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“El Zotz” Informe No. 1: Temporada De Campo 2008 PROYECTO ARQUEOLÓGICO “EL ZOTZ” INFORME NO. 1: TEMPORADA DE CAMPO 2008. Proyecto Arqueológico El Zotz Universidad de Brown, Rhode Island, Estados Unidos. EDITORES Ernesto Arredondo Leiva Stephen Houston. INFORME ENTREGADO AL INSTITUTO DE ANTROPOLOGÍA E HISTORIA DE GUATEMALA Guatemala, octubre 2008. © ® 2008 E. Arredondo & S. Houston PROYECTO ARQUEOLÓGICO “EL ZOTZ” INFORME NO. 1: TEMPORADA DE CAMPO 2008. Editores Ernesto Arredondo Leiva y Stephen Houston. Investigadores James Doyle Varinia Matute Juan Carlos Meléndez Cassandra Messick Fabiola Quiroa Alejandro Gillot Vassaux Caitlin Walker Asistente de Laboratorio Armando Rodríguez Jenna Berthiaume Director del Proyecto Stephen Houston Co-director del Proyecto Ernesto Arredondo Leiva INFORME ENTREGADO AL INSTITUTO DE ANTROPOLOGÍA E HISTORIA DE GUATEMALA Universidad Brown, Rhode Island, Estados Unidos Guatemala, octubre 2008 Contenido Contenido ....................................................................................................................................................... I Lista de Figuras ............................................................................................................................................ III Lista de Tablas ............................................................................................................................................. VI Agradecimientos ......................................................................................................................................... VII INTRODUCCIÓN: ...................................................................................................................................................... 1 Ernesto Arredondo Leiva y Stephen Houston CAPITULO I: PROGRAMA DE POZOS DE SONDEO (OPERACIÓN 1) .................................................................................... 13 Fabiola Quiroa, Varinia Matute, Stephen Houston y Caitlin Walker CAPÍTULO II: ACRÓPOLIS CENTRAL (OPERACIÓN 2) ...................................................................................................... 45 Juan Carlos Meléndez CAPÍTULO III: EDIFICIOS PIRAMIDALES (OPERACIÓN 3) ................................................................................................. 71 Ernesto Arredondo Leiva, Stephen Houston y Caitlin Walker CAPÍTULO IV: GRUPO LAS PALMITAS (OPERACIÓN 4) ................................................................................................... 95 Alejandro Gillot Vassaux CAPÍTULO V: GRUPO EL DIABLO (OPERACIÓN 5) ....................................................................................................... 115 Alejandro Gillot Vassaux CAPÍTULO VI: SITIO EL PALMAR (OPERACIÓN 6) ....................................................................................................... 135 Varinia Matute y James Doyle CAPÍTULO VII: PROGRAMA DE MAPEO Y RECONOCIMIENTO (OPERACIÓN 7) .................................................................. 153 Zazharias Nelson y James Doyle CAPÍTULO VIII: ANÁLISIS PRELIMINAR DE LOS MATERIALES CERÁMICOS DE LA TEMPORADA DE CAMPO, 2008. ..................... 161 Caitlin Walker I CAPÍTULO IX: ANÁLISIS PRELIMINAR DE LOS MATERIALES LÍTICOS DE LA TEMPORADA DE CAMPO, 2008. ............................. 177 Zacharias Hrubi CAPÍTULO X: COMENTARIOS FINALES: SÍNTESIS DE LA TERCERA TEMPORADA DE CAMPO 2008. ......................................... 179 Stephen Houston y Ernesto Arredondo Leiva BIBLIOGRAFÍA ..................................................................................................................................................... 189 II Lista de Figuras FIGURA 1: Localización del sitio arqueológico El Zotz………………………………………………………………………………………………………...2 FIGURA 2: Glifo emblema de El Zotz………………………………………………………………………………………….……………………………………….3 FIGURA 3: Comparación de los Glifos Emblemas de El Zotz y Yaxchilan……………………………………………………………………………..3 FIGURA 4: Sitio arqueológico El Zotz…………………………………………………………………………..……………………………………………………..4 FIGURA 5: Sitio arqueológico El Zotz y los grupos El Diablo y Las Palmitas………………………………………………………………………….5 FIGURA 1-1: Sitio arqueológico El Zotz. Operación 1, sondeos realizados durante la temporada 2008………………..………..…14 FIGURA 1-2: Op.1 Sub. A-1, perfiles Norte y Este………………………………………..…………………………………………………………………….16 FIGURA 1-3: Op.1 Sub. A-2, perfiles Norte y Este………………………………………………………………………………………………………………17 FIGURA 1-4: Op.1 Sub. A-3, perfiles Norte y Este………………………………………………………………………………………………………………21 FIGURA 1-5: Op.1 Sub. B-1, perfiles Norte y Este.……………………………………………………………………………………………………………..24 FIGURA 1-6: Op.1 Sub. C-1 y C-2, perfil Norte………………………………………………………………………………………………………….……..…27 FIGURA 1-7: Op.1 Sub. D-1, perfil Norte, Este y Sur………………………………………………………………………………………………………..