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Reviving the Art of the Ancient Maya Forest Gardens
Tuesday, January 7, 2025 - 15:07
UC Santa Barbara Archaeologist Dr. Anabel Ford Works to Restore Ancient Forestry in Belize
For nearly half a century, Dr. Anabel Ford — archaeologist, research scientist, and director of UC Santa Barbara’s
MesoAmerican Research Center
— has dedicated her working life to questioning conventional wisdom about Maya agricultural practices.
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Maya Agroforestry by American Scientist
Monday, November 4, 2024 - 10:03
In 1972, I took a road trip from California to Belize and Guatemala, where I found myself mesmerized by the hot rains, flamboyant hammocks, brilliant colors of the forest, and fresh fruits from home gardens. During this trip, I was an undergraduate volunteer for an archaeological project in El Petén, Guatemala. At the time, I was just learning about Mesoamerica and the Maya and did not realize this area would become my life’s work.
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Maya Farms…in Nebraska?
Monday, April 22, 2024 - 01:12
Anja Nilsson explores the importance of sustainability with Luis Marcos, a Maya looking to build sustainability for his community in Nebraska.  The journey takes her from Omaha to the Maya forest where on the way she talks with Anabel Ford.
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UCSB Recognizing Maya Forest Gardener Narciso Torres, a Citizen Scientist from Belize’s El Pilar
Tuesday, January 3, 2023 - 12:00
UCSB’s Chancellor, Henry Yang, will bestow the university’s top medal upon Narciso Torres, a Maya forest gardener and longtime collaborator with archaeologist Anabel Ford who will receive the Chancellor’s Award on January 12. Chancellor Yang is highlighting the importance of different ways of knowing and seeing,” explains Ford, who’s built a legendary career around her discoveries at El Pilar in western Belize.
Articles:
The UC Santa Barbara Chancellor's Medal
by Voice Magazine
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Interview with Narciso Torres
Wednesday, December 7, 2022 - 12:00
The Morning Show invites Master Forest Gardener, Narcisso Torres, and Anabel Ford to talk about Narcisso being awarded by UCSB for the highest forthcoming award.
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Ancient Residues Tell Us Chocolate Wasn't Just For The Elite Maya
Thursday, October 20, 2022 - 08:30
New study suggests cacao was not limited to the elite in ancient Mesoamerica, as prior research has indicated.
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Not Just for the Gods
Monday, September 26, 2022 - 12:00
Among ancient Mayas, cacao was not a food exclusive to the elite, but was important — and common — to all.
A new study by UC Santa Barbara researchers Anabel Ford and Mattanjah de Vries asks these questions — and answers them — by examining cacao residues from ancient ceramics. Their results, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, demonstrate that cacao was, in fact, accessible to the general populace and was used in celebrations at all levels of society.
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The Enduring Legacy of the Maya
Saturday, May 7, 2022 - 00:00
Anabel Ford first encountered the ancient Maya settlement of El Pilar, which straddles the border between Guatemala and Belize, in 1983, and she has been working at the site ever since. El Pilar was filled with plazas, temples, and palaces, which were built from 800 BC to 1000 AD.
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RegeNErate Nebraska Introduces Milpa Seed Program With Network Partners to Offer FREE Seed to Landholders
Thursday, March 3, 2022 - 12:00
In a new partnership, in the spirit of regenerative agriculture, and with respect to the ancient Maya Milpa farming cycle, RegeNErate Nebraska is bringing you a special opportunity to grow your own Milpa garden.
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A Leafy Lifeline
Tuesday, November 9, 2021 - 09:00
The ancient Maya ate well, blessed as they were with forests teeming with edible plants, insects and game. Isotope analysis of collagen of human bones has led researchers to infer that the Maya consumed significant amounts of maize for carbohydrates and white-tailed deer for protein.
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CONTINUIDADES Y DISRUPCIONES EN LAS CULTURAS MAYAS: REFLEXIONES A TRAVÉS DEL TIEMPO
Friday, October 15, 2021 - 00:00
La investigación de Anabel Ford se centra en los antiguos mayas y el bosque tropical de Belice, Guatemala y México. Su trabajo de campo y de laboratorio se han enfocado a la zona superior del río Belice y El Pilar. Para investigar el desarrollo de la complejidad y el cambio en el uso de la tierra la dra.
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The Cultivated Landscape of the Maya Forest: Exploring Solutions Past with Anabel Ford
Wednesday, August 25, 2021 - 00:00
The cultivable landscape of the ancient Maya flourished in the shallow friable soils of the limestone uplands, avoiding soils that the conventional Western agricultural systems deem arable not recognizing the cultivable lands that do not use plows.
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El jardín forestal maya: ocho mil años manejando la selva
Thursday, June 24, 2021 - 00:00
Los mayas desarrollaron una agricultura sofisticada y sustentable a largo plazo. La milpa y el jardín forestal proveyó todas las necesidades de vida, desde las alimenticias hasta las utilitarias y medicinales. Únete a nuestro
#fblivestream
para charlas sobre este tema con los doctores Trabanino, Ford y Varela.
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Taking Archaeology to the Museum
Tuesday, June 8, 2021 - 00:00
NICH is bringing archaeology into the national museum and district houses of culture. The history of the Maya people, coupled with the benefits of forest gardening from a climate change standpoint, will be featured at the museum.
Although Dr. Anabel Ford was able to coordinate future field research and assist with exhibits on El Pilar and forest gardens, she departed early due to her husband's medical emergency as seen on
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NICH Partners with Organizations for the Development of a El Pillar Museum Exhibition
Tuesday, June 8, 2021 - 00:00
The National Institute of Culture and History (NICH) and the Exploring Solutions Past -The Maya Forest Alliance today signed a Memorandum of Understanding for the development of a Museum Exhibition showcasing the Forest Gardens and the Maya of El Pilar. The exhibition will symbolize the need for action as it relates to climate change and will show how to reduce temperature, maintain biodiversity, conserve water and build soil fertility.
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Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for Pilar
Tuesday, June 8, 2021 - 00:00
Advocate for the Mayan monument Dr. Anabel Ford and her team signed a memorandum of understanding (M.O.U.) with NICH to develop comprehensive and appealing exhibits aimed at teaching the public about climate and food security solutions from the past that seems tailor-made for the needs of the future.
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Conserving The American Tropics: Exploring The Cropscape Of The Ancient Maya
Tuesday, March 23, 2021 - 00:00
The environmental legacy of the ancient Maya is a controversial topic. Since at least the 19
th
Century, when widely published travelogues began revealing the wondrous monuments of Maya cities to Euro-American audiences, Western popular imagination has been captivated by Maya civilization, and especially tales of its demise.
