Article Title：Conversations about the production of archaeological knowledge and community museums at Chunchucmil and Kochol, Yucatan, Mexico
Abstract：
The Pakbeh Regional Economy Program centered at the ancient Maya tradition center of Chunchucmil in Yucatan, Mexico, shifted research priorities from a processual program aimed at recovering indicators of ancient ethnic identification to a more community-based program that combines processual methodologies with a local desire for community-based tourism. Initial research goals concerned the elucidation of how a trading economy affected other aspects of the social life of ancient Chunchucmil. As members of the Yucatec Maya communities on either side of the ruins became more interested in the archaeological research, and as archaeologists grappled with the rise of tourism in Yucatan, a dialogue about who controls and benefits from the production of archaeological knowledge ensued. Currently the project is involved in collaborative development of a 'living museum' where members of local communities and archaeologists will mutually recreate an ancient Maya household on the archaeological site. Some programmatic suggestions for further collaboration between academic archaeologists and local descendant communities int he Maya area are offered.
Keywords: descendant communities; museums; tourism; Yucatec Maya; Mexico
DOI: 10.1080/0043824022000007161
Source：WORLD ARCHAEOLOGY
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