Tour of K'axob (Page 3)

Patricia A. McAnany, director of the K'axob Project during all three seasons (1990, 1992, and 1993), was assisted by field school and graduate students, specialists, and volunteers. Key financial support was provided by the National Science Foundation and Boston University Division of International Programs.

Field Crew 1990

Field Crew 1992

Field Crew 1993

Men from the nearby villages of San Jose-San Pablo and Trial Farm cleared the brush with razor-sharp machetes and provided valuable assistance during excavation.

Early morning machete sharpening at K'axob, 1993. Shown are (L-R) Julian Escalante, Urbano Novelo, Ovel Martinez, and Amir Gonzalez

Local worker Julian Escalante, three-year veteran of the K'axob Project, excavating the marl construction fill of Operation 1.

Located at the end of a long and often muddy road, K'axob posed a challenge of access during many mornings of the 1992 summer (wet) season. The crew, stranded when the van bogged down in the mud, includes Francisco Estrada Belli (far right), director of excavations at operation 7. While our rented Land Rover was a more rugged and unstoppable vehicle, delicate artifacts had to be cushioned from the rough ride. The crew unpacks the vehicles at the end of the day with Howard Wellman (lab co-director, 1992) shown at the far left.

Field van mired in the mud on the road to K'axob. Stranded staff members (L-R) include H. Hope Henderson, Robert St. Laurent, Howard Wellman, Lorren Jackson, Valerie McCormack, Lisa Hilborn, Matthew Bobo, Sandra L. Lopez Varela, and Francisco Estrada Belli (director of Operation 7, 1992). 

Unloading the Land Rover after a day at K'axob: (L-R) Howard Wellman, Matthew Bobo, Robert St. Laurent, H. Hope Henderson, and Eric Poeschla.