- Department of Anthropology
The University of Kansas
1415 Jayhawk Blvd., Room 622
Lawrence, KS 66045 - 785-864-2638
John W Hoopes
University of Kansas, Anthropology, Faculty Member
- Heterarchy, Anthropology, Archaeology, Area Studies, Social Sciences, Culture, and 52 moreCultural Theory, Archaeological Method & Theory, Cognitive Anthropology, Pseudoscience, Amazonian Archaeology, Digital Archaeology, New Religions, Pre-Columbian Art, Archaeoastronomy, Latin American Studies, Spirituality, Indigenous Archaeololgy, Religion, Andean Prehistory (Archaeology), Indigenous Studies, Pseudoarchaeology, Semiotics, Comparative Civilizations (Archaeology), Anthropology of Knowledge, Material culture of religion, Political Organization, Archaeological Education, Race And Ethnicity (in ) migration of indigenous people, Religion and ritual in prehistory, Indigenous Religions, Mass culture, Mesoamerican Archaeology, Anthropology Of Nature, History of Religions, Consciousness (Anthropology), Landscape archaeology (Anthropology), Maya Art, Prehistoric Settlement, Archaeological Theory, Olmec archaeology, Archaeology of Religion, Shamanism, Chiefdoms (Archaeology), Magic and the Occult (Anthropology Of Religion), Nineteenth Century Occultism, 2012 Mayan Calendar, Occult Esoteric Magick Spirituality, Ceramics (Archaeology), New Religious Movements, Stanislav Grof, Astrology, Anthropology of Religion, Andean Archaeology, South America (Archaeology), Mesoamerican Art, Teotihuacan, and Pre-Hispanic Complex Cultures of the Andesedit
- Between July 1 and December 31, 2017, I was a Visiting Professor and Greenleaf Distinguished Chair of Latin American ... moreBetween July 1 and December 31, 2017, I was a Visiting Professor and Greenleaf Distinguished Chair of Latin American Studies at Tulane University in New Orleans, with an appointment through the Roger Thayer Stone Center of Latin American Studies and the Middle American Research Institute.
You can learn more about my program at the University of Kansas at http://anthropology.ku.edu
My principal training is in archaeology and my interests include Pre-Columbian cultures of Mesoamerica, the Isthmo-Colombian Area, the Pan-Caribbean Area, northern South America, and the Central Andes.
I have been focusing on native cultures of Costa Rica for most of my career. I am developing an archaeological field project at Nuevo Corinto, an ancient village in the Caribbean lowlands of Costa Rica, in collaboration with colleagues at the University of Costa Rica.
My current research interests include interpretations of Pre-Columbian art and iconography, "shamanism," and popular perceptions of archaeology as manifest in pseudoarchaeology, pseudoscience, and mythology in contemporary culture.edit
Research Interests: Pre-Columbian Art, Precolumbian Cultures, Pre-Columbian Archaeology, Precolumbian Art, Precolumbian archaelogy, and 12 moreCentral America Archaeology, pre-Columbian America, Central and South American art and Archaeology, Central American Prehistory and Archaeology, Archeology Panama, Costa Rica Archaeology, Archaeology Lower Central America, Ecuadorian Archeology, Costa Rican Archaeology, Isthmo Colombian, Central American Archaeology, and Panamanian archaeology
Research Interests: Pre-Columbian Art, Colombia archaeology, Precolumbian Cultures, Pre-Columbian Archaeology, Pre-Columbian Art History, and 9 morePrecolumbian Art, Precolumbian archaelogy, Precolumbian Archaeology, Colombian Archaeology, Costa Rica Archaeology, Costa Rican Archaeology, Isthmo Colombian, Panamanian archaeology, and Archaeology of Costa Rica
Not only does Mayfield's Quick View Guide to the Internet for Students of Anthropology help Internet researchers effectively find the information they want, but it also describes how to evaluate the information's reliability. The guide... more
Not only does Mayfield's Quick View Guide to the Internet for Students of Anthropology help Internet researchers effectively find the information they want, but it also describes how to evaluate the information's reliability. The guide points the way to basic resources of interest, including directories of anthropology programs, online discussion groups, aids to library research, and Web sites categorized by subdiscipline.
Research Interests: Anthropology, Internet Studies, Internet research methods, Internet & Society, Teaching Online, and 8 moreThe Internet, Teaching new graduates in anthropology and other social sciences, Online Teaching and Learning, World Wide Web, Teaching Anthropology, World Wide Web, 1990s, Internet, and Social History of Internet
Research Interests: Archaeology, Archaeology, Central American Studies, Central American Studies, Chibchan Languages, and 9 morePre-Columbian Art, Central & South America (Anthropology), Central & South America (Anthropology), Chibchan Archaeology, Central American History and Culture, Central American History and Culture, Pre-Columbian Archaeology, Pre-Columbian, Inca, Andes, Peru, South America, Archaeology, Anthropology, and Pre-Columbian, Inca, Andes, Peru, South America, Archaeology, Anthropology
Testing and excavation at Dos Armadillos (G-154), situated on a small bench above the Rio Santa Rosa, revealed evidence of an indigenous habitation dating to the Tilarán Phase (A. D. 1000-1500). While no structural remains were recovered,... more
Testing and excavation at Dos Armadillos (G-154), situated on a small bench above the Rio Santa Rosa, revealed evidence of an indigenous habitation dating to the Tilarán Phase (A. D. 1000-1500). While no structural remains were recovered, a large, horizontal scatter of domestic pottery, lithic debris, groundstone artifacts, subsistence remains, and carbonized wood suggested the dwelling of a small family group with an agricultural subsistence base. Investigations at site G-153 yielded pottery and lithic debitage from a Silencio Phase (A.D. 600-1000) habitation.
