September 26, 2005
Survivor Maya and the real Yaxha

With the latest season of Survivor taking place in the Peten in Guatemala (in Yaxha, hence the tribe name) my fellow Usu tribe members have suggested we post some notes on the real Yaxha. We'll gather some information and some links for the curious. Ron Canter has photos and notes from his studies of the area. Chris Shaw has written about Yaxha in his book, "Sacred Monkey River: A Canoe Trip with the Gods" (see the cover and link on the left of this site's main page).

For now, know that Yaxha was an important link in a broad system of Maya river navigation that spanned present day Guatemala and used the rivers from the Usumacinta watershed, on the border with Mexico.

As they say, watch this space for more information. Once we post on Yaxha, I'll come back and update this post with a link to the new one.

UPDATE: Here is Ron's finished report:

The Daily Glyph: Yaxha - The Backstory of the 'Survivor Guatemala' Locale, by Ron Canter

Don't miss it!

Posted by Dave at September 26, 2005 02:28 PM