Karla L. Davis-Salazar
Department
of Anthropology
University
of South Florida
4202 E. Fowler Avenue, SOC 107
Tampa, FL 33620-8100
Tel:
(813) 974-6339
EDUCATION
2001 Ph.D. Anthropology, Harvard University
1997 M.A. Anthropology, Harvard University
1989 B.A. French, University of Michigan
ACADEMIC
APPOINTMENTS
2009+ Associate
Professor. Department of Anthropology, University of South Florida
2009+ Undergraduate
Director. Department of Anthropology, University of South
Florida.
2009-04 Assistant
Professor. Department of Anthropology, University of South Florida
2004-03 Instructor. Department of
Anthropology, University of South Florida
2003-02
Postdoctoral Research Associate.
Archaeological Research Institute, Arizona State University
2002-01 Lecturer.
Department of Anthropology, Brandeis University
OTHER POSITIONS HELD
2009+ Project Director. Project Roatan and Mesoamerican Archaeological Field School (with
E. C. Wells); Roatan, Bay Islands, Honduras
2008-03 Project Director. Palmarejo
Community Archaeological Project and Field School (with E. C. Wells and J. E.
Moreno-Cortés); Santa Barbara, Honduras
1999-92 Excavation Supervisor. Copán
Archaeological Project, Copán, Honduras
1998 Head Teaching Fellow. Department
of Anthropology, Harvard University
1997 Teaching Fellow. Department of
Anthropology, Harvard University
1996 Head Teaching Fellow. Department
of Anthropology, Harvard University
1994 Teaching Assistant. Department
of Anthropology, Northern Illinois University
1992-91 Laboratory
Assistant. Copán Archaeological Project, Copán, Honduras
AWARDS
2008 Jerome Krivanek
Distinguished Teacher Award. University of South Florida
2007 Hispanic Pathways Award (in recognition
of outstanding research, writing, and outreach that creates pathways to the
betterment of the lives of Latinos). USF Latin Community Advisory Committee
2007 Outstanding Graduate Teaching
Assistant Mentor. Office of the Provost, University of South Florida
2006 Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching
Award. College of Arts and Sciences, University of South Florida
1998 Certificate of Distinction in
Teaching. Office of the Dean of Undergraduate Education, Harvard University
1998 Certificate
of Distinction in Promoting Undergraduate Writing. Derek Bok Center for
Teaching and Learning, Harvard University
GRANTS
External
2006 Research Grant. Florida Wildlife
Federation; $117,661
2005 Research and Exploration Grant. National
Geographic Society; $19,350 (Co-PI)
2004 Materials Use: Science,
Engineering, and Society Grant (BES-0442977). Biocomplexity in the
Environment Program, National Science Foundation; $114,982 (Co-PI)
2002 Research Grant.
Foundation for the Advancement of Mesoamerican Studies; $4,400
Internal
2008 Summer Research Grant. Humanities
Institute, USF; $5,000
2007 Innovative Teaching Grant. Center for
21st Century Teaching Excellence, USF; $10,000
2006 UR Grant. Office of Undergraduate
Research, Honors College, USF; $10,000
2005 New Researcher Grant. Division of
Research Grants, USF; $6,000
2005 Junior Faculty Travel Grant. Patel
Center for Global Solutions, USF; $1,330
2005 Undergraduate Research Scholars Grant.
Honors College, USF; $100
2005 Undergraduate Research Scholars Grant.
Honors College, USF; $100
2004 New Researcher Grant. Division of
Research Grants, USF; $9,950 (Co-PI)
2004 Research Grant. Latin American,
Caribbean & Latino Studies, USF; $700
2004 Faculty Development Grant. College of
Arts and Sciences, USF; $500
2004 Program Enhancement Grant. Tampa
Library, USF; $3,500 (Co-PI)
