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MayaQuest Archaeology Survey (fwd)
Hugh W. Jarvis (hjarvis@ACSU.BUFFALO.EDU)
Mon, 29 Jan 1996 10:07:03 -0500
Forwarded with permission...
Hugh
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Date: Mon, 29 Jan 1996 08:03:13 -0600
From: Steve Buettner <buettner@ties.k12.mn.us>
To: "Hugh W. Jarvis" <hjarvis@acsu.Buffalo.EDU>
>
> Please consider taking a moment to answer these three questions.
>
> Last year I led the MayaQuest expedition which set out to illuminate the
> Classic Maya Collapse. Here's how it worked: A team of explorers traveled
> to Mexico and Central America equipped with state-of-the-art laptop
computers
> and satellite dishes. Each week the team posted a ballot to the Internet
> that let an on-line ballot vote on the team's route, sending them to one of
> 19 active Maya sites. At each site, an on-line audience interacted with
> on-site experts and took a crack at answering questions relevant to
research.
>
>
> MayaQuest '96 launches in March. Again, we will be shooting weekly
segments
> for CNN; Our World Wide Web site (http://mayaquest.mecc.com) will
> receive over a million hits. (It will offer team updates, background on
the
> Maya, expedition photographs, teacher guides and direct connection to
> Mayanists. Last year, the site received 1.2 million hits. Access is
free.)
>
> We did not come up with any earth-shattering breakthroughs on the collapse
> last year but we did create a successful distance learning program that
> National Public Radio called the best in the country. Through the 14 CNN
> broadcasts that we produced, articles in USA Today, The Christian Science
> Monitor and Newsweek, and a forthcoming Prime Time Live segment, we
generated
> a pretty powerful vehicle to communicate issues.
>
> As we prepare for MayaQuest `96, we would like your input:
>
> 1. What central message(s) would best serve the archaeological community
and
> the interests of the contemporary Maya?
>
> 2. On which sites in Mexico, Belize or Guatemala--either contemporary or
> ancient--should we focus attention
>
> 3. Would you consider answering students' questions regarding your work
and
> the Maya by serving as an online expert during one week between March and
> April? Past examples are archived at
> gopher://informns.k12.mn.us/1m/mn-k12/MAYAQUEST/maya-expert
>
>
> Thank You!
>
> Mayaquest@informns.k12.mn.us
>
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