Expedition Magazine | Mesoamerica

Vol. 3 / No. 4

By: William R. Coe

A Sculpture from Mexico

The New World archaeological collections of the University Museum are comprehensive, often superlative. But we are aware of certain shortcomings. […]

Vol. 3 / No. 2

By: C.L. Lundell

The popular image of the jungle is one of mystery and romance. Kipling, Conrad, Maugham, and hoses of contemporary and […]

Vol. 3 / No. 1

By: Alfred Bendiner

When Fro Rainey and his staff asked my wife and me to go to Tikal and make an architectural survey […]

Vol. 2 / No. 4

By: Matthew W. Stirling, Froelich Rainey and Matthew W. Stirling, Jr.

For centuries men have dreamed of a “divining rod” or device that would indicate the presence of buried treasure in […]

Vol. 2 / No. 2

By: Linton Satterthwaite

The new earliest “Long Count” or “Initial Series” date on Tikal Stela 29 is transcribed as “8.12.14.8.15 13 Men 3 […]

Vol. 2 / No. 2

By: Edwin M. Shook

Just short of a century ago, in 1864, canal diggers working in the steaming heat of a coastal swamp a […]

Vol. 2 / No. 2

Mapping at Tikal has been going on since the 1957-58 season. It is a slow, difficult job, made so by […]

Vol. 1 / No. 4

By: William R. Coe

At this Maya site in northern tropical Guatemala the fourth season of field work under the direction of Edwin M. […]

Vol. 1 / No. 1

By: Edwin M. Shook

Archaeological digging is a good deal like prospecting– you never know when and where you are going to strike paydirt. […]