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Submitted by bat400 on Saturday, 22 June 2013  Page Views: 3558

Multi-periodSite Name: Aguas Buenas
Country: Nicaragua Type: Misc. Earthwork
Nearest Town: Juigalpa, Chontales region
Latitude: 12.100000N  Longitude: 85.4W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
no data Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
no data Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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Aguas Buenas
Aguas Buenas submitted by Andy B : Unexcavated mound at Aguas Buenas Image credit: Richard Jansen Site in Nicaragua (Vote or comment on this photo)
Misc. Earthwork in Chontales region, Nicaragua. Over 550 stone and earthen mounds, most less than 5m across. Many of the mounds are aranged in concentric circles, the largest of these is neary 600 m on its outside diameter.

Work by Leiden University, the National Autonomous University of Nicaragua and the University of Calgary, during 2011-2013 has focused on mapping and surveying the site, although limited mound excavations and test pits are been performed by the university and other earlier researchers.

Artifacts indicate occupation of the area from AD 400-1600, althought the majority of cermaics from limited tests may indicate a major ocuupation Sapoá phase (AD 800-1250.) No scultures or sculture pieces have been found here, which is uncharacteristic of the rich scultures found in other Nicaraguan sites, although the area has petroglyphs carved into surface bedrock. Baker (2010) has found this rock art comparable to scultures found at Ometepe Island.

Sources: Roosmarie Vlaskamp, "Aguas Buenas, 2012.

Vlaskamp, Roosmarie, Bachelor thesis: "Rock Solid: Rock Art Analysis and Documenting at Aguas Buenas (AD 400 - 1600), Nicaragua," 2012.

Note: Location given is of the nearest town, not exact

Note: Mysterious Mounds: Uncovering Matagalpa Archaeology in Central Nicaragua
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Mysterious Mounds: Uncovering Matagalpa Archaeology in Central Nicaragua by bat400 on Wednesday, 19 June 2013
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National Geographic explorer and archaeologist Alex Geurds and his team are in the field investigating a unique, prehistoric, ceremonial center of stone circles in Central Nicaragua.

Ashes are drifting across the gray agricultural field, purposefully set ablaze some time ago. In the field, stone and earthen mounds are visible at regular intervals. In this setting, we’ll be working for the next few weeks at the site of Aguas Buenas, located to north of the city of Juigalpa. The Central Nicaragua Archaeological Project is an ongoing archaeological investigation to shed light on the prehistory of Nicaragua, in particular its extraordinary indigenous tradition of monumental stone sculptures and its poorly understood ceremonial complexes.

As part of this, the Aguas Buenas archaeological site holds special interest. Our recent explorations of the site have revealed its unequalled architectural characteristics and extraordinary number of mounds, spread out over the hilly Chontales landscape by means of wide concentric semi-circles. Current knowledge of prehistoric monumental architecture in Central America cannot tell us anything specific about why this site looks like it does. Nor is there a significant amount of previous archaeological research in the region to help us out in understanding Aguas Buenas. We’re basically working from scratch.

Today we kicked-off our 2013 field season featuring students from Leiden University, the National Autonomous University of Nicaragua and the University of Calgary, geared towards completing our GPS mapping of the site and excavating several of the more than 500 mounds. What are these mounds actually? When were they built and how? Do they serve a purpose as individual mounds or rather playing a role in the larger complex of the site itself? These are just some of the questions fuelling the effort to withstand scorching heat, prickly shrubs and the occasional snake and scorpion.

The day started around 6 AM, filling the pick-up with excited students, as well as shovels, sieves, levels, and the like. Rolling into the site a little bit later, everyone took a moment to take in the impressive landscape and trying to spot some of the mounds. Standing among the mound, one would never guess the 600-meter diameter semi-circular patterns these mounds clearly follow from an airborne perspective. We determined the mound to be excavated by working on creating an understanding of when distinct sectors of the site may have been built and how comparable the contents of mounds really are.

Having selected the most suitable mound, the actual excavation went underway around 9 AM. By lunchtime we had scratched the surface of the mound, working through Level 1. The deeper levels revealing the content of the mound are up next..



Thanks to coldrum for the link. For more, see newswatch.nationalgeographic.com
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