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AMANDALA ONLINE (http://www.belizemall.com/amandala/)
Features the online version of Amandala, a Belize newspaper published by Netkom, Ltd. Includes news articles on politics, culture, sports, and crime.
ARCHAEOLOGY (http://www.earthwatch.org/t/Tarchaeo.html)
Features a directory of online archaeology projects and organizations, compiled by Earthwatch International in Watertown, Massachusetts. Lists and links to such archaeology home pages as the Spice Islands Society, Israel's Biblical Port City, Ancient Cyprus, House of the Badlands, Belize's Island Maya, Easter Island Cultures, Etruscan Landscapes, Mammoth Cave, Hope Ancestors, and Origins of Angkor. Provides access to information on membership in Earthwatch and to the Earthwatch home page.
CARVED LIDDED TRIPOD VASE (http://photoswest.org/cgi-bin/imager?21000080)
This ceramic vase with a lid is from the Early Classic period in the Lowlands of Belize, Guatemala or Mexico. A scroll pattern is incised on the base of the vessel; a modeled head serves as a knob on the lid.
INCENSE BURNER (INCENSARIO) IN FORM OF SUPERNATURAL (http://photoswest.org/cgi-bin/imager?21000114)
This incense burner (incensario) is from the Late Classic period, Maya culture of Belize, Guatemala or Mexico. It has a goose head handle attached to a bowl.
INCESED LIDDED BOX WITH SUPERNATURAL FIGURES (http://photoswest.org/cgi-bin/imager?21000121)
This cache box is from the Early Classic Period, Maya Culture, from either Belize, Guatemala, or Mexico. The box is decorated with the incised profile of God K, one of the principal deities of Maya mythology. Coils of smoke issue from his large nose, his headdress is a depiction of the Cauac monster.
LIDDED QUATRAPOD BOWL IN FORM OF WATERBIRD (http://photoswest.org/cgi-bin/imager?21000140)
This globular, four-legged vessel in the shape of a duck, is from the Early-Middle Classic Period, Maya Culture, in either Mexico, Belize, or Guatemala. The duck's head and neck form the handle on the lid; the wings are suggested by a painted feather pattern.
LIDDED TRIPOD VASE (http://photoswest.org/cgi-bin/imager?21000133)
This vase is from the Early Classic Period, Maya Culture, in Guatemala, Mexico or Belize. It has plain sides except for four bells at the bottom. The handle depicts a human head with a headdress.
SEATED FEMALE FIGURE OCARINA (http://photoswest.org/cgi-bin/imager?21000144)
This ocarina (musical wind instrument) is from the Late Classic period, Maya culture in Belize, Guatemala or Mexico. The fish headdress and the monkey and child that the female figure holds suggest that she may be the Maya Moon Goddess, Ixchel.
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