Maya – Hidden Worlds Revealed: Field Trip Planning Workshop

Join Museum educators to learn about our newest temporary exhibition and begin planning a field trip to Maya: Hidden Worlds Revealed. Preview the exhibition and learn about related Museum resources, including the Tales of the Maya Skies Planetarium show that will support your curriculum goals.
In Maya: Hidden Worlds Revealed, students will explore the achievements of this ancient civilization and learn how science and archaeology can help us build our understanding of the past. Immerse yourself in the daily life and culture of the ancient Maya, and discover how science and engineering informed advances in mathematics, astronomy, agriculture, and even the creation of one of the first written languages!

In addition, after the workshop, all participants are invited to participate in the Museum's annual Archaeology Fair to explore related resources for the classroom from multiple institutions. Our staff will also provide an overview of the Educator Resource Center services and programs, emphasizing support for teachers as learners.

Registration is limited to Teacher Partners and is required at least one week in advance. Free parking is available for this workshop.

Museum of Science, 617-723-2500; tickets: $29 adults, $27 seniors, $25 children age 3-11 (price includes ticket to the general exhibit halls that can be used within six months).  

Source: http://www.mos.org , www.bostonglobe.com

Pictures:  Treleven Photography / Museum of Science

Two ancient Mayan cities found in Mexican jungle

A photograph released to Reuters on August 22, 2014 shows the remains of an ancient Mayan city in Lagunita May 30, 2014. REUTERS/Research Center of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts/Handout via Reuters

Archaeologists have found two ancient Mayan cities hidden in the jungle of southeastern Mexico, and the lead researcher says he believes there are "dozens" more to be found in the region.

 A photograph released to Reuters on August 22, 2014 shows a piece of a stela at an Mayan city in Tamchen April 6, 2014. REUTERS/Research Center of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts/Handout via Reuters

Ivan Sprajc, associate professor at the Research Center of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts, said his team found the ancient cities of Lagunita and Tamchen on the Yucatan peninsula in April by examining aerial photographs of the region.

A photograph released to Reuters on August 22, 2014 shows a chultun, an underground chamber for the collection of rainwater inTamchen May 5, 2014. REUTERS/Research Center of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts/Handout via Reuters

Sprajc said the two cities reached their heyday in the Late and Terminal Classic periods (600-1000 AD). At each site, researchers found palace-like buildings, pyramids and plazas. One of the pyramids is almost 20 metres high.

 A photograph released to Reuters on August 22, 2014 shows a piece of a stela from an ancient Mayan city in Lagunita May 17, 2014. REUTERS/Research Center of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts/Handout via Reuters

They also found a facade featuring a monster-mouth doorway, which probably marked one of the main entrances to the center of the city. Photographs from the sites showed stone pyramids jutting out from beneath dense foliage.

A photograph released to Reuters on August 22, 2014 shows a piece of an altar from an ancient Mayan city in Lagunita May 18, 2014. REUTERS/Research Center of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts/Handout via Reuters

"The entrance apparently symbolizes the entrance to a cave and to the underworld ... Someone entering through this doorway would have entered sacred precincts," he told Reuters by telephone from Slovenia on Friday.

A photograph released to Reuters on August 22, 2014 shows a piece of a stela from an ancient Mayan city in Lagunita May 18, 2014. REUTERS/Research Center of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts/Handout via Reuters

Sprajc said his team mapped 25-30 acres at each site, but the cities were probably larger. "We elaborated a map but only of the religious and administrative centers of the two sites," he said, "that's only like downtown."

A photograph released to Reuters on August 22, 2014 shows a piece of a stela from an ancient Mayan city in Lagunita May 17, 2014. REUTERS/Research Center of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts/Handout via Reuters

His team has not yet excavated the sites.
"There are dozens of sites that I already have seen on the aerial photographs," he added, noting that additional discoveries depend on further funding.

 A photograph released to Reuters on August 22, 2014 shows the remains of an ancient Mayan city in Lagunita May 30, 2014. REUTERS/Research Center of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts/Handout via Reuters

Last summer, Sprajc discovered another ancient Mayan city, Chactun, 10 km north of Lagunita and 6 km northwest of Tamchen. 

 A photograph released to Reuters on August 22, 2014 shows a piece of a stela from an ancient Mayan city in Lagunita May 17, 2014. REUTERS/Research Center of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts/Handout via Reuters

A photograph released to Reuters on August 22, 2014 shows the remains of an ancient Mayan city in Tamchen April 15, 2014. REUTERS/Research Center of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts/Handout via Reuters

photos: Reuters

source:http://www.stcatharinesstandard.ca

LA MEMORIA REVELADA - EL SURGIMIENTO DE LA FOTOGRAFÍA ARQUEOLÓGICA

 

El surgimiento de la fotografía arqueológica

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Durante el siglo XIX, los artistas –dibujantes, grabadores y pintores-, eran indispensables para plasmar los edificios, esculturas y materiales arqueológicos y dejar constancia de ellos. Sin embargo, con el uso de la fotografía (que por entonces empezaba) y su aplicación a la arqueología se pudo ampliar, de manera significativa, los alcances de esta nueva tecnología que permitía captar los vestigios del pasado mesoamericano.

La colección de 67 fotografías que integran la exposición, forma parte del acervo de Fomento Cultural Grupo Salinas y se muestran por primera vez al público. Con la curaduría del Mtro. Eduardo Matos Moctezuma, la muestra se presenta en tres módulos que siguen, de manera cronológica, los viajes de Charnay en México.

