K. Anne Pyburn

Department of Anthropology, Student Building 130                              (812) 855-2563
Indiana University 710 East Kirkwood Avenue                            apyburn@indiana.edu
Bloomington, In 47405-7100

Education

1988  PhD Department of Anthropology, University of Arizona, Tucson
DISSERTATION: "The Settlement of Nohmul: Development of Prehispanic Maya Community in Northern Belize." Committee: T. Patrick Culbert (Chair), Carol Kramer, John Olson, Norman Yoffee

1984 MA Department of Anthropology, University of Arizona, Tucson

1977 BA Department of Anthropology, Reed College, Portland, Oregon
THESIS: The Economics of Sixteenth Century English Witchcraft Committee: Gail Kelly, Michael MacDonald

Academic Appointments

1996-         Associate Professor, Anthropology, Indiana University, Bloomington

2002           Associate Professor, Gender Studies, Indiana University, Bloomington (quarter time appointment)

1999-00       Visiting Professor, Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley California

1990-96       Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, Indiana University and Purdue University at Indianapolis

1992-          Director, Center for Archaeology in the Public Interest, Indiana University

1988-          Research Associate, Mathers Museum and Department of Anthropology, Indiana University, Bloomington

1986, 1988 Instructor, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico

1984           Archaeological Research Assistant, Pima Community College, Tucson, Arizona

1981-85       Teaching, Editorial and Laboratory Assistant, Arizona State  Museum & University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona

RESEARCH

 Grants

1992-1995      National Science Foundation: Chau Hiix Project

1994                National Science Foundation: Chau Hiix Project

1995-1997     National Science Foundation: Chau Hiix Project

1994-1995     National Science Foundation: Ethics and Values Project

(coPI with Richard R. Wilk):

1995           Foundation for the Advancement of Mesoamerican Studies, Inc.

1995           University of Missouri (with Beverly Mitchum) for Obsidian Hydration

1994           Research Venture Award, Indiana University and Purdue University at Indianapolis

1993           Intercampus Research Fund, Indiana University System

1992           IRSC Award, Indiana University and Purdue University at Indianapolis

1992           Summer Grant writing Fellowship, Indiana University and Purdue University at Indianapolis

1992           President's Council Award, Indiana University and Purdue University at Indianapolis

1991           Interamerica Foundation, Small Project Grant to Crooked Tree Village Development Project

1991           Summer Research Fellowship, Indiana University and Purdue University at Indianapolis

1991           Outstanding Young Faculty Award, Indiana University and Purdue  University at Indianapolis

1989-1990   Fulbright Research Fellowship

1989           Summer Research Fellowship, W. H. Mathers Museum

1985           Tinker Foundation Research Grant for Excavations at Nohmul

1984, 1985  William Shirley Fulton Scholarship, University of Arizona

1983 - 1985 Byron Comins Fellowship, University of Arizona

Fieldwork

1992-            Director, Chau Hiix Project, Belize

1989              Director, Albion Island Settlement Pattern Project, Belize

1987              Consultant, BIFAD Women in Development Project, Yemen

1987              Economic Anthropology Study: West African Import Consumption

1985, 1986    Director, Nohmul Settlement Pattern Project, Belize

1984              Field Director, Esperero Wash Project, Pima College, Arizona

1983              Settlement Pattern Analyst, Nohmul Project, Belize

1982              Ceramic Analyst, Nohmul Project, Belize

1982              Field Assistant, Tucson Aqueduct Project, Arizona State Museum

1981              Field Assistant, Carahuarazo Valley Project, Peru

1975              Field Assistant, Southern Methodist University Contract, Texas,

Publications (* indicates publications not peer reviewed)

2003 The Hydrology of Chau Hiix, Ancient Mesoamerica

2003 Ancient Mesoamerica (special issue editor), festschrift in honor of T. P. Culbert

2003 We Have Never Been Postmodern. Maya Archaeology at the Millennium. Pp. 285-291, Greg Borgstede and Charles Golden, eds. Routledge

1999 Repudiating Witchcraft. Manifesting Power: Gender and the Interpretation of Power in Archaeology, T. Sweely, ed., Routledge.

