World of The Maya Travel Seminar

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Winter Break in Mexico
Earn 3 College Credits

Seminar Description
A great 11 day/10 night guided archaeological and cultural journey to some of the most impressive and beautiful Maya sites of Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula. With a Maya archaeologist as your guide, you will explore major archaeological sites, Spanish colonial towns, traditional Maya villages and markets, meet a practicing Maya shaman, swim in ancient Maya cenotes, and take a boat trip through the most important ecological reserve in the Yucatan. Your seminar concludes with a stay at the white sandy beaches of Playa del Carmen.

Round trip airfare, hotels, and most meals included.

Members of the community are welcome to participate on a non-credit basis. Students will be enrolled in ANTH 239 for three college credits. Participants must be at least 18 years of age.

A number of scholarships are available for full-time OCC students.

Your Package Includes

• Round trip airfare on US Airways
• All hotel accommodations (10 nights)
• 10 breakfasts, 8 lunches, 6 dinners
• All Mexican ground transportation in private air conditioned vans
• All admissions and guided tours at each site
• Round trip shuttle between OCC & Airport
• Most tips, taxes, OCC instruction, tuition & fees
  

Not Included: Personal expenses, tips, and activities, meals, or services not specifically listed.

Seminar Leader 

Professor Christine Kitchin is an anthropologist/ archaeologist who conducted 13 years of research
at the ancient Maya site of Copan. This is her fourth World of the Maya Travel Seminar. Prof. Kitchin
is fluent in Spanish and has studied and traveled extensively throughout the Maya world.

Seminar Highlights

• Archaeological sites of Chichen Itza, Uxmal, Mayapan, Ek Balam, Coba, Tulum, & the Puuc Hills

• Traditional Maya villages & markets

• Visit with a Maya shaman

• Spanish colonial towns of Merida, Valladolid, & Izamal

• Swim in sacred cenotes & explore ancient caves with ritual deposits

• Boat trip through the Celestun Bioreserve

• Caribbean beaches of Playa del Carmen

Registration Deadline is October 31, 2011.

Space is limited.  Registration is on a first come/first served basis.

For more information, contact Professor Christine Kitchin at ckitchin@ocean.edu or 732.255.0400, x2421.