Elizabeth GRAHAM- B.A., Ph.D.

• Senior Lecturer in Mesoamerican Archaeology
• Course Co-ordinator: ARCL2029 The Archaeology of Mesoamerica
• Course Co-ordinator: ARCL3024 A Detailed Study of a Selected Topic (Dissertation)
• Course Co-ordinator: ARCL3043 Maya civilization
• Course Co-ordinator: ARCL3045 The Aztecs and the Colonization of Mexico

Research Interests:

Maya archaeology; urban environmental impact in the humid tropics; coastal trade; religion and iconography in Colonial Mesoamerica; ecotourism and development. Research areas: Belize, Cuba.

A whistle figurine in the form of a Maya musician, 9th century A.D. From the site of Marco Gonzalez,Ambergris Caye, Belize.	Ancient Maya shell midden at the Maya site of Marco Gonzalez, Ambergris Caye, Belize.
Palace-courtyard group at the Maya site of Lamanai, Belize.	Reconstruction of the16th-century church at the Maya site of Tipu, on the Macal River in Belize.

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• Collections & Research
• Culture, Art and Design
• Archaeology in the Caribbean

Recent Publications:

• Graham, E. (2009) Close Encounters. In Maya Worldviews at Conquest, ed. by Leslie G. Cecil and Timothy W. Pugh, 17-38. Boulder: University of Colorado Press.
• Scott Simmons, David M. Pendergast, & Elizabeth Graham (2009). The Context and Significance of Copper Artifacts in Postclassic and Early Historic Lamanai, Belize. Journal of Field Archaeology 34(1): 57-75.
• Graham, E. (2008) Lamanai Historic Monuments Conservation Project: Recording and Consolidation of New Church Architectural Features at Lamanai, Belize (2008). With contributions by Claude Belanger. FAMSI (Foundation for the Advancement of Mesoamerican Studies, Inc. http://www.famsi.org/reports/06110C/index.html
• Graham, E. (2007) Review of Mel Gibson's Apocalypto in The Guardian, originally featured on the 8th of January 2007 in print. Available on-line at: http://film.guardian.co.uk/features/featurepages/0,,1985074,00.html
• Graham, E. (2006). An Ethnicity to Know. In Maya Ethnicity: The Construction of Ethnic Identity from Preclassic to Modern Times, edited by Frauke Sachse, pp. 109-124. Acta Mesoamerica, Vol. 19. Markt Schwaben: Verlag Anton Saurwein.
• Graham, E. (2006). A Neotropical Framework for Terra Preta. In Time & Complexity in Historical Ecology: Studies in the Neotropical Lowlands, edited by William Baleé & Clark Erickson, pp. 57-86. Columbia University Press, New York.
• Graham, E. (2006) Due South: Learning from the Urban Experience in the Humid Tropics. In Reconstructing the Past: Studies in Mesoamerican and Central American Prehistory, edited by David M. Pendergast and Anthony P. Andrews, pp. 151-158. BAR International Series 1529. British Archaeological Reports, Oxford.
• Stemp, James W. and Elizabeth Graham (2006). Ancient Maya Procurement and Use of Chipped Chert and Chalcedony Tools at Marco Gonzalez, Ambergris Caye, Belize. Lithic Technology 31(1):27-55.
• Peros, Matthew C., Elizabeth Graham and Anthony Davis (2006). Stratigraphic Investigations at Los Buchillones, a Coastal Taino Site in North-Central Cuba. Geoarchaeology 21(5):403-428.
• Graham, E. (2004). Lamanai Reloaded: Alive and Well in the Early Postclassic. In Archaeological Investigations in the Eastern Maya Lowlands, edited by Jaime Awe, John Morris, & Sherilyne Jones, pp.223-241. Research Reports in Belizean Archaeology, Volume 1. Institute of Archaeology, NICH, Belize.
• Graham, E. (2003) Kitty F. Emery and Elizabeth Graham. Marine Resource Availability and Use at Marco Gonzalez, Belize. In Transitions in Zooarchaeology: New Methods and New Results, edited by Kathlyn Stewart, pp. 68-102. Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa.

Collaborations and Affiliations:

• Ministerio de Ciencia, Tecnología y Medio Ambiente, Cuba.
• Adjunct Research Professor, Dept. of Anthropology, University of Western
  Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
• Adjunct Professor, Dept. of Anthropology, University of North Carolina,
  Wilmington.
• Associate Fellow, Latin America Programme, Institute for the Study of the
  Americas, University of London School of Advanced Studies

Educational Background:

• BA, History, University of Rhode Island, Kingston.
• PhD, Archaeology, Cambridge University.

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