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While there are many similarities between the ceramics of the Cordillera de Tilarán region of eastern Guanacaste and those of the Greater Nicoya Subarea of Nicaragua and western Guanacaste, there are also a number of important... more
While there are many similarities between the ceramics of the Cordillera de Tilarán region of eastern Guanacaste and those of the Greater Nicoya Subarea of Nicaragua and western Guanacaste, there are also a number of important differences. A Middle. Formative complex predates Zoned Bichrome assemblages. Many late Zoned 8ichrome and Early Polychrome types of Greater Nicoya are absent in the Cuenca de Arenal sequence. Local decorative and formal modes dominate Middle Polychrome ceramics, and late ceramics bear a greater resemblance to Atlantic Watershed assemblages than to those of contemporary Greater Nicoya. The sequence suggests a transitional zone between eastern and western culture areas, which was nonetheless characterized by strong local traditions.
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Studies and reports regarding the water resources of Afghanistan often rely on old and unconfirmable surveys in referring to the decline of the traditional water supply method known as karez. This study utilizes remote sensing data to... more
Studies and reports regarding the water resources of Afghanistan often rely on old and unconfirmable surveys in referring to the decline of the traditional water supply method known as karez. This study utilizes remote sensing data to offer a new, large-scale assessment of active and inactive “long-type” karezes in central and southern Afghanistan, providing a major and much needed revision of karez data that has not been updated in print for half a century. The results demonstrate a trend in widespread disuse of the karez, with the notable exception of the Helmand and Kandahar provinces. The project also makes a specific contribution to the international dialogue about water and environmental security in Afghanistan. The analytical methods used in this study show considerable promise for application in other international arenas that share Afghanistan's semi-arid and arid landscapes. The team members of this project would like this work to be understood and appreciated in the broader context of the ongoing efforts to document and protect Afghanistan's rich cultural heritage.
Research Interests: Remote Sensing, Afghanistan, Ancient History of Afghanistan, Satellite remote sensing, Remote sensing and GIS applications in Landscape Research, and 20 moreHistory of Afghanistan, Remote Sensing (Archaeology), Satellite Remote Sensing (Archaeology), Irrigation Water Management (Archaeology), Qanat, Karez Tunnels of Afghanistan, Sustainable Water Management, Qanats, Qanat systems, Remote Sensing and GIS (Archaeology), Qanat System, Remote sensing in archaeology, Remote sensing and GIS in archaeology, Archaeology of Afghanistan, Qanat Technology, Afghanistan, archaeology, Afghanistan archaeology, Remote Sensing Application in Archaeology, Afghanistan water management, Archaeology in afghanistan, and Karez
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Research Interests: Religion, New Religious Movements, Popular Culture, Mesoamerican Archaeology, Perennial Philosophy, and 11 morePerennialism, Maya Archaeology, Pseudoarchaeology, New Age (Western Esotericism), New Age spirituality, Religious Studies, New Age, Maya calendrics/astronomy, Mayanism, After Mayan End Times, and Millennarian and Apocalyptic Movements and Culture
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Did the ancient Maya know what was in store for the world of the 21st century? Was there something they knew—yet to be revealed—about the fate of humankind? An affirmative answer is at the heart of what has come to be known as the “2012... more
Did the ancient Maya know what was in store for the world of the 21st century? Was there something they knew—yet to be revealed—about the fate of humankind? An affirmative answer is at the heart of what has come to be known as the “2012 phenomenon”3 —a polythetic set of romantic beliefs that derive from eclectic assertions about the ancient Maya calendar woven into a diffuse mythology with specific relevance to contemporary issues. It offers to some a new mythology for our time to allay the angst that accompanies rapid technological, social, political, and environmental change and provide motivation for action, both internal (in a psychological or spiritual sense) and external (in a social and political sense). It has gained momentum because of its significant tie-ins with pop culture and the mysteries of UFOs, ETs, magic, and metaphysics. This paper includes the fullest historical account so far of the emergence of the 2012 phenomenon.
Research Interests: Religion, Utopian Studies, Countercultural Studies, Eschatology and Apocalypticism, New Age (Western Esotericism), and 17 moreNew Age Literature, New Age spirituality, Religion and Popular Culture, Cultural Transmission, Counterculture, American Religious History, Religious Studies, New Age, Millennialism, 2012 Mayan Calendar, Cultic milieu, New Age History, Contemporary Mythologies, 2012 Phenomenon, New Age Religion, New Age Religions, and New Age Movement
The notion that the ancient Maya used astronomical and/or astrological observations to prophesy that December 21, 2012, will bring physical catastrophes, a radical transformation of human consciousness, or other changes to effect the... more
The notion that the ancient Maya used astronomical and/or astrological observations to prophesy that December 21, 2012, will bring physical catastrophes, a radical transformation of human consciousness, or other changes to effect the beginning of a "New Age" is an unanticipated and unintentional consequence of speculation about ancient Maya cosmology by credentialed academic scholars. The 2012 phenomenon (Sitler 2006) has also grown as a result of its interpretation through the lens of speculative metaphysics by individuals with both academic and nonacademic backgrounds .
