Gyles Iannone
Biographic Data
| ID | 209240 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Gyles Iannone |
| GIVEN NAMES | Gyles |
| FAMILY NAME | Iannone |
| SIGNATURE | IANNONE G |
| AFFILIATIONS | Trent University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0262-9294 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 30 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 251 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 27 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 4 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1995 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 9 |
Preliminary Excavations at Ba Ngo, A Possible 10th Century CE Suburban Settlement Locale at Hoa Lu, Northern Vietnam
Settlement archaeology has virtually untapped potential to expand our understanding of the Classic period (600-1400 CE) states and urban centers of Southeast Asia. Indeed, it is only through this mode of archaeological inquiry that we can hope to generate a nuanced understanding of the largest segment of the population, comprising a diverse collection of commoners exhibiting varying ranks, statuses, roles, and occupations. The challenge is that t…
Water, Ideology, and Kingship at the Ancient Burmese Capital of Bagan, Myanmar
Bagan, the imperial capital of the Burmese Empire (11th-14th centuries CE), was situated in what is now known as Myanmar's "dry zone", Southeast Asia's most arid region. This setting necessitated the development of a subtle, yet extensive rain-fed water management system that channeled water from the Tuyin mountain range in the southeast to the walled and moated royal city in the northwest. Nat Yekan tank, a rock-cut reservoir located on the west…
Searching for Bagan’s suburban neighborhoods
Ancient inscriptions and climate change
Integration and disintegration at Minanha, a petty Maya kingdom in the North Vaca Plateau, Belize
Finding the remains of classical Bagan's peri-urban support population
Little is known about the lifeways of the commoner populations that supported the expansive pre-industrial cities of Southeast Asia. Archaeologically driven understandings are constrained by the fact that the architecture and much of the material culture utilized by ordinary citizens were made from perishable materials, and many living floors were also raised above the actual ground surface on piles. The challenges associated with searching for a…
Introduction to the Special Section
The Maya area has long been characterized as a mosaic of polities large and small, with cultural connections, linguistic dialects, ethnicities, and economic networks that shifted, expanded, and contracted over time. In this paper, we examine different ways of constructing boundaries. From physical demarcations in the landscape to habitual practices of interaction and affiliation, the lines that tied and divided were both unstable and multiple. We…
Applied Perspectives on Pre-Columbian Maya Water Management Systems
Water security is a fundamental global challenge for humanity. Suggesting that scholars, water management engineers, and policy-makers draw from a wide range of examples, this chapter argues that knowledge gained from archaeological research provides unique insights into the long-term function and efficacy of water management systems. This chapter presents six cases of water management systems in the pre-Columbian Maya lowlands, from the Yalahau,…
Water, Ritual, and Prosperity at the Classical Capital of Bagan, Myanmar (11th to 14th Centuries CE)
The IRAW@Bagan project is aimed at developing an integrated socio-ecological history for residential patterning, agricultural practices, and water management at the classical Burmese (Bama) capital of Bagan, Myanmar (11th to 14th centuries CE). As part of this long-term research program investigations have been initiated in the Tuyin-Thetso uplands, located 11 km southeast of Bagan’s walled and moated epicenter. This mountainous area figures prom…
Human Adaptation in Ancient Mesoamerica
Examining Chronological Trends in Ancient Maya Diet at Minanha, Belize, Using the Stable Isotopes of Carbon and Nitrogen
We present the results of stable carbon and nitrogen isotope analyses of bone collagen and bone bioapatite from the ancient Maya center of Minanha, Belize (ca. 100 B.C. to A.D. 1260). The purpose of this research was to reconstruct diet and investigate the influence of sociopolitical and environmental factors. Overall, diet was relatively stable over time, with maize being a staple in all periods. Maize consumption reached its peak in the transit…
Destruction Events and Political Truncation at the Little Kingdom of Minanha, Belize
This chapter explores the material record of ritual practice at the little kingdom of Minanha, located in the North Vaca Plateau of west-central Belize. The time period of interest spans roughly a century, and includes two discrete ritual destruction events. The first destruction event is quickly followed by a reconstruction program that likely signifies a new period of joint rule under the auspices of one of the great kings in the region. The se…
Ritual, Violence, and the Fall of the Classic Maya Kings
A comprehensive test of the Locally-Adaptive Model of Archaeological Potential (Lamap)
Middle Preclassic period Maya greenstone “triangulates”
Understanding Ancient Maya Agricultural Terrace Systems through Lidar and Hydrological Mapping
