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Please note that this is NOT (yet) a complete list of all MRP publications – but updates will be made regularly and hyperlinks inserted. Many of these articles and reports can be found for free on “The Digital Archaeological Record” (www.tdar.org).
Academic Articles
2012
Tim Beach, Sheryl Beach, and Nickolas Dunning. Wetland fields as mirrors of drought and the Maya abandonment. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Tim Beach, Sheryl Beach, and Nickolas Dunning. Kax and Kol: Collapse and resilience in Lowland Maya Civilization. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences . 2011 Thomas Guderjan and Sam Krause. Identifying the Extent of Ancient Maya Ditched Field Systems in the Río Hondo Valley of Belize and Mexico. Research Reports in Belizean Archaeology 8.
Thomas H. Guderjan. Scorpions, Wetlands, and Jade: 20 years of fieldwork at Blue Creek, Belize. The Explorer's Club Journal.
Helen Haines. The Bedrock Vase: Iconography of a Classic Period Maya Vase from Northwestern Belize. Mexicon. 33. 11-13.
2010 Thomas Guderjan, Jason Barrett, Tim Beach, Steven Bozarth, William T. Brown, D. Bruce Dickson, Pieta Graeves, Sheryl Luzzadder-Beach, Tim Preston, Robert Warden, and Marc Wolf. Current Research in Northwestern Belize in 2008 and 2009. Research Reports in Belizean Archaeology 7. Thomas Guderjan, Timothy Beach, Steve Bozarth, C. Colleen Hanratty, Sheryl Luzzadder-Beach, and Timothy Preston. New information about the Demise of a Maya City: Fieldwork at Blue Creek, Belize, 2006 and 2007. Mexicon 32:15-22. 2009 Thomas Guderjan, Tim Beach, Sheryl Luzzadder-Beach, Steve Bozarth. Understanding the Causes of Abandonment in the Maya Lowlands. Archaeological Review of Cambridge 24:2:99-122. Thomas H. Guderjan and C. Colleen Hanratty. Power and Authority at the Classic Maya city of Blue Creek. Research Reports in Belizean Archaeology 6:119-136. Thomas Guderjan, Timothy Beach, Sheryl Luzzadder-Beach, Steve Bozarth, Nicholas Dunning, John Jones, Jon Lohse, Sarah Millspaugh, and Tripti Bhattacharya. A Review of Human and Natural Changes in Maya Lowlands Wetlands over the Holocene. Quaternary Science Review 28: 1710-1724. 2008 Thomas H. Guderjan. Current Research Domains at Blue Creek. Research Reports in Belizean Archaeology 5:281-298. 2007 Thomas H. Guderjan. The Nature of an Ancient Maya City: Resources, Interaction and Power at Blue Creek, Belize. University of Alabama Press, Tuscaloosa.
Thomas Guderjan and C. Colleen Hanratty. The Maya Blue Creek Project, Minerva: The International Review of Ancient Art & Archaeology. May/June 23-25. London. Thomas Guderjan and C. Colleen Hanratty. Factors of Stress and Processes Leading to the end of the Classic Period at Blue Creek, Research Reports in Belizean Archaeology: 4:155-165. 2006 Thomas Guderjan and C. Colleen Hanratty. A Thriving Non-Royal Lineage at Blue Creek: Evidence from a Sequence of Burials Caches and Architecture. Acta Mesoamericana 19. Thomas Guderjan and Jason Barrett. An Ancient Maya River Dock and Dam at Blue Creek, Belize. Latin American Antiquity 17:2: 227-239. Thomas Guderjan. E-Groups, Pseudo E-Groups, and the Development of the Classic Maya Identity in the Eastern Petén. Ancient Mesoamerica 17: 1: 1-8. 2005 Thomas Guderjan. The Basics of Non-Profit Corporations and Archaeology. Archaeological Record 5:4:18-19. Thomas Guderjan. Lessons Learned from a Volunteer Based Research Project in Central America. Archaeological Record 5:1:33-35. Thomas Guderjan. Shifting Centers of Authority in Chetumal Bay, pages 183-196, in Quintana Roo Archaeology, edited by Justine Shaw and Jennifer Mathews. University of Arizona Press, Tucson. 