Season 4 Episode 1: Classic Maya Palace Spaces and Feasting - Interview w/ Dr. Maxime Lamoureux-St-Hilaire

In the first episode of Season 4, Reese, Diana, and Jose interview Dr. Maxime Lamoureux-St-Hilaire, Assistant Professor of Anthropology (Archaeology) at Mount Royal University. https://www.mtroyal.ca/ProgramsCourses/FacultiesSchoolsCentres/Arts/Departments/SociologyAnthropology/Faculty/Maxime-Lamoureux-St-Hilaire.htm

Listen in as Dr. Lamoureux-St-Hilaire discusses his investigations within the palace complex of the Classic Maya site of La Corona in northwestern Guatemala. Dr. Lamoureux-St-Hiliaire's team uncovered several storage spaces, hieroglyphic monuments, and a huge midden area with evidence of several feasting episodes. In addition to digging into the implications of all of these finds, the interview also discusses the challenges and excitement of off-the-grid archaeological research deep in the Mesoamerican jungle.

Image Credit: Artistic reconstruction of the Northwest Group featuring the storage contexts and retainers and administrators performing ancillary activities (courtesy of
Aaron Alfano).

Uncovering the Ancient Maya is a student-run podcast dedicated to bridging the gap between Ancient Maya scholars and a broader public audience interested in the Ancient Maya civilization. The hosts interview archaeologists, art historians, ancient writing scholars, and other experts who specialize in studying the ancient Maya civilization of Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, and El Salvador. Through their conversations, listeners are introduced to recent research projects about the Ancient Maya, providing us all an opportunity to learn the most up-to-date information about the ancient Maya civilization straight from the experts. The hosts for season 4 are Diana Chavez (Anthropology '25), Reese Santonil (Anthropology '24), and Jose Quintero (Anthropology '25).

The podcast was co-created by Jackeline Hernandez (Anthropology '22) and Lesli Hernandez Arevalo (Anthropology '22), and producer Annais Garcia (Journalism '22), and represents a collaboration between the Anthropology and Communications Departments at CSUDH. The theme music was created by Shannon Gaebrielle Hefley (Music '23).

Season 4 Student Co-Hosts: Reese Santonil, Diana Chavez, and Jose Quintero
Co-creators: Jackeline Hernandez and Lesli Hernandez Arevalo
Music: (Copyright) Shannon Gaebrielle Hefley 2022
Advisor: Dr. Ken Seligson
Consultant: Rebecca Lee Douglas

S4 Ep1 - Classic Maya Palace Spaces and Feasting (w/ Dr. Maxime Lamoureux-St-Hilaire)

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