March 16, 2007
Usumacinta 2007

The past and future of the Usumacinta River watershed was the theme of the Maya Meetings, held last week in Austin Texas. For three members of the Rios Mayas organization (Ron Canter, Chris Shaw, and Dave Pentecost), it was a privilege to come and present what we have learned over the last few years, and to find new support for the campaign to protect the river from a hydroelectric dam and other threats.

I will post a selection of information, reports, maps, and video here for quick reference. Welcome to all Maya Meeting folks, and people coming here by way of the FAMSI website, which has offered its support to the work.

The Daily Glyph - Chris Shaw's Open Letter on the Usumacinta

RECENT REPORTS

PARI Online Publications - Rivers Among the Ruins: The Usumacinta, by Ron Canter

The Daily Glyph - Big Rivers, Bad Dams - by Ron Canter

PARI Online Publications - Border Problems: Recent Archaeological Research along the Usumacinta River, By Charles Golden and Andrew Scherer

VIDEO:

Maya Frontier (iPod m4v video, 217 mb, 18:30)

Defensores (iPod m4v video, 40 mb, 3:25)

River Kingdoms (iPod m4v video, 34 mb, 2:54)

You can play these in iTunes, or Quicktime player for Mac or Windows.

For best results: Download completely and then play.


Posted by Dave at March 16, 2007 08:22 PM