The topic that I chose for my research for anthropology of art is about cave art in the Maya region. This interests me because the past few years I have traveled to Belize for an archaeology field school that focuses on the Maya. This type of archaeology is what I plan to do for the rest of my life. caves in this region that have been used or modified by the Maya also interest me because not a whole lot is known about the cave usage. In some of these caves there are petroglyphs, hieroglyphs, and paintings. the basis of my research involved figuring out how cave art in this region affect the usage of caves and the Maya culture in general. This relates to the course because first of all it involves pieces of art, and also I provide analysis on how these piece of art played a specific role in the Mayan culture.
My research mostly consisted of peer reviewed sources that I mostly found either online and online databases. To find most of the sources I searched the journal database JSTOR and searching for articles on Google and Google scholar. Some of the major problems I encountered when researching for my thesis was that there isn't a whole lot of literature on caves in the Maya region because its a fairly recent sub-discipline of archaeology. the other main problem is that there isnt that many caves that contain art in them throughout the Maya region leading to even fewer amount of literature on caves and their art.
If I had to chose a follow up research project I would start with something with more literature about it to make it easier to find information. Maybe delve into classical Greek statues and their significance to the Greeks. First there is a plethora of information on this subject and also because since taking an AP art history class in high school I have had a fascination with Greek statues.
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