E H Paris

Biographic Data

ID18942
NAMEE H Paris
GIVEN NAMESE H
FAMILY NAMEParis
SIGNATUREPARIS E H
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Calgary
ORCID0000-0002-5686-0398
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS24
TOTAL CITATIONS96
AUTHOR COUNT24
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2008
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX5

  • Distant provenance of archaeological dogs in Chiapas confirms complex trade networks within Mayan societies

    Open AccessE H Paris, Clément P Bataille et al.ARTICLEJournal of Archaeological Science2026References: 57

    This study investigates the origin, exchange and diet of archaeological dog specimens of highland Chiapas, located on the western Maya frontier, historically well-known for its overland trade routes and merchant activity. We developed a new strontium isoscape for the Maya area based on random forest regression, using a compilation of bioavailable 87 Sr/ 86 Sr from North America augmented by 45 new bioavailable 87 Sr/ 86 Sr samples from plants col…

  • Merchant guilds in ancient Mesoamerica and their origins

    Open AccessE H ParisARTICLEFrontiers in Human Dynamics2025References: 34

    Historical records and material culture of professional merchant organizations, including merchant guilds, provide important insights into their activities, hierarchies, and signifiers of membership. As historical examples indicate, signifiers of membership are common in cross-cultural examples of merchant guilds, and frequently include emblems inscribed on jewelry and personal objects. These guilds frequently worshiped supernatural patrons, whic…

  • Material Composition of Greenstone Acquisition and Use in the Jovel Valley, Chiapas, Mexico

    Open AccessJennifer L Meanwell, E H Paris et al.ARTICLEAncient Mesoamerica2025References: 56

    Greenstone is commonly used to produce culturally significant items across Mesoamerica, including axes, earspools, figurines, and beads. This research characterizes the mineralogy of greenstone materials recovered from sites in the Jovel Valley, Chiapas, Mexico, to document the range of green minerals utilized by the inhabitants. Our analysis of the objects suggests that the Late Classic and Early Postclassic Maya of the Jovel Valley had access t…

  • Applications of Micro-CT Imaging in Age-At-Death Estimates of Maya Dogs

    Open AccessMiranda George, E H Paris et al.ARTICLEEnvironmental Archaeology2024References: 13

    While there are many techniques for estimating age-at-death in archaeological dogs, the pulp cavity/tooth width ratio is considered one of the most accurate methods. This study adapts this technique for application to MicroCT imaging, a non-destructive methodology that is rapidly gaining ground in faunal analysis. Mandibular first molar and upper and lower canine teeth recovered from two Late Classic-Early Postclassic period sites in the Maya hig…

  • Metalworking at Mayapan, Yucatan, Mexico: Discoveries From the R-183 Group

    Open AccessE H Paris, Elizabeth Baquedano et al.ARTICLEAncient Mesoamerica2023Cited by: 2References: 43

    This article presents a compositional analysis of metal artifacts from the Postclassic period ( a.d. 1100–1450) city of Mayapan, Yucatan, Mexico. We document metallurgical production at R-183, an elite residential group and one of the most significant archaeological contexts associated with metalworking at Mayapan. Salvage excavations in 1998 recovered a small cache containing 282 copper bells, two miniature ceramic vessels filled with metal, and…

  • Obsidian exchange networks in the Jovel Valley, Chiapas, Mexico: A compositional analysis approach

    Open AccessE H Paris, Roberto López BravoARTICLEJournal of Archaeological Science…2021Cited by: 2References: 16

  • The Making of a Plaza: Public Spaces and Marketplaces at Tenam Puente, Chiapas, Mexico

    Open AccessE H Paris, Roberto López Bravo et al.ARTICLEEstudios de Cultura Maya2021Cited by: 1

    This study investigates the shifting meanings and practices inscribed on the Main Plaza at the ancient Maya city of Tenam Puente. Plazas are fundamental features of ancient Mesoamerican cities that were important sites for civic activities such as mass spectacles, ceremonies, private rituals, feasting. More recently, certain plazas have also been documented as permanent or periodic marketplaces. New radiocarbon dates and stratigraphic test excava…

