Archaeology, Community Development, and Tourism Three Decades of Collaborative Research Cobá, Quintana Roo, Mexico Ellen R. Kintz SUNY Geneseo Society for Applied Anthropology Memphis, TN March 2008 Observatorio Pyramid, Cobá
Apr 01, 2015
Archaeology, Community Development, and Tourism
Three Decades of Collaborative Research
Cobá, Quintana Roo, Mexico
Ellen R. Kintz
SUNY Geneseo
Society for Applied Anthropology
Memphis, TN
March 2008
Observatorio Pyramid, Cobá
Abstract
Outline…
The Archaeological Phase (1970s)
The Community Study Phase (1980s)
The Community Development Phase (1990s)
Community and Tourism Phase (2000 - the present)
New Initiatives (the future)
The Archaeological
Phase
(1970s)
The First Year
Participant Observation
Professional Objectivity
Work and Play
Maya Kitchen Garden
Cobá, Q.R.
The Community Study Phase
(1980s)
Treating Illnesses
Ethnoarchaeology
Intercambio
The Question of Clothing
The Community Development Phase
(1990s)
Women’s Work
Kitchen Gardening
Arboriculture
Blankets for the Elderly and Children
Chicken Feed
Traditional Community Development
Community and Tourism Phase(2000-present)
Housing
New Initiatives
Artists
Vincente Chimal
Eduardo Ken
The New Maya Cultural CenterPhotographic Exhibit
The New Maya Cultural
Center
Local Fund Raising
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