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Mapping the Mirador Basin: Exploration and New Technology in the Cradle of Maya Civilization
Cambiar vista de pantalla: Richard D. Hansen February 5, 2007 | Universidad Francisco Marroquín | Duración:..
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Mapping the Mirador Basin: Exploration and New Technology in the Cradle of Maya Civilization
Richard D. Hansen
Juan Bautista Gutiérrez Auditorium
Universidad Francisco Marroquín
Guatemala, February 5, 2007
A New Media - UFM production. Guatemala, February 2007
Camera 1: Jorge Samayoa; camera 2: Jony Vasquez; digital editing: Rodrigo Escalante; index: Christiaan Ketelaar; content revisers: Katty Schellenger, Jennifer Keller; publication: Pedro David España
 This work is licensed under a Creative Commons 3.0 License
Este trabajo ha sido registrado con una licencia Creative Commons 3.0
Richard D. Hansen is archaeologist, director of the Mirador Basin Project in northern Guatemala. He is Chief Senior Scientist for the Institute for Mesoamerican Research at Idaho State University, founder and president of the Foundation for Anthropological Research & Environmental Studies (FARES). Hansen holds a PhD from University of California, Los Angeles, and he was awarded the National Order of the Cultural by the Government of the Republic of Guatemala, in 2005.
Fuente: www.fares-foundation.org
Última actualización: 26/01/2011
  Content
 | Initial credits |
| Introduction |
 | Maya time periods
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| Postclassic |
| Classic |
| Preclassic |
| Mesoamerica |
| Mirador Basin area
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| Lowland swamps |
| Geographic framework |
| Archaeological sites |
| Tropical rainforest |
| Depredation of the forest |
| Mirador Basin maps
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| Carnegie Institution maps |
| Earliest photographs |
| Recent maps |
| The city of El Mirador
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| Causeways |
| The interstate system of the first state |
| Monumental architecture in the Mirador Basin |
| Total station mapping
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| Star pattern system |
| Size and scale of structures
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| Alignments |
| Danta pyramid |
| The city of Nakbe
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| Garden cities |
| Chinampa style agriculture |
| Mapping using laser scans
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| Structure 34 |
| Scanning a building's interior |
| Subsurface radar |
| Classic Maya ceramics |
| The city of Tintal |
| Sites in the San Bartolo area |
| Future of archaeology |
| Social projects in Mirador Basin |
| Proposed tourist routes |
| Question and answer period
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| Can you comment on the relative magnitude of these constructions compared to other ancient cultures? |
| Where is the organization and financing of this project coming from? |
| How will the delicate ecological balance be maintained if tourism is developed? |
| What architectural proportions did the Maya used? |
| What are the dimensions of El Mirador? |
| Why did Preclassic civilization collapse? |
| Why did the Maya and Olmec build with different orientations? |
| What is the political organization of the Mirador Basin? |
| How long will it take for the Mirador Basin to become a national park? |
| What are the population estimates for Preclassic Maya cities? |
| How were the causeways built? |
| Final words |
| Final credits |
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