequent years to continue excavations at Caracol. A short visit is recorded in 1954 with Gordon Willey and a full field season is noted for 1958. During one of these seasons, it is believed that Anderson placed an axial trench through Structure D17. In 1990 this open excavation was recorded and backfilled when Structure D17 was areally exposed. Structure D17 was consolidated during the 1991 field season. The building proved to have three doors facing south and three inner doors to the rear room, the eastern two of which were blocked by later construction. As excavated, the eastern part of the inner rear room contained a series of raised platforms, as if a stair to a second story. The western part of Structure D17 was gone, having presumably slid off the summit.
Suboperation C37B (Figure 59, Figure 60) was designated for the areal excavation of Structure D17 and for the clean-up of Anderson's trench during the 1990 field season. Once the building was cleared, a cross-section was also drawn showing the relationship between Structure D18, Structure D17, and S.D. C37B-1 (Figure 61). During this work, a footed cylinder (Figure 27a) was found in the alley between Structure D17 and Structure D18.
Special Deposit C37B-1 (Figure 62) was excavated by A.H. Anderson in 1953. He entered the tomb through its collapsed entrance and found a single adult in the chamber who was accompanied by 9 well preserved pottery vessels of early Late Classic date and 4 jadeite beads. After excavation, Anderson placed a wooden door in the entranceway and used the tomb as a storage area.
Suboperation C37E and C37J were designated for excavations undertaken during the 2003 field season at the base of Structure D17. Suboperation C37E continued the Structure D17 section line to include the northern basal architecture. A single line of stone articulating with the associated plaza floor was encountered in this excavation. Suboperation C37J was designated for materials that were recovered as a result of the excavation of the basal substructure corner for Structure D17.
Structure D18
Perhaps the most important building in the South Acropolis, Structure D18 commands not only the central platform, but also the entire South Acropolis. Little of the latest building remains, presumably removed by A.H. Anderson in 1958 when he excavated the infilled tomb in Structure D18. The CAP excavations revealed that, Structure D18, which faced north, covered an earlier building that had once faced west. When the final phase of Structure D18 was built, the earlier building had been converted into a large tomb with an entryway being constructed through the building's north wall. This entryway had been hidden within the frontal stairway for the latest version of Structure D18. At some point in time, it may be surmised that the tomb roof collapsed or that access was accidentally gained into the tomb. This appears to have occasioned the removal of the chamber's roof and its infilling. Luckily, this fill was placed over the intact remains of the chamber; its re-entry patterns are in accord with others noted for Caracol (D. Chase and A. Chase 2003).
Suboperations C37C and C37D (Figure 63, Figure 64, Figure 65) were assigned for archaeological work undertaken on Structure D18 in 1990 (C37C) and 1992 (C37D). This work included opening up an axial trench through the building as well as areally clearing the structure's outer walls, the western side in 1990 and the eastern side in 1992. The latest version of Structure D18 had two stairway modifications, both of which covered the tomb included in the core of the construction. Axial excavations in the southern portion of Structure D18 revealed the southern wall of the buried building. Excavations west of the room used as a tomb demonstrated that the buried building had once been a two-room edifice. The single inner door of this building had been blocked when the rear room was turned into a tomb. The rear room also had a bench, which continued beneath the make-shift southern wall for the tomb chamber. Excavations on the northern exterior of this buried building succeeded in getting down to plaza level, something that Anderson (1959) could not do. Deep excavations into the core of the earlier building recovered a large ceramic sample (Figure 66a, Figure 66b) that indicates that this earlier building must have been constructed in the Early Classic era. Remnants of even earlier constructions were recovered buried in the core of the earlier building at plaza level.
Special Deposit C37C-1 (Figure 67, Figure 68) was excavated by Anderson in 1958. Nails, used to guide his drawings, were recovered in 1990 during the clearing of this chamber. Anderson (1959) had originally found the entranceway to the buried tomb because the stairway for the latest version of Structure D18 had collapsed. However, the tomb had been completely infilled with construction core and he entered it by digging down through the core of the latest version of Structure D18. That everything was intact on the floor of the chamber is consistent with an ancient accidental tomb re-entry (D. Chase and A. Chase 2003). Two articulated adult individuals were recovered from within the tomb. On the bench was a supine body with head to the south and with inlaid jadeite teeth; on the floor west of the bench was another individuals with head to the north. Fourteen pottery vessels accompanied this interment along with 1 figurine and 1 whistle as well as "scores of tiny flat beads made of shell and jade and scores of very small oliva shells" (Anderson 1959:214-215). The vessels all date to the early part of the Late Classic Period (Tepeu 1 equivalent vessels).
Suboperations C37F-C37I were new excavations undertaken during the 2003 field season prior to final stabilization. Suboperation C37F was assigned to the continuation of the axial trench through Structure D18. Suboperations C37G and C37H were assigned for the areal clearing of the northern face of the platform supporting Structure D18. Suboperation C37I was assigned to all materials coming out of the central plaza of South Acropolis during 2003.
New 2003 Non-South Acropolis Excavations: Structures A9 and D1
Structures A9 and D1 had already been looted by the onset of the first full season of the Caracol Archaeological Project in 1985. The summit of Structure A9 had an open east-west trench through it. A summit-to-base trench had been driven into Structure D1 from its western side. Cursory examination of the looters' trenches in each of these structures in 1985 showed no evidence that any deposits had been encountered; however, the trenches were not formally cleared and recorded. The 2003 field season remedied this situation.
