Airborne lidar at Guiengola, Oaxaca
Mapping a Late Postclassic Zapotec city
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6034238 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Pedro Guillermo Ramón Celis (0000-0002-3043-0082, McGill University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 35 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 899-916 |
| Publication date | 2024-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Ancient Mesoamerica (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0956-5361 • E-ISSN: 1469-1787 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0956536124000166 |
| OpenAlex | W4404191669 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 34 |
The site of Guiengola is an example of one of the settlements built by the Zapotecs during their fourteenth- to fifteenth-century migration to the Southern Isthmus of Tehuantepec. Although Guiengola is well known in the ethnohistorical record as being the place where the Mexica armies were defeated by Zapotec forces during the late fifteenth century, the full extension of the site was previously unknown. Despite evidence of a dense population at the site, it has been mistakenly characterized as a fortress for housing soldiers and troops from the nearby town of Tehuantepec. Here, I present the research of the Guiengola Archeological Project, which conducted a lidar scan and archaeological surveys between 2018 and 2023. In this article, I share a comprehensive map of Guiengola, a Postclassic Mesoamerican city. My analysis identifies a large settlement that covered 360 ha and included a walled system of fortifications, an internal road network, and a hierarchically organized city. The findings of this project expand our understanding of the variations and social divisions in the city's internal urban organization, which in turn, allow us to deepen our comprehension of the transition to the Early Colonial barrio organization of Tehuantepec
Archaeology · Geography · Lidar · Remote sensing · 3D Surveying and Cultural Heritage · Archaeological Research and Protection · Conservation Techniques and Studies
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| Citations per year | 3 |
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| Citation span | 2025 - 2026 (2) |
| Highly cited | No |