1999 Opening the Door to Xibalba: The Construction of Maya History. Indiana Journal of Hispanic Literatures 13: 125-130

1999 Native American Religion vs. Archaeological Science: A Pernicious Dichotomy Revisited. Journal of Science and Engineering Ethics 5(3):355-366. (Special issue ed. by Merilee Salmon)

1998 with Boyd Dixon, Patricia Cook, and Anna Mcnair The Albion Island Settlement Pattern Project: Domination and Resistance In Early Classic Northern Belize. Journal of Field Archaeology 25(1):37-62. (1st Author)

1998 Consuming the Maya. Journal of Dialectical Anthropology 23:111-129.

1998 Smallholders in the Maya Lowlands: Homage to a Garden Variety Ethnographer. Human Ecology 26(2):267-286.

1997 with L. Havill, D. Warren, K. Jacobi, K. Gettelman & D. Cook Late Postclassic Tooth Filing at Chau Hiix and Tipu, Belize. Prehistoric Dental Mutilation, Doug Swartz, ed., Pp. 89-104, Cambridge University Press. (Last Author)

1997 The Archaeological Signature of Complexity. In The Archaeology of City States: Cross Cultural Approaches, T. Charleton and D. Nichols, Eds. Smithsonian Press.

1997 with Richard Wilk Ethics in Archaeology. Cambridge Encyclopaedia of Applied Ethics (2nd Author)

1997 The Ancient Maya in the Present Day. Indiana Archaeology 1(1):115-124.

1996 The Political Economy of Ancient Maya Land Use: The Road to Ruin. In Maya Sustainability, S. Fedick, ed., Pp. 236-247, University Of Utah Press, Ogden, Utah.

1995 with Richard Wilk Responsible Archaeology Is Applied Anthropology. In Ethics in American Archaeology: Challenges for the 1990s, Mark Lynott and Alison Wylie, eds. Pp.71-76, Allen Press, Lawerence, Kansas. (1st Author)

1994 Importance De La Similitude: Origine Des Specialistes En Ceramique Chez Es Anciens Maya. In Terre Cuite Societe: La Ceramique, Document Technique, Economique, Culturel. Xive Recontres Internationales D'archeologie Et D'histoire D'antibes, Edicions Apdca, Juan-Les-Pins, France.

1991 Chau Hiix: A New Archaeological Site in Northern Belize. Mexicon 8(5):84-86.

1990 Nohmul Demography, A Report On Four Excavation Seasons. In Pre-Columbian Population History in The Maya Lowlands, T.P. Culbert And D. Rice, eds., Pp. 183-198, University Of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque, New Mexico.

1989 Prehistoric Maya Community And Settlement At Nohmul, Belize. Bar International Series, Oxford, England. (Monograph)

1989 Maya Cuisine: Hearths And The Lowland Economy, In Prehistoric Maya Economies of Belize, P. McAnany and B. Isaacs, eds., Pp. 325-344, Jai Press, Greenwich & London.

1988 with N. Hammond, J. Rose, J.C. Staneko, D. Muyskens Excavation And Survey At Nohmul, Belize, 1986. Journal of Field Archaeology 15(1):15-? (2nd Author).

1988 with N. Hammond, L. Kosakowsky, J. Rose, J. Staneko, S. Donaghey, C. Clark, M. Horton, C. Gleason, D. Muyskens, and T. Addyman The Evolution of An Ancient Maya City: Nohmul. National Geographic Research 4(4):474-495. (4th Author)

1987 Non-Mound Occupation In The Maya Lowlands: A Report From Nohmul, Belize. Mexicon Ix (5):110-114.

1985 with N. Hammond, C. Clark, M. Horton, M. Hodges, L. Mcnatt, and L.Kosakowsky Excavation And Survey At Nohmul, Belize, 1983. Journal Of Field Archaeology 12(2): 245- 254. (Last Author)

