TEN YEARS OF ACHIEVEMENT AT EL PILAR:
FIRST FEATURE: Management 1992-2002

700 BC ~ Middle Pre-Classic Period The first public monuments established at El Pilar and earliest occupation of Tzunu'un Maya Hous e with the forest garden

250 BC ~ Late Pre-Classic Period Plaza Copal completed around same time of public monuments at Tikal Major occupation in the El Pilar area Development of Plaza Axcanan

250 AD ~ Early Classic Period Construction at Plaza Jobo Tikal emerges as a major power in 292AD

600 AD ~ Late Classic Period Major construction at Xikna Pyramid

900 AD ~ Terminal Classic Period Continued construction at El Pilar

1000 AD ~ Early Postclassic Period Abandonment of El Pilar

1250 AD ~ Late Postclassic Period Occupation in the River Valley

1550 AD ~ European Contact Cortez crosses the PetŽn

1972 El Pilar recorded by the Dept. of Archaeology

1983 Dept. of Archaeology formally visit El Pilar

1984 Belize River Archeological Settlement Survey initial mapping of the site

1993 BRASS/El Pilar Program begins excavations with full time caretaker

1994 Master map of the site core completed w/ Pilar Poiniente in Guate

1995 Official boundaries of El Pilar established in Belize

1995 Model Maya House created at Tzunu'un and El Pilar is listed in 100 Sites in Peril ~ World Monument Watch

1996 Excavation and careful consolidation at Jobo and Tzunu'un v

1997 El Pilar certified as a Monumento Cultural in Guatemala and family shrine discovered at Tzunu'un

1998 Tzunu'un is consolidated for public access and the El Pilar mapping expanded

1999 Outreach education developed as part of BRASS/El Pilar Program

2000 Rolex Awrd for Enterprise

2001 Tzunu'un Trail Guide published showcasing the Forest Garden

2002 Publication of El Pilar Trail Guide and Educational collaboration and Tourism Workshops