2011 Culturally Modified Landscapes from Past to Present

I collected at 150 meters from YL, at the center of Kinkella’s transect, which was near Str. 3C, thefocus of 2010 excavations (Lucero 2011; Olszewski 2011). I did not survey on the excavated area, asthis would have given an inaccurate indication of which plants had been growing there during the ClassicMaya time. Nineteen additional plants were gained from this survey (Figure 9). I collected samples fromspecimens already collected and labeled them with their assigned number followed by the letter “B” todenote that I had already collected them previously. I collected repeat specimens to ensure that I hadenough to analyze for my research, to document possible changes in the species from location tolocation, and to perhaps create a reference collection to give to either a botanical garden in the UnitedStates or to the Belize Herbarium.Figure 9: Plot 2, near Str. 3CPlot 3Next, I went 500 meters into the forest via Kinkella’s 41.5° heading (Kinkella 2009). Thereappeared to be an abundance of small plants, since we were in the midst of unsettled forest; therefore Ielected to construct a smaller 5 m collection radius and collect the small plants that only grow in theunderstory. Five meters is too large of an area in which to map all the small plants. In future mapping, Ireduced this region to the earlier suggestion of Seigler and Ebinger of one meter. At the conclusion of13