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Full Name                 Alonso Mendez

Address:                   AP142, Palenque Chiapas 29960, Mexico

E-mail:                      butzchan@gmail.com

Date of Birth             Feb. 6 1964

Nationality                Dual Citizen: Mexico and USA

Education                    B.A. 1987, Middlebury College, Middlebury VT.

Languages                   English, Spanish, Tzeltal, Italian

Archeology
    Research Associate,  Maya Exploration Center, Palenque, Mexico.  cartography, architectural reconstructions, archeoastronomy, epigraphy, iconography,             ceramic investigations and re-creations,    2003 – present  

    Project Artist, Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia (INAH) Director: Arnoldo Gonzales Cruz.
    Documented field excavations in Temple XXI and XXII.  Designed and executed perspective drawings of the architecture of Palenque.  2001 – 2002

    Project Artist, Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia (INAH) Director: Arnoldo Gonzales Cruz.
    Documented field excavations in Temple of the Inscriptions, House E,T XVI, Temple XIII, Temple XIIA.  Designed and executed perspective drawings of the             architecture of Palenque.  2000 – 2001

    Project Artist and Cartographer, Proyecto de las Cruces, Palenque, Director: Alfonso Morales Cleveland
    Supervised documentation of excavations and restoration of Temple XX. Developed perspective drawings of architecture in the pre-Columbian site of Palenque.      2000 – 2002

    Artist,  Instituto Nacional de Antropologia e Historia (INAH) Palenque, Director: Juan Antonio Ferrer Aguilar
    Executed perspective drawings and conceptual design of the remodeling of the site Museum.2002

    Project Artist and Cartographer, Palenque Mapping Project, Palenque, Director: Edwin L. Barnhart
    cartography, Architectural documentation and reconstructions 1998-200


Art
    Director, POP Productions,
  Producciones, Obras y Promociones. a design, and production studio in Palenque and San Cristobal de las Casas. 1998 – present  

    Art Director, Teatro en la Selva,   Palenque, Mexico.
    Set and lighting design, masks and costumes; performer.  2000 - present

    Art Teacher;  Teaching art to children in two rural communities of Palenque, with clay and recycled materials; Museo de sitio, INAH, Palenque. 2000 – 2001

 
Consulting, Research, Education and Guiding

    Maya Skies: Custultant and Archaeo-astronomy advisor for the full dome planetarium production. Produced by the Chabot Planetarium of San Francisco.                 2007-present

    The Cosmic Serpent Project: Consultant, instructor and Archaeo-astronomy advisor NSF-funded professional development project to increase the capacity of         museum practitioners to bridge native and western science learning in informal settings. The Indigenous Education Institute (IEI) and the U.C. Berkeley Space         Sciences Laboratory. 2008-present

    El Sol Nos une A Todos: Arqueo-astronomer and Instructor:  Participated in  Workshops and lectures on Astronomy at various sites and cities in Mexico and the     US.  Project Directed by Isabel Hawkins, and supported in part by NASA, U.C. Berkeley, and I.N.A.H. Mexico. 2005-2008

    Universidad Intercultural de Chiapas:  Participated in special events as guest professor and lecturer to Maya students. 2007-present

    Virtual Archaeologic: Los Esplendores de Palenque, Production and Artistic Consultant for the production of 3d reconstructions of Palenque, Book published by     Mayo Moller and Ed Barnhart. 2008

    Discovery Atlas Mexico ,  Consultant, Informant and facilitator to during the filming of the documentary in Palenque. Produced for the Discovery Channel 2007

    Lost Worlds: Palenque City of the Maya,  Production Consultant, Translator and facilitator to during the filming of the documentary on Palenque. by Atlantic         Productions for The History Channel. 2004

    Colegio de Guías de Chiapas,  Board member of a non-profit organization of Federal Guides 2003-present

    Maya Exploration Center, Guide and lecturer in Chiapas, Yucatan and Guatemala, describing the architecture, art, iconography archaeoastronomy, and                 ethnobotony of the Maya,. 2003-2004

    National Gallery of Art, The Courtly Art of the Maya Exhibit,  Consultant, Translator and facilitator to Mary Miller and Simon Martin during the filming of the         documentary on Palenque. by Roger Sherman and Florentine Films 2004

    Colegio El Escriba de Palenque, Palenque, Mexico
    Taught art history, drawing, ceramics, painting and printmaking to pre-school through sixth grade.  2000 – 2001

    The Sacred Monkey River, Informant and Bowman, for author Christopher Shaw on a canoe exploration of the principle rivers of Chiapas for the book Sacred         Monkey River. 1997

    Palenque Adventures, Director and guide, describing the architecture, art and iconography of the Maya, archeoastronomy, ethnobotony and medicinal plants.      1995 – present

    Centro de Estudios e Investigaciones Basados en el Arte Maya (CEIBA MAYA A.C.)  founding member and artistic consultant to a non-profit cultural exchange     center,  1995 – present  

Telephone

(512) 440 - 8485

Email

fireseedclaystudios@gmail.com