  • Urban Commerce in the Jovel Valley of Highland Chiapas

    Open AccessE H Paris, Roberto López BravoARTICLEArcheological Papers of the…2021Cited by: 4References: 26

    The Late Classic and Early Postclassic civic centers of Moxviquil and Cerro Ecatepec/CV-38, located in the Jovel Valley of highland Chiapas, supported a number of institutions that provide evidence for a low level of commercialization. These include a possible periodic marketplace in the Main Plaza of Moxviquil, indirect evidence of merchant activity, and the use of widely circulating formal currencies, media of exchange, and imported luxury good…

  • Introduction: Urban Commerce in Ancient Mesoamerica

    Open AccessE H ParisARTICLEArcheological Papers of the…2021Cited by: 3References: 85

    Nearly three decades of research have identified evidence of commercial institutions and exchange at cities throughout Mesoamerica. This introduction examines three major areas of investigation for commercial institutions in ancient Mesoamerican cities: marketplaces and urban geography; currencies, standards and credit; and the social dimensions of urban commerce. It discusses the different ways in which the contributing authors examine different…

  • Imitation games: The exchange and emulation of fine orange pottery in central Chiapas, Mexico

    Open AccessE H Paris, Ronald L Bishop et al.ARTICLEJournal of Anthropological…2021Cited by: 1References: 48

  • The Origins of Maya Stingless Beekeeping

    Open AccessE H Paris, Veronica Briseño Castrejon et al.ARTICLEJournal of Ethnobiology2020

    Beekeeping among the modern Maya of Yucatan, Mexico, reflects an intricate network of symbiotic relationships between bees, flowering plants, humans, and the managed landscape, which includes both settlements ( kaaj, [kah]) and the cultivated and fallow farmlands surrounding them ( k'ax). Native stingless bees are valued today both for the honey and wax they produce and the crops they pollinate. This study utilizes the ethnobiology of modern Maya…

  • A Funerary Cave at Moxviquil, Chiapas, Mexico

    E H Paris, Roberto López Bravo et al.ARTICLEJournal of Field Archaeology2020Cited by: 4References: 48

    This article presents the excavation results of a funerary cave at the site of Moxviquil, located in the Jovel Valley of central highland Chiapas, Mexico. Diagnostic ceramics from funerary offerings suggest that the use of the cave spanned the principal occupation at the site, including Late Classic (a.d. 600–900) and Early Postclassic (a.d. 900–1250) periods. The offerings situate the Moxviquil cave within an extensive tradition of Mesoamerican …

  • Gulf Coast Influence at Moxviquil, Chiapas, Mexico

    Open AccessE H Paris, Roberto López BravoARTICLECambridge Archaeological Journal2020Cited by: 4References: 46

    This article presents evidence for the shifting economic networks and cultural relationships between the Jovel Valley of highland Chiapas, and the Gulf Coast lowlands. In particular, we examine material culture of Gulf Coast origin or influence at the hilltop monumental centre of Moxviquil during the Late Classic (ad600–900) and Early Postclassic (ad900–1250) periods. These artifacts include a fine orange cylindrical pedestal vase, two examples o…

  • On the surface: An ethnoarchaeological study of marginalised pottery production and the social context of pottery surface treatments in Tigray Regional State, northern highland Ethiopia

    Zoe Cascadden, D Lyons et al.ARTICLEAzania Archaeological Research in…2020Cited by: 1References: 37

    Pottery surface treatments are considered essential to waterproofing and strengthening low-fired porous pots, and they add characteristic elements of colour and texture to pottery assemblages. However, surface treatments do not receive the same attention as other stages of pottery chaînes opératoires in Sub-Saharan Africa, particularly in terms of the social context of production, how technological treatments vary across an assemblage, contribute…

