In the News

Media featuring El Pilar and ESP~Maya.

2011

KCSB, Santa Barbara, online
Anabel Ford Discusses Ancient Maya on “Intents & Purposes”

June 2011 Popular Archaeology
Researchers Uncovering Much More Than Monuments at Ancient Maya Site of El Pilar

Listen to an interview with Anabel Ford from the ISI Network.

News on the Belize Cultural Delegation visits:

NICH National Institute of Culture and History, Belize website
Signing MOU on El Pilar

February 1 Santa Barbara Daily Sound
ANCIENT CITY: UCSB to study ancient Mayan city of El Pilar

February 1 Santa Barbara Noozhawk
UCSB, Belize to Sign Agreement for Continuing Maya Research

January 28 El Pilar blog
Belize Meets Santa Barbara

January 26 Santa Barbara Independent
UCSB Studies Ancient Maya City

January 25 UCSC Daily Nexus
Maya Research Resumes

January 22 Belizeans.com
UCSB to study ancient Mayan City in Belize

January 22 Arch News
Mayan city of El Pilar To Undergo Major Research

January 20 Western Belize Happenings blog
El Pilar Mayan Ruins

January 19 UCSB Press Release
Agreement Between UCSB and Belize Continues Maya Research

January Popular Archaeology
Legacy of the Ancient Maya: The Maya Forest Garden Dr. Anabel Ford writes of her pioneering work in Belize and Guatemala and its implications for sustainability for future generations.

2010

July 22 University of Arkansas Examiner
Anthropology Student Looks to the Ancient Mayans to Save Our Future

July 16 Miller-McCune
Learning from the Ancients A leading archaeologist’s take on the pre-European Maya discounts ‘ecocide’ and suggests the people were actually astute stewards of the jungle who could teach us a thing or two, by Arnie Cooper.

January 19 radio interview on KCSB
Dr. Ford’s unique take on the ancient Maya

January 5 KCLU
A U.C. Santa Barbara researcher contends a commonly held theory about one of the greatest archaeological mysteries of all time is backwards. KCLU's Lance Orozco has the story.

2009

December 12 Daily News and Analysis
Ancient Mayans were nature lovers, not destroyers

2009 The Getty Conservation Institute
Archaeological Sites in the Maya Area: A Conservation Challenge. Abstracts of presentations and summary of discussions from panel presented at the XXII Simposio de Investigaciones Arqueológicas in Guatemala City. Spanish text

Winter 2009-2010 American Archaeology
Understanding El Pilar: The unconventional is conventional in Anabel Ford’s investigation of a large Maya city, by Michael Bawaya

December 15 The Archaeology Channel
Mayas Saving Maya Culture video

December 9 Journal of Ethnobiology
Origins of the Maya Forest by A Ford and R Nigh

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Fall 2009 CoastLines, publication of UCSB Alumni Association
UCSB Archaeologist Disputes Common Belief About Collapse of Maya Civilization

September 5 MayaForestGardeners.org
Updated with a comprehensive photo list of plants of the traditional farmers of the Maya forest Garden Network. We are working now on a new segment on the animals of the forest garden.

May 28 El Pilar blog
Living History at El Pilar
Collaborative reconstruction of the Model Maya House at El Pilar
also Wattle and Daub

May 2 Guatemala Times
El Pilar Archaeological Reserve for Maya Flora and Fauna

April 3 Santa Barbara and Goleta Noozhawk
Exploring Solutions Past: The Maya Forest Alliance Launches New Web Site The Internet bridges the rich archaeological history of the Maya with the future of communication and understanding.

March 21 The Society for Applied Anthropology
El Pilar and the Secret to Balancing Conservation and Cultural Prosperity the Maya Forest, FORD, Anabel Video Screening: (Exploring Solutions Past~The Maya Forest Alliance)

January 29
El Pilar Blog Launch
Please take a look at the new El Pilar Blog, where we will make weekly updates on our activities and progress!

January 24 Archeological Digs
Understanding Maya Land Use at El Pilar A feature of the 2009 El Pilar field season.

January Past Horizons
Colouring the Past at El Pilar, page 20. A feature on El Pilar, Archeology Under the Canopy, the forest garden, and binational peace park.

2008

December Journal of Ethnobiology
Dominant Plants of the Maya Forest and Gardens of El Pilar

November UC Santa Barbara TODAY Fall 2008
A Peace Park at El Pilar, page 14. Feature on the progress toward establishing the binational peace park at El Pilar

October 28 The Santa Barbara Independent
Landmark El Pilar Peace Park Agreement Signed

October 23 KCLU
UCSB Researcher brokers deal for international protection for lost Mayan city

October 20 93106
Agreement Paves the Way for Archaeological Peace Park at El Pilar

October 17 Western Belize Happenings!
Belize joins with Guatemala over border Mayan Ruins of EL PILAR

October 16 The Guatemala Times
Guatemala’s Mayan City El Pilar and the Peace Park Initiative

October 16 The Daily Nexus
New Pilar Dig Site Opens

October 9 Thaindian News
Analyses give clues to composition of volcanic ash used in ancient Maya pottery

October 7 History News Network
Origins of Maya pottery material remain mysterious

August 22 Prensa Libre
El Pilar

July World Archaeological Congress media release
Archaeological Peace Park

May 23 The Reporter
Belize and Guatemala agree to preserve “El Pilar” Mayan ruin

March 10
LX Workshop on Collaboration at El Pilar