Faculty of Arts · Comenius University Bratislava

Center for Mesoamerican Studies

Founded in 2015 at the Faculty of Arts, Comenius University in Bratislava, CMS brings together research, teaching, collections, publications, and public scholarship connected with Mesoamerica.

Research About CMS Publications

Founded: 2015
Flagship fieldwork: PARU Uaxactun, since 2016
Digitised records: 26 3D models
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Focused on the Maya and Nahua regions, across archaeology, epigraphy, astronomy, manuscripts, iconography, religion, historical thought, collections, and teaching.

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Digital collections

Preclassic Maya potbelly sculptures, documented in three dimensions.

The project records potbelly sculptures as photogrammetric models, published with their source meshes rather than as screenshots. A companion GIS database places each documented sculpture in its landscape.

Records: 26
Source meshes: Downloadable
Spatial data: GIS layers

3D database GIS database

Activity

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PARU Uaxactun

Fieldwork, mapped and published since 2016.

CMS has overseen the Uaxactun Regional Archaeological Project since 2016. The section gathers the project's history, maps, archaeological reports, recent investigations, artefacts, and galleries.

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