1997 Research Grant. David
Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies; $1,200
FELLOWSHIPS
2001 Junior Fellowship in Pre-Columbian Studies.
Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection; $8,500
2000 Ford Foundation Dissertation Fellowship
for Minorities. $21,500
2000 Mellon Foundation Dissertation
Completion Fellowship. Harvard University; $6,000
2000 Graduate Society Dissertation Completion
Fellowship. Harvard University; $7,500
1999 John Owens Fellowship.
Harvard University; $2,000
1998 Merit Fellowship. Graduate School of
Arts and Sciences, Harvard University; $5,000
1998 Mellon Foundation Pre-Dissertation
Fellowship. Harvard University; $6,000
1997 Mellon Foundation Pre-Dissertation
Fellowship. Harvard University; $3,000
1996 John Owens Fellowship.
Harvard University; $1,000
1995 Graduate Prize
Fellowship. Harvard University; $35,000
PUBLICATIONS (*peer-reviewed)
Books
*2007 Mesoamerican Ritual
Economy: Archaeological and Ethnological Perspectives. University
Press of Colorado, Boulder. (E. C. Wells and K. L. Davis-Salazar,
Editors)
Journal Articles
*2007 Balancing Archaeological
Responsibilities and Community Commitments: A Case from Honduras. Journal of Field Archaeology
32(2):196-205. (K. L. Davis-Salazar, E. C. Wells, J. E. Moreno-Cortés)
*2006 Late Classic Maya Drainage and Flood Control at
Copán, Honduras. Ancient Mesoamerica 17(1):125-138.
2004 Situational Sacredness:
Temporary Ritual Space and Authority in Ancient and Modern Honduras. Cuadernos 1(1):1-18. (E. C. Wells and K. L.
Davis-Salazar)
*2003 Late Classic Maya Water Management and
Community Organization at Copán, Honduras. Latin American Antiquity
14(3):275-299.
2003 Sagrado
por el momento: espacios rituales temporales y el concepto de autoridad en la
antigua y moderna Honduras. Yaxkin 22:52-65.
(E. C. Wells and K. L. Davis-Salazar)
Book Chapters
*2008 Environmental Worldview and Ritual
Economy among the Lenca of Honduras. Research in Economic Anthropology 27:189-217.
(E. C. Wells and K. L. Davis-Salazar).
*2008 Intercambio
interregional e ideología del Horizonte Temprano en el Valle de Copán,
Honduras. In Ideología política y
sociedad en el período Formativo: ensayos en homenaje al doctor David C. Grove,
edited by A. Cyphers and K. Hirth, pp.
127-151. Instituto de Investigaciones Antropológicas, Universidad Nacional
Autónoma de México. (W. L. Fash
and K. L. Davis-Salazar).
*2007 Ritual Consumption and
the Origins of Social Inequality in Early Formative Copán, Honduras. In Mesoamerican Ritual Economy: Archaeological and Ethnological
Perspectives, edited by E. C. Wells and K. L. Davis-Salazar, pp. 197-220.
University Press of Colorado, Boulder.
*2007 Materialization as Ritual
and Economic Process. In Mesoamerican Ritual Economy:
Archaeological and Ethnological Perspectives, edited by E. C. Wells and K. L. Davis-Salazar, pp. 1-26. University Press
of Colorado, Boulder. (E. C.
Wells and K. L. Davis-Salazar)
2006 Copán
Water Ritual and Management: Imagery and Sacred Place. In Precolumbian Water Management: Ideology, Ritual,
and Power, edited by L. J. Lucero, and B. W. Fash,
pp. 126-143. University of Arizona Press, Tucson. (B. W. Fash and K. L. Davis-Salazar)
2006 The Group Research Poster as a
Method of Student Inquiry in Large Classes. In Strategies
in Teaching Anthropology, 4th
ed., edited by P. C. Rice and D. W. McCurdy, pp. 47-52. Pearson
Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ. (K. L.
Davis-Salazar and S. Watson)
2005 Nuevos
datos acerca de la ofrenda Motmot en Copán, Honduras:
análisis de los pigmentos. Memoria del VIII Seminario de Antropología de
Honduras, edited by C.
J. Fajardo. Instituto Hondureño de Antropología e Historia, Tegucigalpa,
Honduras.
*2004 Setting the Stage:
Origins of the Hieroglyphic Stairway Plaza on the Great Period Ending. In Understanding Early Classic Copán, edited by E. E. Bell,
M. C. Canuto, and R. J. Sharer, pp. 61-80. University
of Pennsylvania Museum, Philadelphia. (W. L. Fash, B.
W. Fash, and K. L. Davis-Salazar)
2004 El
contexto preclásico de Copán: nuevas perspectivas y exploraciones. In VII Seminario de Antropología de Honduras
“Dr. George Hasemann,” edited
by C. J. Fajardo and K. R. Ávalos, pp. 3-10.
