Alyce De Carteret

About the Author

Alyce De Carteret is an archaeologist and writer whose work explores the intersections of ancient Maya culture, ritual practice, and landscape. Drawing on extensive fieldwork at major sites across Mesoamerica, she brings scholarly rigor and narrative clarity to her explorations of pre-Columbian societies. Her research emphasizes the symbolic and political dimensions of architecture and burial traditions, illuminating how the Maya understood power, cosmology, and the afterlife. De Carteret’s writing bridges academic and public audiences, offering accessible yet richly detailed accounts of discovery and interpretation.