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Aline Magnoni and David
Hixson recording information about settlement and the hastily constructed
defensive works built by the Terminal Classic Maya of Chunchucmil, Mexico.
(Courtesy of the Chunchucmil
Project)
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Conard Hamilton (left) mapping
the Spanish Colonial site of Ciudad Vieja, El Salvador (courtesy William
Fowler).
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Crorey Lawton surveying the Late
Classic Maya settlement of Tzeme', Mexico
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James Dugan is a student of Maya
epigraphy (the study of ancient inscriptions) as well as modern Maya languages
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Jeb Card is studying the ceramic
vessels, like this painted water jar, of the Spanish Colonial site of
Ciudad Vieja, El Salvador
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David Anderson
David S. Anderson is Maya archaeologist and Graduate Student at Tulane University.
He received his B.A. degree in Anthropology from the University of Illinois
at Urbana-Champaign. He has been working in Northern Yucatán during the last
three years, most recently for Dr. Anthony P. Andrews and Dr. J. Fernando Robles
C. His primary research interest is the original development of social complexity
amongst the Maya.
danders3@tulane.edu
Diane Davies
I am interested in Maya archaeology, particularly during the Preclassic, Maya
architecture and mortuary ceremonialism. I have been excavating at the Late
Preclassic site of San Bartolo, Peten (Directed by Dr. William Saturno, University
of New Hampshire) on which I will be writing my dissertation.
ddavies@tulane.edu
I am a graduate student specializing in maya linguistics and epigraphy. I recently spent 8 weeks in Jocotan, Guatemala, trying to learn somethins about the Grammar of Ch'orti', a Maya language spoken in southeastern
Guatemala. I'd like to keep in hand in Yucatec too. More information can be
found at:
http://studentweb.tulane.edu/~jdugan/
jdugan@tulane.edu
Ronald Faulseit
rfaulsei@tulane.edu
Thomas Gallareta
Jennifer Griffin
Archaeological investigation of the site of Teuchitlan, Jalisco, Mexico
jenng@yahoo.com
I am working in El Salvador at the early Conquest period site of Ciudad Vieja. This site, occupied from 1528-1545, was the first permanent Spanish town established in El Salvador. I am doing my dissertation research on the indigenous inhabitants of the site. There were Tlaxcalans, Pipiles, and possible Cakchiqueles living at this site during its occupation. My research questions begin with the methodological issue of whether or not we can determine ethnic identity in the archaeological record. If so, then I will examine cultural issues such as how the indigenous peoples at the site were living in relation to each other as well as to the Spaniards.
I am interested in the contact period all over the world, though I am specializing
in the American-Spanish Colonial encounter. My other interests include mapping
techniques and using anthropology to bring the discipline of critical thought
into the classroom.
chamilt2@tulane.edu
Craig Hanson
Rebecca Hill
Archaeological investigation at the Maya site of Kiuic, Mexico
rebeccaehill@hotmail.com
With a B.A. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, I am currently in Tulane's Ph.D. progam for Mesoamerican Archaeology. My interests include the Northern Maya Lowlands, regional settlement pattern studies, multi-spectral satellite imagery, cultural anthropology of the Maya of Yucatan, Formative Period Mesoamerica, and Mesoamerican iconography. Working with the support of Stennis Space Center and the Pakbeh Regional Economy Program, I am conducting a regional settlement pattern survey at the Classic Maya site of Chunchucmil, Yucatan.
With a background in computer graphic design for archaeological illustrations,
I have also created the "Mesoamerican Photo Archives" web site at:
http://studentweb.tulane.edu/~dhixson/
dhixson@tulane.edu
I received my Master's degree in Anthropology from Northern Illinois University,
and have done fieldwork in Israel, Hawai'i, Illinois, Louisiana, Alabama, as
well as in Mexico, with field seasons in Campeche, Veracruz and Yucatan. For
the past three years I have worked on the Costa Maya project, surveying the
northwest corner of Yucatan. Currently, I am the director of the Proyecto Arquelogico
de Tzeme', a project that focuses on the settlement in and around the Late Classic
regional center of Tzeme'. This project will provide the basis for my dissertation
research. My current research interests include the development of the Maya
state, trade, honey production, the Mesoamerican ballgame and paleoethnomusicology.
jlawton@tulane.edu
Archaeological investigation of the Maya site of Chunchucmil, Mexico
alinem8@hotmail.com
Matthew Moriarty
Archaeological investigation of the Maya site of Motul de San Jose, Northern
Guatemala
mmoriar@tulane.edu
Stanley Serafin
I am a doctoral student in physical anthropology interested in the
bioarchaeology of the Maya. My dissertation research is on the human skeletal
remains from Mayapan. One of the main focuses of this research is to address
claims in ethnohistoric accounts of people of various ethnicities and geographic
origins being present there. To do this I will perform macroscopic population
affiliation analyses, the results of which will be compared to those from isotope
analyses performed at an independent lab.
sserafi@tulane.edu
Yanina Valdos
B.A. in Archaeological Anthropology from the University of California-San Diego, 2000.
My research interests include: archaeology of pre-contact Central Highland
Mexico and Southwestern United States, and archaeological connections between
the two regions, origins of state/complex societies, trade networks, mythologies
and human sacrifice. Current research on the Aztec-period ceramics of Tula,
Hidalgo, Mexico
yvaldos@yahoo.com