Instituto Hondureño de Antropología e Historia, Tegucigalpa, Honduras. (Fash, William L., K. L. Davis-Salazar, and B. W. Fash)
2002 Las
lagunas de Copán: implicaciones sociales del manejo del agua en el centro
urbano. In XVI Simposio de
Investigaciones Arqueológicas en Guatemala, 2002, edited by
J. P. Laporte and H. Escobedo. Museo Nacional de
Arqueología y Etnología, Guatemala.
2000 Una
comparación entre los depósitos funerarios de dos mujeres de élite en la acrópolis
de Copán, Honduras. In XIII Simposio de
Investigaciones Arqueológicas en Guatemala, 1999, edited
by J. P. Laporte and H.
Escobedo. Museo Nacional de Arqueología y Etnología, Guatemala. (K. L.
Davis-Salazar and E. E. Bell)
Book Reviews and Newsletter Items
2005 Book Review: Ancient Maya Life in the Far West Bajo: Social and Environmental Change in the Wetlands of
Belize by J. L. Kunen (2004). Geoarchaeology 20(3):329-331.
2004 Academic Archaeology is
Public Archaeology. SAA Archaeological
Record 4(2):26-29. (N. M. White, B. R. Weisman, R. H. Tykot, E. C. Wells,
K. L. Davis-Salazar, J. W. Arthur, and K. Weedman)
2004 Multi-elemental Analysis
of Ancient Maya Pigments Reveals New Information on Political and Religious
Rituals at Copán, Honduras. Society for
Archaeological Sciences Bulletin 27(3):9-10.
Technical Reports
2007 Proyecto arqueológico comunidad Palmarejo:
informe preliminar de la tercera temporada, 2007. Report
submitted to the Instituto
Hondureño de Antropología e Historia, Tegucigalpa, Honduras. (J. E.
Moreno-Cortés, E. C. Wells, and K. L. Davis-Salazar)
2006 Proyecto arqueológico comunidad Palmarejo:
informe final de la tercera temporada, 2006. Report submitted to the
Instituto Hondureño de Antropología e Historia,
Tegucigalpa, Honduras. (J. E. Moreno-Cortés, E. C. Wells, and K. L. Davis-Salazar)
2005 Proyecto arqueológico comunidad Palmarejo:
informe final de la segunda temporada, 2005. Report submitted to the
Honduran Institute of
Anthropology and History, Tegucigalpa, Honduras. (K. L.
Davis-Salazar, E. C. Wells, and J. E. Moreno-Cortés)
2004 Proyecto arqueológico comunidad Palmarejo:
informe final de la primera temporada, 2004. Report submitted to the
Honduran Institute of
Anthropology and History, Tegucigalpa, Honduras. (E. C.
Wells, K. L. Davis-Salazar, and J. E. Moreno-Cortés)
1999 Continuación
de las investigaciones del período preclásico inferior, Grupo 9N-8, Las
Sepulturas. Report submitted to
the Honduran Institute of Anthropology
and History, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
1998 Investigaciones
de los contextos Rayo y Gordon bajo la Estructura 9N-82, Las Sepulturas. Report submitted to the Honduran Institute of Anthropology
and History, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
1997 Investigations of
Classic Maya Water Management at Copán. Report submitted to the
Honduran Institute of
Anthropology and History, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
1995 Investigations
of Classic Maya Water Management at
Copán. Report submitted to
the Honduran Institute of Anthropology
and History, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
1994 Investigaciones
de las lagunas en El Bosque y Las Sepulturas. Report submitted to the
Honduran Institute of
Anthropology and History, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
1993 Rescate
en la aldea de Sesesmil 2o. Report submitted to the
Honduran Institute of
Anthropology and History, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
1993 Rescate
en el Quebracho. Report submitted to
the Honduran Institute of Anthropology
and History, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
1993 Further Notes on Burial XXXVII-8.
Report submitted to the Honduran Institute of Anthropology
and History, Tegucigalpa, Honduras. (W. L. Fash, K. L. Davis-Salazar, and B. W. Fash)
1993 Costume Elements and the
Founding of the Principal Group. Report submitted to the Honduran Institute of Anthropology
and History, Tegucigalpa, Honduras. (W. L. Fash, B. W. Fash, and K. L.
