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'''El Rastrojón''' is a [[Maya civilization|Maya]] [[archaeological site]] in western [[Honduras]]. It appears to be associated with the major [[Mesoamerican chronology|Classical period]] city of [[Copán]]―the capital of a Maya kingdom that existed from 5th to 9th centuries CE―situated just two kilometres away. El Rastrojón was abandoned following the collapse of the Copán kingdom in 822; the site was constructed on top of a [[Fault (geology)|geological fault]] that made building difficult, so it may be that the inhabitants judged the location not worth the effort after the fall of the nearby royal centre.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|url=|title=Finding Solutions for Protecting and Sharing Archaeological Heritage Resources|last=Fash|first=William L.|last2=Fash|first2=Barbara W.|last3=Ramos|first3=Jorge|date=2016-01-01|publisher=Springer International Publishing|year=2016|isbn=9783319202549|editor-last=Underhill|editor-first=Anne P.|series=Briefs in Archaeology|location=|pages=135–152|language=|chapter=New Approaches to Community Stewardship, Education, and Sustainable Conservation of Cultural Heritage at Rastrojón, Copán, Honduras|doi=10.1007/978-3-319-20255-6_10|editor-last2=Salazar|editor-first2=Lucy C.|chapter-url=http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-20255-6_10|via=SpringerLink}}</ref> |
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'''El Rastrojón''' is situated two kilometers from the [[Copán]] archaeologic site, in the west of the republic of [[Honduras]]. This place was founded apparently 1,300 years by the noblemen and soldiers of the [[Maya civilization]], as a [[Military camp|military encampment]] or defensive structure. |
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El Rastrojón was discovered in 1979, during a [[Survey (archaeology)|survey]] of the area around Copán. From 2007 to 2013, the Rastrojón Archaeological Project ({{Lang-es|El Proyecto Arqueológico Rastrojón Copán}}, PARACOPAN), sponsored by [[Harvard University]] and the [[Instituto Hondureño de Antropología e Historia|Honduran Institute of Anthropology and History]] undertook a programme of [[rescue archaeology]] and [[Conservation-restoration of cultural heritage|conservation]] at the site.<ref name=":0" /> The project was lead by archaeologists [[William Fash]] and Jorge Bouquets, and conservator Antonia Martínez, and resulted in the site being turned into a protected archaeological park.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.laprensa.hn/especiales/eleccionesgenerales/328501-332/rastroj%25C3%25B3n-la-nueva-atracci%25C3%25B3n-del-mundo-maya-en-cop%25C3%25A1n-ruinas|title=Rastrojón, la nueva atracción del mundo maya en Copán Ruinas|website=www.laprensa.hn|access-date=2016-08-04}}</ref> |
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== See also == |
== See also == |
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* [[Copán|Copán]] |
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* [[El Puente (Maya site)|El Puente]] |
* [[El Puente (Maya site)|El Puente]] |
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Revision as of 12:47, 4 August 2016
El Rastrojón is a Maya archaeological site in western Honduras. It appears to be associated with the major Classical period city of Copán―the capital of a Maya kingdom that existed from 5th to 9th centuries CE―situated just two kilometres away. El Rastrojón was abandoned following the collapse of the Copán kingdom in 822; the site was constructed on top of a geological fault that made building difficult, so it may be that the inhabitants judged the location not worth the effort after the fall of the nearby royal centre.[1]
El Rastrojón was discovered in 1979, during a survey of the area around Copán. From 2007 to 2013, the Rastrojón Archaeological Project (Spanish: El Proyecto Arqueológico Rastrojón Copán, PARACOPAN), sponsored by Harvard University and the Honduran Institute of Anthropology and History undertook a programme of rescue archaeology and conservation at the site.[1] The project was lead by archaeologists William Fash and Jorge Bouquets, and conservator Antonia Martínez, and resulted in the site being turned into a protected archaeological park.[2]
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- ^ a b Fash, William L.; Fash, Barbara W.; Ramos, Jorge (2016-01-01). "New Approaches to Community Stewardship, Education, and Sustainable Conservation of Cultural Heritage at Rastrojón, Copán, Honduras". In Underhill, Anne P.; Salazar, Lucy C. (eds.). Finding Solutions for Protecting and Sharing Archaeological Heritage Resources. Briefs in Archaeology. Springer International Publishing. pp. 135–152. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-20255-6_10. ISBN 9783319202549 – via SpringerLink.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link) - ^ "Rastrojón, la nueva atracción del mundo maya en Copán Ruinas". www.laprensa.hn. Retrieved 2016-08-04.