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If you didn't know, I officially launched my Cultural Heritage Informatics (CHI) project at the end of April. While I wasn't sure what I wanted to do at first, I quickly decided to do a project focusing on the archaeological site that I work at - Marco Gonzalez. Marco Gonzalez is the largest archaeological site on Ambergris Caye, and was a Maya trading center and salt production site. Through the years, archaeologists have uncovered several artifacts that traveled far and wide to end up at Marco Gonzalez, including from central Mexico, Honduras, Guatemala, and the Pacific coast. I wanted to create a mobile website that tourists could use to stay up-to-date on ongoing research and excavations, as well as learn more about how Marco Gonzalez fit within Mesoamerica. Once I finished my project (which will be on ongoing endeavor as I will update the site with new findings each year), one question still remained - how do I share this website with tourists? After speaking with Dr. Ethan Watrall (the director for the CHI Initiative), he suggested that I 3D print a QR code for my website. I could then post the 3D print at the entrance of the archaeological site. So I did just that! Below you can see where we posted the QR code. I love this project, and love that it is available to anyone interested even more. So I want to say thank you to Ethan and my CHI cohort because I couldn't have made this idea into a reality without them! 
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