Structure D1
Structure D1 is situated strategically adjacent to the main reservoir north of the South Acropolis. Although appearing to be in isolation, it likely formed an architectural complex with Structure D2, a tall pyramid located on the edge of the raised epicentral area immediately west of Structure D1. As a result of the 2003 investigations, it is possible to state that Structure D1 faced west, as all of its intact facings were oriented in this direction. However, the sides of Structure D1 were not investigated, meaning that its form is still not known. Nor is its obvious relationship with the main reservoir understood.
Suboperations C167B and C167C (Figure 69, Figure 70, Figure 71) were assigned to excavations undertaken to understand the architecture and construction of Structure D1, a building that had been savaged by an earlier looters' trench. The sides of the open excavation were cleaned and drawn, finding only a very few facings halfway up the trench. Multiple phases of Structure D4 had once existed, with the dry-core fill making up the core of most of these buildings. No deposits were encountered. The artifactual materials recovered in the core of the building can only be used to place the latest construction effort for Structure D1 in the broadest sense of the Late Classic Period (i.e., after A.D. 550). Suboperation C167C was a new excavation, measuring 3.05 m east-west by 1.25 m north-south, made at the summit of D1 that effectively was a continuation of the open trench. Together Suboperations C167B and C167C stretched for a total distance of 15.7 m. Two steps that were oriented to the west as well as a preserved floor were encountered in Suboperation C167C (Figure 70). All of the open excavations in Structure D1 were backfilled as a conjoined effort of the CAP and TDP following recording.
Structure A9
The summit of Structure A9 had looted prior to 1985, but neither major architecture nor deposits had been encountered. Based on the spatial relationships between structures immediately south of Caracol's A Plaza (Figure 72), it appeared on the map that Structures A9 and A15 formed a two-building group. They both shared the same raised platform and appeared to demarcate a small private plaza on the very edge of the western epicenter. However, the exact relationship of Structure A9 to other buildings in this part of Caracol was not clear. A narrow alley separated Structures A1 and A9. However, the western "end" of this alley was defined by a structural projection appended to the back of Structure A1; this platform had yielded a tomb, 2 caches, and a greater than life-size seated stucco figure (A. Chase and D. Chase 1997). Thus, Structure A9 could have been associated with this ritual complex as well. Small excavations were, therefore, undertaken at the base of Structure A9 to resolve its relationship to either Structure A15 or Structure A1. Surprisingly, these excavations revealed that Structure A9 faced east and was probably paired with the south-facing Structure A8 to form a small, very open plaza area at the southeast entrance to the A Plaza.
Suboperation C162B (Figure 72, Figure 73) was a 2 m by 2 m excavation set in the presumed corner formed by Structure A9 and the raised platform that was also associated with Structure A15. No formal architecture was encountered. Rather, a sloping layer of construction fill was encountered, the top of which was littered with broken pottery. One of the vessels encountered in this lens proved to be a rather large reconstructible olla (Figure 74). As a result of this investigation (and others undertaken during 2003), it may be posited that the area south of Structure A9 and west and north of Structure A15 was in the process of being infilled at the end of the Terminal Classic Period, probably to form a base for future construction.
Suboperations C162C and C162D (Figure 72, Figure 73, Figure 75) were two small trenches placed along the northern base of Structure A9 to determine if this structure faced south. Suboperation C162C measured 3 m north-south by 2 m east-west and succeeded in finding a terrace facing and plaza floor that were associated with Structure A9. This excavation also encountered a crude line of stone that projected at right angles from the terrace facing and probably represented a basal pad for a perishable structure (Figure 75). In order to ensure that this line-of-stone did not represent the ripped-out side of a stairway, a second excavation was placed 1.5 m west of Suboperation C162C. Suboperation C162D measured 2.2 m north-south by 1.6 m east-west. This excavation was dug down to the same plaza floor level that had been found in Suboperation C162C. Like C162C, Suboperation C162D did not reveal any steps; nor were any other architectural features found in this test. Based on these two investigations, it was determined that Structure A9 did not face south.
Suboperation C162E (Figure 72, Figure 76, Figure 78) was placed over the eastern basal axis of Structure A9 in line with the looters' trench on the summit. Suboperation C162E measured 2.8 m north-south by 2.2 m east-west. It was located 2.8 m north of Suboperation C162B. This investigation produced the missing stairway for Structure A9. At least 5 distinct steps could be delineated within the areal investigation. These steps rested direct on a plastered plaza floor. A test through this plaza floor produced no deposits, but did contain Late Preclassic sherd material. This excavation demonstrated that access to the Structure A9 summit was gained from its eastern side.
Suboperation C162F (Figure 77) was assigned for material was recovered as a result of detailing the east-west looters' trench at the summit of Structure A9. No dateable material was recovered. While a plaster floor could be seen in the summit section, no facings could be discerned that were associated with it. A smaller north-south cross-trench at the summit was not recorded.
Previous excavations have shown that Caracol, like other urban centers, is composed of architectural units with differing functions. Epicentral Caracol is at the heart of the site's urban landscape and is tied to the surrounding core area settlement and agricultural fields via its intra-site causeways. Many architectural units within the site epicenter differ from those found in the surrounding hinterland, varying in architectural form and serving a greater variety of functions relating to residence, ritual, administration, and production. The 2003 research investigated urban form and function by excavating in several less well-studied areas of the Caracol epicenter, particularly the smaller structures directly associated with the South Acropolis and previously looted structures not directly associated with Caracol's major plazas. The investigations undertaken during the 2003 field season not only complemented research undertaken during previous seasons at the site by the Caracol Archaeological Project, but also will worked with and supplemented the stabilization efforts undertaken as part of the IDB Tourism Development Project directed by Dr. Jaime Awe.
