New Evidence Unearthed for the Origins of the Maya

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2013/13/130425-maya-origins-olmec-pyramid-ceibal-inomata-archaeology-science/ - National Geographic

Photograph courtesy Takeshi Inomata

Civilizations rise and fall, often in dramatic fashion. Their origins, though, are subtler and tend to be overlooked or poorly understood. In the case of the Maya, a new paper in Science magazine sheds surprising light on that murky early period…CLICK LINK TO READ MORE…

Maya Village Uncovers ‘Invisible’ Crops, Unexpected Agriculture

http://www.uc.edu/news/NR.aspx?id=17504 - University of Cincinnati

The University of Cincinnati’s mastery of ancient Maya mysteries continues with new research from professor of biological sciences David Lentz…CLICK LINK TO READ MORE…

New Clues in the Search to Rediscover the Mysterious Maya Blue Formula

http://www. - ncedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130402091147.htm - Science Daily

Bonampak is an ancient Maya archaeological site in the Mexican state of Chiapas. (Credit: Darij & Ana, Creative Commons license)

The recipe and process for preparing Maya Blue, a highly-resistant pigment used for centuries in Mesoamerica, were lost. We know that the ingredients are a plant dye, indigo, and a type of clay known as palygorskite, but scientists do not know how they were 'cooked' and combined together...CLICK LINK TO READ MORE...

Unmasking the Mayan

http://anthropology.si.edu/maya/ - Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History

One million Maya Indians from Mexico and Guatemala are living in the United States. Unlike earlier waves of immigrants to our shores, the Maya are descendants of a New World civilization whose mystery resonates across this continent, and the globe. Few Americans are aware that there was extensive trade between the ancient peoples of North America and Mexico for at least a thousand years. A darker mystery surrounds the modern Maya. After centuries of poverty and injustice, some fight for recognition behind a black Zapatista mask. Those who seek better economic opportunities by migrating north must disguise themselves in Western clothes and customs. Thus the Maya remain hidden, faceless, both at home and in the cities and rural areas of our country.