This was a full-week of excavation with no rain or interruptions. In Baja Vista, Operation C184G, the excavation through the smaller eastern building was completed. Bedrock was exposed for the entire length of the trench. Although some archit...
Excavations continued in full force this week, being interrupted only on Saturday by rain. In Alta Vista, the plaza excavation in front of Structure F35 was cleared down to bedrock. At the summit of Structure F35, two floors were found barely below ground surface and e...
Excavation for the 27th field season of the Caracol Archaeological Project started on Monday, January 31. Camp was opened the weekend of January 21 by 6 men. Four ladies came in on Tuesday, January 25 and 6 senior staff were on site on Saturday, January 29. Five more men arrived on...
The final week saw everyone working feverishly to get all of the artifacts catalogued and appropriately recorded. Drawing and photography of artifacts and pottery continued through Thursday, with packing being done in the afternoon. The men did various camp repairs during the week, finished all...
All excavation was finished on Saturday, the same day that the backfilling was completed in Vista. Excavations in Vista continued into Friday, when all of the burials were finally recorded and removed -and all of the sections and plans were also completed. The deep trench into the eastern buil...
This week was a whirlwind of special deposits, new architecture, cave ground-checking (dealing with our LiDAR data), and the start of backfilling. Excavation continued in the Northeast Acropolis. In Structure B33, the back rooms off the long front room were all excavated. To the west of t...
This week was much like the calm before the storm. All of the excavations are progressing on schedule and a host of deposits and recording are on the horizon. Excavations continued in the eastern building of Vista Alto and the trench reached a depth of some 5 meters, cutting through a se...
The third week of excavation proved to be as busy as the second with a new special deposit appearing every day. At week’s end, it has become clear that we are on target in the residential group that we refer to as “Vista” to get both Terminal Classic and earlier remains. Although not reco...
Week 2 was incredibly busy at the site. Excavations continued in the Northeast Acropolis with an augmented workforce of additional men that came in this week. The 2 m by 2 m test in the ...
The first week of excavation has gone by relatively quickly. Seven men came into Caracol on January 18 and the three ladies came the day after. They made the necessary camp repairs, got the kitchen up and running (in spite of a broken refrigerator), an...