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Research Interests: Religion, Gnosticism, New Religious Movements, Mythology And Folklore, Parapsychology, and 67 moreAnthropology, Folklore, Mythology, Iconography, Architecture, History of Religion, Popular Culture, Altered States of Consciousness, Mesoamerican Archaeology, Countercultural Studies, Psychedelics, Astrology, Magic, Jungian psychology, Shamanism, Mysticism, Eschatology and Apocalypticism, Paranormal, Apocalyptic Eschatology, Sufism, Modern Apocalyptic Movements, Proclus, Western Esotericism (Anthropology), Maya Archaeology, Spiritualism, Pseudoarchaeology, Pseudoscience, Anthropology of Consciousness, Western Esotericism (History), Neoplatonism, New Age (Western Esotericism), Maya Epigraphy, Calendars, New Age spirituality, Comparative mythology, Iamblichus, Counterculture, Maya, Astronomy, Religious Studies, Western Esotericism, Apocalypticism and Apocalyptic Literature, Hermeticism, 2012 Mayan Calendar, Mediumship, Terence McKenna, Mesoamerican Studies, Ancient astrology, Trance, Mayan Calendar, Paranthropology:, Prophecy and Apocalypticism, Mayans, Hermetic Corpus, Henotheism, Consciousness and Creativity, 13 baktun Cycle, 13 baktun Era, Calendar Cycles, Meso american Calendar, Time Cycles, Baktuns, Pictuns, Katuns, Great Cycle, Maya Great Cycle, and Mayan Great Cycle
Research Interests: New Religious Movements, Political Theory, Mesoamerican Archaeology, Countercultural Studies, Astrology, and 24 moreShamanism, History of Astrology, Pseudoarchaeology, Pseudoscience, New Age spirituality, History of Science and Religion, Contemporary legends, Counterculture, Mesoamerican Religion, History, Science, Astronomy, Ancient Chronological Systems, Calendars, Urban Myths, 2012 Mayan Calendar, Urban Legends, Terence McKenna, Mesoamerican Studies, Medieval Folklore, Mayanism, Psychedelic Drugs, The Sacramental Use of Psychoactive Plants, Psychedelic Religion, Ancient & Urban Mythology, Creativity and Mental Illness, Morphic Resonance, and New Age Movement
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In the final scene of “Raiders of the Lost Ark”, a crate containing the object of Indiana Jones' quest is wheeled into an immense warehouse for indefinite storage and questionable research access. Unfortunately, this fate is not all that... more
In the final scene of “Raiders of the Lost Ark”, a crate containing the object of Indiana Jones' quest is wheeled into an immense warehouse for indefinite storage and questionable research access. Unfortunately, this fate is not all that far from reality. Collections of archaeological and ethnographic materials ranging from stone axes, broken potsherds, and carved monuments to baskets, ceremonial masks, and skin canoes have been held by museums collections since the Renaissance. However, their inestimable value and unique conservation and curatorial requirements often conspire to remove them from the reach of all but the most diligent scholars. The potential of the Web to enhance the quality of research on archaeological and ethnographic collections is enormous. This paper will examine ways that one can use the Web to enhance research and improve access to a variety of materials; while there are many other resources for archaeology available on the Web, this paper focusses on museum-related sites. It will also explore the potential of the Web for innovative research strategies. Digitization of catalogs, associated documents, and images to help one locate and study collections and specific artifacts are just one approach. Others include the connection of devices to the Web, such as cameras and microscopes, the creation of virtual reference collections, and the establishment of research networks that will enhance the identification and analysis of material culture. This paper will also consider the role the Web could play in issues of cultural property, contributing to and in many ways intensifying ongoing debates of ownership, curation, conservation, and repatriation of sensitive materials.
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Site survey and excavation by the Proyecto Prehistorico Arenal has revealed the existence of a ceramic complex in eastern Guanacaste which is closely related to the early Chaparron and La Montaña complexes of Costa Rica. Geological data... more
Site survey and excavation by the Proyecto Prehistorico Arenal has revealed the existence of a ceramic complex in eastern Guanacaste which is closely related to the early Chaparron and La Montaña complexes of Costa Rica. Geological data support a Middle Formative (1000-500 B.C.) date for this material, and suggest that environmental change was a major factor in the initial settlement of the Arenal Basin. Ceramic data also suggest a large population in this region during the early part of the Zoned Bichrome period, at which time cultures of the Cordillera de Tilarán were closely related to those of western Greater Nicoya.
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Research Interests: Central American Studies, Chibchan Languages, Pre-Columbian Art, Chibchan Archaeology, Colombia archaeology, and 15 morePre-Columbian Archaeology, Pre-Columbian Art History, Pre-Columbian, Inca, Andes, Peru, South America, Archaeology, Anthropology, Central America Archaeology, pre-Columbian America, Central American Prehistory and Archaeology, Pre-columbian studies, Archaeology of Colombia, Venezuela and Ecuador, Colombian Archaeology, Chibchan Culture, Isthmo Colombian, Central American Archaeology, Prehistoric Archaeology Central America, Panamanian archaeology, and Archaeology of Central America
Research Interests: History of Archaeology, History of Archaeological Research, Colombia archaeology, Colombia, archaeology, Central America Archaeology, and 15 moreArchaeology and Art History, History of Archaeological Thought, Central and South American art and Archaeology, Central American Prehistory and Archaeology, Archaeology of Colombia, Venezuela and Ecuador, Colombian Archaeology, Anthropology, Archaeology, Colombia, Costa Rica Archaeology, Archaeology Lower Central America, Costa Rican Archaeology, History of Archaeological Theory, Central American Archaeology, Panamanian archaeology, Archaeology of Central America, and Archaeology of Costa Rica
Research Interests: Mesoamerican Archaeology, Pre-Columbian Art, Mesoamerican Art, Pre-Columbian Archaeology, Pre-Columbian Art History, and 10 moreMesoamerican Studies, Pre-Columbian Art Olmec Maya Moche, Central and South American art and Archaeology, Pre-Columbian Art; Mesoamerica, Central American Prehistory and Archaeology, Costa Rica Archaeology, Costa Rican Archaeology, Isthmo Colombian, Central American Archaeology, and Archaeology of Costa Rica
