ArchAerial, a Texas-based firm that produces remote-controlled "quad-copters" for capturing video from the air, spotlights work in Belize conducted by an ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ anthropologist.
Trachman conducts archaeological research on the ancient Maya culture at the Dos Hombres site in northwestern Belize. The video in which ArchAerial’s “quad-copters” were used illustrates the terrain and environmental conditions that confront researchers and students who take part in the excavations.
Trachman, a faculty member in the Department of Sociology and Anthrpology, has been conducting archaeology field work in Belize since 1997. She has been co-organizing field schools in Belize with the University of Texas since 2001, and began leading a field school through ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ in summer 2009.