Department of Anthropology,
Trent University Peterborough, Ontario, Canada K9J 7B8
helenhaines@trentu.ca / +1 905 435 5102 ext. 5045
http://www.kakabish.org/dr-helen-haines.html
Trent University Peterborough, Ontario, Canada K9J 7B8
helenhaines@trentu.ca / +1 905 435 5102 ext. 5045
http://www.kakabish.org/dr-helen-haines.html
EDUCATION
2001-2004 Post-Doctoral Research Position, Anthropology, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, IL. 1996-2000 Ph.D. Archaeology, University College London, Institute of Archaeology, London, UK. 1986-1991 B.A (Hons.). Anthropology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECT
Ka’Kabish Archaeological Research Project, Belize (www.kakabish.org)
RESEARCH INTEREST
Early state formation & resilience, ancient Maya culture, obsidian trade, ED-pXRF obsidian testing, antiquities trafficking
ACADEMIC POSITIONS AND APPOINTMENTS
Current Primary Academic Positions
2010 - Associate Graduate Faculty Member, Anthropology Graduate Program, Trent University.
2008 - Assistant Professor (LTA), Department of Anthropology, Trent University, Peterborough.
2008 - Assistant Professor (LTA), Department of Anthropology, Trent University, Peterborough.
Other Current Appointments
2016 - Honorary Senior Research Associate, Institute of Archaeology, University College London, UK.
2014 - Research Associate, Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto. 2004 - Research Fellow, Trent University Archaeology Research Centre.
2014 - Research Associate, Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto. 2004 - Research Fellow, Trent University Archaeology Research Centre.
Past Academic Positions and Appointments
2012 (fall) Sessional Instructor, Department of Anthropology, University of Toronto Mississauga.
2010 (fall) Sessional Instructor, Department of Anthropology, University of Toronto Mississauga.
2009 (fall) Sessional Instructor, Department of Anthropology, University of Toronto Mississauga.
2007 – 2008 Sessional Instructor, Department of Anthropology, Trent University, Peterborough.
2006 (fall) Sessional Instructor, Department of Anthropology, University of Toronto Mississauga.
2006 (fall) Sessional Instructor, Department of Anthropology, McMaster University, Hamilton.
2005-2006 Sessional Instructor, Department of Anthropology, Trent University, Peterborough.
2005 (winter) Sessional Instructor, Department of Anthropology, Trent University, Peterborough.
1997 – 2001 Lecturer, School of Continuing Studies, Liberal Studies Program, University of Toronto.
2010 (fall) Sessional Instructor, Department of Anthropology, University of Toronto Mississauga.
2009 (fall) Sessional Instructor, Department of Anthropology, University of Toronto Mississauga.
2007 – 2008 Sessional Instructor, Department of Anthropology, Trent University, Peterborough.
2006 (fall) Sessional Instructor, Department of Anthropology, University of Toronto Mississauga.
2006 (fall) Sessional Instructor, Department of Anthropology, McMaster University, Hamilton.
2005-2006 Sessional Instructor, Department of Anthropology, Trent University, Peterborough.
2005 (winter) Sessional Instructor, Department of Anthropology, Trent University, Peterborough.
1997 – 2001 Lecturer, School of Continuing Studies, Liberal Studies Program, University of Toronto.
TEACHING DISTINCTIONS
2011 Nominated for Educational Leadership and Innovation Award, Trent University. 2009 Nominated for TVO Canada’s Best Lecturer Competition. Trent University. 1998 Nominated for Excellence in Teaching Award, University of Toronto, School of Continuing Studies.
ACADEMIC DISTINCTIONS
Grants Pending – External
Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada – Insight Grant 2009 ($324,952 CND) for Down but Not Out: An examination of how ancient Maya cities endured through times of political instability and change.
National Geographic Society – Committee for Research and Exploration Grant 2014 (US$24,144) for “What Dies Doesn’t Vanish”: Investigations of a Deliberately Buried Palace at Ka’kabish
Awarded – External
National Geographic Society – Committee for Research and Exploration Grant 2014 (US$20,164) for Investigations into Social Stratification and the Dynamics of Early State Formation: Excavations at the Ancient Maya Site of Ka'Kabish.
National Geographic Society – Committee for Research and Exploration Grant 2014 (US$20,164) for Investigations into Social Stratification and the Dynamics of Early State Formation: Excavations at the Ancient Maya Site of Ka'Kabish.
Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada – Standard Research Grant 2009 ($161,865 CND) for Investigations into the Political Role of Minor Centres During the Formative and Classic Periods in North-Central Belize.
Symons Trust Fund for Canadian Studies 2012 ($835 CND) to support analysis of faunal remains recovered during the August 2011 excavation at Henry House, Oshawa, Ontario.
Awarded – Internal
T.E.W. Nind Endowment Fund 2016/17 ($500 CND) for Trent University-Durham Anthropology (TUDA) Lecture Series.
T.E.W. Nind Endowment Fund 2016/17 ($500 CND) for Trent University-Durham Anthropology (TUDA) Lecture Series.
Trent University Research Grant Programme – SSHRC 2014 ($2,884 CND) for De nilo: a request for technological assistance with research and analysis for the Ka'Kabish archaeological project.
Trent University Research Grant Programme – SSHRC 2013 ($4,752 CND) for The Beginning and the End: Investigations at the Ancient Maya City of Ka’Kabish, Belize.
T.E.W. Nind Endowment Fund 2013/14 ($500 CND) for Trent University-Oshawa Anthropology (TOAS) Lecture Series.
SSHRC Travel and Research Grant, 2011 ($1500 CND)
T.E.W. Nind Endowment Fund 2010/11 ($500 CND) for Trent University-Oshawa Anthropology (TOAS) Lecture Series.
UCL Graduate School Research and Equipment Fund 1997 (£1,500 GBP) for INNA Analysis of Obsidian from the Blue Creek Ruin, Orange Walk, Belize.
