We made our first working trip to El Pilar last Thursday, April 27th, which included a return to a small mound cluster on the periphery of the low-lying, seasonal swamp in the northeast of the Rese...
I've actually got the blog up and running! You can find it here. I have a short introductory post and a funny (to me, at least) vignette about packing for a long field season and traveling to Beliz...
Greetings from BRASS Base in lovely Belize! Anabel has been here since April 8th, preparing the way for fieldwork, and Sherman arrived on the 15th with our new assistant James. Most...
The New Year got off to a quick start and continues at a breakneck pace! Anabel and I have been busy working on several aspects of our research at El Pilar, and we wanted to give you a quick update...
We did it! A huge thank-you to everyone who helped us exceed our funding target and win the Archaeology Grant Challenge! We were in a closely contested race with competition from some amazing archa...
We've just uploaded a new video showing Anabel Ford and Belize Institute of Archaeology staff members surveying a terraced area in the forest at El Pilar. Archaeologists have known about ancient Ma...
Our last three Lab Notes show how large, medium-sized, and even some smaller structures can be clearly seen in the El Pilar LiDAR images. Recognizing ancient Maya structures from the air and findi...