The bulk of the 2003 work focused on the South Acropolis and it is appropriate to try to place the results of this work within a broader perspective. Initially, the excavations within the small structures south and west of the South Acropolis's larger architecture had hoped to find workshop or activity areas that could be related to attached specialists. There were not found. However, the work undertaken within these buildings helps place the South Acropolis into temporal context.
The ceramics encountered in the collapsed chultun in the South Acropolis' southeast plaza demonstrate that the South Acropolis was flourishing at the end of the Late Preclassic Period and that ritual activities were taking place in this vicinity even then (based on the recovered incensarios). Further investigations in the South Acropolis would undoubtedly find other deposits associated with this time period. By the beginning of the Early Classic Period, the South Acropolis appears to have functioned as an elite residential unit. Structure D7 was clearly used as a mortuary structure with burial patterns that were consistent with those found in later residential groups. Had deeper penetration been made of this badly preserved building, a tomb dating to the Late Preclassic / Protoclassic era may have been encountered. However, the residential functions of the South Acropolis shifted sometime toward the end of the Early Classic Period. This is indicated not only by the mortuary patterns found in the southern Structures D16, D17, and D18 that span the late Early Classic to early Late Classic, but also by the construction of a formal eastern temple (now buried within Structure D18) in the later part of the Early Classic as well. The architectural additions to the South Acropolis at the end of the Early Classic, the southern mortuary focus that continued through the middle of the Late Classic, the re-entry of the Structure D7 lower tomb, and the construction of a non-residential southern gateway building (Structure D4) for the South Acropolis all indicate that the function of this area had shifted to other activities by the beginning of the Late Classic era. The poor preservation and stone removal in the central architecture of the South Acropolis indicate that its main plaza never regained a residential function. However, the 2003 excavations in the smaller structures surrounding the southeast plaza of the South Acropolis indicate that this group did have a residential function sequent to the deposition of the Late Classic tomb in Structure D17. In situ ceramics recovered on an early floor within Structure D5 indicate serving and storage functions here in the later part of the Late Classic Period. Burials recovered from Structure D9 also date from this same time, but continue into the Terminal Classic Period as well. Thus, an intriguing temporal sequence can be established for the South Acropolis in which the complex apparently started out as an elite residential unit in the Late Preclassic to Early Classic Period, shifted to a non-residential, presumably public function at the end of the Early Classic Period, and then partially regained a residential function in the later part of the Late Classic Period.
From a practical standpoint, the concentration of the 2003 research excavations in a single portion of the site that was undergoing stabilization not only greatly facilitated in-field communication and movement of personnel, but also permitted the integration of archaeological data collected over half a century. The long-term research approach taken by the Caracol Archaeological Project also means that each field season provides additional understanding and field data that can be conjoined with previously accumulated information to shed new light specifically on the site of Caracol and, eventually, on broader questions concerning the ancient Maya.
The figures included within this
report were drafted by Amy Morris and Anna Ostrowska, as well as by Arlen and
Diane Chase; all figures were finalized in Photoshop by Arlen Chase. The IDB
Tourism Development Project, directed by Jaime Awe, provided the original plan
of the in situ artifacts in the lower Structure D7 tomb. Dr. Awe also
significantly aided in easing the Caracol Archaeological Project logistics for
the 2003 field season; among numerous other things, his Tourism Development
Project handled the bureaucratic paperwork for our Belizean workmen, provided
our camp with electricity, and - most importantly - constructed a new
"two-seater" for project use.
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1958 "Recent Discoveries at Caracol Site, British Honduras." Proceedings of the 32nd
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1998 "Planeacion Civica e Integracion de Sitio en Caracol, Belice: Definiendo una Economia Administrada del Periodo Clasico Maya," Los Investigadores de la Cultura Maya 6(1):26-44, Universidad Autonoma de Campeche, Campeche.
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1994a "Details in the Archaeology of Caracol, Belize: An Introduction." In D. Chase and A.
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1998 "Scale and Intensity in Classic Period Maya Agriculture: Terracing and Settlement at the 'Garden City' of Caracol, Belize," Culture and Agriculture 20(2):60-77.
2001a "Ancient Maya Causeways and Site Organization at Caracol, Belize," Ancient
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2001 "El Paisaje Urbano Maya: La Integraci—n de los Espacios Construidos y la Estructura Social en Caracol, Belice," in A.Ciudad Ruiz, M. Josefa Iglesias Ponce de Leon, and M. Del Carmen Martinez Martinez, Eds, Reconstruyendo la Ciudad Maya: El Urbanismo en las Sociedades Antiguas, pp. 95-122, Sociedad Espanola de Estudios Mayas, Madrid.
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1998 "The Architectural Context of Caches, Burials, and Other Ritual Activities for the Classic Period Maya (as Reflected at Caracol, Belize)," in Stephen D. Houston, Ed., Function and Meaning in Classic Maya Architecture, pp. 299-332, Dumbarton Oaks, Washington, D.C.
2000 "Inferences about Abandonment: Household Archaeology and Caracol, Belize." Mayab
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Publicaci—n 7, Sociedad de los Estudios Mayas, Madrid.
Caracol Project Members: 2003 Field Season
Diane Z. Chase C2
Amy Morris C111
Jorge Garcia C144
Amanda Groff C150
Ben Marshall C152
Willie Rivers C138
Shawn Botts C157
Shoshana Caplan C158
Melina Hoffman C159
Kerri Masem C160
Jennifer Navarra C161
Shayna Michaels C153
Eric Shippee C162
Megan Simpson C163
Erik Stanley C164
Belizean Labor:
Rita Wilshire
Aurora Gongora
Alicia Hernandez
Carlos Ivan Mendez
Marvin Alexander Chable
Carlos Castellanos
Carlos Castellanos, Jr.
