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My research interests focus on the study of the sociopolitical development of small sedentary societies and societies that were more hierarchically organized, as well as prehistoric economic systems. Methodologically I specialize in ceramic technology, provenance studies, and the integration of material analyses into archaeological research. To pursue my research interests, I have been conducting extensive field and laboratory research in the American Southwest and Mesoamerica.Show Less
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Courses
- WAWorld Archaeology
- NWCCNon-Western Cultures and Civilizations
- PPPatterns in Prehistory
- ACAncient Civilizations
Grants
- Investigating the Origins of Social Complexity
Co-Investigator (COI)
2020
$297.1K
Active - Origins of Maya Civilization in the Middle Usumacinta Region
Co-Investigator (COI)
2020
$125.0K
Active - Origins of Mesoamerican Complex Society
Co-Investigator (COI)
2018
$158.8K
Active - Tracing the Origins of Maya Civilization:Inter-Regional Investigations Along the Usumacinta River, Guatemala and Mexico
Principal Investigator (PI)
2018
$359.8K
- Tracing the Origins of Maya Civilization:Inter-Regional Investigations along the Usumacinta River, Guatemala and Mexico
Principal Investigator (PI)
2017
$173.4K
- Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Award: The Role of Spatial Clustering In Group Organization
Principal Investigator (PI)
2017
$14.4K
- Ceibal, Guatemala Project
Principal Investigator (PI)
2015
$267.1K
- Tracing the Origins of Maya Civilization: Archaeological Investigations at Ceibal
Principal Investigator (PI)
2012
$240.0K
- Wadsworth Fellowship for Jose Raul Ortiz Vallejos
Principal Investigator (PI)
2012
$52.5K
- Community-Building in the Preclassic Maya Lowlands: Archaeological Investigations at Ceibal, Guatemala
Co-Investigator (COI)
2010
$220.0K
News
- UArizona-Led Team Finds Nearly 500 Ancient Ceremonial Sites in Southern Mexico
2021
- Largest, Oldest Maya Monument Suggests Importance of Communal Work
2020
- Laser Technology Takes Maya Archaeologists to New Places
2018
- Archaeologists Uncover New Clues to Maya Collapse
2017
- Archaeologists Discover Maya 'Melting Pot'
2015
- Archaeologists Unearth New Information on Origins of Maya Civilization
2013
- Ceramics Tell the Story of an Ancient Southwest Migration
2012
- UA Anthropologists Studying Human Subjects Process
2003
Publications (4)
- Political Collapse and Dynastic Origins in the Maya Lowlands: High-precision Radiocarbon Dating at Ceibal, Guatemala
2017
- The Development of Sedentary Communities in the Maya Lowlands: Co-Existing Mobile Groups and Public Ceremonies at Ceibal, Guatemala
2015
- Los Primeros Centros de Petén: Ceibal
2015
- Middle Preclassic Caches from Ceibal, Guatemala
2015