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The study entitled "Archaeological Atlas of the East Region of El Salvador" was conducted from th... more The study entitled "Archaeological Atlas of the East Region of El Salvador" was conducted from the month of May 2006 and July 2008. The results of laboratory and field activities form the basis of this paper. In May 2006 the Council of Scientific Research of the University of El Salvador approved the proposal of Dr. Fabio Esteban Amador, to conduct an archaeological survey in the eastern part of the country. The development project was proposed in two phases of field research conducted during the summer season and two phases of the laboratory for analysis of materials from the sites studied. The study, as its title suggests, is a regional atlas that combines the update of the archaeological record of eastern El Salvador, with the recovery and analysis of ceramic materials of a significant sample of sites in the region, with the aim of creating a manuscript that demonstrates: the distribution of sites, its architecture, its ceramic collections and the interpretation of the possible sociopolitical implications that indicates the temporal and spatial distribution in the Pre-Columbian context.
The study was approved and supported during their development by three leading intellectuals from the University of El Salvador, Dr. Erlinda Handal, head of CIC-UES, Msc. Carlos Lara, Coordinator of the Career of Socio-Cultural Anthropology, UES and Msc. Raymundo Calderon, Dean of the Faculty of Sciences and Humanities of the UES. To these people thank you for your continued support and confidence in my ability as a researcher and teacher. The legal authorization of the project was awarded by the Department of Archeology CONCULTURA, under the direction of Mr. Fabricio Valdivieso and supervision of Mr. Marlon Escamilla Shione and Mr. Shibata. I thank these archaeologists and CONCULTURA for providing the opportunity to conduct research and for their continued support in developing the study.
The 2007 field season would not have been possible without the support of the Foundation for the Advancement of Mesoamerican Studies (FAMSI). I am grateful to Ms. Jessica Costa, Assistant Executive Director FAMSI for their support, as well as Ms. Sylvia Perrine for her help in the online edition of the report.
During the 2007 season, with resources provided by the CIC, FAMSI and cooperation of the Georgia State University conducted a field school, where students shared national and U.S. archaeological experience. The field school was made possible in part by the collaboration of Dr. Jeffrey B. Glover and his team of students from Georgia State University. I thank Dr. Glover and his students for their cooperation and effort in all activities during school and especially the mapping of sites needed due to their knowledge and management GIS system that allowed to produce high-quality maps and accuracy.
All planned activities for the Atlas project were conducted with great success due to the support and dedication of anthropologists: Rosa Maria Ramirez and Frances Paola Garnica, and any and students majoring in anthropology and art at the National University who supported with their time and dedication to fulfilling various activities. Rosa Maria and Paola were offered a great contribution to the development of this study, as were two people completely dedicated to implementation of all project activities. During the process of their excellent training apprentices became specialists in the study of pre-Columbian pottery, becoming the first Salvadoran potters. His enthusiasm for the project enabled them to become two key people in teaching students the techniques learned, who assisted the project in fieldwork and laboratory. All students taking part in the study were introduced to methods of excavation and documentation in the field work and documentation processes and ceramic analysis in the laboratory. To all these individuals are thanked for their dedication and work during the internship.
Pottery is the principal cultural material archaeologists use to gain an insight to the cultural ... more Pottery is the principal cultural material archaeologists use to gain an insight to the cultural histories of ancient societies around the world. The presence and/or absence of pottery informs the analyst about past cultural dynamic processes. Ceramic studies in archaeology are also essential in establishing cultural sequences due to the nature of the material which reflects precise cultural changes over time. The present investigation provides the results from an excavation program conducted at eight sites located throughout the Yalahau region of northern Quintana Roo, México. The investigation here presented is intended to serve as a basic tool for future investigations and investigators in the Yalahau region as well as other sites and regions in the Northern Maya Lowlands.