Lidar has been revolutionary to the understanding of ancient Maya anthropogenic landscapes. This is no more apparent than in western Belize, where the scale and resolution of these images have identified vast networks of agricultural terrace systems, revealing their true extent and density. This paper moves beyond the initial identification of terrace distribution to use lidar imagery in combination with digital elevation models (DEM) and hydrolo…
Ritual, Violence, and the Fall of the Classic Maya Kings
The age-old “scapegoat king” model suggests that Maya kings, like their counterparts in other early states throughout the world, were held responsible for the prosperity of their kingdoms. When they failed to meet their obligations, kings and their courts were subject to various forms of “termination,” including ritual defacing and destruction of their monuments, the breakage and burning of key symbols of authority, decommissioning of royal resid…
The Last Groups Standing
The most archaeologically visible dimension of the Classic Maya Collapse is the abandonment of monumental royal courts. Yet, in some cases, non-elite populations lived for centuries in and around Classic Maya centers without rulers. Processes of abandonment among Classic Maya commoners are detectable and reflect their own ritual and social practices divorced from the ritual performances undertaken by the ruling elite. We study the abandonment con…
Ancient Maya Regional Settlement and Inter-Site Analysis
During April and May 2013, a total of 1057 km2 of LiDAR was flown by NCALM for a consortium of archaeologists working in West-central Belize, making this the largest surveyed area within the Mayan lowlands. Encompassing the Belize Valley and the Vaca Plateau, West-central Belize is one of the most actively researched parts of the Maya lowlands; however, until this effort, no comprehensive survey connecting all settlement had been conducted. Archa…
The Use of LiDAR in Understanding the Ancient Maya Landscape
The use of airborne LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) in western Belize, Central America, has revolutionized our understanding of the spatial dynamics of the ancient Maya. This technology has enabled researchers to successfully demonstrate the large-scale human modifications made to the ancient tropical landscape, providing insight on broader regional settlement. Before the advent of this laser-based technology, heavily forested cover prevented…
Tropical Landscapes and the Ancient Maya
Archaeologists have begun to understand that many of the challenges facing our technologically sophisticated, resource dependent, urban systems were also destabilizing factors in ancient complex societies. The focus of IHOPE-Maya is to identify how humans living in the tropical Maya Lowlands in present-day Central America responded to and impacted their environments over the past three millennia, and to relate knowledge of those processes to mode…
Resilience and Vulnerability in the Maya Hinterlands
Given their grand architecture, intricately carved monuments, and colorful histories, the largest Maya centers have long drawn the attention of archaeologists and non-specialists alike. Early interest in the infamous Maya collapse was, in fact, initially inspired by the discovery of these "lost cities in the jungle." This research focus was further stimulated by advances in deciphering the Maya hieroglyphic script, and the recognition that monume…
Ritual Remains and Collective Memory
The idea of collective or social memory is explored in this paper as a way to understand ancient Maya ritual behavior. The theoretical characteristics of collective memory are defined and a strategy to operationalize the theory of collective memory using archaeological remains is presented. Two archaeological examples from the sites of Minanha and Zubin in west central Belize are discussed in terms of how they fit this new model. Finally, the soc…
Collective Memory in the Frontiers
The examination of the internal frontiers between ancient Maya polities is a topic that has received little focused attention. This article explores various topics associated with frontiers and frontier communities, including: (1) how they might be located archaeologically; (2) what their material correlates might be; and, (3) what we might expect in terms of their sociopolitical characteristics. Special attention is paid to the role that collect…
The Rise and Fall of an Ancient Maya Petty Royal Court
The Maya "collapse" began shortly after A.D. 750, and the events associated with this transition period would play out over the next three centuries. Many factors contributed to the collapse, not the least of which was the trend toward widespread power sharing that began in the eighth century, when lesser nobles, particularly the lords of secondary centers, began to acquire more wealth and political autonomy. The examination of secondary centers,…
Annales History and the Ancient Maya State
Joyce Marcus has recently proposed a "dynamic model" for the ancient Maya state. In doing so she has emphasized the importance of spatiotemporal fluctuations between centralization and decentralization. Although this idea has obtained wide-ranging support, there has been little consideration of why these oscillations occurred. This article proposes that one of the key factors was the fundamental tension between the institutions of kinship and kin…
The Use of LiDAR in Understanding the Ancient Maya Landscape
