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Submitted by mccaffer on Mon, 05/26/2008 - 17:59.

This section includes announcements of importance to readers, and upcoming conferences that will be of interest to Mesoamerican scholars.

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Lost City Revealed Under Centuries of Jungle Growth
news.nationalgeographic.com
Three-dimensional mapping has uncovered hundreds of Maya buildings beneath centuries of Guatemalan rainforest growth. Revealed buildings include a buried pyramid, a ball court, and an observatory as GPS technology redefines archaeological discoveries in such remote areas.
The Meaning of Words: New Evidence of Ancient Maya History
newswatch.nationalgeographic.c om
Maya hieroglyphic stairway discovered at El Palmar in Campeche, Mexico. There are only twenty of these reported in over five thousand documented sites in the region. A spectacular find that may shed light into a new type of sacred space among the ancient Maya.

 

The next SAA International Conference will be held in Panama City, January 13 - 15, 2012. This conference will include a focus on Latin American archaeology, interregional archaeology in the Americas, tourism, etc. and, of particular note to Mesoamerican scholars, the conference will be held entirely in Spanish! Enrollment is limited for attendees and presenters. For more information, see La Conferencia Intercontinental de la SAA 2012 via the Society for American Archaeology website.

 

Via National Geographic: Human remains found in Quintana Roo cenote: http://blogs.nationalgeographic.com/blogs/news/chiefeditor/2011/02/skull...