{"id":27,"date":"2013-04-04T13:50:31","date_gmt":"2013-04-04T18:50:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/my.dev.vanderbilt.edu\/markuseberl\/?page_id=27"},"modified":"2022-10-06T11:57:32","modified_gmt":"2022-10-06T16:57:32","slug":"tamarindito-project","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/my.dev.vanderbilt.edu\/markuseberl\/tamarindito-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Tamarindito Project"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nMarkus Eberl is director of the Tamarindito Archaeological Project (the Guatemalan co-director is Claudia Vela who teaches at the Colegio Evelyn Rogers<\/a>).\u00a0Tamarindito, the capital of a Classic Maya kingdom, was occupied during Preclassic and Classic times (300 B.C.E.\u2013900 C.E.) and served as the capital of a kingdom from 400\u2013800 C.E. Previous investigations concentrated on Tamarindito\u2019s center with elite residential groups, royal palaces, and temple-pyramids; terraces were noted during the mapping of the center. I started the archaeological project at Tamarindito in 2009 and completed\u00a0the ninth field season in 2022. While my team and I are still analyzing the results of our work, we are wrapping the Tamarindito project up and pivoting to the site of Tzikin Tzakan.<\/p>\n

Sarah Levithol, Byron Hern\u00e1ndez, and I surveyed and mapped Tamarindito. Excavation crews that included the project directors, Juan Manuel Palomo, Laura Vel\u00e1squez,<\/span>\u00a0Sarah Levithol, Sven Gronemeyer, Andrea D\u00edaz, and Omar Schwendener test-pitted and excavated especially non-elite residential groups. We built up a comprehensive database on architecture and artifacts. Sven Gronemeyer completed a new catalog of all monuments at the site. Paul Graf measured ground conductivity and flew a drone to detect \u2018invisible\u2019 buildings in the southern and western part of the site. Phyllis Johnson took soil samples from dozens of residential groups to analyze them for microdebitage, that is, evidence for ancient stone knapping. In 2016, Marie Vela and I summarized our archaeological findings in the edited volume Entre reyes y campesinos<\/span><\/i>.<\/p>\n

Community archaeology has been a key component of our project. We have been working very closely with local communities, in particular the residents of Las Maravillas, a village about 30 walking-minutes from the site. In 2017, Santiago Cho Coc and I published a book \u2013 Xch\u2019<\/span><\/i>och<\/span>\u2019<\/span>el li Kiib\u2019 <\/span>Tenamit. Tierra de las Dos <\/span>\u201c<\/span>Razas<\/span>\u201d<\/i> \u2013 that describes the history of Las Maravillas and contains local stories.<\/p>\n

Wikipedia Page on Tamarindito<\/a><\/p>\n

Facebook<\/a> page of the Tamarindito Archaeological Project
\n(like us if you are interested in updates)<\/p>\n

Community outreach<\/h2>\n

Members of the Tamarindito Archaeological Project have worked closely with local communities in the vicinity of the archaeological site. Most of our local collaborators live in Las Maravillas and El Excarbado II and they often struggle to access basic necessities. Dirt roads make it difficult to get around especially in the rainy season. Only about ten years ago did they get access to electricity. Sayaxch\u00e9, the closest town, is about two car-hours away and locals have to travel there to use bank services, go to the hospital or attend a secondary school. As part of the Tamarindito project, we have helped to build a community health center at El Excarvado. We have also given talks to school children at the primary school of Las Maravillas and given them site tours. With funding from the Henkel Foundation, we conducted an ethnographic survey and in-depth interviews at Las Maravillas in 2016 and 2017.<\/p>\n

\"ElExcarbadoII-CentroDeSalud3\"<\/a><\/p>\n

The health center in El Excarbado II<\/p>\n

\"IGERstudents3\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Giving school children from\u00a0Las Maravillas a tour of the site<\/p>\n

Field Crews<\/h2>\n

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Maps<\/h2>\n

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Local DEM by Sarah Levithol.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Map of Tamarindito’s Plaza A (right) and Plaza B (left; map by Markus Eberl and Sarah Levithol).<\/p>\n

Database<\/h2>\n

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Artifacts<\/h2>\n

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\nCylinder Vessel (drawing by M. Eberl).<\/p>\n

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Perforated shell (drawing by M. Eberl).<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Owl figurine (drawing by M. Eberl).<\/p>\n

Monuments<\/h2>\n

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Stela 2, right side (drawing by Sven Gronemeyer).<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Step from Hieroglyphic Stairway 1 (drawing by Sven Gronemeyer).<\/p>\n

Publications<\/h2>\n

2013 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0(Gronemeyer, Sven)\u00a0The Monuments and Inscriptions of Tamarindito, Peten, Guatemala<\/em>. Acta Mesoamericana 25. Verlag Anton Saurwein, Markt Schwaben.<\/p>\n

