June 27th 2010, a group of students from Los Altos, California's, Foothill College Anthropology Department, embarked upon an adventure in the small yet fascinating country of Belize.
With the generous help of Mic and Lucy Fleming and their land at Chaa Creek, the Students found themselves with the opportunity to work alongs side Ted and Linda Neff in their study of the agricultural practices of the ancient Maya.
As part of a larger Anthropology field school, the Foothill students were invited to work with the Neff's at Chaa Creek for a 1 week intensive on Maya farming, learning archaeological research methods, and participating in an experimental archaeology project.
In their gratitude for Mic and Lucy Fleming for so graciously welcoming them to work on their land, they have put together a small blog about their experiences.

While I was toiling on the farm (imagine that – having to work to eat) a single line from a song scrolled through my head over and over again. The line was, “working and waiting in the hot sun” from Waiting For A Miracle performed by the Jerry Garcia Band. There’s a catchy little intro too and that line really summed up much of my sensations on the farm. In fact, I got a little too much sun one day while digging a pit for testing soil composition and I started to feel a little sick. I’m still recovering from whatever illness presented itself that day. But the song’s title does mention a miracle, which I would argue came in the form of that delicious meal attentively served to us in our most informal attire. And if not the meal, then certainly the time we had to frolic in the pool while slurping fruity drinks delivered to the poolside by the resort’s courteous wait staff. --(Erik Neumann)