Evan J Albright
@ejalbright.bsky.social
Writer. Current history research topics: Chichen Itza, Central Oregon (1940-1970), William Henry Lewis (1868-1949), US depredation claims (Native American)
Great list of book recs from Charles C. Mann. Our research interests tend to be similar, so YMMV. I'll be scooping up his recommendations on new Stewart Brand and two books on Western rivers. Of the latter category, add The Dreamt Land by Mark Arax which blew me away this year. amzn.to/3XRpB1E
December 12, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Great list of book recs from Charles C. Mann. Our research interests tend to be similar, so YMMV. I'll be scooping up his recommendations on new Stewart Brand and two books on Western rivers. Of the latter category, add The Dreamt Land by Mark Arax which blew me away this year. amzn.to/3XRpB1E
Pretty cool. Researchers at Chichen Itza and on the Internet have found many of the missing pieces of the feathered serpent columns atop the Temple of Kukulcan/El Castillo. It's like doing a jigsaw puzzle when someone has thrown some of the pieces outside.
NEW Atop El Castillo, Chichen Itza's largest pyramid, stand two ruined columns that once portrayed the feathered serpent deity K’uk’ulkan. 3D-imaging technologies have identified scattered fragments of these columns, allowing a digital reconstruction.
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🏺 #Archaeology #Maya
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🏺 #Archaeology #Maya
November 5, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Pretty cool. Researchers at Chichen Itza and on the Internet have found many of the missing pieces of the feathered serpent columns atop the Temple of Kukulcan/El Castillo. It's like doing a jigsaw puzzle when someone has thrown some of the pieces outside.
Happened to stumble across this clipping from 1959 of a proposed national "Indian Day." No idea what ever became of this effort. I found this because a person I'm currently writing about, Vernon Jackson of the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs (Ore.), was on the committee.
October 13, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Happened to stumble across this clipping from 1959 of a proposed national "Indian Day." No idea what ever became of this effort. I found this because a person I'm currently writing about, Vernon Jackson of the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs (Ore.), was on the committee.
I'm falling behind on my current literature because I only just found out Maya Blue by Dean Arnold had come out in December! amzn.to/4mzNbdm
I interviewed Dr. Arnold about his groundbreaking Maya blue research in 2008 for my book on Chichen Itza, but never used it. Maybe my next book!
I interviewed Dr. Arnold about his groundbreaking Maya blue research in 2008 for my book on Chichen Itza, but never used it. Maybe my next book!
Maya Blue: Unlocking the Mysteries of an Ancient Pigment (Path to Open)
Maya Blue: Unlocking the Mysteries of an Ancient Pigment (Path to Open) [Arnold, Dean E.] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Maya Blue: Unlocking the Mysteries of an Ancient Pigment (Path to Open)
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August 9, 2025 at 1:17 PM
I'm falling behind on my current literature because I only just found out Maya Blue by Dean Arnold had come out in December! amzn.to/4mzNbdm
I interviewed Dr. Arnold about his groundbreaking Maya blue research in 2008 for my book on Chichen Itza, but never used it. Maybe my next book!
I interviewed Dr. Arnold about his groundbreaking Maya blue research in 2008 for my book on Chichen Itza, but never used it. Maybe my next book!
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Parution : Maya dioramas to cut and assemble amoxcalli.hypotheses.org/77488
Parution : Maya dioramas to cut and assemble
Créateur Résumé Des scènes en trois dimensions et en couleurs de Chichen Itza et de Tulum pour recréez la splendeur, le mystère et la vie quotidienne d’une ancienne civilisation. Informations pratique...
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June 22, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Parution : Maya dioramas to cut and assemble amoxcalli.hypotheses.org/77488
As a Commonwealth transplant going on forty years, let me be the first to welcome this gaiju migrant to Massachusetts. Gojira-san, yōkoso!
Happy to announce I’m writing and illustrating a story for GODZILLA VS. BOSTON!!
(And on Boston Marathon Day, no less!)
I’m having a blast wrecking my hometown with my favorite big green friend 🖤
My cover:
(And on Boston Marathon Day, no less!)
I’m having a blast wrecking my hometown with my favorite big green friend 🖤
My cover:
April 21, 2025 at 7:24 PM
As a Commonwealth transplant going on forty years, let me be the first to welcome this gaiju migrant to Massachusetts. Gojira-san, yōkoso!