Research Interests: Latin American and Caribbean History, Caribbean History, Caribbean Studies, Caribbean Archaeology, Circum-Caribbean Archaeology, and 11 moreCaribbean and South American Migration Archaeology, Latin America and the Caribbean, Formative Period, Archaeology of Southern Central America, Central America Archaeology, Caribbean and Mesoamerican archaeology and ethnology, Central and South American art and Archaeology, Central American Prehistory and Archaeology, Archaeology and Ethnohistory; Puerto Rico and the Ancient Caribbean, Archaeology Lower Central America, Central American Archaeology, and pre-Columbian Indigenous Antillean art
Research Interests: Pre-Columbian Art, Chibchan Archaeology, Colombia archaeology, Pre-Columbian Archaeology, Pre-Columbian Art History, and 9 morePre-Columbian, Inca, Andes, Peru, South America, Archaeology, Anthropology, Archaology in central and south America, pre-Columbian America, Central and South American art and Archaeology, Central American Prehistory and Archaeology, Archeology Panama, Archaeology Lower Central America, Isthmo Colombian, and Panamanian archaeology
Research Interests: Gemology, Pre-Columbian Art, Jadeite Axe, Jade, Pre-Columbian Archaeology, and 13 moreLapidary, Pre-Columbian Art History, Pre-Columbian, Inca, Andes, Peru, South America, Archaeology, Anthropology, Stone carving and lapidary techniques, Gemology and the lapidary proces now and of antiquity, JADE ARCHAEOLOGY, Central American Prehistory and Archaeology, Gems and Gemology, Costa Rican Archaeology, Jadeitites, Central American Archaeology, Gemology and Mineralogy, and Gemology and Jadeite Jades
Research Interests: X-Ray Fluorescence (XRF) Spectroscopy, Chibchan Archaeology, Raman spectroscopy applications, Jadeite Axe, Archaeometallurgy, Mineralogy, Archaeometry, and 9 moreLithics Nephrite Jadeitite Neolithic Prehistory, Central and South American art and Archaeology, JADE ARCHAEOLOGY, Central American Prehistory and Archaeology, Gems and Gemology, Costa Rican Archaeology, Jadeitites, Central American Archaeology, and Gemology and Mineralogy
Research Interests: Maritime Archaeology, Indigenous Studies, Pre-Columbian Art, Ceramics (Archaeology), South American Archaeology, and 13 morePre-Columbian Archaeology, Formative Period, Pre-Columbian, Inca, Andes, Peru, South America, Archaeology, Anthropology, Latin American Archaeology, Coastal Archaeology, Central and South American art and Archaeology, Central American Prehistory and Archaeology, Ecuadorian Archeology, South American archaeology & anthropology, Pre-Columbian Exchange, Costa Rican Archaeology, Central American Archaeology, and Ancient Long Distance Trade
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Research Interests: Archaeology, Prehistoric Archaeology, Central America and Mexico, Mesoamerican Archaeology, History of Costume, and 13 moreCostume and Identity, Costume (Anthropology), Costume (Art History), Chibchan Archaeology, Central American History and Culture, Formative Mesoamerica, Mesoamerican Art, Mesoamerican iconography, Formative Period, Ancient Clothing, Mesoamerican Studies, Central American Prehistory and Archaeology, and Chibchan Culture
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Research Interests: Botany, Landscape Ecology, Prehistoric Archaeology, Environmental Education, Science Communication, and 17 moreConservation Biology, Landscape Archaeology, Political Ecology, Environmental Studies, Environmental Anthropology, Biology, Ecology, Vegetation Ecology, Biodiversity, Forest Ecology, Environmental Sustainability, Human-wildlife conflicts, Cultural Ecology, Biodiversity Research, Landscape and Land-use-history, Symbolic Ecology, and Alpine and Arctic Research
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Research Interests: New Religious Movements, Popular Culture, Mesoamerican Archaeology, Maya Archaeology, Pseudoarchaeology, and 11 moreNew Age (Western Esotericism), Mesoamerica, New Age spirituality, Mesoamerican Religion, Religious Studies, New Age, 2012 Mayan Calendar, Mesoamerican Studies, Mayanism, New Age Religions, and New Age Movement
Research Interests: Violence, Traditional Medicine, Central America and Mexico, Mesoamerican Archaeology, Shamanism, and 11 moreMaya Archaeology, Maya Art, Witchcraft (Anthropology Of Religion), Anthropology of Shamanism, Religion and Violence, Mayan Studies, Healing and Religion, Sorcery, Healing, Anthropology of Religion, and Bribri Culture Costa Rica
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Research Interests: Countercultural Studies, Astrology, History of Astrology, Pseudoarchaeology, Pseudoscience, and 11 moreNew Age (Western Esotericism), New Age spirituality, History of Science and Religion, Counterculture, Mesoamerican Religion, New Age, Millennialism, 2012 Mayan Calendar, Mesoamerican Studies, Mayanism, and New Age Movement
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Research Interests: Archaeology, Anthropology, Popular Culture, Critical Thinking, Pop Culture, and 15 morePseudoarchaeology, Pseudoscience, New Age (Western Esotericism), Skepticism, Critical Thinking Skills, Conspiracy Theory, Myth of atlantis, Atlantis, University of Kansas, Fringe Science, Apocalypse and popular culture, Belief in Conspiracy Theory, Graham Hancock, Conspiracy Theory as Modern Folklore, and Lost Civilizations
In 1902, my great-great grandfather wrote a memoir of his experiences as a Confederate soldier at the request of his friend and fellow veteran the Honorable C.C. Cummings of Ft. Worth, Texas. Cummings was a historian for several terms of... more
In 1902, my great-great grandfather wrote a memoir of his experiences as a Confederate soldier at the request of his friend and fellow veteran the Honorable C.C. Cummings of Ft. Worth, Texas. Cummings was a historian for several terms of the Texas State Division of the Confederate Veterans. William Abernathy's account describes his service throughout the entire war, from his enlistment at the age of 17 in April 1861 to his presence at the surrender in April 1865. It tells the story of a common foot soldier, describing his life as a private in one of the most valiant units of the Confederacy. It is especially rich in names and details of the men he knew and fought beside in what must have been a true "coming of age." (This memoir is reprinted in its original form.)
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"Did ancient Maya seers peg Armageddon for Dec. 21, 2012? No, but even false prophecies can deliver danger, KU anthropologist warns."
