C L Kieffer
Biographic Data
| ID | 96643 |
|---|---|
| NAME | C L Kieffer |
| GIVEN NAMES | C L |
| FAMILY NAME | Kieffer |
| SIGNATURE | KIEFFER C L |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of New Mexico |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0651-198X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 19 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Stoneware on the Silk Roads: Ceramics from the Changsha Kilns, Timothy S. Y. Lam Museum of Anthropology, March 12, 2019, to March 16, 2020, available via their website
The Timothy S. Y. Lam Museum of Anthropology (formerly Wake Forest University's Anthropology Museum) is a departmental museum with student-created rotating exhibits. As did many museums during the pandemic, the Lam Museum of Anthropology worked hard to create online content to stay engaged with their visitors. Currently, they host 13 online exhibits (https://lammuseum.wfu.edu/exhibits/virtual/). Stoneware on the Silk Roads: Ceramics from the Chan…
Modeling, simulating, and comparing biased archaeological mortuary assemblages
This paper uses a novel approach to compensate for inherent sampling biases and to compare the age profiles of two ancient Maya sacrificial assemblages to expectations from a model life table for traditional horticultural populations. It seeks to statistically rule out the possibility that either site is accumulated due to a standard mortality process experienced in horticulturalist populations. This analysis utilizes data from Midnight Terror Ca…
Impacts of the Covid-19 Pandemic on Women and Early Career Archaeologists
The COVID-19 pandemic has had far-reaching impacts in all segments of life worldwide. While a variety of surveys have assessed the impacts of the pandemic in other fields, few studies have focused on understanding the short- and long-term impacts of the pandemic for archaeology. To assess these trends, we asked survey respondents (n = 570) if they experienced job loss and to rate the percentage of change in their economic situation, workload, tea…
Sacrifice of the Social Outcasts: Two Cases of Klippel-Feil Syndrome at Midnight Terror Cave, Belize
The archaeological record indicates that the ancient lowland Maya sacrificed a wide variety of people in caves for various reasons. Ritual theorists have proposed that individuals chosen for sacrifice cross-culturally are typically outsiders either geographically or socially with slaves, prisoners of war, children (typically orphaned), sorcerers and the physically handicapped. Prior to this study, all but the physically handicapped were documente…
A Rebuttal to Comments on ‘Sacrifice of the Social Outsider’
A recent publication by the author documented two probable cases of Klippel–Feil Syndrome at the site of Midnight Terror Cave in the Cayo District of Belize. Radiographic images recently taken of the multiple congenital fused vertebrae from these two individuals raised discussion regarding the initial assessment of Klippel–Feil Syndrome. This commentary further discusses the topic by dealing with researcher assumptions of the syndrome and indicat…
Small Caves and Sacred Geography: A Case Study from the Prehispanic Maya Site of Maax Na, Belize
Contemporary research on prehispanic Maya landscapes has focused on caves as core features of the cultural geography. Investigations within a number of large caves have suggested that they served as the loci for important rituals, legitimized inhabitants' claims to their territory, and helped establish the authority of a site's ruling elite. The ubiquity and centrality of caves in the Maya worldview raises questions about what happened in regions…
Sacrifice of the Social Outcasts: Two Cases of Klippel-Feil Syndrome at Midnight Terror Cave, Belize
The archaeological record indicates that the ancient lowland Maya sacrificed a wide variety of people in caves for various reasons. Ritual theorists have proposed that individuals chosen for sacrifice cross-culturally are typically outsiders either geographically or socially with slaves, prisoners of war, children (typically orphaned), sorcerers and the physically handicapped. Prior to this study, all but the physically handicapped were documente…
Small Caves and Sacred Geography: A Case Study from the Prehispanic Maya Site of Maax Na, Belize
Contemporary research on prehispanic Maya landscapes has focused on caves as core features of the cultural geography. Investigations within a number of large caves have suggested that they served as the loci for important rituals, legitimized inhabitants' claims to their territory, and helped establish the authority of a site's ruling elite. The ubiquity and centrality of caves in the Maya worldview raises questions about what happened in regions…
