MVAP/MVPP
@mvapmvpp.bsky.social
Mopan Valley Archaeological Project/Mopan Valley Preclassic Project. Providing information about the long-term project work in western Belize.
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.
September 15, 2025 at 10:06 PM
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.
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!
August 18, 2025 at 10:20 PM
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!
If 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!
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August 15, 2025 at 5:34 PM
If 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....
www.academia.edu/.../Recent_i....
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.
April 22, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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.
Project member Santiago Sobrino presents his research at the @utsaroadrunners.bsky.social College of Liberal and Fine Arts research conference!
April 3, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Project member Santiago Sobrino presents his research at the @utsaroadrunners.bsky.social College of Liberal and Fine Arts research conference!
December 7, 2023 at 5:03 PM
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!
November 28, 2023 at 4:23 PM
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!
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...
www.academia.edu/109472481/NE...
NEW EVIDENCE OF ANCESTOR VENERATION AT THE SITE OF LAS RUINAS DE ARENAL
Recent investigations of a Preclassic E Group at Las Ruinas de Arenal have shed light on transformations in ritual practices from the Middle Preclassic to the Late Preclassic period. Our excavations a...
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November 20, 2023 at 5:39 PM
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...
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...
www.academia.edu/108963667/WA...
WATERY UNDERWORLD SYMBOLISM AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF POLITICAL AUTHORITY IN THE MOPAN VALLEY, BELIZE
Shifts between the Preclassic and Classic periods involved transitions in many aspects of Maya society, including the role of ritual activities as sources of power for and markers of political authori...
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November 13, 2023 at 5:03 PM
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...
www.academia.edu/108963667/WA...
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!
November 7, 2023 at 5:40 PM
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!
We 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.
November 7, 2023 at 5:33 PM
We 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.