Plants of the Underworld: Ritual Plant Use in Ancient Maya Cave Ceremonies

Acknowledgments

I would like to thank the Department of Archaeology of Belize for making this research possible as well as Dr. Jaime Awe for accepting me as a staff member on the Western Belize Regional Cave Project. Training, resources, and interpretative suggestions provided by Dr. David Lentz were absolutely crucial to this study. Dr. Mary Pohl, Dr. James Brady, Dr. Kathryn Josserand, Dr. Nicholas Hopkins, and Karen Bassie-Sweet offered many valuable suggestions and guidance throughout the course of this research. Finally, I would like to extend my thanks to all the staff of the Western Belize Regional Cave Project for their help and encouragement, especially Christina Halperin, Christophe Helmke, Reiko Ishihara, Josalyn Ferguson, Harri Kettunen, Mike and Vanessa Mirro, Cameron Griffith, Jon Spenard, and Caitlyn O’Grady. This research was partially funded by the Foundation for the Advancement of Mesoamerican Studies, Inc. (Grant # 00097).

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