Jaime Iglesias Mis
Noe Rivas
Figure 1. Reconstructed plan of the South Acropolis and its buildings prior to the 2003 field work
(from A. Chase and D. Chase 2001b).
Figure 2. New plan of the South Acropolis made during the 2003 field season, showing actual
lines of stone as well as excavations undertaken in 2003; plan is not full rectified.
Figure 3. Axial section through Caracol Structure D9.
Figure 4. Upper and lower plans of the excavation through Caracol Structure D9.
Figure 5. Photograph of trench through Caracol Structure D9.
Figure 6. Plans related to Special Deposit C164B-1: capstones overlaying burial and burial itself.
Figure 7. Photograph of burial in Special Deposit C164B-1.
Figure 8. Vessels from Special Deposit C164B-1: a) probably Azucar Impressed; b) probably
Azucar Impressed; c) Belize Red.
Figure 9. Shell artifacts associated with Special Deposit C164B-1.
Figure 10. Plan of Special Deposit C164B-2.
Figure 11. Photograph of upper portion of crypt for Special Deposit C164B-2.
Figure 12. Vessels from Caracol Structure C9: a) eroded Machete Polychrome from Special Deposit
C164B-2; b) probably eroded Machete Polychrome from within core of Structure D9.
Figure 13. Plan of Special Deposit C164B-3.
Figure 14. Plans related to Special Deposit C164B-4: capstones overlaying burial and burial itself.
Figure 15. Axial Section through Caracol Structure D5.
Figure 16. Upper and lower plans of axial excavation through Caracol Structure D5.
Figure 17. Photograph of Caracol Structure D5 during excavation, showing the buried earlier
Figure 18. Vessels associated with the buried earlier building in Caracol Structure D5: a) probably
Machete Polychrome; b) eroded Palmar Orange-Polychrome; c) Subin Red; d) Cambio
Figure 19. North-south Section of collapsed chultun in excv. C164D and recovered wall profile.
Figure 20. East-west Cross-Section of collapsed chultun in excv. C164D.
Figure 21. Plan of chultun bottom in excv. C164D.
Figure 22. Photograph of in situ pottery being excavated at the bottom of the collapsed chultun
(excv. C164D) and east of the chultun wall facing.
Figure 23a, Figure 23b, Figure 23c
Figure 23. Pottery recovered in association with the bottom of the collapsed chultun (excv. C164D):
a) Sierra Red; b) possibly Union Appliqued; c) Sapote Striated; d) Lagartos Punctated;
e) Paila Unslipped; f) Alta Mira Fluted; g) Paila Unslipped; h) unnamed type; i) Sierra
Red; j) Sierra Red; k) Sierra Red; l) Paybono Black; m) Sierra Red; n) Lagartos
Punctated; o) Sierra Red; p) Sacluc Black-on-Orange; q) unnamed type; r) possibly
Sarteneja Usulutan; s) related to Paila Unslipped; t) Sierra Red; u) Laguana Verde
Incised; v) Paila Unslipped; w) Paila Unslipped; x) Paila Unslipped; y) burned Altar Mira
Fluted; z) Sapote Striated; aa) unnamed punctuated type.
Figure 24. Axial Section through Caracol Structure D11.
Figure 25. Plan of Caracol Structure D11 with humus removed.
Figure 26. Photograph of the excavation of the eastern side of the Structure D11 trench.
Figure 27. Terminal Classic pottery vessels recovered in association with Structures D11
[b) Cambio Unslipped] and D17 [a) eroded Danta Polychrome].
Figure 28. Artifacts recovered from the South Acropolis southern excavations: a) ceramic head from
excv. C164D; b) ceramic head from excv. C165B; c) pottery whistle [minus head]
from excv. C165B; d) chert point from excv. C164B.
Figure 29. Axial Section through Caracol Structure D12.
Figure 30. Plan of excavation through Caracol Structure D12 after removal of humus.
Figure 31. Photograph of excavation in Caracol Structure D12 and the western end of the excavation
through Caracol Structure D11.
Figure 32. Axial Section through Caracol Structure D14.
Figure 33. Plan of excavation through Caracol Structure D14 following removal of humus.
Figure 34. Photograph of excavation of Caracol Structure D14.
Figure 35. Schematic diagram of the northern plaza and structures of the South Acropolis showing
the locations of the suboperations related to the clearing operations undertaken by the
Tourism Development Project and the Caracol Archaeological Project.
Figure 36. Photograph of central platform in the South Acropolis undergoing clearing excavation
during 2003.
Figure 37. Detailed plan of Caracol Structure D4 and its "wings."
Figure 38. Section of the looters' excavation through the southern bench in Caracol Structure D4.
Figure 39. Axial Section of Caracol Structure D4 [through its central doorways].
Figure 40. Axial Section of the 1994 test through the basal stair of Caracol Structure D4.
Figure 41. Section of a 2003 test through the eastern "wing" of Caracol Structure D4.
Figure 42. Photograph of Caracol Structure D4's eastern exterior wall, excavated during 2003 by the
Tourism Development Project.
Figure 43. Section through the 1992 Caracol Structure D6 excavation.
Figure 44. Plan of the 1992 Caracol Structure D6 excavation.
Figure 45. Section and Profile from 1992 work on Caracol Structure D7 with the addition of the two
tombs and the basal facing found during 2002 by the Tourism Development Project.
Figure 46. Section, Cross-Section, and Plan of the upper Caracol Structure D7 tomb.
Figure 47. Cross-Section and Plan of the lower Caracol Structure D7 tomb.
