Revisiting the Xunantunich Palace: The 2003 Excavations

List of Figures

Figure  1.  Archaeological sites in northern Belize and adjacent regions.
Figure  2.  The upper Belize River valley.
Figure  3.  Xunantunich.
Figure  4.  The Xunantunich palace compound.
Figure  5.  Op 302R: East profile of cut through plaza floor. A=Possible buried A-horizon; B=First floor of Plaza A-III; C=First frontal stairway of Str. A-11; D=Bead sealing join of frontal stairway and plaza surface; E=Second floor of Plaza A-III; F=Replastering of second floor of Plaza A-III.
Figure  6.  Op 302A/4: Architectural collapse, including two pieces of sculpted frieze, probably from the façade of the upper building of Str. A-11.
Figure  7.  Fragment of architectural frieze found in collapse of Str. A-11.
Figure  8.  Fragment of architectural frieze found in collapse of Str. A-11.
Figure  9.  Plan of Str. A-11 following excavation. Drawing by Bernabé Camal, Jr., and Jorge Can, courtesy of Dr. Jaime Awe and the Government of Belize Tourism Development Project.
Figure 10. Str. A-11 from the south, near the end of 2003 excavations.
Figure 11. Str. A-11 from the west, near the end of the 2003 excavations.
Figure 12. Stairway leading to upper building.
Figure 13. Incised patolli board on floor of Room 9. Drawing by Jason Yaeger.
Figure 14. Op 272A/1-P2: Incised "graffito" on plastered block recovered in Room 9. Drawing by Leonel Panti.
Figure 15. Sherd scatter on floor of Room 10.
Figure 16. Op 257N/3-P1: Fragments of a carved panel found on the frontal terrace of Str. A-11. Drawing by Jennifer Scarborough.
Figure 17. Stairway leading up to Room 5.
Figure 18. West wall of Room 4 after excavation. Note channels picked through plaster to expose joins in the limestone block masonry.
Figure 19. Sherd scatter on floor of Room 10. Note the exposed wall core and few remaining facing stones of the walls.

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