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Heather McKillop

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Heather McKillop's Degrees

PhD Anthropology University of Calgary
Masters Anthropology University of Calgary
Bachelors Anthropology University of Calgary

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According to Wikipedia, Heather Irene McKillop is a Canadian-American archaeologist, academic, and Maya scholar, noted in particular for her research into ancient Maya coastal trade routes, seafaring, littoral archaeology, and the long-distance exchange of commodities in pre-Columbian Mesoamerica.

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Heather McKillop's Published Works

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Published Works

A Test of Several Methods of Skeletal Age Estimation using a Documented Archaeological Sample (1992) (167)
Itza Maya Tropical Agro-Forestry [and Comments and Replies] (1993) (146)
Salt: White Gold of the Ancient Maya (2002) (95)
Determining the Geological Provenance of Obsidian Artifacts from the Maya Region: A Test of the Efficacy of Visual Sourcing (2000) (85)
Ancient Maya Trading Ports and the Integration of Long-Distance and Regional Economies: Wild Cane Cay in South-Coastal Belize (1996) (72)
Underwater Archaeology, Salt Production, and Coastal Maya Trade at Stingray Lagoon, Belize (1995) (61)
Prehistoric exploitation of the manatee in the Maya and circum‐Caribbean areas (1985) (61)
The Ancient Maya: New Perspectives (2004) (55)
Finds in Belize document Late Classic Maya salt making and canoe transport. (2005) (55)
Analysis of Obsidian from Moho Cay, Belize: New Evidence on Classic Maya Trade Routes (1984) (44)
Prehistoric Maya Reliance on Marine Resources: Analysis of a Midden from Moho Cay, Belize (1984) (41)
Ancient Maya Tree Cropping (1994) (38)
Maya Zooarchaeology: New Directions in Method and Theory (2004) (32)
Recognizing children’s graves in nineteenth-century cemeteries: Excavations in St. Thomas Anglican Churchyard, Belleville, Ontario, Canada (1995) (26)
Salt and marine products in the Classic Maya economy from use-wear study of stone tools (2018) (25)
Ancient Maya wood selection and forest exploitation: a view from the Paynes Creek salt works, Belize (2013) (23)
In Search Of Maya Sea Traders (2004) (22)
Wild Cane Cay : an insular classic period to postclassic period Maya trading station (1987) (20)
Chemical signatures of ancient activities at Chan b'i - A submerged Maya salt works, Belize (2016) (13)
Fuelling the Ancient Maya Salt Industry (2014) (12)
Maya Salt Works (2019) (12)
A Filtered Past: Interpreting Salt Production and Trade Models from Two Remnant Brine-Enrichment Mounds at the Ancient Maya Paynes Creek Salt Works, Belize (2019) (6)
DENTAL INDICATORS OF DIET AND HEALTH FOR THE POSTCLASSIC COASTAL MAYA ON WILD CANE CAY, BELIZE (2007) (6)
Specialized Salt Production During the Ancient Maya Classic Period at Two Paynes Creek Salt Works, Belize: Chan b’i and Atz’aam Na (2018) (6)
Ancient Maya Environment, Settlement, and Diet:: Quantitative and GIS Spatial Analysis of Shell from Frenchman’s Cay, Belize (2004) (5)
Salt as a commodity or money in the Classic Maya economy (2021) (5)
Traders of the Maya coast : five fieldseasons in the swamps of South coastal Belize, 1988-1993 (1994) (5)
Demystifying jadeite: an underwater Maya discovery at Ek Way Nal, Belize (2019) (5)
Mapping Ancient Maya Wooden Architecture on the Sea Floor, Belize (2009) (4)
Household salt production by the Late Classic Maya: underwater excavations at Ta'ab Nuk Na (2022) (2)
The Aftermath of Hurrican Katrina (2005) (2)
BRIQUETAGE AND BRINE: LIVING AND WORKING AT THE CLASSIC MAYA SALT WORKS OF EK WAY NAL, BELIZE (2021) (1)
Mineralogy Without Minerals: A Proposed Methodology for Reconstructing the Original Compositions of Highly Altered Ceramic Bodies Using Thin Section Petrography (2018) (1)
The Organization of Salt Production (2002) (0)
Salt Production, Trade, and Late Classic Maya Society (2002) (0)
Flooded mangrove landscapes hide ancient Maya coastal sites in Belize (2023) (0)
Analysis of Marine Sediment of Ancient Maya Saltworks in Paynes Creek National Park, Southern Belize. (2017) (0)
In Too Deep: Excavations of a Partially Inundated Ancient Maya Salt Works at Wiz Naab, Paynes Creek National Park, Belize (2015) (0)
An Overview of the Stratigraphy at Witz Naab and Killer Bee, the Remnants of Salt Making Mounds, Paynes Creek National Park, Belize (2016) (0)
Mesoamerica (2020) (0)
Last Rites for the Tipu Maya: Genetic Structuring in a Colonial Cemetery (2003) (0)
Analysis of Marine Sediment by Chemical Signatures to Discover Evidence of Ancient Maya Activities at Site 74, Paynes Creek Salt Works, Belize (2019) (0)
Coastal Economies:: Comparing Northern and Southern Belize (2016) (0)
The Punta Ycacos Salt Works (2002) (0)
Attractive Salt: What the magnetic susceptibility and stratigraphy of the Witz Naab and Killer Bee mounds reveal about ancient Maya salt production and economy. (2017) (0)
Deterioration of Waterlogged Materials (2018) (0)
Excavation of an Inundated Shell Midden: Methods and Preliminary Findings at a Classic Maya Saltwork (2015) (0)
Postclassic Obsidian Trade at Arvin’s Landing, Belize: A pXRF Analysis (2017) (0)
Sea-level Rise at an Inundated Ancient Maya Salt Work: New Information from the Eleanor Betty Site, Paynes Creek National Park, Belize (2017) (0)
Salt as a Maya Trade Good (2002) (0)
Ancient Maya Salt Making Activities as Revealed Through Underwater Excavations and Sediment Chemistry, Paynes Creek National Park, Belize (2017) (0)
Paynes Creek Salt Works: Ten Field Seasons of Underwater Maya Survey, Mapping, and Excavations (2016) (0)
The Ancient Maya Marketplace: The Archaeology of Transient Space by Eleanor M. King, ed. Tucson: The University of Arizona Press, 2015. 325 pp. (2018) (0)
The Maya Civilization, 600–1500 CE (2019) (0)
Application and Accuracy of 3D Scanned Postcranial Bones (2017) (0)
The Provenance and Technology of Paynes Creek Salt Works Pottery and Briquetage (2017) (0)
Ancient Maya Commoners (2007) (0)
Dietary Implications from an Inundated Shell Midden at a Classic Maya Salt Work (2016) (0)
Analysis of Marine Sediment to Explain Sea-level Rise in Paynes Creek National Park, Belize (2017) (0)
Fuelling the Ancient Maya Salt Industry (2014) (0)
Wild Cane Cay, Southern Belize: Major Classic to Postclassic Maya Trading Port (2015) (0)
Ancient Maya Trade and Communication as Evidence by Petrographic and Iconographic Analysis of Unit-Stamped Pottery (2015) (0)
Chapter 15. Mesoamerica (2020) (0)
Underwater Transect Excavations, Sediment Coring, Remoting Sensing at the Paynes Creek Salt Works (2017) (0)
Chemical Analyses of Obsidian from Classic Maya Paynes Creek Salt Works, Belize (2019) (0)
Salt-Production Equipment (2002) (0)
Salt Production and Sea-Level Rise (2002) (0)

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