Kitty F. Emery, Ph.D.
Curator of Environmental Archaeology
Florida Museum of Natural History, UF 117800, Gainesville, FL 32611
Tel: (352) 392 1721; Fax: (352) 846 0287; E-mail:
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Assistant Curator, Environmental Archaeology:
Department of Natural History,
Florida Museum of Natural History,
University of Florida
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conducting research in Mesoamerican environmental
archaeology; curating and coordinating laboratory research on
environmental archaeology collections from Florida, the Caribbean,
and Latin America |
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Adjunct Assistant Professor, Archaeology:
Department of Anthropology,
University of Florida
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teaching graduate courses and mentoring graduate
and undergraduate research in environmental archaeology and
zooarchaeology |
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Project Zooarchaeologist:
- El Aguacatal, Yucatan Mexico
- Piedras Negras, Aguateca, El Mirador, Nakbe, El Florida, Flores,
La Joyanca, El Pajaral, and Zapote Bobal, Peten, Guatemala
- Urias and Kaminaljuyu, highland Guatemala
- Copan Acropolis, Honduras
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investigating ancient dietary, economic, and ritual
use of animals at a variety of highland, lowland, and coastal
Mesoamerican sites (Guatemala, Honduras, and Mexico) |
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Director:
- Proyecto Zooarqueologico del Area Maya
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regional survey of zooarchaeological remains to
map ancient distributions and use patterns across the southern
Maya lowlands and highlands |
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Sub-Project Director:
- Ecology and Environment Sub-Project: Motul de San Jose Archaeological
Project, Peten, Guatemala
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multidisciplinary investigation of ancient environments
and their economic control |
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Cultural Heritage Consultant:
- KIVU Nature Inc
- CND (Cultura y Naturaleza por Desarollo)
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advising on aspects of Canadian and Latin American
cultural heritage management and traditional environmental knowledge
for development |
Doctor of Philosophy, Cornell University,
Advisor: Dr. John Henderson
Dissertation: The Maya Collapse: A Zooarchaeological Investigation
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1993 - 1997 |
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Master of Arts, Cornell University
Concentration: Environmental Archaeology, Central America
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1992 - 1993 |
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Master of Arts, University of Toronto,
Advisor: Dr. Gary Crawford
Thesis: Postclassic and Colonial Period Dietary Strategies
in the Southern Maya Lowlands: Faunal analyses from Lamanai
and Tipu, Belize
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1987 - 1990 |
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Honours Bachelor of Science, Trent University,
Advisor: Dr. Paul F. Healy
Thesis: Variation in a Tropical Gastropod Population: Implications
for Ancient Maya Lowland Subsistence Patterns
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1982 - 1986 |
Foundation for the Advancement of Mesoamerican
Studies, Inc.
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2004 |
FAO Schwarz Family Foundation Research Grant
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FAO Schwarz Family Foundation Endowment for Environmental
Archaeology
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Potsdam Provost Grant for Teaching Development,
Teaching Cluster Award
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2001, 00 |
| Potsdam UUP Individual Development Awards |
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2001, 00, 99 |
| Potsdam Mini-Grant Award |
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| Potsdam Faculty-Undergraduate Research Award |
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| Travel Awards from Provost, Dean, and Department
Chair |
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| Potsdam Research & Creative Endeavors Award
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1999 |
| Potsdam Grant Development Program Award |
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| Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council
of Canada Postdoctoral Grant |
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1998 – 1999 |
| Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council
Postdoctoral Fellowship |
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1998 – 1999 |
| Wenner-Gren Foundation Predoctoral Grant #5829 |
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1995 – 1996 |
| Cornell University Conference Travel Grants |
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1997, 96, 94 |
| Sigma Xi Grant-in-Aid of Research |
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1994 |
| Cornell University Research Travel Award |
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1994 |
| Cornell University Latin American Studies Program
Research Award |
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1993 |
| Social Sciences Humanities Research Council of
Canada Doctoral Fellowship |
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1992 – 1996 |
| Cornell University Sage Doctoral Fellowship |
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1992 – 1996 |
| Ontario Graduate Scholarship |
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1986 – 1987 |
| Foundation for Ocean Research Award |
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1986 |
| Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council
of Canada Research Award |
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| Trent University Scholarship |
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1982 – 1986 |
Honorary
Who’s Who of American Teachers (nominated by former students
- 2002); Phi Kappa Phi (Inducted 2001); American Association
for the Advancement of Science (Invited 2001); Sigma Xi Society
(Full Membership since 2000); Lambda Alpha Anthropological Honours
Society (Inducted 1998) |
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Professional (and date of inception)
Association of Environmental Archaeology (2001); International
Council of Zooarchaeology (1999); Canadian Archaeological Association
(1999); Society for Archaeological Science (1994); Canadian
Zooarchaeology (1994); Society for American Archaeology (1991);
American Anthropological Association (1990) |
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Florida Museum of Natural History |
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University of Florida, Dept. of Anthropology |
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2001 –present |
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| Research |
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coordination of environmental archaeology research projects
carried out by the EALab throughout the Americas; personal research
in Mesoamerican environmental archaeology and zooarchaeology |
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| Curation |
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curation and growth of collections; coordination of grant
and contract supported research by Environmental Archaeology
personnel; coordination of student and visiting researcher activities;
development of digital archiving programs |
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| Teaching |
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graduate and undergraduate courses planned: Environmental
Archaeology; Lessons from Ancient Environments; Zooarchaeology |
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Member - FLMNH Strategic Planning Committee, Research Sub-Committee
2002-2005; Chair – Environmental Archaeology Program Strategic
Planning Committee |
