Archaeology in the Yalahau Region: Preliminary Results of the 2003-2004 Field Season (original) (raw)

Abstract

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...

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