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)
Arlen Chase at Grasshopper Pueblo, Guatemala, 1973
Diane Chase at Stenton Mansion, Pennsylvania, 1975
Garden City, New York 1975
Quirigua Project 1977 Back Row (left to right): Bob Sharer, Ed Schortman, Chris Jones, Arlen Chase, Kevin Gray; Front Row (left to right): Mary Bullard, Becky Sedat, David Sedat, Pat Urban, Wendy Ashmore, Diane Chase, John Weeks
Tayasal / Tikal, Guatemala 1977
with Julie Benyo
Cuello Project 1978 in northern Belize
Nohmul, Belize 1978
Visiting Anabel Ford in the Peten of Guatemala, Summer 1978
(photo courtesy of Anabel Ford)
Diane and the Chevette, Santa Rita Corozal, Summer 1979
Diane at Palenque, Mexico, 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
Santa Rita Corozal, Belize 1984
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
Santa Rita Corozal: August 1985: End-of-Season party
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
Arlen and Diane with their fathers, Frank Chase and Edward Zaino at Caracol in 1988
“Yax,” Caracol, Belize, Spring 1989
Arlen and Diane at a night lighting of Caracol Altar 23, Spring 1990
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
V Mesa Redonda de S.E.E.M., Valladolid, Spain 1999
Back: ?, Monica Smith, Marcus Winter, Rafael Cobos, Marie Arnauld, William Sanders, John Clark, ?, David Webster, Pepa Iglesias, Rosemary Joyce, Diane Chase, Arlen Chase, Hector Escobedo, Juan Pedro Laporte, Steve Houston, ?
Front: Linda Manzanilla, Dominique Michelet, Marshall Becker, ?, Andres Ciudad Ruiz, Takeshi Inomata
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)
Diane Chase, Jaime Awe, and Arlen Chase at Caracol, March 2010
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
Diane Chase at UCF-Hainan ceremony in Hainan, China, February 2012
IHOPE-Maya VI, Cincinatti, May 2012
K. Tankersley, S. Heckbert, C. Isendahl, C Lauzzader-Beach, T. Beach, D. Lentz, D. Chase, A. Chase, V. Scarborough, J. Gunn
Tropical Forest Urbanism Conference, Siem Reap, Cambodia, July 2012:
V. Scarborough, V. Fialko, R. Liendo, G. Thompson, D. Chase, L. Lucero, R. Fletcher,
A. Chase, J. Morris, J. Sabloff, L. Grazioso
E Group Conference, Santa Fe Institute, August 2012
T. Stanton, A. Dowd, A. Aveni, D. Freidel, J. Sabloff, A. Chase, S. Milbraith, J. Murdock, C. Robin, F. Estrada-Belli, W. Saturno
Arlen and Diane Chase, Grand Marshals, Fantasy Fest 2012, Key West; with Amy Morris and Bill Murphy, October 2012
Stork Club, Cayo, Belize, March 2013
George Thompson, Arlen Chase, Diane Chase, Melissa Badillo, Brian Woodye, John Morris
Second E Group Conference, Santa Fe Institute, August 2013
seated: P. Rice, K. Brown, M. Gell-Mann, K. Reese-Taylor; middle row: P. McAnany, D. Chase, A. Chase, J. Murdoch, A. Dowd, P. Harrison; back: J. Doyal, T. Inomata, D. Freidel, T. Stanton, E. Estrada-Belli
Western Belize Archaeological Consortium LiDAR Workshop, Orlando, Florida
September 2013:
first row: S. Macrae, P. Demarte, M. Marino, R. Kangas, A. Rivas, C. Butterfield, L. Phillips
second row: J. Yaeger, A. Chase, A.S.Z. Chase, D. Chase, J. Awe, K. Brown, B. Cap, J. Weishampel, D. White, H. Moyes
Chacmool LiDAR Session, Calgary, Canada
November 2014:
first row: M. Peuramaki-Brown, K. Monteleone, J. Yaeger, K. Reese-Taylor, M.K. Brown
second row: J. Awe, S. Macrae, J.C. Fernandez Diaz, S. Hutson, R. Rosenswig, A. Chase, A. Magnoni, T. Stanton, T. Hare