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State University of New York, College at Potsdam |
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1997 -2001 |
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Introduction to Archaeology; Ancient People and Places; Archaeology
of Ancient Mexico and Central America; Lessons from Ancient
Environments; Environmental Archaeology; Zooarchaeology; Advanced
Archaeological Research Methods; Anthropological Theory and
Method; and various Independent Study and Tutorial courses |
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Co-Chair – Presidential College Reaccreditation Committee
(Academic Programs and Support); Head – Department Honours
Program development; Member - Standing Committee on Academic
Policies and Standards, Museology Physical Anthropology and
Linguistics Search Committees, Research and Creative Endeavors
Granting Committee; Faculty Advisor – Anthropology Club |
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Royal Ontario Museum |
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1998 |
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First stage creation of a GIS based CDRom encyclopedia entitled
"Ancient Animals of Mesoamerica"
(Supervisors: Dr. D.M. Pendergast and Dr. A. Baker, Royal Ontario
Museum, Toronto)
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SUNY at Potsdam: Mesoamerican Environmental Archaeology |
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2000 |
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Motul de San Jose Archaeological Project: Mesoamerican Field
Archaeology |
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1998 |
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Universidad de San Carlos, Guatemala: Practicum de Campo;
Zooarqueología |
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1994 |
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Cornell University: Lessons from the Archaeology of Ancient
Peoples and Environments |
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Aug-Dec 1996 |
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| Teaching Assistant |
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Cornell University Biological Anthropology |
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1993 |
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York University Origins of Civilization |
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1989-1990 |
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University of Toronto Introductory Anthropology |
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1987-1988 |
| Director |
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2002 – present |
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Proyecto Zooarqueologico del Area Maya
regional survey of zooarchaeological remains to map ancient
distributions and use patterns across the southern Maya lowlands
and highlands
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| Sub-Project Director |
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1998 – present |
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Ecology and Environment Sub-Project: Motul de San Jose
Archaeological Project
implementing a multidisciplinary project combining archaeology
and ecology to investigate ancient environments and their control
by residents of the site
(Project Director: Dr. A.E. Foias, Williams College, Massachusetts)
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| Project Zooarchaeologist |
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Proyecto Peten Noroccidente 2 (Hixwitz) sites El Pajaral
and Zapote Bobal, Guatemala
CEMCA -Centro Frances de Estudios Mexicanos y Centroamericanos
(Directora: Dra Véronique Breuil Martinez (CEMCA), Co-directors:
Dr James Fitzimmons (Harvard Univ.-Dumbarton Oaks), and Licda
Laura Gamez (USAC)
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2003 – present |
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Proyecto Peten Noroccidente (PNO) La Joyanca, Guatemala
(Directora: Dra Véronique Breuil Martinez (CEMCA), Co-Director:
Lic. Ervin Salvador Lopez (USAC))
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2003 – present |
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Sierra del Lacandón Regional Archaeology Project,
Guatemala,
(Director: Dr. C. Golden, University of Pennsylvania)
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2003 – present |
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Kaminaljuyu, Guatemala,
(Director: Dr. S. Houston, Brigham Young University)
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2003 – present |
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Proyecto Maya-Colonial, Nixtun-Chi’ich, Guatemala
(Directors: Drs. D. Rice and P. Rice, Southern Illinois University,
Carbondale)
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2003 – present |
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El Mirador, Guatemala, El Aguacatal, Mexico
(Director: Dr. R. Matheny, Brigham Young University)
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2001 – present |
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Nakbe, Flores, La Florida, Guatemala
(Director: Dr. R. Hansen, UCLA)
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2000 – present |
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Copan (University of Pennsylvania) Archaeological Project,
Honduras
(Director: Dr. R. Sharer, University of Pennsylvania)
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2000 – present |
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Piedras Negras Archaeological Project, Guatemala
(Director: Dr. S. Houston, Brigham Young University, Utah)
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1997 – present |
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Proyecto Arqueológico Aguateca, Guatemala
(Director: Dr. T. Inomata, Yale University, New Haven)
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1996 – present |
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Proyecto Arqueológico del Area Kaqchickel, Guatemala
(Director: Dr. E.J. Robinson, Tulane University, New Orleans)
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1995 – present |
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Proyecto Kaminaljuyu/Miraflores, Guatemala
(Director: Dr. J.A. Valdés, Universidad de San Carlos,
Guatemala)
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1995 – 1996 |
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Petexbatun Regional Archaeological Project, Guatemala
(Director: Dr. A.A. Demarest, Vanderbilt University; Co-Directors:
Dr. S. Houston (BYU), Dr. J.A. Valdés, Universidad de
San Carlos, Guatemala)
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1991 – 1997 |
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Itzan Archaeological Project, Guatemala
(Director: Dr. K. Johnston, Yale University)
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1991 |
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| Zooarchaeologist/Archaeologist |
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Marco Gonzalez, Ambergris Caye, Belize
Zooarchaeological and ecological analyses of past and present
marine resources showing continuity of availability and use
into the archaeological past. On-site archaeological excavation
and supervision.
(Director: Dr. E. Graham, York University)
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1990 |
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Lamanai and Tipu, Belize
Zooarchaeological identification, database development and management,
and statistical analyses of assemblages from all periods; Detailed
analyses of postclassic and colonial period animal remains revealed
continuity of Postclassic trends and stability of dietary patterns
in the face of Colonial contact.
(Directors: Dr. Pendergast, Royal Ontario Museum; Dr. Graham,
York University)
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1986 – 1990 |
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Tipu, Belize
On site supervisor in charge of colonial period church and cemetary
excavations. On site and museum identification and analysis
of animal remains.
