The last week of the 2014 field season was a blur of laboratory work, drawing, and photography. But, by Friday morning when we were all extracted from Caracol, everything was finished and the 30th field season of the Caracol Archaeological Project was over. Even though technically Baron Bliss Da...
Backfilling started on Monday as we were finishing excavations. All four excavation locales in Alegre were backfilled on Monday. Tuesday saw the backfilling finished in Dormir, Tonto, and part of Sonrisa. On Monday, we finished with the excavation of the Sonrisa C201B chultun and the final recordin...
This was supposed to be the week that we transitioned from the field to laboratory work, but at the end of the week we still have three excavations open. Lab work, however, was started with a vengeance. By weeks end, three groups were completely finished and ready for backfilling. The last excav...
The mid-way point of the season has now passed and we are beginning to transition out of field investigations and into laboratory analysis. Like Week 3, Week 4 was another power-packed timespan for excavation. In Alegre (C199), all investigations are closed with the exception of C199B, where Jac...
This week, the project hit full stride, finishing some excavations, starting others, and finding a host of special deposits. We started with rain, which turned our path to the excavations into a muddy mess and ended the week with two days of sunshine. In Alegre, Jackie, Alex, and Minel continued...
Excavation continued this week in full force. For the most part we were not interrupted by rain and everyone has been adjusting to camp life and the daily routine. Excavation in Alegre started the week with the discovery of capstones in front of the step of the northeast building (C200B). These...
Camp actually opened on Saturday January 18 with the arrival of 7 men at Caracol to begin repair and clean-up; 4 more men came in on January 19; and, the 3 cooks and 1 more man arrived on January 21. A. Chase arrived in Belize on January 22 and went into the site with senior staff on Saturday Janua...