En la sala introductoria se exhibe un esterografoscopio, un visor estereoscópico, una cámara estereoscópica y una parte de una cámara fotográfica de fuelle, con el objeto de mostrar el contexto tecnológico de la época.

De forma intercalada, se encuentran seis piezas arqueológicas pertenecientes a la cultura Maya y una de Mitla, del acervo del Museo Nacional de Antropología (Conaculta-INAH).

Claude Désiré Charnay

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Durante sus primeros viajes a México, el francés Claude Désiré Charnay llegó junto con otros caminantes de su época como Stephens y LePlongeon, pioneros del uso de la cámara fotográfica aplicada a la arqueología.

Como parte del primer módulo temático, podremos apreciar dos importantes ediciones de la obra escrita de Charnay así como planos de sus recorridos en territorio nacional.

Las fotografías realizadas por Désiré Charnay nos indican, entre muchos otros valiosos aportes para la arqueología, el estado que guardaban los edificios en aquel momento. 

Charnay tuvo interés en dar la escala de los monumentos, al colocar personas junto a ellos. Entre sus incontables peripecias conoceremos lo que le significaba trasladar su equipaje, que constaba de 1800 kilos y la manera en que tuvo que improvisar materiales para lograr sus tomas y revelados.

La segunda temporada en que Désiré Charnay viaja a México se da entre el 30 de abril de 1880, en que llega a Veracruz, y el 21 de julio de 1882 en que regresa a París.
Su siguiente viaje en 1886, ya no aportará mayores logros para la arqueología mexicana. Muere en París el 24 de octubre de 1915, a los 87 años.

Un valioso aporte para la arqueología

 

Izamal, 1860

 

Uxmal, 1860

Chichen Itzá, ca. 1860

 

Izamal, ca. 1860

 

Uxmal, ca. 1860

 

Mitla, ca. 1859

 

 Grandes estatuas, ca. 1880-1882

Pilares, ca. 1880-1882

Mictlanteuhtli, ca. 1880-1882

Dintel de piedra, ca. 1880-1882

Actividades

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Ciclo de conferencias Désiré Charnay
Actividad gratuita
Mtro. Eduardo Matos Moctezuma
Sábado 24 de mayo, 13:00 h.
Dra. Rosa Casanova
Sábado 7 de junio, 13:00 h.
Taller

Espejuelos 3D
A partir del martes 6 de mayo
Martes, sábados y domingos 11:00 a 16:00 h.
Donativo $30.00. Para todo público.

Cuentacuentos

Historias tradicionales mayas
Narradores del CONACULTA
Domingos 4, 11 y 25 de mayo; 13:00 h.
Con boleto de acceso al recinto. Para todo público.
Curso de fotografía

La fotografía como arte y testigo
Instructores de Lumix, Foto
Del 21 al 25 de julio, de 10:00 a 13:00 h.
Cuota de recuperación $500.00 (incluye refrigerio)
Jóvenes de 12 a 17 años.

Visitas escolares

Exploradores del pasado
De 10:00 a 16:00 h.
Visita con taller $35.00; sin taller $30.00.
Estudiantes SEP $15:00
Para alumnos de educación básica y media superior.
Visitas de orientación

Para profesores
Mayo 31, junio 14 y julio 5; 11:00 y 16:00 h.
Actividad gratuita previa reservación.
Para docentes de educación básica y media.

fuente:sanildefonso.org.mx

fotografías:  Fotografías © Colección Ricardo B. Salinas Pliego / Fomento Cultural Grupo Salinas

Women Work to Save Native Bees of Mexico

 Photo © Eric Tourneret

 Women from the beekeeping association gather around a trunk hive under a raffia roof.

So much bee news lately is gloomy, I thought it would be nice to highlight a happy story. Central America has a centuries-long history of native bee keeping; the Madrid Codex, one of three surviving Mayan books, describes bees and beekeeping in detail.  Mayans called their bees Xunan kab, which translates as “royal lady bees.”
Below is an interview with Anselma Chale Euan, President of the Co’oleel Caab Collective in Yucatan, Mexico. Her women’s collective is practicing meliponiculture, or stingless beekeeping, a traditionally male job in Mayan culture. The video will make you smile.

The bee cultivated by these women is Melipona beecheii; a species named in 1831 for a Captain Beechey, who just happened to have a “bee” in his name for lovely symmetry. These social bees collect honey and live in hives, but have no venom, and cannot sting. (They can still give you a good bite if provoked, though.) Their lovely green eyes and gentle dispositions makes keeping this species as backyard pets practical.

Why isn’t everyone keeping stingless bees, then? Because they produce honey in much smaller quantities than introduced European honey bees. A typical meliponine colony may only produce 2 liters of honey/year, compared with 40 liters or more for a honey bee hive. Stingless bees do produce enough to bring in supplemental income, though.

Diversifying income is important; it’s what makes sustainable livelihoods possible for families living on the edge of poverty.  With multiple income streams, a household is more resilient to uncontrollable stresses of bad weather, price inflation, and unemployment. These bees also are a form of cultural pride and social capitol; it allows the community to gather together in celebration of the rich history of the Xunan kab.

Photo © Eric Tourneret

 The stingless Maya bee, Melipona beecheii, leaves only a narrow entrance to its trunk hive to protect itself from attack by predators. 

