The Middle American Research Institute and the MARI-GISLAB are proud to host maps by non-affiliated Maya scholars on its ArcGIS Online portal. We are pleased to announce today Gair Tourtellot’s map of La Milpa with additions by other scholars who worked at the site in the 1990s. There is a plain version of the map…
On the value of geomorphometry to Maya settlement studies

Most Maya buildings are on hills. Some aren't, which is interesting
Invictus: The Plight of Collecting Ground Survey Data
As Maya archaeology enters the age of lidar, it risks disregarding earlier settlement data gathering endeavors. Lest such efforts now be deemed superseded, we suggest that it remains profoundly incumbent to recognize, digitize, and analyze the ground survey efforts so doggedly and painstakingly acquired using traditional “boots on the ground” methods. These vital data can…