PUBLICATIONS
Books
2012 Haines, H.R., and M.D. Glascock. Intra-Site Obsidian Distribution and Consumption Patterns in North-Western Belize and the North-Eastern Petén. British Archaeological Reports (BAR) International Series BAR S2326.
Edited Books
2010 Haines, H.R., and C. Sammells. Adventures in Eating: Anthropological Experiences in Dining. University of Colorado Press, Boulder, CO.
Journal Articles – refereed
2016 Haines, H.R., E. Graham, K.L. Sagebiel, and L.Howie. “There is no death! What seems so is transition”: Difficulties in identifying political boundaries between Lamanai and Ka’kabish. Research Reports in Belizean Archaeology, vol. 13: 169-180.
2015 Sagebiel, K.L., and H.R. Haines. Never Ending, Still Beginning: A New Examination of the Ceramics of Ka’Kabish, Belize. Research Reports on Belizean Archaeology, vol. 12: 359-366.
2014 Haines, H.R., A. Gomer, and K.L. Sagebiel. “Plant thou no roses at my head”: A discussion of the Middle Formative period buried deposits at Ka'Kabish, North-Central Belize. Research Reports in Belizean Archaeology vol. 11:337-346.
2013 McLellan, A., and H.R. Haines. Casting a Light in the Wilderness: The Ancient Maya site of Ka’Kabish, in Northern Belize. Research Reports in Belizean Archaeology vol. 10:189-200.
2011 Haines, H.R., D.G. Smith, D. Galbraith, and T.Thysmeyer. The Point of Popularity: A Summary of Human Activity at the Princess Point Promontory, Cootes Paradise, Hamilton. Canadian Journal of Archaeology 35:232-257.
2011 Haines, H.R. How the Other-Half Lived: Continuing Discussions of the Enigma that is Ka’Kabish, Belize. Research Reports in Belizean Archaeology vol. 8. 2011 Haines, H.R. The Bedrock Vase: Iconography of a Classic Period Maya Vase from Northern Belize. Mexicon, vol. XXXIII (1): 11-15.
2008 Haines, H.R., P. Willink, and D.S. Maxwell. Stingray Spine Use and Maya Bloodletting Rituals: A Cautionary Tale. Latin American Antiquity 19 (1): 83-98. 2008 Haines, H.R. Causeway Terminus, Minor Centre, Elite Refuge, or Ritual Capital? Ka’Kabish, A New Puzzle on the Ancient Maya Landscape of North-Central Belize. Research Reports in Belizean Archaeology vol.5:269-280. 2006 Feinman, G.M., L.M. Nicholas, and H.R. Haines. Socioeconomic Inequality and the Consumption of Chipped Stone at El Palmillo, Oaxaca, Mexico. Latin American Antiquity vol. 17(2): 151-176. 2004 Haines, H.R., G.M. Feinman, and L.M. Nicholas. Household Economic Specialization and Social Differentiation: The Stone Tool Assemblage at El Palmillo, Oaxaca. Ancient Mesoamerica vol. 15(2):251-266.
2003 Terrell, John E., John P. Hart, Sibel Barut, N. Cellinese, Antonio Curet, T. Denham, Chapurukha M. Kusimba, K. Latinis, R. Oka, Joel Palka, M.E.D. Pohl, K.O. Pope, P.R. William, H.R. Haines, and John E. Staller Domesticated Landscapes: The Subsistence Ecology of Plant and Animal Domestication. Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory vol.10 (4):323-368.
2002 Feinman, G.M., L.M. Nicholas, and H.R. Haines.Houses on a Hill: Classic Period Life at El Palmillo, Oaxaca, Mexico. Latin American Antiquity vol. 13(3):251-277. 1995 Grube, N., T.H. Guderjan, and H.R. Haines. Discussion of Stucco Fresco Found on Structure 9 at the Blue Creek Ruins, Belize. Mexicon vol. XVII (3):51-56.
Book Chapters in Edited Volumes
2016 Haines, H.R., and M.D. Glascock. The Other Side of the Looking Glass?: Obsidian from the Blue Creek Ruin, Belize. In The Ancient Maya City of Blue Creek, Belize: Wealth, Social Organization, and Ritual, edited by Thomas H. Guderjan, pp. 129-148. BAR,International Series 2796, Archaeopress, Oxford.
2013 Haines, H.R., and M.D. Glascock. A Glass Menagerie of Meaning: Obsidian Exchange in Mesoamerica. In The Maya in a Mesoamerican Context: Comparative Approaches to Maya Studies, edited by Christophe Helmke and Jesper Nielsen, pp. 197-208. 16th European Maya Conference, University of Copenhagen, December 2012. Verlag Anton Saurwein.
2010 Haines, H.R. A Rat by Any Other Name: Conflicting Definitions of Dinner in Belize. In Adventures in Eating: Anthropological Experiences in Dining, edited by Helen R. Haines and Clare Sammells, pp. 43-58. University of Colorado Press, Boulder, CO.
2010 Haines, H.R., and C. Sammells. The Importance of Food and Feasting Around the World. In Adventures in Eating: Anthropological Experiences in Dining, edited by H.R. Haines and C. Sammells, pp. 1-20. University of Colorado Press, Boulder, CO.
2006 Feinman, G.M., L.M., Nicholas, and H.R. Haines. Classic Period Agricultural Intensification and Domestic Life at El Palmillo, Valley of Oaxaca, Mexico. In Seeking a Richer Harvest: The Archaeology of Subsistence Intensification, Innovation, and Change, ed. by C. Fisher and T. Thurston, pp. 23-62. Studies in Human Ecology and Adaptation, Volume 3. Springer, New York.
Book Reviews
2009 Haines, H.R. A Review of Olmec Archaeology and Early Mesoamerica by Christopher A. Pool. Canadian Journal of Archaeology vol. 33(1):133-136.
2006 Haines, H.R. A Review of Human Sacrifice, Militarism, and Rulership: Materializations of State Ideology at the Feathered Serpent Pyramid, Teotihuacan by Saburo Sugiyama. Canadian Journal of Archaeology vol. 30(2):312-315.
