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We are excited to announce the sixth issue of The Mayanist was just published online! This issue is dedicated to the anthropology of food in the contemporary Maya world. The papers in this issue focus on the foodways of southern Maya ethnolinguistic groups, namely the K’iche’, Kaqchikel, and Mopan.

Download it (or any of its papers) for free here. Se pueden descargar todos los artículos aquí:
https://www.goafar.org/themayanist

This issue was edited by Maxime Lamoureux St-Hilaire, Mat Saunders, Meaghan Peuramaki-Brown and Shawn Morton. All the original artwork was masterfully done by the ajtz'ib Walter Paz Joj. The issue was laid out by Joel Skidmore and copy-edited by Jack Barry.

Uno de los artículos es en español – por Dora Maritza García Patzán – cual se adjunta a los otros 6 artículos originales o traducidos en español.

The 3 other papers – by Miguel Cuj, Mark Wright and Kerry Hull, and Allen Christenson – are in English.

This issue also contains a review of the new Mayalogue book (Victor Montejo) by Matt Samson.

We are in the process of translating our articles to Spanish to further increase accessibility to quality literature on the Maya World.
Seguimos traduciendo todos nuestros artículos en español para facilitar acceso a nuestro jornal por tod@s.

You can now purchase hard copies of The Mayanist on the AFAR store front: https://www.goafar.org/new-products

The dawn of a new era at IMS. Don't miss this.

Cover of IMS Explorer for April 2020

A special presentation with the winner of IMS Scholarship of 2019. Please note the day, time and location changes.

IMS Explorer: The July 2019 newsletter is out.

It is with an aching heart that I announce the death of Joaquin Rodriguez, past president of the Institute of Maya Studies and, until now, active member of its Board of Directors. Jack was a structural engineer, and as such, lectured often on the construction methods of the ancient Maya. Personally, many of us at IMS, considered him a close friend, and his absence will be felt at all levels. We send our heartfelt condolences to his three children, Joaquin, Elena and David, and his grandchildren. And, in particular, to his wife of many decades, Eli. Bye,mi queridísimo amigo.

Does history repeat itself? IMS welcomes back Dr. Mark Brenner, University of Florida geologist who looks at the possible cause of the Classic Maya collapse in the 9th Century CE.

Front page of the May 2019 Explorer.

We are happy to welcome Dr. Dominique Rissolo to IMS this month. Dr. Rissolo has worked along the coast of the Yucatan for many years and will expand on his findings about the Coastal Maya and their communion with their landscape.

DON'T MISS IT!

Front page of our April Explorer newsletter.