2012\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (Eberl, Markus and Claudia Vela) Patr\u00f3n de Asentamiento y Organizaci\u00f3n Social del Sitio Maya Tamarindito. Manuscript submitted for publication in the conference proceedings of the XXVI Simposio de Investigaciones Arqueol\u00f3gicas en Guatemala. Museo Nacional de Arqueolog\u00eda y Etnolog\u00eda, Guatemala City.<\/p>\n

2012\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (Levithol, Sarah) The visibility factor in the choice of plaza placement and construction at the Maya site of Tamarindito, Guatemala. Manuscript submitted for publication in the conference proceedings of the XXVI Simposio de Investigaciones Arqueol\u00f3gicas en Guatemala. Museo Nacional de Arqueolog\u00eda y Etnolog\u00eda, Guatemala City.<\/p>\n

2012\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (Gronemeyer, Sven, and Markus Eberl) Recent Archaeological and Epigraphic Investigations in Tamarindito, Pet\u00e9n. In Proceedings of the 1st Cracow Maya Conference: Archaeology and Epigraphy of the Eastern Central Maya Lowlands<\/em>, edited by Christophe Helmke, Jaros\u0142aw \u0179ra\u0142ka and Monika Banach, pp. 63\u201387. Contributions in New World Archaeology, 3. Cracow: Polska Akademia Umiej\u0119tno\u015bci and Uniwersytet Jagiello\u0144ski.<\/p>\n

2011\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (Eberl, Markus, and Claudia Vela) Agricultura durante el per\u00edodo cl\u00e1sico en Tamarindito (La Temporada 2011 del Proyecto Arqueol\u00f3gico Tamarindito). Manuscript submitted for publication on July 19 to the Museo Nacional de Arqueolog\u00eda y Etnolog\u00eda de Guatemala.<\/p>\n

2011\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (Eberl, Markus, Claudia Vela, and Sven Gronemeyer) Investigaciones recientes del Proyecto Arqueol\u00f3gico Tamarindito: La Temporada 2010. In XXIV Simposio de Investigaciones Arqueol\u00f3gicas en Guatemala, 2010<\/em>, edited by B\u00e1rbara Arroyo, Lorena Paiz Arag\u00f3n, Adriana Linares Palma, Ana Lucia Arroyave, pp. 237\u2013246. Museo Nacional de Antropologia e Historia, Ministerio de Cultura y Deportes, Instituto de Antropolog\u00eda e Historia, Asociaci\u00f3n Tikal, Guatemala.<\/p>\n

2010\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (Eberl, Markus, Claudia Vela Gonz\u00e1lez, and Juan Manuel Palomo) Investigaciones recientes del Proyecto Arqueol\u00f3gico Tamarindito: La Temporada 2009. In XXIII Simposio de Investigaciones Arqueol\u00f3gicas en Guatemala, 2009<\/em>, edited by B\u00e1rbara Arroyo, Adriana Linares Palma, and Lorena Paiz Arag\u00f3n, pp. 620\u2013628. Museo Nacional de Arqueolog\u00eda y Etnolog\u00eda, Ministerio de Cultura y Deportes, Instituto de Antropolog\u00eda e Historia, Asociaci\u00f3n Tikal, Guatemala.<\/p>\n

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Field reports<\/h2>\n

2012\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (Eberl, Markus, Claudia Vela, Sarah Levithol, Sven Gronemeyer, Andrea D\u00edaz, and Jos\u00e9 Aguilar) Informe Annual del Proyecto Arqueol\u00f3gico Tamarindito. Cuarta Temporada<\/em> 2012<\/em>. Field report submitted to the Instituto de Antropolog\u00eda e Historia de Guatemala Direcci\u00f3n General del Patrimonio Cultural y Natural, Ministerio de Cultura y Deportes, Guatemala.<\/p>\n

2012\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (Eberl, Markus, Claudia Vela, Laura Vel\u00e1squez, Byron Hern\u00e1ndez, Sarah Levithol and Sven Gronemeyer) Informe Annual del Proyecto Arqueol\u00f3gico Tamarindito. Tercera Temporada<\/em> 2011<\/em>. Field report submitted to the Instituto de Antropolog\u00eda e Historia de Guatemala Direcci\u00f3n General del Patrimonio Cultural y Natural, Ministerio de Cultura y Deportes, Guatemala.<\/p>\n

2010\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (Eberl, Markus, Claudia Vela de Bellamy, Juan Manuel Palomo, and Sven Gronemeyer) Informe Anual del Proyecto Arqueol\u00f3gico Tamarindito: Segunda Temporada 2010.<\/em> Field report prepared for the Instituto de Antropolog\u00eda e Historia de Guatemala, Guatemala.<\/p>\n

2009\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (Eberl, Markus, Claudia Vela Gonz\u00e1lez, Juan Manuel Palomo, Miriam Salas, and Omar Schwendener) Informe Final del Proyecto Arqueol\u00f3gico Tamarindito: Temporada 2009.<\/em> Field report prepared for the Instituto de Antropolog\u00eda e Historia de Guatemala, Guatemala.<\/p>\n

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