Cayo Scoop! The Ecology of Cayo Culture

The Institute of Archaeology is celebrating International Archaeology Day tomorrow at the Museum Building in Belmopan.  They'll be announcing the winners of the 'Preserving the Past for the Future' poster competition.  They'll also have many Maya artifacts on display, and the IA team will be there to test your skills with some trivia. 

"Inviting schools to bring their students to visit on Friday October 18th, 2013."

A frieze from El Castillo at Xunantunich was the featured picture in Museum magazine, for their article covering the 'Maya: Hidden Worlds Revealed' exhibit at the Science Museum of Minnesota.  Many other Maya artifacts from Belize are also in the exhibit.

"Check it out!  We are featured inside the Nov/Dec issue of the American Alliance of Museum's magazine 'Museum'."

Actun Chapat and Actun Halal get great reviews.  This well written article has some great pictures, and you can get a good feel for Chapat.  The Trek Stop in Succotz, along with its butterfly farm, gets a good mention.

"We left Actun Halal behind and headed deeper into the jungle along an ancient Maya causeway toward Actun Chapat, an extensive cave or - perhaps more accurately - cave system with underground lakes, Maya artifacts, and miles yet to be discovered.  It was hard to take photos because the moisture in the air obscured the formations if I used a flash; I used my small tripod and took mostly available light photos.  Some of the chambers are massive but I wasn't able to document that with a camera."