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…