2004 Haines, H.R. A Review of Archaeology and the Social History of Ships by Richard Gould. Canadian Journal of Archaeology vol. 29(1):176-178.
Articles – Non-Refereed
2007 Haines, H.R., and Elaine Wyatt. Site Formation Processes and “The Sligo”. SOS Newsletter September. [Reprinted in Ontario Underwater Council Newsletter, October 2007].
2006 The Life and Times of Uncle Warwick. Introduction to “Interview with Professor Emeritus Warwick Bray”, by Pamela Jane. Bulletin of the History of Archaeology 16(2)28-29.
2002 Feinman, G.M., L.M., Nicholas, and H.R. Haines. Mexico’s Wonder Plant. Archaeology Magazine vol. 55(5):32-35.
Web-Page Articles
2011 Ka’Kabish, Belize (2011). Tell Tales. Ancient Mesoamerica On-line.
2010 Ka’Kabish, Belize (2010). Tell Tales. Ancient Mesoamerica On-line.
Forthcoming Contributions
In Press
Haines, H.R., and C.G. Helmke. Painted Hieroglyphs from Tomb FA-6/1 at Ka’Kabish, Belize. Mexicon (forthcoming 2016)
Haines, H.R., and K.L. Sagebiel. “When We Two Parted”: Remaking the Ancient Maya Political Landscape of NorthCentral Belize. In Seeking Conflict: Understanding Ancient Maya Hostilities through Text and Image, edited by Shawn G. Morton and Meaghan Peuramaki-Brown. University Press of Colorado, Boulder. (expected publication date 2017)
In Progress
Haines, H.R., K.L. Sagebiel, and C. Belanger. Is and Isn’t produce each other: An Unusual Architectural Amalgamation at Ka’kabish. Research Reports in Belizean Archaeology, vol. 14 (forthcoming July 2017).
Haines, H.R. Here Be Dragons: The Archaeology of North-Central Belize. University Press of Colorado (contract signed, publication date planned for 2017).
Haines, H.R., and K.L. Sagebiel. “A Mischief that is Past and Gone”: Situating Ka’Kabish in the Larger Ancient Maya Political. In Here Be Dragons: The Archaeology of North-Central Belize, edited by Helen R. Haines. University Press of Colorado (contract signed, publication date planned for 2017).
Lockett-Harris, J., and H.R. Haines, and K.l. Sagebiel. Place Making, Authority, and Ancestors: New Evidence of Developing Middle Formative Socio-Political Complexity from Ka’Kabish, Northern Belize. In Here Be Dragons: The Archaeology of North-Central Belize, edited by Helen R. Haines. University Press of Colorado (contract signed, publication date planned for 2017).
Haines, H.R. What does it Mean to Build?: Symbolic landscapes, construction, and identity at Ka’Kabish . In Natural and Built Environments, Sacred Landscapes, and Religion in Mesoamerica, edited by L. Williams-Beck and J.H. López. University Press of Colorado (contract in negotiation, publication date planned for 2017).
Haines, H.R. A Jade “Spoon” from Ka’Kabish Belize: Questioning the Idea of Olmec Origins. Haines, H.R., and B. Visser. Two Out of Three Ain't Bad, but it is Informative: Application of the Dark Triad to the Development of Kingship in Early States
Research and CRM Reports
Lists available upon request
RESEARCH PROJECTS
Primary Research
2007 – Director, Ka’Kabish Archaeological Research Project (KARP), Belize.
Other Current Projects
2010 – Principle Investigator and Co-Director, Henry House Historical Archaeology Project, Oshawa, Ontario
Previous Projects
2006 – 2012 Principle Investigator and Co-Director, Princess Point Archaeological Investigations (AhGx-1), Royal Botanical Gardens, Hamilton, and the University of Toronto at Mississauga, Ontario. 2006 – 2007 Co-Director, Monitoring of the Sligo Shipwreck, Humber Harbour, Toronto, Ontario.
2006 Visiting Scholar, Shaanxi Archaeology Project, Xi’an, China.
2002 – 2004 Post-Doctoral Researcher, El Palmillo, Oaxaca, Mexico.
1999 – 2001 Field Director, D.R. Poulton & Associates, London, Ontario.
2000 Visiting Scholar, The Pumapunku, Tiwanaku, Bolivia.
1992 – 1998 Field Supervisor, Blue Creek Ruin, Orange Walk District, Belize.
1990 Field Assistant, Regional Archaeological Survey of the Programme for Belize, Belize.
RESEARCH DISTINCTIONS
2015 Nominated for a Field Discovery Award, Shanghai Archaeology Forum, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Shanghai.
PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS
X-Ray Fluorescence Operator, International Standard ISO 20807, Level 1, Natural Resources Canada.
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT TRAINING
Antiquities Trafficking and Art Crime FutureLearn in partnership with the University of Glasgow. 1 February, 2016 – 21 February 2016.
ArcGIS 1: An Introduction to ArcGIS ESRI Canada, Toronto. August 19-20, 2014.
ArcGIS 2: Essential Workflows ESRI Canada, Toronto. August 26-28, 2014.
ArcGIS 3: Performing Analysis ESRI Canada, Toronto. February 10-11, 2015
PROFESSIONAL LICENSES
Professional Archaeological License (P124), Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sport, Ontario.