Davis-Salazar)
1993 Shamanism, Public
Monuments, and the Founding of a Classic Maya City. Report submitted to the Honduran Institute of Anthropology
and History, Tegucigalpa, Honduras. (W. L. Fash, R. V. Williamson, B. W. Fash,
and K. L. Davis-Salazar)
1993 Copán Burial XXXVII-8
and its implications. Report submitted to the Honduran Institute
of Anthropology and History, Tegucigalpa,
Honduras.(W. L. Fash, R. V. Williamson, B. W. Fash, and K. L. Davis-Salazar)
1992 Excavaciones
en la pista de aterrizaje en preparación para la construcción del nuevo museo
de escultura. Report submitted to
the Honduran Institute of Anthropology
and History, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
PRESENTATIONS
(*invited)
Presentations at Professional Meetings
2010 Creating Valid Research Experiences in
Undergraduate Education through General Education Courses. Workshop to be facilitated
for the conference, “General Education and Assessment: Maintaining Momentum,
Achieving New Priorities,” at the AAC&U’s Network for Academic Renewal
Conference, Seattle, Washington. (N. Yavneh, J. Moore, K. L. Davis-Salazar)
*2009
Socio-natural Patterns and Processes
of Community Integration in the Palmarejo Valley,
Honduras. Paper presented in the symposium, “Communities across Space and Time:
Investigations in Southeast Mesoamerica,” at the 74th Annual Meeting of the
Society for American Archaeology, Atlanta, Georgia. (K. L. Davis-Salazar and E.
C. Wells)
*2008 The Cultural Construction of Classic Maya
Hydraulic Engineering. Presented in the symposium, “Hydraulic
Constructions in Archaeological Contexts,”
at the 73rd Annual Meeting
of the Society for American Archaeology, Vancouver, British Columbia.
*2008 Applying
Archaeology to Agroecological Development in
Honduras. Presented in the symposium, “Archaeological Contributions to Understanding Socioecological Systems: Emerging Collaborations between
Ecology and Archaeology,” at the 73rd
Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Vancouver, British
Columbia. (J. Moreno-Cortés, E. C. Wells and K. L.
Davis-Salazar)
2007 The Discovery, Recovery,
and Analysis of an Ulúa-style Marble Vase from the Palmarejo Valley, Honduras. Presented at
the 3rd Annual Southeast
Conference on Mesoamerican Archaeology and Ethnohistory,
Columbia, South Carolina. (E. Christian Wells, K. L. Davis-Salazar, and
José E. Moreno-Cortés)
*2007 Anthropological
Approaches to Environmental Engineering: Drinking Water Quality in Rural
Honduras. Presented in the symposium, “Point-of-Use Water Treatment Technologies for
Developing Global Communities,” at the Annual
Meeting of the Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors,
Blackburn, Virginia. (K. L. Davis-Salazar and J. Cunningham)
*2007 Ideology and Power in the
Art of Ancient Water Management. Presented at the III International Congress at Copán,
Copán, Honduras. (B. W. Fash
and K. L. Davis-Salazar).
*2007 Agua
y arqueología en el valle de Palmarejo: haciendo uso
del pasado para mejorar el presente. Presented in the symposium, “Arqueología,
Participación Comunitaria y Patrimonio en Honduras,” at the
Honduran Institute of
Anthropology and History, Comayagua, Honduras. (K. L.
Davis-Salazar, E. Christian Wells, and José E. Moreno-Cortés)
*2007 El
rescate del pasado antiguo de Palmarejo: las
recompensas de una arqueología participativa. Presented
in the symposium,
“Arqueología, Participación Comunitaria y Patrimonio en Honduras,” at the Honduran Institute
of Anthropology and History, Comayagua, Honduras. (E.
Christian Wells, K. L. Davis-Salazar, and José E. Moreno-Cortés)
*2007 Learning from Prehispanic Anthropogenic Environments: Applied Archaeology
and Rural Development in Northwest Honduras. Presented in the symposium, “The
Archaeology of Anthropogenic Environments,” at the 24th Annual Visiting Scholars Conference, Southern
Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois (K. L. Davis-Salazar and E. C. Wells)
*2007 Alternative Models for
Settlement and Land Use in Prehispanic Northwest
Honduras. Presented in the symposium, “Archaeology, Demography, and Ecology,”
at the 72nd Annual Meeting of
the Society for American Archaeology, Austin, Texas. (K. L. Davis-Salazar,
E. C. Wells, and D. D. Kuehn)
*2007 Applying Archaeology to
Rural Development in Honduras. Presented in the symposium, “Current Initiatives
and Proposals about Public Archaeology in Honduras,” at the 72nd Annual Meeting of the
Society for American Archaeology, Austin, Texas. (E. C. Wells, K. L.
