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Talgua Village is located north of the aldea of Talgua, northeast of Catacamas, Department of Olancho, Republic of Honduras. The Cave of the Glowing Skulls is located 2 to 3 kilometers north-northwest of the archaeological dig, in the Altima Limestone of the Sierra de Agalta. The all-weather road ends in the aldea.  I've been told that Hurricane Mitch took out part of the road (loosely defined - more like a wide cattle path in some places) to the village and the caves.

Dr. Jim Brady's page is up and running at California State University in Los Angeles.

These maps are based on the Mapa de La Republica de Honduras, 11th edition (1:1,000,000) and the 1:50,000 Hoja 3060IV (Catacamas sheet) topographic map available from the Instituto Geográfico Nacional.  Blue pattern on map of Honduras shows areas characterized by limestone bedrock, the rock type usually associated with large caves.

Field work with magnetometer Excavating a magnetic anomaly

Fire pit unearthed Barbecue Statue

Chisel marks on statue Statue poses for a picture Close-up of statue

Additional photos                          Return to Latin-American Studies Institute

Links to other Talgua-related (or Olancho pre-history) Web sites:

Paper on Talgua geophysics (in Spanish) presented at Symposium in Tegucigalpa in July of 1999

English translation

La Prensa story (in Spanish)         More La Prensa      USA Today       

  Dr. Beaudry-Corbett 

Piedra Cara (I think) on the Patuca       Tim Berg's report

Chris Begley's ongoing archaeological research in La Mosquitia