March 16, 2005
Second Day - Ed Barnhart

Some great podcasts in the works, after a fascinating conversation with Ed Barnhart of the Maya Exploration Center. Maya astronomy, geometry, religion, theories of the collapse - he discussed them as clearly as I've ever heard, and I've heard it many times over the years. Then a walk into the jungle to some of the unexcavated ruins that Ed and his crew surveyed over a three year period, adding over 1,000 structures to the map of the site.

We're sending the interviews back to the editors at Echoditto, which as an editor myself is a pleasure. It's tough enough living these days and recording them without cutting it all down as well. Well, tough isn't the word. It's an outright delight, but it does fill the days. That and a siesta, where's the day gone?

Actually, I digitized while Nicco napped, but now he's refreshed and blogging it all. If we can get an ftp connection on this wireless signal we can send the interviews out, and I can post a video from last year that starts in Palenque and hits the river kingdoms on the Usumacinta. That's where we are headed tomorrow, to Yaxchilan in the great oxbow of the river.

Posted by Dave at March 16, 2005 08:37 PM