Archaeological Research in the Puuc Hills, Yucatán, Mexico

Tomás Gallareta Negrón, PhD, Co-Director of the Bolonchen Regional Archaeological Project

THIS WILL BE A ZOOM-ONLY EVENT

Photo by Scott M. Wilson, February 2024

For the past 25 years the Bolonchen Region Archaeological Project (BRAP) has conducted investigations in several sites in the Hill Country of Yucatán. This presentation will summarize the project  recent efforts and results related to the Preclassic occupations of the Puuc. It will also discuss the form and composition of the ancient Classic communities, and their main economic activities. LiDAR data has been instrumental for learning about such issues.

Tomás Gallareta Negrón (PhD 2013, Tulane University) is a Research Associate of the Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia (INAH) in Yucatán, México, and Co-Director of the Bolonchen Regional Archaeological Project (BRAP). He has directed projects of research and conservation at Labna (1991-2003) and at the archaeological site of Xocnaceh. After participating in the survey and excavations at Komchen in 1980, Gallareta became interested in the early occupation of the land and the development of complex societies in Yucatán during the Middle Preclassic. With extensive remote sensing experience for mapping and surveying many sites in the Northern Lowlands such as Cobá, Sayil, and Isla Cerritos, his research areas include the development of economic and settlement strategies and the interpretation of the architectural forms and complexes, both in public and domestic built spaces.he a.

The May member-support meeting is free and open to the public, but you must be pre-registered to attend. To register, click HERE.