M Kathryn Brown
Biographic Data
| ID | 3845517 |
|---|---|
| NAME | M Kathryn Brown |
| GIVEN NAMES | M Kathryn |
| FAMILY NAME | Brown |
| SIGNATURE | BROWN M K |
| AFFILIATIONS | The University of Texas at San Antonio |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2362-1649 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 126 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 3 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Applying demographic and epidemiological models in challenging situations: Grappling with a small sample size and complex sociopolitical contexts among the ancient Maya at Lower Dover
OBJECTIVE: To demonstrate the utility of applying demographic and epidemiological models to assess the potential effects of sociopolitical status and childhood stress on survivorship, mortality, and morbidity to shed new light on life during the Maya Classic period. MATERIALS: Elite and commoner burials (n = 63) from the Lower Dover polity, Belize dating to the Early (CE 250/300-600) and Late/Terminal Classic (CE 600-900/1000) periods were analyz…
A pXRF analysis of utilitarian pottery from the Late Classic Maya polity of Lower Dover, Belize
Animate Stone: Maya Chert ‘Debitage’ and Ontological Perspectives
Lowland Maya Genesis: The Late Archaic to Late Early Formative Transition in the Upper Belize River Valley
The transition from the Late Archaic to the Late Early Formative period witnessed profound changes in the Maya lowlands. In addition to the establishment of the first settlements and agrarian communities, this critical phase of cultural development heralded the introduction of ceramics, saw changes in lithic technology, gave rise to inter-regional trade and exchange, and witnessed the introduction of a complex symbolic system expressed on portabl…
A Forest of History: The Maya after the Emergence of Divine Kingship
Seeking Conflict in Mesoamerica: Operational, Cognitive, and Experiential Approaches
Pathways to Complexity: A View from the Maya Lowlands
Pathways to Complexity: A View from the Maya Lowlands
This book provides a new understanding on the rise of Maya civilization, pushing back the origins of social, religious and economic complexity hundreds of years earlier than traditionally thought
E Groups and Ancestors: The Sunrise of Complexity at Xunantunich, Belize
Over time, E Groups come to have a funerary function housing burials of important ancestors. Using the data recovered from the Preclassic Period (1000 BCE-250 CE) E Group at the site of Xunantunich (Benque Viejo), Belize, I trace the development and elaboration of ritual and mortuary practices from the early Middle Preclassic (1000-350 BCE) to the Terminal Preclassic or Protoclassic Period (0-250 CE). I explore the transformation of Xunantunich’s…
E Groups and Ancestors: The Sunrise of Complexity at Xunantunich, Belize
Four Preceramic Points Newly Discovered in Belize: A Comment on Stemp Et Al. (2016:279–299)
Stemp et al. (2016) published data on 81 preceramic (Archaic) points from Belize, Central America. In this comment, we report four more chipped chert bifaces recently recovered in Belize (Figure 1). Based on metrics (Table 1), technology, and style, three are classified as Lowe and one as a Sawmill point (Kelly 1993; Lohse et al. 2006; Stemp et al. 2016)
Locating and Dating Sites Using Lidar Survey in a Mosaic Landscape in Western Belize
We use the results of a high-resolution lidar survey to assess the advantages and limitations of archaeological applications of lidar data and address some of its methodological challenges. Our data come from the Mopan and Macal River valleys in western Belize, a region that includes several ancient Maya political centers and their hinterlands. Visual inspection of the lidar data has revealed many new sites and new features at previously mapped s…
Ancient Maya Regional Settlement and Inter-Site Analysis: The 2013 West-Central Belize LiDAR Survey
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: Caracol and Western Belize
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…
Garbage of the Gods? Squatters, Refuse Disposal, and Termination Rituals among the Ancient Maya
Differentiating the material patterning between domestic refuse from squatters and ceremonial trash generated from termination rituals has been difficult for Maya archaeologists. Rich floor assemblages, especially from elite contexts, have been interpreted as "decadent" squatter refuse by some researchers and the remains of abandonment rituals by others. The identification and separation of these classes of behavior are essential for interpretati…
Olmec to Aztec: Settlement Patterns in the Ancient Gulf Lowlands
Archaeological settlement patterns the ways in which ancient people distributed themselves across a natural and cultural landscape provide the central theme for this long-overdue update to our understanding of the Mexican Gulf lowlands Olmec to Aztec offers the only recent treatment of the region that considers its entire prehistory from the second millennium B.C. to A.D. 1519. The editors have assembled a distinguished group of international sch…
Garbage of the Gods? Squatters, Refuse Disposal, and Termination Rituals among the Ancient Maya
Differentiating the material patterning between domestic refuse from squatters and ceremonial trash generated from termination rituals has been difficult for Maya archaeologists. Rich floor assemblages, especially from elite contexts, have been interpreted as "decadent" squatter refuse by some researchers and the remains of abandonment rituals by others. The identification and separation of these classes of behavior are essential for interpretati…
The Use of LiDAR in Understanding the Ancient Maya Landscape: Caracol and Western Belize
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…
A Forest of History: The Maya after the Emergence of Divine Kingship
Locating and Dating Sites Using Lidar Survey in a Mosaic Landscape in Western Belize
We use the results of a high-resolution lidar survey to assess the advantages and limitations of archaeological applications of lidar data and address some of its methodological challenges. Our data come from the Mopan and Macal River valleys in western Belize, a region that includes several ancient Maya political centers and their hinterlands. Visual inspection of the lidar data has revealed many new sites and new features at previously mapped s…
