
Tomás Barrientos Q.University of the Valley of Guatemala · Departamento de Arqueología
Tomás Barrientos Q.
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Maize (Zea mays) was a fundamental part of the diet for the Classic period Maya (ca. 250–900 CE) and other Mesoamerican societies. Nixtamalization, the process whereby maize is cooked in an alkaline solution, is important as it enhances the nutritional value of maize, among other reasons. However, documenting this process in the archaeological reco...
The ancient Maya political landscape was permeated by regional systems of political asymmetry. These hegemonic networks fluctuated through time, but the steady presence of a few especially dominant polities shows that they were a persistent feature with very real sociopolitical effects. Based on research carried out at the sites of La Corona and Ac...
Measurements of inequality, like many other analytical phenomena, are affected by the definition of analytical units (for example, buildings or residential groups) and the spatial unit within which those units are aggregated (for example, sites or polities). We begin by considering the impact of secondary or seasonal residences on the calculation o...
Different types of iron ore and pyrite were used to craft a wide variety of reflective artifacts in pre-Columbian Mesoamerica, including “mirrors,” pectorals, necklaces, and dental inlays, among others. In the Maya region, most of these have only been visually assessed, without using analytical techniques. Consequently, our understanding of the div...
The looting of La Corona, Guatemala is one of the most well-known examples of Maya archaeological looting. Known only as ‘Site Q’ before its location was positively identified, dozens of carved stone panels were looted from La Corona before the site was studied archaeologically. The recent application of a remote sensing technique called lidar enab...
Chapter 9 explores the political landscape of the Late Classic Kaanul kingdom. Marcello A. Canuto and Tomás Barrientos Q. consider the role of secondary centers in the geopolitical landscape of the lowlands during the Late Classic period, using La Corona, Guatemala as a case study. In Chapter 9, Canuto and Barrientos Q. demonstrate that the relatio...
This paper presents the results of a multiproxy approach to the ancillary activities which supported the ancient Maya royal court of the center of La Corona (750–900 CE). This approach sampled both the plaster floors and their overlaying soil matrix from areas of the palace of La Corona, resulting in a data set comprised of inductively coupled plas...
The site of Cancuen held a strategic position as “head of navigation” of the Pasión River and the physical nexus of land and river routes between the southern highlands, the Maya lowlands, and the transversal route to Tabasco and Veracruz. For that reason, the well-defined ports of Cancuen were critical to both Classic Maya highland/lowland commerc...
The La Corona Regional Archaeological Project is studying the northwestern Peten region (Guatemala), where the ancient Maya city of La Corona is located. This site has been recently identified as the unknown Site Q. The research at La Corona has included excavations of monumental and settlement architecture, mapping, use of remote sensing and ecolo...
The La Corona Regional Archaeological Project is studying the northwestern Peten region (Guatemala), where the ancient Maya city of La Corona is located. This site has been recently identified as the unknown Site Q. The research at La Corona has included excavations of monumental and settlement architecture, mapping, use of remote sensing and ecolo...
The universality of multipurpose taxonomies has been widely established in folk biology. However, recent studies with nonprofessional fish experts in the United States as well as with tree experts in the Chicago area suggest that different goals can affect category organization of natural kinds. This article reports the results of a triad task stud...
During the years 2000 and 2001, a project was carried out to
determine the paleoclimate in the Valley of Guatemala. There
were two main objectives: (1) to compare and contrast the Highland
data with that already obtained from the Maya Lowlands and the
Caribbean region; and (2) to understand the relationship between
climate and the disappearanc...
Thesis (Licenciado en Arqueologia)--Universidad del Valle de Guatemala, 1997. Includes bibliographical references (p. 73-77). Photocopy.
https://repositorio.uvg.edu.gt/handle/123456789/1064
Como lo indica el título de esta ponencia, el Suroeste del Petén (Figura 1) aún sigue siendo una región bastante desconocida e inexplorada. Hasta ahora ya se han cumplido tres años de investigaciones en el área, y aunque la mayoría de trabajos se han enfocado en el sitio arqueológico de Cancuen (Demarest y Barrientos 2000; Barrientos et al. 2001),...
Desde los inicios del Proyecto Cancuen, el Palacio ha jugado un papel importante en las investigaciones que están definiendo este sitio y su papel dentro de la política Maya durante el periodo Clásico Tardío. Esta construcción de tipo acrópolis es el edificio más prominente en el sitio (Figura 1), por lo que no hay duda de que funcionó como el cent...
Desde sus inicios en 1999, el Proyecto Arqueológico Cancuen se enfrentó a varias problemáticas con respecto a la presencia de comunidades indígenas muy pobres dentro y alrededor de la región de estudio (Demarest y Barrientos 2000; Barrientos et al. 2001). Esto dio a los directores y miembros del proyecto la oportunidad de poner en práctica nuevas p...
Durante la temporada de campo de 1994, el Proyecto de Rescate Arqueológico Agua Azul" ubicado en la Playa Sur del lago de Atitlán, llevó a cabo un rescate del patrimonio sumergido en esta área. Para ello se contó con el apoyo de instituciones gubernamentales como el IDAEH, INSIVUMEH y Guardia de Hacienda y la Institución no gubernamental Fundación...