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Anabel Ford and Cynthia Ellis Topsey Talk on El Pilar
Friday, February 12, 2021 - 18:00
Anabel Ford and Cynthia Ellis Topsey lecture about their collaborative work at the El Pilar Archaeological Reserve for may Flora and Fauna
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Heroes of the Maya Forest: Humanist Society
Tuesday, February 2, 2021 - 09:00
UCSB Professor Anabel Ford offered the Humanist Society a history of Maya Forest agriculture that continues to this day. And that can teach us lessons to use in sustainability in our modern world.
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Modeling Ancient Maya Landscapes
Friday, January 15, 2021 - 12:00
How LiDAR technology and traditional knowledge are converging to reveal the extent and complexity of ancient Maya settlement at El Pilar.
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Beyond Monuments: Ancient Maya Landscapes Revealed Through Technology
Friday, January 15, 2021 - 00:00
Scientists are now seeing, more than ever, what the ancient Maya created beyond the more visible monumental structures everyone sees today.
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Different Ways of Knowing and a Different Ways of Being: On a Path to Reawakening Legacy of the Maya Forest
Wednesday, September 16, 2020 - 00:00
Archaeological projects are in a special position to create unique partnerships, with shared goals and intentions, to development Maya anthropological archaeology. This narrative presents an education outreach project in archaeology invigorated with local collaboration.
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A new kind of Ford tough
Tuesday, August 18, 2020 - 12:00
Dr. Anabel Ford, research anthropologist and director of the UCSB MesoAmerican Research Center, has dedicated her career to documenting and preserving the ancient Maya city of El Pilar. Recently, a new grant award by the National Science Foundation will allow Dr. Ford and her team to conduct research into how the Maya built their ancient settlements.
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A Research Lifeline
Wednesday, August 12, 2020 - 00:00
Archaeologist Anabel Ford receives NSF grant to cover comprehensive work at Maya site El Pilar in Belize.
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Webinar Series on “Trending Technologies”
Tuesday, June 30, 2020 - 12:00
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El Jardin Forestal Maya: Ocho Milenios de Cultivo Sostenido de los Bosques Tropicales
Thursday, March 19, 2020 - 00:00
We are celebrating the announcement of our new Spanish translation of our book
and invite all to the event at La Casa del Pan in San Cristobal Las Casas, Chiapas,
Mexico!
Por considerarlo de su posible interés, me resulta grato enviar a usted
una atenta invitación para atender la presentación del libro
El Jardin Forestal Maya: Ocho Milenios de Cultivo Sostenido de los BosquesTropicales
Ronald Nigh/Anabel Ford
Comentan:
Dra Alma Amalia Gonzales (CIMSUR)
Dr Gilles Polian (CIESAS Sureste)
Dr Peter Rosset (ECOSUR)
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University of Nebraska Learns about El Pilar
Monday, March 9, 2020 - 17:30
Dr. Anabel Ford joins University of Nebraska for a talk on the cultivable landscape of the ancient Maya.
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Chaya Dinner With The Maya
Monday, February 3, 2020 - 00:00
We'd like to share footage from this past weekend on the live coverage from the closing of the "Chaya Dinner With The Maya" exhibit. Thank you to everyone who came out and supported the hard work put into the exhibit.
Open Your Eyes Interview Before The Exhibit
7 News Belize Video
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Invite to the GARIFUNA FOREST GARDENERS Celebration
Thursday, December 5, 2019 - 00:00
Wealth Untold
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El Pilar Archaeological Reserve for Maya Flora and Fauna
Monday, November 25, 2019 - 12:00
El Pilar is unique in that it is a system linked together east and west, thereby uniting one ancient Maya center in two modern nations: Guatemala and Belize. El Pilar is not merely a pyramid or a site. It is a whole region used by a community, and its size and composition suggest that it was directly related to farmland. The area was first mapped in 1983 by archaeologist Anabel Ford while studying settlement patterns in the region.
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Program Mesonet
Tuesday, November 12, 2019 - 12:00
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Chaya Dinner with the Maya
Thursday, October 31, 2019 - 12:00
¡Chaya! Dinner with the Maya! exhibit opened 31 October 2019. It was a for a lively evening of music and education from the Maya forest of Belize!  Learn about El Pilar, the useful plants of the Maya forest, and the heroes who are managing the forest as a garden. Use your imagination to reflect on our household belongings and how differences tell a cultural story.
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Dozens of Ancient Maya Farms Revealed by Laser Scanning
Monday, October 14, 2019 - 12:00
Using LiDAR technology, researchers have found a new network of canals and farmland that was used by the ancient Maya. LiDAR technology is able to get a very accurate picture of what the forest floor looks like and it has allowed geographers and archaeologists alike to find new features in the jungles where the Maya used to and continue to reside.
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Santa Barbara County Horticultural Society Talk
Monday, March 4, 2019 - 00:00
Dr. Anabel Ford on Exploring Solutions Past: The Maya Forest Garden as Action for Climate Change
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El Pilar: The World’s First Sustainable City, Built By The Maya
Wednesday, July 4, 2018 - 00:00
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7 News Belize
Wednesday, June 20, 2018 - 12:00
Dr. Anabel Ford and Cynthia Ellis Topsey, authors of The Maya Forest Garden talk about the importance of the mayan forest and the gardeners who help keep alive the ways of the ancient Maya. The two authors stress the importance of supporting the Maya forest gardeners in order to preserve the wider landscape around the El Pilar site.
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The Takeaway: For the Ancients, and for Us, Sustainability Could be a Virtue
Thursday, May 31, 2018 - 12:00
In a large panel discussion, UCSB archaeologist Anabel Ford, Princeton political scientist Melissa Lane, and Yale historian Joseph Manning engage in a discussion about sustainability in both an ancient and modern context. Drawing on the knowledge of all three panelists, a conversation between how ancient civilizations handled the challenge of being sustainable lead to a criticism of how humanity tackles the issue today.
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In the Green Room: Archaeologist Anabel Ford
Tuesday, May 8, 2018 - 12:00
Dr. Anabel Ford sits down with Zocalo Public Square to talk about the origins of her interest in the Maya, her life abroad, and her overall experience as “a California teenager in Lebanon.”
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Teaching Exhibition: Pre-Columbian Arts of the Americas
Monday, April 2, 2018 - 12:00
The UCSB Library will be having an exhibition inside the Art & Architecture Collection in collaboration with the MesoAmerican Research Center and the Art, Design, & Architecture Museum. The exhibition will show not only several MesoAmerican art pieces but will also compare how people live now in several situations versus how the ancient Maya lived through kitchenware comparison.