Davis-Salazar, and J. E. Moreno-Cortés)
*2007 Participatory
Archaeological Research and Rural Development in the Palmarejo
Valley, Honduras. Presented in the symposium, “Mapping Gender, Ethnicity, and
Participation: Natural Resources and ‘Rural’ Livelihoods in the South,” at the 67th Annual Meeting of the
Society for Applied Anthropology, Tampa, Florida. (E. C. Wells and K. L.
Davis-Salazar)
2007 Quality or Quantity? Weighing the Impacts of Land Tenure and Use Patterns on Drinking
Water in a Honduran Valley. Presented at the 67th Annual
Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology, Tampa, FL. (C. T.
Bahamondes and K. L. Davis-Salazar)
*2006 Conflict,
Compromise, and Collaboration: Managing Archaeological Resources in Northwest
Honduras. Presented in the symposium, “The Intersection
between Archaeology and Community in the Developing World,” at the 105th
Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association, San Jose,
California. (E. C. Wells, K. L. Davis-Salazar, and J. E. Moreno-Cortes)
2006 Stressed
Out: The Role of Cultural and Natural Resources Management in Sustainable
Development in Northwest Honduras. Presented at the 71st Annual Meeting of the
Society for American Archaeology. San Juan, Puerto Rico. (K. L.
Davis-Salazar and E. C. Wells)
2006 Socio-natural
Landscapes and Community Formation at Palmarejo,
Honduras. Presented
at the 71st Annual Meeting of
the Society for American Archaeology. San Juan, Puerto Rico.
(J. R. Hawken and K. L. Davis-Salazar)
2006 Materializing
Social Relations: Patterns of Acquisition and Consumption in the Palmarejo Archaeological Zone. Presented at the 71st Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. San Juan, Puerto Rico. (J.
E. Moreno-Cortés and K. L. Davis-Salazar)
2006 Applied Anthropology and
Materials Science Research: Interdisciplinary Efforts. Presented
at the 66th Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied
Anthropology, Vancouver, BC. (H. J. Fuhrman and K. L. Davis-Salazar)
2005 International
Multidisciplinary Efforts in the Development of a Sustainable Green Technology
for the Removal of Contaminants in Drinking Water. Presented
in the symposium, Sustainable Engineering,
at the Annual Meeting of the American
Institute of Chemical Engineering, Cincinnati, OH. (K. A. Young, A. Anzalone,
K. L. Davis-Salazar, B. Joseph, M. Stewart, T. Pichler,
T. Viveros, M. Picquart, N.
A. Alcantar)
*2005 Bringing the Past into
the Present in Large Classes: An Applied Archaeology Group Research Project. Presented in the symposium, Teaching
Strategies in Anthropology, at the 104th
Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association, Washington, DC.
2005 Ancient Impacts on
Modern Communities: Heritage Management in Northwest Honduras. Presented at the Annual
Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
(K. L. Davis-Salazar and E. C. Wells)
2005 A Social and Natural
Landscape Survey of Quebrada Communities in
Northwestern Honduras. Presented at the 70th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology,
Salt Lake City, Utah. (K. L. Davis-Salazar, E. C. Wells, J. E.
Moreno-Cortés, J. R. Hawken, and J. S. Verdaasdonk)
*2005 From
Crops to Crafts to Power: The Political Ecology of Quebrada
Communities in Northwest Honduras. Presented at the Southeast Conference on Mesoamerican
Archaeology and Ethnohistory, Tampa, Florida.
(K. L. Davis-Salazar and E. C. Wells)
*2004 Situational Sacredness:
Creating Temporary Ritual Space in Ancient and Modern Honduras. Presented in
the symposium, The Construction and
Consecration of Ritual Space in Mesoamerica, at the 69th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology,
Montréal, Québec. (E. C. Wells and K. L. Davis-Salazar)
*2004 Nuevos
datos acerca de la ofrenda Motmot en Copán, Honduras:
análisis de los pigmentos. Presented at the VIII Seminario de
Antropología de Honduras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
*2003 Economic Impacts of
Ritual Consumption on Early Formative Communities in Honduras. Presented in the symposium, Mesoamerican Ritual Economy:
Archaeological and Ethnological Perspectives, at the 102nd
Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association, Chicago.
