Investigating Middle Preclassic Domestic Occupations of the Puuc Region, Yucatán, México.
with Evan Parker
Explorations on the periphery of the Middle Preclassic settlement of Paso del Macho, Yucatan, have led to the identification and excavation of a simple house platform. In this talk, I examine the state of research on household archaeology of northern Yucatan during the Middle Preclassic, and how excavation of even a simple house platform enriches our understanding of some of the other remarkable findings archaeologists have recently been making in northern Yucatan.
Evan Parker
is an Archeologist working with the National Park Service at Ft. Sumter, Ft. Moultrie, and the Charles Pinckney Historic Site. He is currently earning his PhD in the Department of Anthropology at Tulane University. His primary research interests include Mesoamerican prehistory, the origins of inequality, settlement abandonment, and the role of sports in ancient societies. He has been conducting archaeological research in Yucatan, Mexico since 2008. Project management, quantitative and qualitative analysis, statistical techniques, and report writing all represent additional areas of expertise.