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Santa Barbara Foundation Donor Spotlight
Thursday, February 23, 2017 - 16:00
Trudging through the dense tropical forest of El Pilar, an ancient Maya city located on the Belize-Guatemala border, Dr. Anabel Ford was set on one task and one task only: finding water. Ford, who is recognized as the archaeologist who rediscovered El Pilar, knew that finding water in the Maya Forest was rare. Having led the mapping of the region, however, she also knew that there was a small stream nearby and she was determined to find it.
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Nepris Ancient Maya Presentation
Monday, January 30, 2017 - 16:00
January 30, 2017.
Nepris,
www.nepris.com
, a resource that connects classrooms to professionals, invited Dr. Anabel Ford to speak to a middle school class from Cleveland, Ohio. Dr. Ford was able to communicate directly with the group of middle school students through video chat and a shared PowerPoint presentation.
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Pacific Coast Archaeological Society Lecture
Wednesday, January 11, 2017 - 16:00
Monthly lecture meetings feature noted
archaeologists
and anthropologists who provide insight into a variety of topics. Lecture meetings are held at the Irvine Ranch Water District Community Room, 15500 Sand Canyon Avenue (between the I-5 and I-405) in Irvine, on the second Thursday of each month, at 7:30 pm. Meetings are free and open to the public.
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El Camino College talk
Wednesday, November 16, 2016 - 16:00
On Thursday at 12:50 in the Haag Recital Hall noted anthropological
archaeologist
Anabel
Ford of
UCSB
will give a presentation of her thoughts on the topic on the collapse of Lowland Maya Civilization 1200 years ago. She will challenge current theories of the collapse that involve drought and self-caused environmental destruction. Dr.
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Rolex 40th Anniversary: 2000 Associate Laureate
Sunday, November 13, 2016 - 16:00
Anabel
Ford: 2000 Associate Laureate, Cultural Heritage
Archaeologist
and anthropologist
Anabel
Ford has spent four decades studying the Maya civilization, principally at the vast and ancient city of El
Pilar
, which she discovered on the border of today’s Belize and Guatemala.
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Mayan Mapping Project Seeks Crowd Funding
Wednesday, October 19, 2016 - 17:00
Experiment.com is a website dedicated to helping fund the next wave of scientific research.  Bill Gates has endorsed the site saying, “This solution helps close the gap for potential and promising, but unfunded projects.” The platform is similar to the well known
Kickstarter
, only for funding scientific discoveries.
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Pantropica Event and Article Mention
Sunday, October 2, 2016 - 17:00
From the Late Pleistocene onwards our species expanded into the full diversity of the world’s environments. One of these, tropical rainforests, has traditionally been seen as a barrier to long-term human occupation and human migration.
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Award of Excellence at 2016 Catalina Film Festival
Friday, September 30, 2016 - 17:00
A documentary film highlighting Ford's decades-long work at the ancient city site and surrounding forest, "El
Pilar
: Preserving the Maya Legacy," premiered Oct. 1, at the Catalina Film Festival. The film, which received the Award of Excellence in the conservation category, can be viewed online at
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Archaeology Under The Canopy
Wednesday, September 28, 2016 - 12:00
UCSB's Anabel Ford has devoted her career to conservation and research at the ancient Maya city
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CounterPunch article: Resurgent Mexico
Sunday, July 24, 2016 - 17:00
This article discusses the politics behind environmentalism and mentions Ford and Nigh's book throughout. Quincy Saul, of
CounterPunch
, presents the idea of the Maya forest garden as a solution to some of Mexico's ecological, political, and social issues.
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The Place Called El Pilar, Confidence Building Through Archaeology?
Sunday, July 3, 2016 - 17:00
Symposium. That's where the local and international academics converge every year for to discuss the work they've been doing along side NICH. And while the symposium had them sitting in a conference hall, their work is in the field, digging in the dirt for clues to the ancient past. But, one archaeologist's work on an ancient site is very connected to the present. That's Dr. Anabel Ford, who discovered the El Pilar Site in the early 80's and has been working there for at least three decades.
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Katun Celebration
Saturday, July 2, 2016 - 17:00
Twenty years ago, a full
Katun
, launched the establishment of the boundaries of the El
Pilar
Archaeological
Reserve for Maya Flora and Fauna.
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Presentation of Maya Forest Garden book
Thursday, June 30, 2016 - 17:00
Presentation of
Maya Forest Garden
book at the Instituto Guatemalteco Americano.
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The Maya Forest Garden, Ramon Trees and Surviving Climate Change
Thursday, June 9, 2016 - 17:00
You may be wondering, “Now what is she going on about?”. Well, if you bear with me, I’d like to tell you about a revolutionary theory that proves that the Maya didn’t destroy their forest as the majority of scholars believe, but survived in an era of climate change and drought by practicing sustainable cultivation of the Maya forest for…eight millennia! Yes, eight thousand years!!
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House of Culture in San Ignacio observes International Museum Day
Wednesday, May 18, 2016 - 17:00
An open day on the El
Pilar
Maya Forest Gardens was held at the National Institute of Culture and History building on Buena Vista Street in San Ignacio Town on Wednesday of this week. The event coincides with the International Museum Day 2016, which celebrates museums and cultural landscapes around the World.
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Ministro José Luis Chea Urruela visita sitio arqueológico El Pilar
Tuesday, May 17, 2016 - 17:00
El sitio arqueológico El Pilar, ubicado en Petén, recibió la visita del Ministro de Cultura y Deportes, José Luis Chea Urruela y autoridades del Viceministerio de Patrimonio Cultural y Natural para conocer los proyectos de conservación y rescate de este lugar. El recorrido realizado hoy, contó también con la presencia de autoridades locales y periodistas de medios nacionales. La actividad estuvo guiada por la arqueóloga Anabel Ford, quien tiene a cargo el proyecto arqueológico.
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The FunkZone Podcast with Ted Mills and Anabel Ford
Saturday, March 26, 2016 - 00:00
Your host and Anabel Ford in her office. Archeologist who discovered the "forest gardens" of the Maya!
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The Funk Zone Podcast
Tuesday, March 22, 2016 - 17:00
Today on the show we have ethnographer and author
Anabel
Ford, who spends her time between
UCSB
and El
Pilar
, and archeological site on the
Belize-Guatamala
border. El
Pilar
is an ancient Maya city, and in 1983
Anabel
was the first archeologist to map it.
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Uncovering the Citadel of El Pilar
Sunday, March 20, 2016 - 17:00
Walking through this ancient Central American jungle landscape might be a puzzling, yet surprisingly delightful experience for a first-time visitor. You don’t clearly see the well-defined, great stone pyramids, ball-courts, temples, and other monuments so often attributed to great ancient Maya centers. But you see a tropical terrain that is anything but flat. There is a jungle-shrouded mound here, another one over there. A well-planned walking path winds through what one could describe as the Maya version of the Garden of Eden.
