The Tikal Digital Access Project (TDAP) is currently collaborating with the Schoenberg Center for Electronic Text and Image to develop a fully functional pilot database for the Tikal archival materials. The pilot will demonstrate how, over the long term, documents will be made available and searchable via the web. Presently, TDAP is seeking funding to support the conversion of the Tikal Project card catalog (55,000+ cards) into a searchable and browseable online catalog. Links to digital facsimiles of each catalog card will be returned as a result of keyword searches. Keywords will be derived from William R. Coe's system of nomenclature for the Tikal Project which was later widely adopted in Maya archaeological field research. This online access to the card catalog will be an immediately useful online research tool for Maya scholars, serving as a gateway to the rest of the contents of the Tikal archive. Because the card catalog indexes all other documents in the archive, scholars will be able to request access to not yet digitized documents in the archive based on their card catalog searches. We anticipate this phase of the project will take two years to complete. In the meantime, the Foundation for the Advancement for Mesoamerican Studies has funded the creation of a searchable online database of photographs from the Tikal Project. Please visit FAMSI's website to use the database. Please check back periodically for updates! Click image to enlarge and view details