Film Series—High Ground, Under Water: Ancient Sites in South and Central America
The Great Maya Aquifer (2018, 58 min.)
Sunday, October 3 | 2 pm
Kahn Auditorium
Free; no registration required
Space is limited
About the film series:
Archaeologists working at ancient sites in present-day Mexico, Guatemala, Peru, and Bolivia share recent findings about influential cultures that once dominated territories across South and Central America. Spectacular footage—from ceremonial centers perched high in the Andes to sacred underwater caves in the Yucatan—complements expert commentaries on the interconnectedness of humans and environment, religion and state power.
About the film, The Great Maya Aquifer:
The underwater archaeologist and National Geographic Explorer, Guillermo de Anda, guides us on a journey to the heart of the Earth, a huge network of flooded caves untouched by humans for thousands of years. Through the stories of those who have dedicated their lives to explore and study the cave systems and cenotes of Quintana Roo and Yucatan, in Mexico, we get to know the importance of this aquifer for the life and culture of the Peninsula. This is a documentary that places special emphasis on the archaeological remains that lie in the entrails of the earth sheltered by the Great Maya Aquifer, as well as the passage of the first Americans, and the development of the Mayan culture in the Yucatan peninsula.
