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Mopan Valley Archaeological Project/Mopan Valley Preclassic Project. Providing information about the long-term project work in western Belize.
Dr. Marie Ramelet (center) talks with project members in the laboratory - people stand in a circle while she speaks.
Congrats to project member Dr. Marie Ramelet who received a postdoctoral fellowship from the Fyssen Foundation for her research on Mesoamerican textiles with the TEXMEPATL Project (Textiles Mesoamericanos: Patrimonio, Arqueología de las Técnicas y Laboratorio) at the Centro de Estudios Mayas.
15.09.2025 22:06 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Front page for the publication 'Early Classic Mortuary Patterns and Royal Authority at Buenavista del Cayo'
Want to learn more about recent project research? Drs. Jason Yaeger, Bernadette Cap, and Kat Brown have an article out in the Research Reports in Belizean Archaeology on royal authority at Buenavista!
18.08.2025 22:19 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0If you want to catch up on some past project research, Drs. Kat Brown and Rachel Horowitz and PhD Student Maddie Snyder have a paper on recent research at Arenal that came out in the Research Reports in Belizean Archaeology!
www.academia.edu/.../Recent_i....
Document listing presentations for the project, posters from 10-12 on Thursday, and papers on Thursday at 9:30 and Friday at 10:45
List of presentations for Saturday at 11:30 (Plaza building plaza court 4), and Saturday at 3:30 and 4:15, Tower Building Tower Court D
MVAP/MVPP will be at the Society for American Archaeology meetings! Check out project work being presented! And while not listed here, we are excited about all the project members and alumni presenting about non-MVAP/MVPP research.
22.04.2025 19:31 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Person stands at a podium in front of a screen.
Project member Santiago Sobrino presents his research at the @utsaroadrunners.bsky.social College of Liberal and Fine Arts research conference!
03.04.2025 17:16 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A small white dog sits on the ground with one paw on someone's foot.
A kitten tree - two kittens are climbing a tree. One is black and one is grey and white striped.
A large beetle on a stick - it has very long antenna. A yellow measuring tape is in front for scale, showing the beetle is about 6 cm in length.
#tbt to some of our favorite visitors during the 2023 field season! #Belize #archaeology #fieldwork
07.12.2023 17:03 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
The cover of the book, Construction of Maya Space: Causeways, Walls, and Open Areas from Ancient to Modern Times. Cover image shows the remains of a pathway at an archaeological site with a building in the background.
Drs. Bernadette Cap, Kat Brown, and Whitney Lytle have a chapter out in this new edited volume! The chapter "The Axis Connecting Classic Maya Economy and Ritual at Xunantunich, Belize," talks about causeways at Xunantunich!
28.11.2023 16:23 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Our last Research Reports in Belizean Archaeology highlight is by Drs. Kat Brown and Rachel Horowitz, focusing on early political power and ritual practice at Arenal, Belize. #Maya #archaeology
www.academia.edu/109472481/NE...
Next up in our series of Research Reports in Belizean Archaeology is a paper on political authority and symbolism based on data from western Belize by Drs. @rahorowitz.bsky.social, Kat Brown, Jason Yaeger, and Bernadette Cap
www.academia.edu/108963667/WA...
Image of a PDF from Research Reports in Belizean Archaeology
Project members participated in several recent Research Reports in Belizean Archaeology publications which we will highlight over the next few week! Today we highlight a piece by Drs. Jason Yaeger, Bernadette Cap, and Kat Brown about Buenavista!
07.11.2023 17:40 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0We are making the slow move to this platform! MVAP/MVPP is a long-term archaeological project in western Belize and shares information about project activities and archaeology in general! You can also find us on instagram and facebook.
07.11.2023 17:33 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