  • Hunting, husbandry, exchange and ritual: Animal use and meaning at Moxviquil, Chiapas Mexico

    Open AccessE H Paris, Roberto López Bravo et al.ARTICLEAnthropozoologica2020Cited by: 3References: 62

    Paris, Elizabeth H., Bravo, Roberto López, Pacheco, Ellen, George, Miranda (2020): Hunting, husbandry, exchange and ritual: animal use and meaning at Moxviquil, Chiapas Mexico. Anthropozoologica 55 (4): 43-72, DOI: 10.5252/anthropozoologica2020v55a4

  • The organization of stingless beekeeping (Meliponiculture) at Mayapán, Yucatan, Mexico

    Open AccessE H Paris, Carlos Peraza Lopes et al.ARTICLEJournal of Anthropological…2018

  • Violence, desecration, and urban collapse at the Postclassic Maya political capital of Mayapán

    Open AccessE H Paris, Stanley Serafin et al.ARTICLEJournal of Anthropological…2017

  • Household Craft Production in the Prehispanic Urban Setting of Mayapán, Yucatan, Mexico

    Open AccessM A Masson, Timothy S Hare et al.ARTICLEJournal of Archaeological Research2016Cited by: 23References: 43

  • Los mayas de los Altos de Chiapas y sus vecinos occidentales: Interacción, identidad e intercambio en una frontera cultural

    Open AccessE H Paris, Roberto López BravoARTICLEEstudios de Cultura Maya2016Cited by: 5

    El presente estudio investiga las formas multifacéticas en que los límites políticos y las barreras sociales fueron definidas y mantenidas en la frontera occidental de la región lingüística y cultural maya. Las comparaciones del intercambio de diferentes bienes y medios pueden resaltar el grado en el que las barreras culturales fueron permeables o impenetrables en la zona fronteriza entre los mayahablantes de tzotzil de los Altos de Chiapas y sus…

  • Return to Moxviquil: Form and Function in a Small Maya City

    Open AccessE H Paris, Eric Taladoire et al.ARTICLEAncient Mesoamerica2015Cited by: 6References: 45

    The excavations of Frans Blom and Clarence Weiant at the small hilltop site of Moxviquil in the early 1950s represent one of the pioneering archaeological projects in highland Chiapas. The results of their excavations, which were minimally published, provide important data on one of the largest Late Classic-Early Postclassic communities in the region. In this paper, we reconsider Moxviquil in light of recent scholarship on Maya urbanism, and pres…

  • Cross-valley communities: Identity and interaction in Early Postclassic period highland Chiapas

    E H ParisARTICLEJournal of Anthropological…2014

  • Metallurgical ceramics from Mayapán, Yucatán, Mexico

    Open AccessJennifer L Meanwell, E H Paris et al.ARTICLEJournal of Archaeological Science2013Cited by: 13References: 10

  • Cohesion and Diversity in Formative Period Maya Lithic Tools and Techniques

    E H Paris, Elizabeth ParisARTICLELithic Technology2012Cited by: 10References: 22

    This article discusses a Formative period lithic assemblage from the site of San Estevan, in order to highlight the complex regional interaction between Middle Formative period sites in Northern Belize. These relationships have been discussed in the literature through debate over the "Producer-Consumer Model." The San Estevan assemblage reflects activities associated with the local production and consumption of lithic tools, including the testing…

  • Metallurgy, Mayapan, and the Postclassic Mesoamerican World System

    Open AccessE H ParisARTICLEAncient Mesoamerica2008Cited by: 14References: 28

    Residents of Mayapan produced and consumed metal artifacts through long-distance commercial exchange networks in the Postclassic Mesoamerican world system. In this paper, I perform a stylistic and typological analysis of metal artifacts and debris from lost-wax casting from recent excavations at Mayapan, with reference to previously excavated collections by the Carnegie Institution of Washington, DC. The distribution of metal artifacts suggests t…