Qualm Hill

Jun 07, 2015

Qualm HillWith the first session field school in full swing, we have not found time for a lab note until now: minutes after the students departed for an overnight trip to Tikal. With only one more week in the first session, Brooke and Bri have completed the fieldwork at Qualm Hill Camp and are neck deep in analyzing the artifacts. The site yielded hundreds of historic artifacts, including at least 30 whole bottles. The majority of the bottles are dating to the 1880s to 1920s, which is co-eval with the occupation of Kaxil Uinic, the historic Maya village that we will begin investigating in a little over a week. We should have some great comparative data from the two sites!

Brooke and Bri analyzing glass from Qualm Hill.

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Colonial Period Archaeology in Northwestern Belize

Texas Tech University

The late colonial period in Belize is one of the country's least studied periods of history from an archaeological standpoint, yet it represents a fascinating case study in cultural contact. Two sites in the Belize Estates Archaeological Survey Team's (BEAST) permit area may help us learn more about this intriguing period of history. Are late colonial period artifacts and features preserved at two sites in the jungles of northwestern Belize?