In this essay, I discuss how linguistic anthropological scholarship in 2013 has been
increasingly confronted by the concepts of “superdiversity,”“new media,” and “big data.” As …

Excavations at the ancient Maya city of Holmul, Petén, have led to the discovery of a building
decorated with an intricately carved and painted plaster frieze. The iconography of the frieze …

The discovery of mural paintings at the Classic Maya site of Xultun, Guatemala, provides an
important context for the study of ancient literacy and writing in practice. The mural chamber …

This article examines a potential 'throne–mat'kenning in the Middle Formative period Olmec
writing on the Cascajal Block, an incised serpentine slab dated to c. 900 bc. It is suggested …

In recent decades, the value of hieroglyphic texts to Maya archaeology has become
increasingly clear. Texts provide precise chronologies and insights into the Maya worldview …

The Skyband Group, Copán, Honduras Page 1 Access Archaeology ArchaeopressA
ccessArchaeology A The Skyband Group, Copán, Honduras Penn State Excavations 1990, 1997 …

Research on Classic Maya personhood confirms that personhood was extended to non-
human entities; however, questions about its operation and impact remain. What is the …

To study the Classic Maya is to at once recognize the shared material representations and
practices that give coherence to this cultural category as a unit of analysis, as well as to …

Within the Classic Maya royal courts (ca. ad 250–900), slip-painted ceramic drinking cups
did more than deliver chocolate and other savory drinks to guests at parties and feasts. They …

This dissertation is a study of the literary motifs and topoi relating to rebellion in the Assyrian
royal inscriptions. It is particularly concerned with the ways in which the Assyrian kings and …