Scrap Book
A photographic journal of the Chases and their work
Whenever we present public lectures or meet people, they always want to know how or why we became interested in archaeology. Was it because we played with dinosaurs when we were young? Was it because we liked jig-saw puzzles? Was it that we liked to play in the dirt? Or, was it our reaction to the counter-culture of the late 1960's? We like to think that it was probably all of these things, in combination with our quest for knowledge and understanding in an ever-changing world.
Within the academic milieu, the written word can often be very dry, matter-of-fact, and formulaic (as can be seen in our accompanying vitaes). Pictures offer a very different, but still complementary, perspective. For this reason, we have chosen to include a few snapshots of our past.
The Chases
Ixtutz, Guatemala 1971
G. Wing, C. Smith, T. Gardner, L. Robertson, K. Monihan, A. Chase, M. Greene Robertson
Arlen Chase at Topoxte, Guatemala, 1972 (photo courtesy of Raymond Sidrys)
Diane Chase at Stenton Mansion, Pennsylvania, 1975
Garden City, New York 1975
Tayasal / Tikal, Guatemala 1977
with Julie Benyo
Nohmul, Belize 1978
Santa Rita Corozal, Belize 1979
Diane and the Chevette, Santa Rita Corozal, Summer 1979
University Museum, Philadelphia Pennsylvania 1981
School of American Research, Santa Fe, New Mexico, October 1982
back row: F. Robles, A. Chase, J. Ball, D. Pendergast, A. Andrews, A. Miller
front row: D. Freidel, E.W. Andrews IV, D. Chase, P. Rice, J. Sabloff, G. Willey
Second Preliminary Trip to Caracol, Belize, December 1984
back row: S.Houston, J. Morris, A. Chase, D. Chase
front row: M. Miller, N. Houston, R. Schyberg
Diane and John Morris, Caracol, Belize, December 1984
Primera Mesa Redonda de S.E.E.M., Toledo, Spain, November 1985
Andres Ciudad Ruiz (center left) with Don Rice (left of Andres)
Caracol, Belize 1986
Caracol, Belize 1986
with Stephen Houston
Segunda Mesa Redonda de S.E.E.M., Granada, Spain, December 1987
"Yax," Caracol, Belize, Spring 1989
William Haviland in the A Group, Caracol, Belize, Spring 1990
Merle Greene Robertson, Edward Kurjack, and Rafael Cobos rubbing Altar 23 at Caracol, Belize, Spring 1991
Tomb 4 in Caracol Structure B20, Spring 1993
Dumbarton Oaks, Washington, D.C., October 1994
back row: A. Chase, E. Abrams, L. Schele, R. Hansen, W. Fash
front row: K. Taube, D. Webster, M. Miller, S. Houston, P. McAnany, D. Stuart, W. Ashmore
Universidad Autonoma de Campeche, Campeche, Mexico, November 1997
William Folan (blue shirt in middle); David Stuart and Norman Hammond (far left); Rafael Cobos (far right)
UCF Archaeology Laboratory, Fall 1999
UCF Pegasus Professors 2003: Eric Van Stryland (Optics and Phtonics) & Diane Chase (Academic Affairs)
VII Mesa Redonda de S.E.E.M., Pamplona, Spain 2005 (Logrona Wine Museum)
Diane with Bill Fash, Pepa Iglesias, and Andres Ciudad Ruiz
UCF Pegasus Professors 2007: Marty Waneilista (Engineering); Charles Hughes (Engineering); Arlen Chase (Sciences)
IHOPE-Maya I, School of Advanced Research, Santa Fe, New Mexico, January 2009
back row: S. Fedick, J. Sabloff, K. Prufer, A. Chase, J. Gunn, D. Lentz, S. van der Leeuw
front row: L. Lucero, V. Scarborough, V. Fialko
IX Mesa Redonda de S.E.E.M., Granada, Spain, March 2009
with Andres Ciudad Ruiz (left) and Rafael Cobos (right)
at Rach Cobos' Chichen Itza Project, Mexico, July 2009
with Elyse, Aubrey, and Adrian
UCF AAAS Fellows, December 2009
Diane Chase (Anthropology); Debra Reinhart (Civil Engineering); Mubarak Shah (Computer Science)
IHOPE-Maya III, AMERIND Foundation, Dragoon, Arizona, August 2010
J. Gunn, M. Hegmon, S. Fedick, K. Prufer, V. Scarborough, L. Lucero, G. Iannone,
D. Chase, A. Chase, S. van der Leeuw
Diane Chase with Jiang Sixian (Vice Governor) in Hainan, China, October 2010
IHOPE-Maya IV, UCF, Orlando, January 2011
Back: R. Cobos, S. van der Leeuw, A.F. Chase, R. Liendo, C. Isendahl, V. Scarborough, G. Iannone, J. Gunn, N. Dunning
Front: D. Chase, J. Tainter, S. Fedick, L. Lucero, T. Wilkinson, A.S.Z. Chase
Chase Family Reunion, Carmel, California, June 2011
