In the first section, body arts literature in anthropology is reviewed and then followed by a discussion of body modification and beauty among ancient and …
Reconstructions of Classic Maya (AD 250-900) economic systems focus on evidence of production or exchange within a single community or the exchange of goods over …
My dissertation synthesizes archaeological, historic, and geospatial data from six years of research in Guatemala, investigating the role of conflict and defensive spaces in early …
This dissertation offers a qualitative study of Classic Maya housebuilding and community-building. Archaeological studies of craft have demonstrated how technological processes are embedded within social, …
In polities headed by divine kings, the public performance of hierarchy and inequality is essential to political power. Yet what happens to that inequality when …
This dissertation explores transformations in citizenship among indigenous people in Guatemala. It investigates how and why decentralization has responded to indigenous activists’ demands for reconfiguring …
This dissertation examines how the Classic Period (ca. A.D. 250-850) Maya constructed monumental buildings. To achieve this goal, I explore three interrelated questions: What techniques …