Heading to the equinox celebration at Chichen Itza? Here's my 10-year-old video. Still holds up. youtu.be/N1ySXrmPrsU
Spring Equinox, Chichen Itza -- What's It Like?
YouTube video by EJ Albright
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March 17, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Heading to the equinox celebration at Chichen Itza? Here's my 10-year-old video. Still holds up. youtu.be/N1ySXrmPrsU
1/ I usually post my Chichen Itza-related stuff over at X, but as long as this is here, a few comments. John Rohde, who is to Disney theme park imagineering what Dave Filoni is to Star Wars, is consulting on Disney's new Tropical Americas exhibit with Maya Art-influenced attractions.
a thread...
a thread...
Legendary Imagineer Joe Rohde Shares Glimpse into Conference on Maya Culture, Tropical Americas Project Team in Attendance
Legendary Imagineer Joe Rohde Shares Glimpse into Conference on Maya Culture, Tropical Americas Project Team in Attendance
Legendary Imagineer Joe Rohde has shared some insight from a recent conference on Maya culture that Tropical Americas Team Members attended
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March 10, 2025 at 9:19 PM
1/ I usually post my Chichen Itza-related stuff over at X, but as long as this is here, a few comments. John Rohde, who is to Disney theme park imagineering what Dave Filoni is to Star Wars, is consulting on Disney's new Tropical Americas exhibit with Maya Art-influenced attractions.
a thread...
a thread...
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“...a couple began to dance.
They held each other like in High School dances
in the fifties;
I recalled when I worked in the woods
and the bars of Madras, Oregon.
That short-haired joy and roughness—
America—your stupidity.
I could almost love you again.”
Gary Snyder
#poetry
They held each other like in High School dances
in the fifties;
I recalled when I worked in the woods
and the bars of Madras, Oregon.
That short-haired joy and roughness—
America—your stupidity.
I could almost love you again.”
Gary Snyder
#poetry
February 6, 2025 at 1:10 PM
“...a couple began to dance.
They held each other like in High School dances
in the fifties;
I recalled when I worked in the woods
and the bars of Madras, Oregon.
That short-haired joy and roughness—
America—your stupidity.
I could almost love you again.”
Gary Snyder
#poetry
They held each other like in High School dances
in the fifties;
I recalled when I worked in the woods
and the bars of Madras, Oregon.
That short-haired joy and roughness—
America—your stupidity.
I could almost love you again.”
Gary Snyder
#poetry
Reposted by Evan J Albright
Eagles & jaguar carvings on the Platform of the Eagles & Jaguars at the Maya archaeological site of Chichen Itza in the Yucatan of Mexico. #Archaeology #culture #Maya
January 19, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Eagles & jaguar carvings on the Platform of the Eagles & Jaguars at the Maya archaeological site of Chichen Itza in the Yucatan of Mexico. #Archaeology #culture #Maya
The indigenous people of today's Central Oregon carved hundreds of pictographs on local geology. Much of the art is intact, but occasionally some joker decides to deface it. This vandal scratched "Popeye" over a petroglyph. Popeye enters the public domain Jan. 1; the pictograph was before copyrights
December 23, 2024 at 5:55 PM
The indigenous people of today's Central Oregon carved hundreds of pictographs on local geology. Much of the art is intact, but occasionally some joker decides to deface it. This vandal scratched "Popeye" over a petroglyph. Popeye enters the public domain Jan. 1; the pictograph was before copyrights
How Christmas is celebrated at Chichen Itza!
December 20, 2024 at 8:21 PM
How Christmas is celebrated at Chichen Itza!
Spending the holiday writing Central Oregon history. Here's a Christmas greeting that anyone who has spent time in the area will recognize even though this card is more than a century old.
December 19, 2024 at 5:26 PM
Spending the holiday writing Central Oregon history. Here's a Christmas greeting that anyone who has spent time in the area will recognize even though this card is more than a century old.
This started by the town of Homun, a few kilometers outside Merida, Yucatan, fighting a pig farm. I can't believe development interests in Yucatan will not fight this lawsuit considering how widespread cenotes are throughout the state. Best of luck to the plaintiffs.
Indigenous Mayans want their sacred cenotes to have personhood status. A lawsuit filed in Mexico seeks personhood status for the Ring of Cenotes, a group of hundreds of subterranean lakes in Mexico's Yucatan peninsula.