*2003 Reviving Ancient Water
Management Practices in Mesoamerica. Presented in the symposium, Pre-industrial
Urbanism in Tropical Environments: Magnitude, Organisation,
and Ecological Impact, at the 5th
World Archaeological Congress, Washington, D.C. (B. W. Fash,
K. L. Davis-Salazar, and W. L. Fash III)
2003 A Cross-Cultural Comparison
between Classic Hohokam and Classic Maya Water
Control Systems. Presented at the 68th Annual
Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Milwaukee, WI. (K. L. Davis-Salazar and J. Howard)
2002 Las
lagunas de Copán: implicaciones sociales del manejo del agua en el centro
urbano. Presented at the XVI
Simposio de Investigaciones
Arqueológicas en Guatemala, Museo Nacional de Arqueología y Etnología,
Guatemala City, Guatemala.
*2001 Lagunas
de Copán: Late Classic Maya Residential Organization and Water Management. Presented in the symposium, Late
Classic Maya Social Organization: Case Studies from Copán, Honduras, at the
66th Annual Meeting of the
Society for American Archaeology, New Orleans, LA. (K. L.
Davis-Salazar and B. W. Fash)
*2001 The
Art and Archaeology of Copán Water Ritual and Management. Presented
in the symposium, Precolumbian Water Management: Ideology, Ritual, and
Power, at the 66th Annual
Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, New Orleans, LA.
(B. W. Fash and K. L. Davis-Salazar)
2000 Ideology, Power, and
Water Management among the Ancient Maya. Presented in the symposium, Archaeology of Politics and Ritual, at
the 99th Annual Meeting of the
American Anthropological Association, San Francisco, CA. (K. L.
Davis-Salazar and B. W. Fash)
*1999 A Consideration of the Relationship between Gender and
Ethnicity in Ancient Mesoamerican Migrations. Presented in
the symposium, Constructing Social
Identities: Gender, Ethnicity, and Status in the Archaeological Record, at
the 64th Annual Meeting of the
Society for American Archaeology, Chicago, IL.
1999 Una
comparación entre los depósitos funerarios de dos mujeres de élite en la
acrópolis de Copán, Honduras. Presented at the XIII Simposio de
Investigaciones Arqueológicas en Guatemala, Museo Nacional de Arqueología y
Etnología, Guatemala City, Guatemala. (K. L. Davis-Salazar and E. E. Bell)
1999 El
contexto preclásico de Copán, Honduras. Presented at the VII Seminario de
Antropología de Honduras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras. (W. L.
Fash, K. L. Davis-Salazar, and B. W. Fash)
*1998 Early Preclassic
Social Differentiation at Copán, Honduras.
Presented in the symposium, Culture Change in the Ancient World, Department of Anthropology and
the Ancient Studies Program, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.
1998 El
cementerio preclásico de Copán, Honduras: Nuevas perspectivas y exploraciones. Presented at the XII Simposio de Investigaciones
Arqueológicas en Guatemala, Museo Nacional de Arqueología y Etnología,
Guatemala City, Guatemala. (W. L. Fash,
K. L. Davis-Salazar, and B. W. Fash)
Scholarly Lectures
2007 Water in Prehistory: A
View from Ancient Mesoamerica. Presented in the Honors College Colloquium Series,
University of South Florida.
2007 Why Archaeology Matters:
Applications for Water Resource Management Today. Presented in the Archaeology Wing Seminar Series,
Department of Anthropology, Harvard University.
2006 Environmental
Archaeology and Sustainable Development in Honduras. Presented
in
the Environmental Research
Interdisciplinary Colloquium, Department of Environmental Science and
Policy, University of South Florida. (K. L.
Davis-Salazar and E. C. Wells)
2005 A 3,000-Year Perspective
on the Political Ecology of Quebrada Communities in
the Naco Valley, Honduras. Presented
in the Latin American and Caribbean
Studies Lecture Series, University of South Florida. (K.L.
