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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
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Belize Ritual Caves Project
Patricia Austinwww.famsi.org/reports/95110/index.html
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Ultraviolet and Infrared Filming of the Naj Tunich Inscriptions
James E. Bradywww.famsi.org/reports/96061/index.html
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Nahua Blood Sacrifice and Pilgrimage to Sacred Mountain Postectli
Alan R. Sandstromwww.famsi.org/reports/01001/index.html
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Jolja' Cave
Karen Bassie, Jorge Pérez de Lara, and
Marc Zenderwww.mesoweb.com/features/jolja/index.html
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Jolja' Cave Project
Karen Bassiewww.famsi.org/reports/00017/index.html
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An Inscribed Wooden Box from Tabasco, Mexico
Armando Anaya H., Stanley Guenter, and
Peter Mathewswww.mesoweb.com/reports/box/index.html
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Caves Branch Cave: Archaeological Field Report
Juan Luis Bonorwww.famsi.org/reports/96044/index.html
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Spatial Analysis of an Ancient
Cave Site
Holley Moyes and
Jaime J. Awewww.esri.com/news/arcuser/1000/cave.html
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Plants: of the Underworld: Ritual Plant Use in Ancient Maya Cave Ceremonies
Christopher T. Morehartwww.famsi.org/reports/00097/index.html
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Analysis and Conservation of a Wooden Figurine Recovered from Xmuqlebal Xheton
Cave in Southwestern Belize, C.A.
Keith M. Pruferwww.famsi.org/reports/99003/index.html
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The Maax Na Archaeology Project: Documentation of Stelae, Altars, and Cave
Entrances in the West Ceremonial Group
Leslie C. Shawwww.famsi.org/reports/00100/index.html
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A New Study of the Gruta de Chac, Yucatán, Mexico
Michael P. Smythwww.famsi.org/reports/97011/index.html
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Archaeological Reconnaissance in Southeastern Campeche, Mexico: 2001 Field
Season Report
Ivan Šprajcwww.famsi.org/reports/00016/index.html
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Changes and Continuities in Ritual Practice at Chechem Ha Cave, Belize: Report
on Excavations Conducted in the 2003 Field Season
Holley Moyeswww.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
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La Antigüedad del Grupo 2 de la Cueva
de Joloniel, Chiapas
Alejandro Sheseñawww.nabolom.org/BOLOM1.pdf
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The Quatrefoil T510cd as
"Cave"
Matthew G. Looperhttp://cougar.ucdavis.edu/NAS/Maya/R7.pdf
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Cave Rituals in Oaxaca, Mexico
Janet
Fitzsimmons Steelewww.cavetexas.org/oaxaca.pdf
◘ Regional Variation in Maya Cave Art
Andrea Stonewww.caves.org/pub/journal/PDF/V59/V59N1-Stone.pdf
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The Ritual Use of a Cave on the Northern
Vaca Plateau, Belize
Pierre Robert Colas, Philip Reeder, and James Websterwww.cas.usf.edu/geography/faculty/v62n1-Colas.pdf
www.oztotl.com/maya
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
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Illustration: Codex Nuttall 22 (after Heyden 1981:fig. 5, drawing by A. Flores).