HR: 0800h
AN: NS51C-06    [Abstracts]
TI: Georadar Archaeological Prospection at the Historical Center of the Merida City, Yucatan, Mexico.
AU: * Barba, L
EM: barba@servidor.unam.mx
AF: Instituto de Investigaciones Antropologicas, Laboratorio de Prospeccion Arqueologica, UNAM., Circuito Exterior S/N, Ciudad Universitaria, Del. Coyoacan., Mexico, D.F., DF 04510, Mexico
AU: Ortiz, A
EM: ortiz@servidor.unam.mx
AF: Instituto de Investigaciones Antropologicas, Laboratorio de Prospeccion Arqueologica, UNAM., Circuito Exterior S/N, Ciudad Universitaria, Del. Coyoacan., Mexico, D.F., DF 04510, Mexico
AU: Blancas, J
EM: jorge_blanv@yahoo.com.mx
AF: Instituto de Investigaciones Antropologicas, Laboratorio de Prospeccion Arqueologica, UNAM., Circuito Exterior S/N, Ciudad Universitaria, Del. Coyoacan., Mexico, D.F., DF 04510, Mexico
AU: Ligorred, J
EM: ligo@prodigy.net.mx
AF: Departamento de Patrimonio Arqueologico y Natural de Municipio de Merida, Yucatan., Edificio Administrativo, Av. Merida 2000 S/N X 67A y 67B., Merida, YUC 97246, Mexico
AB: This paper shows the results of the georadar archaeological prospection carried out by the Laboratorio de Prospección Arqueologica from the Instituto de Investigaciones Antropologicas (IIA) of the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (UNAM) verifing the archaeological and historical information recovered by the Departamento de Patrimonio Arqueologico y Natural del Municipio (DPANM) del Ayuntamiento de Merida en el Centro Histerico de la Ciudad de Merida under a joint project. The Historical Center of Merida has been classified as a "zone of high patrimonial value" after the topographic data and the historical documents recovered showed a long-term occupation, non interrupted since pre-Columbian times, when T Ho was the great capital of the northern region of the Maya area. For the rehabilitation program of the Historical Center of Merida has been a great priority to verify the existence of archaeological remains, pre-Columbian or colonial, under the present streets, gardens and plazas that could be damaged during the public infrastructure works. In order to prevent any damage to the patrimony a large georadar study was carried out pulling 200 and 400 MHz antennas of the GSSI SIR System 2 for 16500 m of the city streets, focusing in the areas where infrastructure works were imminent. After the analysis of the radar data it was possible to build up a map with the location of the most noticeable archaeological remains under the pavement of the streets that confirmed many of the topographic and documental proposed places. As a final result, by the first time a city government has available information to take present urban decisions, while preventing the damage to the archaeological patrimony of the same city.
UR: http:swadesh.unam.mx/laboratorios/prospArqueologica.html
DE: 0999 General or miscellaneous
SC: Near-Surface Geophysics [NS]
MN: 2007 Joint Assembly