Permit to Search for, Explore, and Excavation (IA/H/2/1/15(07)), Institute of Archaeology, NICH, Belize (2015)
Permit to Search for, Explore, and Excavation (IA/H/2/1/14(07)), Institute of Archaeology, NICH, Belize (2014)
Permit to Search for, Explore, and Excavation (IA/H/2/1/13(03)), Institute of Archaeology, NICH, Belize (2013)
Permit to Search for, Explore, and Excavation (IA/H/2/1/12(08)), Institute of Archaeology, NICH, Belize (2012)
Permit to Search for, Explore, and Excavation (IA/H/2/1/11(09)), Institute of Archaeology, NICH, Belize (2011)
Permit to Search for, Explore, and Excavation (IA/H/2/1/10(16)), Institute of Archaeology, NICH, Belize (2010)
Permit to Search for, Explore, and Excavation (IA/H/2/1/09(04)), Institute of Archaeology, NICH, Belize (2007)
Permit to Search for, Explore, and Excavation (IA/H/2/1/07(03)), Institute of Archaeology, NICH, Belize (2007)
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Courses Taught
University – Undergraduate
First Year
Biological Anthropology and Archaeology - ANTH 1010H (Trent University)
Introductory Anthropology - ANTH 1000Y (Trent University)
Second Year
Archaeology – ANTH 2120Y (Trent University)
Archaeology of the Americas – ANTH 2122H (Trent University)
Introduction to Ontario Historic Archaeology Field and Laboratory Methods – ANTH 2050H (Trent University)
Law in Ancient and Contemporary Society – ANTH 2040H (Trent University)
Old World Prehistory – ANTH 2121H (Trent University)
Technology and Humanity – ANTH 2030H (Trent University)
The Ancient Maya (McMaster University)
Third Year
Archaeological Fieldwork & Laboratory Methods – Ontario Prehistory – ANTH 318H (UT Mississauga)
Archaeology of Ancient Mesoamerica - ANTH 3121H (Trent University)
Archaeology of Northeast North America – ANTH 317H (UT Mississauga)
Comparative Ancient Civilizations - ANTH 3170H (Trent University)
Field Methods and Techniques in Anthropology - Belize – ANTH 3000Y(Trent University)
Key Ideas in Archaeology and Bio-anthropology – ANTH 3100Y (Trent University)
Landscape and Settlement Archaeology – ANTH 3650 (Trent University)
The Maya – ANTH 3710H (Trent University)
Fourth Year
Archaeology of Mesoamerica - ANTH 4120Y (Trent University)
Collapse of Complex Societies – ANTH 4180H (Trent University)
Reading Course – Field Methods in Maya Archaeology – ANTH 4900Y (Trent University)
The Maya – ANTH 4710H (Trent University)
University - Graduate
The Ancient Maya (Trent University)
Women in Ancient Maya Society (Trent University)
Undergraduate Thesis Supervision
2012 – 2013 Tyler Nemeth, Department of Anthropology, Trent University.
M.A. Thesis Supervision
Supervisor In progress
2015 – Present Theresa Gwynne Carlos. M.A. Department of Anthropology, Trent University.
2014 – Present Lauren Renee Henricks. M.A. Department of Anthropology, Trent University.
Completed
2013 – 2016 Joshuah Lockett-Harris. M.A. Department of Anthropology, Trent University.
Supervisory Committee Member
In progress
2016 – Present Kathleen Forward. M.A. Department of Anthropology, Trent University.
2016 – Present Ellie Tamura. M.A. Department of Anthropology, Trent University.
2015 – Present Sean Berger. M.A. Department of Anthropology, Trent University.
2014 – Present Natalie Baron. M.A. Department of Anthropology, Trent University.
2011 – Present Toni Gonzalez. M.A. Department of Anthropology, California State University, Los Angeles.
Completed
2014 – 2015 Barry, Jack. M.A. Department of Anthropology, Trent University. (defense committee only).
2013 – 2016 Leah-Marie Marajh. M.A. Department of Anthropology, Trent University.
2013 – 2015 Lindsay Shirkey. M.A. Department of Anthropology, Trent University.
2011 – 2013 Alice Gomer. M.A, Institute of Archaeology, UCL, UK..
2010 – 2013 Stephen Morgan Moodie. M.A. Department of Anthropology, Trent University.
2010 – 2012 Alec McLellan. M.A. Department of Anthropology, Trent University.
2010 – 2011 Cara Tremain. M.A. Department of Anthropology, Trent University.
2010 – 2013 Danielle Budhoo. M.A. Department of Anthropology, Trent University (did not complete).
Chair of Defence Proceedings
2013 Moodie, Stephen Morgan, M.A. Department of Anthropology, Trent University.
Courses Developed
Undergraduate
Introduction to Ontario Historical Archaeology Field and Laboratory Methods (2nd year)
Graduate
Women in Ancient Maya Society (Trent University)
HERITAGE CONSULTATION WORK
Museum/Exhibition & Cultural Consultant
2011 Exhibition Content Consultant, “The Maya: Secrets of their Ancient World”. Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto.
2007 – 2008 Cultural Consultant , Remodelling of the Museum Subway Station Diamond Schmitt Architectural Designers and Toronto Transit Commission.
CULTURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT EMPLOYMENT
1999 – 2001 Field Director, D.R. Poulton & Associates, London, Ontario.
1998 Field Assistant, London Museum of Archaeology, London, Ontario. (Summer employment only)
1994 – 1996 Field Assistant, M. M. Dillon, Archaeology Branch, Ontario. (Summer employment only)
1987 Field Assistant, Archaeological Services Inc., Toronto, Ontario. (Summer employment only)
UNIVERSITY SERVICE
University Committees
2016-2017 TUFA Executive Committee, Trent University.
2015-2016 TUFA Executive Committee, Trent University.
2015-present Strategic Mandate Building Development Committee, Trent University Oshawa.
2014-2015 Technology and Humanity Programme Working Group (Chair), Trent University Oshawa.
2014 Trent-Oshawa Caucus, Trent University Oshawa. (Fall term only)
2013-2014 Trent-Oshawa Caucus, Trent University Oshawa.
2013-2014 Space Allocation Committee (Chair), Trent University Oshawa.
Service
2014 Speaker, Trent 50Talks Program, Trent University.
2014 Speaker, Trent Durham Humanities 101, Trent University Durham.
2014 Anthropology Representative, Trent University Oshawa Open House. March 15, 2014.
2013 Anthropology Representative, Trent University Oshawa Secondary School Guidance Councillor Meeting, October 22, 2013.