The use of airborne LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) in western Belize, Central America, has revolutionized our understanding of the spatial dynamics of the ancient Maya. This technology has enabled researchers to successfully demonstrate the large-scale human modifications made to the ancient tropical landscape, providing insight on broader regional settlement. Before the advent of this laser-based technology, heavily forested cover prevented…
The Rise and Fall of an Ancient Maya Petty Royal Court
The Maya "collapse" began shortly after A.D. 750, and the events associated with this transition period would play out over the next three centuries. Many factors contributed to the collapse, not the least of which was the trend toward widespread power sharing that began in the eighth century, when lesser nobles, particularly the lords of secondary centers, began to acquire more wealth and political autonomy. The examination of secondary centers,…
Ritual, Violence, and the Fall of the Classic Maya Kings
The age-old “scapegoat king” model suggests that Maya kings, like their counterparts in other early states throughout the world, were held responsible for the prosperity of their kingdoms. When they failed to meet their obligations, kings and their courts were subject to various forms of “termination,” including ritual defacing and destruction of their monuments, the breakage and burning of key symbols of authority, decommissioning of royal resid…
The Last Groups Standing
The most archaeologically visible dimension of the Classic Maya Collapse is the abandonment of monumental royal courts. Yet, in some cases, non-elite populations lived for centuries in and around Classic Maya centers without rulers. Processes of abandonment among Classic Maya commoners are detectable and reflect their own ritual and social practices divorced from the ritual performances undertaken by the ruling elite. We study the abandonment con…
Ritual Remains and Collective Memory
The idea of collective or social memory is explored in this paper as a way to understand ancient Maya ritual behavior. The theoretical characteristics of collective memory are defined and a strategy to operationalize the theory of collective memory using archaeological remains is presented. Two archaeological examples from the sites of Minanha and Zubin in west central Belize are discussed in terms of how they fit this new model. Finally, the soc…
Understanding Ancient Maya Agricultural Terrace Systems through Lidar and Hydrological Mapping
Lidar has been revolutionary to the understanding of ancient Maya anthropogenic landscapes. This is no more apparent than in western Belize, where the scale and resolution of these images have identified vast networks of agricultural terrace systems, revealing their true extent and density. This paper moves beyond the initial identification of terrace distribution to use lidar imagery in combination with digital elevation models (DEM) and hydrolo…
Collective Memory in the Frontiers
The examination of the internal frontiers between ancient Maya polities is a topic that has received little focused attention. This article explores various topics associated with frontiers and frontier communities, including: (1) how they might be located archaeologically; (2) what their material correlates might be; and, (3) what we might expect in terms of their sociopolitical characteristics. Special attention is paid to the role that collect…
Pacbitun (Belize) and ancient Maya use of slate
As well as jade, obsidian, chert and limestone, the Classic Maya of Central America were accomplished workers of another stone-slate. Recent research at the site of Pacbitun, Belize, where a possible slate workshop has come to light, is cause to look closely at Maya slate-working and the scientific means to study it
Examining Chronological Trends in Ancient Maya Diet at Minanha, Belize, Using the Stable Isotopes of Carbon and Nitrogen
We present the results of stable carbon and nitrogen isotope analyses of bone collagen and bone bioapatite from the ancient Maya center of Minanha, Belize (ca. 100 B.C. to A.D. 1260). The purpose of this research was to reconstruct diet and investigate the influence of sociopolitical and environmental factors. Overall, diet was relatively stable over time, with maize being a staple in all periods. Maize consumption reached its peak in the transit…
Introduction to the Special Section
The Maya area has long been characterized as a mosaic of polities large and small, with cultural connections, linguistic dialects, ethnicities, and economic networks that shifted, expanded, and contracted over time. In this paper, we examine different ways of constructing boundaries. From physical demarcations in the landscape to habitual practices of interaction and affiliation, the lines that tied and divided were both unstable and multiple. We…
Resilience and Vulnerability in the Maya Hinterlands
Given their grand architecture, intricately carved monuments, and colorful histories, the largest Maya centers have long drawn the attention of archaeologists and non-specialists alike. Early interest in the infamous Maya collapse was, in fact, initially inspired by the discovery of these "lost cities in the jungle." This research focus was further stimulated by advances in deciphering the Maya hieroglyphic script, and the recognition that monume…
Tropical Landscapes and the Ancient Maya
