Papers from the Sierra del Lacandón Archaeological Project
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SIERRA DEL LACANDON REGIONAL ARCHAEOLOGICAL PROJECT, SIXTH FIELD SEASON, 2008

Report to the Instituto de Antropologia e Historia de Guatemala (IDAEH)*

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SIERRA DEL LACANDON REGIONAL ARCHAEOLOGICAL PROJECT, FIFTH FIELD SEASON, 2007

Report to the Instituto de Antropologia e Historia de Guatemala (IDAEH)*

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SIERRA DEL LACANDON REGIONAL ARCHAEOLOGICAL PROJECT, FOURTH FIELD SEASON, 2006

Report to the Instituto de Antropologia e Historia de Guatemala (IDAEH)*

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BORDER PROBLEMS: RECENT ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH ALONG THE USUMACINTA RIVER
/PROBLEMAS EN LA FRONTERA: INVESTIGACIONES ARQUEOLOGICAS RECIENTES 
A LO LARGO DEL RIO USUMACINTA

From PARI Journal Vol. VII, No. 2, Fall 2006

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SIERRA DEL LACANDON REGIONAL ARCHAEOLOGICAL PROJECT, THIRD FIELD SEASON, 2005

Report to the Instituto de Antropologia e Historia de Guatemala (IDAEH)*

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* Site coordinates have been removed from tables in this report due to concerns about illicit activities at these sites.  If you are a researcher who requires these data, please contact project personnel.


SIERRA DEL LACANDON REGIONAL ARCHAEOLOGICAL PROJECT, SECOND FIELD SEASON, 2004

Report to the Instituto de Antropologia e Historia de Guatemala (IDAEH)

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RECONOCIMIENTO Y PATRONES DE ASENTAMIENTO EN LA SIERRA DEL LACANDON

Paper Presented to the XVIII Simposio de Investigaciones Arqueológicas en Guatemala - July, 2004

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NOTICIAS DE LA FRONTERA: NUEVAS INVESTIGACIONES EN EL 
PARQUE NACIONAL SIERRA DEL LACANDON

Paper Presented to the XVII Simposio de Investigaciones Arqueológicas en Guatemala - July, 2003

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SIERRA DEL LACANDON REGIONAL ARCHAEOLOGICAL PROJECT, FIRST FIELD SEASON, 2003

Report to the Foundation for the Advancement of Mesoamerican Studies, Inc.

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FRONTERAS POLÍTICAS Y SITIOS SECUNDARIOS
EN LA CUENCA MEDIA DEL USUMACINTA

Paper given to the XVI Annual Guatemalan Symposium of Archaeology
Guatemala City — July, 2002

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LA PASADITA: NUEVAS INVESTIGACIONES EN UN
SITIO SECUNDARIO EN LA REGION DEL USUMACINTA

Paper given to the 11th Annual Guatemalan Simposium of Archaeology
Guatemala City — July, 1998

Charles W. Golden, University of Pennsylvania
Tomas Barrientos, Vanderbilt University
Zachary X. Hruby, Univ. of California, Riverside
A. René Muñoz, University of Arizona

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Other Published Works on Archaeology and Hydrology of the Region

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Arvizu, G. a. M. D. (1987). Exploraciones Geologicas para Proyectos Hidroelectricos en el Rio Usumacinta. Mexico, D.F., Comision Federal de Electridad, Subdireccion de Construccion.

Basterrechea, M. (1996). Situacion y perspectivas de desarrollo sustenable en la gran cuenca del Rio Usumacinta. San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico, Mesa Redonda.

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Cappato, J. (August 1999). Dams & Climate Change: new hydroelectric projects in the La Plata watershed. Large Dams & the Envrionment, Sao Paulo, Brazil, Foundation Proteger.

Casco Montoya, R. (1984). Desarollo Rural Integral de la Selva Lacandona. Mexico, D.F., Secretaria de Agricultura y Recursos Hidraulicos, Comision del Plan Nacional Hisdraulico.

Chan, Rosa María (2001). Propuesta para el Manejo e Investigación de los Recursos Culturales del Parque Nacional Sierra del Lacandón. Defensores de la Naturaleza, Guatemala City, Guatemala.

Chavez, R. E. (1983). Geologia del area del vertice Usumacinta, Mexico-Guatemala. Mexico, D.F., Universidad Autonoma de San Luis Potosi.

Conner, W. H. D., John W., Jr.; Rivera, Victor Hugo; Flores-Verdugo, Francisco X.; Vera-Herrera, Francisco R. (1988). Structure & Productivity of Mangrove Forests on the Pacific and Gulf Coasts of Mexico, INIREB, Division Regional, Tabasco; Gobierno del Estado de Tabasco: 459-472.

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Fearnside, P. M. (August 1999). Brazil's Tucurui Dam: lessons from its planning and impacts. Large Dams & the Environment, Sao Paulo, Brazil, Nat'l Institute for Research in the Amazon.

Fort, M. a. L. G. (1999). Population and environment in the Peten, Guatemala. Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Tropical Forest: Guatemala's Maya Biosphere Reserve. J. D. Nations. Washington, D.C., Conservation Int'l: 108.

Frohn, R. C. (1998). Remote Sensing for Landscape Ecology: New Metric Indicators for Monitoring, Modelling and Assessment of Ecosystems. Boca Raton, Lewis Publishers.

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Hammond, N. (1974). The distribution of Late Classic Maya major ceremonial centres in the Central Area. Mesoamerica Archaeology: New Approaches. N. Hammond. Austin, TX, University of Texas Press: 313-334.