Santa Fe Institute, New Mexico: Materialization of Time Conference
February 2015:
kneeling: D. Freidel; J. Murdock
standing (left-right): W. Saturno, J. Sabloff, K. Reese-Taylor, C. Robin, T. Inomata, T. Stanton, A. Chase, E. Estrada-Beli, D. Chase, A. Dowd, P. Rice, H. Wright, K. Brown
Diane at Universidad San Ignacio de Loyola, Lima, Peru: December 1, 2015
UCF Reception for our “transition”: April 11, 2016: John Hitt, Diane, Arlen, Dale Whittaker
UNLV Graduation, May 13, 2016: Len Jessup, Diane, Nancy Rapoport
Santa Fe Institute, New Mexico, “Maya Materialization of Time II,” August 26-28, 2016: (J. Murdock in front; from left to right: J. Sabloff, C. Robin, I. Batun, W. Saturno, D. Chase, A. Chase, T. Stanton, P. McAnany, D. Freidel, M.K. Brown, S. Milbrath, J. Doyle, A. Dowd, T. Inomata, K. Reese-Taylor, A. Dowd, R. Estrada-Belli
2017 Belize Archaeology Symposium: Cayo, June 2017: (from left to right) Diane Z. Chase, Allan Moore, Delsia Marsden, George Thompson, Brian Woodye, Melissa Badillo, Adrian S.Z. Chase, Arlen F. Chase, John Morris
Materialization of Time: Santa Fe Institute: August 23-24 2017 (from left to right): J. Sabloff, F. Estrada-Beli, A. Chase, T. Inomata, P. Rice, J. Murdock, D. Chase, K. Brown, S. Milbrath, T. Stanton, P. McAnany, K. Reese-Taylor, A. Dowd, D. Freidel, F. Rossi (C. Robin not shown).
Regimes of the Classic Maya: Wenner-Gren conference: Sept 1-4, 2017: Tulane Univ., New Orleans (from left to right): lower row: M. Canuto, D. Freidel; lower middle: T. Barrientos, D. Chase, A. Chase, A. Demarest, L. Lecount, G. Bey, F. Estrada-Belli; upper middle: N. Grube, A. Foias, E. Bell; upper row: S. Martin, M. Zender, M. Smith, G. Iannone, J. Yaeger, C, Golden, M. Lamoureux St-Hilaire
Rupture or Transformation of Maya Kingship: November 11-13, 2017: Kyoto, Japan
Seated (left to right): T. Inomata, K. Tsukamoto, C. Helmke, A.L. Izquierdo, N. Grube, A. Chase, D. Chase, P. Nondedeo, A. Demarest, K. Aoyama; Standing (left to right): J. Zralka, S. Suzuki, T. Barrientos, R. Cobos, E. Graham, M.C. Arnauld, F. Matsuura, C. Andrieu, J. Patrois, T. Okoshi, W. Ringle
Vegas Cakes episode on Food Channel. Filmed in UNLV Maya/ Mesoamerican Lab on April 26, 2018; aired on Food Channel on Episode 12 (Season 2) of Las Vegas Cakes on June 16, 2018
ACAO Digital Fellows at Gates Foundation in Seattle, Washington – July 25, 2018.
Settlement Scaling and the Challenge of Mayan Low Density Urbanism, Santa Fe Institute, August 23-24, 2018. (from left to right) seated: Heather Richards-Rissotto, Adrian Chase, Jack Hanson, Luis Bettencourt; standing: Scott Ortman, Bernadette Cap, Sarah Klassen, Michael Smith, Jose Lobo
On Time and Being Maya: Santa Fe Institute: August 28-30, 2018. (from left to right) kneeling: Jerry Murdock, David Freidel; seated: Susan Milbrath; Patricia McAnany; Kat Brown; Diane Chase; standing: Jeremy Sabloff, Ivan Batun, Anne Dowd; Francisco Estrada-Belli; Saburo Sugiyama; James Doyle; Arlen Chase; Travis Stanton; Kathryn Reese-Taylor; Takeshi Inomata
If the Past Teaches, Does the Future Learn? SESYNC conference, Annapolis, Maryland, October 30 – November 2, 2018. (from left): V. Scarborough, C. Isendahl, N. Yoffee, Q. Zhang, G. Harbrec, L. Lucero, J. Murphy, J. Gunn, J. Pournelle, C. Crumley, A. Chase, E. Hammer, C. Hritz
Paris Dialogue on Archaeological Lidar: 11-12 December 2018. Sponsored by Damian Evans and the Ecole Francaise d’Extreme-Orient, Paris, France.
