All Articles Tagged As: maya

Archaeologist Uses Satellite Imagery to Explore Ancient Mexico (5/14/2008)

Professor uses novel approach to study Zapotec culture ...> Full Article

Research Project Uses Technology to Revolutionize Archaeology (5/11/2008)

NASA, lasers, the rainforest canopy and Maya ruins sound like the ingredients for the next Hollywood blockbuster. ...> Full Article

URI analysis of rare textiles from Honduras ruins suggests Mayans produced fine fabrics (4/19/2008)

Very few textiles from the Mayan culture have survived, so the treasure trove of fabrics excavated from a tomb at the Copán ruins in Honduras since the 1990s has generated considerable excitement. ...> Full Article

Unlocking the Maya Code (4/6/2008)

By studying monumental Maya stone sculptures from the fifth through eighth centuries in Mexico and Central America, anthropologist looks for clues to how civilizations put their own spin on the past for religious, political or other reasons ...> Full Article

Centuries-old Maya Blue Mystery Finally Solved (3/2/2008)

Anthropologists from Wheaton College (Illinois) and The Field Museum have discovered how the ancient Maya produced an unusual and widely studied blue pigment that was used in offerings, pottery, murals and other contexts across Mesoamerica from about A.D. 300 to 1500. ...> Full Article

Royals weren't only builders of Maya temples, archaeologist finds (2/26/2008)

An intrepid archaeologist is well on her way to dislodging the prevailing assumptions of scholars about the people who built and used Maya temples. ...> Full Article

Maya Mask Splendor Enhanced With Sparkling Mica (1/28/2008)

Ancient Mayan temple builders discovered and used lustrous pigments to make their buildings dazzle in the daylight, a Queensland University of Technology researcher has discovered. ...> Full Article

Ancient Maya Marketplace Located, Challenges Views On Goods Distribution (12/12/2007)

Coaxing answers from 1500-year-old clues hidden in soil clumps, a team of archaeologists and environmental scientists identified a marketplace in an ancient Maya city, calling into question archaeologists' widely held belief that people of the era relied on rulers to tax and re-distribute goods, rather than trading them with one another. ...> Full Article

Maya politics likely played role in ancient large-game decline (11/9/2007)

New study is the first to document ancient hunting effects on large-game species in the Maya lowlands of Central America, and shows political and social demands near important cities likely contributed to their population decline, especially white-tailed deer. ...> Full Article