Papers by Fabio Esteban Amador
The region of Yalahau is located in the northeastern portion of the Yucatan Peninsula, in the sta... more The region of Yalahau is located in the northeastern portion of the Yucatan Peninsula, in the state of Quintana Roo, Mexico (Figure 1). This region is characterized by abundant rainfalls that add up approximately to 2000 mm per year, or almost twice as much the rainfalls of the remaining north of the peninsula (Isphording 1975:244). These important rainfall levels have contributed to the formation of a number of depressions that extend along a system of geological faults known as the Holbox fracture zone (Tulaczyk et al. 1993). The combination of these factors resulted in the formation of wetlands or savannas that characterize this peculiar area of the peninsula. The savannas extend approximately 50 km from the north coast towards south, and have an east-to-west range of approximately 40 km (Fedick 1998: 109-110). Since 1993, research accomplished by members of the Yalahau Regional Human Ecology Project has produced new information on several archaeological sites, caves, causeways a...
La obsidiana o vidrio volcánico fue la materia prima preferida para la producción de herramientas... more La obsidiana o vidrio volcánico fue la materia prima preferida para la producción de herramientas de piedra en la antigua Mesoamérica. A causa de la historia volcánica de las Tierras Altas, varias fuentes de obsidiana se encuentran en Guatemala. Aunque todas estas fuentes fueron explotadas por los Mayas, las tres más importantes en tiempos antiguos eran Ixtepeque, San Martín Jilotepeque y El Chayal. El último, que significa "el lugar de la obsidiana" en Kaqchikel, está localizado aproximadamente 30 km al noreste del sitio Kaminaljuyu.
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La combinación de estos factores ha sido la formación de una serie de tierras humedales o sabanas... more La combinación de estos factores ha sido la formación de una serie de tierras humedales o sabanas que caracterizan esta zona singular en la península. Las sabanas se extienden aproximadamente 50 km desde la costa norte hacia el sur, y tienen una extensión oriente-poniente de ...
Nuestros conocimientos sobre la situación cerámica del periodo Preclásico en la esquina noreste d... more Nuestros conocimientos sobre la situación cerámica del periodo Preclásico en la esquina noreste de la península de Yucatán en su mayor parte han sido formados por estudios del litoral por Wyllys Andrews IV (Andrews IV et al. 1974), Anthony Andrews (1990) y Joseph Ball (Ball 1978). No obstante, en el interior, William Sanders (1960) documentó los sitios Leona Vicario, Santa María, Kantunilkin, Solferino, El Diez, Km 14, Chiquila y Monte Bravo. En su informe de 1960, Sanders menciona que los materiales cerámicos más tempranos en estos sitios son los grupos Sierra (Tancah Rojo) y Huachinango (Tancah Variegado), los cuales fueron ubicados cronológicamente dentro del periodo Preclásico Tardío y, más recientemente, en la esfera cerámica Chicanel.
Journal of Human Evolution, 2015
The region of Yalahau is located in the northeastern portion of the Yucatan Peninsula, in the sta... more The region of Yalahau is located in the northeastern portion of the Yucatan Peninsula, in the state of Quintana Roo, Mexico (Figure 1). This region is characterized by abundant rainfalls that add up approximately to 2000 mm per year, or almost twice as much the rainfalls of the remaining north of the peninsula (Isphording 1975:244). These important rainfall levels have contributed to the formation of a number of depressions that extend along a system of geological faults known as the Holbox fracture zone (Tulaczyk et al. 1993). The combination of these factors resulted in the formation of wetlands or savannas that characterize this peculiar area of the peninsula. The savannas extend approximately 50 km from the north coast towards south, and have an east-to-west range of approximately 40 km (Fedick 1998: 109-110). Since 1993, research accomplished by members of the Yalahau Regional Human Ecology Project has produced new information on several archaeological sites, caves, causeways a...
El presente ensayo se enfoca en el análisis de la evidencia cultural recuperada en el sitio La La... more El presente ensayo se enfoca en el análisis de la evidencia cultural recuperada en el sitio La Laguneta ubicado en el Oriente de El Salvador. Los resultados aquí presentados son el producto de programas de levantamiento de mapas, excavación y análisis cerámico llevados a cabo entre el 2006 y 2007 [Amador 2007,2009, 2011, Amador et. al. 2007] por un equipo que incluyó estudiantes de la Universidad Nacional de El Salvador, La Universidad Tecnológica y la Universidad Estatal de Georgia. El proyecto fue dirigido por Fabio Esteban Amador con la asistencia y colaboración de las antropólogas Paola Garnica, Rosa María Ramírez y el arqueólogo Jeffrey B. Glover.