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Mayan Gardening Publication Launched By Renowned Archeologist
Monday, March 14, 2016 - 17:00
Dynamic Rene Villanueva of Love Foundation was the Master of Ceremony that featured the work of archaeologist, Dr. Anabel Ford who has closely collaborated with Maya forest gardeners in the Cayo District over the past three decades.
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News from The Maya Forest and El Pilar
Sunday, February 28, 2016 - 16:00
With each opportunity I have to present Ronald Nigh and my new book,
The Maya Forest Garden
, there has been an increasing awareness of the contradictions between the exalted ancient Maya and the vilified
milpa
cycle.
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Anthropologist challenges traditional view of Maya civilization
Thursday, February 25, 2016 - 16:00
American archaeologist and anthropologist Anabel Ford has spent four decades studying the Maya civilization, principally at El Pilar, the ancient city she discovered on the border of today’s Belize and Guatemala. She also carries out research on Maya culture, which she describes as “one of the world’s greatest civilizations”, at the University of California, Santa Barbara, where she is Director of the MesoAmerican Research Center and President of the non-profit Exploring Solutions Past.
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Mayan Gardening Publication Launched By Renowned Archeologist
Sunday, February 14, 2016 - 16:00
Doctor
Anabel
Ford is an archeologist, who having discovered El
Pilar
in the west, has put in at least two decades of research arguing that the Maya’s
milpa
cycle is one of the same with the forest. She maintains that the practice of the Mayas in cultivating ‘forest gardens’, involved sequencing an area from a closed canopy forest to an open field.
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The Maya Forest Garden with Anabel Ford Ph.D - Jan 9
Friday, January 8, 2016 - 16:00
1 PM to 2 PM,
followed at 2 PM with a free docent-led tour.
San Luis Obispo Botanical Garden
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Maya Forest Garden: Archaeology Under the Canopy - Jan 4
Sunday, January 3, 2016 - 16:00
Anabel
Ford, Ph.D.
University of California, Santa Barbara
Monday, Jan 4 at 7:30 p.m.,
Fleischmann
Auditorium
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Book Signing With Author Anabel Ford - Nov 23
Sunday, November 22, 2015 - 16:00
Chaucer’s Bookstore presents The Maya Forest Garden Book Signing With Author
Anabel
Ford
Chaucer’s Bookstore 3321 State Street, Santa Barbara CA 93105
Join us at
7pm
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Maya No Mystery to Her
Wednesday, November 18, 2015 - 16:00
In 2001, I traveled to the Belize-Guatemala border to report on
UCSB
archaeologist
Anabel
Ford’s many discoveries at El
Pilar
, the Maya monument complex she uncovered in 1983.
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The Cultivated Maya
Monday, November 16, 2015 - 16:00
History has not been kind to the Maya, an indigenous people of
Mesoamerica
. They’re usually portrayed as the hapless victims of European colonialism who collapsed and disappeared as a result of overpopulation and environmental degradation.
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Origen Del Maíz Y Su Diversidad
Wednesday, October 7, 2015 - 17:00
Además
de
domesticarlo
México
dio
origen
al
maíz
y a
su
magnífica
diversidad
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Book Presentation - Oct 2, 5:00pm
Thursday, October 1, 2015 - 17:00
CIESAS-Sureste
invites you to a book presentation
The Maya Forest Garden: Eight Millennia of Sustainable Cultivation of the Tropical Woodlands
by
Anabel
Ford and Ronald Nigh with music
Moderator:
Dr.
Renzo
D'Alessandro
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Celebrating the Milpa of Mesoamerica: Sept 25-29
Thursday, September 24, 2015 - 17:00
At Universidad
Nacional
Autonoma
de Mexico ~
UNAM
, Mexico City
Instituto
de
Biología
UNAM
and the
Jardin
Botanico
hosts the program
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Presentación de libro “The Maya Forest Garden”
Tuesday, July 21, 2015 - 17:00
Presentación
de
libro
“The Maya Forest Garden”
Anabel
Ford
Miércoles
22 de
julio
19:00
horas
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Laguna Blanca School’s Planned Trip to Belize to Include Archaeological, Cultural Enrichment
Sunday, July 12, 2015 - 17:00
Laguna Blanca School teachers Arturo Flores and Blake
Dorfman
were in Belize to meet with
Anabel
Ford Ph.D., director of
UC
Santa Barbara’s
MesoAmerican
Research Center, learning far more about the Maya than one would by simply walking the monuments.
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Laguna Blanca School Scouts Out Maya, El Pilar for Experiental Learning Trip
Friday, July 10, 2015 - 17:00
Arriving in Belize after a long series of overnight flights from Santa Barbara, adventurous
Laguna Blanca School
teachers Blake Dorfman and Arturo Flores met
Anabel Ford Ph.D.
of
UC Santa Barbara’s MesoAmerican Research Center
for an introduction to the tropical world of
El Pilar
in western Belize and the Peten of Guatemala.
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Mysterious Maya ‘citadel’ begins to reveal its secrets
Tuesday, June 30, 2015 - 17:00
Located within the
Belize River
region and spread across the imaginary border between Guatemala and Belize, the ancient Maya site of
El
Pilar
features an unusual and mysterious ancient construction complex that has
archaeologists
jumping for answers.
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A Citadel In El Pilar?
Monday, March 30, 2015 - 17:00
There has been a new and unusual discovery at the El Pilar Maya site located at the Belize- Guatemala border. According to an article from "Popular Archaeology" a structure never observed before was found at the site last year. Archaeologist Anabel Ford from the University of California says that "We discovered a completely new component of the greater site that does not meet with any traditional expectations.
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Archaeologist Discovers Mysterious Ancient Maya Citadel
Wednesday, March 25, 2015 - 17:00
For three decades,
archaeologist
Anabel
Ford has been exploring and studying the ancient Maya site of El
Pilar
, but until now she has never encountered anything like the ‘Citadel’.
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CHAYA: THE HIGH PROTEIN GREENS YOU’VE NEVER HEARD OF
Friday, March 13, 2015 - 17:00
Chaya
Cnidoscolus
chayamansa
) commonly called Tree Spinach is a very nutritious plant with high protein, iron, calcium, phosphorus, and vitamins. Reaching 3 meters (10 feet high)
Chaya
has maple-shaped leaves that are delicious steamed or cooked.
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Santa Barbara Community Seed Swap
Saturday, January 24, 2015 - 16:00
El
Pilar
will be featured at the Seed Swap on January 25!
7th
Annual Santa Barbara Community Seed Swap
Sunday, January 25, 2015
11-3pm
, Free
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The Ancient Maya and their Forest: A Co-Creative Landscape
Wednesday, December 10, 2014 - 16:00
Join us on Thursday, December 11, at 7:30 p.m. at the
Sesnon
House at
Cabrillo
College for a talk by Dr.
