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Chan Chich: 2012 Investigations of the Upper Plaza Figure 3.5. North wall profile of Subop CC-10-E. 27
The 2012 Season of the Chan Chich Archaeological Project 10-E was excavated down to bedrock, which occurred at an elevation of 123.89 m. Subop CC-10-F Subop CC-10-F was a 4-x-1.5-m unit running north-south located on the southeastern side of Structure A-1. This subop was opened with the intention of exploring the association of the structural architecture with the various plaza floors that were built up over time. However, Subop CC-10-F was placed too low on the mound, and all that was excavated was collapse debris from Structure A-1 and the final plaza floor, which was well preserved beneath the collapse debris. As it was the last week of the season, the subop was closed rather than extended. More excavations higher up on the mound are planned for next year. Conclusions and Future Research This season’s excavations in the Upper Plaza provided us with as many questions as it did answers. However, these questions will be the guiding force behind the 2013 excavation plans for the CCAP. In total, six suboperations were opened up in four separate locations. Initially these locations were selected in an effort to investigate anomalies observed in remote sensing data. However, later units (Subops CC-10-D, -E, and -F) were opened based on questions that arose from the previous subops. Although not all of our questions were answered, the 2012 data gave us a direction in which to proceed for next year’s field season. During the 2013 field season, excavations will attempt to complete a north-south section across the entire Upper Plaza. This will resolve the discrepancy in floor elevations between the center and northeast corner of the plaza by locating the architectural interface (perhaps a platform edge) the we now know lies somewhere north of Subop CC-10-E. We will also excavate Burial 10, discovered this season in Subop CC-10-A. Additional suboperations will attempt to relate stratigraphy documented during the previous excavations of the royal tomb from the 1997–1999 seasons to our current data (e.g., Houk et. al. 2010; Robichaux et. al. 2000). 28
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