Here is a running bibliography of published and unpublished sources that address archaeology of the Stann Creek District. For SCRAP publications, please see the “Publications” tab.

Dunham, Peter S. 1996. Resource Exploitation and Exchange among the Classic Maya: Some Initial Findings of the Maya Mountains Archaeological Project. In The Managed Mosaic: Ancient Maya Agriculture and Resource Use, edited by S. Fedick, pp. 315-334. University of Utah Press, Salt Lake City.

Dunham, Peter S., and Phil Wanyerka. 1994. The Southern Highway Archaeological Assessment: Field Reconnaissance. Final Report to the Inter-American Development Bank and the Government of Belize. Volume 1 (text) and Volume 2 (maps).

Dunham, Peter, Robert C. Murray, William E. Brooks, Robert P. Reynolds, Theresa H. Cookro, and Jeremy F. Jacobs. 1995. Field Report of the 1995 Season of the Maya Mountains Archaeological Project (MMAP). Report submitted to the Department of Archaeology, Forest Department, Office of Geology and Petroleum, Belize Audubon Society, Belmopan, Belize; The National Geographic Society, Washington, D.C.; KeyCorp, Cleveland, OH; The Dart Foundation, Mason, MI.

Gann, T.W.F. 1918. The Maya Indians of Southern Yucatan and Northern British Honduras. Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin No. 64. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.

Gibson, Eric C., and Alan Moore. 1987. Maintzunun and Mayflower: Report of Investigations, March 1987. Report submitted to Harriot W. Topsey, Commissioner Archaeology, Belmopan, Belize.

Graham, Elizabeth. 1976. Archaeology of the Stann Creek District, Belize. Stann Creek Project 1975 Interim Report. Centre of Latin American Studies, University of Cambridge.

Graham, Elizabeth. 1978. Archaeological Investigations in the Stann Creek District Belizean Studies 6(4):16-26.

Graham, Elizabeth. 1983. The Highlands of the Lowlands: Environment and Archaeology in the Stann Creek District, Belize, Central America. Unpublished PhD dissertation, University of Cambridge, Great Britain.

Graham, Elizabeth. 1985. Facets of Terminal to Post-Classic Activity in the Stann Creek District, Belize. In The Lowland Maya Postclassic, edited by Arlen F. Chase and Prudence M. Rice, pp. 215-229. University of Texas Press, Austin.

Graham, Elizabeth. 1986. Barton Ramie Ceramic Types at Colson Point, North Stann Creek: A Focus on the Protoclassic. Ceramica de Cultura Maya 14:32-38.

Graham, Elizabeth. 1987. Resource Diversity in Belize and its Implications for Models of Lowland Trade. American Antiquity 52:753-767.

Graham, Elizabeth. 1989. Brief Synthesis of Coastal Site Data from Colson Point, Placencia, and Marco Gonzalez, Belize. In Coastal Maya Trade, edited by Heather McKillop and Paul F. Healy, pp. 135-154. Trent University, Occasional Papers in Anthropology, No. 8. Peterborough, Ontario.

Graham, Elizabeth. 1994. The Highlands of the Lowlands: Environment and Archaeology in the Stann Creek District, Belize, Central America. Monographs in World Archaeology No. 19. Prehistory Press, Madison, Wisconsin and The Royal Ontario Museum.

Graham, Elizabeth. 2001. Stann Creek District. In Archaeology of Mexico and Central America: An Encyclopedia, edited by Susan Toby Evans and David L. Webster, pp.684-686. Garland Publishing, New York.

Gundy, E.Z., and L. McNatt. 1984. Unpublished Site Catalogue Sheet on Kuchil Balum (Site 33/185-2). Department of Archaeology, Government of Belize.

Joyce, T.A. 1931. Report of the British Museum Expedition to British Honduras, 1931. Unpublished manuscript. Copy on file in the Latin American Library at Tulane University (Rare Collections, RBC 972.82(910)J89 1 LAL).

Kidder, A.V., and Gordon F. Ekholm. 1951. Some Archaeological Specimens from Pomona, British Honduras. Notes of Middle American Archaeology and Ethnology 102: 429-437.

MacKie, Euan W. 1985. Excavations at Xunantunich and Pomona, Belize, in 1959-60. BAR International Series 251.

MacKinnon, J. Jefferson. 1985. The Point Placencia Archaeological Project 1984-85 Fieldwork. Mexicon 7(5): 80-83.

MacKinnon, J. Jefferson. 1986. In Search of the Ancient Maritime Maya. Wisconsin Academy Review 32(3): 111-122.

