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British explorer Alfred Maudslay documents the monuments and architecture of Chichen Itza from his “room” in Las Monjas. Investigation and archiving of information has come a long way since 1889, when this picture was taken.
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Thanks to E-Scrap, Inc. and its president George Fery, a member of IMS and avid traveler to the Maya world, the Institute of Maya Studies has donated for the third year in a row computer equipment to the archaeologists working in sites in the Yucatan. The purpose is to help site archaeologists gain access to 21st century technology.
E-Scrap, a company licensed by the State of Florida Environmental Protection Agency, is a recycling facility for electronic equipment providing a safe alternative in the recycling of electronics. The first donations of several desktop and laptop personal computers went to Chichen Itza and Ek Balam when IMS members noticed the antiquated equipment being used by the field archaeologists there.
In 2005, IMS was able to donate equipment to projects in Mayapan and Aceh, followed in 2006 to projects in Kabah and other small sites in the Yucatan. Not only the equipment is free of charge, but thanks to E-Scrap’s considerable business in Latin America, IMS has been able to obtain free shipping for this equipment.
With INAH funds going only so far in the restoration and excavation of sites in the Yucatan, computers used by these sites are outdated, barely capable of registering the data archaeologists gather on the field. IMS donations of equipment have been of great value to the archaeologists on the field.
Though all of the equipment donated so far has been to sites visited by IMS members during our annual trek to the Maya world, our organization is willing to donate PCs to active archaeological projects in Mesoamerica.
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