Heather McKillop

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Doris Z. Stone Professor of Latin American Studies
Department of Geography and Anthropology
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, LA 70803
Phone: 225-578-6178 ~ Fax: 225-578-4420
E-mail: hmckill@lsu.edu

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

Ph.D., University of California-Santa Barbara, 1987

INTERESTS

Maya Archaeology
Ancient Economies
Sea-level Rise and Coastal Adaptations

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Click HERE for papers by Dr. McKillop available for downloading.

McKillop, Heather. 2006. The Ancient Maya. Norton Publishers, New York

McKillop, Heather. 2005. In Search of Maya Sea Traders. College Station: Texas A & M University Press

McKillop, Heather. 2005 “Finds in Belize Document Late Classic Maya Salt Making and Canoe Transport.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 102: 5630-5634

McKillop, Heather. 2002. Salt, White Gold of the Ancient Maya. Gainesville: University Press of Florida

McKillop, H. 2002. Precolumbian Jade and Stone Carvings from Costa Rica. Catalog for Exhibition. Baton Rouge: Museum of Art, Louisiana State University

RESEARCH

National Science Foundation (Archaeology Program). “Mapping Ancient Maya Wooden Architecture on the Seafloor.” June 1, 2005-May 31, 2008

National Geographic Society Grant “Paddling the Ancient Maya Universe: Mapping Wooden Structures in Paynes Creek National Park, Belize.” 2006-2007

Faculty Research Grant, LSU. “Isotope Analyses of Human Bone from Wild Cane Cay and Moho Cay for Dietary and Trade Information.” July 1, 2005- Aug. 30,2006

HONORS AND ACTIVITIES

2008, LSU ‘Rainmaker’

2007, Lecturer, Explorer Series, Cleveland Museum of Natural History

2006- 2007, Lecturer, Archaeological Institute of America (Boston, Washington, Baltimore, Dallas, Tempe, NYC, Westchester, New Haven)

2003-2005, Lecturer, Sigma Xi: The Scientific Society, College of Distinguished Lecturers

2003, CHOICE (American Library Association) selected Salt: White Gold of the Ancient Maya, as an “outstanding academic book”

2005, Honored at LSU home football game with video tribute during halftime

COURSES TAUGHT

Introduction to Archaeology
Indian Civilizations of Middle & South America
Multimedia Ancient Maya
Field Methods in Archaeology
Mesoamerican Archaeology Seminar

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