Are Mayan Bees Really Endangered?
The best answer is we don’t know, but it’s likely. Sorry to harsh your mellow from the happy video. 

Native stingless bees forage in a Mexican landscape full of alien invaders. Spaniards introduced European honeybees to Central America around 1620, and they are now well established. European honey bees (and their Africanized form) do compete with gentle native bee species for pollen and nectar on flowers. Melipona beecheii is a forest bee, so if they could find flowering trees and shrubs, competition with honey bees might not be a problem. Alas, Yucatan is heavily logged.

The Yucatan peninsula sits right in the path of a lot of big storms; quite a few hurricanes, floods, and droughts have caused beekeepers to lose all or most of their hives. Native stingless bees are quite sensitive to pesticides, so that isn’t helping either.

Photo © Eric Tourneret

Maya bees on brood comb

We don’t have a firm estimate of how common these bees are in the wild; we only know, anecdotally, where they are being cultivated. So like most animals on earth (which are arthropods, AHEM), their conservation status is “Not Evaluated.”

Traditional knowledge involved in meliponiculture was clearly lost. A 2005 survey found a 93% decrease in Xunan kab hives over the last 25 years. As you can tell from the video, a lot of current bee husbandry is trial and error, since many older, traditionally male beekeepers switched to keeping more profitable European honey bees.

Despite all these negatives, I’m inclined to be optimistic. Renewed interest in these bees as a form of supplemental income is a good sign. The lovely photos of bees on this post are from Eric Tourneret; you can see even more photos of beekeepers and stingless bees here. Tourneret’s photos show us a lively, developing fair trade culture in native bee products. 

The video above shows women who are empowered through self-employment; they used their creativity to innovate and market new products from a centuries-old tradition. 

Here’s hoping meliponiculture in Mexico continues and flourishes.


Source: wired.com /  By Gwen Pearson

Academic takes Maya research to Madrid’s Museum of the Americas

photo:lboro.ac.uk

An exhibition showcasing Loughborough University research into the Maya population opens at the Museum of the Americas in Madrid this week.

The three-week exhibition, curated by Dr Ines Varela-Silva from the School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences, celebrates the life of the modern-day Maya and runs from 4-22 March.
Over the last 10 years, Dr Varela-Silva and colleagues have conducted extensive research on Maya migrants in South America.

The Maya are the largest living group of Native Americans. Most are of a low socio-economic status, live in the poorest urban areas and are typically overweight and very short as a result of both under- and overnutrition – a phenomenon known as nutritional dual burden. It is this phenomenon Loughborough’s experts have been researching.    

The educational exhibition combines research findings and fieldwork photos with images of daily life captured by local photographers, as well as a selection of artefacts, music and films. Dr Silva-Varela and colleagues will also be delivering a series of talks during the exhibition.

Dr Silva-Varela explains:
“The Maya story is one of a vibrant culture, doing its best to thrive in the face of adversity. We wanted to share our insights into the Maya people and highlight the plight of migrant populations the world over.

“Whilst our research focuses on a specific indigenous group in Mexico, our conclusions can be applied to many populations throughout the world.

“The more we can help people understand diversity and integration, and the challenges migrant groups face, the better members of society we can be. We are delighted to be showcasing this exhibition at the Museum of the Americas.”

 Source:Loughborough University

Cha’anil Kaaj una fiesta propositiva de difusión y libre expresión reivindicar así la identidad de la cultura maya contemporánea.

Es una fiesta propositiva de difusión y libre expresión de las manifestaciones culturales y sociales del pueblo.

Surge por el derecho que tenemos de reafirmarnos en un espacio propio del que se nos ha relegado
y en el cual queremos ser vistos y escuchados.

• Se busca revitalizar los espacios de expresión y participación y reivindicar así la identidad de la cultura maya contemporánea
• Se celebrará del 12 al 26 de octubre en varios municipios y comisarías de la península de Yucatán.
• Es una iniciativa ciudadana independiente surgida de la colaboración libre, espontánea y solidaria

Como ya se anunció en su día, la iniciativa nace a partir de una inquietud profunda del pueblo maya de generar un espacio de encuentro y así también poder hacerse visible y compartir con el mundo la cultura maya viva, a través de sus sabidurías y sus formas de expresión, como ejercicio de sus derechos culturales y tomando parte libremente en la vida cultural del país.
El Festival se inaugurará el 12 de octubre en Oxkutzcab y se desarrollará hasta el 26 de octubre en varios municipios de la península de Yucatán como Valladolid, Kinil, Halachó y Mérida entre otros, en los que se podrá disfrutar de actividades muy diversas como conciertos de música, artes escénicas, encuentros de literatura y arte, conferencias, talleres de plantas medicinales, actividades y juegos para niñas y niños etc.

Hasta el momento se han sumado a la iniciativa casi 300 personas, desde artistas, empresarios hasta académicos que han querido ser parte de este colectivo que vive y ama la cultura maya.
El programa definitivo del Festival se hará público en el mes de septiembre, pero hasta entonces sigue abierta la invitación a participar a aquellas personas, colectivos u organizaciones que quieran sumarse a la iniciativa.

