Welcome to the group Mike (alias xunann)! I saw in your profile that you visited several Maya sites last year: Tikal, Yahxa, Ceibal, Topoxte, Dos Pilas. With...
Hi everyone! I'd like to bring your attention to Susan Evans' recent book "Ancient Mexico & Central America, Archaeology and Culture History" who just won the...
Hi Martin, Thanks for the welcome. I kind of stumbled upon this group and joined, but I haven't had much time to read the postings. Yes, I have done a lot of...
Hi everyone! The discovery of an ancient Maya salt production site on the coast of Belize yields many artefacts including a rare boat paddle. This discovery...
Thank you for telling us about yourself Mike. You're quite fortunate to travel so much and attend the Guatemala Archaeology Symposium every year. I'm glad to...
I also stumbled into here and joined. My thought about visiting the Maya has been to go into these areas each and every year. Most events that you might call...
Hello "barebodkin"! I agree that some events on a trip to these lands are not always in the best interest of a traveller, but I find that a certain mesure of ...
Hi everybody! An interesting book is coming out in June 2005: Joel W. Palka, "Unconquered Lacandon Maya: Ethnohistory and Archaeology of Indigenous Culture...
Martin, the article about Susan Evans' book only makes me more frustrated that I can't get ahold of it. I have had it on order from Amazon.com since January...
Hello Mike! It surprises me that such a highly acclaimed book could be so difficult to get. It's supposed to have been published in 2004 by Thames & Hudson. I...
Hi everybody! Some weeks ago, I mentioned a new book entitled "In the Maw of the Earth Monster" exploring the meaning of caves in Mesoamerica. For those who...
Hi everyone! I just read an interesting article by engineer Alejandro Jaen Rojas that I would like to share ("Les modèles mathématiques du cosmos chez les...
Hello martin is always nice to read your messages i just sent to bruxeles the application to find funds to support and translate this type of articles into...
Hi Juanna! Thanks for the reply. I whish you the best of luck with your fund application. Such litterature certainly deserves to be translated. Martin L. ... ...
Hello everyone! After reading the article of Alejandro Jaen Rojas, I did a bibliographic search on the subject of Maya archaeoastronomy and I found some good...
Hi everybody! For those interested in the recent salt trade discoveries in Belize, there are two books on the subject published by LSU archaeology professor...
Is it possible for someone to delete items that are irrevelevant to the Maya here? Also it is annoying to get these long digests that include old items as...
Indeed! We are together in the Maya Architecture group because we have a common interest in Maya culture. For mutual respect, I ask all members of this group...
Hi everyone! For those who won't have the chance to see the Kakaw exhibition on Maya chocolate at the Museo Popol Vuh in Guatemala, you can order the...
Dear Juana, Martin, group, Juana's post addressed an issue usually overlooked; she reminds us that the welfare of the indigenous peoples, descendants of their ...
"Maya Archaeology and the Political and Cultural Identity of Contemporary Maya in Guatemala." by Avexnim Cojti Ren: http://ethical.arts.ubc.ca/Avexnim.html...
Hi Claudia! Good to hear from you again. The subject you bring forth is an excellent contribution to the discussion of Maya archaeology. Juana did make a good...
Hi Juana! I appreciate your contribution to the subject of indigenous rights and I acknowledge that the Quechua and other indigenous groups are no less...
Hi everyone! Talking about ethical interpretations of history reminded me of an on- going project in Guatemala called: "El Historial para la Paz". This ...
Hi everyone! Not far removed from the subject of ethical archaeology, here is an article on a project for a "New university based on Mayan wisdom": ...
Dear Maya Architecture, In Masks and the Art of Expression, Anthony Shelton briefly discusses masks in Mesoamerica and contemporary Latin America. One...
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