Community and Collaboration at Aventura

Summary

This is an abstract from the "Households at Aventura: Life and Community Longevity at an Ancient Maya City" session, at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

With a five millennia history spanning forager-horticulturalist, precolumbian Maya, historic, and contemporary periods, Aventura is a community with a long history. The Aventura Archaeology Project addresses community at many levels, in its study of the past and in its collaboration with local cultural heritage leaders and community members to promote archaeology in Northern Belize. This paper discusses the initiation of the Aventura Archaeology Project through discussion with government officials, cultural heritage leaders, and farmers in Belize. We trace the development and implementation of a series of community education programs in Northern Belize that grew out of partnerships between the Aventura Archaeology Project, the Belize Institute of Archaeology, the Belize Institute of Social and Cultural Research, the Corozal House of Culture, the San Joaquin RC Church summer school, and the San Joaquin Village Council. These include a community fair called Aventura Archaeology Day, a weeklong teacher, tour guide, and community workshop series called Ancient World Week, and an elementary school-age summer camp experience. Through the mutually beneficial goals of archaeological research and education the Aventura Archaeology Project seeks to develop a richer understanding of community past and present through archaeology and collaboration.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Households at Aventura: Life and Community Longevity at an Ancient Maya City   •
• Society for American Archaeology 88th Annual Meeting, Portland, OR (2023)

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Abstract Id(s): 36451.0