Archeology in the Forest with our dear family friend, collaborator and supporter Fabio Esteban Amador
Introduction workshop:
Let´s meet Fabio!
In this introduction workshop, we will have fun with this archaeologist, photographer, and Visual Media Artist utilizing visualization systems and techniques to capture or rather to see the past. This also allows us to share, explore, and project the past with minimal intervention, thus preserving and protecting the fragile remnants.
Fabio is a certified instructor who teaches non-archaeologists the art of conducting surveys and documenting elements of the past as a first step in understanding the landscape.
His work will enrich the people who live and are close to the territory being studied.
He is able to teach and certify them so that the community can be empowered and have the tools to begin taking the first steps in protecting and understanding the past.
At the N.E.S.T. in July 2025 we will go deep into the study of ancient rock formations known as Cairns:
On the side of Overlook Mountain is an 80-foot-long serpentine stone wall that ends at a boulder with a triangular shape that is suggestive of a snake’s head. A few hundred feet away, an almost identical — but crumbling — stone wall ends at a similar boulder, forming a mirror image, the two “snakes” arranged tail to tail.
Archeologists believe Native Americans built the walls for spiritual purposes. They regard the site as sacred land and want it preserved, although it’s located on private property that is currently for sale.
Save the date Archeology in the Forest at the N.E.S.T - Certified Training, Jul 9th-20th :
Learn archaeological methods and basic skills. Discover & identify structures, mapping, conducting surveys & drawing. No excavation and no disturbance throughout this process. We will ask permission, make offerings, and perform rituals before, during, and after our work together.
About Fabio Esteban Amador:
Archaeologist, photographer and Visual Media Artist. Fabio began his career as an art student as the School of Visual Arts and the Art Student League of New York and later he attained a Masters and Ph.D. degrees from the State University of New York (SUNNY Buffalo). During the last 10 years he worked as a program officer for the National Geographic Society where he assisted and supported explorers/scientists with visual tools and technologies. Capturing the process of their work allowed him to publish stories, photographs and short documentaries in the National Geographic Magazine, NatGeo Explorers Journal, and recently a co-host for a National Geographic TV series titled “Mysteries of the Underworld”.
Currently Fabio Esteban is a freelance artist and educator with experience recording archaeological sites, creating and producing photographic visual narratives and filming documentaries. His story-telling skills and visual art have reached large audiences through public lectures, presentations, television series and publications.
As part of his doctoral research, Fabio Esteban excavated ancient Maya sites across the Yucatán Peninsula to investigate how these groups established their identity through art and iconography. His later interests and projects have included locations throughout regions of Central and South America, Mexico, the Caribbean, the Southwest United States and most recently, the Franco-Cantambrian region of Europe, where he has devoted his time to exploring and documenting Paleolithic cave art sites with multi-modal and multi-resolution tools that promote conservation and dissemination of the ancient art by creating immersive virtual experiences for specialists and the public at large.