Davis-Salazar and E. C. Wells)
2003 The Role of Water in
Ancient Maya Community Dynamics. Presented in the Department
of Anthropology, University of Arizona.
2003 Community Landscapes
among the Ancient Maya. Presented in the Department of
Anthropology, Northern Arizona University.
2003 The History of
Archaeology at Copán, Honduras. Presented in the Department
of Anthropology, Arizona State University.
2003 Early Classic Maya
Ritual at Copán, Honduras. Presented in the Department of
Anthropology, Arizona State University.
2002 Negotiating Social
Identities: Politico-Ritual Strategies of Classic Maya Kings and Communities. Presented in the Department of Anthropology, University of Chicago.
2001 Waterholes and Waterlilies: Political and Ritual Dimensions of Classic
Maya Community Organization at Copán, Honduras. Presented in
the Department of Anthropology, Brandeis University.
2001 An Introduction to
Classic Maya Water Management at Copán, Honduras. Presented
at Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and
Collection, Washington, D.C.
1999 Ecological and
Ideological Aspects of Ancient Maya Water Management. Presented
at the Third Annual Anthropology Day,
Harvard University.
1997 The Origins of Urbanism
in China: A Comparison of the Shang City of Cheng-chou
and the Zapotec City of Monte Albán.
Presented at the East Asian Archaeology
Seminar, Department of Anthropology, Harvard
University.
Guest Lectures in Courses
2005 I’ve Got
the Power! Ancient States and Sovereigns. Presented in
the course, Introduction to Anthropology, taught by Alisha Winn, Department of
Anthropology, University of South Florida.
2005 The State of
Archaeology. Panel participation in the course, Senior Honors Seminar, taught by Curtis Weinker, Department of Anthropology, University of South
Florida.
2005 Long-Distance
Interaction in Early Formative Mesoamerica. Presented in the course, Ancient
Mesoamerica, taught by E. Christian Wells, Department of Anthropology, University of South Florida.
2005 Hieroglyphic and
Archaeological Advancements at the Classic Maya City of Copán, Honduras.
Presented in the course, Mexico and Central America, taught by Roberta Baer,
Department of Anthropology, University of South
Florida.
2004 Environmental and Social Factors in the Classic Maya Collapse. Presented in the course, Foundations in Anthropology, taught by
Kevin Yelvington and Jonathan Gayles, Department of
Anthropology, University of South Florida.
2003 Careers
in Anthropology. Presented in the Senior Honors Seminar, taught by Robert
Tykot, Department of Anthropology, University of South
Florida.