Anabel
Ford, “The Ancient Maya and their Forest: A Co-Creative Landscape.”
Please note that this event will take place on the second Thursday of the month, December 11.
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Using Cutting-edge LiDAR at El Pilar Belize-Guatemala ~ There is still a need for Archaeologists!
Sunday, October 5, 2014 - 17:00
Monday, October 6, 2014
7:30 PM
Farrand
Hall Santa Barbara Natural History Museum
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La Selva es mi Casa— The Jungle is my House
Wednesday, August 20, 2014 - 17:00
Para el
maya
antiguo
el  mono
saraguate
fue
considerado
una
divinidad
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Geology
Tuesday, July 22, 2014 - 12:00
A study that includes a focus of analyzing Late Classic Maya pottery to determine if it contains traces of ash from the Tierra Blanca Joven eruption.
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Subsistencia Maya Antigua : El Ciclo de Milpa y el Co -Creación de la Selva Maya
Thursday, July 17, 2014 - 17:00
11AM
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Anabel Ford at the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden
Friday, June 20, 2014 - 17:00
June 21: Revisiting the Wisdom of Maya Food Forest Gardeners
Ancient farming practices at an archeological site near Belize and Guatemala
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Volcanic Evidence Only Deepens Ancient Maya Pottery Mystery
Sunday, June 1, 2014 - 17:00
Tough and tiny zircon crystals have helped researchers rule out an enormous volcanic blast as the source of ash used to make Maya pottery, deepening this long-running
archaeological
mystery.
"While we're a little sad not to have solved the mystery, we're really confident we can say the most likely source quite conclusively isn't a match," said lead author Kevin Coffey, a geology master's student at the University of California, Los Angeles.
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Volcanic Evidence Opens New Maya Mystery
Thursday, May 29, 2014 - 17:00
Tough and tiny zircon crystals have helped researchers rule out an enormous volcanic blast as the source of ash used to make Maya pottery, deepening this long-running
archaeological
mystery.
"While we're a little sad not to have solved the mystery, we're really confident we can say the most likely source quite conclusively isn't a match," said lead author Kevin Coffey, a geology master's student at the University of California, Los Angeles.
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Anabel Ford Lectures in South Africa
Thursday, February 20, 2014 - 16:00
Anabel
Ford presented her lecture,
The Ancient Maya and Their Forest: A Co-Creative Landscape
, at the University of
Witwatersrand
in Johannesburg, South Africa.
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The 6th Annual Santa Barbara Community Seed Swap
Saturday, January 25, 2014 - 16:00
Join Santa Barbara
Permaculture
Network as it hosts the
6th
Annual Santa Barbara Community Seed Swap
, with two events.
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Anabel Ford at the AAA Annual Meeting
Thursday, November 21, 2013 - 16:00
American Anthropological Association
112th
Annual Meeting
"Future Publics, Current Engagements"
The Conundrum of Volcanic Ash temper in Ancient Maya Ceramics
Anabel
Ford
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El Pilar 30th Anniversary Celebration!
Friday, October 25, 2013 - 17:00
El
Pilar
is having its
30th
anniversary. Yes, it might be more like 1730 years since it was at its height in the early Classic Period, but the site has been open to the public for 30 years. There will be events and presentations October 25-26, including exhibitions and hikes through the ancient city. Of course
Anabel
Ford, one of the key founders of the site, will be there to participate in the festivities.
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Ciclo de Conferencias Magistrales
Sunday, October 20, 2013 - 17:00
An international panel on constructing sustainable life.
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Anabel Ford at the UCSB Center for Spacial Studies
Monday, October 14, 2013 - 17:00
The
UCSB
brown-bag forum on spatial thinking presents
Anabel
Ford
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Society for Ecological Restoration International 2013 Session 1.06 Symposium
Wednesday, October 9, 2013 - 17:00
The Maya Forest Garden: Conservation Landscape for the Future
Thursday, October
10th
10:
30am-12
30pm
Session 1.06  ~  Hall of Ideas J
Chair:
Anabel
Ford (Exploring Solutions Past)
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Experience at the Equator
Friday, September 13, 2013 - 17:00
Eduardo
Neves
, a prominent Brazilian
archaeologist
and
Stéphen
Rostain
, a French
archaeologist
organizing the congress in Quito peaked my interest when we met for breakfast at the Society for American
Archaeology
in Hawaii a
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Encuentro Internacional de Arqueología Amazónica
Saturday, September 7, 2013 - 17:00
El
Encuentro
Internacional
de
Arqueología
Amazónica
more
Simposio de Investigaciones Arqueológicas en Guatemala
Sunday, July 21, 2013 - 17:00
Simposio
de
Investigaciones
Arqueológicas
en Guatemala 22 al 26 de
julio
2013
more
11th Belize Archaeology Symposium
Monday, July 1, 2013 - 17:00
Using Cutting-edge
LiDAR
Technology to Discover Ancient Maya Households and Settlement Patterns at El
Pilar
more
Education Week at El Pilar and the Känan K’aax Maya Forest Garden
Sunday, May 12, 2013 - 17:00
Each May, Belize celebrates Education Week. In the spirit of this national event, the Santa Barbara-based nonprofit,
Exploring Solutions Past
, has participated by coordinating tours of El
Pilar
Archaeological
Reserve, giving presentations at local schools and leading hands-on garden activities in the villages.
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Dr. Ford’s visit to the Beirut and Ahliah School
Sunday, March 3, 2013 - 03:20
My visit to Beirut was remarkable. It was 36 years ago that I lived there, my father a visiting professor in sociology at the
American University of Beirut
. My experience living in Beirut and becoming familiar with the Middle East was a pivotal time in my learning. It seems that I found my interests in traditions and ancient life ways while traveling around the region. I gained rudimentary Arabic, enough to shop and bargain.
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Teaching Secrets of Conservation and Prosperity in the Maya Forest
Thursday, February 28, 2013 - 16:00
Conservation of our scarce natural and cultural resources is the major issue of the
21st
Century. Deforestation is one common threat, and nowhere is this graver than in the tropical forests. Protecting the tropics has become a major concern in past decades, yet it has been with an approach that rests on the western conservation model of removing the human element from the equation. Is this our best option? Perhaps we should explore solutions past.
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Guatemala’s Maya Monument Backdrop for Tikal Map Project Reunion
Thursday, February 14, 2013 - 16:00
Anabel
Ford invites members of the Carr & Hazard 1962
Tikal
Report No. 11 revisit
Tikal
and discuss the challenges presented in the heritage management.
