Joe Bagley (CAS’06) on Bostonia
“It’s armchair archaeology,” Bagley says, sitting at the Boston City Archaeology Lab in West Roxbury. The lab is tucked away off the Jamaicaway, and inside, the ever-approachable and enthusiastic Bagley will show you a large room neatly stacked with acid-free boxes. Inside are relics from digs Bagley and his predecessors have unearthed, like pottery and […]
Stephanie Simms (GRS’13) Bostonia article on Ancient Maya Cooking Tips
Archaeologist Stephanie Simms was digging at the Escalera al Cielo site in a hilly region of rural Yucatán, Mexico, when she discovered a trove of clay balls the size of plums. There were hundreds of them, buried at the edge of what functioned as a Maya kitchen 1,000 years ago. Read more here
Dr. Francisco Estrada-Belli discovers a Maya pyramid, Holmul Archaeological Project/PACUNAM, Guatemala
PRESS RELEASE Francisco Estrada-Belli (Holmul Archaeological Project/PACUNAM) Maya temples and tombs give new insights into Maya history GUATEMALA CITY— A Maya pyramid beautifully decorated with a rare polychrome- painted stucco frieze was unearthed in July 2013 at the site of Holmul, a Classic Maya city in northeastern Peten region of Guatemala. The find came as […]
Knapping Rocks, Bostonia Article
Archaeology students make stone tools with stone tools Eight people sit in a circle, mostly mute, intently cutting or chopping chunks of obsidian on their laps with tools—which, like the obsidian, are stone. Occasional banter and a chorus of chip-chip-chip-CRACK break the quiet, … Click here for more