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Introduction
I do research on human exploitation of marine resources, especially fish, in tropical preindustrial societies through traditional icthyoarchaeology and paleoproteomics for taxonomic identifications (ZooMS and LC-MS/MS).
My research interests within archaeological science are human-animal relations, coastal adaptations and historical ecology to adjust marine baselines and propose broader applications of fisheries Anthropology.
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October 2011 - June 2017
October 2011 - present
Position
- Consumption and Transportation of Fish Resources in the Northern Maya Area during the Classic Period (250-900 AD)
October 2009 - August 2010
Position
- Cod trade and exploitation from Late Iron Age to Norse period in Northwestern Scotland: a perspective from isotopic analyses”
Education
October 2011 - June 2017
October 2009 - October 2010
September 2004 - July 2008
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Publications (16)
A synthetic history of human land use
Humans began to leave lasting impacts on Earth's surface starting 10,000 to 8000 years ago. Through a synthetic collaboration with archaeologists around the globe, Stephens et al. compiled a comprehensive picture of the trajectory of human land use worldwide during the Holocene (see the Perspective by Roberts)....
Recent studies of fish remains at Mayan settlements from the Classic (500‐900 AD) and Postclassic (900‐1400 AD) periods are examined. These analyses deepen our understanding of ancient Maya fishing practices and coastal ecosystems and call into question traditional paradigms of environmental stability in the Northern Maya Lowlands. The effects of d...
The relationship between the sea and human populations in the Maya world during Prehispanic times is well supported through iconographic and ethnohistoric evidence. The nature and importance of fish resource exploitation, however, during the most important period of Maya history, the Classic Period (AD 250–900), remains largely unknown. Xcambó (AD...
The capture and consumption of sharks and dogfish are important economic activities in the State of Campeche, Mexico. In addition, these resources represent one of the main characteristics in its culinary identity. In this work we present the ethnographic record of roasted dogfish and we also investigate the ethnoarchaeological implications of this...
Abstract
1. Our knowledge of sawfishes remains scant for Latin America. Pristis pristis (largetooth sawfish) and Pristis pectinata (smalltooth sawfish) are critically endangered. In the Yucatán Peninsula (YP), P. pristis and P. pectinata inhabit coastal landscapes.
2. A total of 290 surveys of fishers’ local ecological knowledge (LEK), including a...
Zooarchaeological data are presented to examine aspects of animal resources utilization at Chichen Itza and Isla Cerritos during the Terminal Classic. Through the review of zooarchaeological records, a differential pattern emerges based on contextual and environmental origins of the identified taxa, highlighting the ritual importance of coastal spe...
La Blanca is an urban settlement located in the department of Petén, Guatemala. The site played an important role due to its strategic location alongside the Mopán River basin. This paper presents results of the zooarchaeological studies conducted on this archaeological site during the Classic Terminal period (850-1000 A.D.), a time of social uphea...
This paper presents the results of an analysis of fish remains from the pre-Hispanic coastal settlement of Xcambó, Yucatan, Mexico dating from the Early to Late Classical period (350-750 AD). This is one of the first ichthyoarchaeological studies in a Mayan settlement with a dominant presence of fishes in the zooarchaeological assemblage. The resul...
La ictioarqueología se ocupa del análisis de restos de peces procedentes de yacimientos arqueológicos, con la finalidad de la reconstrucción paleoecológica de los medios acuáticos antiguos y de la paleoeconomía de las poblaciones humanas del pasado. Entre los restos de peces se incluyen huesos, otolitos, dientes y escamas, siendo su análisis una ap...
Dryslwyn Castle in southwest Wales was founded by a Welsh lord in the AD 1220s, captured by the English in 1287, and declined from c.1407 until it was abandoned c.1450. In contrast to historical evidence for changes in procurement of meat, previous zooarchaeological work has suggested that throughout these three periods, there was no change in the...
