Calakmul's ruins were discovered in 1931 by the biologist Cyrus Longworth Lundell; it is today the center of the Calakmul Biosphere Reserve. Expeditions to the site were conducted by Sylvanus G. Morley, funded by the Carnegie Institution of Washington. Other archaeologists involved with the sitei have included Karl Rupper, Enrique Juan Palacios, John Dennison, Joyce Marcus, Simon Martin and Nikolai Grube. The Calakmul Project has been ongoing at Calakmul since 1982, led by the Universidad Autonoma de Campeche and the University of Michigan and led by William Folan and Pina Chan. The Archaeological Project of the Calakmul Biosphere began in 1993, led by Ramon Carrasco Vargas of INAH.
Sources and Further Information
- About.com's Guide to the Maya Civilization
- Calakmul, from Ancient History at About.com
- Nakbe
- Tikal
- Finding Site Q
Carrasco Vargas, Ramon, Veronica A. Vazquez Lopez, and Simon Martin 2009 Daily life of the ancient Maya recorded on murals at Calakmul, Mexico. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Early Edition.
Carrasco Vargas, Ramon, et al. 1999 A Dynastic Tomb from Campeche, Mexico: New Evidence on Jaguar Paw, a Ruler of Calakmul. Latin American Antiquity 10(1):47-58.
Folan, William J. 2001. Calakmul (Campeche, Mexico). pp 88-90 in Archaeology of Ancient Mexico and Central America: An Encyclopedia, Susan Toby Evans and David L. Webster, eds. Garland Publishing, Inc. New York.
Folan, William J., et al. 1995 Calakmul: New Data from an Ancient Maya Capital in Campeche, Mexico. Latin American Antiquity 6(4):310-334.
Pincemin, Sophia, et al. 1998 Extending the Calakmul Dynasty Back in Time: A New Stela from a Maya Capital in Campeche, Mexico. Latin American Antiquity 9(4):310-327.