(Directors: Dr. E. Graham, York University; Dr. M. Cohen, SUNY
Plattsburg)
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1987 |
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Pacbitun, Belize
Zooarchaeological and ecological analyses of habitat, population
abundance, and seasonality of Pachychilus sp.; Excavation of
ritual deposits
(Director: Dr. P.F. Healy, Trent University)
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1987 |
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Lamanai, Belize
Zooarchaeological and ecological analyses of ancient and modern
Pomacea flagellata show both limited availability and high harvest
pressure during all periods.
(Director: Dr. D. Pendergast, Royal Ontario Museum)
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1985 – 1986 |
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Caledonia, Belize
Identification and analysis of molluscan remains
(Director: Dr. Jaime Awe, Trent University, Ontario)
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1985 |
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| Assistant Zooarchaeologist |
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Zooarchaeological Identification Center, Canadian
Museum of Nature
(Head: Dr. S. Cumbaa, Canadian Museum of Nature)
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1986 |
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Red Bay, Labrador
(Director: Dr. J. Tuck, Memorial University)
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1986 |
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| Archaeologist |
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Front Street Project, Toronto, Canada
Excavation of historic parliment buildings; Supervision of field
school and earthwatch volunteers; Public relations and tours
for visitors.
(Director: Roberta M. O'Brien, Regional Archaeologist)
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| Invited Article/Book Reviewer: |
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Journal of Human Ecology, Latin American Antiquity, Journal
of Archaeological Science, Mesoamérica, Routledge Press,
Oxbow Books |
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National Science Foundation, Smithsonian Institution, National
Center for Preservation Technology, American Association for
the Advancement of Science |
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| Invited Tenure Evaluations: |
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Cornell University |
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| Professional Service: |
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Member: SAA Conference Organization Committee 2002 |
| Peer Reviewed Digital Works, Monographs,
Edited Volumes |
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Tropical Zooarchaeology. Archaeofauna Special Issue
including 20 papers on methods and issues pertinent to zooarchaeology
in tropical regions around the world. [senior issue editor with
Wendy G. Teeter] |
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Dietary, Environmental, and Societal Implications of Ancient
Maya Animal Use in the Petexbatun: A Zooarchaeological
Perspective on the Collapse. Vanderbilt University Press. |
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Maya Zooarchaeology: New Directions in Method and Theory.
Edited volume. Institute of Archaeology, UCLA Press, California. |
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| Peer Reviewed Journal Articles, Book Chapters |
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Making the Most of the Data: Issues of Method and Theory in
Tropical Zooarchaeology. Archaeofauna Special Issue |
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Bone Tool Manufacturing in Elite Maya Households at Aguateca,
Guatemala. For submission to Journal of Field Archaeology. [senior
author with Kazuo Aoyama] |
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On Coastal and Highland Influence on Early Classic Animal
Use in Highland Guatemala: Zooarchaeological Evidence from Urias,
Antigua. For submission to Latin American Antiquity [senior
author with E. Robinson] |
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Exploring the Maya Terminal Classic through Excavations in
a Problematic Group at Dos Pilas, Petexbatun, Guatemala. For
submission to Journal of Field Archaeology [senior author with
A. Foias and L.E. Wright] |
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Freshwater Snail Use in the Maya Lowlands: Application of
Foraging Strategy Models. For submission to Journal of Archaeological
Science [senior author with A.R. Emery] |
| (submitted November 2003) |
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) Measuring Hunting Sustainability in an Ancient Community:
Zooarchaeology at Motul de San Jose, Guatemala. Ethnobiology
[49 ms pp.] |
| (submitted February 2003) |
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Animal Use at Piedras Negras: Diet, Ritual, and Crafting in
a Classic Maya Community. In the Land of the Turtle Lords:
Urban Archaeology at the Classic Maya City of Piedras Negras,
Guatemala, edited by S.D. Houston and H. Escobedo. University
of Oklahoma Press: Norman, OK [17 ms pp.] |
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A Zooarchaeological Test for Dietary Resource Depression at
the End of the Classic Period in the Petexbatun, Guatemala.
Human Ecology [46 ms pp.] |
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In Search of the “Maya Diet”: Is Regional Comparison
Possible in the Maya Area? Archaeofauna [26 ms pp.] |
| (in press January 2004) |
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The Economics of Natural Resource Use at Ancient Motul de
San Jose, Guatemala. Mayab [27 ms pp.] |
| (in press September 2003) |
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Maya Zooarchaeology: In Pursuit of Cultural Variability and
Environmental Heterogeneity. In: Continuity and Contention:
Maya Archaeology at the Millennium, edited by C. Golden and
G. Borgstede. Routledge Press: New York. [35 ms pp.] |
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in press) |
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Introduction to Maya Zooarchaeology, In Maya Zooarchaeology:
New Directions in Method and Theory, edited by K.F. Emery. Los
Angeles, CA: Institute of Archaeology, UCLA Press [5 ms pp.,
1 figure] |
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in press) |
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Historical Perspectives on Research Directions in Maya Zooarchaeology,
In Maya Zooarchaeology: New Directions in Method and Theory,
edited by K.F. Emery. Los Angeles, CA: Institute of Archaeology,
UCLA Press [21 ms pp., 2 figures, 1 table] |
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in press) |
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In Search of Assemblage Comparability: Methods in Maya Zooarchaeology,
In Maya Zooarchaeology: New Directions in Method and Theory,
edited by K.F. Emery. Los Angeles, CA: Institute of Archaeology,
UCLA Press [42 ms pp., 1 figure] |
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in press) |
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Environments of the Maya Collapse: A Zooarchaeological Perspective
from the Petexbatún, Guatemala, In Maya Zooarchaeology:
New Directions in Method and Theory, edited by K.F. Emery. Los
Angeles, CA: Institute of Archaeology, UCLA Press [24 ms pp.,
5 figures/3 tables] |
| (submitted 2001, in press) |
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Zooarqueología de Kaminaljuyú: Analisis de huesos
animales del Proyecto Kaminaljuyú/Miraflores, 1995. In
Excavaciones en Kaminaljuyu: Proyecto Miraflores II, 1994-1996,
edited by J.A. Valdés. Instituto de Investigaciones de
la Escuela de Historia, Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala,
Guatemala City. |
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Animals from the Maya Underworld: Reconstructing Elite Maya
Ritual at the Cueva de los Quetzales, Guatemala. In Behavior
Behind Bones: The zooarchaeology of religion, ritual, status,
and identity, edited by S. Jones O’Day, W. Van Neer, and
A. Ervynck, pp. 101-113. Oxbow Books, Oxford UK. |
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A Marine Resource Survey at Marco Gonzalez, Belize. In Transitions
in Zooarchaeology, edited by K.M. Stewart and F.L. Stewart,
pp. 68-102. Canadian Zooarchaeology Supplement 1, Canadian Museum
of Nature, Ottawa ON. [senior author with E. Graham] |
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Enduring Foundations to a Holistic Science: Lessons in Environmental
Archaeology from Elizabeth S. Wing. In Zooarchaeology: Contributions
in Honor of Elizabeth S. Wing, edited by C.M. Porter. Bulletin
of the Florida Museum of Natural History 44(1):3-10. |
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A Bibliography of Literature by Elizabeth S. Wing. In Zooarchaeology:
Contributions in Honor of Elizabeth S. Wing, edited by C.M.
