Follow along as participants in the cruise provide updates and reflections on their experiences, the science, the technology, and other elements of the expedition.
By Jeffrey B. Glover, PhD AND Dominique Rissolo, Ph.D., RPA
While detailed discussion of the mission’s results must await the various lab analyses of the cores and the other datasets collected, overall, we thought the expedition was a great success and that the data collected will allow us to address the major objectives outlined in the mission plan.
Read moreDecember 20, 2011 | By Jeffrey B. Glover, PhD
I love Christmas time in Mexico. Not that the holidays aren’t festive in Atlanta, there is just something about all of the lights and decorations in a tropical setting that I find pleasing.
Read moreOctober 14, 2011 | By Emily McDonald
While the ancient Miradors, Sacbes and ball courts have been enveloped by the jungle or are the focus of tourist attractions, the descendants of the Maya still live in the land of their ancestors, and have adapted to live and work in the modern world.
Read moreOctober 7, 2011 | By Jeffrey B. Glover, PhD
The archaeological investigations to date at Vista Alegre, like many preliminary archaeological projects, have consisted of two main activities – survey and excavation.
Read moreOctober 5, 2011 | By Beverly Goodman
It is very important to open a core in a careful manner. Ideally, it is done in a laboratory where things can be easily controlled.
Read moreOctober 3, 2011 | By Derek Smith
As part of my Masters thesis research at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, I learned some of the newest techniques to extract DNA from the tissue of living corals and ‘fingerprint’ individuals using repeating sequences in their genome called microsatellites.
Read moreSeptember 26, 2011 | By Jeffrey B. Glover, PhD
When asked to discuss the MacGyvering that has gone on during the field season, I at first chuckled – I mean, the show and the term are both a little ridiculous. While the term is funny, the necessity for resourcefulness in the field is anything but.
Read moreSeptember 25, 2011 | By Beverly Goodman
Sediment coring is a job that is one part experience, one part planning, and many parts luck.
Read moreSeptember 22, 2011 | By Dominique Rissolo
It was a balmy late afternoon at Vista Alegre, and the team was hoping to squeeze in one last core in the East Harbor before calling it a day.
Read moreSeptember 19, 2011 | By Patricia Beddows
The Costa Escondida is a dirty and thirsty place these days. I am sitting here looking at my dry, blacked, and cracked feet. My ears crunch with salt, even though I had my mid-day swim.
Read moreSeptember 16, 2011 | By Derek Smith
As the port town of Chiquilá fades into the distance, I finally see the Costa Escondida coastline from the water for the first time.
Read moreSeptember 14, 2011 | By Dominique Rissolo
When I was kid, our family would spend every other summer at our little lake cabin in New Hampshire. When we’d arrive in June, we’d be greeted by boarded up windows, piles of leaves on the front porch, and the occasional squirrel’s nest in the cupboard. Before my siblings and I could jump into the sparkling cool water, there was much work to be done.
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