The Association for Mexican Cave Studies announces the publication of
its bulletin 23, Heart of Earth: Studies in Maya Ritual Cave Use,
edited by James E. Brady. It contains twelve articles in its 142
pages. Softbound, $10 plus shipping, details athttp://www.amcs-pubs.org/bul/bul23.html
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New to our catalog of books is Cueva del Río La Venta: An Underground
Dream, published by La Venta Esplorazioni Geografiche in Italy, with
main authors Tullio Bernabei, Antonio De Vivo, Francesco Sauro, and
Giuseppe Savino. The 159-page hardcover book is heavily illlustrated
with color photos, including 70 full-page ones. Included is a detailed
description of the through-trip in the cave in Chiapas. Three days
were spent there on a dedicated photo trip for this book. A pocket in
the back contains a large, folded sheet with an area map on one side
and a 3-D diagram of the cave on the other. $35 plus shipping; see http://www.amcs-pubs.org/other/CuevaLaVenta.html
.
After a lapse of several years, Ricardo Arias's Sótanos de México:
Abismos de Luz y Sombra, is back in stock, and at a price of $15,
reduced from the previous price of $28. Maps, photos, and descriptions
of seventeen of the best-known vertical caves in Mexico. 140 pages
softbound; in Spanish. http://www.amcs-pubs.org/other/sotanosmexico.htm.
Ordering information, including mailing charges and payment options,
is at http://www.amcs-pubs.org/finance/order.html.
The eleventh Congreso Nacional Mexicana de Espeleología, organized by
Grupo Espeleológico Ajau and the Unión Mexicana de Agrupaciones
Espeleológicas, will be held in Mérida, Yucatán, on Febuary 1–4, 2013.
The conference will also serve as a congress of FEALC, the Federación
Espeleológica de América Latina y el Caribe. Information: http://xicongresoumae.org
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