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The Popol Vuh Museum is actively involved in archaeological research in Guatemala, providing support for research projects related with museum collections, as well as other relevant projects. The museum is open for all researchers that need to examine and study objects from its collections, and it provides the necessary spaces for their work. Researchers may also take advantage of the bibliographic resources in the
museum library The museum also supports thesis and dissertation research.
Researchers who wish to take advantage of these possibilities should contact the museum curator in advance.
Starting in 2000, the Popol Vuh Museum has cosponsored the Cotzumalguapa Archaeological Project, an research project that includes field and laboratory studies, directed by Dr. Oswaldo Chinchilla.
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Cotzumalguapa Archaeological Project
Dr. Oswaldo Chinchilla Mazariegos
Museum Popol Vuh,
Universidad Francisco Marroquín
Archaeological research project, focused on the study of ancient Cotzumalguapa, one of the major Classic period cities in Southern Mesoamerica.
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The Vase of the Stars
Dr. Oswaldo Chinchilla Mazariegos
Museum Popol Vuh, Universidad Francisco Marroquín
Iconographic study of on outstanding vase from the collection of the Popol Vuh Museum, which reveals previously unknown details of Classic Maya cosmogony and religion. |
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Support For External Researchers
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Hurricane: The four winds motif in two objects from the collection of the Popol Vuh Museum
Dr. Stephen Houston
Universidad de Brown, Providence, Rhode Island |
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Precolumbian sound-producing artifacts from Escuintla
Dr. Matthias Stoeckli
Universidad del Valle de Guatemala
Study of a collection of sound-producing artifacts from archaeological sites on the Pacific coast of Guatemala. |
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The Pipil of the Pacific Coast,
according to the written sources
Dr. Ruud van Akkeren
Universidad de Leiden, Holanda
Ethnohistoric research on the Pipil, who occupied large areas of the Pacific coast of Guatemala and El Salvador in the XVIth century. |
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