Student Supervision

THESES AND DISSERTATIONS:

PhD Dissertations

Alejandra Alonso (2014) Architecture and identity of the Late Classic Maya. Department of Archaeology, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

Adam Benfer (expected 2018), Trade and transportation on the waterways of Nicaragua. Department of Anthropology and Archaeology, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. (Supervisor)

Diana Carvajal (expected 2008), Faunal analysis and environmental reconstruction in Panama. Department of Archaeology, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. (Committee member)

Carrie Dennett (2016) Ceramic analysis of Pacific Nicaragua. Department of Anthropology and Archaeology, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. (Supervisor)

Elisa Fernandez Leon (expected 2019). Ceramic analysis of Greater Nicoya, Central America. Department of Anthropology and Archaeology, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.  (Supervisor)

A. Sean Goldsmith (2006), Classic Maya house lot analysis at Chau Hiix, Belize. Department of Archaeology, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. (Co-supervisor)

Ana Morales Arce (expected 2017), Population genetics and aDNA of pre-Columbian migrations. Department of Anthropology and Archaeology, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. (Co-supervisor)

Meaghan Peuramaki-Brown (2014) The Integration and Disintegration of Ancient Maya Urban Centres: Charting Households and Community at Buenavista del Cayo, Belize. Department of Archaeology, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

Jeff Seibert (2006), Classic Maya administrative architecture at Minanha, Belize. Department of Archaeology, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. (Committee member)

Larry Steinbrenner (expected 2010), Ceramics and social identity in Santa Isabel, Nicaragua. Department of Archaeology, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. (Supervisor)

Cara Tremain (expected 2017), Costume and identity on Late Classic Maya polychrome ceramics. Department of Anthropology and Archaeology, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. (Supervisor)

Laura Van Broekhoven (2002), Conquistando Lo Invencible: Hacia una (re)construcción historiográfica de la región Central de Nicaragua. Universiteit Leiden, The Nethernlands. (External Referree)

Danny Zborover (expected 2008). The Chontalpa of Oaxaca in the Postclassic and Colonial Periods. Department of Archaeology, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. (Supervisor)

Marc Zender (2004) Epigraphy and archaeology of Terminal Classic Comalcalco, Veracruz, Mexico. Department of Archaeology, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. (Committee member)

MA Theses

Kristi Benson (2001), Meat on the Table: A Zooarchaeological Analysis of Meat Consumption and Foodways at the Bar U Ranch, 1882-1950. Department of Archaeology, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. (Committee Member)

Deepika Fernández (2004) Subsistence in the Lower Rio Verde Region, Oaxaca, Mexico: A Zooarchaeological Analysis. Department of Archaeology, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. (Supervisor)

Angelica Lopez Forment (2012) Faunal analysis of the Casa de Moneda, Mexico. Department of Archaeology, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. (Supervisor)

Jessica Manion (2016) Social memory and mortuary ritual in pre-Columbian Nicaragua. Department of Anthropology and Archaeology, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. (Supervisor)

Shawn Morton (2006) Ritual Processions at Naachtun, Guatelmala. Department of Archaeology, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB (Committee Member)

Roberta Parry (2007), Water Management at the Maya Centre of Naachtun, Guatemala. Department of Archaeology, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. (Committee Member)

Citlalli Reynoso Ramos (2004), Consumer Behavior and Foodways in Colonial Mexico: Archaeological Case Studies from Cholula and Puebla. Department of Archaeology, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. (Supervisor)

Larry L. Steinbrenner (2002), Ethnicity and Ceramics in Rivas, Nicaragua, AD 800-1550. Department of Archaeology, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. (Supervisor)

Susan Terendy (expected 2008), Costume and identity of Palmyrene funerary art, Syria and Jordan. Department of Archaeology, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. (Co-supervisor)

BA Theses

Joshua A. Bell (1996), The Material Culture of Royal Death: A Comparative Analysis of the Medieval Iberian Tomb of Pedro III (c. 1294 C.E.) and the Classic Period Maya Tomb of Pakal the Great (c. 684 C.E.). Independent Concentration Objects and Ideas: Religious Systems and Material Culture, Brown University, Providence, RI. (Co-Supervisor)

Nicole Brunel (2007), Nicaragua figurines, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB (Supervisor)

Ryan Esperson (2006), Mixtec codices and lienzos, University of Calgary, AB (Supervisor)

Denise Gibson (2002), Dead Men Tell No Tales? The Historical Archaeology of Conspicuous Consumption at Fort Steele. Department of Archaeology, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. (Supervisor)

Troy Gonzalez (2006), Household archaeology at Minanha, Belize. University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. (Supervisor)

Byron Hamann (1994), Mixtec Facial Decoration. Department of History of Art and Architecture, Brown University, Providence, RI. (Supervisor)

Bryanne Hoar (2006), The Isthmus of Plenty: Faunal Analysis for the Site of Santa Isabel "A", Rivas, Nicaragua. Department of Archaeology, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. (Supervisor)

Chantelle Hug (2007), Cholula figurines, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB (Supervisor)

Edward Kempenaar (2002), The Social Significance of Gravestone Iconography in Calgary, Alberta. Department of Archaeology, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. (Supervisor)

Jillian Logee (2006), X-Ray Powder Diffraction Analysis of Monochrome Ceramics from Santa Isabel, Nicaragua. Department of Archaeology, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. (Supervisor)

Angélica López-Forment Vílla (2007), Aprovechamiento Cultural de los Recursos Faunisticos en el Sitio de Santa Isabel, Nicaragua. Escuela Nacional de Antropología e Historia, Mexico DF, Mexico (External advisor)