Porter. Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History 44(1):205-208. |
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The Noble Beast: Status and Differential Access to Animals
in the Maya World. World Archaeology 34(3):498-515 |
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Evidencia temprana de explotación animal en el altiplano
de Guatemala.Utz’ib 3(2):1-16. |
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Preclassic Settlements and Geomorphology in the Highlands
of Guatemala: Excavations at Urias, Valley of Antigua. In Incidents
of Archaeology in Central America and Yucatan: Essays in Honor
of Edwin M. Shook, pp. 251-276, edited by M. Love. University
Press of America: Maryland. [third author with E. Robinson,
P. Farrel, D.E. Freidel, and G. Braswell] |
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The Economics of Bone Artifact Production in the Ancient Maya
Lowlands. In Crafting Bone: Skeletal Technologies through Time
and Space. Proceedings of the 2nd meeting of the ICAZ Worked
Bone Research Group Budapest1999, edited by A.M. Choyke and
L. Bartosiewicz, pp. 73-84. British Archaeological Reports International
Series 937. Oxford. |
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Fauna of Ancient Mexico and Central America. In The Archaeology
of Ancient Mexico and Central America: An Encyclopedia, edited
by S.T. Evans and D.L. Webster, pp. 255-265. New York: Garland
Publishing. |
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Isotopic Analysis of Ancient Deer Bone: Biotic Stability in
Collapse Period Maya Land-Use. Journal of Archaeological Science
27:537-550. [senior author with L.E. Wright and H. Schwarcz] |
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Among the River Kings: Archaeological Research at Piedras
Negras, Guatemala. Mexicon XXII (1):8-17. [junior author with
Houston, S.D., Escobedo, H., Terry, R., Webster, D., Veni, G.] |
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Temporal trends in ancient Maya animal use: Zooarchaeological
studies of Postclassic and Colonial period faunal assemblages
from Lamanai and Tipu, Belize. In Reconstructing Ancient Maya
Diet, edited by CD White, pp. 61-81. Salt Lake City: University
of Utah Press. |
| (1999) |
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Between Mountains and Sea: Investigations at Piedras Negras,
1998. Mexicon XXI:10-17. [eighth author with Houston SD, Escobedo,
H., Hardin, P., Terry, R., Webster, D., Child, M., Golden, C.,
and Stuart, D.] |
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Arqueologia, epigrafia y el descubrimiento de una tumba real
en el centro ceremonial de Dos Pilas, Peten. Utz'ib 1(1):14-28.
[junior author with Demarest, A, Escobedo H, Valdes JA, Houston
S, and Wright LE] |
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Ancient and modern Maya exploitation of the jute snail (Pachychilus).
Latin American Antiquity 1(2): 170-183. [second author with
Healy, P. and L.E. Wright] |
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| Non-Reviewed Articles, Book Reviews, Conference
Proceeding Chapters |
| (submitted August 2003) |
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Animales del Inframundo Maya: Reconstruiendo rituales elites
con restos animales de la Cueva de los Quetzales, Guatemala.
Paper presented at the Simposio de Arqueologia Guatemalteca,
Guatemala City, Guatemala. In XVII Simposio de Investigaciones
Arqueologicas en Guatemala edited by J.P. Laporte, H.L. Escobedo,
A.C. Munzón de Suasnavar, and B. Arroyo. Guatemala: Instituto
de Antropología e Historia. [20 ms pgs] |
| (submitted May 2003) |
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The Value of Cultural Heritage as a Source of Archaeological
Lessons for Environmental Management and Protection. In Clash
of Values: Valorizing Cultural and Natural Heritage in Latin
America, edited by A.R. Emery. University of Toronto Press,
Toronto ON. [20 ms pp.] |
| (accepted 2001, in press) |
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Uso Elite de los Animales de Aguateca, Guatemala. In Recientes
Investigaciones en Aguateca, Petén, Guatemala, edited
by E. Ponciano. Revista Estudios, Area de Arqueologia, Escuela
de Historia, Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala. Editorial
CAUDAL [24 ms pp.]. |
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[Review of] Salt: White Gold of the Maya, by Heather McKillop.
Invited Review for Mesoamérica 24(45):231-234. |
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[Review of] Animals and Plants of the Ancient Maya, by V.