Mientras tanto el festival ha creado las páginas www.chaanilkaaj.org y www.fiestadelpueblo.org donde se irá actualizando toda la información disponible y se podrá contactar a las personas que están colaborando en la organización para cualquier información adicional.
Cabe señalar que el Festival es una iniciativa ciudadana independiente surgida de la colaboración libre, espontánea y solidaria de un colectivo heterogéneo de personas y que por lo tanto no tiene ningún ánimo de lucro. Dicho colectivo organizador está tratando de sumar apoyos y ayudas para poder cubrir unos mínimos gastos como el transporte o equipos y materiales necesarios, por lo que cualquier colaboración será bienvenida.
El Pueblo Maya ha sido utilizado para fines partidistas y gubernamentales, muchas actividades se realizan en su nombre con fines turísticos, económico-empresariales y no para el reconocimiento de los derechos de los pueblos originarios.

No queremos seguir permitiendo  la utilización irrespetuosa de las formas de vida de un pueblo todavía vivo, aunque para nuestra existencia basta nuestra propia ontología, es necesario solicitar-exigir que se evite el uso indiscriminado del nombre de nuestro pueblo cuando los objetivos son claramente sin la inclusión nuestra.

 

Las actividades que se han planeado van en diversas direcciones, desde dirigidas al pueblo maya hasta para público en general, consideramos que ambas son válidas ya que nuestro objetivo es difundir las expresiones del pueblo maya, por lo tanto, todos tienen el derecho de conocerlas.

The Penn Museum expands digital access to its collections and research projects

                Maya Chama Cup, Guatemala, from The Maya Vase Conservation Project (Lynn A. Grant, 2006).

PHILADELPHIA, PA.- As a repository of wide-ranging, international collections, original field notes and archival data from roughly 300 archaeological and anthropological expeditions around the world, the Penn Museum in Philadelphia is committed to open, global, digital access for scholars and the public. In 2012, celebrating the Museum's 125th anniversary, the Penn Museum launched two online projects to expand access to its collections and share information about its research history: the online Collections Database and interactive Research Map and Timeline. While those projects continue to grow, the Museum has partnered with Digital Antiquity to further expand research data access to scholars.
Increased Data, Accessibility on www.penn.museum
Launched in January 2012, the online Collections Database has gradually expanded over the past 18 months with a wealth of additional content. It now contains more than 332,851 object records representing 692,850 objects, and more than 90,000 images illustrating 34,067 object records. In addition to the growth in available data, the functionality of the online interface has also been improved, allowing more refined searching and browsing of the Museum’s collections, and—new this month—the ability for online visitors to download the Museum’s collections metadata to sort, study, and use it to suit their own research interests under a CC BY 3.0 Creative Commons license.
Launched in December 2012, the interactive Research Map and Timeline highlights many of the Museum's research projects since its founding in 1887. Initially, showcasing 125 projects (commemorating the Museum’s 125th anniversary on December 6, 2012), the interactive website has now grown to include 267 research projects.
New Partnership with Digital Antiquity Expands Scholarly Access
Finally, in another recent expansion of scholarly access, the Penn Museum has partnered with Digital Antiquity—a collaborative non-profit organization devoted to enhancing preservation of and access to irreplaceable archaeological records and data—to provide free, open access to supplementary material from 19 books previously published by the Museum since 2000. This supplementary material—archaeological data sets, color images, and original field reports from scholarly expeditions—is now available online at tDAR—The Digital Archaeological Record—a unique digital repository for archaeological data. Previously provided on CDs or DVDs in the back of the Museum’s research publications, these supplementary materials are now available for download free of charge by registered tDAR users. Since tDAR’s content is indexed by major search engines, this collaboration exposes the Museum’s published digital content to searchers who may otherwise be unaware of these books and their associated digital media. The books themselves are available for purchase at the University of Pennsylvania Press (Penn Press) website. Supplementary materials are currently available for the following books:
Asia & the Pacific
•Ban Chiang, a Prehistoric Village Site in Northeast Thailand, Volume 1: The Human Skeletal Remain

•Mapping Mongolia: Situating Mongolia in the World from Geologic Time to the Present
•Santa Cruz Island Figure Sculpture and Its Social and Ritual Contexts
Middle East/Eurasia
•Botanical Aspects of Environment and Economy at Gordion, Turkey
•Exploring Iran: The Photography of Erich F. Schmidt, 1930-1940
•Gordion Seals and Sealings Individuals and Society
•Prehistoric Hunter-Gatherers of the Baikal Region, Siberia Bioarchaeological Studies of Past Life Ways
•Peoples and Crafts in Period IVB at Hasanlu, Iran
Mesoamerica
•Tikal Report 11: Map of the Ruins of Tikal, El Petén, Guatemala and Georeferenced Versions of the Maps Therein
•The Artifacts of Tikal—Ornamental and Ceremonial Artifacts and Unworked Material Tikal, Report 27A

•The Artifacts of Tikal—Utilitarian Artifacts and Unworked Material Tikal Report 27B
•The Maya Vase Conservation Project
•Settlement Archaeology at Quiriguá, Guatemala
•Tikal Report 34, Part A: Additions and Alterations: A Commentary on the Architecture of the North Acropolis, Tikal, Guatemala
•Tikal Report 37: Historical Archaeology at Tikal, Guatemala
Europe
•Dún Ailinne: Excavations at an Irish Royal Site, 1968-1975
•Etruscan Myth, Sacred History, and Legend
•Reports on the Vrokastro Area, Eastern Crete, Volume 2: The Settlement History of the Vrokastro Area and Related Studies
•Reports on the Vrokastro Area, Eastern Crete, Volume 3 The Vrokastro Regional Survey Project, Sites and Pottery 