Drafts by Fabio Esteban Amador
En las últimas décadas la arqueología mesoamericana se ha convertido en un instrumento para estab... more En las últimas décadas la arqueología mesoamericana se ha convertido en un instrumento para establecer un vínculo entre el pasado y el presente. Esta nueva arqueología surge de la necesidad de utilizar nuevos conceptos y métodos para el estudio de los materiales que fueron elaborados y creados por sociedades que ya no existen. De este modo la arqueología nos sirve para entender la naturaleza de estas sociedades y su desarrollo cultural. Esta nueva visión parte del esquema de la arqueología tradicional que fue importada de Europa a lo largo de los siglos XIX y XX. La arqueología tradicional europea ha creado ciertos vacíos en la reconstrucción de las culturas Americanas. Debido a que ha demostrado limitarse, en gran parte, a la solución de problemas históricos y prehistóricos en el viejo mundo. La falta de una teoría coherente y específica para el continente Americano ha sido el motivo para crear una arqueología práctica y adaptable a las necesidades de los pueblos Latinoamericanos. Por consecuencia han surgido varias preguntas provenientes de las necesidades culturales de nuestra sociedad. ¿Podríamos algún día entender qué es un dato arqueológico y cómo ponerlo en práctica? ¿Podríamos utilizar estos datos relevantes en la educación de los pueblos Latinoamericanos? ¿Tendremos algún día la conciencia y la sensibilidad para determinar el valor del pasado y su propósito inherente? Entonces para llegar a este fin es importante incorporar los estudios arqueológicos en la formación educativa de los jóvenes.
Articles and chapters by Fabio Esteban Amador
Oxford Handbook of Mesoamerican Archaeology, edited by Deborah Nichols and Christopher Pool, pp. 83-105. Oxford University Press, 2012
A survey of the culture history of Central America along the southern frontier of Mesoamerica, in... more A survey of the culture history of Central America along the southern frontier of Mesoamerica, including El Salvador, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica.
The study entitled "Archaeological Atlas of the East Region of El Salvador" was conducted from th... more The study entitled "Archaeological Atlas of the East Region of El Salvador" was conducted from the month of May 2006 and July 2008. The results of laboratory and field activities form the basis of this paper. In May 2006 the Council of Scientific Research of the University of El Salvador approved the proposal of Dr. Fabio Esteban Amador, to conduct an archaeological survey in the eastern part of the country. The development project was proposed in two phases of field research conducted during the summer season and two phases of the laboratory for analysis of materials from the sites studied. The study, as its title suggests, is a regional atlas that combines the update of the archaeological record of eastern El Salvador, with the recovery and analysis of ceramic materials of a significant sample of sites in the region, with the aim of creating a manuscript that demonstrates: the distribution of sites, its architecture, its ceramic collections and the interpretation of the possible sociopolitical implications that indicates the temporal and spatial distribution in the Pre-Columbian context.
The study was approved and supported during their development by three leading intellectuals from the University of El Salvador, Dr. Erlinda Handal, head of CIC-UES, Msc. Carlos Lara, Coordinator of the Career of Socio-Cultural Anthropology, UES and Msc. Raymundo Calderon, Dean of the Faculty of Sciences and Humanities of the UES. To these people thank you for your continued support and confidence in my ability as a researcher and teacher. The legal authorization of the project was awarded by the Department of Archeology CONCULTURA, under the direction of Mr. Fabricio Valdivieso and supervision of Mr. Marlon Escamilla Shione and Mr. Shibata. I thank these archaeologists and CONCULTURA for providing the opportunity to conduct research and for their continued support in developing the study.
The 2007 field season would not have been possible without the support of the Foundation for the Advancement of Mesoamerican Studies (FAMSI). I am grateful to Ms. Jessica Costa, Assistant Executive Director FAMSI for their support, as well as Ms. Sylvia Perrine for her help in the online edition of the report.