2004 Thomas Guderjan. Recreating the Maya Cosmos: Early Classic Caches at Blue Creek. Acta Mesoamericana 14:33-39. Thomas Guderjan. Public Architecture, Ritual and Temporal Dynamics at the Maya Center of Blue Creek. Ancient Mesoamerica 15:2:1-17. Thomas Guderjan and Steven Bozarth. Biosilicate Analysis of Residue in Maya Dedicatory Cache Vessels from Blue Creek, Belize. Journal of Archaeological Science 31:2:205-215. Thomas Guderjan. Elite Burial Rites from the site of Chac Balam on Ambergris Caye, Belize. Mexicon 26:5:98-102. 2003 Thomas Guderjan, Jeffrey Baker and Robert Lichtenstein. Environmental and Cultural Diversity at Blue Creek. Heterarchy, Political Economy and the Ancient Maya, pages 77-91, , Edited by Vernon Scarborough, Fred Valdez, Jr. and Nicholas Dunning. University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque. Thomas Guderjan, Robert Lichtenstein and Colleen Hanratty. Elite Residences at Blue Creek, Belize. Maya Palaces and Elite Residences, pages 13-45, Edited by J. J. Christie. University of Texas Press, Austin. 2002 Thomas Guderjan, Will Bedford and Tim Preston. Relocating Chocoha. Mexicon 24:5:88-89. Research Reports BC-2011: The 20th annual report of the Blue Creek Archaeological Project Edited by Thomas H. Guderjan and C. Colleen Hanratty. Submitted to the Institute of Archaeology, National Institute of Culture and History, Belmopan, Belize, Maya Research Program, Tyler, Texas (2012).
BC-2010: The 19th annual report of the Blue Creek Archaeological Project Edited by Thomas H. Guderjan. Submitted to the Institute of Archaeology, National Institute of Culture and History, Belmopan, Belize, Maya Research Program, Tyler, Texas.
The 2009 Season of the Blue Creek Archaeological Project. Edited by Thomas H. Guderjan Submitted to the Institute of Archaeology, National Institute of Culture and History, Belmopan, Belize, Maya Research Program, Tyler, Texas. Seventeenth Sojurn: Report of the 2008 Season of the Blue Creek Archaeological Project. Senior editor Thomas H. Guderjan. Submitted to the Institute of Archaeology, National Institute of Culture and History, Belmopan, Belize, Maya Research Program, Fort Worth, Texas. Blue Creek Archaeological Project; Report of 2007 Fieldwork, Edited by Thomas H. Guderjan. Submitted to the Institute of Archaeology, National Institute of Culture and History, Belmopan, Belize, Maya Research Program, Fort Worth, Texas. The Blue Creek Archaeological Project: Report of 2006 Fieldwork, Edited by Thomas H. Guderjan. Submitted to the Institute of Archaeology, National Institute of Culture and History, Belmopan, Belize, Maya Research Program, Fort Worth, Texas. The Blue Creek Project: Working Papers from the 1998 and 1999 Seasons, Edited by Thomas H. Guderjan and Robert Lichtenstein. Submitted to the Institute of Archaeology, National Institute of Culture and History, Belmopan, Belize, Maya Research Program, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth.
Popular Press Articles
2012
Thomas H. Guderjan and C. Colleen Hanratty. "Blue Creek: The Rise and Fall of a Maya Center." Popular Archaeology.
2011
C. Colleen Hanratty and Thomas Riddle II. "Digging Deeper: Bringing Field Archaeology to the Classroom. Popular Archaeology.
Charles Choi. "Digging into the Maya Mystery." Science News for Kids.
2010
Thomas Guderjan and Tim Preston. "Chum Balam Nal." Past Horizons.