Source: artdaily.org

PHILADELPHIA, PA.- As a repository of wide-ranging, international collections, original field notes and archival data from roughly 300 archaeological and anthropological expeditions around the world, the Penn Museum in Philadelphia is committed to open, global, digital access for scholars and the public. In 2012, celebrating the Museum's 125th anniversary, the Penn Museum launched two online projects to expand access to its collections and share information about its research history: the online Collections Database and interactive Research Map and Timeline. While those projects continue to grow, the Museum has partnered with Digital Antiquity to further expand research data access to scholars. Increased Data, Accessibility on www.penn.museum Launched in January 2012, the online Collections Database has gradually expanded over the past 18 months with a wealth of additional content. It now contains more than 332,851 object records representing 692,850 objects, and more than 90,000 images illustrating 34,067 object records. In addition to the growth in available data, the functionality of the online interface has also been improved, allowing more refined searching and browsing of the Museum’s collections, and—new this month—the ability for online visitors to download the Museum’s collections metadata to sort, study, and use it to suit their own research interests under a CC BY 3.0 Creative Commons license. Launched in December 2012, the interactive Research Map and Timeline highlights many of the Museum's research projects since its founding in 1887. Initially, showcasing 125 projects (commemorating the Museum’s 125th anniversary on December 6, 2012), the interactive website has now grown to include 267 research projects. New Partnership with Digital Antiquity Expands Scholarly Access Finally, in another recent expansion of scholarly access, the Penn Museum has partnered with Digital Antiquity—a collaborative non-profit organization devoted to enhancing preservation of and access to irreplaceable archaeological records and data—to provide free, open access to supplementary material from 19 books previously published by the Museum since 2000. This supplementary material—archaeological data sets, color images, and original field reports from scholarly expeditions—is now available online at tDAR—The Digital Archaeological Record—a unique digital repository for archaeological data. Previously provided on CDs or DVDs in the back of the Museum’s research publications, these supplementary materials are now available for download free of charge by registered tDAR users. Since tDAR’s content is indexed by major search engines, this collaboration exposes the Museum’s published digital content to searchers who may otherwise be unaware of these books and their associated digital media. The books themselves are available for purchase at the University of Pennsylvania Press (Penn Press) website. Supplementary materials are currently available for the following books: Asia & the Pacific •Ban Chiang, a Prehistoric Village Site in Northeast Thailand, Volume 1: The Human Skeletal Remains •Mapping Mongolia: Situating Mongolia in the World from Geologic Time to the Present •Santa Cruz Island Figure Sculpture and Its Social and Ritual Contexts Middle East/Eurasia •Botanical Aspects of Environment and Economy at Gordion, Turkey •Exploring Iran: The Photography of Erich F. Schmidt, 1930-1940 •Gordion Seals and Sealings Individuals and Society •Prehistoric Hunter-Gatherers of the Baikal Region, Siberia Bioarchaeological Studies of Past Life Ways •Peoples and Crafts in Period IVB at Hasanlu, Iran Mesoamerica •Tikal Report 11: Map of the Ruins of Tikal, El Petén, Guatemala and Georeferenced Versions of the Maps Therein •The Artifacts of Tikal—Ornamental and Ceremonial Artifacts and Unworked Material Tikal, Report 27A •The Artifacts of Tikal—Utilitarian Artifacts and Unworked Material Tikal Report 27B •The Maya Vase Conservation Project •Settlement Archaeology at Quiriguá, Guatemala •Tikal Report 34, Part A: Additions and Alterations: A Commentary on the Architecture of the North Acropolis, Tikal, Guatemala •Tikal Report 37: Historical Archaeology at Tikal, Guatemala Europe •Dún Ailinne: Excavations at an Irish Royal Site, 1968-1975 •Etruscan Myth, Sacred History, and Legend •Reports on the Vrokastro Area, Eastern Crete, Volume 2: The Settlement History of the Vrokastro Area and Related Studies •Reports on the Vrokastro Area, Eastern Crete, Volume 3 The Vrokastro Regional Survey Project, Sites and Pottery

