A bioarchaeologist who brings ancient bones back to life, scientifically, of course. Her research explores health, diet, and mobility among ancient Maya populations in the Three Rivers Region. A natural storyteller, she can turn a single tooth into a three-chapter saga, complete with morbidity, plot twists, and at least one joke that makes people question her search history. Cristina brings precision, passion, and a perfectly dark sense of humor to everything she does, because nothing says “I love my job” like laughing while studying skeletons in the jungle.

A geoarchaeologist and GIS specialist who studies ancient Maya water management systems. His research explores how past landscapes flowed with both water and ingenuity, and how modern field archaeologists keep testing that relationship every time it rains. He combines LiDAR analysis, mapping, and excavation to investigate how these hydraulic systems shaped both ancient life and the environment. Between pedestrian surveys and muddy trenches, he insists with a grin, “It’s all part of the workflow.”

Ixmu studies the ceramic sequence of the Río Azul region, turning vessels into timelines and fragments into data. Her research focuses on ceramic typology, production techniques, and regional interaction patterns, helping refine the chronology of settlements across northeastern Petén. A proud Kaqchikel speaker, Ixmu brings an Indigenous perspective and deep cultural understanding to her archaeological work. Whether she’s in the lab sorting sherds by paste and polish or in the field under pouring rain, she has a sixth sense for spotting diagnostic rims from twenty meters away. Some say it’s training, others call it her archaeological superpower.

An undergraduate student at the University of San Carlos, Guatemala, currently writing his Licenciatura thesis on LiDAR-based mapping at Río Azul. Passionate about Landscape Archaeology and GIS, he’s proving that ancient Maya cities had better spatial planning than most modern ones.

An undergraduate archaeologist, who splits her time between digging, conserving, and trying to keep the artifacts cleaner than the archaeologists. She’s excavating a workshop of chert and flint production near Río Azul as part of her Licenciatura degree, because someone has to prove that stone tools are the original multitasking technology.

Known to all as "El Primo", he’s an archaeology student studying the Río Azul-Kehnah causeway as part of his Licenciatura thesis. When he’s not mapping and excavating ancient roads in the jungle, he’s the undisputed master of knots, logistics, and field morale, capable of securing a tarp, a water tank, or an entire excavation unit with the same precision. Armed with a tiny machete, a sense of humor, and an endless playlist of metal riffs, El Primo keeps the team moving,  literally. Whether he’s coordinating supplies, deciphering the next trail, or turning camp into an improvised rock arena, he proves that archaeology can be equal parts science, sweat, and headbanging. Archaeology never rocked harder!