Monitoring the Ancient Maya Marketplace: A View from Tenam Puente, Chiapas, Mexico

Date: 

Wednesday, February 5, 2020, 12:00pm

Location: 

Room 203, Tozzer Anthropology Building, 21 Divinity Avenue
Dr. Elizabeth H. Paris is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Anthropology and Archaeology, University of Calgary. Her research focuses on Mesoamerican archaeology, particularly the pre-Hispanic Maya, the archaeology of urbanism, high-skill craft production, and ancient commerce. She directs the “Economic Networks of Tenam Puente Project,” with Roberto López Bravo and Gabriel Lalo Jacinto. Her research also includes technical analysis of archaeological materials, including stone tools, faunal remains and ancient metals. Her recent journal articles have been published in the Journal of Anthropological Archaeology, Cambridge Archaeological Journal, Journal of Field Archaeology, Arqueología Iberoamericana and Estudios de la Cultura Maya.