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Research Interests: Archaeology, Prehistoric Archaeology, Popular Culture, Conspiracy Theories, Popular Culture and Religious Studies, and 15 morePop Culture, Pseudoarchaeology, Pseudoscience, Occultism, New Age (Western Esotericism), New Age spirituality, Religion and Popular Culture, New Age, Conspiracy Theory, Atlantis, Pseudohistory, Netflix, Graham Hancock, Hidden and Lost Civilizations, and Lost Civilizations
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Research Interests: Archaeology, Prehistoric Archaeology, Human Genetics, Esotericism (Anthropology), North American (Archaeology), and 14 moreParanormal, North American archaeology, Pseudoarchaeology, Pseudoscience, Western Esotericism (History), Occultism, Esotericism, Western Esotericism, Paranormal Beliefs, Paleoindian archaeology, Lost Ancient Civilitations And Human Origins, Graham Hancock, Clovis, Paleoindians, Pleistocene, and Lost Civilizations
On September 15, 2007, the PCS/DC presented its annual symposium on the ancient cultures of the steamy tropics between the Mesoamerican and Andean cultures. As moderator of the symposium, Dr. John W. Hoopes presented the opening talk that... more
On September 15, 2007, the PCS/DC presented its annual symposium on the ancient cultures of the steamy tropics between the Mesoamerican and Andean cultures. As moderator of the symposium, Dr. John W. Hoopes presented the opening talk that
discussed the region between the southern frontiers of Mesoamerica and the northern frontiers of the Central Andes-often referred to as the "Intermediate Area" -that remains unfamiliar to many specialists. A growing body of multidisciplinary
scholarship from the fields of historical linguistics, human genetics, archaeology, ethnohistory, and sociocultural anthropology offers a new perspective on the cultures that connected southern Mesoamerica with the northern Andes and the Caribbean Sea with the Pacific Ocean. Hoopes' talk provided an introduction to how scholars are addressing this new paradigm and discussed its implications for Pre-Columbian studies. It also described the region's principal iconographic motifs as they are represented in ceramics, stone sculpture, jade carving, and metallurgy and explained what they reveal about ancient belief systems of the predominantly Chibchan-speaking peoples and their neighbors in Costa Rica, Panama, and Colombia. Dr. Hoopes received his Ph.D. in Anthropology from Harvard University. He is currently Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Kansas. He is also a courtesy curator at the Museum of Anthropology at the university. His research interests include the archaeology of Central and South America, Chibchan culture, internet archaeology, cultural evolution, prehistoric trade and exchange, origins of agriculture and sedentism, and prehistoric ceramics.
discussed the region between the southern frontiers of Mesoamerica and the northern frontiers of the Central Andes-often referred to as the "Intermediate Area" -that remains unfamiliar to many specialists. A growing body of multidisciplinary
scholarship from the fields of historical linguistics, human genetics, archaeology, ethnohistory, and sociocultural anthropology offers a new perspective on the cultures that connected southern Mesoamerica with the northern Andes and the Caribbean Sea with the Pacific Ocean. Hoopes' talk provided an introduction to how scholars are addressing this new paradigm and discussed its implications for Pre-Columbian studies. It also described the region's principal iconographic motifs as they are represented in ceramics, stone sculpture, jade carving, and metallurgy and explained what they reveal about ancient belief systems of the predominantly Chibchan-speaking peoples and their neighbors in Costa Rica, Panama, and Colombia. Dr. Hoopes received his Ph.D. in Anthropology from Harvard University. He is currently Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Kansas. He is also a courtesy curator at the Museum of Anthropology at the university. His research interests include the archaeology of Central and South America, Chibchan culture, internet archaeology, cultural evolution, prehistoric trade and exchange, origins of agriculture and sedentism, and prehistoric ceramics.
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This is an undergraduate independent research paper in art history submitted to George Kubler at Yale College in May 1980.
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This is the English draft of a chapter published in Spanish as "Culturas chibchas del litoral caribeño: Explorando las conexiones precolombinas entre Colombia y Costa Rica" in Archaeología del Área Intermedia, edited by Cristóbal Gnecco... more
This is the English draft of a chapter published in Spanish as "Culturas chibchas del litoral caribeño: Explorando las conexiones precolombinas entre Colombia y Costa Rica" in Archaeología del Área Intermedia, edited by Cristóbal Gnecco and Victor González, Instituto Colombiano de Antropología e Historia, Bogotá, 2011, pp. 367-412.
Research Interests: Pre-Columbian Art, Caribbean Archaeology, Circum-Caribbean Archaeology, Pre-Columbian Archaeology, Pre-Columbian, Inca, Andes, Peru, South America, Archaeology, Anthropology, and 5 morePre-columbian studies, Colombian Archaeology, Costa Rican Archaeology, Isthmo Colombian, and Pre-Columbian Ideology
This is a graduate student seminar paper written for ANTH 211r as taught by Gordon R. Willey and Arthur A. Demarest at Harvard University in Fall 1983.
Research Interests: Mesoamerican Archaeology, Maya Archaeology, Olmec archaeology, Pre-Columbian Art, Maya Art, and 11 moreMayan Studies, Formative Mesoamerica, Pre-Columbian Archaeology, Formative Period, Pre-Columbian, Inca, Andes, Peru, South America, Archaeology, Anthropology, Epi-Olmec, Pre-Columbian Art Olmec Maya Moche, Olmec, Mesoamerica, Olmec, archaeology, Olmec Ceramics, and Olmecs
This is a graduate research paper written for a seminar on Andean ecology taught by Izumi Shimada at Harvard University.