2011 Anthropology Representative, Trent University Oshawa Open House. November 19, 2011.
2011 Anthropology Representative, Ontario University Fair, Toronto, October 14, 2011.
2010 Anthropology Representative, Trent University Oshawa Open House.
2008 Anthropology Representative, Trent University Oshawa Open House.
Department Committees
2015-2016 Collection Curation Committee, Department of Anthropology, Trent University.
2014-present CRM Certificate Working Group (Chair), Department of Anthropology, Trent University. 2
014-2015 Technology and Humanity Programme Working Group (Chair), Trent University Oshawa.
2014-2015 Collection Curation Committee, Department of Anthropology, Trent University.
2013-2014 Collection Curation Committee, Department of Anthropology, Trent University.
2012-2013 Collection Curation Committee, Department of Anthropology, Trent University.
Service
2015-2016 Organizer and Host, Trent University Oshawa Anthropology Lecture Series.
2015-2016 Library Acquisitions, Department of Anthropology, Trent University.
2014-2015 Library Acquisitions, Department of Anthropology, Trent University.
2013-2014 Library Acquisitions, Department of Anthropology, Trent University.
2013-2014 Organizer and Host, Trent University Oshawa Anthropology Lecture Series.
2010 – 2011 Organizer and Host, Trent University Oshawa Anthropology Lecture Series.
GENERAL PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
2014 Faculty Co-Advisor, Trent Oshawa Student Symposium (with B. Visser). March 2014.
2012 Organiser. 4th Annual Trent-Oshawa University Research Day Symposium. April 10, 2012.
2011 Co-Organiser (with David Gailbraith). “10,000 years in Paradise”, Cootes Paradise Archaeology and Cultural History Open House. Royal Botanical Gardens, Burlington February 26, 2011.
2011 Co-Organiser (with R. Bode). 3rd Annual Trent Oshawa Research Day Symposium. April 12, 2011.
2011 Chair, General Session: Ceramics of Mesoamerica. Session at the 76th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Sacramento, California, March 30-April 3, 2011.
2008 Discussant and Co-Organiser (with Paul Healy). Session: Current research in Latin America: Archaeology of Ancient Mesoamerica. Session at the 2008 Canadian Archaeological Association Annual Meeting, Trent University Archaeological Research Centre, Trent University, Peterborough, May 7-11, 2008.
2008 Co-Editor English Abstract Translations Archaeological Study of Lithic Use-Wear Experiments, edited by Gao Xing and Chen Shen. Science Press, Beijing.
2008 Chair and Co-Organiser (with Paul Healy). Session: Current research in Latin America: Archaeology of Ancient Lower Central America and the Andes. Session at the 2008 Canadian Archaeological Association Annual Meeting, Trent University Archaeological Research Centre, Trent University, Peterborough, May 7-11, 2008.
2006 – 2009 Chair, Membership Committee, Canadian Archaeology Association.
2006 - 2008 Program Committee Member.
2008 Canadian Archaeological Association Annual Meeting, Trent University Archaeological Research Centre, Trent University, Peterborough, May 7-11, 2008.
2006 Organiser and Chair. Invited session: Inter-regional exchange and its role in the socio-political organisation of Pre-Hispanic Latin American cultures: Essays in Honour of Warwick Bray. Session at the 71st Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, San Juan, Puerto Rico, April 26 – 30, 2006.
2005 Co-Organiser and Chair (with Roger Lohmann). Invited entitled: Adventures in Eating: Anthropological Experiences of Dining from Around the World. Session at the 104th Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association, Washington DC. November 30 – December 4, 2005.
2005 Mentor, National Association of Student Anthropologists. American Anthropological Association 104th Annual Meeting, Washington D.C.
EDITORIAL POSITIONS
2010 – 2011 Managing Editor, Reviews in Anthropology.
2006 – 2009 Column Editor “Canadian Archaeologists Abroad”, Canadian Archaeological Association Newsletter.
REVIEWER
2016 Journal of Field Archaeology Article
2015 Ancient Mesoamerica Article
2015 Oxford Book
2011 Ancient Mesoamerica Article
2009 The Archaeology of Mesoamerican Animals Chapter in book
COMMUNITY SERVICE
2015 Participant, International Archaeology Day Event, Oshawa Historical Society and Museum.
2014 Co-Organiser, International Archaeology Day Event, Oshawa Historical Society and Museum.
2014 Organiser, Second Annual Archaeology Day, Trent Oshawa University & St. Theresa C.S., Whitby.
2013 Co-Organiser, International Archaeology Day Event, Oshawa Historical Society and Museum.
2013 Organiser, Archaeology Day, Trent Oshawa University & St. Theresa C.S., Whitby.
2012 Host/Speaker, Maya 2012 Celebration, Lamanai Outpost Lodge, Belize.
2007 Director of Archaeological Research, Save Ontario Shipwrecks – Toronto Chapter.
2005 Stakeholder, Ontario Provincial Government Discussions Amendments to the Ontario Heritage Act on issues of Marine Archaeology.
2005 Stakeholder, Canadian Federal Government Discussions Amendments to the Canadian Shipping Act on issues of Marine Heritage.
PANELLIST SPEAKER
2015 Dance of the Maize God Film Screening and Panel Discussion. Gardiner Signature Lecture Series, Gardiner Museum, Toronto, September 8, 2015.
2010 Panellist, TLC Symposium: Teaching Learning, Sharing. Seminar on “Teaching Teamwork”. Hosted by the Teaching-Learning-Collaboration (TLC) Group, University of Toronto Mississauga
INVITED LECTURES
2015 Digging Oshawa’s History: Archaeological Explorations at the Oshawa Community Museum. (Second presenter with Laura Suchan). Cultural Summit, City of Oshawa, October 22, 2015.
2013 Recent Research at Ka’Kabish, Orange Walk, Belize. Department of Behavioural Science, University of Michigan Dearborn, March 22, 2013.
2012 ROM Archaeological Work at Maya Ruins Past and Present. ROM Friends of Archaeology Event, Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, December 7, 2012.
