Guillermo Palacios's The Dredging of the Sacred Cenote of Chichen Itza, 1904-1914, published in the peer reviewed journal Historia Mexicana in 2017, is a scholarly historical study of Edward H. Thompson's early twentieth century dredging of the cenote, financed by Harvard's Peabody Museum and private Boston collectors. Its authority rests on peer review by El Colegio de Mexico's flagship history journal and Palacios's direct archival research into the episode. It is a history of the excavation and its colonial era funding and ethics, not an archaeological catalogue of what the dredging actually recovered, which needs a separate source.
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Guillermo Palacios's 2017 article in the peer reviewed journal Historia Mexicana, the top tier reflecting peer review by El Colegio de Mexico's flagship history journal and Palacios's direct archival research into Edward Thompson's early twentieth century dredging of the cenote. It is a history of the excavation and its colonial era funding and ethics, not an archaeological catalogue of what was recovered. NotesPeer-reviewed historical study of the early twentieth century dredging of the Sacred Cenote at Chichen Itza, Historia Mexicana, 2017.
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AuthorGuillermo Palacios
PublisherHistoria Mexicana, vol. 67, no. 2
Publication Year2017
Source TypeJournal article
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