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A list of all of my Maya resources is here: https://sites.google.com/site/bruceschulmanchms/
Maya Math: https://www.academia.edu/9058221/Maya_Math (version español: https://www.academia.edu/36907523/Matem%C3%A1ticas_Mayas )
Maya Geography: https://www.academia.edu/10881488/Where_are_the_Maya (version español: https://www.academia.edu/36909586/Geograf%C3%ADa_Maya)
Maya Calendar: https://www.academia.edu/13749245/Maya_Calendar (version español: https://www.academia.edu/39332108/Calendario_Maya)
Maya Science: https://www.academia.edu/23909358/Maya_Sciences
Maya Agriculture: https://www.academia.edu/27837874/Maya_Agriculture
Maya Society: https://www.academia.edu/34665586/Maya_Society (version español: https://www.academia.edu/39350235/Sociedad_Maya )
Mayan Language & Writing: https://www.academia.edu/34585504/Mayan_Language_and_Writing (version español: https://www.academia.edu/39332248/Lengua_Maya_y_Escritura)
Maya Sites:
Actun Tunichil Muknal: https://www.academia.edu/26989123/Maya_Sites_-_Actun_Tunichil_Muknal
Altun Ha: https://www.academia.edu/34208357/Maya_Sites_-_Altun_Ha (Version español: https://www.academia.edu/35721240/Perfil_de_la_Ciudad_-_Altun_Ha )
Cahal Pech: https://www.academia.edu/13613958/Maya_Sites_-_Cahal_Pech
Caracol: https://www.academia.edu/21911765/Maya_Sites_-_Caracol
Xunantunich: https://www.academia.edu/20543674/Maya_Sites_-_Xunantunich
Maya Plants & Animals:
Ceiba: https://www.academia.edu/19503257/Maya_Plants_-_Ceiba (version español: https://www.academia.edu/35771144/Plantas_Mayas_-_Ceiba )
Jaguar: https://www.academia.edu/11661485/Maya_Animals_-_Jaguar (version español: https://www.academia.edu/35543854/Animales_Maya_-_Jaguar )
Margay: https://www.academia.edu/12997176/Maya_Animals_-_Margay (version español: https://www.academia.edu/35547942/Animales_Maya_-_Margay )
Quetzal: https://www.academia.edu/17271230/Maya_Animals_-_Quetzal (version español: https://www.academia.edu/35561355/Animales_Maya_-_Quetzal )
Tapir: https://www.academia.edu/12411710/Maya_Animals_-_Tapir (version español: https://www.academia.edu/35546628/Animales_Maya_-_Tapir )
Cacao: https://www.academia.edu/30832195/Maya_Plants_-_Cacao (version español: https://www.academia.edu/36901819/Plantas_Mayas_-_Cacao )
Maize: https://www.academia.edu/27076152/Maya_Plants_-_Maize (version español: https://www.academia.edu/35719053/Plantas_Mayas_-_Ma%C3%ADz )
Other Plants & Animals: https://www.academia.edu/36950662/Maya_Plants_and_Animals_-_Supplement
Maya Fun & Games: https://www.academia.edu/36253418/Maya_Fun_and_Games
Maya Project Starters: https://www.academia.edu/36811821/Project_Starters_-_Maya_Studies
Use the links below to find additional resources to help you learn more about Maya heritage.
IN THE NEWS
Read about a recent discovery of a Mayan site in southeastern Mexico with this link: http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2014/08/22/the-ancient-mayan-cities-discovered-deep-in-the-mexican-jungle-and-the-secrets-they-hold/ and this link: http://news.discovery.com/history/archaeology/three-ancient-maya-cities-found-in-jungle-140815.htm .
Read this Fox News story about how Belize's Blue Hole may be related to the collapse of classic Maya society: http://www.foxnews.com/science/2014/12/28/does-blue-hole-hold-secret-to-mayan-collapse/
Read how a Canadian teen may have found a lost Maya city: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/forgotten-mayan-city-discovered-in-central-america-by-15-year-old-a7021291.html
Read about how LIDAR is locating Maya sites in Guatemala: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-42916261
SITE SPECIFIC
Links related to Caracol:
Caracol archaeological dig website: http://www.caracol.org/
Caracol Virtual Museum: http://www.caracol.org/dig/virtual-museum/
Caracol investigations: http://www.caracol.org/dig/investigations/
Links related to Xunantunich:
Archaeological Summary: https://fajinaoutreach.org/tothemountainstorybook/archaeological-info/
To The Mountain, a storybook about Xunantunich and its surroundings in English, Spanish, and Yukatek Maya: https://fajina.files.wordpress.com/2016/05/to-the-mountain-digital-version.pdf
What's new in Xunantunich? Read about ongoing excavations which began in 2014: http://www.utsa.edu/today/2016/07/belizediscovery.html#.V5_HWXQpgLM
Read more about recent excavations: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3734946/Mysterious-carvings-Maya-royal-tomb-reveal-murky-secrets-Snake-Dynasty.html and a video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shGq5AiH5Zc
Read this Smithsonian magazine article about the major Mayan city of El Mirador, Guatemala: http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/el-mirador-the-lost-city-of-the-maya-1741461/?all
MAYA CALENDAR/ 2012
Learn more about the Maya calendar with this link: http://maya.nmai.si.edu/calendar
Learn more about 2012 and its significance to the Mayans with this link: http://maya.nmai.si.edu/2012-resetting-count
OTHER ANCIENT MAYA LINKS
Ancient Maya Electronic Atlas: http://www.famsi.org/research/MayaGIS/index.html
Contact Information
Need to contact me? Email to BRUCE.SCHULMAN @ CMS.K12.NC.US
Acknowledgments: https://sites.google.com/site/bruceschulmanchms/home/acknowledgments-maya-project