**Reflecting on PASUC Heritage Initiatives through Time, Positionality, and Place**

#### **Scott Hutson 1,\*, Céline Lamb <sup>1</sup> , Daniel Vallejo-Cáliz <sup>1</sup> and Jacob Welch <sup>2</sup>**


Received: 17 March 2020; Accepted: 8 April 2020; Published: 14 April 2020

**Abstract:** This paper reports on heritage initiatives associated with a 12-year-long archaeology project in Yucatan, Mexico. Our work has involved both surprises and setbacks and in the spirit of adding to the repository of useful knowledge, we present these in a frank and transparent manner. Our findings are significant for a number of reasons. First, we show that the possibilities available to a heritage project facilitated by archaeologists depend not just on the form and focus of other stakeholders, but on the gender, sexuality, and class position of the archaeologists. Second, we provide a ground-level view of what approaches work well and which do not in terms of identifying aspects of cultural heritage that are relevant to a broad swath of stakeholders. Finally, we discuss ways in which heritage projects can overcome constraints to expanding community collaboration.

**Keywords:** archaeology; community museums; gender and sexuality; Maya
