Book used for research: Maya Cultural Heritage, How Archaeologists and Indigenous Communities Engage the Past by Patricia A. McAnany - contributions by Sarah M. Rowe

Situated at the intersection of cultural heritage and local community, this book enlarges our understanding of the Indigenous peoples of southern México and northern Central America who became detached from “the ancient Maya” through colonialism, government actions, and early twentieth-century anthropological and archaeological research. Through grass-roots heritage programs, local communities are reconnecting with a much valorized but distant past.

Maya Cultural Heritage explores how community programs conceived and implemented in a collaborative style are changing the relationship among, archaeological practice, the objects of archaeological study, and contemporary ethnolinguistic Mayan communities. Rather than simply describing Maya sites, McAnany concentrates on the dialogue nurtured by these participatory heritage programs, the new “heritage-scapes” they foster, and how the diverse Maya communities of today relate to those of the past.

randomly rememebered a very silly maya content creator AU i came up with like 2 years ago. its just dumb fun haha

"Cha Seung-won": Wife is full of love.

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The designation Maya comes from the ancient Yucatan city of Mayapan, the last capital of a Mayan Kingdom in the Post-Classic Period. The Maya people refer to themselves by ethnicity and language bonds such as Quiche in the south or Yucatec in the north (though there are many others). The `Mysterious Maya' have intrigued the world since their `discovery' in the 1840's by John Lloyd Stephens and Frederick Catherwood but, in reality, much of the culture is not that mysterious when understood. Contrary to popular imagination, the Maya did not vanish and the descendants of the people who built the great cities of Chichen Itza, Bonampak, Uxmal and Altun Ha still exist on the same lands their ancestors did and continue to practice, sometimes in a modified form, the same rituals which would be recognized by a native of the land one thousand years ago.

  —  Maya Civilization

to those who came before me and preserved what they could. happy indigenous peoples day

Pavitr definitely told his Maya Aunty about Miles’s embarrassing mistake btw trust me

Do you ever think about how Phoenix took on Maya as an assistant when he could have easily sent her back to Kurain? About how he had Pearl channel Mia so that she wouldn't have to see him accuse her mother of framing her beloved cousin? About how despite only knowing her for a couple of days, he took in Trucy when everyone else in her life had abandoned her? How even though he's always broke, he doesn't hesitate to represent people pro bono?

Do you ever think about Phoenix Wright?

y'all know what time it is!!!! twitter doodle crosspost to tumblr. for context of the last image: someone over on twitter posted a headcanon that bobby fulbright and sebastian debeste were brothers, and i couldn't help but draw it

it is always under appreciated how secretive phoenix is like he’s very breezy and hard to nail down. i feel like it’s bc he’s often seen in the context of his relationship with edgeworth but like. edgeworth isn’t cagey. if anything he’s somewhat willing to share a moderate level of personal details if he’s able to, he’s just awkward and very formal and task oriented. phoenix is snarky and impersonal but everyone allows it cause he gets deemed as harmless and goofy. kind of a slay

DO REVENGE (2022) + Letterboxd Reviews

Mayan civilian with tamales as offerings for the gods.

sorry i doodled out the first one as a dumb expression practice and then things got wildly out of hand (feat. obligatory waiting for godot joke). anyways i havent played aa4 yet so i know this is definitely like wildly continuity breaking but I DONT CARE 💥💥💥💥💥💥 this is my new vision. ive got much more extensive thoughts on this but since this is already getting pretty long for an art caption if you want to know just send me an ask or something. anyways yeah the ideal ending for godot is for him to go live in kurain with pearl and maya i think 😎👍

Cha Seung-won, 4 years old, said, "You should be good until you go."

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Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2024) S1E2 "Second Date"

sighs

guess who has a new hyperfixation

Oscar Isaac in AGORA (2009)