1985 with N. Hammond, C. Clark, M. Horton, L. Kosakowsky, J. Seymour, G. Clayton, T. Lacamara, D. Chase, And C. Beetz Excavations. In The East Group Of the Nohmul Ceremonial Centre, In Nohmul: A Prehistoric Community in Belize, Chapter 8, N. Hammond, ed., Bar International Series, Oxford, England. (Last Author)

1985 with R. Wilk, D. Pring, S. Cohen, L. Kosakowsky, and N. Hammond Settlement Excavations at Nohmul. In Nohmul: A Prehistoric Community in Belize. Chapter 5, N. Hammond, ed., Bar International Series, Oxford, England. (1st Author)

1984 with S. Cohen, L. Kosakowsky, and N. Hammond Settlement Pattern Investigations At Nohmul, 1983. Belizean Studies 12. (1st Author)

Accepted and In Press

Ungendering Civilization: Reinterpreting the Archaeological Record, K. A. Pyburn, ed. (Routledge)

with Lena Mortensen The Future in the Past: The Development Potential of Archaeological Settlement Patterns to be published by Asociacion Copan in Spanish and English, issue in honor of George Hasemann, Ricardo Agurcia, Ed

with Alfredo Minetti Open Veins of the Past : Cultural Heritage and Globalization chapter for volume on tourism (title pending), G. Vargas Cetina, ed.

with C. Andres Out of Sight: The Postclassic and Early Colonial Periods at Chau Hiix. Chapter for The Terminal Classic in the Maya Lowlands: Collapse, Transition, and Transformation. Arthur Demarest, Don Rice and Prudence Rice, eds., Westview.

Archaeology and the Gender without History, Chapter for Women and Work, Society for Economic Anthropology 2003, G. Clark ed. AltaMira

Papers Presented

 2003 Hunting Witches. Society for American Archaeology, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

2002 Standing Resistance. Society for American Archaeology, Denver, Colorado; G. Wrobel and C. Andres organizers

2002 with Marvin Cohodas, and Joe Watkins Past Conversations, Future Collaborations: Community and Representation in Maya Archaeology; American Anthropological Association invited session on Ethics in Maya Archaeology, organized by Ted Fisher and Arthur Demarest

2002 with Richard Wilk Law and Order: The Archaeologist as Material Witness for session on Materiality organized by Daniel Miller, American Anthropological Association

2001 with Gabriel Wrobel Placing the Dead. Society for American Archaeology, New Orleans, Louisiana.

2001 We have Never been Postmodern in American Anthropological Association, invited session: Continuity and Contention; Maya Archaeology at the Millennium, S. Houston, organizer

2001 with Alfredo Minetti Open Veins of the Past: Cultural Heritage and Globalization in Marketing Heritage: Global Goods and the Endangered Past, American Anthropological Association, Y. Rowan and J. Golden, organizers

2000 Women in Civilization, Society for Economic Anthropology Bloomington

2000 with Lena Mortensen The Future in the Past: The Development Potential of Archaeological Settlement Patterns. Society for American Archaeology, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

2000 The Hydrology of Chau Hiix. Society for American Archaeology, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

2000 with Christopher Andres Maya Monuments: The Architecture of Memory. American Anthropological Association, San Francisco, California.

2000 The Ancient Maya in the Ivory Tower. American Anthropological Association, San Francisco, California.

1999 with Richard Wilk The Living Dead. Central States Anthropological Society

1999 with C. Andres A Change of Fortunes: Postclassic Patterns at Chau Hiix, Belize. Society for American Archaeology, Seattle, Washington.(1st author)

1998 Native American Religion vs. Archaeological Science: A Pernicious Dichotomy Revisited. American Association for the Advancement of Science , Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

1998 with John Morris Living on the Edge: Ancient Maya Political Hierarchies from the Outside In. Society for American Archaeology, Seattle, Washington.(1st author)

1998 Women in Civilization. European Archaeology Association, Goteborg Sweden.

1997 Global Culture Before Columbus. Society for Economic Anthropology, Guadalajara, Mexico.

1997 with Chris Peebles Islands in Prehistory: How Archaeologists Think. Society for American Archaeology, Washington, DC. (1st author)

1997 Opening the Door to Xibalba: the Construction of Maya History. Mexican Codices and Archaeology Symposium, Indiana University, Bloomington

1996 Consuming the Maya. In session "The Archaeology of States. Anna Roosevelt, organizer, for American Anthropological Association., New Orleans, Louisiana.

