Mesoamerican Geography and Anthropology

Geography and anthropology research in Mexico and Honduras

Precolumbian Archaeology and Geography of Eastern Honduras Project

Posted by mesoresearch on April 22, 2007

Dos Quebradas

Join archaeologists and geographers searching the fields and tropical forests of eastern Honduras for the remains of lost civilizations.

For more information, visit the project’s blog http://pagehproject.wordpress.com/

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Ethnogeography of Modern Maya Housing

Posted by mesoresearch on April 21, 2007

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 Presentations: 

(2006) “El uso de sistemas de información geográfica y etnoarqueologia en el estudio de los espacios domésticos mayas en Yucatán, México.” Paper presented at the XVI Encuentro de Cultura Maya. Universidad Autonoma de Campeche. Campeche, Mexico.

(2006) “Places to live: An ethnoarchaeology of modern Maya houses in Yucatan, Mexico.” Congreso Internacional de Americanistas, Mesa Arqueologia15: El Norte de Yucatan: Estudios Recientes. Sevilla, Spain.

 

Publications:

(Summer 2007) El uso de sistemas de información geográfica y etnoarqueologia en el estudio de los espacios domésticos mayas en Yucatán, México. XVI Encuentro de Cultura Maya. Universidad Autonoma de Campeche. Campeche.

(In press) Living on the edge: Urbanism, ethnicity, and vernacular architecture among the Maya of Yucatan, Mexico.

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GIS and Maya Ceramics: Peto Cream Ware in the Yucatan Peninsula

Posted by mesoresearch on April 13, 2007

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 Presentations:

(2001) “Peto Cream ware in the Yucatan Peninsula.” Paper presented at the Third Annual Maya Archaeology Night, Department of Geography and Anthropology, L. S. U., Baton Rouge.

(2001) “Los sistemas de informacion geografica y la ceramica arqueologica. El caso de la vajilla Peto Crema en la Península de Yucatán.” Paper Presented at the V Congreso Internacional de Mayistas July 22-28, 2001, Jalapa, Veracruz, Mexico. 

(2000) “The spatial distribution of Peto Cream ware at the Yucatan, Peninsula.” Paper presented at the Symposium Current Archaeological Research in Western Yucatan, Mexico, Society for American Archaeology, Philadelphia.

Publications:

(in press) Using GIS to assess the spatial distribution of Maya ceramics: Peto Cream Ware in the Yucatan Peninsula

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Households at Dzibilchaltun, Yucatan, Mexico

Posted by mesoresearch on April 13, 2007

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Presentations:

(1999) “Dzibilchaltun: Spatial analysis of pottery sherds at a household area.” Paper presented at the Symposium New Horizons for Ancient Maya Ceramics, Society for American Archaeology, Chicago.

(1994) “Study and interpretation of a residential context at Dzibilchaltun.” Paper presented in the 23rd Meeting of the Mexican Society of Anthropology, Villahermosa, Tabasco, Mexico.

(1993) “A Residential Context at Dzibilchaltun.” Paper presented in the 5th Meeting on Social Sciences Research, Dr. Hideyo Noguchi Regional Research Center Social Sciences Unit. Yucatan Autonomous University, Merida, Yucatan, Mexico.

Publications:

 (2007) Diachronic household pottery disposal at Dzibilchaltun, Yucatan, Mexico. Mexicon. News and Studies in Mesoamerica. Germany.

(In press) Maya houses and householders: The archaeology of residential areas at Dzibilchaltun Yucatan, Mexico.

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