Research Interests: Andean Archaeology, Andean Region, Ecuador, Andean Prehistory (Archaeology), Andean Culture, and 27 moreInca Archaeology, Pre-Hispanic Complex Cultures of the Andes, Andes of Ecuador, Andean History, Ruta del Spondylus, Archaeology of shell middens, Anthropology of Ecuador, Ecuadorean Archaeology, Strombus gigas, Incas, Precolumbian Andes, Formative Period, Seashells, Pre-Columbian, Inca, Andes, Peru, South America, Archaeology, Anthropology, Trade and Exchange Patterns in Prehistory, Formative Andean archaeology, Arqueología en los Andes, Archaeology Anthropology History Andes, Spondylus beads, Andes Centrales, Spondylus, Shellfish, Prehistoric Trade and Exchange, Trade indicators (archaeological), Strombus, Strombus galeatus, and Spondylus princeps
Research Interests: Native American Religions, Mythology And Folklore, Native American Studies, Folklore, Mythology, and 13 moreCannibalism, Algonquian languages, Native American Anthropology, Algonquian studies, Starvation, Ethnopsychology, Folk and Fairy Tales, Cannibalism, prehistoric cannibalism, nutritional values for cannibalism, Native Americans, Native American folklore, Human cannibalism, Algonquian, and Cannibalism, anthropology and history
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This paper was written as a revised version of my undergraduate honors thesis. Unfortunately, it was never published in an academic book or journal and therefore the information has only been available to those with access to a MS. copy.... more
This paper was written as a revised version of my undergraduate honors thesis. Unfortunately, it was never published in an academic book or journal and therefore the information has only been available to those with access to a MS. copy. It describes excavations undertaken during the summer of 1979 under the auspices of the National Museum of Costa Rica. These uncovered remains of a wattle-and-daub dwelling in association with mortuary remains from the Sapoá Period (AD 800-1350) near a small hamlet called La Guinea in Guanacaste, Costa Rica.
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This thesis describes excavations at Formative Period sites on the perimeter of Lake Arenal in eastern Guanacaste, Costa Rica. defines and describes the Early to Middle Formative Tronadora Complex, interprets the nature of the Zoned... more
This thesis describes excavations at Formative Period sites on the perimeter of Lake Arenal in eastern Guanacaste, Costa Rica. defines and describes the Early to Middle Formative Tronadora Complex, interprets the nature of the Zoned Bichrome Period in the region. and discusses implications of the new data for interpretations of village life and the emergence of complex society in Greater Nicoya.
Archaeological research in the vicinity of Arenal Volcano has revealed evidence for ceramics. dwellings. and possible maize agriculture dating as early as 2000 BC. The associated ceramics fit stylistically within general Early Formative distinct from patterns. However. they are sufficiently distinct from complexes to the north and south to suggest that significant processes of regionalization were occurring early in the prehistory of Lower Central America.
Until recently. very little was known about the nature of village life in Costa Rica during the Formative Period (ca. 2000 BC AD 600). Ceramics dating to 2000 BC or earlier had been identified in Panama. Colombia. and Ecuador to the south and Guatemala. Belize. and Mexico to the north. However, little comparative material was known from Costa Rica. The new data from the Arenal region have made it necessary to re-evaluate of existing models for the appearance of the Formative stage in Lower Central America.
Archaeological research in the vicinity of Arenal Volcano has revealed evidence for ceramics. dwellings. and possible maize agriculture dating as early as 2000 BC. The associated ceramics fit stylistically within general Early Formative distinct from patterns. However. they are sufficiently distinct from complexes to the north and south to suggest that significant processes of regionalization were occurring early in the prehistory of Lower Central America.
Until recently. very little was known about the nature of village life in Costa Rica during the Formative Period (ca. 2000 BC AD 600). Ceramics dating to 2000 BC or earlier had been identified in Panama. Colombia. and Ecuador to the south and Guatemala. Belize. and Mexico to the north. However, little comparative material was known from Costa Rica. The new data from the Arenal region have made it necessary to re-evaluate of existing models for the appearance of the Formative stage in Lower Central America.
Research Interests: Mesoamerican Archaeology, Costa Rica, Ceramics (Archaeology), Chibchan Archaeology, Formative Mesoamerica, and 13 moreRadiocarbon Dating (Archaeology), Formative Period, Costa Rican history, Historia Costa Rica, Radiocarbon Age Calibration, Radiocarbon Dates, Lower Central America, Costa Rica Archaeology, Formative Andean archaeology, ceramic technology, Volcano Arenal, Archaeology Lower Central America, Costa Rican Archaeology, and Cultura Valdivia
Research Interests: Mesoamerican Archaeology, Ceramic Analysis (Archaeology), Ceramics (Archaeology), Chibchan Archaeology, 14C dating (Archaeology), and 10 moreRadiocarbon Dating (Archaeology), Formative Period, 14C dating, absolute chronology, Radiocarbon Age Calibration, 14C Age Calibration, Central and South American art and Archaeology, Archaeological Ceramics, 14C dates, Calibration of Radiocarbon Dates, and Chibchan Culture
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With the growth in ceramic studies during the last 20 years, it is perhaps inevitable that interest would eventually expand to describing and explaining the development of pottery in antiquity. As both description and synthesis of this... more
With the growth in ceramic studies during the last 20 years, it is perhaps inevitable that interest would eventually expand to describing and explaining the development of pottery in antiquity. As both description and synthesis of this worldwide phenomenon, The Emet;gence of Pottery represents a significant leap forward. It is probably one of the most important books on archaeological ceramics to appear in recent years. The volume largely consists of symposium papers from two Society for American Archaeology meetings which "brought together researchers who were developing theories about early pottery that went far beyond traditional culture history or functionalist interpretations to seek economic, political and even individual factors behind the initial emergence of this singularly important technology" [po xvii]. 349
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Although often known by other names, pseudoarchaeology has been a recurrent theme in archaeology since the inception of the discipline.
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445 Prehistory and Volcanism in the Arenal Area, Costa Rica PaySOn Sheets University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado John HoOpeS University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas William Melson Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC ...
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Abstract Studies and reports regarding the water resources of Afghanistan often rely on old and unconfirmable surveys in referring to the decline of the traditional water supply method known as karez . This study utilizes remote sensing... more
Abstract Studies and reports regarding the water resources of Afghanistan often rely on old and unconfirmable surveys in referring to the decline of the traditional water supply method known as karez . This study utilizes remote sensing data to offer a new, large-scale assessment of active and inactive “long-type” karezes in central and southern Afghanistan, providing a major and much needed revision of karez data that has not been updated in print for half a century. The results demonstrate a trend in widespread disuse of the karez, with the notable exception of the Helmand and Kandahar provinces. The project also makes a specific contribution to the international dialogue about water and environmental security in Afghanistan. The analytical methods used in this study show considerable promise for application in other international arenas that share Afghanistan's semi-arid and arid landscapes. The team members of this project would like this work to be understood and appreciated in the broader context of the ongoing efforts to document and protect Afghanistan's rich cultural heritage.
