Illinois Featured Content

  • Blog: Salvaging the past in an ancient Maya settlement

    May 16, 2016 1:15 pm by Erin Benson and Jean LarmanResearch
    an ancient Maya site in west central Belize being excavated by Professor Lisa Lucero and her students

    Images

    • an ancient Maya site in west central Belize being excavated by Professor Lisa Lucero and her students

    We are working in the the cleared agricultural fields near Cara Blanca Pool 7, a pre-Columbian residential area in west central Belize. Hundreds of ancient Maya structures once housed a thriving community here.