Presented at:
Maya at the Playa 2015 on September 18, 2015
Palm Coast, Fl
In March of 1972, the very first Institute of Maya Studies (IMS) newsletter reported that it's Board Members had negotiated with Guatemala's government the loan, for the first time ever to another country, of a Maya stela to IMS and the Miami Museum of Science. This is the story of three stelae, and the creation of an exhibit at the Miami Science Museum, sponsored by the Institute of Maya Studies, called the Maya Plaza. It involves the recovery of looted stela, a precedent-setting criminal case on antiquities theft, restoration by drilling holes in stela on purpose and a live quetzal at a dinner party. (1 hour)