Archaeologists have begun to understand that many of the challenges facing our technologically sophisticated, resource dependent, urban systems were also destabilizing factors in ancient complex societies. The focus of IHOPE-Maya is to identify how humans living in the tropical Maya Lowlands in present-day Central America responded to and impacted their environments over the past three millennia, and to relate knowledge of those processes to mode…
Ancient inscriptions and climate change
Finding the remains of classical Bagan's peri-urban support population
Little is known about the lifeways of the commoner populations that supported the expansive pre-industrial cities of Southeast Asia. Archaeologically driven understandings are constrained by the fact that the architecture and much of the material culture utilized by ordinary citizens were made from perishable materials, and many living floors were also raised above the actual ground surface on piles. The challenges associated with searching for a…
Pacbitun (Belize) and ancient Maya use of slate
As well as jade, obsidian, chert and limestone, the Classic Maya of Central America were accomplished workers of another stone-slate. Recent research at the site of Pacbitun, Belize, where a possible slate workshop has come to light, is cause to look closely at Maya slate-working and the scientific means to study it
Annales History and the Ancient Maya State
Joyce Marcus has recently proposed a "dynamic model" for the ancient Maya state. In doing so she has emphasized the importance of spatiotemporal fluctuations between centralization and decentralization. Although this idea has obtained wide-ranging support, there has been little consideration of why these oscillations occurred. This article proposes that one of the key factors was the fundamental tension between the institutions of kinship and kin…
Perspectives on Ancient Maya Rural Complexity
Settlement archaeology in the Maya area has focused much of its attention on the polar extremes of the settlement continuum. As a result of this urban/rural bias, a whole range of complex rural settlements remain underexplored. The chapters in this volume highlight the variable quality of these middle level settlements. The authors also grapple with the possible social implications of such diversity. The contrasting opinions that result are parti…
Perspectives on Ancient Maya Rural Complexity
Rural Complexity in the Cahal Pech Microregion
Perspectives on Ancient Maya Rural Complexity
Settlement archaeology in the Maya area has focused much of its attention on the polar extremes of the settlement continuum. As a result of this urban/rural bias, a whole range of complex rural settlements remain under-explored. The chapters in this volume highlight the variable quality of these "middle level settlements"
The Rise and Fall of an Ancient Maya Petty Royal Court
The Maya "collapse" began shortly after A.D. 750, and the events associated with this transition period would play out over the next three centuries. Many factors contributed to the collapse, not the least of which was the trend toward widespread power sharing that began in the eighth century, when lesser nobles, particularly the lords of secondary centers, began to acquire more wealth and political autonomy. The examination of secondary centers,…
Ritual Remains and Collective Memory
The idea of collective or social memory is explored in this paper as a way to understand ancient Maya ritual behavior. The theoretical characteristics of collective memory are defined and a strategy to operationalize the theory of collective memory using archaeological remains is presented. Two archaeological examples from the sites of Minanha and Zubin in west central Belize are discussed in terms of how they fit this new model. Finally, the soc…
Collective Memory in the Frontiers
The examination of the internal frontiers between ancient Maya polities is a topic that has received little focused attention. This article explores various topics associated with frontiers and frontier communities, including: (1) how they might be located archaeologically; (2) what their material correlates might be; and, (3) what we might expect in terms of their sociopolitical characteristics. Special attention is paid to the role that collect…
Ancient Maya Regional Settlement and Inter-Site Analysis
During April and May 2013, a total of 1057 km2 of LiDAR was flown by NCALM for a consortium of archaeologists working in West-central Belize, making this the largest surveyed area within the Mayan lowlands. Encompassing the Belize Valley and the Vaca Plateau, West-central Belize is one of the most actively researched parts of the Maya lowlands; however, until this effort, no comprehensive survey connecting all settlement had been conducted. Archa…
The Use of LiDAR in Understanding the Ancient Maya Landscape
The use of airborne LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) in western Belize, Central America, has revolutionized our understanding of the spatial dynamics of the ancient Maya. This technology has enabled researchers to successfully demonstrate the large-scale human modifications made to the ancient tropical landscape, providing insight on broader regional settlement. Before the advent of this laser-based technology, heavily forested cover prevented…
Tropical Landscapes and the Ancient Maya