Figure 48. Pottery vessels recovered in association with the lower Caracol Structure D7 tomb:
a) Quintal Unslipped; b) eroded Dos Arroyos Orange Polychrome; c) Quintal Unslipped;
d) Quintal Unslipped; e) Quintal Unslipped; f) Quintal Unslipped; g) eroded Balanza
Black; h) Pita Incised; i) Quintal Unslipped.
Figure 49. Artifacts recovered in association with the lower Caracol Structure D7 tomb:
a,b,c,d) limestone bars; e,f,g,j,l,m)shell; h,i,k) jadeite.
Figure 50. Combined plans of the walls and facings of Caracol Structures D16, D17, and D18, also
showing relationship between the three tombs associated with these buildings.
Figure 51. Axial section through Caracol Structure D16.
Figure 52. Plan of Caracol Structure D16 showing recovered facings and deposits.
Figure 53. Plan of Special Deposit C88B-1.
Figure 54. Section, Cross-Section, and Wall Elevation of chamber holding Special Deposit C88C-1.
Figure 55. Plan of Special Deposit C88C-1.
Figure 56. Photograph of Special Deposit C88C-1, looking south.
Figure 57a, Figure 57b
Figure 57. Pottery vessels associated with Special Deposit C88C-1: a) Dos Arroyos Orange
Polychrome; b) Balanza Black; c) Balanza Black, d) Balanza Black; e) Balanza Black;
f) Aguila Orange; g) Pucte Brown; h) eroded Dos Arroyos Orange Polychrome; i) Pucte
Brown with stuccoed panels; j) Pucte Brown; k) Pucte Brown; l) Urita Gouged-Incised;
m) Balanza Black; n) Positas Modeled and Urita Gouged- Incised; o) unnamed unslipped;
p) possibly Tintal Incised.
Figure 58. Artifacts associated with Special Deposit C88C-1: a) antler figurine; b) antler figurine;
c) pair of composite obsidian earflares on pottery backings.
Figure 59. Axial section through Caracol Structure D17.
Figure 60. Plan of Caracol Structure D17.
Figure 61. Cross-Section of alley between Caracol Structures D17 and D18, showing the position of
the Structure D17 tomb relative to the floor of the rear room in Structure D17.
Figure 62. Section, Cross-Section, and Plan of the tomb in Caracol Structure D17.
Figure 63. Axial Section of Caracol Structure D18.
Figure 64. Section of opposite wall of the Axial Section for Caracol Structure D18 north of buried
building showing the existence of facings covering the earlier structure; these facings
were associated with an earlier version of Caracol Structure D18-1st.
Figure 65. Plan of Caracol Structure D18, showing all recovered walls and facings.
Figure 66a, Figure 66b
Figure 66. Partial pottery vessels, all of Early Classic date, from within the fill of the buried earlier
building within the core of Caracol Structure D18: a) Quintal Unslipped; b) Dos Arroyos
Orange Polychrome; c) Quintal Unslipped; d) Dos Arroyos Orange Polychrome;
e) related to Hoya Punctated; f) probably Balanza Black; g) Dos Arroyos Orange
Polychrome; h)related to Hoya Punctated; i) Dos Arroyos Orange Polychrome; j) Aguila
Orange; k) Dos Arroyos Orange Polychrome; l) probably Dos Hermanos Red; m) Aguila
Orange; n) Dos Aguadas Gray Polychrome; o) Quintal Unslipped; p) Aguila Orange;
q) Dos Arroyos Orange Polychrome; r) Quintal Unslipped; s) Aguila Orange; t) Quintal
Unslipped; u) Caldero Buff Polychrome; v) probably Balanza Black; w) Dos Arroyos
Orange Polychrome; x) eroded Dos Hermanos Red; y) Aguila Orange; z) unnamed red
fluted; aa) Aguila Orange; bb) Dos Arroyos Orange Polychrome; cc) Quintal Unslipped;
dd) San Blas Red-on-Orange; ee) Dos Arroyos Orange Polychrome; ff) Yaloche Cream
Polychrome; gg) probably Balanza Black; hh) eroded Balanza Black; ii) proably Urita
Gouged-Incised; jj) unnamed unslipped modeled.
Figure 67. Plan of the tomb within Caracol Structure D18.
Figure 68. Elevations of the northern and southern walls of the tomb within Caracol Structure D18.
Figure 69. Axial Section through Caracol Structure D1.
Figure 70. Plan of facings and floor on the summit of Caracol Structure D1.
Figure 71. Photograph of the axial trench through Caracol Structure D1, after cleaning.
Figure 72. General Plan of the basal portions of Caracol Structures A1, A8, A9, and A10 showing
the locations of the 2003 excavations relative to Structure A9.
Figure 73. Sections of three separate excavations in the vicinity of the northern and eastern sides of
Caracol Structure A9.
Figure 74. Partial pottery vessel [a) probably Cambio Unslipped] recovered from excv. C162B.
Figure 75. Plan of excv. C162C at the level of the plaza floor.
Figure 76. Section and Plan of axial excavation on the eastern base of Caracol Structure A9.
Figure 77. Axial Section of the looters' excavation at the summit of Caracol Structure A9.
Figure 78. Photograph of the excavations undertaken on the eastern base of Caracol Structure A9.


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Can Reality Dating Shows Result In Love?
But how real can any of these shows really be when there's a camera honing in from every angle, not to mention a pot of money at the end of the series? What are the contestants' ultimate goals? Is it really true love they're after, or does every star of reality TV have ulterior motives? I think we all know the answer.
