Photo Archive of Recent Research of the Belize Postclassic Project

Orientation of Locations Studied by Belize Postclassic Project

• Map of Progresso Lagoon Settlements
• View of Caye Coco Island (looking south from the island of Caye Muerto in Progresso Lagoon)
• Locality#11, chalcedony quarry site on the Honey camp Lagoon (Laguna de On)-Doubloon Bank Lagoon Road (chronology uncertain)

Some Photos of Staff and Affiliated Researchers

• Crew shot, 2000 Season
• Dr. John G. Jones taking pollen cores at Progresso Lagoon
• Marilyn Masson and Lisa Spillet working in the San Estevan Laboratory
• Maxine Oland
• Burial excavation crew shot, Robert Rosenswig in right foreground (Cemetery #1), Caye Coco

Photos of Material Recovered from Recent Excavations

• Postclassic ceramic vessel supports from Caye Coco
• Chalcedony types identified by Maxine Oland from the Laguna de On vicinity
• Lintel at Caye Coco with mat symbol (from a looter's backdirt pile at Structure 12)
• Spindle whorls and bone needle from Caye Coco
• Lithic projectile points from Caye Coco and Shangrila Resort (Progresso Shore #9)
• Marine shellworking debris from Caye Coco
• Ceramic censer effigy heads from Caye Muerto
• Painted metate from wall of an interior structure found at the base of a looter's trench in Structure 8, Caye Coco
• Ceramic effigy heads from Caye Coco

Recent Research at Cemeteries #1 and #2, Caye Coco

• Burial goods from an interment in Cemetery #1, Caye Coco
• Carved bone burial offering from an interment in Cemetery #2, Caye Coco
• Horizontal exposure of a portion of Cemetery #1, Caye Coco
• Six interments in a 2x2m exposure of Cemetery #1, Caye Coco
• Large composite censer vessels reconstructed from Burial #20 (Cemetery #2), Caye Coco
• Unmarked stela that covered Burial #20 (Cemetery #2), Caye Coco
• A portion of Cemetery #3, in front of Structure 4, Caye Coco

Excavations in Domestic and Midden Contexts at Caye Coco

• Central rear area of Structure 4, Caye Coco (an elite residence)
• Composite censer from central rear area of Structure 4, Caye Coco
• Altar or bench at central rear area of Structure 5, Caye Coco (an elite residence)
• Stucco turtle found on altar or bench at central rear area of Structure 5, Caye Coco
• Offerings from cavity of stucco turtle found on altar or bench at central rear area of Structure 5, Caye Coco (jade celt, obsidian blade, ceramic sherd, lithic flake)
• Subop 18, inundated rich midden deposits from north shore of Caye Coco
• Rubble terrace surface at Subop 18, Caye Coco

Photos of Research at Structure 1, Caye Coco

• Double interment in plaster floor at Structure 1, Caye Coco, second construction phase (Terminal Classic)
• Round structure within Structure 1 at Caye Coco, first construction phase (Terminal Classic)
• Striated olla found on top of round structure within Structure 1 at Caye Coco (Terminal Classic)
• Colander vessel found in central rear room at Structure 1 (Caye Coco), in final, Late Postclassic construction phase

Photos of Burial and Fire Pit Features, Caye Coco

• Burial and fire pit features of Terminal Classic date at the base of Subop 39, Caye Coco
• Fire pit feature and postholes at base of Subop 38, Caye Coco (Terminal Classic /Early Postclassic)
• Terminal Classic domestic structure on the west shore of Progresso Lagoon (PR9, with Postclassic surface materials)

Caste War period/Historic Period Research

• Ernesto Villas' house, Progresso town (note wall of Caste War period building behind modern structure on left)
• Foundation of Caste War period church (and other historic features) in back yard of Ernesto Villas' property

Photos of Research at Progresso Shore- PR9 and Laguna Seca (Last Resort site)

• Colonial period settlement presumed to be Chanlacan, on west shore of Progresso Lagoon (Avila Property, PR9), overlying Terminal Classic and Postclassic structures or deposits
• Ceramic hand stamp and stone effigy face from surface levels of Avila/PR9 property, Terminal Classic through Colonial period settlement
• Protohistoric Maya tripod vessel fragment from Progresso Shore settlement presumed to be Chanlacan (Shangrila/PR9 property adjacent to Avila/PR9)
• Sixteenth century glass bead from Colonial period settlement (presumably Chanlacan, Avila PR9), a tubular faceted Chevron bead with a red and white core dating to ca. 1570
• Testing at the Last Resort site (Laguna Seca), believed to be the Colonial period settlement of Uatibal

Photos of Research at Laguna de On

• Ballcourt feature at Laguna de On, before excavation
• Fire pit feature at Laguna de On, as encountered intruding into bedrock ( such pits may be ceramic firing hearths)
• Fire pit feature at Laguna de On, midway through excavation
• Fire pit feature at Laguna de On, with two burned limestone slabs at its base
• White clay archaic deposits at Laguna de On, Subop 19 (with Postclassic pit intrusions that may represent clay quarrying)
• White clay archaic deposits at Laguna de On (Subop 19)
• Patinated Archaic lithic tools from Laguna de On, Subop 19 

E-mail Dr. Marilyn A. Masson at massonma@albany.edu .

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