Research Interests: Remote Sensing, Afghanistan, Ancient History of Afghanistan, Remote sensing and GIS applications in Landscape Research, History of Afghanistan, and 15 moreAncient Water Technology, Qanat, Karez Tunnels of Afghanistan, Qanat systems, Qanat System, Remote sensing in archaeology, Remote sensing and GIS in archaeology, Elsevier, Archaeology of Afghanistan, Qanat Technology, Afghanistan archaeology, Remote Sensing Application in Archaeology, Afghanistan water management, Archaeology in afghanistan, and Karez
This chapter explores the definition of "nature" by providing a review of the long-term alteration of natural ecosystems by humans in the context of specific examples from pre-Columbian Latin America, with special emphasis on... more
This chapter explores the definition of "nature" by providing a review of the long-term alteration of natural ecosystems by humans in the context of specific examples from pre-Columbian Latin America, with special emphasis on lowland South America and Costa Rica. Archaeological evidence suggests that humans have been a keystone species in most natural habitats in the Americas since the end of the Pleistocene. This chapter argues that indigenous peoples of Latin America have played an essential role in shaping landscapes and ecosystems, both consciously and unconsciously, through the use of fire as well as a range of innovative agricultural technologies. It uses specific examples from pre-Columbian Latin America to explain how studies of archaeology, ethnohistory, and iconography have been useful in documenting the contributions of native populations to habitat alteration, how it has been experienced by these populations, and how it is interpreted by scholars.
Research Interests: Botany, Landscape Ecology, Prehistoric Archaeology, Environmental Education, Science Communication, and 15 moreConservation Biology, Landscape Archaeology, Political Ecology, Environmental Studies, Environmental Anthropology, Biology, Ecology, Vegetation Ecology, Biodiversity, Forest Ecology, Environmental Sustainability, Cultural Ecology, Biodiversity Research, Symbolic Ecology, and Alpine and Arctic Research
The correlation of archaeological features with tephra stratigraphy and radiocarbon dates in the volcanic cordillera of northwestern Costa Rica has provided evidence for an Early to Middle Formative ceramic complex dating to at least 2000... more
The correlation of archaeological features with tephra stratigraphy and radiocarbon dates in the volcanic cordillera of northwestern Costa Rica has provided evidence for an Early to Middle Formative ceramic complex dating to at least 2000 B.C. Tronadora ceramics have been found in association with evidence for early horticulture and sedentism. Stylistic comparisons with other early pottery from Central America have helped with the refinement of our chronology for the earliest sedentary societies in Costa Rica and Nicaragua. Differences between Tronadora pottery and the earliest complexes of Mesoamerica and southern Central America indicate a high degree of regionalization in ceramic styles during the Early Formative period. Similarities also indicate, however, the common participation of northwestern Costa Rica and southern Mesoamerica in broad interaction networks at this time. Tronadora pottery does not represent an incipient technology or the result of a diffusion of ceramic prod...
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Research Interests: History, Collective Behavior, Archaeology, Colombia, Complex Systems, and 12 moreSocial Evolution, Chibchan Archaeology, Panama, Cooperation, Social Inequality, Social organization, Costa Rica (culture and identity), Heterarchy, South America, Self Organization, Archaeological, and Social Organization
Research Interests: New Religious Movements, Popular Culture, Mesoamerican Archaeology, Countercultural Studies, Astrology, and 15 morePerennial Philosophy, Eschatology and Apocalypticism, Perennialism, Maya Archaeology, Pseudoarchaeology, New Age spirituality, Counterculture, New Age, Millennialism, Alternative Archaeologies, Mayan Calendar, Mayanism, Phenomenon, After Mayan End Times, and Millennarian and Apocalyptic Movements and Culture
Author(s): Joyce, RA; Luke, C; Hoopes, J; Sheets, P; Fernandez, P; McMullen, A; Benitez, A | Editor(s): JOYCE, RA
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... Networks: Writing for "e-tiquity": Peer-Reviewed Online Digital Publishing from the SAA.: Writing for "e-tiquity" : Peer-Reviewed Online Digital Publishing from the SAA. Autores: John Hoopes, Larry Conyers;... more
... Networks: Writing for "e-tiquity": Peer-Reviewed Online Digital Publishing from the SAA.: Writing for "e-tiquity" : Peer-Reviewed Online Digital Publishing from the SAA. Autores: John Hoopes, Larry Conyers; Localización: SAA archaeological record, ISSN 1532-7299, Vol. ...
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The notion that December 21, 2012 will bring physical catastrophes, a transformation of consciousness, or even a New Age is an unanticipated and unintentional consequence of early speculation by credentialed academic experts. It has grown... more
The notion that December 21, 2012 will bring physical catastrophes, a transformation of consciousness, or even a New Age is an unanticipated and unintentional consequence of early speculation by credentialed academic experts. It has grown as a result of its subsequent interpretation through the lens of speculative, counterculture metaphysics by individuals with both academic and non-academic backgrounds. This article provides a historical review of the most significant contributions to the emergence of the 2012 phenomenon.
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Page 1. BOOK REVIEWS 399 historical information from Greater Mesoamerica in order to shed light on the meaning of Olmec and other symbols and motifs. While not every scholar will find his ideas convincing, we can anticipate ...