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Indigenous Mayans want their sacred cenotes to have personhood status
A lawsuit filed in Mexico seeks personhood status for the Ring of Cenotes, a group of hundreds of subterranean lakes that surround the northwest of the Yucatan peninsula in a semicircle.
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December 17, 2024 at 11:27 PM
This started by the town of Homun, a few kilometers outside Merida, Yucatan, fighting a pig farm. I can't believe development interests in Yucatan will not fight this lawsuit considering how widespread cenotes are throughout the state. Best of luck to the plaintiffs.
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<today's research>
I'm writing about police procedures in the 1950s, so looking for best practices of the period. Here's a Google Books excerpt from the auxiliary officers manual in the Washington State Highway Patrol. Number three--what to do when you encounter an atomic bomb--is solid advice.
I'm writing about police procedures in the 1950s, so looking for best practices of the period. Here's a Google Books excerpt from the auxiliary officers manual in the Washington State Highway Patrol. Number three--what to do when you encounter an atomic bomb--is solid advice.
December 12, 2024 at 1:49 AM
<today's research>
I'm writing about police procedures in the 1950s, so looking for best practices of the period. Here's a Google Books excerpt from the auxiliary officers manual in the Washington State Highway Patrol. Number three--what to do when you encounter an atomic bomb--is solid advice.
I'm writing about police procedures in the 1950s, so looking for best practices of the period. Here's a Google Books excerpt from the auxiliary officers manual in the Washington State Highway Patrol. Number three--what to do when you encounter an atomic bomb--is solid advice.
<today's research>
I'm writing about police procedures in the 1950s, so looking for best practices of the period. Here's a Google Books excerpt from the auxiliary officers manual in the Washington State Highway Patrol. Number three--what to do when you encounter an atomic bomb--is solid advice.
I'm writing about police procedures in the 1950s, so looking for best practices of the period. Here's a Google Books excerpt from the auxiliary officers manual in the Washington State Highway Patrol. Number three--what to do when you encounter an atomic bomb--is solid advice.
December 12, 2024 at 1:49 AM
<today's research>
I'm writing about police procedures in the 1950s, so looking for best practices of the period. Here's a Google Books excerpt from the auxiliary officers manual in the Washington State Highway Patrol. Number three--what to do when you encounter an atomic bomb--is solid advice.
I'm writing about police procedures in the 1950s, so looking for best practices of the period. Here's a Google Books excerpt from the auxiliary officers manual in the Washington State Highway Patrol. Number three--what to do when you encounter an atomic bomb--is solid advice.
Chichen Itza's Temple of Kukulcan pyramid adorns a stained glass window in a desanctified Latter Day Saints church in Washington DC.
Incorporate more depictions of Mayan temples in LDS chapels.
December 8, 2024 at 10:36 PM
Chichen Itza's Temple of Kukulcan pyramid adorns a stained glass window in a desanctified Latter Day Saints church in Washington DC.
Just connected on this platform with an old Wikipedia/social media colleague, @infrogmation.bsky.social . In his honor, here's one of his mom's photos of #ChichenItza from 1973 that really caught my attention. This tunnel into El Castillo was dug in 1931! Incredible it was open 42 years later!
December 6, 2024 at 3:50 PM
Just connected on this platform with an old Wikipedia/social media colleague, @infrogmation.bsky.social . In his honor, here's one of his mom's photos of #ChichenItza from 1973 that really caught my attention. This tunnel into El Castillo was dug in 1931! Incredible it was open 42 years later!
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<today's research>
I love these stories. Here a WWII vet in 1952 who embezzles $17K (~$200,000 today) "for a woman." Five years later he does it again at a potato firm in Central Oregon. After he gets out of prison, he returns to his hometown where he does accounting/taxes for 30 years. Small towns!
I love these stories. Here a WWII vet in 1952 who embezzles $17K (~$200,000 today) "for a woman." Five years later he does it again at a potato firm in Central Oregon. After he gets out of prison, he returns to his hometown where he does accounting/taxes for 30 years. Small towns!
December 5, 2024 at 6:10 PM
<today's research>
I love these stories. Here a WWII vet in 1952 who embezzles $17K (~$200,000 today) "for a woman." Five years later he does it again at a potato firm in Central Oregon. After he gets out of prison, he returns to his hometown where he does accounting/taxes for 30 years. Small towns!
