Geography and Maps

Copán
Graphic-heavy, but weirdly interesting tour and history of Copán, from National Geographic.
     Early Copán Acropolis Program, a report to FAMSI by Robert Sharer.
     1998 Field Season from Robert Sharer to FAMSI
     1999 Field Season from Robert Sharer to FAMSI
     The Skyband Group  a Classic Maya Elite Residential Complex at Copán, an article abstract in the Journal of Field Archaeology by David Webster and others.
     Masonry Construction Systems at the Acrópolis report to FAMSI by Christine W. Carrelli
     Copan: Out of the mist From your About.com guide
     After the fall examination of the Maya collapse, a report to FAMSI by Kam Manahan
     Royal Maya tomb found online article from Archaeology magazine, on latest discoveries at Copan.

El Raizal
Ancient Maya Political Centers: Rural Copán Survey and Excavation at El Raizal; report to FAMSI by Marcello-Andrea Canuto

White City
An ancient Maya site which may--or may not--exist; a news brief from Archaeology magazine.  

FAMSI
The Foundation for the Advancement of Mesoamerican Studies, Inc., supports archaeological and epigraphic work throughout Mesoamerica.

Middle American Research Institute
At Tulane University, conducts, supports, and publishes research in the anthropology, and especially the archaeology of Mexico and Central America.

Marilyn Beaudry-Corbett
University of California at Los Angeles,Household and community organization; economic systems  including craft specialization; ceramic analysis (stylistic, function, technological); Southeastern Mesoamerican (Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador), current project Talgua Cave Archaeological Project, Catacamas, Honduras and Joya de Ceren project, El Salvador.

Jane Buikstra
University of New Mexico, bioarchaeology, mortuary studies, forensic anthropology; North & South America, Iberian Peninsula, Honduras.

Carmen Julia Fajardo Cardona
Archaeological Investigation and Conservation in Honduras, a summary article for the Society for American Archaeology Bulletin.

Rosemary Joyce
University of California at Berkeley, excavations at Puerto Escondido, Honduras, occupations from an estimated pre-1600 BC to 1000 AD.

William Sanders
Pennsylvania State,  Mesoamerica, especially the Valley of Mexico and the Maya of Copan, Honduras.

Daniel H. Sandweiss
Maine University, maritime adaptations in Latin America, including Peru, Honduras, Guatemala and Cuba.

Karl A. Taube
University of California at Riverside, archaeological and linguistic fieldwork in Yucatan; archaeological projects in Chiapas, Mexico, highland Peru, and coastal Ecuador, and he is currently engaged in a multi-year project in the Acropolis at Copan, Honduras.

David Webster
Pennsylvania State, cultural evolution, particularly the origin of complex societies; cultural ecology; and prehistoric warfare; recent work Copan Valley of Honduras, and Piedras Negras, Guatemala.

Chronological Table of Mesoamerican Archaeology
From David K. Jordan, University of California, San Diego.