The first week of actual work at the Puchituk Terminus got off to a slow start. Diane was still here for her initial visit and on Monday we went out to Puchituk in the morning to assess what needed to be done. The men were bushing the main plaza and attempting to find groups to brush for excavat...
Adrian and I arrived in Belize on January 24, after having spent the previous night at the Dallas airport hotel. We were met by Brian Woodye, who is coordinating camp start-up. Six men and four ladies have been at camp since January 20. We spent 3 nights in San Ignacio Cayo, meeting John Morris for...
The last week . . . a blur of activity. Backfilling of the Preclassic building was completed on Monday and then the four remaining men cleaned camp and did minor repairs on the two main labs so that they do not collapse in the off se...
This week, Diane and I flew in from Dallas, Texas with Michael Smith (from Arizona State University), who was coming to visit Caracol. I had been up at the Tulane Symposium from Thursday through Sunday. All of us met in Dallas on Sunday and flew to Belize on Monday, arriving in the early afternoon...
This week of the project was rather complicated as Arlen went to New Orleans on Thursday to deliver the keynote address for the 14th Annual Tulane...
Like last week, this week was incredibly busy. At the end of last week, we succeeded in excavating down over 4 m (in dry core fill) to the buried plaza floor on the summit of Caana, cleaning out a 12 m long trench that is roughly 1.5 m wide at its...
This was a very busy week with things starting to “pop” in the field. Perhaps the most important thing to happen is that the plaza trench in Caana is finally at the stage where we are ready to begin floor penetration on axis to Structure B20 a...
This week saw the movement of significant amounts of earth and the recording of much of the latest architecture associated with the structures selected for excavation this season. For the most part the week was sunny. We were partially hindered by 2 missing men who went out because of a sick mother...
Having arrived on Sunday, the new students were given a tour of the site on Monday and then familiarized with the laboratory. Excavation started in earnest in the Caana summit plaza. we also laid out excavations at the two main residential groups ...
The first weeks of the field season (called a cumulative “Week 1”) were characterized by lots of travel, driving, and careful preparation. The field season officially commenced when Adrian and I arrived in Belize on Friday, January 21, 2017 af...