Now I have to admit that I am quite the addict of reality TV; then again, there isn't really much else on nowadays. And of course, the ladies of such television series are quite easy on the eyes. Trista, Zora, Helene, Amanda... if you are familiar with any these names, then you've been watching too.
But from shows like NBC's Meet My Folks , in which parents get to pimp their children, to FOX's Temptation Island , where the series separates couples and then bombards them with horny members of the opposite sex, it's quite obvious that dating and marriage simply aren't what they used to be... and neither are our morals.
will it ever last?Is it really possible for these couples who hook up on national television to possibly go the distance in a not-made-for-TV relationship? Personally, I think that when their 15 minutes comes a calling, suddenly staying with one partner doesn't sound as appealing as hobnobbing with Hollywood's skirts.
As well, how genuine can these women possibly be when they opt to go on shows that are given names like Joe Millionaire ? If any woman on that particular show tried to sell that, "I'm just looking for real love" hype, who in the world would believe it? No guy from my hood, that's for certain.
And so the belief that many women are looking for a meal ticket is reinforced yet again, just as it was the first time everyone laid their eyes on FOX's Who Wants To Marry A Multi-Millionaire? This show set the standard, or better yet, taught every network a lesson about how to go about airing a successful reality dating show. When it was discovered that alleged "multi-millionaire" Rick Rockwell wasn't worth more than a million, and that even that money was tied up, not to mention that he had once threatened an ex-girlfriend, shows like The Bachelor began doing hefty background checks and testing every contestant for diseases.
The fact that two strangers were married on national TV after having been acquainted for no more than 90 seconds demonstrated not how little pop culture values the institution of marriage today, but what the two morons who said "I do" were really after. In the end, Rockwell tried his hand at fame via stand-up comedy and Darva, the nurse-turned-gold digger, quickly had the marriage annulled and bared it all for a popular bunny magazine. Cha-ching.
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The buzz prior to the airing of this year's MTV Video Music Awards may have started off mostly surrounding Britney Spears, who was honored with the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award, but it was quickly overshadowed by Adam Levine bashing the ceremony and then later by the "secret" reveal that Kanye West and Jay-Z would be performing. At the actual show Lady Gaga helped honor Spears, but stole her thunder in character as her male alter ego Jo Calderone, which she'd taken on for her show-opening performance earlier in the night and kept through the ceremony puzzling both the audience and viewers at home. The biggest show-stealer? Beyonce, who not only looked stunning on the red carpet and while performing, but revealed that she and husband Jay-Z are expecting their first child.
Katie Holmes
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Britney Spears
Demi Lovato
Kelly Rowland
Katy Perry and Russell Brand
Selena Gomez
Nicki Minaj
Katy Perry
Kim Kardashian
Lady Gaga
Moving from attention-grabbing celebrities who favor glitz and glamour to one who relies more exclusively on her fantastic voice, Adele. The singer, who nabbed a number of awards, opted for a Burberry dress with an embellished neckline and 60s-inspired waves and a dark eye, which worked together to leave her looking sophisticated, but memorable at the same time. Also keeping it simple and chic was Katie Holmes in an Azzedine Alaia halter dress.
Black was a big trend of the night with Kelly Rowland opting for a black Falguni & Shane Peacock dress, Britney Spears going with a black Moschino romper, Zoe Saldana going with a black Barbara Bui mini embellished with gold, silver, and leather, and Selena Gomez wearing a black Julien MacDonald Fall 2011 dress.
There weren't too many flops, but a notable outlier was Miley Cyrus who wore a long-sleeved printed Roberto Cavalli gown that would have been better suited on someone a decade her senior and Nicki Minaj who looked as though a tshatshke store threw up on her.


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|These Indians go to 11… wins in a row. That's the longest win streak in the Majors this year and the longest by an Indians club within a single season since 1982. Most importantly, it has turned a dead-even American League Central race with the Royals into a six-game Tribe lead near the midway mark.
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|You know how the All-Star Game position player starters are selected because, well, you help select them, using the 2016 Esurance MLB All-Star Game Ballot. But what about the benches and pitching staffs?
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|Next door was the aftermath, the fans snaked around Quicken Loans Arena waiting for their turn to plop down their hard-earned cash for a hard-earned T-shirt bearing the word "Champions." The bid to be the one who broke the so-called curse was a kind of unspoken and painfully slow-moving foot race taking place between this city's three major professional sports teams lo these many decades, and the Cavaliers won that race by winning the NBA Finals on Sunday night.
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|Father's Day is here, and there is an appreciation among retired-players-turned-active-fathers for the quality time that simply wasn't available to them in summers past, although the shift to being a full-time father is not always seamless.
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|Entertainment is not lacking when Dick Enberg is in the booth. And sadly, precious few innings remain with him in that role. This season -- his seventh with the Padres -- marks the end of Enberg's 60-year career as a full-time broadcaster, which has taken him to fields, courts and facilities all over the world.
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|Billy Bean, who is Major League Baseball's vice president of social responsibility and inclusion, was saddened by the shootings in Orlando, but determined to spread the message of inclusion.
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|As is always the case with the Draft, this was an engaging evening. And it all kicked off with Mickey Moniak. He became the shiny new piece of the Phillies' ongoing rebuilding effort, his name on the lips of fans and, potentially, on the rear of his pal.
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|Kyle Lewis ranked in the top 15 nationally in batting average (.395), home runs (20), RBIs (72), on-base percentage (.535), walks (66) and runs scored (70). He was just named Baseball America's Player of the Year. He will be a top pick in Thursday's first round of the 2016 MLB Draft, if not the top pick.