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Herrera, Rudy and Marie-Claire Paíz. (1999). Plan Maestro 1999-2003 Parque Nacional Sierra del Lacandón. Defensores de la Naturaleza, Guatemala City, Guatemala.

Herrera-Silveria, J. A. (1994). "Spatial and temporal patterns in a tropical coastal lagoon with groundwater discharges." Journal of Coastal Research 10(3): 738-746.

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Houston, S. D., H. Escobedo, P.J. Hardin, M. Child, C. Golden, R. Terry, K. Emery, D. Stuart and D. Webster (1999). "Between mountains and sea: investigations at Piedras Negras, Guatemala." Mexicon, 1998 21: 10-17.

Houston, S., H. Escobedo, M. Child, C. Golden, R. Terry and D. Webster (2000). "In the Land of the Turtle Lords: archaeological investigations at Piedras Negras, Guatemala." Mexicon 22: 97-110.

ICOLD (2002). International Commission on Large Dams.

INIREB, D. r., Tabasco (1988). Ecologia del Delta de los rios Usumacinta y Grijalva, Gobierno del Estado de Tabasco: 720.

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Le Grand, H. E. (1973). "Hydrological and ecological problems of karst regions." Science 179: 854-864.

Lee, T. R. (1995). "The Management of Shared Water Resources in Latin America." National Resource Journal ?? 35.

Maler, T. (1903). Researches in the Central Portion of the Usumatsinta Valley. Cambridge, MA, Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University Memoirs 2.

Mathews, P. L. (1998). The Sculpture of Yaxchilan. Dept. of Anthropology. New Haven, CT, Yale University.

Millward, A. A. a. J. E. M. (1999). "Adapting the RUSLE to model soil erosion potential in a mountainous tropical watershed." Catena 38: 109-129.

Mitra, B., H.D. Scott, J.C. Dixon and J.M. McKimmey (1998). "Applications of fuzzy logic to the prediction of soil erosion in a large watershed." Geoderma 86: 183-209.

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Nelson, G. C. a. D. H. (1997). "Do roads cause deforestation? Using satellite images in econometric analysis of land use." American Journal of Agricultural Economics 79: 80-88.

Orellana Lanza, R. A. (1978). Relaciones Clima-Vegetacio en la Region Lacandona, Chiapas. Facultad de Ciencias. Mexico, D.F., UNAM.

Perera, V. (1992). "Damming Ecology." The Nation April 20.

Proskouriakoff, T. (1960). "Historical implications of a pattern of dates at Piedras Negras, Guatemala." American Antiquity 25(4): 454-475.

Proskouriakoff, T. (1963 & 1964). "Historical data in the inscriptions of Yaxchilan, Part 1 & 2." Estudios de Cultura Maya 3 & 4: (3) 149-167, (4) 177-202.

Ruz Lhuillier, A. (1958). "Exploraciones arqueologicas en Palenque: 1953." Anales del Instituto Nacional de Antropologia e Historia 10: 69-116.

Sader, S. A., T.L. Sever, J.C. Smoot, and M. Richards (1994). "Forest Change Estimates for the Northern Peten region of Guatemala." Human Ecology 22: 317-322.

Sader, S. A., C. Reining, T. Sever and C. Soza (1997). "Human migration and agricultural expansion: a threat to the Maya tropical forests." Journal of Forestry (Dec. 1997): 27-32.

Sader, S. A. (1999). deforestation Trends in northern Guatemala: a view from space. Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Tropical Forest: Guatemala's Maya Biosphere Reserve. J. D. Nations. Washington, D.C., Conservation Int'l: 108.

Schwartz, N. B. (1999). An anthropological view of Guatemala's Peten. Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Tropical Forest: Guatemala's Maya Biosphere Reserve. J. D. Nations. Washington, D.C., Conservation Int'l: 108.

Southgate, D. a. M. B. (1992). "Population growth, public policy and resource degradation: the case of Guatemala." Ambio 21: 460-464.

Tamayo, J. a. R. C. W. (1964). The hydrography of Middle America. Handbook of Middle American Indians. R. Wauchope. Austin, TX, University of Texas Press. 1: 84-121.

Turner II, B. L. (1999). Land cover & Land use change in the southern Yucatan Peninsular region. Airlie, VA, NASA: presentation at the 3rd NASA Land Cover and Land Use Change Science Team Meeting.

West, R. (1964). Surface Configuration and association geology of middle America. Handbook of Middle American Indians. R. Wauchope. Austin, TX, University of Texas Press. 1: 33-83.

Whiteacre, D. F. (1996). Main factors and processes threatening biological diversity and integrity of the Maya Biosphere Reserve + recommendations for reducing and/or mitigating those impacts. Boise, ID, The Peregrine Fund.

Wilkerson, S. Jeffrey K. (2001) "Usumacinta River Dam Project." In Archaeology of Ancient Mexico and Central America: An Encyclopedia. Susan T. Evans and David L. Webster eds. pp. 791 - 792. Garland, New York.

Wilkerson, S. J. (1986). "Damming the Usumacinta: The Archaeological Impact." Mesa Redonda Palenque, U. of Oklahoma Press.

Wilkerson, S. J. (Oct. 1985). "The Ususmacinta River: Troubles on a Wild Frontier." National Geographic 168(4): 514-543.

Wilkerson, S. Jeffrey K. (Oct. 1984). "Mexico and Guatemala: Archaeological and ecological implications of proposesd hydroelectric projects on the Rio Usumacinta" IWGIA Newsletter 38:75 - 89.

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