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Cave Archaeology Web Sites
Vanderbilt Upper Pasión Archaeological Cave Survey http://mayacaves.org
Western Belize Regional Cave Project www.indiana.edu/~belize/
Xibun Archaeological Project www.bu.edu/tricia/index.shtml
Mesoamerican Research Foundation (MC2) www.mc2-map.org/
Cave of the Glowing Skulls www.lasi.utoledo.edu/Talgua/Cave/ix.htm
   

On-line Cave Archaeology Articles, Reports, and Information
Belize Ritual Caves Project
          Patricia Austin
www.famsi.org/reports/95110/index.html
Ultraviolet and Infrared Filming of the Naj Tunich Inscriptions
          James E. Brady
www.famsi.org/reports/96061/index.html
Nahua Blood Sacrifice and Pilgrimage to Sacred Mountain Postectli
          Alan R. Sandstrom
www.famsi.org/reports/01001/index.html
Jolja' Cave
          Karen Bassie, Jorge Pérez de Lara, and Marc Zender
www.mesoweb.com/features/jolja/index.html
Jolja' Cave Project
          Karen Bassie
www.famsi.org/reports/00017/index.html
An Inscribed Wooden Box from Tabasco, Mexico
          Armando Anaya H., Stanley Guenter, and Peter Mathews
www.mesoweb.com/reports/box/index.html
Caves Branch Cave: Archaeological Field Report
          Juan Luis Bonor
www.famsi.org/reports/96044/index.html
Spatial Analysis of an Ancient Cave Site
          Holley Moyes and Jaime J. Awe
www.esri.com/news/arcuser/1000/cave.html
Plants: of the Underworld: Ritual Plant Use in Ancient Maya Cave Ceremonies
          Christopher T. Morehart
www.famsi.org/reports/00097/index.html
Analysis and Conservation of a Wooden Figurine Recovered from Xmuqlebal Xheton Cave in Southwestern Belize, C.A.
          Keith M. Prufer
www.famsi.org/reports/99003/index.html
The Maax Na Archaeology Project: Documentation of Stelae, Altars, and Cave Entrances in the West Ceremonial Group
          Leslie C. Shaw
www.famsi.org/reports/00100/index.html
A New Study of the Gruta de Chac, Yucatán, Mexico
          Michael P. Smyth
www.famsi.org/reports/97011/index.html
Archaeological Reconnaissance in Southeastern Campeche, Mexico: 2001 Field Season Report
          Ivan Šprajc
www.famsi.org/reports/00016/index.html
Changes and Continuities in Ritual Practice at Chechem Ha Cave, Belize: Report on Excavations Conducted in the 2003 Field Season
          Holley Moyes
www.famsi.org/reports/02086/index.html

Cave Archaeology in the News
Diving the Maya Underworld www.archaeology.org/0405/abstracts/maya.html
Sacred Secrets of the Caves www.sciencenews.org/sn_arc98/1_24_98/bob1.htm
Of Caves and Cranes www.siu.edu/worda/persp/f97/nsffello.html
Maya Caves of West-Central Belize www.archaeology.org/online/features/belize/2000.html
Search for the Maya Underworld www.archaeology.org/interactive/belize
Openings to the Underworld www.scinecenews.org/articles/20020518/bob9.asp
Descent into the Maya Underworld www.magma.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0411/feature2/index.html
On the Job in the Place of Fright www.nationalgeographic.com/adventure/0107/life_p1.html

Cave Diving Sites
Ox Bel Ha www.mexicocavediving.com/index.html
Proyecto Yaxchen www.locogringo.com/exploration/yaxchen/index.html
Quintana Roo Speleological Survey www.caves.org/project/qrss/qrss.htm
El Proyecto de Buceo Espeleologico www.mexicoprofundo.org/

Grants and Fellowships for Cave Research
Cave Research Foundation www.cave-research.org/grants/grants.html

PDF-Format Papers and Publications to Down-load
La Antigüedad del Grupo 2 de la Cueva de Joloniel, Chiapas
          Alejandro Sheseña
www.nabolom.org/BOLOM1.pdf
The Quatrefoil T510cd as "Cave"
          Matthew G. Looper
http://cougar.ucdavis.edu/NAS/Maya/R7.pdf
Cave Rituals in Oaxaca, Mexico
          Janet Fitzsimmons Steele
www.cavetexas.org/oaxaca.pdf
Regional Variation in Maya Cave Art
          Andrea Stone
www.caves.org/pub/journal/PDF/V59/V59N1-Stone.pdf
The Ritual Use of a Cave on the Northern Vaca Plateau, Belize
          Pierre Robert Colas, Philip Reeder, and James Webster
www.cas.usf.edu/geography/faculty/v62n1-Colas.pdf

► The following PDF files can be downloaded from the Oztotl Page:

www.oztotl.com/maya

In My Hill, In My Valley: The Importance of Place in Ancient Maya Ritual
          James E. Brady
Balam Na: Reporte Preliminar de la Investigación de una Cueva Asociada al Rio Poxte, Poptun
          James E. Brady, Allan Cobb, Sergio Garza, and Robert Burnett
De-fanging the Earth Monster: Speleothem Transport to Surface Sites in the Sibun Valley
          Polly A. Peterson, Patricia A. McAnany, and Allan B. Cobb
Ancient Textile Remains from Barton Creek Cave, Cayo District Belize
          C.T. Morehart, J.J. Awe, M.J. Mirro, V.A. Owen, and C.G. Helmke
El Arte Rupestre de Belice
          Christophe G.B. Helmke, Jaime J. Awe, and Cameron S. Griffith
The Cave Archaeology Bibliography
          James E. Brady

 

 

Publications to Order
Association for Mexican Cave Studies www.amcs-pubs.org

 

Special Publication Announcements
In the Maw of the Earth Monster: Mesoamerican Ritual Cave Use www.utexas.edu/utpress/excerpts/exbramaw.html
Arte Rupestre de México Oriental y Centroamérica http://rupestreweb.tripod.com/mexcentroam.html

 

Caving Equipment Retailers
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Illustration: Codex Nuttall 22 (after Heyden 1981:fig. 5, drawing by A. Flores).

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