Jennifer A. L. Newman

E-mail: chuljenn@hotmail.com

Education:

PhD, University at Albany, SUNY, Expected 2009
MA, University at Albany, SUNY, 2005

Research Interests:

Mayan polychrome pottery, hieroglyphics (epigraphy) and iconography, Mayan languages, Literacy, and Residue analysis of ceramics (chemical and microfossil).
Currently I am cataloguing glyphic texts indicating food and drinks consumed by the Maya. I am also in process of analyzing food residues removed from Classic Period ceramics. This work will be part of my dissertation research.

Fieldwork experience:

• In 2007 I work at Calakmul and several sites in New York State. In 2005 and 2006 I spent two seasons in Northern Belize excavating at various sites including Bajo, Bajo vista, Northern, and Rosita. During 2004 to 2006 I also held a Graduate Assistantship with the State Museum of New York where I was in charge of processing the John Swart collection and the Burgraff collection. From 1999 to 2003 I excavated at various sites in the Midwest including Zemitus, Prison Farm, Cedar Creek and Garden Bed. From 1998 to 2000 I held a research assistantship at Mason Count Historical Society Museum where I was in charge of restoration and preservation of the museum’s archives. In 1998 I was also part of Grand Valley States ethnology project the Latin American Heritage Project.research purposes.

Papers and Publications:

• 03/2007: In Press Ancient Mesoamerica: Canons of the Classic Maya Scribes: a spatial analysis of
  Classic Period Polychromes

  04/2006: Project summery of procession work completed for the Burgraf Collection: Project
  Status of the Burgraf Collection
  

Presentations:

• 10/2007: Albany County Historical Society Residues: Analysis of Chemical and Microfossil remains
• 05/2006: North East Archaeology Association (NEAA) Text and image: the spatial organization of figures and hieroglyphics on Classic Mayan polychrome vessels
  03/2006: Graduate Student Symposium, University at Albany, Albany, New York Text and
  image: the spatial organization of figures and hieroglyphics on Classic Mayan polychrome vessels

  2005 to Present: School Lectures to all grade levels. These lectures are either on archaeology or on
  Mayan hieroglyphics or archaeology. The most recent lectures have been March 2007. To date I have
  presented at more then 22 class sessions.
  

Other Training and Education:

6/05 to Present: Residue Analysis, Liquid Chromatography and Mass Spectrometry and Phytolith identification
• 9/05 to Present: Archaeological Drafting. Learning how to accurately illustrate artifacts, supervised by Stuart Swiny.
• 6/05: Archival Class 2: How to Handle and Preserve Documents. New York State Archives
• 2/05: Archival Class 1: How to Arrange and Store Documents. New York State Archives

Recent Awards and Honorary:
• 2006 Incentives for Women Fellowship (IFW)
• 2006 University at Albany Research Fellowship
• 2005 Lambert Grant

Languages:
Spanish, German, Hieroglyphic Classic Mayan, Ch’ol (some proficiency)