Interviews
Palenque, one of the most beautiful and compelling of all Maya ruins, attracts a steady stream of
world-renowned archaeologists and anthropologists.
MEC has successfully capitalized on this fact with
the "MEC Periodic Interview Series". As scholars of note pass through Palenque, MEC
requests a brief interview concerning their research and personal background. These interviews are then transcribed and
posted on the MEC website.
Thus far, MEC has interviewed:
Dr. Robert Rands (98kb PDF), creator of the Palenque ceramic sequence
Dr. Merle Greene-Robertson (300kb PDF), Director of PARI and famous for
creating thousands of rice paper rubbings of Maya stone carvings
Dr. Robert M. Laughlin (157kb PDF), eminent anthropologist who has
studied the modern Maya of highland Chiapas for over 30 years
Moises Morales Marquez (69kb PDF), self-made man and resident of Palenque who
has been changing the way people think about Palenque for the last 50 years
Dr. Peter Mathews (136kb PDF), part of the team who broke the code of Maya hieroglyphics
in 1973, he now teaches archaeology and hieroglyphics at La Trobe University in Australia
A Dark Day at El Cayo (148kb PDF), the story of a brutal attack and robbery
that occurred at the ruins of El Cayo - as told by Dr. Peter Mathews