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|The MLB Draft, which begins on Thursday at 6 p.m. ET with live coverage on MLB Network and MLB.com, has come a long way from the grainy, hazy days in which a first-round pick could be so erroneously reported.
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|On Friday morning, on the fresh-cut field in Burnet Park, where Major League Baseball kicked off its "Play Ball Summer" event, the city of Syracuse -- along with the local Reviving Baseball in Inner Cities program -- ceremonially reacquainted itself with the game.
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I love a good conversion story, that moment or series of moments that lead up to a person going from not belonging to Jesus to belonging to him.
I remember telling my friend Mike that it was like getting married. Either you are or you aren't. I told him you can think you're married, say you're married, live with another person as if you're married, but unless you've signed the marriage license and said, "I do," you're not married.
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Since last year I've gotten three new podmates at work, all millennials (those born in the 1980s to the early 2000s).
One just turned 30, one just turned 27 and one, at 22, is younger than my favorite denim jacket that I still wear.
I call them my pod kids and they call me their pod mom.
Of the three, the 30-year-old was horrified to learn that she is a millennial. She had me watch a "Millennials in the Workplace" YouTube video that hilariously portrayed her generation as, among other things, always expecting a reward for doing their job.
Monterey Baptist Church
We had a wonderful fall festival Friday night including good weather, good costumes and good food. Pictures from the festival are on our Facebook page. We will not be hosting the traditional festival on Halloween night at the church.
Rock Stars and Adult Bible study meet at 7 p.m. on Wednesday nights. The youth meet at 5 p.m. on Sunday nights.
The monthly men's fellowship will be at 8 a.m. on Nov. 7.
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The other morning I ate breakfast in the moonlight.
The temperature outdoors was several degrees cooler than the temperature indoors, so I took my bowl of Cinnamon Chex/Fiber One with unsweetened almond milk and my cup of coffee, opened the sliding glass door that separates the living room from the back screened-in porch and sat at the high-top tile table.
It was early — I'm a ridiculously early riser — and it was still dark out except for a sliver of a moon.
Long Ridge Baptist Church
We are excited to have the Outdoor Channel's Chuck McAlister coming to Long Ridge this Saturday. Chuck was the longtime host of AdventureBound Outdoors, a program that gave him the opportunity to hunt and fish across the country and beyond.
That program pioneered the magazine-style format for outdoor programs and won four national awards. It won the Fan Favorite Award twice on the Outdoor Channel.
El Bethel Christian Church
Men, age 13 and older, in the community are invited to a free breakfast at El Bethel, 3365 Georgetown Road, Owenton this coming Saturday, Oct. 17 at 8 a.m. Just call the office at (606) 392-3327 to reserve a plate. Andrew Hammond, son of Brother Eddie will be speaking.
Sunday, Oct.18 begins our Fall Gospel meeting with Andrew.
Several times a week I pass a church that has a sign board out front advertising confessions on Saturdays.
I confess that when I was a kid I went to a church that had confession booths, only I thought behind the dark wooden doors was either a broom closet or it was where they kept the devil.
Kids think crazy things, don't they?
When I was seven or so, I got to go behind the wooden doors and confess my sins, which mostly consisted of being mean to my sister and brothers and disobeying my parents.
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Congratulations! You've been going to fitness bootcamp two to four times a week. You feel energized. You can do more push-ups than you did last week. You can't wait to show your trainer what you can do next week, because you've been practicing all your moves at home.
Now it's "Denver Restaurant Week"! Time to eat out and enjoy as many restaurants on your wishlist, right?
Do you really believe you can eat or drink anything you want and still lose weight? Most of us have great intentions when it comes to healthier eating, but still do not understand the difference between a portion and serving size. Understand that a restaurant portion rarely equates to a serving size.
As you indulge during Restaurant Week, remember these tips and your workouts will not be in vain:
- Make healthy choices.
- Share a meal.
- Ask for extra vegetables, less starch.
- Opt for grilled rather than fried.
- Learn what foods to eat to lose weight.
Most importantly, eat slow enough to enjoy your meal, the ambiance, and your company.


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SW:TOR New Timeline Video Series - The Sith Archives
Hey there Star Wars fans,
Just wanted to share a new fan made video series with you. In the build up to the launch of Bioware's Star Wars MMO, we've begun a companion series to their official time-line videos and created the Sith Archives. We've already released the first three videos and have an entire series planned.
Check out the first entry in the Sith Archives by clicking the following link:
Rise of the Silent Council:
This is the first video in a series of timeline entries from the Sith Archives on Korriban.
A holorecord in the Sith Archive provides the first evidence of a new threat facing the galaxy as Darth Panopticus and the Silent Council emerge from two millennia of hibernation to unleash their rage and destructive force upon the known Galaxy. While both the Republic and Empire are building up for the coming war... in the shadows beyond the Outer Rim, an ancient Sith menace has been plotting the downfall of all who would dare to stand in their way. The darkness is coming and there is nothing you can do to stop it.
"Time is a lie, there is only patience.
Through patience, I gain perspective.
Through perspective, I gain knowledge.
Through knowledge, I gain control.
Through control, their chains are forged.
The Force shall enslave them."
- excerpt from the Holocron of Darth Panopticus
Archive #2
The Great Hyperspace War
Check it out the second video by clicking the following link:
The Great Hyperspace War was a war fought between the Galactic Republic and the Sith Empire in BTC 1347.
The conflict encompassed the entire Galactic Republic, though the main forces focused their attention on three Republic worlds, and later took the war to the remote star system Primus Goluud, and the Sith mausoleum world of Korriban.
