Anna C Novotny
Biographic Data
| ID | 146276 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Anna C Novotny |
| GIVEN NAMES | Anna C |
| FAMILY NAME | Novotny |
| SIGNATURE | NOVOTNY A C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Texas Tech University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3839-7608 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 25 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Cooperation and Resilience at the Ancient Maya Site of Chan, Belize
Implementing Photogrammetry in Three Bioarchaeological Contexts
Human skeletal remains hold a wealth of information about past life-ways, but their documentation and recovery from archaeological contexts is challenging. Four challenges face bioarchaeological field work: poor skeletal preservation; complex mortuary traditions; sub-par excavation conditions; and excavation time limits. Poor preservation often prevents the collection of metric data from skeletons. This project tested whether a bioarchaeologist w…
Ritual Emulation of Ancient Maya Elite Mortuary Traditions During the Classic Period (Ad 250-900) at Cahal Pech, Belize
In this study, we employ multiple lines of evidence to elucidate the use of mortuary ritual by the ruling elite at the ancient Maya site of Cahal Pech, Belize, during the Early Classic and early Late Classic periods (AD 250-630). The interments of multiple individuals in Burial 7 of Structure B1, the central structure of an Eastern Triadic Assemblage or "E-group" style architectural complex, were in a manner not consistent with the greater Belize…
A Stepwise Transition to Agriculture in the American Midcontinent
In the American midcontinent, the transition from hunter-gatherer to agricultural economies was long, spanning several millennia, but it took place in a stepwise fashion. Plant remains and human bones provide complementary evidence of a shift to a greater dependence on maize just over a millennium ago. The immediate causes of subsistence change do not appear to have been the same each step of the way, although local population density and intergr…
Defining Community in the Upper Belize River Valley during the Late Classic Period
For the ancient Maya, mortuary practices offer crucial insight into how communities created and reproduced themselves. For example, most individuals local to the Belize River Valley are interred in a prone position, with head to the south. My research questions whether other rituals involving the deceased body, including body positioning and interaction with human remains through tomb re-entry (i.e., skull removal, interment of multiple individua…
Analysis of the Context and Contents of an Ulua-Style Marble Vase from the Palmarejo Valley, Honduras
Ulúa-style marble vases played important social, political, economic, and religious roles in southern Mesoamerica during the seventh through eleventh centuries A.D. However, most such vessels known to archaeologists are part of looted collections or else were unearthed before the advent of modern archaeological practices. As a result, little is known about the context, use, and chronology of these objects. Recent investigations at the site of Pal…
The Bones of the Ancestors as Inalienable Possessions
Ancient Maya mortuary practices provide crucial insight into how communities created and reproduced social memory and identity. In this chapter, I critically evaluate the concept of inalienable possessions in relationship to tomb contents, with particular focus on the body of the deceased and burial location. The concept of inalienability is evaluated using ethnographic and ethnohistoric accounts of Maya worldview and archaeological data from the…
Analysis of the Context and Contents of an Ulua-Style Marble Vase from the Palmarejo Valley, Honduras
Ulúa-style marble vases played important social, political, economic, and religious roles in southern Mesoamerica during the seventh through eleventh centuries A.D. However, most such vessels known to archaeologists are part of looted collections or else were unearthed before the advent of modern archaeological practices. As a result, little is known about the context, use, and chronology of these objects. Recent investigations at the site of Pal…
Ritual Emulation of Ancient Maya Elite Mortuary Traditions During the Classic Period (Ad 250-900) at Cahal Pech, Belize
In this study, we employ multiple lines of evidence to elucidate the use of mortuary ritual by the ruling elite at the ancient Maya site of Cahal Pech, Belize, during the Early Classic and early Late Classic periods (AD 250-630). The interments of multiple individuals in Burial 7 of Structure B1, the central structure of an Eastern Triadic Assemblage or "E-group" style architectural complex, were in a manner not consistent with the greater Belize…
The Bones of the Ancestors as Inalienable Possessions
