A developing list of Mesoamerican MA theses and PhD dissertations, by author, including a link to a pdf of its abstract where possible. If you know of additional titles for inclusion, please send them to ancientmesoweb@gmail.com
Ahlfeldt, Jennifer. (2004) On Reconstructing and Performing Ancient Maya Architecture: Structure 22, Copan, Honduras (AD 715) (PhD, Columbia, E. Pasztory)
Aliphat, Mario (1994) Classic Maya Landscape in the Upper Usumacinta River Valley (PhD, Archaeology, U Calgary; P. Mathews, supervisor)
Anaya Hernandez, Armando (1999). Site Interaction and Political Geography in the Upper Usumancinta Region During the Late Classic: A GIS Approach (PhD, Archaeology, U Calgary; P. Mathews, supervisor)
Anderson, David S. (2010) Xtobo, Yucutan, Mexico: The Study of a Preclassic Maya Community (PhD, Anthropology, Tulane University)
Barnes, William L. (2009) Icons of Empire: The Art and History of Aztec Royal Presentation (PhD, Tulane, E. Boone)
Bernatz, Michele Mae (2006) The Concept of Divinity in Maya Art: Defining God L (PhD, UT Austin, D. Stuart and J. Guernsey)
Bradley, Robert. (2005) The Architecture of Kuelap (PhD, Columbia, E. Pasztory)
Brittenham, Claudia. (2008) The Cacaxtla Painting Tradition: Art and Identity in Epiclassic Mexico (PhD, Yale, M. Miller)
Buigues, Santiago (1993) The Archaeology and Iconography of Monte Alban's Mound J. (MA, Archaeology, U Calgary; D. Kelley, supervisor)
Carrasco, Michael D. (2005) The Mask Flange Iconographic Complex: The Art, Ritual, and History of a Maya Sacred Image (PhD, UT Austin, J. Guernsey, D. Stuart)
Carvajal Contreras, Diana (2010) Fishing, Curing and Smoking Fish at Cueva de Los Vampiros: A Contextual and Archeofaunal Evaluation of a Purported Pre-Columbian Fishing Camp near Parita Bay (Panama, Central Pacific) (PhD, Archaeology, U Calgary; J.S. Raymond, supervisor)
Cash, Cristin Loren. (2005) “Locating the Place and Meaning of the Talud-Tablero Architectural Style in the Early Classic Maya Built Environment” (PhD, UT Austin, J. Guernsey)
Cassidy, Anne. (2004) Divination By Image: The Borgia Group of Pre-Hispanic Mexican Manuscripts (PhD, Columbia, E. Pasztory)
Clarkson, Persis (1979) Classic Maya Costume as an Indicator of Status, Function and Role (MA, Archaeology, U Calgary; D. Kelley, supervisor)
Cronk, Lynn (1973) Mesoamerican and Indian Fire Gods and Ceremonies (MA, Archaeology, U Calgary)
Desai, Prajna (2009) Read, See, Do: Palenque's Palace, Mexico (654–720) and the Materiality of Knowledge (PhD, Yale, M. Miller)
DiCesare, Catherine. (2002) Ochpaniztli and the Woman of Discord: Picturing Native Ritual in Colonial Mexican Books (PhD, New Mexico, F. Clancy)
Diel, Lori Boornazian. (2002) Power, Politics, and Persuasion: The Painted Histories of the Tira de Tepechpan (PhD, Tulane, E. Boone)
Dickau, Ruth (1999). Paleoethnobotany of the Lake Managua Region, Nicaragua (MA, Archaeology, U Calgary; P. Mathews, supervisor)
Fernández, Deepika (2004) Subsistence in the Lower Rio Verde Region, Oaxaca, Mexico: A Zooarchaeological Analysis. (MA, Archaeology, U Calgary; G. McCafferty, supervisor).
Forde, Jamie E. (2006) Ideology, Identity, and Icons: A Study of Mixtec Polychrome Pottery from Late Postclassic Yucu Dzaa (Tututepec), Oaxaca, Mexico. (MA, Anthropology, U Colorado at Boulder; A. Joyce, supervisor)
Fowler, William (1981). The Pipil-Nicarao of Central America (PhD, Archaeology, U Calgary; D. Kelley, supervisor)
Frassani, Alessia (2009) The Church and Convento of Santo Domingo Yanhuitlan, Oaxaca: Art, Politics, and Religion in a Mixtec Village, Sixteenth through Eighteenth Centuries (PhD, CUNY, E. