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The 2012 Season of the Chan Chich Archaeological Project
Figure 5.3. Plan map of Subop KU-1-A showing the location of Stela Fragments 1 and 2.
approximately 20 cm apart and 2.5 m southeast
of the altar. Both Subops KU-1-A and -E were
designed to locate the stela socket and gather
chronological information; only the latter goal
was accomplished.
Stela Fragment 1 (Lot KU-1-A-2) was laying
flat, oriented east-west in front of Structure
3 (Table 5.3). Our guess is that Fragment 1
is the bottom of the stela and the side to the
west would have originally been placed in the
ground or connected to a piece broken off in
the ground. The top surface of Fragment 1 has
faint traces of carvings; however, the condition
of the carvings is so poor that we can only state
that the monument was once carved. No details
are discernible. Regardless, the presence of
a carved stela is important since so few are
known from the region. Once the fragment
was removed from the unit, the flat surface
facing the ground was inspected for indications
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