I love these stories. Here a WWII vet in 1952 who embezzles $17K (~$200,000 today) "for a woman." Five years later he does it again at a potato firm in Central Oregon. After he gets out of prison, he returns to his hometown where he does accounting/taxes for 30 years. Small towns!
<today's research>
I love these stories. Here a WWII vet in 1952 who embezzles $17K (~$200,000 today) "for a woman." Five years later he does it again at a potato firm in Central Oregon. After he gets out of prison, he returns to his hometown where he does accounting/taxes for 30 years. Small towns!
I love these stories. Here a WWII vet in 1952 who embezzles $17K (~$200,000 today) "for a woman." Five years later he does it again at a potato firm in Central Oregon. After he gets out of prison, he returns to his hometown where he does accounting/taxes for 30 years. Small towns!
December 5, 2024 at 6:10 PM
<today's research>
I love these stories. Here a WWII vet in 1952 who embezzles $17K (~$200,000 today) "for a woman." Five years later he does it again at a potato firm in Central Oregon. After he gets out of prison, he returns to his hometown where he does accounting/taxes for 30 years. Small towns!
I love these stories. Here a WWII vet in 1952 who embezzles $17K (~$200,000 today) "for a woman." Five years later he does it again at a potato firm in Central Oregon. After he gets out of prison, he returns to his hometown where he does accounting/taxes for 30 years. Small towns!
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Big fan of Teobert Maler's 19th century photographs of Maya archaeology, not so much a fan of the man. The latest special issue of Arqueologia Mexicana has a big spread, lots of photos, with text by Afredo Barrera Rubio (in Spanish). Only $5 US for digital version.
Nuevo número de la revista Arqueología mexicana, edición especial 118 sobre el explorador alemán Teobert Maler.
Disponible a la venta en formato impreso y electrónico.
arqueologiamexicana.mx/ame118
Disponible a la venta en formato impreso y electrónico.
arqueologiamexicana.mx/ame118
December 2, 2024 at 5:31 PM
Big fan of Teobert Maler's 19th century photographs of Maya archaeology, not so much a fan of the man. The latest special issue of Arqueologia Mexicana has a big spread, lots of photos, with text by Afredo Barrera Rubio (in Spanish). Only $5 US for digital version.
Big fan of Teobert Maler's 19th century photographs of Maya archaeology, not so much a fan of the man. The latest special issue of Arqueologia Mexicana has a big spread, lots of photos, with text by Afredo Barrera Rubio (in Spanish). Only $5 US for digital version.
Nuevo número de la revista Arqueología mexicana, edición especial 118 sobre el explorador alemán Teobert Maler.
Disponible a la venta en formato impreso y electrónico.
arqueologiamexicana.mx/ame118
Disponible a la venta en formato impreso y electrónico.
arqueologiamexicana.mx/ame118
December 2, 2024 at 5:31 PM
Big fan of Teobert Maler's 19th century photographs of Maya archaeology, not so much a fan of the man. The latest special issue of Arqueologia Mexicana has a big spread, lots of photos, with text by Afredo Barrera Rubio (in Spanish). Only $5 US for digital version.
<today's research> History of the insanity plea in Oregon, specifically 1961's Senate Bill 96 that the Legislature approved and would have changed the definition from not being able to distinguish right from wrong to an inability to conform to societal norms. Gov. Mark Hatfield vetoed it.
November 29, 2024 at 8:14 PM
<today's research> History of the insanity plea in Oregon, specifically 1961's Senate Bill 96 that the Legislature approved and would have changed the definition from not being able to distinguish right from wrong to an inability to conform to societal norms. Gov. Mark Hatfield vetoed it.
<today's research> Interviewed an 83-year-old-man, a witness in a murder investigation who was never called testify. When I called him he was on a 15-foot-ladder AND REFUSED TO HANG UP. Did I have any potential liability if he fell?
a man is standing on a ladder in the snow near a house .
ALT: a man is standing on a ladder in the snow near a house .
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November 26, 2024 at 9:09 PM
<today's research> Interviewed an 83-year-old-man, a witness in a murder investigation who was never called testify. When I called him he was on a 15-foot-ladder AND REFUSED TO HANG UP. Did I have any potential liability if he fell?
It was amazing! amzn.to/3CCAaxZ
Gods of the Upper Air: How a Circle of Renegade Anthropologists Reinvented Race, Sex, and Gender in the Twentieth Century
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November 25, 2024 at 5:45 PM
It was amazing! amzn.to/3CCAaxZ