2012 Prestige, Power and Politics: The Life and Death of an Ancient Maya City. Evolution, Ecology, and Behaviour Seminar Series, Department of Biology, McMaster University. November 28, 2012. 2012 2012 and the End of the World: A Maya or a Modern Prophesy? Trent Oshawa Anthropology Lecture Series, Trent Oshawa University. November 27, 2012.
2012 What do Mesoamerican and Ohio-region archaeology tell us about each other? Department of Anthropology, Cleveland State University. April 26, 2012.
2012 A Sweet History: Cacao Use in Ancient Mesoamerica. RBG Speaker’s Series. Royal Botanical Gardens, Burlington, Ontario, March 22, 2012.
2012 Recent research in Maya Archaeology at Ka'Kabish, Orange Walk District, Belize. New York Archaeology Society – Houghton Chapter. Buffalo Museum of Science, March 21, 2012.
2012 Reconsidering Ideas about Early Maya Political Organisation. Distinguished Lecture Series, Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Ontario. January 21, 2012.
2011 Old Ruins and New Technology: Mapping the Ancient Maya Ruin of Ka’Kabish, Belize. ArcGIS Day, Trent University, Peterborough. November 18, 2011.
2011 Maya Calendrical Systems and Cosmology. Exhibition Docents Group. Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Canada. October 22, 2011.
2011 Henry House Historical Archaeology Project. Trent University Archaeology Research Centre (TUARC) Fieldworks Talks, Trent University. October 20, 2011.
2011 What Lies Beneath: Excavating an Ancient Maya Ruin in Belize, Central America. Trent Oshawa Research Day Symposium. April 12, 2011.
2011 The Occupation of Princess Point, Cootes Paradise. “10,000 years in Paradise”, Cootes Paradise Archaeology and Cultural History Open House, Royal Botanical Gardens, Burlington. February 26, 2011. 2011 Beneath the Trees: Excavation of a Maya City, Belize, Central America. Explorers’ Club, Toronto Chapter. February 11, 2011.
2011 Hierarchy, Heterarchy, or Hegemony?: Reconsidering ideas about early Maya polity organisation. Anthropology Lecture Series, University of Toronto, St. George. February 4, 2011.
2010 Old Ruins and New Thoughts: Recent Work at Ka’Kabish, Belize. Trent University Archaeology Research Centre (TUARC) Fieldworks Talks, Trent University. December 7, 2010.
2009 Making a Point: The History of Occupation and Archaeological Work at the Princess Point Site, Cootes Paradise, Hamilton. Lunch Time Learning Session, Royal Botanical Gardens, Burlington, Ontario. August 13, 2009.
2009 She Saw Sea Shells . . . But What Did the Ancient Maya See? Hart House Underwater Club, University of Toronto – St. George, Toronto. January 29, 2009.
2007 The Other Side of the Looking-Glass: Formative and Classic Period Maya Obsidian Exchange and Polity Formation. University of Toronto – Scarborough.
2007 To See the World in a Sliver of Glass: The Wider Implications of Formative and Classic Period Maya Obsidian Exchange. Department of Anthropology, Cleveland State University.
2007 Symbols of Life and Death from the Maya Underworld: The Role of Stingrays in Maya Ideology and Ritual (first author with Philip Willink, and David Maxwell). Trent University Archaeological Research Centre, April 10, 2007.
2006 Stingray Spines and Maya Rituals: The Importance of Considering Life and Death When Examining the Archaeological Record. Ontario Archaeology Society – Toronto Chapter, September 20, 2006.
2006 To See the World in a Sliver of Glass: The Wider Implications of Formative and Classic Period Maya Obsidian Exchange. Department of Anthropology University of Western Ontario.
2002 The Role of Obsidian in Ancient Maya Society. Maya Symposium, Burpee Museum, Rockford, IL.
CONFERENCE PAPERS
2016 Is and Isn’t produce each other: An Unusual Architectural Amalgamation at Ka’kabish. (first author with Kerry L. Sagebiel, and Claude Belanger). Paper presented at the 14th Annual Belize Anthropology and Archaeology Symposium, San Ignacio, Belize, 27 June - 1 July, 2016.
2016 “Smash-and-Trash Deposits at Ka’Kabish, Belize: How Theoretical and Analytical Approaches Can Affect Interpretation (Kerry L. Sagebiel, Helen R. Haines, and Joshuah Lockett-Harris). Paper presented at the Mid-West Mesoamerican Meeting, March 2016.
2015 “There is no death! What seems so is transition”: Difficulties in identifying political boundaries between Lamanai and Ka’kabish (first author with Elizabeth Graham, Kerry L. Sagebiel, and Linda Howie). Paper presented at the 13th Annual Belize Anthropology and Archaeology Symposium, San Ignacio, Belize, 29 June - 3 July, 2015.
2015 Place Making, Authority, and Ancestors: New Evidence of Developing Middle Formative Socio-Political Complexity from Ka’Kabish, Northern Belize (second author with Joshuah Lockett-Harris and Kerry Sagebiel, (Northern Illinois University). Paper presented at the 80th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, San Francisco, California.
2015 “A Mischief that is Past and Gone”: Situating Ka’Kabish in the Larger Ancient Maya Political Landscape (first author with Kerry Sagebiel). Paper presented at the 80th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, San Francisco, California.
2015 "Forth from this Dark and Lonely Hiding Place": Chultun Excavations at Ka'Kabish (second author with Toni Ann Gonzalez). Paper presented at the 80th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, San Francisco, California.
2014 Never Ending, Still Beginning: A New Examination of the Ceramics of Ka’Kabish, Belize (second author with Kerry L. Sagebiel). Paper presented at the 12th Annual Belize Archaeology and Anthropology Symposium, San Ignacio, Belize, July 2-5, 2014.
2014 Footprints on the sands of time”: Constructing a history for the ancient Maya site of Ka’Kabish, Belize (first author with Kerry Sagebiel, and Cara Tremain). Paper presented at the 79th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Austin, Texas, April 26, 2014.
