Rosalila Temple Preservation Progress
In 2019 the Copan Association began raising funds to preserve the Rosalila Structure in Copan Ruinas, Honduras. The Copan Association has raised funds from the private sector in Honduras as well as internationally. This report highlights the work being done by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. https://news.unl.edu/newsrooms/today/article/huskers-help-power-mayan-temple-preservation/
Project to Save Rosalila
The Rosalila structure is finally getting the attention it has so desperately needed. The Copan Association has raised funds from the private sector in Honduras, however, because of the most recent emergencies in Honduras (Hurricanes Eta and Iota in 2020 as well as flooding in 2021) the private sector is now overwhelmed. Because the Copan…
ECAP-UNM: Three-Dimensional Tunnel Recording
Funds were requested to support tunnel survey field work from January 11 – March 11, 2020. The documentation of the tunnels in the Copan Acropolis occurred under the auspices of the Early Copan Archaeological Project and in collaboration with Harvard University.
Inventory, Cataloguing and Housing the Peter D. Harrison Collection Library
Dr. Peter D. Harrison was actively involved in specific archeology digs in Mesoamerica during his life and career as an archaeologist. During that time he amassed a large library of transcripts and collection of books and journals numbering in excess of 3535 volumes. All are related to archaeology of the Mayan, pre Columbian, Mesoamerican cultures…
ECAP-UNM: Conservation Activities
Funding requested as part of the Early Copán Acropolis Program’s (ECAP) 2018 Research and Conservation Project. The activities took place at the Centro Regional de Investigaciones Arqueológicas (CRIA), the research, conservation, and storage facility for the archaeological site of Copán Ruinas. Work was from February 5-23, 2018 and is completed. The project targeted the burial…
Casa Sharer
For over 25 years this property served as housing to students of archaeology doing research in Copan Ruinas, Honduras. In 2013 the estate of Dr. Robert Sharer donated the property to the Copan Association with the request that future use of the property continue as long term residential housing for researchers and students. Casa Sharer…
Three Dimensional Modeling of the Central Plaza Copan Ruinas, Honduras (UNAH-IARPACUNA)
Between August 24-27, 2016, a team of specialists from the Departments of Biology as well as Ecology and Natural Resources from the School of Biology of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras (UNAH) together with specialists from the Faculty of Spatial Sciences (FACES) carried out a field visit to the Copán Archaeological Park (PAC) to…
Casa K’inich Teachers’ Guidebook
This teachers’ guidebook helps teachers get the most out of their visit to Copan and the Casa K’inich Childrens Museum. The book has been completely re-written by author Dr. Dorie Reents-Budet and is available for free at the offices of the Copan Association in Copan, Honduras. You can also request a copy email at liz_copanmaya@yahoo.com.
Casa K’inich Childrens Museum
Since 2002 the Copan Maya Foundation has provided support for the Casa K’inich Childrens Museum a non governmental children’s museum; the only one of its kind located in close proximity to a Maya ruin. Casa K’inich has collaborated in numerous projects over the years including: 2011-2016 Guaras en Libertad, la Belleza Regresa” included an educational…