MacKinnon, J. Jefferson. 1987. Preliminary Report: Point Placencia Archaeological Project, December, 1986-January, 1987. Report submitted to Department of Archaeology, Belmopan, Belize.

MacKinnon, J. Jefferson. 1988a. Point Placencia Archaeological Project Belize, Central America: Excavations at C’hacben K’ax, Alabama, Stann Creek District, Belize, 1986-88. Report submitted to Department of Archaeology, Belmopan, Belize.

MacKinnon, J. Jefferson. 1988b. C’hacben K’ax, 1985-88: Excavations at Alabama, Stann Creek District, Belize. Report submitted to Department of Archaeology, Belmopan, Belize.

MacKinnon, J. Jefferson. 1989a. Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Prehistoric Maya Settlement, Procurement, and Exchange on the Coast and Cays of Southern Belize. Unpublished PhD dissertation, University of Wisconsin-Madison.

MacKinnon, J. Jefferson. 1989b. Preliminary Report of the Point Placencia Archaeological Project: Consolidation of the Ballcourt at C’hacben K’ax and Archaeological Survey of the Northern Cays of the Stann Creek District, Belize. Unpublished technical report. Belmopan, Belize: Department of Archaeology.

MacKinnon, J. Jefferson. 1989c. Coastal Maya Trade Routes in Southern Belize. In Coastal Maya Trade, edited by H. McKillop and P. F. Healy, pp. 111-122. Trent University Occasional Publications in Anthropology, no. 8. Peterborough, Ontario.

MacKinnon, J. Jefferson.1990. Tobacco Range, South Water Cay, Placencia Cay and Maya Sea Trade Routes in Belize. Mexicon 12(4): 75-78.

MacKinnon, J. Jefferson. 1991a. Preliminary Reconnaissance of the Quebrada de Oro Site: Implications for a Regional Model of Maya Civilization in Southern Belize. Mexicon 8(13): 87-91.

MacKinnon, J. Jefferson. 1991b. Point Placencia Archaeological Project, 1991 Fieldwork. Precolumbian Art Research Institute Newsletter 14.

MacKinnon, J. Jefferson, and Susan M. Kepecs. 1989. Prehispanic Saltmaking in Belize: New Evidence. American Antiquity 54(3): 522-533.

MacKinnon, J. Jefferson, and Susan M. Kepecs. 1991. Prehispanic Saltmaking in Belize: A Reply to Valdez and Mock and to Marcus. American Antiquity 56(3): 528-530.

MacKinnon, J. Jefferson, and E. May. 1990. Small-Scale Maya Lime Making in Belize: Ancient and Modern. Ancient Mesoamerica 1(2): 197-203.

MacKinnon, J. Jefferson, and Emily M. May. 1991. The Ballcourts of C’hacben K’ax and its Neighbors: The Maya Ballgame and the Late Classic Colonial Impulse in Southern Belize. In The Mesoamerican Ballgame: papers presented at the international colloquium “The Mesoamerican Ballgame 2000 BC–AD 2000, Leiden, June 30th-July 3rd, 1988”, edited by G.W. van Bussel, P. L. F. van Dongen, and T. J. J. Layenaar, pp.71-80. Rijksmuseum voor Volkenkunde, Leiden

MacKinnon, J. Jefferson, Jeffrey M. Olson, and Emily M. May. 1993. “Megalithic” Maya Architectural Features at the site of Chacben Kax, Alabama, Stann Creek District, Belize, CA. Mexicon 15(1): 1-4.

Marcus, Joyce. 1991. Another Pinch of Salt: A Comment on MacKinnon and Kepecs. American Antiquity 56(3): 526-527.

Mitchell-Hedges, Frederick W. 1931. Land of Wonder and Fear. Century and Co., New York.

Price, H. W., Esq. 1899. Account of excavations on Sittee River, British Honduras. Society of Antiquaries, Feb. 16, 1899.

Rabinowitz, Alan. 1987. Jaguar: One Man’s Struggle to Save Jaguars in the Wild. Collins, London.

Schafer, Kevin. 1987. Chacben Kax: The First Excavations of a Newly Discovered Ceremonial Site Provide New Links to Maya Sea Traders. Earthwatch, Oct-Nov. 1987: 19-23.

Shipley, III, Webster E., and Elizabeth Graham. 1987. Petrographic Analysis and Preliminary Source Identification of Selected Stone Artifacts from the Maya Sites of Seibal and Uaxactun, Guatemala. Journal of Archaeological Science 14:367-383.

Sills, Cory. 2016. Re-evaluating the ancient Maya salt works at Placencia Lagoon, Belize. Mexicon 38(3): 69-74.

