Read article (pages 6 and 7) from 26/7/11 here

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A Fondo show aired on 6/15/11 on Guatevision TV  By Diego Silva

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Earliest Maya tomb found in Holmul region.

Nuestro Diario: Hallazgo Maya. Descubren tomba mas antigua

MAI-sponsored sites Holmul and Cival to be featured in a hour-long “A fondo” TV special to air on Guatevision channel on June 15 at 10 pm. See it live on Direct TV (USA) or online by clicking here

Francisco Estrada-Belli and Rosendo Morales were interviewed today in the Viva La Manana show on Guatevision channel. Click here to see the whole interview. Look for part 10-13.

by Jessica Munson and Takeshi Inomata

Antiquity Online article

Introduction

The Middle Preclassic period (c. 900–300 BC) in Maya prehistory has long been recognised as a time of intense interregional exchange throughout Mesoamerica from which the attributes of later Maya civilisation developed. Archaeological research conducted at various sites in the Maya lowlands has significantly broadened our understanding of the social diversity characterising this formative period. For example, the discovery of painted murals at San Bartolo (Saturno et al. 2006) and monumental sculpture at Cival (Estrada-Belli et al. 2003a & b) represent early examples of dynastic ideology, indicating that notions of Maya kingship were well established by the end of the Preclassic period. Yet we still know very little about these positions of authority, how they developed, and their intersection with the rest of society during the earliest phase of Maya prehistory. Read More

A hundred ancient Maya buildings detected under Guatemala rain forest.

Hidden for centuries, the ancient Maya city of Holtun, or Head of Stone, is finally coming into focus. 

Three-dimensional mapping has “erased” centuries of jungle growth, revealing the rough contours of nearly a hundred buildings, according to research presented earlier this month. Read More

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Teachers never know where their classes will take students. Case in point: a high school class took Jason Paling to a historic find under the floor of a long-ruined house in the Guatemala jungle. “If you can’t handle spiders and scorpions, this is not for you. They drop from the rafters,” said Paling, a 1995 graduate of Nashua High School, who is part of a team that found the oldest-known royal Mayan burial, dating to about 350 B.C. Read More.