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PHILADELPHIA, PA.- As a repository of wide-ranging, international collections, original field notes and archival data from roughly 300 archaeological and anthropological expeditions around the world, the Penn Museum in Philadelphia is committed to open, global, digital access for scholars and the public. In 2012, celebrating the Museum's 125th anniversary, the Penn Museum launched two online projects to expand access to its collections and share information about its research history: the online Collections Database and interactive Research Map and Timeline. While those projects continue to grow, the Museum has partnered with Digital Antiquity to further expand research data access to scholars. Increased Data, Accessibility on www.penn.museum Launched in January 2012, the online Collections Database has gradually expanded over the past 18 months with a wealth of additional content. It now contains more than 332,851 object records representing 692,850 objects, and more than 90,000 images illustrating 34,067 object records. In addition to the growth in available data, the functionality of the online interface has also been improved, allowing more refined searching and browsing of the Museum’s collections, and—new this month—the ability for online visitors to download the Museum’s collections metadata to sort, study, and use it to suit their own research interests under a CC BY 3.0 Creative Commons license. Launched in December 2012, the interactive Research Map and Timeline highlights many of the Museum's research projects since its founding in 1887. Initially, showcasing 125 projects (commemorating the Museum’s 125th anniversary on December 6, 2012), the interactive website has now grown to include 267 research projects. New Partnership with Digital Antiquity Expands Scholarly Access Finally, in another recent expansion of scholarly access, the Penn Museum has partnered with Digital Antiquity—a collaborative non-profit organization devoted to enhancing preservation of and access to irreplaceable archaeological records and data—to provide free, open access to supplementary material from 19 books previously published by the Museum since 2000. This supplementary material—archaeological data sets, color images, and original field reports from scholarly expeditions—is now available online at tDAR—The Digital Archaeological Record—a unique digital repository for archaeological data. Previously provided on CDs or DVDs in the back of the Museum’s research publications, these supplementary materials are now available for download free of charge by registered tDAR users. Since tDAR’s content is indexed by major search engines, this collaboration exposes the Museum’s published digital content to searchers who may otherwise be unaware of these books and their associated digital media. The books themselves are available for purchase at the University of Pennsylvania Press (Penn Press) website. Supplementary materials are currently available for the following books: Asia & the Pacific •Ban Chiang, a Prehistoric Village Site in Northeast Thailand, Volume 1: The Human Skeletal Remains •Mapping Mongolia: Situating Mongolia in the World from Geologic Time to the Present •Santa Cruz Island Figure Sculpture and Its Social and Ritual Contexts Middle East/Eurasia •Botanical Aspects of Environment and Economy at Gordion, Turkey •Exploring Iran: The Photography of Erich F. Schmidt, 1930-1940 •Gordion Seals and Sealings Individuals and Society •Prehistoric Hunter-Gatherers of the Baikal Region, Siberia Bioarchaeological Studies of Past Life Ways •Peoples and Crafts in Period IVB at Hasanlu, Iran Mesoamerica •Tikal Report 11: Map of the Ruins of Tikal, El Petén, Guatemala and Georeferenced Versions of the Maps Therein •The Artifacts of Tikal—Ornamental and Ceremonial Artifacts and Unworked Material Tikal, Report 27A •The Artifacts of Tikal—Utilitarian Artifacts and Unworked Material Tikal Report 27B •The Maya Vase Conservation Project •Settlement Archaeology at Quiriguá, Guatemala •Tikal Report 34, Part A: Additions and Alterations: A Commentary on the Architecture of the North Acropolis, Tikal, Guatemala •Tikal Report 37: Historical Archaeology at Tikal, Guatemala Europe •Dún Ailinne: Excavations at an Irish Royal Site, 1968-1975 •Etruscan Myth, Sacred History, and Legend •Reports on the Vrokastro Area, Eastern Crete, Volume 2: The Settlement History of the Vrokastro Area and Related Studies •Reports on the Vrokastro Area, Eastern Crete, Volume 3 The Vrokastro Regional Survey Project, Sites and Pottery

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PHILADELPHIA, PA.- As a repository of wide-ranging, international collections, original field notes and archival data from roughly 300 archaeological and anthropological expeditions around the world, the Penn Museum in Philadelphia is committed to open, global, digital access for scholars and the public. In 2012, celebrating the Museum's 125th anniversary, the Penn Museum launched two online projects to expand access to its collections and share information about its research history: the online Collections Database and interactive Research Map and Timeline. While those projects continue to grow, the Museum has partnered with Digital Antiquity to further expand research data access to scholars. Increased Data, Accessibility on www.penn.museum Launched in January 2012, the online Collections Database has gradually expanded over the past 18 months with a wealth of additional content. It now contains more than 332,851 object records representing 692,850 objects, and more than 90,000 images illustrating 34,067 object records. In addition to the growth in available data, the functionality of the online interface has also been improved, allowing more refined searching and browsing of the Museum’s collections, and—new this month—the ability for online visitors to download the Museum’s collections metadata to sort, study, and use it to suit their own research interests under a CC BY 3.0 Creative Commons license. Launched in December 2012, the interactive Research Map and Timeline highlights many of the Museum's research projects since its founding in 1887. Initially, showcasing 125 projects (commemorating the Museum’s 125th anniversary on December 6, 2012), the interactive website has now grown to include 267 research projects. New Partnership with Digital Antiquity Expands Scholarly Access Finally, in another recent expansion of scholarly access, the Penn Museum has partnered with Digital Antiquity—a collaborative non-profit organization devoted to enhancing preservation of and access to irreplaceable archaeological records and data—to provide free, open access to supplementary material from 19 books previously published by the Museum since 2000. This supplementary material—archaeological data sets, color images, and original field reports from scholarly expeditions—is now available online at tDAR—The Digital Archaeological Record—a unique digital repository for archaeological data. Previously provided on CDs or DVDs in the back of the Museum’s research publications, these supplementary materials are now available for download free of charge by registered tDAR users. Since tDAR’s content is indexed by major search engines, this collaboration exposes the Museum’s published digital content to searchers who may otherwise be unaware of these books and their associated digital media. The books themselves are available for purchase at the University of Pennsylvania Press (Penn Press) website. Supplementary materials are currently available for the following books: Asia & the Pacific •Ban Chiang, a Prehistoric Village Site in Northeast Thailand, Volume 1: The Human Skeletal Remains •Mapping Mongolia: Situating Mongolia in the World from Geologic Time to the Present •Santa Cruz Island Figure Sculpture and Its Social and Ritual Contexts Middle East/Eurasia •Botanical Aspects of Environment and Economy at Gordion, Turkey •Exploring Iran: The Photography of Erich F. Schmidt, 1930-1940 •Gordion Seals and Sealings Individuals and Society •Prehistoric Hunter-Gatherers of the Baikal Region, Siberia Bioarchaeological Studies of Past Life Ways •Peoples and Crafts in Period IVB at Hasanlu, Iran Mesoamerica •Tikal Report 11: Map of the Ruins of Tikal, El Petén, Guatemala and Georeferenced Versions of the Maps Therein •The Artifacts of Tikal—Ornamental and Ceremonial Artifacts and Unworked Material Tikal, Report 27A •The Artifacts of Tikal—Utilitarian Artifacts and Unworked Material Tikal Report 27B •The Maya Vase Conservation Project •Settlement Archaeology at Quiriguá, Guatemala •Tikal Report 34, Part A: Additions and Alterations: A Commentary on the Architecture of the North Acropolis, Tikal, Guatemala •Tikal Report 37: Historical Archaeology at Tikal, Guatemala Europe •Dún Ailinne: Excavations at an Irish Royal Site, 1968-1975 •Etruscan Myth, Sacred History, and Legend •Reports on the Vrokastro Area, Eastern Crete, Volume 2: The Settlement History of the Vrokastro Area and Related Studies •Reports on the Vrokastro Area, Eastern Crete, Volume 3 The Vrokastro Regional Survey Project, Sites and Pottery

