Archaeological Map of Belize: A Geographic Information System for the Recording and Analysis of Archaeological Information

The Archaeological Map of Belize is a project to determine precise positions of pairs of intervisable three dimensional control points for mapping on archaeological sites. The purpose is to provide well-defined points in a common coordinate system that will permit analysis on a regional scale. The control points are located using geodetic survey techniques with dual frequency GPS receivers. GPS occupation of features such as road intersections provides the basis for georeferencing a Landsat image of Belize that serves as the base map of the geographical information system.