Nim Li Punit was discovered in 1976 with initial explorations conducted by Norman Hammond of the British Museum-Cambridge University.
Hammond produced the first site map and excavated a portion of the central plaza.
Barbara McLeod of the University of Texas, Austin, then produced the first detailed analyses of stelae inscriptions.
Richard Levanthal in 1983 bored test pits and surveyed the site as part of an overall southern Belize Mayan mapping project.
In the 1990s minor excavations were conducted by the Belize Department of Archaeology under the supervision of John Morris and Juan Luis Bonor.
In 2015, tomb excavations were conducted by the Toledo Regional Interaction Project directed by Geoffrey Braswell.
This excavation unearthed numerous clay pots and a large jade pendant inscribed with Mayan hieroglyphs.
Nim Li Punit was discovered in 1976 with initial explorations conducted by Norman Hammond of the British Museum-Cambridge University. Hammond produced the first site map and excavated a portion of the central plaza. Barbara McLeod of the University of Texas, Austin, then produced the first detailed analyses of stelae inscriptions. Richard Levanthal in 1983 bored test pits and surveyed the site as part of an overall southern Belize Mayan mapping project. In the 1990s minor excavations were conducted by the Belize Department of Archaeology under the supervision of John Morris and Juan Luis Bonor. In 2015, tomb excavations were conducted by the Toledo Regional Interaction Project directed by Geoffrey Braswell. This excavation unearthed numerous clay pots and a large jade pendant inscribed with Mayan hieroglyphs.
Nim Li Punit