After it overcame the initial shock of the Sith invasion, the Republic's armadas regrouped and annihilated the Sith Empire, forcing the Sith Lord Naga Sadow to exile himself to Yavin 4. In this record from the Sith Archive, Darth Panopticus retells the events of the Hyperspace war from a Sith perspective.
Archive #3
Resurrection Holocrons
Check it out the third video by clicking the following link
BTC 440- The Sith scientist Darth Foucaultus explains the panoptic philosophy of power that operates as a core principle in the construction of Resurrection Holocrons.
The holocron was able to capture the appearance and cognitive networks of the holocron's owner, and transform this into a three-dimensional hologram. This gatekeeper acted as a guide through the holocron's store of information, as a search and recovery engine with a more personal touch. These gatekeepers could relate stories from the holocron's archives to events in the life of the one who activated the holocron.
this is totally badass, and I totally missed it! great work bud! keep it up
So this is all fanfic for your "Silent Council", not just y'all trying to make videos of the timeline entries BioWare hasn't gotten to yet? Shame, my interest just dropped a lot.
Since we do not want to rewrite the actions of canon Sith characters, we created our own to tell the Sith history from their perspective. Once we can familiarize ourselves with the narrative in SW:TOR after launch, we will continue the series by focusing on creating lore entries about the events Bioware has added to the timeline.
Thanks for taking the time to respond to the post and while it's unfortunate that you're not interested in what we are working on, I appreciate that you at least checked it out and shared your thoughts about it.
Wasn't Adas the original Sith King? Graush came after Adas. :p And Malgus went into the Unknown Regions? Thought that was Revan.
You don't have to rewrite canon, just retell canon. Enough of the events of the various timeline entries have been told to give a basic story in videos. For example, the only thing new in BW's entry on The Great Hyperspace War was that the current Sith Emperor was alive and serving in that war. Or for Exar Kun's Sith War, that the entombed Sith Lords of Korriban favored Exar Kun but denied the Sith Emperor for unknown reasons. A retelling plus a tiny thread on the tail end that ties to the game.
Sorry for the skepticism. A while back someone cross-posted on several TOR forums about "a mysterious transmission" that only turned out to be stealth advertising for a guild. Since then, I've been a bit leery of hidden possible guild spam. :p If you stuck around and chatted beyond just promoting your guild and stuff, that'd be cool. :)
According to Bioware, Malgus "led military expeditions into the Unknown Regions, claiming new territories and furthering the influence of the Empire as a whole", so it looks like he ventured in Revan's footsteps sometime after the events of Decieved.
Thanks for the input! we've definitely got plans to do something on Exar Kun. The idea for the Emperor piece is cool too but since he's a big part of the lore of the game, until we know more about him specifically, I wouldn't want to end up with contradicting narratives.
As for sticking around and posting, while I am new to these forums and my first post was about a project that I was working on, I fully intend on starting to partake in the community discussions here.
Thanks for responding and I look forward to seeing you around the forums.
These videos are awesome! So is this new faction you're introducing the "even truer Sith"? ;)
Darth Panopticus, thanks for taking the time on doing these I did enjoy them, do I check out the KotOR sections of the boards, as you will find some helpful information over there too which will be somewhat related; I'm sure you will also find a few people round here to check future scripts to make sure it's in keeping with the already set lore...
Stay tuned :)
Thanks for welcoming me to the boards. I've been checking out the various areas but I'll make sure to head over to the KotOR section and add what's there to our research list.
It's nice to know there are other people interested in the history of the Sith.
The fourth entry in the Sith Archives has just been released:
Darth Malgus
Check it out by clicking the following link:
Sith Archives Episode 4 - Darth Malgus
Destroyer, Discoverer, Diplomat
In the modern history of the Sith Empire, Darth Malgus stands out as a curiosity. This Sith Archive takes a closer look at the enigmatic warrior who lead the strike force against the Jedi Temple at Coruscant and then walked away from the power games of the Empire to conqueror new territories in the Unknown Regions.
Awesome as usual :)
Wow.. The things we remember.. I just watched the first video in the OP.. The sound the text made as it was being written.. The same sound used in the cut scenes for an old game called Dscent 2 and also Descent 3..
Just brought back some old memories!! Awsome videos though!! Awsome work..
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If you and your dog haven't had enough of summer yet, there are two doggie splash events this weekend. Saturday morning kicks off with the Doggie Swim Day at Harry Myers Pool in Rockwall starting at 10 am and going to 2 pm. The charge will be $5 per dog with owners getting in free. Current rabies tags on your dog are required. Harry Myers Pool is at 815 E. Washington Street in Rockwall.
On Sunday you and your dog can enjoy an entire waterpark. Hawaiian Falls in the Colony is putting on their Annual Bow Wow Luau. The dogs take over the water park at 1 pm and get to play until 5 pm. This one is $20 per person and up to two dogs and the money goes to support the Colony Animal Shelter Injured Animal Fund. Hawaiian Falls Water Park is at 4400 Paige Road in the Colony. Come on out and let your dog play in the water while he still can!


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If a flood occurs in your area and you must evacuate, take the following measures.
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"Picturing the '50s" covers renowned photojournalist Neil Clemans' wild ride as a tabloid news photographer at the Los Angeles Mirror during the 1950s and early 1960s.
There are over 70 outstanding, rare black and white pictures of historical value, from movie stars of the era, beatniks, murderesses and strippers to presidential candidates and boxers on the ropes. Included are this photographer's encounters with screen legends such as Marilyn Monroe, Lana Turner, Debbie Reynolds, Marlon Brando, Frank Sinatra, Joan Crawford, Jayne Mansfield, Judy Garland, and Elvis Presley.
Visit neilclemans.com and see photographs from the book, many published here for the first time.
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