1996 Why They Didn't Leave: The Maya Postclassic at Chau Hiix, Belize. Society for American Archaeology, Nashville, Tennessee.

1995 The Long and Winding Road. Chacmool Conference, Calgary, Canada.

1995 Orientalizing the Maya. Society for American Archaeology, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

1995 with Patricia Cook Elite Specialization at Chau Hiix. Society for American Archaeology, Minneapolis, Minnesota. (2nd author)

1995 with John Douglas Settlement and Agriculture at Chau Hiix. Society for American Archaeology, Minneapolis, Minnesota. (2nd author)

1995 Recent Discoveries at Chau Hiix. Midwest Mesoamericanists, Purdue, West Lafayette.

1994 When a House is Not a Household: Variation Among the Ancient Maya Communities of Northern Belize. Society for American Archaeology, St. Louis, Missouri.

1994 with Richard Wilk Archaeology and Economic Development. Society for Applied Anthropology, Cancun, Mexico. (1st author)

1994 Family Values: Smallholders and the Rise of Maya Civilization. American Anthropological Association, Atlanta, Georgia.

1993 Recent Reconnaissance at Chau Hiix. Midwest Mesoamericanists, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois.

1993 with Richard Wilk The Investigation of Chau Hiix: Doing Archaeology in the Political Present. Interdisciplinary Conference on Belize, Jacksonville, Florida. (joint author)

1993 Policies from High Places: New Perspectives on the Maya Collapse. Society for Economic Anthropology, New Hampshire.

1992 Settlement Clusters vs. Political Centers. 14th Annual Conference Midwest Mesoamericanists, Naperville, Illinois.

1992 The Archaeological signature of Complexity. In session "The Archaeology of City States: Cross Cultural Approaches", T. Charleton and D. Nichols, organizers, for Annual American Anthropological Association., San Francisco, California.

1992 The Archaeologist and the Sacred Text: Political Consciousness and the Direct Historic Approach. Society for American Archaeology, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

1992 Digging Up the Maya: The Ancient Maya and the Political Present. (with special permission from the organizers) ,Society for American Archaeology, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

1992 The Ancient Maya Political Present. Annual Conference Midwest Mesoamericanists, Indianapolis, Indiana.

1992 Policies from High Places. Society for Economic Anthropology invited session American Anthropological Association., Washington, DC

1991 The Political Economy of Ancient Maya Land Use. Conference on Ancient Maya Agriculture and Biological Resource Management, University of California, Riverside, California.

1991 Prehispanic Maya States: the Evidence for Absence? Poster session at the Society for Economic Anthropology, Bloomington, Indiana.

1991 Chau Hiix: Discovery of a New City in Northern Belize. Society for American Archaeology, New Orleans, Louisiana.

1990 Report on the 1990 Archaeological Field Season on Albion, Island, Northern Belize. American Anthropological Association, New Orleans, Louisiana.

1989 Good Neighbors: Occupational Clustering at the Site of Nohmul, Belize. American Anthropological Association., Washington, DC

1988 with Laura J. Levi A New Technique for Estimating Relative Population Densities in the Maya Lowlands. American Anthropological Association., Phoenix, Arizona (1st author)

1988 with Lily Chu Muslim Women in Development: A Comparative Study of Rural Women in Pakistan and the Yemen Arab Republic. VIIth World Congress for Rural Sociology, Italy (joint author)

1988 Warring Tribes, Trader Chiefdoms, Feudal States: Analogy and Reality in the Evolution of Nohmul. Society for American Archaeology, Phoenix, Arizona.

1987 Passé Cuisine: Prehistoric Lowland Maya Food Preparation. American Anthropological Association, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

1987 The Functional Interpretation of Non-Mound Occupation in the Maya Lowlands. Society for American Archaeology, Toronto, Canada.

1986 The Functional Interpretation of Prehistoric Lowland Maya Non-mound Features. Society for American Archaeology, New Orleans, Louisiana.

