Alumni Travel Reading 2018-2019: Belize to Tikal

Set in Belize in the 1800s, this is the story of a young coloured woman born a slave, and her path to freedom, eventually becoming a slave owner herself.

Author Ian Vasquez was raised in Belize and all of his crime novels are set in Belize. His first novel features a boxer looking for a last fight with a big pay check. It looks as though he'll get his fight, but first he has to do a little detective work.

Among the Garifuna is ab ethnographic narrative of a Garifuna family. The Garifuna are descendants of the “Black Carib,” whom the British displaced on Roatan Island in 1797 and who settled along the Caribbean coast from Belize City to Nicaragua. The work is divided into two parts, "The Old Ways," providing background and "Living There," a look at the contemporary situation of the family.

"This book focuses on how the ancient Maya in the northern Petén Basin were able to sustain large populations during the Late Classic period," publisher.

The Popol Vuh is the Mayan creation story and one of the most significant pieces of Mayan literature to survive the Spanish conquest.

Texts from a conference in 1984. Some pages available through Google Books (follow linked title)

Beautifully illustrated book is full of historical and cultural insights into the Maya

A political history dating back to the 17th Century

Collection of copies of or extracts from various documents concerning Mayan history and culture, made by C. Hermann Berendt in a notebook of lined paper.

Drawing on more than twenty-five years of conservation work in the Maya Tropical Forest, Nations tells first-hand stories of the creation of national parks and other protected areas to safeguard the region's natural resources and archaeological heritage.

Available through Academia.edu. Downloaded by the Author.

A small book that emphasizes the process of discovery of various Mayan sites. It is richly illustrated and portable.

Color photos illustrate the history and design of Mayan cities. American architect Treister discusses construction methods and materials, as well as the influence of Maya structures on his own work and that of tohers, including architect Frank Lloyd Wright.

Stephens was one of the great world travelers of the first half of the 19th century. He and illustrator Frederick Catherwood were the first to visit many of the Maya sites, and no one had previously documented the sites in such rich detail as they.