Well I have to say the archaeological research at Ceren this year has just taken off to an amazing start.
Today I excavated a 1400 year old earthen walkway ! This is amazing. It is much larger than would be required for one person to walk on it, and it seems like it would require a lot of maintance. I even found a spot as I was excavating where the soft sand from the canals on either side of the walkway hadbeen scooped up and placed on the edges (to reconstruct the walkway). We have never seen anything like this before at Ceren and are truly excited.
Along the top of the walkway are small ceramic sherds that have been compacted into the surface of the walkway. This shows us people likely walked over these a few times. Also, you can readily see a dip and color change in the center of the walkway where much higher traffic was likely present. To the east of the walkway is the beginning of a maize field.
I think the most amazing part of all is that today I walked in an area that was last walked on 1400 years ago!
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