Lowland Maya Genesis: The Late Archaic to Late Early Formative Transition in the Upper Belize River Valley
The transition from the Late Archaic to the Late Early Formative period witnessed profound changes in the Maya lowlands. In addition to the establishment of the first settlements and agrarian communities, this critical phase of cultural development heralded the introduction of ceramics, saw changes in lithic technology, gave rise to inter-regional trade and exchange, and witnessed the introduction of a complex symbolic system expressed on portabl…
Animate Stone: Maya Chert ‘Debitage’ and Ontological Perspectives
Four Preceramic Points Newly Discovered in Belize: A Comment on Stemp Et Al. (2016:279–299)
Stemp et al. (2016) published data on 81 preceramic (Archaic) points from Belize, Central America. In this comment, we report four more chipped chert bifaces recently recovered in Belize (Figure 1). Based on metrics (Table 1), technology, and style, three are classified as Lowe and one as a Sawmill point (Kelly 1993; Lohse et al. 2006; Stemp et al. 2016)
A pXRF analysis of utilitarian pottery from the Late Classic Maya polity of Lower Dover, Belize
Olmec to Aztec: Settlement Patterns in the Ancient Gulf Lowlands
Archaeological settlement patterns the ways in which ancient people distributed themselves across a natural and cultural landscape provide the central theme for this long-overdue update to our understanding of the Mexican Gulf lowlands Olmec to Aztec offers the only recent treatment of the region that considers its entire prehistory from the second millennium B.C. to A.D. 1519. The editors have assembled a distinguished group of international sch…
Garbage of the Gods? Squatters, Refuse Disposal, and Termination Rituals among the Ancient Maya
Differentiating the material patterning between domestic refuse from squatters and ceremonial trash generated from termination rituals has been difficult for Maya archaeologists. Rich floor assemblages, especially from elite contexts, have been interpreted as "decadent" squatter refuse by some researchers and the remains of abandonment rituals by others. The identification and separation of these classes of behavior are essential for interpretati…
Ancient Maya Regional Settlement and Inter-Site Analysis: The 2013 West-Central Belize LiDAR Survey
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: Caracol and Western Belize
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…
Locating and Dating Sites Using Lidar Survey in a Mosaic Landscape in Western Belize
We use the results of a high-resolution lidar survey to assess the advantages and limitations of archaeological applications of lidar data and address some of its methodological challenges. Our data come from the Mopan and Macal River valleys in western Belize, a region that includes several ancient Maya political centers and their hinterlands. Visual inspection of the lidar data has revealed many new sites and new features at previously mapped s…
E Groups and Ancestors: The Sunrise of Complexity at Xunantunich, Belize
Over time, E Groups come to have a funerary function housing burials of important ancestors. Using the data recovered from the Preclassic Period (1000 BCE-250 CE) E Group at the site of Xunantunich (Benque Viejo), Belize, I trace the development and elaboration of ritual and mortuary practices from the early Middle Preclassic (1000-350 BCE) to the Terminal Preclassic or Protoclassic Period (0-250 CE). I explore the transformation of Xunantunich’s…
E Groups and Ancestors: The Sunrise of Complexity at Xunantunich, Belize
Four Preceramic Points Newly Discovered in Belize: A Comment on Stemp Et Al. (2016:279–299)
Stemp et al. (2016) published data on 81 preceramic (Archaic) points from Belize, Central America. In this comment, we report four more chipped chert bifaces recently recovered in Belize (Figure 1). Based on metrics (Table 1), technology, and style, three are classified as Lowe and one as a Sawmill point (Kelly 1993; Lohse et al. 2006; Stemp et al. 2016)
Pathways to Complexity: A View from the Maya Lowlands
Pathways to Complexity: A View from the Maya Lowlands
This book provides a new understanding on the rise of Maya civilization, pushing back the origins of social, religious and economic complexity hundreds of years earlier than traditionally thought
Seeking Conflict in Mesoamerica: Operational, Cognitive, and Experiential Approaches
A Forest of History: The Maya after the Emergence of Divine Kingship
Lowland Maya Genesis: The Late Archaic to Late Early Formative Transition in the Upper Belize River Valley
The transition from the Late Archaic to the Late Early Formative period witnessed profound changes in the Maya lowlands. In addition to the establishment of the first settlements and agrarian communities, this critical phase of cultural development heralded the introduction of ceramics, saw changes in lithic technology, gave rise to inter-regional trade and exchange, and witnessed the introduction of a complex symbolic system expressed on portabl…
Animate Stone: Maya Chert ‘Debitage’ and Ontological Perspectives
A pXRF analysis of utilitarian pottery from the Late Classic Maya polity of Lower Dover, Belize
Applying demographic and epidemiological models in challenging situations: Grappling with a small sample size and complex sociopolitical contexts among the ancient Maya at Lower Dover
OBJECTIVE: To demonstrate the utility of applying demographic and epidemiological models to assess the potential effects of sociopolitical status and childhood stress on survivorship, mortality, and morbidity to shed new light on life during the Maya Classic period. MATERIALS: Elite and commoner burials (n = 63) from the Lower Dover polity, Belize dating to the Early (CE 250/300-600) and Late/Terminal Classic (CE 600-900/1000) periods were analyz…
Archaeology (13 works) · Geography (9 works) · Maya (9 works) · History (8 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (7 works) · Art (6 works) · History (5 works) · Antiquities (4 works) · Archaeological Research and Protection (4 works) · Latin American history and culture (4 works)