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
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