Impacts of the Covid-19 Pandemic on Women and Early Career Archaeologists
The COVID-19 pandemic has had far-reaching impacts in all segments of life worldwide. While a variety of surveys have assessed the impacts of the pandemic in other fields, few studies have focused on understanding the short- and long-term impacts of the pandemic for archaeology. To assess these trends, we asked survey respondents (n = 570) if they experienced job loss and to rate the percentage of change in their economic situation, workload, tea…
A Rebuttal to Comments on ‘Sacrifice of the Social Outsider’
A recent publication by the author documented two probable cases of Klippel–Feil Syndrome at the site of Midnight Terror Cave in the Cayo District of Belize. Radiographic images recently taken of the multiple congenital fused vertebrae from these two individuals raised discussion regarding the initial assessment of Klippel–Feil Syndrome. This commentary further discusses the topic by dealing with researcher assumptions of the syndrome and indicat…
Small Caves and Sacred Geography: A Case Study from the Prehispanic Maya Site of Maax Na, Belize
Contemporary research on prehispanic Maya landscapes has focused on caves as core features of the cultural geography. Investigations within a number of large caves have suggested that they served as the loci for important rituals, legitimized inhabitants' claims to their territory, and helped establish the authority of a site's ruling elite. The ubiquity and centrality of caves in the Maya worldview raises questions about what happened in regions…
A Rebuttal to Comments on ‘Sacrifice of the Social Outsider’
A recent publication by the author documented two probable cases of Klippel–Feil Syndrome at the site of Midnight Terror Cave in the Cayo District of Belize. Radiographic images recently taken of the multiple congenital fused vertebrae from these two individuals raised discussion regarding the initial assessment of Klippel–Feil Syndrome. This commentary further discusses the topic by dealing with researcher assumptions of the syndrome and indicat…
Sacrifice of the Social Outcasts: Two Cases of Klippel-Feil Syndrome at Midnight Terror Cave, Belize
The archaeological record indicates that the ancient lowland Maya sacrificed a wide variety of people in caves for various reasons. Ritual theorists have proposed that individuals chosen for sacrifice cross-culturally are typically outsiders either geographically or socially with slaves, prisoners of war, children (typically orphaned), sorcerers and the physically handicapped. Prior to this study, all but the physically handicapped were documente…
Impacts of the Covid-19 Pandemic on Women and Early Career Archaeologists
The COVID-19 pandemic has had far-reaching impacts in all segments of life worldwide. While a variety of surveys have assessed the impacts of the pandemic in other fields, few studies have focused on understanding the short- and long-term impacts of the pandemic for archaeology. To assess these trends, we asked survey respondents (n = 570) if they experienced job loss and to rate the percentage of change in their economic situation, workload, tea…
Modeling, simulating, and comparing biased archaeological mortuary assemblages
This paper uses a novel approach to compensate for inherent sampling biases and to compare the age profiles of two ancient Maya sacrificial assemblages to expectations from a model life table for traditional horticultural populations. It seeks to statistically rule out the possibility that either site is accumulated due to a standard mortality process experienced in horticulturalist populations. This analysis utilizes data from Midnight Terror Ca…
Stoneware on the Silk Roads: Ceramics from the Changsha Kilns, Timothy S. Y. Lam Museum of Anthropology, March 12, 2019, to March 16, 2020, available via their website
The Timothy S. Y. Lam Museum of Anthropology (formerly Wake Forest University's Anthropology Museum) is a departmental museum with student-created rotating exhibits. As did many museums during the pandemic, the Lam Museum of Anthropology worked hard to create online content to stay engaged with their visitors. Currently, they host 13 online exhibits (https://lammuseum.wfu.edu/exhibits/virtual/). Stoneware on the Silk Roads: Ceramics from the Chan…
Archaeology (5 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (3 works) · Cave (3 works) · Geography (3 works) · History (3 works) · History (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation (2 works) · Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies (2 works) · Maya (2 works)