Mapping and Radiocarbon Dating Archaic Period Monuments: La Alberca Structure Complex, Highland Michoacán, Mexico
Document Type
Oral Presentation
Campus where you would like to present
SURC Ballroom C/D
Start Date
16-5-2013
End Date
16-5-2013
Abstract
During the summers of 2007 and 2009, archaeologists from CWU and California State University-Fullerton conducted fieldwork in central Michoacán, Mexico. The group mapped the ceremonial site known as the La Alberca Structure Complex. It is composed of at least twelve stone terraced structures associated with the Archaic, Classic or Post Classic periods. While finishing the mapping of the complex, the group discovered a buried boulder structure. Radiocarbon samples associated with this structure dated to 6,160±40 BP. This poster presents the results of radiocarbon dating, feature stratigraphy, and GIS 3D models of the Archaic Period buried rock structure.
Recommended Citation
Steinkraus, Mark and DeLeon, Ansel, "Mapping and Radiocarbon Dating Archaic Period Monuments: La Alberca Structure Complex, Highland Michoacán, Mexico" (2013). Symposium Of University Research and Creative Expression (SOURCE). 78.
https://digitalcommons.cwu.edu/source/2013/posters/78
Poster Number
7
Additional Mentoring Department
Anthropology
Mapping and Radiocarbon Dating Archaic Period Monuments: La Alberca Structure Complex, Highland Michoacán, Mexico
SURC Ballroom C/D
During the summers of 2007 and 2009, archaeologists from CWU and California State University-Fullerton conducted fieldwork in central Michoacán, Mexico. The group mapped the ceremonial site known as the La Alberca Structure Complex. It is composed of at least twelve stone terraced structures associated with the Archaic, Classic or Post Classic periods. While finishing the mapping of the complex, the group discovered a buried boulder structure. Radiocarbon samples associated with this structure dated to 6,160±40 BP. This poster presents the results of radiocarbon dating, feature stratigraphy, and GIS 3D models of the Archaic Period buried rock structure.
Faculty Mentor(s)
Steven Hackenberger