PROFESSIONAL
SERVICE
2009 Manuscript
Reviewer, American Antiquity
2009 Manuscript
Reviewer, Journal of Archaeological
Sciences
2009 Manuscript
Reviewer, Ancient Mesoamerica
2008 Manuscript
Reviewer, Journal of Field Archaeology
2007-04 Member, Publications Committee, Society for
Applied Anthropology
2005 Co-Organizer and Co-Host (with E. C.
Wells and T. F. Doering) of the “Southeast Conference on Mesoamerican
Archaeology and Ethnohistory,” sponsored by the
Department of Anthropology, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
2003 Co-Organizer and Co-Chair (with E. C.
Wells) of the symposium, “Mesoamerican Ritual Economy: Archaeological and
Ethnological Perspectives,” at the 102nd
Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association, Chicago, IL
2003 Co-Organizer and Moderator (with C. L.
Redman, A. P. Kinzig, P. R. Fish, J. B. Howard, and
A. W. Simon) of the conference, “Social Dimensions of Hohokam
Irrigation: Perspectives across Cultures and Time,” sponsored by the Center for
Environmental Studies, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
2003 Manuscript Reviewer, Prentice-Hall
UNIVERSITY SERVICE
(University of South Florida)
2009+ Member, Undergraduate Council
2009+ Faculty Assessment Coordinator, General
Education Curriculum
2009+ Member, Textbook Affordability Committee
2009 Member, SACS General Assessment
Committee
2008 Member, USF World Task Force
2008-07 Member, University Assessment Steering
Committee
2008 Lead Judge, UR USF Undergraduate
Research Symposium
2007 Chair, Diversity Committee, College of
Arts and Sciences
2006-05 Member, Diversity Committee, College of Arts
and Sciences
2006 Judge, UR USF Undergraduate Research
Symposium
2006 Grant Proposal Reviewer, Office of
Undergraduate Research
2005 Grant Proposal Reviewer, Division of
Sponsored Research
2005+ Member, Collections Advisory Committee, Contemporary
Art Museum
2005-04 Member, Faculty Search Committee, Department
of Geography
2004+ Consulting
Faculty, Department of Women’s Studies
DEPARTMENTAL
SERVICE (University of South Florida)
2009 Member, Post-doctoral Search Committee
2007-05 Member, Graduate Admissions Committee,
Department of Anthropology
2005+ Member, General Education Committee,
Department of Anthropology
2006-05 Archaeology Program Coordinator, Department
of Anthropology
2006-04 Member, Archaeology Faculty Search Committee,
Department of Anthropology
2005-04 Chair, Undergraduate Honors Colloquium
Committee, Department of Anthropology
2003+ Member,
Undergraduate Curriculum Committee, Department of Anthropology
PUBLIC SERVICE
2005 “The Archaeology of Northwest Honduras:
A View from Palmarejo.” Public lecture, University of
South Florida-Tampa, FL; sponsored by the Anthropology Club, USF-Tampa;
February 3, 2005
2004 “The Archaeology of Northwest Honduras:
A View from Palmarejo.” Public lecture, University of
South Florida-St. Petersburg, FL; sponsored by the Anthropology Club, USF-St.
Petersburg; November 8, 2004
2003 “The Making of a
Classic Maya City.” Classroom lecture and activities for
12th grade students at Durant High School, Plant City, Florida;
sponsored by the Department of Anthropology, University of South Florida;
November 7, 2003
2002 Digging for Culture.”
Workshop on archaeological field and laboratory methods for various middle
schools (4th-6th grades) at the Sibley Farm Historic
Site, Waltham, Massachusetts, May-June 2002; sponsored by the Department of
Anthropology, Brandeis University
1994 “Nuevos
Descubrimientos en Copán.”
On-site lecture and tour for elementary school children from Copán, Honduras;
sponsored by the Copán Archaeological Project, Harvard University; June-July
1994
1993 “The
History of Archaeology at Copán.” Public lecture, Copán Ruinas, Copán, Honduras; sponsored by the Hotel Marina,
Copán, Honduras; June-August 1993
COURSES
TAUGHT
University of
South Florida (2003-present)
Introduction to Anthropology
(undergraduate)
Archaeological
Field Methods (undergraduate/graduate)
Laboratory Methods
in Archaeology (undergraduate/graduate)
Environmental
Anthropology (undergraduate/graduate)
Ancient Maya
(undergraduate/graduate)
Teaching
Anthropology (graduate)
Ancient States
(graduate)
Brandeis University (2001-02)
Introduction
to Archaeological Methods (undergraduate)
Introduction
to Archaeological Analysis (undergraduate)
Engendering
Archaeology (undergraduate/graduate)
Meaning
and Material Culture (undergraduate/graduate)
Harvard
University (1996-98)
Civilizations
of Mesoamerica (undergraduate)
Field
Methods in Maya Archaeology (undergraduate)
Northern Illinois
University (1994)
General
Prehistoric Archaeology (undergraduate)
Archaeology
of Mesoamerica (undergraduate)
STUDENT COMMITTEES
(University of South Florida)
Doctoral
Chair: Dorothea Owens
Member: Lisa Beyer
Lori Collins
(graduated May 2007)
Travis Doering
(graduated May 2007)
Michelle Formica
Linda Hose
(graduated December 2007)
Rheta Lanehart
José Moreno-Cortés
Masters
Chair: Zaida Darley
Whitney Goodwin
William Klinger
(graduated May 2008)
Claire Novotny
(graduated May 2007)
Member: Alejandro Figueroa
James Hawken (graduated May 2007)
Victoria
Lawrence
Lorena Mihok
(graduated May 2006)
Courtney Spillane
(graduated May 2007)
B.A.
Honors
Chair: Nichole Davenport (graduated May 2006)
Miranda Johnston
(graduated December 2006)
Micheline Masse
(graduated December 2007)
Member: Gerald Alderman (graduated May 2006)
Christina Reichert
PROFESSIONAL
MEMBERSHIPS
2004+ Society for Applied Anthropology (Fellow
status)
2003+ Sigma Xi, The
Scientific Research Society
1996+ American Anthropological Association
1994+ Society for American Archaeology