Facultad de Anthropologia

Today Stephanie and I had an archaeology student from our University (UADY) take us to the Department of Anthropology of the University. We thought this would be close to the Merida, but it turned out to be a twenty to thirty minute bus ride from our school. We passed the outer suburbs into dry grassy/cactusy fields. 

The school is beautiful. Built about four years ago it is accompanied by a massive social sciences library. Both buildings are designed to resemble Maya temples... so awesome! Just these two giant structures in the middle of nowhere hosting several artifacts from major dig sites throughout the Yucatan and to hundreds of anthropology books.

We received a tour of the facilities and saw boxes of artifacts of bones, rock, and much more covered in dirt. Some of the boxes in the laboratory even said para National Geographic. I am in love!

the bus stop at the school

a peek inside the lab where they organize and photograph artifacts

National Geographic! Enough said. Almost, they had rooms of boxes of human remains and other artifacts from ruins in the Yucatan

the library