Honey Camp Lagoon
| Honey Camp Lagoon | ||
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| Geographical location | Belize | |
| Islands | 4th | |
| Location close to the shore | Orange Walk Town | |
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| Coordinates | 18 ° 2 ′ 40 ″ N , 88 ° 26 ′ 18 ″ W | |
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| Maximum depth | 9.2 | |
Honey Camp Lagoon ( Spanish Laguna de On ) is a lake in the Orange Walk District in Belize . Numerous archaeological finds have been made on its islands .
geography
The lake is approximately 14.5 km away from Orange Walk Town . It is located in the lowlands of Belize, in an area that is characterized by numerous small lakes and ponds due to karstification , and that extends north into the Corozal District .
Another well-known wetland to the west of the lake is Doubloon Bank Savannah with the Doubloon Bank Lagoon and the Button Lagoon north of the lake. The area around the lake is largely in private hands and only little built up. The water is clear and reaches a depth of about 9 m. The bottom consists of limestone mud.
The lake is very irregularly shaped with several peninsulas and bays, the main area being roughly oval and extending from southwest to northeast. In the northwest a bay stretches to the northwest. In the northeast corner is a larger peninsula with two of the islands in front of it. This peninsula has buildings; a road runs continuously around the lake and there are surface drainage routes mainly to the southwest to Dubloon Bank Savannah .
history
The Maya settled on the islands in and around the lake in the post-classical period (AD 900–1500). On the largest island in the lake, archaeologists have unearthed a kind of temple that allows conclusions to be drawn about the Mayan customs regarding ancestor worship and rain gods.
Researches
The first excavations were carried out in 1926 by Thomas Gann , who discovered “ceramic portraits” in the “pavement” on the large island. In the 1950s, Clement Meighan and James Bennyhoff came to collect stone artifacts . In 1980 Thomas Kelly and John Masson followed, and from 1996 Marilyn Masson and others.
Individual evidence
- ^ Masson, 2014: 8.
- ↑ (The Journal of Earthwatch Institute, 1997); Masson: Postclassic Maya Ritual at Laguna de On Island, Belize. In: Ancient Mesoamerica, 10 (1), 1999: 51-68. [1] .
- ^ Masson, 1997.
- ↑ Masson.
- ↑ vernianera.com : Tom Stafford, Michael & Karen Crisafulli.
literature
- Marilyn A. Masson: In the Realm of Nachan Kan: Postclassic Maya Archeology at Laguna De On, Belize. Boulder: University Press of Colorado 2014.
- Marilyn A. Masson: Cultural Transformation at the Maya Postclassic Community of Laguna de On, Belize. In: Latin American Antiquity, 8 (4), 1997: 293. doi: 10.2307 / 972105
- Belize's Island Maya. In: Earthwatch: The Journal of Earthwatch Institute, 16 (1), 1997: 1-31.
Web links
- vernianera.com archeology
- Honey Camp Ranch at travelbelize.org.
- Honey Camp Ranch belizeexplorer.com.
- Northern Belize.com : Honey Camp Lagoon of the Orange Walk District, Belize.
- 5 must-dos in Orange Walk. at Belizetourismboard.org