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My photos of 26 Maya
archaeological sites at:

BELIZE
Xunantunich

EL SALVADOR
Cihuatán
San Andrés
Tazumal

GUATEMALA

Tikal
Discovery Pushes Back Date of 'Classic' Maya
Maya Artifacts Found in Guatemala
New Finds Put Maya Culture Back a Few Centuries
 

HONDURAS
Copán
Copán deslumbra a arqueólogos
Honduran Indians occupy Mayan ruins
Indígenas de Honduras abren vías a ruinas mayas
 

MEXICO
Acanceh
Ake
Chichén Itzá
Cobá
Comalcalco
Dzibilchaltún
Edzná
Ek Balam
Kabah
  Arc of Kabah
Labná
Mayapán
Oxkintok
Palenque
Santa Rosa Xtampak
Sayil
Tohcok
Tulum
Uxmal
Xlapak
Xpujil
 

MUSEUMS
Copan Museum
Dzibilchaltún Museum
Fort San Miguel Museum
Merida Museum
National Museum of Anthropology (Mexico City)
Tazumal Museum
 

PANORAMA OF MAYA SITES IN THE 19th CENTURY
Chichén Itzá
Copan
Ixtampak
Labna
Palenque
Piedras Negras
Sayil
Uxmal
Yaxchilan
 

OTHER MAYAN SITES
A Photographic Tour of Selected Sites in Mexico, Belize & Guatemala
Mayan Ruins in Yucatan and Campeche
Tonina
Yaxuná Archaeology Project
 

BELIZE
Cerros, Belize
Lamanai

GUATEMALA
Iximche
Rio Azul
Seibal
Uaxactun
 

MEXICO
Becan, Campeche
Bonampak, Chiapas
Calakmul, Campeche
Chicanna, Campeche
Dzibanche, Quintana Roo
Hormiguero, Campeche
Jaina Island, Campeche
Kohunlich, Quintana Roo
Tonina, Chiapas
Yaxchilán, Chiapas
 

ARCHAEOLOGISTS
Adela Breton Lithographs
Alfred Maudslay
Edward Herbert Thompson
Frederick Catherwood Lithographs
John Stephens
John Owens
Sylvanus Griswold Morley
Tatiana Proskouriakoff
Teobert Maler
Mexican Archaeologist Pina Chan Dies
 

ARCHITECTURE
Ball courts
Pyramids and architecture
Prehispanic Architecture and Sculpture in Central Yucatan
The Orientation of Maya Ceremonial Centers
Spatial Patterns and Regional Growth Among Classic Maya Cities
 

ARTIFACTS
Bottles
Boxes
Censers
Ceramic and Monument heads
 

CHULTUNS
Oxkintok Chultuns
An Experimental Approach to the Function of Classic Maya Chultuns
Old Bottle, New Wine: The Function of Chultuns in the Maya Lowlands
 

CODICES
Codices
Dresden Codex
Madrid Codex
Paris Codex
Symbols, Glyphs, and Divinatory Almanacs for Diseases in the Maya Dresden and Madrid Codices
 

DISHWARE
  Bowls
  Dishware assortments
  Lidded Bowls and Funerary Bowls from Dzibanche
  Plates

ECCENTRIC FLINTS

FIGURINES
  Anthropomorphic Birds
  Ballplayers
  Deities
  Dwarfs
  Sacrificial Victims
  Seated Figurines
  Standing Figurines

HACHAS

JAINA FIGURINES
  Ballplayers
  Couples
  Dwarfs
  Standing Figurines
  Seated Figurines
  Seated Elderly Figurines

JARS

JEWELRY
  Beads and Necklaces
  Earflares
  Pectorals and Necklaces
  Pendants

Lintels and Monuments
Mayan Art
Masks
Obsidian Blades
Puppets
Rattles
Sacred Ballgame
Stelae
Urns

VESSELS
  Carved Cache Vessel Lids
  Cylindrical Vessels
  Effigy Vessels
  Funerary & Ceremonial Vessels
  Lidded Vessels
  Miniature Vessels
  Miscellaneous Vessels
  Onyx Vessels
  Plumbate Vessels
  Rollout Vessel Images by Justin Kerr
  Screwtop Vessels
  Stirrup Vessels
  Tetrapod Vessels
  Tripod Vessels

Whistles
 

SOCIETY
Maya Society
 

THE MAYA CALENDAR
Maya Calendar Diagram
Mayan Calendar Tools
Maya Long Count Calendar
Mayan Calendar
The Mayan Calendar
 

ARTICLES
Advances in Maya Epigraphy
Archaeology and Religion: A Comparison of the Zapotec and Maya
Arithmetic in Maya Numerals
Changing Perspectives on Maya Civilization
Classic Maya Obsidian Trade
Constructing Maya Communities: Ethnography for Archaeology
The Flowering of the Dead: An Interpretation of Highland Maya Culture
An Institutional Perspective on Prehispanic Maya Residential Variation: Settlement and Community at San Estevan, Belize
Intertooth Patterns of Hypoplasia Expression: Implications for Childhood Health in the Classic Maya Collapse
The Maize Tamale in Classic Maya Diet, Epigraphy, and Art
The Nature of the Maya Chronological Count
Population Density in the Classic Maya Lowlands
The Prehistory of the Southeastern Maya Periphery
Socio-political implications of lowland Maya burials: methodology and tentative hypotheses
Surviving Conquest: The Maya of Guatemala in Historic Perspective
 

1998
'Mayan Riviera' Off Limits to Mayas
Palenque Temple Could Shed Light on Ancient Maya City Clues Among the Ruins
 

1999
Indígenas mayas celebran el Día Mundial de la Tierra
The Maya Finally Speak
Mayan Indians oppose university research into medicinal plants
Mayan Pupils Allowed to Wear Traditional Attire
Mexican researchers complain of loss of Indian relics
Mexico find sheds light on lost Mayan chapter
Monumental Throne Unearthed at Mayan Temple Complex
Sounds of the Maya
 

2000
Ceremonial Mayan city rediscovered in jungle
Lost and Found (Cancuen, Guatemala)
In Guatemalan Jungle, A Mayan Wall Street?
In Maya Ruins, Scholars See Evidence of Urban Sprawl
Splendid Maya Palace Is Found Hidden in Jungle
 

2002
Científicos de Yale descifran códigos mayas
Maya Carvings Tell of 2 Superpowers
Spectacular Mayan Mural Discovered By Accident
Step by Step, Bloody Tale of Maya Conquest
 

2003
No Cataclysm Brought Down Maya
Lore Among the Ruins
 

2004
Descubren valiosos monumentos mayas
Clues to Mayans' 'fall of Rome'
Arqueólogo estadounidense descubre tumba de antigua reina maya
Archaeologists find evidence of remains in Mayan tomb
After six long years, artifacts to go home
Ancient skeleton found in submerged cave

2005
Copán site yields human remains

2008
6 villagers killed in clash with police at Mexican archaeological site

2009
Mystery of Ancient Pueblo Jars Is Solved
 

LINKS:
Chronological Table of Mesoamerican Archaeology
Ceramics
Codices
Jaguar Sun
Maya Art & Books
Mayan Epigraphic Database Project