A most unbelievable story of a looted (or fake) Maya book and mask.
Heading to Belize for preliminary fieldwork: a call for info
Posted on 30 June 2014
I’m heading to Belize to look into antiquities trafficking. Who who should I speak with?
Was the ancient Maya tomb of Copán’s first queen looted “to order”?
Posted on 21 June 2014
The looting of a spectacular Maya tomb only months after it appeared in National Geographic.
When looters find lost cities: Site Q and Ixtontón
Posted on 19 May 2014
Sometimes archaeologists don’t get there first…
Two pots, two stories: vignette on the looting of Guatemala’s Maya past
Posted on 1 April 2014
How does an ancient Maya vase end up in a UK museum?
“Plunder to Preservation” from the Oxford University Press
Posted on 7 June 2013
A chapter by me appears in a new book released this month by the Oxford University Press.
Maya Murals, Mercury, and Risk
Posted on 30 October 2012
It seems like Maya tomb news is coming hot and heavy these past few weeks.
Images of historic looting
Posted on 26 October 2012
Emotional images of the looting of a Maya temple.
Guatemala: Masks, Church Stuff, and a False Divide
Posted on 2 October 2012
Guatemala has been the site of many of my most vivid dreams and imaginings.
More on pouches, pots, and my skewed perceptions
Posted on 18 August 2012
Thinking more about yesterday’s Wari pouch post