Schlesinger. Invited Review for Latin American Antiquity 14(1):103-104 |
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[Review of] Crockford’s Dogs Through Time. Invited Review
for the Society for Archaeological Science Bulletin 25(1):21
22. |
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[Review of] Reitz and Wing’s Zooarchaeology. Invited
Review for the Society for Archaeological Science Bulletin 22(1-2):23-25. |
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Creando una Enciclopedia de los Animales Antiguas de Mesoamerica.
In XIII Simposio de Investigaciones Arqueologicas en Guatemala
edited by J.P. Laporte, H.L. Escobedo, A.C. Munzón de
Suasnavar, and B. Arroyo, pp. 507-514. Guatemala: Instituto
de Antropología e Historia. |
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[Review of] Polaco and Guzman’s Arqueoichthiofauna Mexicana.
Invited Review for Latin American Antiquity 10(3):320-322. |
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Zooarqueología y el Colapso Clásico Maya en
el Petexbatún. In XII Simposio de Investigaciones Arqueologicas
en Guatemala, edited by J.P. Laporte and H.L. Escobedo, and
A.C. Munzón de Suasnavar, pp. 943-964. Guatemala: Instituto
de Antropología e Historia. |
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Manufactura de artefactos de hueso de la region Petexbatun:
Un taller de producción de herramientos de hueso del
sitio de Dos Pilas, Petén, Guatemala. In VIII Simposio
de Investigaciones Arqueologicas en Guatemala edited by J.P.
Laporte and H.L. Escobedo, pp. 315-331.Guatemala: Instituto
de Antropología e Historia. |
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Poder y gloria en Petexbatun: Nuevas evidencias para el centro
de Tamarindito. In VIII Simposio de Investigaciones Arqueologicas
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Resultados de excavaciones en unidades residenciales de Dos
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Ecologia, agricultura y nutricion en los siglos VII y VIII
en la region de Petexbatun. En JP Laporte, HL Escobedo y S Villagran
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en Guatemala edited by J.P. Laporte, H.L. Escobedo, and S. Villagran
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Snail hunters of the Belizean jungle. Royal Ontario Museum
Archaeology Newsletter. Series II (34):1-4. |
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The Maya Collapse: A Zooarchaeological Investigation. PhD
dissertation, Anthropology, Cornell University. 656 pp. |
| (1990) |
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Postclassic and Colonial Period Dietary Strategies in the
Southern Maya Lowlands: Faunal analyses from Lamanai and Tipu,
Belize. Master of Arts thesis, Department of Anthropology, University
of Toronto. 194 pp. |
| (1986) |
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Variation in a Tropical Gastropod Population: Implications
for ancient Maya lowland subsistence patterns. Honours Bachelor
of Science thesis, Departments of Anthropology and Biology,
Trent University. 134 pp. |
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| Conference Symposia |
| (2003) |
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Zooarchaeology in the Humid American Tropics: Making the Most
of the Data. Session organized for the Society for American
Archaeology Milwaukee, WI [senior collaborator with W. Teeter] |
| (2003) |
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Testing Economic and Political Models of the Classic Maya:
Archaeology and Ecology at Motul de San Jose, Guatemala. Session
organized for the Society for American Archaeology Milwaukee,
WI [junior collaborator with A. Foias] |
| (2001) |
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SUNY Potsdam Anthropology Undergraduate Conference, SUNY Potsdam
and Affliated Colleges, Potsdam, NY. |
| (1999) |
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Technology of Skeletal Materials: Considerations of production
methods and scale. Session organized for the Society for American
Archaeology Meetings, Chicago. [senior collaborator with T.A.
Wake] |
| (1997) |
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Trends in Maya Zooarchaeology. Session organized for the Society
for American Archaeology Meetings, Nashville Tennessee. [senior
collaborator with N. Stanchly] |
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| Conference Papers |
| (2004) |
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Bone Tool Manufacturing in Elite Maya Households at Aguateca,
Guatemala Paper accepted for presentation at the Annual Meetings
of the Society for American Archaeology, Montreal, Canada. [senior
author with Kazuo Aoyama] |
| (2003) |
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Animales del Inframundo Maya: Reconstruiendo rituales elites
con restos animales de la Cueva de los Quetzales, Guatemala.
Paper presented at the Simposio de Arqueologia Guatemalteca,
Guatemala City, Guatemala. |
| (2003) |
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CND: A New Organization Dedicated to Sustainable Development
and Heritage Resources in Latin America and the Caribbean. Paper
presented at the Congreso Internacional de Americanistas, Santiago,
Chile. |
| (2003) |
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Animal Use and Measures of Sustainability at Late Classic
Motul de San Jose. Paper presented at the Society for American
Archaeology Meetings, Milwaukee, WI. |
| (2003) |
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In Search of the “Maya Diet”: Is Regional Comparison
Possible in the Maya Area? Paper presented at the Society for
American Archaeology Meetings, Milwaukee, WI. |
| (2003) |
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Soil Typologies and Connections between Agriculture and Settlement
at Motul de San Jose. Paper presented at the Society for American
Archaeology Meetings, Milwaukee, WI. [final author with C. Jensen,
M. Moriarty, and R.E. Terry] |
| (2002) |
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Animals from the Maya Underworld: Reconstructing Elite Maya
Ritual, Cueva de los Quetzales, Guatemala. Paper presented at
the International Council of Archaeozoologists, Durham, England.
[senior author with B. Stevens] |
| (2002) |
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The Economics of Ancient Natural Resource Use at Motul de
San Jose, Guatemala. Paper presented at the Society for American
Archaeology Annual Meetings, Denver. |
| (2001) |
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The Noble Beast: High Status Animal Use at Aguateca, Guatemala.
