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Tune in at 6PM ET tonight to hear us discuss the recent attacks on National Science Foundation Funding from Capitol Hill. (UPDATE: one of our listeners pointed out that the House Subcommittee on Research and Technology is holding a hearing today on the National Science Foundation http://science.house.gov/hearing/subcommittee-research-and-technology-hearing-keeping-america-first-federal-investments.) Why does NSF…
Category Archives: Maya
Notes from the Cenote
While at the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology at Harvard University, we saw some very special materials made of metal related to our catalog efforts: the offerings in the Cenote of Sacrifice from Chichen Itza, recovered in the early 20th century (Lothrop 1952; see Coggins 1992). We spent quality time with gold disks, especially the meticulousContinue reading “Notes from the Cenote”
Why Research on Mayan Architecture Saves Lives
“With limited funding, we must prioritize. Congress is right to ask why NSF chooses to fund research on Mayan architecture over projects that could help our wounded warriors or save lives.” -Rep. Eric Cantor and Rep. Lamar Smith, USA Today, 9/30/13 In response to their editorial “Rethinking science funding,” I won’t even begin to addressContinue reading “Why Research on Mayan Architecture Saves Lives”
Frieze!
Spectacular finds from Holmul, my old stomping grounds, via National Geographic. And, just for fun, I dug up an old photo of me in the palace tunnel, Group III, Holmul. Photo by Jonathan Rodgers, Holmul Archaeological Project.
The ancient Maya meet the modern Internet
The Washington Post highlights David Stuart’s Maya Decipherment blog. See also our post on El Mirador.
Ceibal in Science
News from the team working at Ceibal, Guatemala, from Science.
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.
James A. Doyle, Ph.D. 