2014 Bats, Bones, and Bells: Towards a Greater Understanding of Ancient Maya Chultun Use at Ka’Kabish, Belize (second author with Toni A. Gonzalez). Paper presented at the 79th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Austin, Texas, April 24, 2014.
2014 An Analysis of Skeletal Material from Chultuns C-1 and B-2 at Ka’Kabish, Belize: A Reconsideration of the Mortuary Function of Chultuns. (Cristina Verdugo, Toni Gonzalez and Helen R. Haines). Paper presented at the 79th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Austin, Texas, April 24, 2014.
2014 In a Borrow’d Name: The Ka’Kabish, Lamanai, Altun Ha Connection? (first author with Kerry L. Sagebiel). Paper presented at the Mid-West Mesoamerican Meetings, DelKalb, IL. March 29, 2014.
2013 “Plant thou no roses at my head”: A discussion of the Middle Formative period buried deposits at Ka'Kabish, NorthCentral Belize (first author with Kerry L. Sagebiel). Paper presented at the 11th Annual Belize Archaeology and Anthropology Symposium, San Ignacio, Belize, July 2 – 5, 2013.
2013 Exploring the Ritual Function of Chultuns; a Taste From Ka’Kabish (second author with Toni A. Gonzalez). Paper presented at the 78th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Honolulu, Hawaii. April 4, 2013.
2012 “When We Two Parted”: Remaking the Ancient Maya Political Landscape of North-Central Belize. Paper at the 45th Annual Chacmool Conference, University of Calgary, Alberta, November 10, 2012.
2012 What does it mean to build?: Symbolic landscapes, construction and identity at Ka’Kabish. Paper presented at the 54 International Congress of Americanists, Vienna, Austria, July 15-20, 2012.
2011 A Glass Menagerie of Meaning: Obsidian Exchange in Mesoamerica (first author with Michael D. Glascock). Paper presented at European Maya Conference, Copenhagen, Denmark, December 9-10, 2011.
2011 In the Beginning: Creating a Chronology for Ka’Kabish, Belize (first author with James J. Aimers). Paper presented at the Belize Archaeology Symposium, San Ignacio, Belize, June 29 – July 1, 2011.
2011 Curiouser and Curiouser: A Glimpse into the Early History of Ka’Kabish. Paper presented at the 76th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Sacramento, California. March 30-April 3, 2011.
2011 The Pottery of Ka'Kabish (second author with James J. Aimers). Paper presented at the 76th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Sacramento, California. March 30-April 3, 2011.
2010 How the Other-Half Lived: Continuing discussions of the enigma that is Ka’Kabish. Paper presented at the Belize Archaeology Symposium, Belize City, June 30 – July 2, 2010.
2008 Does Size Really Matter? A Reopening of the Discussion of Site Size and its Relation to Political Primacy. Paper presented in the session Power in the Maya Area and the Mesoamerican Southeast Periphery I, at the Chacmool Conference, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta. November 7-10, 2008.
2008 The Point of Popularity: A Summary of Human Activity at the Princess Point Promontory, Cootes Paradise, Hamilton (first author with James Sherratt, David G. Smith, and David Galbraith). Paper presented in the session Contributed Papers: Current Research in Northeastern Archaeology, at the 2008 Canadian Archaeological Association Annual Meeting, Trent University Archaeological Research Centre, Trent University, Peterborough, May 7-11, 2008.
2008 Suburbia, Maya Style?: Results of the Preliminary Investigations at Ka’Kabish and the Intermediary Settlement Zone in the Lamanai Periphery (first author with C. Patterson). Paper presented at the 73rd Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Vancouver, British Columbia.
2007 Causeway Terminus, Minor Centre, Elite Refuge, or Ritual Capital? Ka’Kabish, A New Puzzle on the Ancient Maya Landscape of North-Central Belize. Paper presented at the Belize Archaeology Symposium, Belize City, July 4-6, 2007.
2006 To See the World in a Shard of Glass: The Wider Implications of the Ancient Maya Obsidian Trade (first author with Michael D. Glascock). Session: Inter-regional exchange and its role in the socio-political organisation of PreHispanic Latin American cultures: Essays in Honour of Warwick Bray. Paper presented at the 71st Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, San Juan, Puerto Rico, April 26-30, 2006.
2005 A Rat by Any Other Name: Conflicting Definitions of Dinner in Belize. Session Adventures in Eating: Anthropological Experiences of Dining. American Anthropology Association Meeting Washington D.C.
2004 Maya Bloodletting Rituals and Stingray Spines: The Point of Combining Ichthyology, Archaeology, and Anthropology (second author with Philip Willink and David Maxwell). Paper presented at the 84th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologist, Norman, Oklahoma.
2000 New Stones. New Thoughts?: Interpreting the Obsidian Data from Blue Creek Ruin, Orange Walk District, Belize and Beyond (first author with Michael D. Glascock). Paper presented at the Symposium Obsidian Studies in the Maya Region hosted by the International Association of Obsidian Studies at the 65th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Philadelphia, PA.
1997 Rubbish, Remains and Relics: A Preliminary Discussion of Formative Period Midden Deposits at Blue Creek, Belize. Paper presented at the 62nd Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Nashville, TN. 1995 Architecture and Iconography of the Temple of the Masks at the Blue Creek Ruin. Paper presented at The 1st International Symposium of Maya Archaeology by the Department of Archaeology, San Ignacio, Belize.
1995 Faces of Change: A Discussion of the Temple of the Masks, Blue Creek Ruin, Belize (second author with Nikolai Grube and Thomas H. Guderjan). Paper presented at the 60th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Minneapolis.
PEDAGOGICAL DEVELOPMENT
2014 Fiddling While Rome Burns?: A Conference on Public Intellectuals and the Future of Canada. 23 Oct., 2014.
2007 “Students at the Centre: Transforming Education, and Lives.” The 31st McGraw-Hill Ryerson National Teaching, Learning, & Technology Conference. Ryerson University, Toronto. November 16-18, 2007.