Presentations
Developing Models of Maya Trade with data from Ambergris Caye and Blue Creek, Belize. Paper presented in the Annual Archaeological Symposium, National Institute of Culture and History, Belize City (July 2011)
Identifying the extent of ancient Maya ditched field systems in the Rio Hondo valley of Belize and Mexico. Paper presented at the meeting of the Society for American Archaeology (2011).
Abandonment, Ritual, and Survival at Blue Creek, Belize, and its Neighbors. Invited paper at the meeting of the Society for American Archaeology (2011).
Identifying the Extent of Ancient Maya Ditched Field Systems in the Río Hondo Valley of Belize and Mexico. Maya Settlement Patterns in Northwest Belize and adjoining areas of Guatemala and Mexico. Paper presented at the Eighth Annual Archaeological Symposium, National Institute of Culture and History, Belize City (July 2010).
Research Domains and the Archaeology of Blue Creek and northwestern Belize. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, St. Louis (April, 2010).
Maya Settlement Patterns in Northwestern Belize: environmental relations, resource availability and local site-planning traditions. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, St. Louis (April 2010).
Identifying the Extent of Ancient Maya Ditched Field Systems in the Río Hondo Valley of Belize and Mexico. Maya Settlement Patterns in Northwest Belize and adjoining areas of Guatemala and Mexico. Texas Academy of Sciences (March, 2010).
Understanding the End of Civilization: Ongoing Research at the Ancient Maya City of Blue Creek, Belize. Faculty Research Day, University of Texas at Tyler. (December, 2009).
Current Research In Northwest Belize by the Blue Creek Archaeological Project. Paper presented at the Seventh Annual Archaeological Symposium, National Institute of Culture and History, Belize City (July 2009)
The Role of Agriculture and Agricultural Lands in the Ancient Maya Landscape. Invited paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology (April 2009).
Reflections on the Nature of a Maya City: A Perspective from the Elite Residences of Blue Creek, Belize. Chacmool Conference, Calgary, Canada (November 2008).
Power and Authority in an Ancient Maya City. Paper Presented at the Sixth Annual Archaeological Symposium, National Institute of Culture and History, Belize (2008).
Field Work at Blue Creek during the 2006 and 2007 Seasons. Fifth Annual Archaeological Symposium, National Institute of Culture and History, Belize (2007).
Factors of Stress and Processes Leading to the end of the Classic Period at Blue Creek. Invited paper presented in the session Archaeology in Belize, Society for American Archaeology, Austin, Texas (2007).
Developing Models of Maya Trade Invited paper presented in the session- Ports, Polities, and political Economies: New Perspectives on the Organization and Operation of Trade in the Ancient Maya Lowlands. Society for American Archaeology, Austin, Texas (2007).
Agricultural Transformations in Maya Prehistory Invited presented in the session Agricultural Transformations of the Lowland Maya, American Anthropological Association annual meeting, San Jose (2006).
Changing Research Designs at Blue Creek Sixth Annual Archaeology Symposium, National Institute of Culture and History, Belize (2006).
Revisiting Pampa Grande. Society for American Archaeology meetings, San Juan, Puerto Rico (2006).
The Coast is Toast, the Functions of Early Postclassic ‘Field Walls’ and Understanding the Terminal Classic Transition. Society for American Archaeology meetings, San Juan, Puerto Rico (2006).
Alternative Avenues to Authority: Heterarchy and a Tale of Two Burials at Blue Creek. Society for American Archaeology meeting, Salt Lake City (2005).
The Early Classic at Blue Creek. Second Annual Belize Archaeological Symposium. Belize City, (2004).
Issues in the Archaeology of Chetumal Bay. Society for American Archaeology Meetings, Denver (2002).
A Thriving Non-Royal Lineage at Blue Creek: Evidence from a sequence of burials, caches and architecture. Invited Paper, Sixth European Maya Conference, Hamburg, Germany (2001).
Jade as Royal Currency: The Data from Blue Creek, senior author with Dale Victoria Pastrana. Society for American Archaeology Meetings, New Orleans (2001). ***If you experience any problems with these links - please email mrpquestions@gmail.com | ||||