Paper presented at the Society for American Archaeology Annual
Meetings, New Orleans |
| (2001) |
| |
Early Maya Animal Exploitation in Highland Guatemala. Paper
presented at the Society for American Archaeology Annual Meetings,
New Orleans. |
| (2000) |
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Convergent Results from Divergent Methods: A Tripartite Zooarchaeological
Analysis of the Maya Collapse. Paper presented in the Transitions
in Zooarchaeology: New Methods and New Results session at the
Canadian Archaeological Association Annual Meetings, Ottawa. |
| (2000) |
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Bone Bytes Back: Continuing Work on the “Animals of
Ancient Mesoamerica”. Annual Cross Campus Potsdam-Carleton
Archaeological Conference, Ottawa, Ontario. |
| (1999) |
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The Economics of Bone Artifact Production in the Ancient Maya
Lowlands. Paper presented in the Technology of Skeletal Materials
session at the Society for American Archaeology Meetings, Chicago. |
| (1999) |
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Preclassic Culture and Environments of Urias, Panchoy Valley,
Guatemala. Paper presented at the Society for American Archaeology
Meetings, Chicago. [third author with Robinson, E., Farrel,
P., and Freidel, D.] |
| (1998) |
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Acceso diferencial a recursos animales como una marca de limitaciones
dietéticas durante el colapso maya. Paper presented at
the IV Congreso Internacional de Mayistas, Guatemala. |
| (1997) |
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Covariance in ancient Maya animal use: A multivariate zooarchaeological
analysis. Paper presented at the Society for American Archaeology
Meetings, Nashville Tennessee. |
| (1996) |
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Complementarity of traditional and current zooarchaeological
methods: An investigation of the ancient Maya collapse. Poster
presented at the American Anthropological Meetings, San Francisco. |
| (1996) |
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Isotopic analysis of ancient deer bone: Evidence for biotic
stability in the Maya Lowlands. Paper presented at the Society
for American Archaeology Meetings, New Orleans. [senior author
with L.E. Wright and H.P. Schwarcz] |
| (1994) |
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Bone Artifact Economies of the Maya Lowlands: Clues from a
bone tool production locus in the Petexbatun region. Paper presented
at the American Anthropological Association Meetings, Atlanta,
Georgia. |
| (1991) |
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Prehistoric Subsistence Systems in the Petexbatun Region:
Paleobotanical and zooarchaeological data. Paper presented at
the International Congress of Americanists, New Orleans. [junior
author with D. Lentz] |
| (1991) |
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Marine Resource Availability and Use at the Marco Gonzalez
Archaeological Site: Present day evidence from the Hol Chan
Marine Reserve. Paper presented at the Annual meeting of the
Society for American Archaeology, New Orleans. |
| (1990) |
| |
Manipulation of Resource Diversity: Strategy choices in the
development of tropical urbanism. Paper presented at the 89th
Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association,
New Orleans. |
| (1990) |
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Ancient and Modern Maya Exploitation of the Jute Snail (Pachychilus).
Paper presented at the 6th Conference of the International Council
for Archaeozoology, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
[second author with P. Healy and L.E. Wright] |
| (1989) |
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The Use of Two Freshwater Gastropods (Pomacea flagellata and
Pachychilus sp.) at Lamanai, Belize. Paper presented at the
Midwestern Mesoamerican Conference, Ann Arbor, Michigan. |
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| Invited Papers |
| (2003) |
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Ancient Human Impact on the Mesoamerican Environment: Environmental
Archaeology in the Maya World. Florida Museum of Natural History
Seminar Series. FLMNH, University of Florida. |
| (2001) |
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Reading the Bones: Zooarchaeology and the Maya Collapse. Trent
University, Peterborough, Ontario. |
| (2000) |
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Ancient Animals of Mesoamerica: An Interactive Encyclopedia
of Zooarchaeology. Potsdam Vincent Knapp Faculty Series (Invitation
by Dean of School of Arts and Sciences) |
| (1999) |
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The Guatemalan Past: Lesson or Weapon? Inaugural address for
Lambda Alpha Induction Ceremony, SUNY Potsdam. |
| (1997) |
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Geoarchaeology and the Maya collapse: The Petexbatun project.
Department of Geography, SUNY Potsdam |
| (1997) |
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Consequences of Ancient Agricultural Intensification Department
of Anthropology, SUNY Potsdam |
| (1996) |
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Isotopic Bone Chemistry and Geoarchaeology in the Petexbatun
Archaeological Project. Department of Geography, Cornell University. |
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| Technical Reports |
| (2003) |
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An Initial Report on the Faunal Remains from El Aguacatal,
Campeche, Mexico. Presented to Dr. Ray Matheny, Brigham Young
University |
| (2003) |
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Restos Animales. In D. Triadan and T. Inomata (eds): Informe
Final de la Temporada de Laboratorio del Proyecto Arqueológico
Aguateca. Pp. 26-31. Presented to the Instituto de Antropología
e Historia de Guatemala. |
| (2002) |
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Academic Programs and Support. State University of New York
College at Potsdam Self Study for Accreditation Review: Middle
States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Higher
Education, compiled by T. Schwob. http://www.potsdam.edu/middle_states/self_study_design.html.
Pp. 106 136. [with G. Guiles and committee members] |
| (2002) |
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Investigaciones Ecologicas Preliminares del Medioambiente
Antiguo de Motul de San Jose. In Foias, A (ed): Proyecto Arqueológico
Motul de San Jose, Informe # 4, Temporada de Campo 2001. Pp.
108-130. Presented to the Instituto de Antropología e
Historia de Guatemala. |
| (2001) |
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Informe zooarqueológico 2000: Utilización de
animales por la élite en Piedras Negras. In Escobedo,
H. and Houston, SD. (eds): Proyecto Arqueológico Piedras
Negras: Informe Preliminar No. 4, Cuarto Temporada, 2000. Pp.
