Lower Dover

Lower Dover
LocationSpanish Lookout, Cayo District,  Belize
RegionCayo District
History
PeriodsMiddle Preclassic to Early Postclassic occupation
CulturesMaya
Site notes
Excavation dates2010-2015
ArchaeologistsJaime Awe, Belize Valley Archaeological Reconnaissance Project
Responsible body: Institute of Archaeology, National Institute of Culture and History (Belize)
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Maya civilization
Drawing of a Mayan stone carving with elaborate decoration.
History
Spanish conquest of the Maya

Lower Dover is a Maya archaeological site in the Belize River Valley. It is located on the grounds of the Lower Dover Field Station & Jungle Lodge, in Unitedville, Cayo District, Belize.[1] The site is bordered by the Belize River to the north, Upper Barton Creek to the west, Lower Barton Creek to the east, and the Western Highway to the south.[2] Lower Dover is one of several Maya archaeological sites in the area; it is across the Belize River from (and south of) Barton Ramie, 3 kilometers west of Blackman Eddy, and 6 kilometers east of Baking Pot.[3]

  1. ^ Guerra, Rafael A., and Marieka Arksey. (2012). 2011 Excavations at the Major Center of Lower Dover. In Julie A. Hoggarth, Rafael A. Guerra, and Jaime J. Awe, Eds., The Belize Valley Archaeological Reconnaissance Project: A Report of the 2011 Field Season, pp. 108-120. Institute of Archaeology, National Institute of Culture and History, Belmopan, Belize.
  2. ^ Petrozza, Michael Louis. (2014). Lower Dover Settlement Survey: 2013 Field Season. In Julie A. Hoggarth and Jaime J. Awe, Eds., The Belize Valley Archaeological Reconnaissance Project: A Report of the 2013 Field Season, pp. 193-200. Institute of Archaeology, National Institute of Culture and History, Belmopan, Belize.
  3. ^ Guerra, Rafael, and Renee Collins. (2015). Excavations in Lower Dover’s Palace Complex: Results of the 2014 Field Season. In Julie A. Hoggarth and Jaime J. Awe, Eds., The Belize Valley Archaeological Reconnaissance Project: A Report of the 2014 Field Season, pp. 1-16. Institute of Archaeology, National Institute of Culture and History, Belmopan, Belize.