During the 2007 season, with resources provided by the CIC, FAMSI and cooperation of the Georgia State University conducted a field school, where students shared national and U.S. archaeological experience. The field school was made possible in part by the collaboration of Dr. Jeffrey B. Glover and his team of students from Georgia State University. I thank Dr. Glover and his students for their cooperation and effort in all activities during school and especially the mapping of sites needed due to their knowledge and management GIS system that allowed to produce high-quality maps and accuracy.
All planned activities for the Atlas project were conducted with great success due to the support and dedication of anthropologists: Rosa Maria Ramirez and Frances Paola Garnica, and any and students majoring in anthropology and art at the National University who supported with their time and dedication to fulfilling various activities. Rosa Maria and Paola were offered a great contribution to the development of this study, as were two people completely dedicated to implementation of all project activities. During the process of their excellent training apprentices became specialists in the study of pre-Columbian pottery, becoming the first Salvadoran potters. His enthusiasm for the project enabled them to become two key people in teaching students the techniques learned, who assisted the project in fieldwork and laboratory. All students taking part in the study were introduced to methods of excavation and documentation in the field work and documentation processes and ceramic analysis in the laboratory. To all these individuals are thanked for their dedication and work during the internship.
Pottery is the principal cultural material archaeologists use to gain an insight to the cultural ... more Pottery is the principal cultural material archaeologists use to gain an insight to the cultural histories of ancient societies around the world. The presence and/or absence of pottery informs the analyst about past cultural dynamic processes. Ceramic studies in archaeology are also essential in establishing cultural sequences due to the nature of the material which reflects precise cultural changes over time. The present investigation provides the results from an excavation program conducted at eight sites located throughout the Yalahau region of northern Quintana Roo, México. The investigation here presented is intended to serve as a basic tool for future investigations and investigators in the Yalahau region as well as other sites and regions in the Northern Maya Lowlands.
The region of Yalahau is located in the northeastern portion of the Yucatan Peninsula, in the sta... more The region of Yalahau is located in the northeastern portion of the Yucatan Peninsula, in the state of Quintana Roo, Mexico (Figure 1). This region is characterized by abundant rainfalls that add up approximately to 2000 mm per year, or almost twice as much the rainfalls of the remaining north of the peninsula (Isphording 1975:244). These important rainfall levels have contributed to the formation of a number of depressions that extend along a system of geological faults known as the Holbox fracture zone (Tulaczyk et al. 1993). The combination of these factors resulted in the formation of wetlands or savannas that characterize this peculiar area of the peninsula. The savannas extend approximately 50 km from the north coast towards south, and have an east-to-west range of approximately 40 km (Fedick 1998: 109-110). Since 1993, research accomplished by members of the Yalahau Regional Human Ecology Project has produced new information on several archaeological sites, caves, causeways a...
La obsidiana o vidrio volcánico fue la materia prima preferida para la producción de herramientas... more La obsidiana o vidrio volcánico fue la materia prima preferida para la producción de herramientas de piedra en la antigua Mesoamérica. A causa de la historia volcánica de las Tierras Altas, varias fuentes de obsidiana se encuentran en Guatemala. Aunque todas estas fuentes fueron explotadas por los Mayas, las tres más importantes en tiempos antiguos eran Ixtepeque, San Martín Jilotepeque y El Chayal. El último, que significa "el lugar de la obsidiana" en Kaqchikel, está localizado aproximadamente 30 km al noreste del sitio Kaminaljuyu.
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La combinación de estos factores ha sido la formación de una serie de tierras humedales o sabanas... more La combinación de estos factores ha sido la formación de una serie de tierras humedales o sabanas que caracterizan esta zona singular en la península. Las sabanas se extienden aproximadamente 50 km desde la costa norte hacia el sur, y tienen una extensión oriente-poniente de ...