Sills, Cory. 2017. Extent of Brine Enrichment for Salt Production at the Ancient Maya Placencia Lagoon Salt Works, Belize. Research Reports in Belizean Archaeology 14:271-278.

Sills, Cory. 2019. The Organization of Classic Period Salt Production at the Placencia Lagoon Salt Works. Research Reports in Belizean Archaeology 16:295-302.

Stomper, Jeffrey. 2002 & 2005. Mayflower Archaeology Project (MAP). Report written for FAMSI. Available online. [English and Spanish.]

Stomper, Jeffrey, and Wendy L. Brown. 1998. Mayflower Archaeology Project: Final Report Summer Field Season 1998. Submitted to the Department of Archaeology, Belmopan, Belize. (Acc. #10035, stored in Silk Grass Village, house of Florentino Bol.)

Stomper, Jeffrey, and Wendy L. Brown. 1999. Mayflower Archaeology Project: Research Design Summer Field Season 1999. Submitted to the Department of Archaeology, Belmopan, Belize.

Stomper, Jeffrey, and Wendy L. Brown. 1999. Mayflower Archaeology Project: Kendal Excavations Report. Submitted to Department of Archaeology, Belmopan, Belize. (Acc. #10050, stored in Silk Grass Village, house of Florentino Bol.)

Stomper, Jeffrey, and Wendy L. Brown. 2000. Mayflower Archaeology Project: Research Design Summer Field Season 2000. Submitted to Department of Archaeology, Belmopan, Belize.

Stomper, Jeffrey, and Wendy L. Brown. 2001. Mayflower Archaeology Project: Research Design Summer Field Season 2001. Submitted to Department of Archaeology, Belmopan, Belize.

Stomper, Jeffrey, Wendy Brown, and Elizabeth Pope. 2004. Recent Research at Mayflower, Stann Creek District, Belize. RRBA 1:323-331.

Thompson, J. Eric S. 1930. Ethnology of the Mayas of Southern and Central British Honduras. Field Museum of Natural History Publication 274, Anthropological Series, Vol. VII, No. 2. Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, IL.

Thompson, J. Eric S. 1970[1990]. Maya History and Religion. University of Oklahoma Press, Norman.

Thompson, J. Eric S. 1972[1988]. The Maya of Belize: Historical Chapters Since Columbus. Cubola Productions, Belize City, Belize.

Toledo Maya Cultural Council and Toledo Alcaldes Association (TMCC/TAA). 1997. Maya Atlas: The Struggle to Preserve Maya Land in Southern Belize. North Atlantic Books, Berkeley, CA.

Valdez, Jr., Fred, and Shirley B. Mock. 1991. Additional Considerations for Prehispanic Saltmaking in Belize. American Antiquity 56(3): 520-525.

Walters, Gary Rex. 1988. Field Report Dec. 1987-Jan. 1988 Point Placencia Archaeological Project. Submitted to Department of Archaeology, Belmopan, Belize.

Wanyerka, Phil. 1999. Pecked Cross and Patolli Petroglyphs of the Lagarto Ruins, Stann Creek District, Belize. Mexicon 21:108-111.

Wanyerka, Phillip J. 2003. The Southern Belize Epigraphic Project: The Hieroglyphic Inscriptions of Southern Belize. Unpublished technical report. Foundation for the Advancement of Mesoamerican Studies, Inc. Available online: www.famsi.org/reports/00077/wanyerka_full.pdf

Wanyerka, Phillip J. 2009. Classic Maya Political Organization: Epigraphic Evidence of Hierarchical Organization in the Southern Maya Mountains Region of Belize. PhD dissertation, Department of Anthropology, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale. University Microforms, Ann Arbor, MI.

Williamson, Richard, and Jeff Stomper. 1996. Preliminary Report of the 1996 Summer Field Season Mayflower Archaeology Project. Report submitted to the Department of Archaeology, Belmopan, Belize.

Williamson, Richard, and Jeff Stomper. 1996. Mayflower Archaeology Project 1996 Final Report. Report submitted to the Department of Archaeology, Belmopan, Belize. (Acc. for 96/97 #10017) stored in Silk Grass Village.

Williamson, Richard, and Jeff Stomper. 1997. Mayflower Archaeology Project: Research Design Summer Field Season 1997. Submitted to the Department of Archaeology, Belmopan, Belize.

Williamson, Richard, and Jeff Stomper. 1998. Mayflower Archaeology Project: Research Design, Summer Field Season 1998. Submitted to the Department of Archaeology, Belmopan, Belize.

Wilson, C.H. 1886. Notes on River Surveys. Local Publication, British Honduras.