Brett A. Houk

Hi, everyone! We happily announce the publication of The 2015 Season of the Chan Chich Archaeological Project. The report includes chapters on the work at Kaxil Uinic village and Qualm Hill camp, w...

It turns out that running back-to-back archaeological field schools, coordinating research at three different sites, writing two conference papers, and attending two conferences during the course o...

With the first session field school in full swing, we have not found time for a lab note until now: minutes after the students departed for an overnight trip to Tikal. With only one more week in th...

With the field season only five weeks away, our preparations are underway for both the archival investigations and the field season. Dr. Houk, Brooke Bonorden, and Ashley Booher will travel to Beli...

Thank you, everyone, who made a contribution to our research. We just reached our goal, and you have no idea how much this will help us accomplish our mission this summer. All contributions of any ...

When last we left Major Luke Smyth O'Connor of the First West India Regiment, he and his small party had departed Qualm Hill in search of the Indios Bravos. The next part of his tale is a fascinati...

Summer field schools often generate some of the best nicknames ever, ones that haunt their owners for the rest of their lives. From 2007 to 2011, my field school shared a camp in Belize with multip...

A private individual has generously offered to match any contributions equal to or larger than $50 between now and 9:00 pm CT on February 27, up to a total match of $1,000! This is a great chance t...

For your viewing pleasure, we are posting a movie trailer that premiered last summer during Brett Houk's presentation at the Belize Archaeology and Anthropology Symposium. Group H is part of the si...