On November 18, the community of Emiliano Zapata (Carrizal), Veracruz, hosted an unprecedented cultural event for Veracruz archaeology, an academic conference organized by and for the inhabitants of the local communities. Its main goal was to divulge the diverse information recovered by archaeological projects throughout the region. The idea was conceived inside the outreach program […]
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Tributo al Juego de Pelota prehispánico
Monday, February 13, 2012
Primer Coloquio Temas Selectos del Centro-Sur de Veracruz: el Juego de Pelota El dÃa viernes 18 de Noviembre de 2011 la comunidad de Villa Emiliano Zapata, Ver. (antes El Carrizal) fue protagonista de un evento cultural inédito en la historia de la ArqueologÃa veracruzana: la realización de un coloquio académico organizado por y para los […]
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Thursday, October 20, 2011
On Friday, October 7, our crew had a celebration. The reason? The project’s first grantee graduation! Cesar Viveros Miranda is a local student from Carrizal who enrolled in the History program at Universidad Veracruzana. His thesis is titled “Land Ownership: El Carrizal’s Ejido Formation: 1918-1921.” The Ejidos were social organizations based on communal land property. […]
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Thursday, October 20, 2011
El viernes 7 de Octubre el Proyecto Arqueológico El Carrizal estuvo de Fiesta ¿El motivo? La titulación del primer becario del proyecto!!!! César Viveros Miranda es originario de Carrizal y fue estudiante de la Facultad de Historia de la Universidad Veracruzana. La tesis que realizó abarcó la formación del Ejido en Carrizal, especÃficamente durante los […]
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Tuesday, September 6, 2011
El Carrizal’s history is deeply intertwined with the railways’ history. During Porfirio Diaz’ rulership (1876-1911), the area was known as Llano grande (wide plains) and was part of Hacienda Plan del RÃo, a latifundium owned by Mr. Angel Trigos. Back then, only a few houses existed and the rest of the land was used for […]
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Tuesday, September 6, 2011
Las historias del ferrocarril mexicano y el pueblo de Carrizal están Ãntimamente enlazadas. Durante la dictadura de Porfirio DÃaz (1876-1911), el área de Carrizal era conocida como la región del Llano Grande, misma que pertenecÃa a la Hacienda Plan del RÃo; propiedad del latifundista Ãngel Trigos. Los terrenos eran utilizados como potreros, por lo que […]
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Monday, August 22, 2011
La ArqueologÃa ha ido desarrollando sus métodos y técnicas de clasificación desde sus inicios como disciplina cientÃfica. En un principio, los artefactos terminados y bonitos eran considerados diagnósticos de estilos y culturas. Sin embargo, a partir de la década de los 60’s, algunas preguntas y aspectos tecnológicos comenzaron a tenerse en cuenta. Por lo tanto, […]
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Monday, August 22, 2011
Archaeology has developed its classification methods and techniques since its beginnings. At first, finished and pretty artifacts were diagnostic of styles and cultures. In the 60s, technological issues started to come to question; so we started paying attention to unfinished, recycled, re-used and discarded objects. The operational sequence approach on artifacts proposes to reconstruct their […]
Read full post »Hurricane Karl: Natural Disasters and Human Occupations
Wednesday, December 8, 2010
On September 16, hurricane Karl hit the Mexican Gulf Coast. It entered through Villa Rica, the same spot through which Cortes the conquistador first arrived in Mexico. As we were so deeply focused in our research, we didn’t know anything about the danger, so our crew decided to spend September 15 (Mexico’s Independence Day) at […]
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Wednesday, December 8, 2010
El 16 de septiembre del 2010 el Huracán Karl golpeó las costas del Golfo de México, a la altura del poblado de Villa Rica, el mismo lugar por donde Hernán Cortes, el conquistador, llegara a México. Un dÃa antes, los integrantes del equipo decidimos celebrar el dÃa de la Independencia de México justo en las […]
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