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Maya Chama Cup, Guatemala, from The Maya Vase Conservation Project (Lynn A. Grant, 2006). PHILADELPHIA, PA.- As a repository of wide-ranging, international collections, original field notes and archival data from roughly 300 archaeological and anthropological expeditions around the world, the Penn Museum in Philadelphia is committed to open, global, digital access for scholars and the public. In 2012, celebrating the Museum's 125th anniversary, the Penn Museum launched two online projects to expand access to its collections and share information about its research history: the online Collections Database and interactive Research Map and Timeline. While those projects continue to grow, the Museum has partnered with Digital Antiquity to further expand research data access to scholars. Increased Data, Accessibility on www.penn.museum Launched in January 2012, the online Collections Database has gradually expanded over the past 18 months with a wealth of additional content. It now contains more than 332,851 object records representing 692,850 objects, and more than 90,000 images illustrating 34,067 object records. In addition to the growth in available data, the functionality of the online interface has also been improved, allowing more refined searching and browsing of the Museum’s collections, and—new this month—the ability for online visitors to download the Museum’s collections metadata to sort, study, and use it to suit their own research interests under a CC BY 3.0 Creative Commons license. Launched in December 2012, the interactive Research Map and Timeline highlights many of the Museum's research projects since its founding in 1887. Initially, showcasing 125 projects (commemorating the Museum’s 125th anniversary on December 6, 2012), the interactive website has now grown to include 267 research projects. New Partnership with Digital Antiquity Expands Scholarly Access Finally, in another recent expansion of scholarly access, the Penn Museum has partnered with Digital Antiquity—a collaborative non-profit organization devoted to enhancing preservation of and access to irreplaceable archaeological records and data—to provide free, open access to supplementary material from 19 books previously published by the Museum since 2000. This supplementary material—archaeological data sets, color images, and original field reports from scholarly expeditions—is now available online at tDAR—The Digital Archaeological Record—a unique digital repository for archaeological data. Previously provided on CDs or DVDs in the back of the Museum’s research publications, these supplementary materials are now available for download free of charge by registered tDAR users. Since tDAR’s content is indexed by major search engines, this collaboration exposes the Museum’s published digital content to searchers who may otherwise be unaware of these books and their associated digital media. The books themselves are available for purchase at the University of Pennsylvania Press (Penn Press) website. Supplementary materials are currently available for the following books: Asia & the Pacific •Ban Chiang, a Prehistoric Village Site in Northeast Thailand, Volume 1: The Human Skeletal Remains •Mapping Mongolia: Situating Mongolia in the World from Geologic Time to the Present •Santa Cruz Island Figure Sculpture and Its Social and Ritual Contexts Middle East/Eurasia •Botanical Aspects of Environment and Economy at Gordion, Turkey •Exploring Iran: The Photography of Erich F. Schmidt, 1930-1940 •Gordion Seals and Sealings Individuals and Society •Prehistoric Hunter-Gatherers of the Baikal Region, Siberia Bioarchaeological Studies of Past Life Ways •Peoples and Crafts in Period IVB at Hasanlu, Iran Mesoamerica •Tikal Report 11: Map of the Ruins of Tikal, El Petén, Guatemala and Georeferenced Versions of the Maps Therein •The Artifacts of Tikal—Ornamental and Ceremonial Artifacts and Unworked Material Tikal, Report 27A •The Artifacts of Tikal—Utilitarian Artifacts and Unworked Material Tikal Report 27B •The Maya Vase Conservation Project •Settlement Archaeology at Quiriguá, Guatemala •Tikal Report 34, Part A: Additions and Alterations: A Commentary on the Architecture of the North Acropolis, Tikal, Guatemala •Tikal Report 37: Historical Archaeology at Tikal, Guatemala Europe •Dún Ailinne: Excavations at an Irish Royal Site, 1968-1975 •Etruscan Myth, Sacred History, and Legend •Reports on the Vrokastro Area, Eastern Crete, Volume 2: The Settlement History of the Vrokastro Area and Related Studies •Reports on the Vrokastro Area, Eastern Crete, Volume 3 The Vrokastro Regional Survey Project, Sites and Pottery