1985 Non-mound Occupation at Nohmul, Belize. Society for American Archaeology, Denver, Colorado.

1985 with Norman Hammond Country Cousins: Settlement Pattern Studies at Nohmul, Belize. Society for American Archaeology, Denver, Colorado. (1st author)

1984 with William L. Rathje Sex and Status Among the Maya. Society for American Archaeology, Portland, Oregon. (1st author)

1984 with N. Hammond, K. Clark, M. Horton, L. Kosakowsky, M. Hodges, L. McNatt Nohmul Belize: Recent Research Reviewed. Society for American Archaeology, Portland, Oregon. (4th author)

1983 with N. Hammond, M. Davenport, M. Hodges, L. McNatt, T. Smith, I. Weber, C. Beetz Archaeological Investigations at Nohmul, Belize, 1982. 1982 International Congress of Americanists, London, England. (3rd author) 

Invited Lectures

2002  Ungendering Civilization, Kinsey Institute, Indiana University

2002 Maya Magic, Archaeological Institute of America Lecture, Indianapolis Indiana

2002  Maya Magic, Indiana University Mini University

2002  Maya Archaeology and Misplaced Concreteness. Invited presentation for: Toward an Ethical Maya Archaeology, University of British Columbia, Marvin Cohodas, Avexnim Cojti, Wendy Porter, and Lix Lopez, Organizers

2001  Ungendering Civilization, University of Kentucky, Louisville, Kentucky

2001  At Home in the Past: A Phenomenological Approach to Archaeological Interpretation; Annual Meeting, Society for South American Archaeology, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

2000  Maya Magic: Stories of Romance and Science from Chau Hiix Belize; Phoebe Hearst Museum, University of California at Berkeley

2000  Research at Chau Hiix; Brown Bag Lunch Series, Archaeology Research Facility, University of California at Berkeley

2000  Maya Magic: Stories of Romance and Science from Chau Hiix Belize , University of California at Los Angeles, Cotson Institute

2000  The Maya Collapse, Indiana University Mini University

1999  Maya Magic: Stories of Romance and Science from Chau Hiix Belize; Mathers Museum Lecture Series

1998  Consuming the Maya; presentation for the Consumer Research Group, Denmark.

1996 The Ancient Maya in the Present Day. Presentation for Archaeology Day, Indiana State Archaeological Society, Rick Jones , organizer

1996  Exploring Chau Hiix. Archaeology Week Presentation, Angel Mounds Park.

1995  1994 Update on Research at Chau Hiix. Minneapolis Maya Society

1995  The Maya Collapse. Grand Rounds Speakers Series, Indiana University and Purdue University at Indianapolis Medical Center.

1995 Consuming the Maya. Symposium "Learning to Consume," Lund, Sweden, Orvar Lofgren, organizer

1994  Demythologizing the Maya: Reinterpreting an Ancient Landscape. Summer Music Festival; Joensuu, Finland

1994  Policies from High Places: A Perspective on the Maya Collapse. Speakers Series, McGill University, Montreal, Canada

1994 Responsible Archaeology is Applied Anthropology. Education Committee Soc. for Amer. Arch., Breckenridge, Colorado

1994 with Richard Wilk (joint presentation) Agricultural Intensification and Settlement Patterns In Ancient and Living Maya Communities. Anthropology Colloquium, McGill University, Montreal, Canada

1994   Fall Lecture Tour, Sponsored by the Archaeological Institute of America (Cornell, SUNY Buffalo, St. Catherine's)

1994  Recent Research in Central America. Altrusa International, Inc., of Indianapolis.

1993 Fall Lecture Tour, Sponsored by the Archaeological Institute of America: Colorado, Minnesota, Kansas

1993 The Discovery of Chau Hiix. Indiana University Richmond Campus History Club

1993  The Maya at Contact. Archaeological Institute of America Colloquium Series; Indiana Museum of Art

1993  Teaching and Research. Presentation to the Trustees of Indiana University

1993  The Significance of Similarity; the Origin of Ceramic Specialists Among the Ancient Maya. XIVe Recontres Internationales D'Archeologie et D'Historie D'Antibes