Ancient Maya mortuary practices provide crucial insight into how communities created and reproduced social memory and identity. In this chapter, I critically evaluate the concept of inalienable possessions in relationship to tomb contents, with particular focus on the body of the deceased and burial location. The concept of inalienability is evaluated using ethnographic and ethnohistoric accounts of Maya worldview and archaeological data from the…
Implementing Photogrammetry in Three Bioarchaeological Contexts
Human skeletal remains hold a wealth of information about past life-ways, but their documentation and recovery from archaeological contexts is challenging. Four challenges face bioarchaeological field work: poor skeletal preservation; complex mortuary traditions; sub-par excavation conditions; and excavation time limits. Poor preservation often prevents the collection of metric data from skeletons. This project tested whether a bioarchaeologist w…
Cooperation and Resilience at the Ancient Maya Site of Chan, Belize
Defining Community in the Upper Belize River Valley during the Late Classic Period
For the ancient Maya, mortuary practices offer crucial insight into how communities created and reproduced themselves. For example, most individuals local to the Belize River Valley are interred in a prone position, with head to the south. My research questions whether other rituals involving the deceased body, including body positioning and interaction with human remains through tomb re-entry (i.e., skull removal, interment of multiple individua…
The Bones of the Ancestors as Inalienable Possessions
Ancient Maya mortuary practices provide crucial insight into how communities created and reproduced social memory and identity. In this chapter, I critically evaluate the concept of inalienable possessions in relationship to tomb contents, with particular focus on the body of the deceased and burial location. The concept of inalienability is evaluated using ethnographic and ethnohistoric accounts of Maya worldview and archaeological data from the…
Analysis of the Context and Contents of an Ulua-Style Marble Vase from the Palmarejo Valley, Honduras
Ulúa-style marble vases played important social, political, economic, and religious roles in southern Mesoamerica during the seventh through eleventh centuries A.D. However, most such vessels known to archaeologists are part of looted collections or else were unearthed before the advent of modern archaeological practices. As a result, little is known about the context, use, and chronology of these objects. Recent investigations at the site of Pal…
A Stepwise Transition to Agriculture in the American Midcontinent
In the American midcontinent, the transition from hunter-gatherer to agricultural economies was long, spanning several millennia, but it took place in a stepwise fashion. Plant remains and human bones provide complementary evidence of a shift to a greater dependence on maize just over a millennium ago. The immediate causes of subsistence change do not appear to have been the same each step of the way, although local population density and intergr…
Defining Community in the Upper Belize River Valley during the Late Classic Period
For the ancient Maya, mortuary practices offer crucial insight into how communities created and reproduced themselves. For example, most individuals local to the Belize River Valley are interred in a prone position, with head to the south. My research questions whether other rituals involving the deceased body, including body positioning and interaction with human remains through tomb re-entry (i.e., skull removal, interment of multiple individua…
Ritual Emulation of Ancient Maya Elite Mortuary Traditions During the Classic Period (Ad 250-900) at Cahal Pech, Belize
In this study, we employ multiple lines of evidence to elucidate the use of mortuary ritual by the ruling elite at the ancient Maya site of Cahal Pech, Belize, during the Early Classic and early Late Classic periods (AD 250-630). The interments of multiple individuals in Burial 7 of Structure B1, the central structure of an Eastern Triadic Assemblage or "E-group" style architectural complex, were in a manner not consistent with the greater Belize…
Implementing Photogrammetry in Three Bioarchaeological Contexts
Human skeletal remains hold a wealth of information about past life-ways, but their documentation and recovery from archaeological contexts is challenging. Four challenges face bioarchaeological field work: poor skeletal preservation; complex mortuary traditions; sub-par excavation conditions; and excavation time limits. Poor preservation often prevents the collection of metric data from skeletons. This project tested whether a bioarchaeologist w…
Cooperation and Resilience at the Ancient Maya Site of Chan, Belize
Archaeology (7 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (6 works) · Art (4 works) · Geography (4 works) · Maya (4 works) · Historical and Cultural Archaeology Studies (3 works) · History (3 works) · Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies (3 works) · Ancient history (2 works) · Archaeological Research and Protection (2 works)