Elizabeth Paris

E-mail: alpinebuff@yahoo.com

Education:

BA, 2004 University of Colorado at Boulder

Current Research:

My Master’s research focuses on copper bells and copper production at Mayapán. Finding evidence for production is pretty exciting, since there is direct evidence for this at only a handful of sites in Mesoamerica! Copper artifacts also tie into my larger interests in political economy and ritual. I am also interested in merchants, both for their role in the Postclassic economy, and as cross-cultural agents.

Research Interests:

Mesoamerican Archaeology, merchants, economy, social complexity, interregional interaction, status, mortuary practices, copper artifacts, ceramics, lithics, and diet.

Languages:

English, Spanish, and French

Research and Field Work Experience:

2001 Belize Postclassic Project at Progresso Lagoon, Belize. Position: crew member. Principal Investigator: Dr. Marilyn Masson. Experience with excavation, survey, lab work, ceramic analysis, and drafting.

2002 Independent Study of Mayan Glyphs with Mrs. Inga Calvin (MA). Experience reading and translating Mayan glyphs.

2002 Independent Applied Anthropology research: A study of the Causes and Solutions for the Low Graduation Rate of Native American Students at the University of Colorado

2002 The Anglo-American Project at Pompeii. Position: Crew member. Principal Investigators: Dr. Rick Jones and Dr. Damien Robinson. Experience with excavation, urban archaeology, flotation, wall analysis, survey, and maping.

2002 Valeria, Spain (Cuenca). Position: crew member. Principal Investigator: Dr. Angel Fuentes. Experience with survey, maping, site management, and restoration. The team was composed of mostly professionals and local workers.

2002 Independent research in the Archaeology and Prehistory Laborotory at the Universidad Autonoma de Madrid on human skeletal remains from the excavation at Valeria, Spain (Cuenca). Position: Researcher. The work included an analysis of over 50 indivduals, including a complete inventory, age, sex, stature, dental analysis, cranial and postcranial measurements, pathologies, and archaeozoology. Data was given to Dr. Angel Fuentes.

2003 The Rio Verde Project, 2003, Oaxaca, Mexico. Lab Director and Assistant Field Supervisor. Principal Investigator: Sarah Barber, M.A. Experience supervising in lab and field, drawing and mapping, ceramic and lithic analysis, artifact conservation and restoration.

2004 Independent study of the preparation and analysis of human and faunal samples for stable isotope and trace element analysis with Dr. Matthew Sponheimer, at the University of Colorado-Boulder. Funded by a UROP Standard Grant.

2004 Paris, Elizabeth. “Perspectives on diet from the Oaxaca Coast.” Report submitted to the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program.

2004 Economic Foundations of Mayapán Project. Mayapán, Yucatán, Mexico. Principal Investigators: Marilyn Masson and Carlos Peraza Lopé. Experience analyzing copper artifacts, faunal remains, lithics, ceramics, and censors.

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