1992  Sediments and Social History. Indiana University and Purdue University at Indianapolis Geology Colloquium Series

1992  Archaeology in the Political Present. Indiana University and Purdue University at Indianapolis Geography Club

1992  Archaeological Ethics in Developing Nations. Archaeological Institute of America/Social Science Series, Valparaiso

1991 Economic Development in the Jungle. Bloomington Exchange Club

1991  Archaeology and Development in Belize. Center for Latin American Studies, Indiana University

1990 Chau Hiix: Discovery of an Unknown Maya City. Indiana Chapter of the Archeological Institute of America

1989  The Ordinary Maya. University of Lund, Sweden

1989  Maya Demography, New Perspectives. Darwin Society of Purdue University

1989  The Settlement of Nohmul: Development of a Prehispanic Maya City. Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, Indiana University

1989  Maya Cuisine: The Prehistoric Recipe for Status. CRAFT, Indiana University

1989 Nohmul; A Prehistoric Maya City. Friends of the William Mathers Museum

TEACHING

 Grants 

2001-2003   with George Smith National Science Foundation: Curriculum Development Grant

2002           Freshman Learning Project Renewal Grant

1998           Freshman Learning Project Fellowship

1997           Raymond Foundation for Undergraduate Education at Chau Hiix

1993           National Science Foundation Research Experiences for Undergraduates

1990           Faculty Development Award for Student Project 

Awards 

1998           COAS Teaching Excellence Recognition Award

1995           Network Excellence in Teaching

1994           FACET nomination

Publications

2003 What are we really teaching in archaeological field schools? Chapter for Handbook of Archaeological Ethics. L. Zimmerman, KD Vitelli & J. Zimmer, eds.

2003 Archaeology for a New Millennium: The Rules of Engagement. Archaeologists and Local Communities: Partners in Exploring the Past, Society for American Archaeology Linda Derry and Maureen Molloy, eds.

2002 The Freedom of Worthless Women, Chapter in Personal Encounters in Anthropology: An Introductory Reader. Linda Walbridge and April Sievert, eds.;Mayfield.

2000 Gatekeeping, Housekeeping, Peacekeeping. Sharing Archaeology With Kids: A Handbook of Strategies, Issues And Resources For K-12 Archaeology Education, S. Smith and K Smardz, eds., Altamira Press, California

2000 with Joe Watkins and Pam Cressey Community Relations: What the Practicing Archaeologist Needs to Know to Work Effectively with Local and/or Descendant Communities;, Chapter in Teaching Archaeology in the 21st Century, ed. by Susan Bender and George Smith, pp. 73-81. Society for American Archaeology (Getty). (2nd author)

2000 Altered States: Archaeologists Under Siege in Academe. Chapter in Teaching Archaeology in the 21st Century, ed. by Susan Bender and George Smith, pp.121-124. Society for American Archaeology(Getty).

1997 with Richard Wilk Ethics in Archaeological Research, Oxford Companion to Archaeology, Brian Fagan, ed., Pp. 206-207, Oxford University Press. (1st Author)

1997 with K.D. Vitelli Past Imperfect: Future Tense. Journal of Nonrenewable Resources 6(2):71-84. (2nd author)

1992 Finding Chau Hiix. In An Introduction to Anthropology, J. Dunaif-Hattis and M. Howard, eds., Pp. 324-326, Harpercollins Publishers, Glenview, Illinois.

In Preparation

Teaching Archaeology as a Global Resource, volume editor for AltaMira

-with Rosemary Joyce Indiana Jones in the Twenty-first Century (book manuscript)

Papers Presented

2003 Teaching Archaeology for Fun, session organized by Claire Smith, World Archaeological Congress, Washington, DC

2003 The MATRIX Project in Global Context, World Archaeological Congress, Washington, DC

2002 Teaching Ethics in a Global Context for European Association of Archaeologists session on Teaching Archaeology in a Global Context, Greece

1999 with Maria Franklin Teaching Archaeology in the 21st Century: Graduate Curriculum; Society for American Archaeology sponsored session for American Anthropological Association, Chicago, Illinois. (1st author).