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Research Interests: Religion, Countercultural Studies, Eschatology and Apocalypticism, New Age Literature, New Age spirituality, and 15 moreReligion and Popular Culture, Counterculture, American Religious History, Religious Studies, New Age, Millennialism, Cultic milieu, Cultural transmission, Mayan Calendar, New Age History, Contemporary Mythologies, Phenomenon, New Age Religion, New Age Religions, and New Age Movement
Close Document Image Close Document Printer Image Print This Document! Conservation Information Network (BCIN). Author: Barnett, William; Hoopes, John W. Title of Source: The emergence of pottery ...
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PowerPoint slides for presentation in the symposium, “Exploración de las relaciones históricas entre los pueblos indígenas de la Baja América Central y del norte de Suramérica," sponsored by the Universidad de Costa Rica (UCR) and the... more
PowerPoint slides for presentation in the symposium, “Exploración de las relaciones históricas entre los pueblos indígenas de la Baja América Central y del norte de Suramérica," sponsored by the Universidad de Costa Rica (UCR) and the Museo Nacional de Costa Rica (MNCR), October 25-26, 2006.
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PowerPoint slides for a presentation in the symposium, “Tras una herencia cultural milenaria: contribuciones de Richard Cooke a la arqueología del Área Istmo-Colombiana,” XI Congreso de la Red Centroamericana de Antropología, Universidad... more
PowerPoint slides for a presentation in the symposium, “Tras una herencia cultural milenaria: contribuciones de Richard Cooke a la arqueología del Área Istmo-Colombiana,” XI Congreso de la Red Centroamericana de Antropología, Universidad de Costa Rica, San Pedro, Costa Rica, March 2, 2017.
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PowerPoint slides that accompanied a presentation in the symposium, "2012, the Maya, and the New Age: Crossing Borders Both Ways," at the 111th Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association, San Francisco, California,... more
PowerPoint slides that accompanied a presentation in the symposium, "2012, the Maya, and the New Age: Crossing Borders Both Ways," at the 111th Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association, San Francisco, California, November 18, 2012.
Research Interests: Cosmology (Anthropology), Apocalypticism, Mesoamerican Archaeology, Eschatology and Apocalypticism, Apocalyptic Eschatology, and 12 moreMaya Archaeology, Occultism, Mesoamerica (Anthropology), Mesoamerica, Mayan Studies, Mesoamerican Religion, Occult, Occult Esoteric Magick Spirituality, Mayas, Mesoamerican Studies, Pre-columbian studies, and Pre Columbian Maya
PowerPoint slides that accompanied a presentation fpr the 2011 Texas Maya Meeting Symposium, "2012: Time and Prophecy in teh Mesoamerican World," University of Texas, Austin, March 26, 2011.
Research Interests: Mythology And Folklore, Folklore, Apocalypticism, Mesoamerican Archaeology, Eschatology and Apocalypticism, and 17 moreApocalyptic Eschatology, Classic Maya (Archaeology), Maya Archaeology, Pseudoarchaeology, Mesoamerica (Anthropology), Mesoamerica, Mayan Studies, Mesoamerican Religion, Ancient Maya, 2012 Mayan Calendar, Maya History and Religion, Mayas, Mesoamerican Studies, Maya Culture, Mayan Calendar, Maya 2012, and After Mayan End Times
PDF of PowerPoint slides for a presentation to the third European League for Non-Western Studies (ELNWS) Intensive Seminar, University of Leiden, Leiden, The Netherlands, June 4-12, 2007.
Research Interests: Mesoamerican Archaeology, Caribbean Archaeology, Mesoamerica (Anthropology), Mesoamerica, Chibchan Archaeology, and 14 moreCircum-Caribbean Archaeology, Precolumbian Cultures, Precolumbian Art, Precolumbian archaelogy, Mesoamerican Studies, Prehistoric exchange networks, Prehistoric Trade and Exchange, Archeology Panama, Colombian Archaeology, Costa Rican Archaeology, Chibchan Culture, Chibchan, Isthmo Colombian, and Panamanian archaeology
PDF of PowerPoint slides accompanying a paper presented in the symposium "Itinerant Matters and Hybrid Objects: Research on Material Transfers and Contact Products," at the 80th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, San... more
PDF of PowerPoint slides accompanying a paper presented in the symposium "Itinerant Matters and Hybrid Objects: Research on Material Transfers and Contact Products," at the 80th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, San Francisco, CA, April 19, 2015.
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PDF version of a PowerPoint presentation for the annual symposium of the Pre-Columbian Society of Washington, D.C., September 15, 2007.
Research Interests: Mesoamerican Archaeology, Costa Rica, Pre-Columbian Art, Mesoamerica (Anthropology), Chibchan Archaeology, and 21 moreMesoamerican Religion, Colombia archaeology, Mesoamerican iconography, Pre-Columbian Archaeology, Pre-Columbian Art History, Costa Rican history, Pre-Columbian, Inca, Andes, Peru, South America, Archaeology, Anthropology, Mesoamerican Studies, pre-Columbian America, Archeology, Pre-Columbian, Pre-Columbian Art; Mesoamerica, Pre-columbian studies, Colombian Archaeology, Costa Rican Jade Carving, Costa Rican Art, Costa Rican Archaeology, Chibchan Culture, Chibchan, Isthmo Colombian, Pre-Columbian Ideology, and Panamanian archaeology
PDF of PowerPoint slides for a presentation at the 52nd International Congress of Americanists, Seville, Spain, July 17-21, 2006.
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PDF of PowerPoint presentation to the Latino Center, National Museum of the American Indian, Washington, D.C., August 4, 2011.
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PDF of PowerPoint presentation for the symposium "Mobility and Exchange from a Pan-Caribbean Perspective," 73rd Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Vancouver, Canada, March 26-30, 2008.
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PDF of PowerPoint presentation prepared for the 10th European Maya Conference, "The Maya and Their Neighbours", Universiteit Leiden en Rijksmuseum voor Volkenkunde, Leiden, The Netherlands, December 9-10, 2005.
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PDF of PowerPoint slides used in a presentation to the Chacmool Conference at the University of Calgary, November 7-9, 2013
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This was my first formal research paper, written for a 10th grade English class when I was fifteen years old.