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Dr. Ford's visit to the Ahliah School
Monday, January 28, 2013 - 16:00
On a professional visit to the Middle East, Dr. Ford participated in the
th
World Archeological Congress in Jordan and gave a lecture at the
AUB
museum in January 2013 on her work on the El
Pilar
project. Dr. Ford wanted to spend a day at
Ahliah
School, her alma mater.
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Weekend Pilgrimage to Petra -Noozhawk
Friday, January 25, 2013 - 16:00
Dr. Ford's
Noozhawk
article detailing her excursion to
Wadi
Rum and the ancient city of Petra.
more
Lecture at the Archaeological Museum of the American University of Beirut
Tuesday, January 22, 2013 - 16:00
Dr.
Anabel
Ford gives a lecture at the
Archaeological
Museum of the American University of Beirut
Mysteries of the Maya Explored
Abstract
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World Archaeological Congress
Wednesday, January 16, 2013 - 16:00
Session 4.1F: Consumers, producers, or interactive partners? Toward
multivocality
in participatory
archaeology
Abstract
more
Visit Our Blogspot!
Monday, December 31, 2012 - 16:00
For latest up-to-date new please visit ElPilarPrograms.Blogspot.com
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Anabel Ford: How the World Failed to End on Dec. 21
Tuesday, December 25, 2012 - 16:00
Short piece in
Noozhawk
by
Anabel
Ford about the end of the world 2012.
more
Canadian Museum of Civilization presents Maya Lecture Series
Wednesday, October 17, 2012 - 17:00
Canadian Museum of Civilization presents Maya Lecture Series
The Ancient Maya and Their Forest: A Co-Creative Landscape
Illustrated talk by
Anabel
Ford, Director of the
MesoAmerican
Research Center and Associated Anthropologist at the University of California, Santa Barbara
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USAC School of History learns about Archaeology Under the Canopy
Monday, February 27, 2012 - 16:00
Anabel
Ford lectures at the School of History, Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala,
USAC
. The University is in
Zona
12 and has more than 100,000 students. In the School of History there are about 15,000 students;
archaeology
and anthropology are among the smallest units. Dr.
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What's the big deal about the Maya Calendar and 2012?
Thursday, December 29, 2011 - 16:00
An
Archaeological
View on Maya 2012
Anabel
Ford gives an
archaeologist's
perspective on the Maya Calendar and the public fear surrounding its end in 2012.
more
Interview with Dr. Anabel Ford
Wednesday, November 30, 2011 - 16:00
Listen to an interview with
Archaeologist
Anabel
Ford on the
ISI
(It's So Interesting) Network
more
Maya Forestry for Future Generations
Monday, November 21, 2011 - 16:00
Rolex Awards for Enterprise
Maya Forestry for Future Generations
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Researchers Uncovering Much More Than Monuments at Ancient Maya Site of El Pilar
Monday, July 4, 2011 - 17:00
Discoveries at the ancient Maya site of El
Pilar
may portend a new model for doing
archaeology
and set a standard for sustainability for the world.
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Lecture at the University of Texas
Thursday, February 3, 2011 - 16:00
The University of Texas at Austin, Department of Geography and the Environment
presents
The Ancient Maya and their Forest: A Co-Creative Landscape by Dr.
Anabel
Ford
more
UCSB Studies Ancient Maya City
Tuesday, January 25, 2011 - 16:00
The nearly six-year-old agreement between
UCSB
and the Central American country of Belize to protect and research the ancient Maya city of El
Pilar
was officially renewed during a ceremony on Monday.
more
Maya Research Resumes
Monday, January 24, 2011 - 16:00
UCSB
signed an agreement with
Belizean
dignitaries yesterday to launch a new collaborative preservation program in the ancient Maya city of El
Pilar
more
Signing of the Memorandum of Understanding
Sunday, January 23, 2011 - 16:00
NICH
National Institute of Culture and History, Belize
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UCSB, Belize to Sign Agreement for Continuing Maya Research
Wednesday, January 19, 2011 - 16:00
Dignitaries from Belize will travel to Santa Barbara later this month to join
UCSB
in signing a Memorandum of Understanding to support a collaborative research program at the ancient Maya city of El
Pilar
and to launch a management program titled
“Archaeology
Under the Canopy.”
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Signing Memorandum Of Understanding on El Pilar
Wednesday, January 19, 2011 - 12:00
Dignitaries from Belize will travel to Santa Barbara later this month to join UC Santa Barbara in signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to support a collaborative research program at the ancient Maya city of El Pilar and to launch a management program titled "Archaeology Under the Canopy."
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Anthropology Student Looks to the Ancient Mayans to Save Our Future
Wednesday, July 21, 2010 - 17:00
University of
Arkansas Examiner
UALR
anthropology
student, Jessica
Perren
, is working with a team who is uncovering knowledge in the Mayan city of El
Pilar
that could potentially supply the world with limitless food sources, save the forests and protect endangered species.
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Learning from the Ancients
Thursday, July 15, 2010 - 17:00
A great article in
Pacific Standard
Magazine discusses Dr.
Anabel
Ford and her work at El
Pilar
A leading
archaeologist’s
take on the pre-European Maya discounts ‘ecocide’ and suggests the people were actually astute stewards of the jungle who could teach us a thing or two
-Arnie
Cooper
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Society for American Archaeology 75th Anniversary Meeting
Saturday, April 17, 2010 - 17:00
SYMPOSIUM
Paleodemography
: Advances and New Trends in Agricultural Population in
MesoAmerica
Anabel
Ford—The Sustainable Landscape of the Ancient Maya
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Now Online: Anabel Ford Discusses Ancient Maya on “Intents & Purposes”
Tuesday, January 19, 2010 - 16:00
On Tuesday’s “Intents & Purposes” broadcast, Levi
Maaia
and Tim
Grigsby
spoke with the director of
UCSB’s
Meso
American Research Center and the recipient of the 2000 Rolex Award for Enterprise, Dr.
Anabel
Ford.
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Dr. Anabel Ford on KCLU Radio
Monday, January 4, 2010 - 16:00
KCLU
Radio
UCSB
researcher has different theory on
archaeological
controversy
1/5/2010 10:
10am
more
Mayas Saving Maya Culture
Monday, December 14, 2009 - 16:00
The
Archaeology
Channel
presents
Mayas Saving Maya Culture: Video
more
Ancient Mayans were nature lovers, not destroyers
Friday, December 11, 2009 - 16:00
Daily News and Analysis reported that
Archaeologists
are reexamining the decline of the Maya and realizing that the ancient civilization did not destroy their environment.