1999 Ordinary People: Production and Politics in Preconquest Belize. American Anthropological Association, Chicago, Illinois.

1997 What Students Need to Know about Local People: Gender Issues. Society for American Archaeology Public Education Workshop, Wakulla Springs, Florida.

1995 with April Sievert Can We Talk? Archaeology in the Public Interest. Chacmool Conference, Calgary, Canada. (2nd author)

1995 with Patricia Cook Kids These Days. Chacmool Conference, Calgary, Canada.(2nd author) 

Invited Lectures

2002  Teaching Archaeology in the 21st Century, Annual Meeting of the Association for Australian Archaeology, Hervey Bay, Australia

2001  Teaching Archaeology in the 21st Century, Annual Meeting of the Society for South American Archaeology, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

2000  What did you learn in the Field Today, Johnny? European Association of Archaeologists Session on Training Excavation, Lisbon, Portugal, John Collis, organizer

1997  Indiana Humanities Council Workshop for Teachers: "Internationalizing the Curriculum"

Courses Taught

 Undergraduate

Introduction to Human Origins and Prehistory, Ancient Mesoamerica, Archaeology of the US Southwest, The Rise and Fall of Complex Societies, Lost Tribes and Sunken Continents: An Introduction to the Scientific Method

Undergraduate/ Graduate

Ancient Maya, Women in Civilization (cross listed with Gender Studies and the Kinsey Institute), Archaeological Method and Theory, Archaeological Ethics

Graduate

Archaeology, Heritage, and Violence; Material Culture

SERVICE

Publications

2002 Review of Women in Ancient Mesoamerica, by K. Bruhns and K. Stothert for American Antiquity

2002 Review of The Future of the Past: Archaeologists, Native Americans, and Repatriation, edited by Tamara Bray for the Journal of Anthropological Research

2000 Review of the Archaeology of Socialism, by Victor Buchli, for American Ethnologist

2000 Review of Rio Azul; An Ancient Maya City, by Richard E.W. Adams for Latin American Antiquity

1998 Review of the Two Milpas of Chan Kom by Alicia Re Cruz, for the Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute

1999 Review of Gender in Archaeology, by Sarah M. Nelson, for the Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute

1997 Review of Living With The Ancestors, by Patricia McAnany. Journal of Field Archaeology 24 (4)

1997 Review Of How The Maya Built Their World. by Elliot M. Abrams, For American Anthropologist

1995 Tour Guide to Chau Hiix. Archaeology Magazine

1992 Review of Material Culture and Mass Consumption, by Daniel Miller, and The Ethnoarchaeology of Refuse Disposal, Edward Staski And Livingston D. Sutro, eds. Journal of Field Archaeology 19(3)

Programs

The Center for Archaeology in the Public Interest; Creator and Director

Making Archaeology Teachoing Relevant in the XXI Century (MATRIX), Principle Investigator 

Technical Report

1987 "A Study of Women in Agricultural Extension in the Yemen Arab Republic, Ibb", SAI Project, New Mexico State University, Agriculture Department

Symposia

2003 World Archaeological Congress: Teaching Archaeology as a Global Resource Community Collaborations: Workshop Co-Organized with K. Gavua & E. Kuns

2003 Teaching Ethics in the Field: Field Schools and Filed Training for the Next Generation, For American Anthropological Association, General Archaeology Division Committee on Teaching Roundtable "Conversations on Teaching" organized by Susan Sutton (postponed from 2002)

2002 Field Schools; participant in workshop organized by B. Roth for the Women in Archaeology Interest group of the Society for American Archaeology

2002 Society for American Archaeology Roundtable on Teaching

2002 Teaching Archaeology as a Global Resource, organized and Chaired for the European Archaeology Association

2001 Maya Settlement Patterns. Discussant, Society for American Archaeology. John Douglas Organizer. New Orleans.

2001 Teaching Archaeology at the Dawn of the Millennium: Is Anthropology Really Necessary? Discussant, invited session organized by S. Gillespie and J. Schuldenrein

2000 A Culbert Festival. Full Day Session, Organizer, Chair and Discussant, Society for American Archaeology. Philadelphia

2000 Field Schools for the Next Millennium: Mixing Student Training, Research, and Public Education. Discussant, Society for American Archaeology, Sponsored by the Public Education Committee (Network Subcommittee)

2000 The Social Context of Maya Archaeology. Discussant, American Anthropological Association. Marcello A. Canuto and Gregory Borgstede, Organizers. San Francisco.