…29 FIGURA 1-8: Op.1 Sub. E-1, perfil Norte y Este…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..30 FIGURA 1-9: Op.1 Sub. E-2, perfil Norte y Este………………………………………………………………………………………………………………....31 FIGURA 1-10: Op.1 Sub. F-1, perfil Norte y Este…………………………………………………………………………………………………………….….33 FIGURA 1-11: Op.1 Sub. G-1, perfiles Norte y Este……………………………………………………………………………………………………….…..35 FIGURA 1-12: Op.1 Sub. H-1, perfil Norte y Este……………………………………………………………………………………………………….……...37 FIGURA 1-13: Op.1 Sub. I-1, perfiles Norte y Este……………………………………………………………………………………………………….…….39 FIGURA 2-1: Ubicación de la Acrópolis Norte de El Zotz…………………………………………………………………………………………………….45 FIGURA 2-2: Acrópolis Norte de El Zotz. Operaciones realizadas en la temporada de campo 2008……………………….…………46 FIGURA 2-3: Op. 2 Sub. A-1 y 3, perfil Norte………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………48 FIGURA 2-4: OP. 2 SUB. A-3 Y 4, perfil Este……………………………………………………………………………………………………….……………….…52 FIGURA 2-5:. Op. 2 Sub. A -1, 2, 3 y 4, planta……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………52 FIGURA 2-6: Op. 2 Sub. A -5, perfiles Oeste y Norte…………………………………………………………………………………………………………..54 FIGURA 2-7: Op. 2 Sub. B-1 perfil Norte………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….…56 FIGURA 2-8: Op. 2 Sub. B-1, perfil Oeste……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….…57 FIGURA 2-9: Op. 2 Sub. C-1 Perfiles Norte, Oeste y Este……………………………………………………………………………………………….…58 FIGURA 2-10: Op. 2 Sub. D-1, perfil Norte……………………………….…………………………………………………………………………………..……61 FIGURA 2-11: Op. 2 Sub. D-1, planta…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………61 FIGURA 2-12: Op. 2 Sub. E-1, perfiles Norte y Este……………………………………………………………………………………………………………63 FIGURA 2-13: Op. 2 Sub. E-1, planta……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….…64 FIGURA 2-14: Op. 2 Sub. E-1, Escondite 1, primera capa……………………………………………………………………………………………………64 FIGURA 2-15: 2 Sub. E-1, Escondite 1, segunda capa……………………………………………………………………………………………….……..…65 FIGURA 2-16: Op. 2 Sub. F-1, perfil Este……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….……67 FIGURA 2-17: Op. 2 Sub. F-1, perfil Sur……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….…….68 III FIGURA 3-1: Estructura L7-11. Operaciones realizadas en el Túnel de Saqueo #1 (EZ 3A-1/2/3 y EZ 3X-1.)……………..…….…71 FIGURA 3-2: Op. 3 Sub.A-1, perfil Sur…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….………….75 FIGURA 3-3: Op. 3 Sub. A-2/3, perfil Sur…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..…….…78 FIGURA 3-4: Op. 3 Sub. A-3, perfil Sur, Rasgo #1……………………………………………………………………………………………………………….78 FIGURA 3-5: Op. 3 Sub. A-1, Rasgo #1, capa 1……………………………………………………………………………………………………….…..……..79 FIGURA 3-6: Op. 3 Sub. A-1, Rasgo #1, capa 2 ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………..……79 FIGURA 3-7: Op. 3 Sub. A-1, Rasgo #1, capa 3 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………….…….80 FIGURA 3-8: Op. 3 Sub. A-1, Rasgo #1, montaje con todas las piezas…………………………………………………………………….…………..80 FIGURA 3-9: Op. 3 Sub. A-1, Rasgo #1, vasija 1 (izquierda) y vasija 2 (derecha).……………………..………………………………..……….81 FIGURA 3-10: Op. 3 Sub. A-1, Rasgo #1, ofrenda………………………………………….…………………………………………………………….……..81 FIGURA 3-11: Localización de los rasgos encontrados en la Op. 3………………………………………………………….………………..………..82 FIGURA 3-12: Localización de la Op. 3B……………………………………………………………………………………………….….………………..….…..84 FIGURA 3-13: perfil de la Op. 3B………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….………….…….….86 FIGURA 3-14: braceros Postclásicos encontrados en Op. 3B……………………………………………………………………………..……….….….89 FIGURA 3-15: localización de los braceros en la Op. 3B…………………………………………………………………………………….…..……….…90 FIGURA 3-16: Excavación de los braceros en la Op. 3B……………………………………………………………………………………..……..……....90 FIGURA 3-17: reconstrucción del templo de la Estructura L7-11………………………………………………………………………..………….....91 FIGURA 3-18: reconstrucción del templo de la Estructura L7-11 con crestería…………………………………………………..…………..…91 FIGURA 3-19: figurilla localizada en la Op. 3B……………………………………………………………………………………………………………….…..92 FIGURA 3-20: Reconstrucción del templo de la Estructura M7-1……………………………………………………………………..………..….….92 FIGURA 3-21: Planta del templo de M7-1 mostrando ubicación de restos de madera in situ………………………………….………..93 FIGURA 3-22: orificios dejados por madera en Estructura M7-1………………………………………………………………………..…….……….93 FIGURA 4-1: Grupo Las Palmitas. Plano de las operaciones 2008……………………………………………………………………………..………96 FIGURA 4-2: Op.4 Sub. A-1, perfiles Sur y Oeste………………………………………………………………………………………………………....……98 FIGURA 4-3: Op.4 Sub. A-2, perfil Norte……………………………………………………………………………………………………………..……….……99 FIGURA 4-4: Op.4 Sub. B-1, perfil Norte……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..…..103 FIGURA 4-5: Op.4 Sub. B-2 y B-3, planta Rasgo #1…………………………………………………………………………………………………………..105
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