2007 “Swimming in Deep Water: Myths and Realities of Large-Class Teaching” by Corey Goldman and Mark Kingwell, Office of Teaching Advancement, University of Toronto, Toronto. October 18, 2007.
ACADEMIC/RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT
2016 Teaching Portfolios: Introduction to Collecting, Selecting, and Reflecting. Dr. C. Bruce, CTL & School of Education, Trent. Webinar, 12 October, 2016.
2016 SSHRC Grant Application Workshop. Drs. Les MacDonald and David Shenin, Trent University. Webinar, 27 September, 2016.
2016 Preparing an Application Involving Research-Creation for Insight Grants. Social Science and Research Council of Canada. Webinar, 13 September, 2016.
MEMBERSHIPS IN PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES
Archaeological Institute of America (AIA) Canadian Archaeological Association (CAA) Council for North-East Historical Archaeology (CNEAHA) Explorers’ Club (EC) – Fellow International ‘10 Mensa Canada Ontario Archaeology Society (OAS) Registrar of Professional Archaeologists (RPA) Society for American Archaeology (SAA) Wayeb – European Maya Society (EMS)
MEDIA INTERVIEWS
2015 Interview – Oshawa This Week “Trent University Students Dig Up Oshawa Local History”, by Reka Szekely http://www.durhamregion.com/news-story/5923458-trent-university-students...
2015 Interview – Durham Now, Rogers TV News Archaeological Dig, August 27, 2015.
2013 Interview: Week-long ‘Expose’ – Oshawa This Week Kristin Callis – June 2 – 8, 2013, Belize, C.A.. Belize Insert, Oshawa this Week, November 15, 2013. http://edition.pagesuite-professional.co.uk//launch.aspx?eid=036497f6-ea...
2013 Interview – Oshawa This Week “Trent Prof unearths Mayan History”, Kristin Callis. February 8, 2013, pp. 1-2.
2013 Interview/Newspaper article – The Peterborough Examiner “Trent Team’s Jade Discovery Shines New Light on History”, by Galen Eagle, January 24, 2013.
2012 Interview/Newspaper Article – Oshawa This Week “The world won’t end on Dec. 21 says professor”, by Kristin Callis. December 13, 2012, pp. 10.
2012 Interview – Newsmaker Sunday, Quinte Broadcasting CJBQ, Belleville. The Ancient Maya. December 9, 2012.
2011 Interview – Oshawa This Week “Digging Up Oshawa’s Past: Trent Students Piecing Together Henry House History”, by Kristin Callis, September 7, 2011, pp.1-2.
2011 Interview – Oshawa This Week “Getting the Dirt on Oshawa’s History” by Kristin Callis, September 2, 2011
2011 Interview – My Community is Durham, Rogers TV Durham Henry House Field School Excavations, September 2, 2011
2011 Interview – The Oshawa Express “Trent Rummages Through Historical Backyards”, by Geoff Zochodne, Vol. 6(44):6, August 31, 2011
2011 Interview – CHEX Chanel 12 News Henry House Field School Excavations, August 23, 2011. 2011 Interview – Oshawa This Week “Trent Students Plan Archaeological Waterfront Dig”, May 6.
2011 Interview – The Oshawa Express “Digging into Oshawa’s History”, May 4, 2011.
2010 Interview – CBC Ontario Morning Discovery of New Glyphs in Belize. November 18, 2010.
2010 Newspaper Article – Peterborough Examiner “Trent Team Helps Uncover Mayan Mystery.” November 12, 2010, page B2.
2009 Interview – Daily Planet, Discovery Chanel Canada Maya Calendar and 2012. November 12, 2009.
REFERENCES
Research
Dr. Elizabeth Graham Senior Lecturer, Mesoamerican Archaeology Institute of Archaeology, 31-34 Gordon Square, London, England WC1H 0PY, UK
Tel: +44 (0)20-7679-7532 E-mail: e.graham@ucl.ac.uk
Dr. John Morris Director, Institute of Archaeology, NICH Archaeology and Museum Research Centre Culvert Road Belmopan, BELIZE
Tel: 011-501-822-2227 E-mail: johnmorris62@yahoo.com
Dr. Heather McKillop Professor Department of Geography & Anthropology Louisiana State University Baton Rouge, LA 70803 USA
Tel: 225-578-6178 E-mail : hmckill@lsu.edu
Teaching
Dr. Anne Keenleyside Chair Department of Anthropology Trent University 2140 East Bank Drive Peterborough, Ontario K9J 7B8 CANADA
Tel: (705) 748-1011 ext. 7852 E-mail: akeenleyside@trentu.ca
Dr. Paul Healy Professor Emeritus, Department of Anthropology Trent University 2140 East Bank Drive Peterborough, Ontario K9J 7B8 CANADA
Tel: (705) 748-1011 ext. 7877 E-mail: phealy@trentu.ca
Mr. Joe Muldoon Head, Trent University Durham 55 Thornton Road South Oshawa, Ontario L1J 5Y1 CANADA
Tel: (905) 435-5102 ext. 5028 E-mail: jmuldoon@trentu.ca
Additional Colleagues & Collaborators
Dr. Chen Shen Vice President of World Cultures Senior Curator, Bishop White Chair of East Asian Archaeology Royal Ontario Museum 100 Queens Park Circle Toronto, Ontario M5S 2C6 CANADA
Tel: (416) 586-5647 E-mail: chens@rom.on.ca
Dr. David G. Smith Professor Department of Anthropology University of Toronto Mississauga 3359 Mississauga Road North Mississauga, Ontario L6J 7P3 CANADA
Tel: (905) 828-3784 E-mail: dg.smith@utoronto.ca
Dr. Robert Wright Professor Department of History Trent University 1600 West Bank Drive Peterborough, Ontario K9J 7B8 CANADA
Tel: (905) 435-5102 ext. 5046 E-mail: rawright@trentu.ca