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UCSB Archaeologist Disputes Common Belief About Collapse of Maya Civilization
Tuesday, December 8, 2009 - 16:00
UC
Santa Barbara News Release
UCSB
Archaeologist
Disputes Common Belief About Collapse of Maya
Civilization
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Archaeological Sites in the Maya Area: A Conservation Challenge
Monday, November 30, 2009 - 16:00
The Getty Conservation Institute
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Sébastien Merlet: A study on the use of Geographic Information Systems
Thursday, July 9, 2009 - 17:00
A Maya Predictive Model:
A study on the use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in a multi-scale
archaeological
project
Sébastien
Merlet
turns in his amazing Masters’ dissertation in Spatial Engineering, focusing on the Maya forest GIS, the predictive model of Maya settlements and our first estimations of population and agricultural land use.
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Living History at El Pilar
Wednesday, May 27, 2009 - 17:00
El
Pilar
Blog
Collaborative reconstruction of the Model Maya House at El
Pilar
more
El Pilar Highlighted in Guatemala News
Friday, May 1, 2009 - 17:00
The Guatemala Times
A Guatemala news source highlights the El
Pilar
Archaeological
Reserve for Maya Flora and Fauna and the work done by Dr.
Anabel
Ford and her team.
more
The Landscape of the Maya Forest: A Friendly, Local, Community Store
Wednesday, April 15, 2009 - 17:00
PANEL DISCUSSION: The Landscape of the Maya Forest: A Friendly, Local, Community Store
Macduff
Everton
(Photographer)
Anabel
Ford (
ISBER
UCSB
Caroline
MacDougall
(Herbal Coffee Expert)
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El Pilar and the Secret to Balancing Conservation and Cultural Prosperity in the Maya Forest
Monday, March 16, 2009 - 17:00
Dr. Ford presents at the Society for Applied Anthropology
69th
Annual Meeting
more
Women’s Festivals celebrating International Women’s Day
Saturday, March 7, 2009 - 16:00
Dr.
Anabel
Ford speaks on Sustainable Life Lessons of Ancient Maya Cultures hosted on
Corwin
Pavilion at the University of California, Santa Barbara
more
International Women's Day Conference
Monday, March 2, 2009 - 16:00
Dr. Anabel Ford speaks on The El Pilar Peace Park Initiative for International Women’s Day at the University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland
more
Community Seed Swap
Friday, January 30, 2009 - 16:00
Community Seed Swap (International Seed Swap Day): booth featuring ESP~Maya and Maya Forest Garden. Alameda Park, downtown Santa Barbara
more
El Pilar Blog Launch
Wednesday, January 28, 2009 - 16:00
more
A feature of the 2009 El Pilar field season
Friday, January 23, 2009 - 16:00
Archaeological
Digs Blog
Understanding Maya Land Use at El
Pilar
more
Past Horizons: Colouring the Past at El Pilar (page 20)
Wednesday, December 31, 2008 - 16:00
more
A Peace Park at El Pilar
Friday, October 31, 2008 - 17:00
UC Santa Barbara TODAY (Fall 2008) - Page 14 features an article on the progress toward establishing the binational peace park at El Pilar
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Landmark El Pilar Peace Park Agreement Signed
Monday, October 27, 2008 - 17:00
UCSB Archaeologist Anabel Ford Unites Belize and Guatemala with Maya Culture, Sustainable Farming, and Cross-Border Peace
more
UCSB Researcher brokers deal for international protection for lost Mayan city
Wednesday, October 22, 2008 - 17:00
KCLU
more
Bienvenida/Welcome Reception for the Guatemala Dignitaries, Ministry of Culture
Monday, October 20, 2008 - 17:00
Hector Escobedo, Erick Ponciano and Vilma Fialko, as our honored guests at the Santa Barbara Court Housecosponsored by 1st District Supervisor, Salud Carbajal
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Agreement Paves the Way for Archaeological Peace Park at El Pilar
Sunday, October 19, 2008 - 17:00
Three dignitaries from Guatemala will travel to Santa Barbara this week to join
UC
Santa Barbara in signing a Memorandum of Understanding (
MOU
) that will establish a collaborative research program at the ancient Maya city of El
Pilar
and launch the El
Pilar
Peace Park Initiative.
more
BELIZE joins with Guatemala over border Mayan ruins of EL PILAR
Thursday, October 16, 2008 - 17:00
Guatemala - BELIZE. The Mayan City of El Pilar was first mapped out by archeologist Anabel Ford in 1983. Anabel Ford had been working in the Mayan jungle since 1972 as a researcher from University of California, Santa Barbara, UCSB. The Archaeological site El Pilar straddles the borders of Belize and Guatemala.
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Guatemalas Mayan City El Pilar and the Peace Park Initiative
Wednesday, October 15, 2008 - 17:00
Guatemala. The Mayan City of El
Pilar
was first mapped out by archeologist
Anabel
Ford in 1983.
Anabel
Ford had been working in the Mayan jungle since 1972 as a researcher from University of California, Santa Barbara,
UCSB
more
New Pilar Dig Site Opens
Wednesday, October 15, 2008 - 17:00
Twenty-five years ago, a
UCSB
explorer discovered ancient Maya ruins straddling the border between Guatemala and Belize. This Wednesday, the site will officially become the first
archaeological
peace park in the world.
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Agreement Between UCSB and Guatemala Paves the Way for Archaeological Peace Park
Wednesday, October 8, 2008 - 17:00
(Santa Barbara, Calif.) – Three dignitaries from Guatemala will travel to Santa Barbara later this month to join UC Santa Barbara in signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that will establish a collaborative research program at the ancient Maya city of El Pilar and launch the El Pilar Peace Park Initiative.
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Origins of Maya pottery material remain mysterious
Monday, October 6, 2008 - 17:00
The chemical composition of the volcanic ash used to make Maya pottery could help researchers determine where potters obtained their raw materials.
more
Coloring the past: the El Pilar Maya Forest Garden Coloring Book Project
Thursday, July 3, 2008 - 17:00
World
Archaeology
Congress
Anabel
Ford presents her paper on
Coloring the Past
in the
WAC6
session titled
Perspectives on the past:
archaeology
beyond academics
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Local Archaeologist explores Maya history
Wednesday, October 10, 2007 - 17:00
UC
Santa Barbara archeologist who's been studying the ancient Maya people for more than two decades says they might set examples for us today when it comes to environmentalism.
KCLU's
Lance
Orozco
has the story.
