Week 1
Monday May 19
12-6         Arrive in Belize & travel to Lamanai
7-8           Dinner

Tuesday  May 20
8-9 am     Breakfast
9-12:00    Introduction to Course & Program Logistics
                 Lecture – Introduction to Maya Archaeology
1-2           Lunch
2-4          Visit excavation area & Spanish Churches
4-5           Tour Indian Church Village
5-7           Break
7-8           Dinner 

Wednesday  May 21
7:30-8      Breakfast
8:30-12:30  Tour of Lamanai Arch. Reserve and Museum
1-2pm     Lunch
2-3:30     Break
3:30-4:30   Lecture – Intro to Maya Area, People, & Chronology
4:30-6     Discussion of Student Research:  topics, goals, & methods
6-7           Break
7-8           Dinner

Thursday May 22
7-7:30      Breakfast
8-12pm   Lecture - Intro to Laboratory Processing of Finds
1-2           Lunch
2:30-3:30  Lecture – Intro to Laboratory Analyses of Finds
4-5           Field Excursion
5-7           Break
7-8           Dinner

Friday May 23
7-7:30      Breakfast
8-10         Lecture – Intro. to Maya Architectural Terms
10-12pm  Research Period
12-1         Lunch
1-5           Tour of Architectural Features
5:30-7      Break     
7-8           Dinner

Saturday May 24
7:30-8      Breakfast
8-9:30      Lecture:  Survey and Mapping - Total Station
9:30-1      Group 1-North Reserve Tour; Group 2-Tape & Compass Field
1-2pm      Lunch
2-4:00     Group 1-Tape and Compass Field; Group 2-Plot Tape and Compass points
4-5:30     Break
5:30-7     Lecture – Ancient Maya Pottery
7-8           Dinner

Sunday May 25
8:30-9      Breakfast
9-5           Optional Field Trip – La Milpa or Blue Creek site

Week 2
Monday May 26
7:30-8      Breakfast
8-12         Group 1-Plot Tape and Compass points; Group 2-North Reserve Tour
1-2           Lunch
2:30-4      Lecture – Ancient Maya Stone Tools
4-7           Research period and break
7-8           Dinner

Tuesday May 27
7-7:30      Breakfast
8-12pm   Survey and Mapping
1-2                Lunch
2:30-3:30 Lecture – Ancient Maya bone, shell and organics
3:30-5      Lab processing and analyses of artifacts
5-7           Research Period
7-8           Dinner

Wednesday May 28
7-7:30      Breakfast
8-10         Lecture – Spanish Artifacts in the Maya area
10-12pm  Research Period
12-1         Lunch
1-5           Lecture - British Artifacts in the Maya area
5:30-7      Break
7-8           Dinner

Thursday May 29
7-7:30      Breakfast
8-12pm   Survey and Mapping
1-2           Lunch
2:30-5      Lab processing and analyses of artifacts
5-7           Research Period
7-8           Dinner

Friday May 30
Mid-session Break

Saturday May 31
Mid-session Break

Sunday June 1
Mid-session Break
 

Week 3
Monday June 2
Return from Mid-session Break

Tuesday June 3
7-7:30     Breakfast
8-12pm   Survey and Mapping
1-2           Lunch
2:30-5      Lab processing and analyses of artifacts
5-7           Research period and break
7-8           Dinner

Wednesday June 4
7-7:30     Breakfast
8-12pm   Lab processing and analyses of artifacts
1-2           Lunch
2:30-5     Survey and Mapping
5-7           Research period and break
7-8           Dinner

Thursday June 5
7-7:30     Breakfast
8-12pm   Survey and Mapping
1-2           Lunch
2:30-5      Lab processing and analyses of artifacts
5-7           Research period and break
7-8           Dinner

Friday June 6
7-7:30     Breakfast
8-12pm   Survey and Mapping
1-2           Lunch
2:30-4     Lab processing and analyses of artifacts
4-7           Research period and break
7-8           Dinner

Saturday June 7
7-7:30     Breakfast
8-12pm   Survey and Mapping
1-2           Lunch
2:30-4     Lab processing and analyses of artifacts
5-6           Research & Break
7-8           Dinner

Sunday June 8
8:30-9      Breakfast
9-5           Optional Field Trip – Altun Ha & Belize Zoo
 

Week 4
Monday June 9
7-7:30     Breakfast
8-12pm   Survey and Mapping
1-2           Lunch    
2:30-4     Research Presentations – IC residents & students
4-7           Research Period & Break
7-8           Dinner 

Tuesday June 10
8-9           Breakfast
8-12pm    Field Trip – Milpa Cultivation
12-1         Traditional Lunch - Gonzalez Home
2:30-4      Research Presentations – IC residents & students
5-7           Break
7-8           Dinner

Wednesday June 11
7-7:30     Breakfast
8-12pm    Lab processing and analyses of artifacts
1-2           Lunch
2:30-5     Research Presentations – IC residents & students
5-7           Break
7-8           Dinner

Thursday June 12
7-7:30     Breakfast
8-12pm   Computer processing of survey and mapping data
1-2           Lunch
2:30-5      Lab processing and analyses of artifacts
5-7           Break
7-8           Dinner

 Friday June 13
7-7:30     Breakfast
8-12pm   Computer processing of survey and mapping data
1-2           Lunch
2:30-3:30  Lab processing and analyses of artifacts
4-5           Field Excursion
5-7           Break
7-8           Dinner

Saturday June 14
7-7:30      Breakfast
8-12pm   Computer processing of survey and mapping data
1-2           Lunch
2:30-5      Lab processing and analyses of artifacts
5-7           Break
7-8           Dinner
8-10         Night Walk to Lamanai Ruins

Sunday June 15
7-7:30     Breakfast
8-12pm   Computer processing of survey and mapping data
1-2           Lunch
2:30-5      Lab processing and analyses of artifacts
5-7           Break
7-8           Dinner

Monday June 16
Final Dinner Celebration/Fiesta
Session wrap-up & summary interpretations 

Tuesday June 17
Walk to Belize International Airport