page_title: Chan Chich Site
section_title: Courtyard A-3
hierarchical_section_title: Chan Chich Site / Excavations and Interpretations / 2014 Excavation Locations / Courtyard A-3
caption_attribution_description: English: Artifacts found in the Chan Chich archaeological site, courtyard A-3
context_page_description: The Chan Chich Site, an archaeological site, is a moderately sized ancient Maya City located approximately 4.25 km east of the Belizean border with Guatemala and siting along Chan Chich Creek in the Three Rivers adaptive region of Belize. The site was occupied from the beginning of the Middle Pre-Classic era through the Terminal Classic era. The Chan Chich Archaeological Project and the Belize Estates Archaeological Survey Team sought to survey and excavate the site in years that dates back to as early as the 1990s which found a Terminal Neoclassic Tomb. The most recent investigation which yielded more findings came in the year 2014, with goals to examine the site and reconstruct an accurate model and map for it.
context_section_description: While the other structures were examined before in previous excavations, courtyard A-3 remains untouched until the 2014 excavation. This large courtyard, located south of the Upper Plaza, contains Structures A-23, A-24, and A-25. Examination of the site concludes that the courtyard was occupied in the Late Classic Period through the Terminal Classic period. Artifacts extracted from this location are shown on the right, identified as Vessel 1, Vessel 3, Vessel 2, and Vessel 4 starting clockwise from the upper left corner. Structure A-23 contains additional knives that archaeologists believe to been constructed by using deer bone, ground stones, and broken bifaces as materials. The analysis of structure A-25 and the artifacts found there is unfinished, and information about the location will remain unclear until future excavation of the site is to be held.
caption: Chan Chich Vessels
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