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The Mayas’ Ancient Eco-Wisdom
Wednesday, October 10, 2007 - 17:00
Santa Barbara Independent
UCSB
Archaeologist
Anabel
Ford Brings the El
Pilar
Forest Gardeners to Town
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Presentation by Dr Anabel Ford at Museo Popol Vuh, Guatemala
Wednesday, June 20, 2007 - 17:00
Anabel
Ford, con base en
estudios
arqueológicos
explica
acerca
del
origen
migraciones
condiciones
more
Colouring book promotes pride in Maya forest
Tuesday, February 6, 2007 - 16:00
Channel 5, Belize
The ancient Maya site of El
Pilar
near Bullet Tree Village may not boast the tallest buildings or most valuable artifacts but as a continuing source of education for
Belizeans
the place is definitely on top. News Five Janelle
Chanona
reports.
more
Launch of Maya Forest Garden Coloring Book
Tuesday, February 6, 2007 - 16:00
Channel 7 News, Belize
NICH
Launches Maya Forest Garden Coloring Book
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Monolingual Maya Thoughts on Apocalypto UCSB’s Maya Expert Anabel Ford Digests Mel Gibson’s New Flick
Sunday, December 17, 2006 - 16:00
UCSB’s
Maya Expert
Anabel
Ford Digests Mel Gibson’s New Flick
Santa Barbara Independent
On a need-to-know basis as a Maya
archaeologist
, I joined the full theater-opening weekend in Santa Barbara of
Apocalypto
, directed by
Mel Gibson
. What I found was…
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Unsung stewards of the earth: UCSB Archeologist Anabel Ford Rewrites the Book on Maya Farming Practices
Thursday, November 16, 2006 - 16:00
Santa Barbara Independent
The view of the Maya as ecologically self-destructive is entrenched. Most recently, the geographer Jared Diamond used it in Collapse, his bestselling book about the various ways societies bring about their own disintegration. But Ford, who has spent the last 20 years studying the Maya, remains unconvinced. The bedrock of her skepticism—and her article—is a simple fact, but one she believes holds profound implications. It is, namely, that 90 percent of the modern Maya forest is human-influenced, or anthropogenic.
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Sumergido en un jardín forestal
Saturday, July 29, 2006 - 17:00
Arbustos
helechos
arboles
ademas
de
una
gran
variedad
de
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Management Regime Signed for El Pilar
Tuesday, February 28, 2006 - 16:00
It's an important Mayan site, bordering Belize and Guatemala, but, sadly, every time we hear about El
Pilar
, the news is about some kind of illegal activity in the border area, usually violent armed assaults of nearby residents or tourists by cross border bandits. But all that is about to change because
Pilar
is coming under a tri-partite management regime.
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Fiesta El Pilar with visiting Belizean dignitaries as special guests
Friday, October 14, 2005 - 17:00
The annual celebration of
UC
Santa Barbara's research and conservation activities at the El
Pilar
Maya cultural site in Belize and Guatemala will be held Saturday, October 15, from 2 to 7 p.m. at the
Sedgwick
Reserve in Santa
Ynez
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Annual 'Fiesta El Pilar' on Oct. 15 at Sedgwick Reserve to Celebrate UCSB's Maya Research and Conservation Project
Tuesday, September 27, 2005 - 14:00
The annual celebration of UC Santa Barbara's research and conservation activities at the El Pilar Maya cultural site in Belize and Guatemala will be held Saturday, October 15, from 2 to 7 p.m. at the Sedgwick Reserve in Santa Ynez.
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UCSB Researcher to Discuss Past, Present, Future of Maya Forest in Chancellor's Community Breakfast Presentation March 24
Friday, March 12, 2004 - 16:00
For more than 1,700 years, the Maya center of El Pilar thrived beneath the lush canopy of the Maya forest along the border of Guatemala and Belize.
Today, however, the ancient city is an abandoned shambles.
And the great forest that sustained its people for so many centuries is at risk of being cut and cleared.
more
Die Schonheit des Wildwuchses
Wednesday, December 31, 2003 - 16:00
Neue
Jdeenfiirden
Tempelto11risn111.r: Die
Maya-Stiitte
El
Pilar
auf
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UCSB Archaeologist to Discuss New El Pilar Maya Site Partnership
Monday, August 25, 2003 - 17:00
Since discovering the El Pilar Maya site in Belize and Guatemala in 1983, UCSB archaeologist Anabel Ford has been dedicated to making the culturally rich area a unique blend of research, preservation, community cooperation, and economic development.
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2003 UCSB Alumni Awardees to Be Honored at May 31 Banquet
Friday, May 30, 2003 - 17:00
The annual
UCSB
Alumni Association Awards Banquet on May 31 at
Corwin
Pavilion will honor six people, including two current and two former faculty members.
Research
archaeologist
Anabel
Ford, '74 and Ph.D.'81, will receive the Distinguished Alumni Award.
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UCSB Archaeologist to Discuss New El Pilar Maya Site Partnership
Monday, September 9, 2002 - 17:00
Anabel Ford, a research archaeologist at the University of California, Santa Barbara, will celebrate 10 years of research and conservation at the El Pilar Maya cultural site in Belize and Guatemala with a public lecture and reception Saturday, Sept. 21 from 5 to 9 p.m. at UCSB's Multicultural Center.
Ford, who discovered the remains of the ancient city in 1982 and began uncovering it in 1992, will speak about her unique vision for El Pilar and about the binational effort to use the site in ways that enrich the future as well as reveal the past.
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UCSB Archeologist to Celebrate Work at El Pilar Maya Site
Sunday, September 8, 2002 - 17:00
University of California, Santa Barbara News Release
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Prime Minister Salutes Ten Years at El Pilar
Thursday, June 6, 2002 - 17:00
San Pedro Daily
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Ancient Maya Cities Looted
Wednesday, February 21, 2001 - 16:00
BBC News article by Jeremy McDermott, in the jungles of Central America.
Satellite photos have shown that there are up to 4,000 Mayan sites deep in the jungles that
archaeologists
have not yet found.
But the likelihood is that looters already have, as Mayan jade figurines fetch tens of thousands of dollars on the international art market
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Ancient Maya’s Modern Teachings
Saturday, January 1, 2000 - 12:00
Archaeologist and anthropologist Anabel Ford has spent four decades studying the Maya civilization, principally at the vast and ancient city of El Pilar, which she discovered on the border of today’s Belize and Guatemala.
Maya culture holds lessons for the 21st-century world and its agricultural challenges, according to Dr Anabel Ford of the University of California, Santa Barbara, where she is Director of the MesoAmerican Research Center and President of the non-profit organization Exploring Solutions Past.
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Anabel Ford selected as Associate Laureate, Rolex Awards 2000
Friday, December 31, 1999 - 16:00
Anabel
Ford is given the Rolex Award for Enterprise
For over 20 years, American
archaeologist
and Maya specialist
Anabel
Ford has run a wide-ranging research and conservation
programme
in the ancient Mayan city of El
Pilar
, on the border between Belize and Guatemala.
more
UCSB Archaeologist Says Innovative Plan For Maya Research Site is Making Major Strides
Sunday, September 19, 1999 - 17:00
From
The Science Blog
The spectacular Maya temples of Mexico and Central America are among the most stunning relics of the world's past civilizations and are indicative of an ancient people sophisticated in religion, politics and science.
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