By permit of the Belize Department of Archaeology
and permission of the Chan family, San Jose Sccutz, Belize
a Northwestern University Archaeological Project

 

Archaeologists excavating at Chan

CHAN is a Maya farming village in Belize, Central America that was occupied from the Middle Preclassic period (ca. 900-400 BC) to the Terminal Classic period (post AD 790).


The CHAN PROJECT was designed to investigate the rise and fall of this ordinary farming village and study the importance of the everyday lives of its inhabitants.

 

The CHAN PROJECT is an international multidisciplinary project that bridges the sciences and humanities by bringing together archaeologists, biologists, geomorphologists, artists, and computer scientists from the United States and Belize. We are collaborating to build an understanding of the importance of the everyday lives of ordinary people in human societies. Through new digital technologies we present this site to make our ongoing research and interpretations available internationally to professionals, students, and the public.

 

Copyright Cynthia Robin and Northwestern University, 2001

Jennifer Scarborough Bernabe Camal