WELCOME!to

the Maya & Olmec 2015 expedition

Yaxchilan, Bonampak, Palenque, “La Venta”

El Mirador 2011

“Mr Cernikovsky’s Friends of Archaeology” – Tak’alik Ab’aj 2012

“Site Q” – La Corona - 2013

“Site Q” – La Corona - 2013

2015 expedition“Mr Cernikovsky’s Friends of Archaeology”

Judy & Gene, Gail, Sarah & Tomas … 4x

Tom, Sylvia, Kathy & Hal … 3x

Cindy & Raul, Joan, Tomas, Marion, Karen, Andree … 2x

Everybody … welcome to the expedition

• HASA

• TAG Airlines

• Hotel Chan-Kah

Yaxchilan, Bonampak, Palenque, “La Venta”

…a private tour with Tomás Barrientos

and Marion Popenoe Hatch,UNIVERSIDAD DEL VALLE DE GUATEMALA

The Usumacinta River Region

Jose Antonio Calderon, 1784

"... no ha havido quien me dé razón de lo qe. esto fue, o qn. haya sido el fundador, para desvanecer así muchos pensamienrtos qe. formo al verlo todo y han formado otros mui entendidos, sin qe. puedan deslindar el monte de dificultades qe. le ofrece a la vista con los vestigios de la gran Ciudad Palencana: Lo que puedo asegurar sor. Ylustre es qe. la obra es suntuosisima aunque Si tosca en su fabrica y por lo tanto de gran firmeza" (AGI, Audiencia de Guatemala, Exp.674, Leg.471, ff.9v-r).

Antonio Bernasconi, 1785

Jean Frederick Waldeck (1832-33)

John Lloyd Stephens (1839-42)

Desire Charnay, 1883

Alfred Percival Maudslay1881-1894

Piedras Negras

Lintel 49, YaxchilanRuler A (PN)

Lintel 49, YaxchilanRuler B (PN)

Panel 15, Piedras Negras (706 C.E.)

Stela 1, PN (687 C.E.)Stela 3, PN (711 C.E.)

Stela 11, PN 731 C.E.

Panel 4, PN (795 C.E.)

Yaxchilan

Hiatus:Rulers 11-14(537-629 C.E.)

Lintel 11 (Temple 12)

“Shield Jaguar II” 681-742 C.E. (61 year reign)

Itzamnaaj B’alam II

Temple 44

Temple 23 (726 C.E.)Lintels in the British Museum

Lintel 53

“Bird Jaguar IV” 752-768 d.C.

Stela 11

Temple 21

Temple 33

Lintel 2 La Pasadita“Sajalob”

Lajtunich Lintel

Bonampak

Palenque

Tonina

THANK YOU,Tomás

Right after thisDinner at Nututun

2 drinks included … beer, wine, sodas, water ... Liquors: you pay

2 buses leaving right after this

Tomorrow: A LONG DAY!!!6:00 coffee by the Reception

6:30 two buses depart6:40 sunrise

Breakfast on the way at Restaurante Valle Escondido

Corozal: 3 boats on the Usumacinta RiverTour of YaxchilanCorozal: Lunch

After lunch: Bonampak

Tomorrow eveningArrive at the hotel around 7:30 p.m.

Dinner here2 drinks included … beer, wine,

sodas, water ... Liquors: you pay

Saturday7:00 – 9:00 Breakfast here at the hotel

RELAXATE! Here at the hotelOr visit CHEDRAUI in Palenque town

Buses leave reception 9:00, 9:30 and 10:00Buses come back 10:30, 11:00 and 11:3012:00 p.m. buffet lunch here at the hotel

1:30 p.m. buses leave for Palenque Ruinas4:30 buses return here

6:30 p.m. two buses leave for Dinner at “La Selva”

Sunday7:00 Breakfast at the hotel

Pay your bills and check out9:00 buses to Villahermosa, 150 kilometers

away11:00 “La Venta” Olmec park

11:30 presentation by Tomás BarrientosTour of “La Venta”

Pic-nic lunch, maybe3 p.m. buses leave for Villahermosa airport

Sunday4 p.m. leave Villahermosa for Guatemala

PLEASE GIVE ME YOUR PASSPOERTS AGAIN!E.T.A. 5: 30 – 6:00 p.m. La Aurora

2 buses to Antigua, will drop you off at your house

“Archaeology in luxury”

2016“Friends of Archaeology”?

What next ? Peru Waká or Cancuén? Or Quirigua & Copan ?

Now

Dinner at Nututun

two buses leaving shortly