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New inscriptions at Chichen Itza by Archaeological Haecceities on Nov 8, 2009Earlier this week INAH announced that excavations at the Casa Colorada (Red House) complex at Chichen Itza have unearthed a new hieroglyphic inscription that refers to the year AD 869, the likely date of dedication of the complex. The inscriptions si...

Sifting rubble from Temple Mount by Sunday in the South on Nov 5, 2009...

Caste War fortifications at Ichmul by Archaeological Haecceities on Nov 5, 2009The Cochuah region has not been a peaceful area. At Yo’okop we have evidence of several fortifications that may even date to separate events (such as the Terminal Classic abandonment and the later Postclassic reoccupation and abandonment of the sit...

We’ve made the news by Testimony of the spade on Nov 4, 2009Today we were part of the headlines in Norrtelje Tidning (article in Swedish). It’s me holding the Rover. Magnus Reuterdahl...

Mayan Temple at El Mirador by Believe All Things on Nov 3, 2009I recently came across the videos below about the Mayan Temple at El Mirador in Guatemala. The temple is located in the Mirador Basin which contains the Petén rainforest, the last tract of virgin rainforest in Central America.1 Dr. Richard Hansen, a...

Final week at Mellingeholm by Testimony of the spade on Nov 2, 2009This week will be a GIS kind of week for me, a lot o f measuring with the rover and the total station and processing the data and in between helping out in the search pits. As winter’s approaching the days are getting shorter, the weather in itself...

Halloween’s Archaeology by The Church of Jesus Christ on Oct 30, 2009Uncanny archaeology springs from many roots. Today, Halloween–once All Hallows Eve, now All Saints Day–is a time for children to trick-or-treat costumed as super heroes, the latest characters invented by corporate marketing departments, o...

El Pilar – Nohol Pilar’s ballcourt and E-group by Archaeological Haecceities on Oct 27, 2009Before my fieldwork in the Cochuah region I spent four seasons in the Belize Valley. I first spent one season (1997) at Baking Pot. During a weekend I took a taxi to El Pilar, the largest site in the Upper Belize Valley. I liked the site and I later...

Visitor statistics by Archaeological Haecceities on Oct 27, 2009Since I moved my blog to WordPress seven months ago I have created 180 posts and had over 100,000 hits. I believe it now is the largest “Mayanist blog” in terms of the number of hits. The overall statistics from the start is 503 visitors a day (t...

35. Olszanica Longhouse 6: Why has it got wide doors? by Theoretical Structural Archaeology on Oct 26, 2009When I saw her, it was love at first sight; beautiful, slender, elegant, complex, and I know size isn’t everything, but she has got the biggest roof I’ve ever seen on an early Neolithic building.But there was something else. Not that I noticed it...