Terminal Classic and Postclassic in Northern Campeche, Mexico: Continuities and Disruptions

• Applicant: Dr. Iken Paap
• Subject Area: Prehistory and World Archaeology
• Term: from 2011 to 2020
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 210431861

Based on the results of four field campaigns (2012-2015) in Dzehkabtun, a pre to postclassic Maya site in northern Campeche, Mexico, the current research project aims to continue the analysis of the sociopolitical context at the transition from terminal classic to epiclassic Maya society (850 - 1100 A.D.). The 2015 excavations in the southeastern peripheric part of the site shall be continued to allow a detailed study on the settlement development and organization during the Terminal Classic.This project aims - based on our work in Dzehkabtun - to make a substantial contribution to clarifying the question of socioeconomic and political continuities and disruptions since the Classic, as well as the causes and consequences of the known changes for the resident population of this settlement. Furthermore, we will continue to gather more data on the so far archaeologically little-known transitional area between the Puuc and Chenes regions in the northern part of the Yucatán peninsula.

• DFG Programme: Research Grants