Category:Archeology
The Panel at Xunantunich
The early explorers, adventurers and archeologist believed that the ancient Maya were quiet people that lived in the forests, in harmony with their surroundings. Slowly, over time, they realized that these ancient people were actually people. They slashed and burned jungles to plant their corn. They hunted and domesticated wild animals like the wild turkey, …
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The Shell Goret
There were many interesting presentations at the BAAS 2015 and, for me, the most captivating was the one delivered by Dr. Jason Yeger and their discovery of a shell goret at Buena Vista del Cayo. Made from marine shell, the species is still undetermined because of it was so heavily modified. It was likely worn …
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Belize Archeology and Anthropology Symposium Starts
The Belize Archeology and Anthropology Symposium gets under way at the San Ignacio Resort Hotel for the next four days. The special topic for Archeology is ‘Ancient Maya Domestic Economy, subsistence commerce and industry. If you can remember, last year’s topic was ‘The Common Household’, therefore this year’s topic follows as a parte dos or …
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Uncovering Cahal Pech Part 1
For the past few weeks I have observed that excavations had started at the site of Cahal Pech, so today I had a chance to go and do Some investigations of my own. Cahal Pech has been heavily excavated for the past 60 years or so, but since 2011 excavations have unearthed large portions of …
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Nohmul not a total loss
The incident at the site at Nohmul is a disaster and must never occur again, but all has not been lost. The structure itself is far from being reparable or restored but can give us an insight of how the building was made. Archeologist can still research the profile, look for earlier buildings within and …
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Nature & the Maya Creation
TERRA 541: Ceiba: Nature and the Maya Creation This is the narrative of the Maya creation story and it follows the descent of the hero twins Hunahpu and Xbalanque to the underworld. Taken from the Popol Vuh, “Book of the People” found in the 18th century by friar Francisco Ximénez in the Guatemalan highlands. This documentary …
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Belize Archeology & Anthropology Symposium
Ancient Maya House hold & Social identity in Belize The time is drawing nearer for the symposium we are all very excited. We will be ofcourse coming at you live from the event. We have a countdown clock on our footnote to remind you. Foreign Attendee $20.00Bz per day Belizean Attendee $10.00bz per day