559-566. Presented to the Instituto de Antropología e
Historia de Guatemala. |
| (2000) |
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Valorization of Natural and Cultural Heritage: Perspectives.
Conference Proceedings Report presented to the International
Development Research Centre. [junior author with A.R. Emery
(editors)] |
| (2000) |
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Cultural Heritage: Definitions and Management. In A. Emery
and K. Emery (eds.) Valorization of Natural and Cultural Heritage:
Perspectives. Conference Proceedings Report presented to the
International Development Research Centre. |
| (2000) |
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Preliminary Faunal Analysis from Early Classic Copan Assemblages.
In Sharer, R. (ed) Report on Archaeological Fieldwork, 2000
presented to the Foundation for the Advancement of Mesoamerican
Studies, Inc. |
| (1999) |
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Analisis de Restos de Fauna de Operaciones 14, 20, 23 de Aguateca.
In Ponciano, E., Inomata, T. and Triadan, D. (eds): Informe
Preliminar del Proyecto Arqueológico Aguateca: La Temporada
de 1999. |
| (1999) |
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Ritual Deposits and the Piedras Negras Faunal Remains. In
Houston, SD. (ed): Proyecto Piedras Negras: Informe Preliminar.
Presented to the Instituto de Antropología e Historia
de Guatemala. |
| (1998) |
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Excavaciones en una Plazuela Elite del Epicentro. In Foias,
A (ed): Proyecto Arqueológico Motul de San Jose, Informe
#1, Temporada de Campo 1998. Presented to the Instituto de Antropología
e Historia de Guatemala. [senior author with G.L. Higginbotham] |
| (1998) |
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Ecología y Medioambiente de Motul de San Jose: Estudios
Preliminares y Futuros. In Foias, A (ed): Proyecto Arqueológico
Motul de San Jose, Informe Preliminar. Instituto de Antropología
e Historia de Guatemala. |
| (1998) |
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Uso de Fauna en Grupos Domesticos: Dieta y Ritual en Aguateca.
In Inomata, T., Ponciano, E., and Triadan, D. (eds): Informe
Preliminar del Proyecto Arqueológico Aguateca: La Temporada
de 1998. Instituto de Antropología e Historia de Guatemala |
| (1998) |
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Analisis Preliminar de Restos Oseos de Fauna en el Area de
Piedras Negras. In Houston, SD. (ed): Proyecto Piedras Negras:
Informe Preliminar. Instituto de Antropología e Historia
de Guatemala. |
| (1998) |
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Environmental Strategies and the Preclassic Residents of the
Panchoy Valley, Guatemala: Faunal Analyses from Urias, Antigua.
In E. Robinson (ed.) Proyecto Arqueológico del Area Kaqchickel,
Informe Preliminar. Instituto de Antropología e Historia,
Guatemala. |
| (1997) |
| |
Artefactos Óseos De Mundo Perdido: Descripción
y Análisis Osteométrico. Presented to J.P. Laporte,
Director, Proyecto Arqueologico Mundo Perdido, Tikal. |
| (1997) |
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La Economía De Trabajo Del Hueso Del Clásico
Terminal De Tikal, Guatemala. Presented to the Instituto de
Antropología e Historia de Guatemala. |
| (1996) |
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Zooarchaeological Analysis - Urias 399068, Antigua Valley,
Guatemala. In E. Robinson (ed.): Proyecto Arqueológico
del Area Kaqchickel, Informe Preliminar. Instituto de Antropología
e Historia de Guatemala. |
| (1996) |
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Zooarchaeological Analysis - Chitak Tzak, Guatemala. In E.
Robinson (ed.): Proyecto Arqueológico del Area Kaqchickel,
Informe Preliminar. Instituto de Antropología e Historia
de Guatemala. |
| (1995) |
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Microhuellas de Producción y Uso en los Artefactos
del Taller de Hueso de Dos Pilas. Informe Preliminar No. 1.
Presented to the Instituto de Antropología e Historia
de Guatemala. |
| (1995) |
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Zooarqueología de Kaminaljuyú: Analisis de huesos
animales del Proyecto Kaminaljuyú/Miraflores, 1995. En
JA Valdes (ed.): Proyecto Arqueologico Kaminaljuyu/Miraflores.