Nuestros conocimientos sobre la situación cerámica del periodo Preclásico en la esquina noreste d... more Nuestros conocimientos sobre la situación cerámica del periodo Preclásico en la esquina noreste de la península de Yucatán en su mayor parte han sido formados por estudios del litoral por Wyllys Andrews IV (Andrews IV et al. 1974), Anthony Andrews (1990) y Joseph Ball (Ball 1978). No obstante, en el interior, William Sanders (1960) documentó los sitios Leona Vicario, Santa María, Kantunilkin, Solferino, El Diez, Km 14, Chiquila y Monte Bravo. En su informe de 1960, Sanders menciona que los materiales cerámicos más tempranos en estos sitios son los grupos Sierra (Tancah Rojo) y Huachinango (Tancah Variegado), los cuales fueron ubicados cronológicamente dentro del periodo Preclásico Tardío y, más recientemente, en la esfera cerámica Chicanel.
Journal of Human Evolution, 2015
The region of Yalahau is located in the northeastern portion of the Yucatan Peninsula, in the sta... more The region of Yalahau is located in the northeastern portion of the Yucatan Peninsula, in the state of Quintana Roo, Mexico (Figure 1). This region is characterized by abundant rainfalls that add up approximately to 2000 mm per year, or almost twice as much the rainfalls of the remaining north of the peninsula (Isphording 1975:244). These important rainfall levels have contributed to the formation of a number of depressions that extend along a system of geological faults known as the Holbox fracture zone (Tulaczyk et al. 1993). The combination of these factors resulted in the formation of wetlands or savannas that characterize this peculiar area of the peninsula. The savannas extend approximately 50 km from the north coast towards south, and have an east-to-west range of approximately 40 km (Fedick 1998: 109-110). Since 1993, research accomplished by members of the Yalahau Regional Human Ecology Project has produced new information on several archaeological sites, caves, causeways a...
El presente ensayo se enfoca en el análisis de la evidencia cultural recuperada en el sitio La La... more El presente ensayo se enfoca en el análisis de la evidencia cultural recuperada en el sitio La Laguneta ubicado en el Oriente de El Salvador. Los resultados aquí presentados son el producto de programas de levantamiento de mapas, excavación y análisis cerámico llevados a cabo entre el 2006 y 2007 [Amador 2007,2009, 2011, Amador et. al. 2007] por un equipo que incluyó estudiantes de la Universidad Nacional de El Salvador, La Universidad Tecnológica y la Universidad Estatal de Georgia. El proyecto fue dirigido por Fabio Esteban Amador con la asistencia y colaboración de las antropólogas Paola Garnica, Rosa María Ramírez y el arqueólogo Jeffrey B. Glover.
En las últimas décadas la arqueología mesoamericana se ha convertido en un instrumento para estab... more En las últimas décadas la arqueología mesoamericana se ha convertido en un instrumento para establecer un vínculo entre el pasado y el presente. Esta nueva arqueología surge de la necesidad de utilizar nuevos conceptos y métodos para el estudio de los materiales que fueron elaborados y creados por sociedades que ya no existen. De este modo la arqueología nos sirve para entender la naturaleza de estas sociedades y su desarrollo cultural. Esta nueva visión parte del esquema de la arqueología tradicional que fue importada de Europa a lo largo de los siglos XIX y XX. La arqueología tradicional europea ha creado ciertos vacíos en la reconstrucción de las culturas Americanas. Debido a que ha demostrado limitarse, en gran parte, a la solución de problemas históricos y prehistóricos en el viejo mundo. La falta de una teoría coherente y específica para el continente Americano ha sido el motivo para crear una arqueología práctica y adaptable a las necesidades de los pueblos Latinoamericanos. Por consecuencia han surgido varias preguntas provenientes de las necesidades culturales de nuestra sociedad. ¿Podríamos algún día entender qué es un dato arqueológico y cómo ponerlo en práctica? ¿Podríamos utilizar estos datos relevantes en la educación de los pueblos Latinoamericanos? ¿Tendremos algún día la conciencia y la sensibilidad para determinar el valor del pasado y su propósito inherente? Entonces para llegar a este fin es importante incorporar los estudios arqueológicos en la formación educativa de los jóvenes.
Oxford Handbook of Mesoamerican Archaeology, edited by Deborah Nichols and Christopher Pool, pp. 83-105. Oxford University Press, 2012
A survey of the culture history of Central America along the southern frontier of Mesoamerica, in... more A survey of the culture history of Central America along the southern frontier of Mesoamerica, including El Salvador, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica.