For 27 years, Maya Research Progress has conducted annual fieldwork in Belize aimed at understanding how ancient Maya cities were organized and how their agricultural economics operated.  The MRP team includes scholars from many countries and academic fields and this presentation will summarize some of the their work for nearly three decades.  While much of […]

Early in June 2017, a remarkable prehistoric dugout canoe was discovered on the banks of the Red River north of Shreveport, Louisiana.  At 10.2 m (about 34 ft) in length, it is the largest yet discovered in Louisiana, and one of the largest yet discovered in the Southeastern United States.  A radiocarbon date indicates that […]