Archaeologists have begun to understand that many of the challenges facing our technologically sophisticated, resource dependent, urban systems were also destabilizing factors in ancient complex societies. The focus of IHOPE-Maya is to identify how humans living in the tropical Maya Lowlands in present-day Central America responded to and impacted their environments over the past three millennia, and to relate knowledge of those processes to mode…
Resilience and Vulnerability in the Maya Hinterlands
Given their grand architecture, intricately carved monuments, and colorful histories, the largest Maya centers have long drawn the attention of archaeologists and non-specialists alike. Early interest in the infamous Maya collapse was, in fact, initially inspired by the discovery of these "lost cities in the jungle." This research focus was further stimulated by advances in deciphering the Maya hieroglyphic script, and the recognition that monume…
The Last Groups Standing
The most archaeologically visible dimension of the Classic Maya Collapse is the abandonment of monumental royal courts. Yet, in some cases, non-elite populations lived for centuries in and around Classic Maya centers without rulers. Processes of abandonment among Classic Maya commoners are detectable and reflect their own ritual and social practices divorced from the ritual performances undertaken by the ruling elite. We study the abandonment con…
Destruction Events and Political Truncation at the Little Kingdom of Minanha, Belize
This chapter explores the material record of ritual practice at the little kingdom of Minanha, located in the North Vaca Plateau of west-central Belize. The time period of interest spans roughly a century, and includes two discrete ritual destruction events. The first destruction event is quickly followed by a reconstruction program that likely signifies a new period of joint rule under the auspices of one of the great kings in the region. The se…
Ritual, Violence, and the Fall of the Classic Maya Kings
A comprehensive test of the Locally-Adaptive Model of Archaeological Potential (Lamap)
Middle Preclassic period Maya greenstone “triangulates”
Understanding Ancient Maya Agricultural Terrace Systems through Lidar and Hydrological Mapping
Lidar has been revolutionary to the understanding of ancient Maya anthropogenic landscapes. This is no more apparent than in western Belize, where the scale and resolution of these images have identified vast networks of agricultural terrace systems, revealing their true extent and density. This paper moves beyond the initial identification of terrace distribution to use lidar imagery in combination with digital elevation models (DEM) and hydrolo…
Ritual, Violence, and the Fall of the Classic Maya Kings
The age-old “scapegoat king” model suggests that Maya kings, like their counterparts in other early states throughout the world, were held responsible for the prosperity of their kingdoms. When they failed to meet their obligations, kings and their courts were subject to various forms of “termination,” including ritual defacing and destruction of their monuments, the breakage and burning of key symbols of authority, decommissioning of royal resid…
Human Adaptation in Ancient Mesoamerica
Examining Chronological Trends in Ancient Maya Diet at Minanha, Belize, Using the Stable Isotopes of Carbon and Nitrogen
We present the results of stable carbon and nitrogen isotope analyses of bone collagen and bone bioapatite from the ancient Maya center of Minanha, Belize (ca. 100 B.C. to A.D. 1260). The purpose of this research was to reconstruct diet and investigate the influence of sociopolitical and environmental factors. Overall, diet was relatively stable over time, with maize being a staple in all periods. Maize consumption reached its peak in the transit…
Applied Perspectives on Pre-Columbian Maya Water Management Systems
Water security is a fundamental global challenge for humanity. Suggesting that scholars, water management engineers, and policy-makers draw from a wide range of examples, this chapter argues that knowledge gained from archaeological research provides unique insights into the long-term function and efficacy of water management systems. This chapter presents six cases of water management systems in the pre-Columbian Maya lowlands, from the Yalahau,…
Water, Ritual, and Prosperity at the Classical Capital of Bagan, Myanmar (11th to 14th Centuries CE)
The IRAW@Bagan project is aimed at developing an integrated socio-ecological history for residential patterning, agricultural practices, and water management at the classical Burmese (Bama) capital of Bagan, Myanmar (11th to 14th centuries CE). As part of this long-term research program investigations have been initiated in the Tuyin-Thetso uplands, located 11 km southeast of Bagan’s walled and moated epicenter. This mountainous area figures prom…
Introduction to the Special Section
The Maya area has long been characterized as a mosaic of polities large and small, with cultural connections, linguistic dialects, ethnicities, and economic networks that shifted, expanded, and contracted over time. In this paper, we examine different ways of constructing boundaries. From physical demarcations in the landscape to habitual practices of interaction and affiliation, the lines that tied and divided were both unstable and multiple. We…
Archaeology (26 works) · Geography (26 works) · Maya (22 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (20 works) · History (17 works) · Latin American history and culture (14 works) · Political science (12 works) · Ancient history (10 works) · Law (10 works) · Sociology (10 works)