2000 Symbolic Messaging. Discussant, Chacmool Conference. Sean Goldsmith, Organizer. Calgary.

2000 & 2002 Indiana University Mini University Professor

1995 What Foreign Archaeologists Can Do For Belize. First Annual Belize Archaeological Conference, Belmopan, Belize. Organized by the Belize Department of Archaeology.

1995 Gender and the Interpretation of Power. Discussant, Society for American Archaeology, Tracy Sweely, Organizer, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

1995 The Long and Winding Road. Organizer and Chair, Chacmool Conference, Calgary, Canada.

1994 Archaeological Ethics. Discussant. Society for American Archaeology Invited Session, Alison Wylie and Mark Lynott, Organizers, Anaheim, California.

1994 Engendered States: Redefining the Patriarchal Past. Organizer and Chair, American Anthropological AssociationAtlanta, Georgia.

1992 Ethics, Knowledge and Practice: Anthropology and the Mundo Maya Project; Discussant, Invited Panel for American Anthropological Association Organized by Quetzil Casteneda; Sponsored by the Society for Latin American Anthropology.

1988 Putting Flesh on the Bones: Ethnographic Analogy and Cultural Discontinuity in Mayan Mesoamerica. Organizer and Chair, Society for American Archaeology, Arizona.

1987 The Effect of Visibility on the Interpretation of Settlement Patterns; Bennet Bronson and Wendy Ashmore, Discussants. Organizer and Chair, Society for American Archaeology, Canada.

National

Committee for New World Archaeology, Archaeological Institute of America (1994-1998, 1999-2000)

Society for Economic Anthropology, Board Member, 1998-2000

Employment Roundtable, "How to Interview for an Academic Job in Archaeology," Society for American Archaeology, Minneapolis, Minnesota (1995)

Publications Committee, Society for American Archaeology (1995-1998)

Public Education Committee, Society for American Archaeology (1996-1998)

Ethics Committee, Society for American Archaeology (1996-1998, 1999-2002)

Ethics Committee, American Anthropological Association(2001-2003) (elected, chair elect for 2004)

Associate Editor for Book Reviews, Latin American Antiquity (2002-2004)

Task Force on Education, Graduate Subcommittee, Society for American Archaeology (1998-2000)

Task Force on Curriculum Development, Co-chair George Smith, Society for American Archaeology (2000-2003)

Texas Science Review Panel 2001-2002

Grant Review Panels: NSF, NEH, NRC, National Geographic

Editorial Review Board, Latin American Antiquity (1997-2001, 2002-2004)

Editorial Board, Women in Archaeology Series, AltaMira Press

Committee on Archaeology in Higher Education, Archaeological Institute of America (2000-2003)

Wiseman Book Award Committee, Archaeological Institute of America (2003-2004)

World Archaeological Congress Theme: Interpreting Archaeology (2003)

University (current only)

Elected to Faculty Council 2001-2004

Bloomington Faculty Council Nominations Committee 2002-2004 (resigned for sabbatical)

Undergraduate Affairs Committee 2002-2003

Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies Advisory Committee (1998-present)

Freshman Learning Project, Fellow

Freshman Diversity Orientation Advisory Committee (2002-2003)

Adjunct Faculty, Gender Studies (in process), Latin American and Caribbean Studies

 Professional Memberships

Society for American Archaeology, Archaeological Institute of America, Association for Belizean Archaeology, Belize Zoo, Belize Historical Society (Founding Member), Indiana Board of Historic Preservation, Society for Economic Anthropology, Archaeological Conservancy, American Anthropological Association (Fellow), Sigma Xi