" The volume provides a sweeping examination of human figuration in multiple mediums,
while also mobilizing the study of these objects to address how and why the representation …

Earlier generations of Mesoamerican scholars created figurine types and chronologies,
laying the foundation for today's archaeologists who have been linking figurines to …

Anthropomorphizing the Cosmos explores the sociocultural significance of more than three
hundred Middle Preclassic Maya figurines uncovered at the site of Nixtun-Ch'ich'on Lake …

In this dissertation I address the timing of and interrelatedness between initial Early
Formative period (2000-1500 BCE) transitions in residential mobility, subsistence, and …

Abstract The Mesoamerican Formative period (1600 bce–ce 250) saw the establishment of
sedentism, dietary transformations and the development of ceramic technologies for …

This dissertation is an examination of the entanglements between the people, objects, and
practices that created an Early Classic (AD 250-500) communal mortuary space at Charco …

This article analyzes the assemblages of humans and other-than-humans that animated the
sacred landscape of Cerro de la Virgen, a hilltop site occupied during the Formative period …

Ceramic figurines are ubiquitous throughout the archaeological record of Mesoamerica.
These small, handheld objects continue to fascinate archaeologists, and their role in the …

The production and use of masks at multiple scales and in diverse contexts is a millennia-
long tradition in Mesoamerica. In this paper, we explore some implications of Mesoamerican …

Perishable remnants of ancient dress and ornamentation are frequently lost in
Mesoamerican archaeological assemblages. Taking this reality as a point of departure …