Rastrojón

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. 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]

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 led by archaeologists William Fash and Jorge Ramos, and conservator Antonia Martínez, and resulted in the site being turned into a protected archaeological park.[2]

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References
  1. 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.
  2. "Rastrojón, la nueva atracción del mundo maya en Copán Ruinas". www.laprensa.hn. Retrieved 2016-08-04.


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