Instituto de Antropología e Historia de Guatemala. |
| (1994) |
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Excavaciones en el taller de Dos Pilas (DP1). En A Demarest
(ed.): Proyecto Arqueológico Regional Petexbatún,
Informe Preliminar No. 6: Sexta Temporada 1994. Vanderbilt University. |
| (1994) |
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Excavaciones en Operaciónes TA 28, 31, 34, y 35 de
Tamarindito. En A Demarest (ed.): Proyecto Arqueológico
Regional Petexbatún, Informe Preliminar No. 6: Sexta
Temporada 1994. Vanderbilt University. |
| (1993) |
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Analisis de los Restos de Fauna de una Residencia Elitista
de Aguateca. En JA Valdes, A Foias, T Inomata, H Escobedo y
A Demarest (eds.): Proyecto Arqueologico Regional Petexbatun,
Informe Preliminar No. 5: Quinta Temporada 1993. Vanderbilt
University, pp. 161-164. |
| (1992) |
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Manufactura y Uso de Artefactos de Huesos Animales en la Region
Petexbatun. En A Demarest, T Inomata y H Escobedo (eds.): Proyecto
Arqueologico Regional Petexbatun, Informe Preliminar No. 4:
Cuarta Temporada 1992. Vanderbilt University, pp. 301-309. |
| (1992) |
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Operacion DP 7: La continuacion de excavaciones en el Grupo
L4-4. En A Demarest, T Inomata y H Escobedo (eds.): Proyecto
Arqueologico Regional Petexbatun, Informe Preliminar No. 4:
Cuarta Temporada 1992. Vanderbilt University, pp. 35-58. [senior
author with K. Poche and J. Brandon] |
| (1992) |
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DP 15: Continuacion de las Excavaciones en el Grupo Residencial
K4-1. En A Demarest, T Inomata y H Escobedo (eds.): Proyecto
Arqueologico Regional Petexbatun, Informe Preliminar No. 4:
Cuarta Temporada 1992. Vanderbilt University, pp. 59-63. |
| (1992) |
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Ritual Faunal Use and the Pacbitun Faunal Remains. Report
prepared for Dr. P.F. Healy, Trent University. |
| (1991) |
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Analysis of Faunal Remains Recovered from the Site of Itzan,
Guatemala. Report prepared for Kevin Johnston, Department of
Anthropology, Yale University. |
| (1991) |
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Analisis Preliminar de los Restos Oseos de Fauna de la Region
de Petexbatun. En A Demarest, T Inomata, H Escobedo y J Palka
(eds.): Proyecto Arqueologico Regional Petexbatun, Informe Preliminar
No. 3: Tercera Temporada 1991. Vanderbilt University, pp. 813-828. |
| (1991) |
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Proyecto Arqueologico Regional Cuevas Petexbatun. En A Demarest,
T Inomata, H Escobedo y J Palka (eds.): Proyecto Arqueologico
Regional Petexbatun, Informe Preliminar No. 3: Tercera Temporada
1991. Vanderbilt University, pp. 652-748. [junior author with
Brady, JE, Rodas I, Wright L, Lopez NM, Stiver L y Chatham R] |
| (1991) |
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Operacion DP 33: Excavaciones en el Grupo O4-6 de Dos Pilas.
En A Demarest, T Inomata, H Escobedo y J Palka (eds.): Proyecto
Arqueologico Regional Petexbatun, Informe Preliminar No. 3:
Tercera Temporada 1991. Vanderbilt University, pp. 332-357. |
| (1991) |
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Operacion DP 26: Excavaciones en el Grupo M5-5, Dos Pilas.
En A Demarest, T Inomata, H Escobedo y J Palka (eds.): Proyecto
Arqueologico Regional Petexbatun, Informe Preliminar No. 3:
Tercera Temporada 1991. Vanderbilt University, pp. 169-205.
[senior author with A. Foias and L. Wright] |
| (1991) |
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Operacion DP 28: Excavaciones en las Murallas Defensivas de
Dos Pilas. En A Demarest, T Inomata, H Escobedo y J Palka (eds.):
Proyecto Arqueologico Regional Petexbatun, Informe Preliminar
No. 3: Tercera Temporada 1991. Vanderbilt University, pp. 208-241.
[junior author with Demarest A, Lopez NM, Chatham R, Palka J,
Morgan K y Escobedo H] |
| (1991) |
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Operacion DP6A: Excavaciones en la estructura L5-1 y la tumba
del gobernante 2 de Dos Pilas. En A Demarest, T Inomata, H Escobedo
y J Palka (eds.): Proyecto Arqueologico Regional Petexbatun,
Informe Preliminar No. 3: Tercera Temporada 1991. Vanderbilt
University, pp. 37-68. [junior author with Demarest A, Escobedo
H, Valdes JA, and Houston S] |
| (1991) |
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Marine Resource Availability and Use at the Marco Gonzalez
Archaeological Site: Present day evidence from the Hol Chan
Marine Reserve. Final report prepared for Dr. Elizabeth Graham,
Department of Anthropology, York University. |
| (1989) |
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Faunal Analysis from Tipu-Negroman: A discussion of taphonomic
process and the use of community statistics in the analysis
of faunal remains. Report prepared for Dr. Elizabeth Graham,
Department of New World Archaeology, Royal Ontario Museum. |
| (1988) |
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Habitat Preferences and Population Abundance of a Freshwater
Gastropod (Pachychilus). Report prepared for Dr. Paul Healy,
Department of Anthropology, Trent University. |
| (1987) |
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Comparative Analysis of Faunal Remains from Pacbitun and Tipu-Negroman,
Belize. Report prepared for the Osteo-zooarchaeological Laboratory,
University of Toronto. |
| (1986) |
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Preliminary Report on Faunal Remains from Tipu-Negroman. Report
prepared for Dr. Elizabeth Graham, Department of New World Archaeology,
Royal Ontario Museum. |
| (1986) |
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Preliminary Report on Faunal Remains from Pacbitun. Report
prepared for Dr. Paul Healy, Department of Anthropology, Trent
University. |
| (1985) |
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Analysis and Description of Freshwater and Marine Mollusca
from the Site of Caledonia, Belize. Report prepared for Jaime
Awe, Department of Anthropology, Trent University. |
Dr. John Henderson
Professor, Department of Anthropology
265 McGraw Hall, Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853 USA
Tel: (607) 255-6774
Fax: (607) 255-0469
E-mail: jsh6@cornell.edu |
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Dr. Elizabeth Graham,
Professor, Institute of Archaeology,
University College, London
31-34 Gordon Square
London, ENGLAND WC1H 0PY
E-mail: e.graham@ucl.ac.uk |
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Dr. Arthur Demarest
Professor, Department of Anthropology,
Box 6050, Vanderbilt University,
Nashville TN 37235 USA
Tel: (615) 343-6124
Fax: (615) 343-0230
E-mail: arthur.a.demarest@vanderbilt.edu |
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Professor, Dept. of Anthropology
Brigham Young University
Provo, UT 84602 USA
Tel: (801) 378-3058
Fax: (801) 378-5978
E-mail: stephen_houston@byu.edu |
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