Applying Digital Archaeology to Education and Heritage Management at Cahal Pech, Belize

Summary

This is an abstract from the "SAA 2025: Individual Abstracts" session, at the 90th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

Since the early 2000s, the Belize Institute of Archaeology has been expending considerable effort to enhance the tourism potential of its archaeological sites, to contribute to heritage education in rural areas of the country, and to provide information that can be used by tourism stakeholders. To assist these Belizean initiatives, archaeologists from Northern Arizona University have been collaborating with Belize Institute of Archaeology personnel to develop programs and materials that contribute to heritage education and the preservation of archaeological sites. In this poster, we demonstrate some of the results of our educational outreach programs, cultural heritage management initiatives, and efforts to increase public access to archaeological information. By using photogrammetry, spatial data, and images of cultural remains from the ancient Maya site of Cahal Pech, Belize, this poster showcases educational materials such as story maps, 3-Dimensional models/ photographs, and a site guide for use by schools, tourism institutions, and other Belizean stakeholders.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Society for American Archaeology 90th Annual Meeting, Denver, CO (2025)   •
• SAA 2025: Individual Abstracts

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Abstract Id(s): 53288