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Maya Chama Cup, Guatemala, from The Maya Vase Conservation Project (Lynn A. Grant, 2006). PHILADELPHIA, PA.- As a repository of wide-ranging, international collections, original field notes and archival data from roughly 300 archaeological and anthropological expeditions around the world, the Penn Museum in Philadelphia is committed to open, global, digital access for scholars and the public. In 2012, celebrating the Museum's 125th anniversary, the Penn Museum launched two online projects to expand access to its collections and share information about its research history: the online Collections Database and interactive Research Map and Timeline. While those projects continue to grow, the Museum has partnered with Digital Antiquity to further expand research data access to scholars. Increased Data, Accessibility on www.penn.museum Launched in January 2012, the online Collections Database has gradually expanded over the past 18 months with a wealth of additional content. It now contains more than 332,851 object records representing 692,850 objects, and more than 90,000 images illustrating 34,067 object records. In addition to the growth in available data, the functionality of the online interface has also been improved, allowing more refined searching and browsing of the Museum’s collections, and—new this month—the ability for online visitors to download the Museum’s collections metadata to sort, study, and use it to suit their own research interests under a CC BY 3.0 Creative Commons license. Launched in December 2012, the interactive Research Map and Timeline highlights many of the Museum's research projects since its founding in 1887. Initially, showcasing 125 projects (commemorating the Museum’s 125th anniversary on December 6, 2012), the interactive website has now grown to include 267 research projects. New Partnership with Digital Antiquity Expands Scholarly Access Finally, in another recent expansion of scholarly access, the Penn Museum has partnered with Digital Antiquity—a collaborative non-profit organization devoted to enhancing preservation of and access to irreplaceable archaeological records and data—to provide free, open access to supplementary material from 19 books previously published by the Museum since 2000. This supplementary material—archaeological data sets, color images, and original field reports from scholarly expeditions—is now available online at tDAR—The Digital Archaeological Record—a unique digital repository for archaeological data. Previously provided on CDs or DVDs in the back of the Museum’s research publications, these supplementary materials are now available for download free of charge by registered tDAR users. Since tDAR’s content is indexed by major search engines, this collaboration exposes the Museum’s published digital content to searchers who may otherwise be unaware of these books and their associated digital media. The books themselves are available for purchase at the University of Pennsylvania Press (Penn Press) website. Supplementary materials are currently available for the following books: Asia & the Pacific •Ban Chiang, a Prehistoric Village Site in Northeast Thailand, Volume 1: The Human Skeletal Remains •Mapping Mongolia: Situating Mongolia in the World from Geologic Time to the Present •Santa Cruz Island Figure Sculpture and Its Social and Ritual Contexts Middle East/Eurasia •Botanical Aspects of Environment and Economy at Gordion, Turkey •Exploring Iran: The Photography of Erich F. Schmidt, 1930-1940 •Gordion Seals and Sealings Individuals and Society •Prehistoric Hunter-Gatherers of the Baikal Region, Siberia Bioarchaeological Studies of Past Life Ways •Peoples and Crafts in Period IVB at Hasanlu, Iran Mesoamerica •Tikal Report 11: Map of the Ruins of Tikal, El Petén, Guatemala and Georeferenced Versions of the Maps Therein •The Artifacts of Tikal—Ornamental and Ceremonial Artifacts and Unworked Material Tikal, Report 27A •The Artifacts of Tikal—Utilitarian Artifacts and Unworked Material Tikal Report 27B •The Maya Vase Conservation Project •Settlement Archaeology at Quiriguá, Guatemala •Tikal Report 34, Part A: Additions and Alterations: A Commentary on the Architecture of the North Acropolis, Tikal, Guatemala •Tikal Report 37: Historical Archaeology at Tikal, Guatemala Europe •Dún Ailinne: Excavations at an Irish Royal Site, 1968-1975 •Etruscan Myth, Sacred History, and Legend •Reports on the Vrokastro Area, Eastern Crete, Volume 2: The Settlement History of the Vrokastro Area and Related Studies •Reports on the Vrokastro Area, Eastern Crete, Volume 3 The Vrokastro Regional Survey Project, Sites and Pottery

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K'abel Tomb of Maya queen discovered in Guatemala

K'abel Tomb of Maya queen discovered in Guatemala

 The Mayanist like to congratulate Dr. Freidel and team for such discovery. 

Credit: El Peru Waka Regional Archaeological Project

WUSTL archaeologist David Freidel, PhD, professor of anthropology in Arts & Sciences, was part of a team that discovered the tomb of Lady K'abel, a seventh-century Maya Holy Snake Lord considered one of great queens of Classic Maya civilization.

 

 

Photo: Juan Carlos Perez 

La cultura maya", conferencia impartida en la Universidad Nacional Taiwan

"La cultura maya", conferencia impartida en inglés por el Ministro de Cultura de Guatemala, Dr. Héctor Leonel Escobedo Ayala, con la asistencia del Señor Presidente de la República de Guatemala, Álvaro Colom Caballeros, el Rector Sr. Lee de la Universidad Nacional Taiwan, Ministro de Economía de Guatemala, Luis Velázquez Quiroa, Embajador de ROC en Guatemala, Adolfo Sun y Embajador de Guatemala en Taiwán, Iván Espinoza Farfán. Centro del Arte, Universidad Nacional Taiwan.