Belize Valley Archaeological
Reconnaissance Project
World-Wide Web Links
A great introduction to the Art, Culture, and History of Ancient Mesoamerica can be found at AncientMexico.com.
Have you ever wondered about the ancient Mesoamerican ballgame? Where and when what is played? By whom and on what occasions? Click on this link to find many interactive features about this facinating sport and dramatic ritual pageant.
The Maya site of El Pilar has been investigated by the Belize River Area Settlement Survey (BRASS) Project. A comprehensive site including a link to downloadable field reports.
Cahal Pech Village Hotel
has been accommodating BVAR students since
1996. Not only does
it have dominating views over San Ignacio Town, and an imposing
Pterodactyl statue, but it ranks among the cushiest "field camps"
to have graced an archaeological project.
Get to know
the site and the investigators of Caracol -Belize's largest archaeological
site- by visiting the website of the Caracol Archaeology Project
(CAP).
Eva's Restaurant,
Bar, "First Cyber Café in the West," and Tourist Info Centre
is the place to hang out on Burns Ave in Cayo.
Check it out!
The Foundation
for the Advancement of Mesoamerican Studies, Inc. (FAMSI) a prominent granting
agency and research foundation active since 1994 with extensive
archives to grantee reports.
The
official website of the Holmul Project,
which has been investigating the important Maya regional center
of Holmul since 2000. Field reports of previous seasons are
available to download.
The home page
of the La Milpa Archaeological Project,
with remarkable 3D digital elevation models (DEM), some downloadable
papers, and CAD survey files.
Two
words for backpackers: Lonely Planet! Take a look at their
overview of Belize at their website.
Home
page of the Lamanai Archaeological Project (LAP). This ancient Maya site is renowned for
the extensiveness of its Precolumbian occupation spanning over 1500
years, the longest uninterrupted span of occupation in the Maya
world.
The
Middle American Research Institute (MARI)
of Tulane University 'conducts, supports, and publishes anthropological
and archaeological research of Mexico and Central America.'
The
largest group of experts in Mayan languages and writing congregate
every year at the world-famous Maya Meetings at Texas;
first initiated by Linda Schele in 1977. The website also hosts
a link to the important archive of the Texas Notes on Precolumbian
Art, Writing, and Culture.
The Mesoamerican Cave Archaeology Network (MCAN) provides
a complete directory of all researchers who are involved in elucidating
the past and present role(s) of caves in Mesoamerica.
The Naachtun Archeological Project (NAP) is a
multi-disciplinary research project that merges archaeological investigations
with environmental conservation and economic development in the
tropical forest of northern Peten, Guatemala.
The goal of Unaahil B'aak (literally "Houses of Palenque") is to allow visitors the opportunity to experience the architecture and ruins of Palenque in a more interactive way than is nornally afforded by slides or books.
The official website of Merle Greene-Robertson's Pre-Columbian
Art Research Institute (PARI). Known as Mesoweb,
it offers a great range of resources including PARI publications, a
large collection of links and papers on the subject of ancient Maya
glyphic writing, and hosts Palenque's Proyecto Groupo de las Cruces home page.
Trent University's Social Archaeology Research Project (SARP) is continuing their investigations of the important Maya centre of Minanha and the associated settlement survey.
Guatemala's important Museo Popol Vuh of the Universidad Francisco Marroquín houses one of the most important collections of Maya artefacts in the world.
Interested
in studying and promoting Mayan languages? Visit the website of Oxlajuuj Keej Maya'
Ajtz'iib' (OKMA) a great website featuring complete
interface in Kaqchikel, Mam, Poqomchii', oh, and . Castellano.
The
Maya calendrical tools
offered online by software programmer Ivan
Van Laningham are by far the most comprehensive and easiest to use.
The
Pook's Hill Lodge
has been the idyllic setting for archaeological
investigations conducted by BVAR between 1999 and 2005.
The Center for Maya Research (CMR) and its The Research Reports on Ancient Maya Writing series, under the direction and editorship of George Stuart have shaped the way we in which we think of the ancient Maya.
The Proyecto San Bartolo allows you a glimpse of the most amazing discovery made in Maya archaeology since Bonampak in 1946: the well-preserved, Late Formative, polychrome frescoes that have since been dubbed the "Sistine Chapel of the Early Maya."
The annual meetings hosted by the Society for American Archaeology (SAA) bring together -among countless other subjects- the single largest group of academic presentations on Maya prehistory.
El Perú an important site in north-western Guatemala is slowly yielding its secrets to the Proyecto Arqueológico Waka', which has been investigating the site since 2002. Visit also their "interactive dig" online.
The European Association of Mayanists (Wayeb) organizes the workshops of the annual European Maya Conference and publishes the Wayeb Notes, a recently launched series on ancient Maya hieroglyphic writing.
Like bats, creepy-crawlers, and the dark? Visit BVAR's younger sibling, the Western Belize Regional Cave Project (WBRCP). Visit also Archaeology Magazine's extensive online "interactive dig".
The Xibun Archaeological Research Project (XARP) has been conducting intensive investigations throughout the Sibun valley of Belize (known as Xibun or Xibum in the 16th Century), since 1998. Comprehensive site with downloadable field reports. |
