News from the team working at Ceibal, Guatemala, from Science.
Category Archives: Archaeology
Internet Archaeology
From Internet Archaeology via WIRED.
King Tut’s Cultural Influence
From Vanity Fair.
Archaeology is the new Art
Notes about upcoming exhibitions at the British Museum, via The Guardian.
Hairdo Archaeology
From the Wall Street Journal: “Whatever you’re most passionate about when you’re five is what you should do for the rest of your life,” says Ms. Stephens, 54 years old. Reminds me of fanciful reconstructions of ancient Maya hair from the recent classic…
To “E” or Not to “E”
“Re-Group on ‘E-Groups’” now online at SAA, or PDF here.
Early Maya Geometric Planning Conventions at El Palmar, Guatemala
Published article online at Journal of Archaeological Science. PDF available here.
Merry Christmas, indeed.
New arguments from Simon Martin and Joel Skidmore for a Christmas Eve 2012 Bak’tun ending, at Mesoweb.
Stalagmites and Causality
New information from southern Belize adding to the debates about the ancient Maya and climate change, in Science. Which coincides nicely with a new post in Michael Smith’s blog, Publishing Archaeology, about causality, and previous posts on explaining social change in the past.
The “Smoking Frog” Smoking Gun?
Bruce Love shares his thoughts on David Stuart’s blog on the “arrival” of Sihyaj K’ahk’ at La Sufricaya. See our discussion of Sihyaj K’ahk’ and his probable travel through the Buenavista Valley here.
James A. Doyle, Ph.D. 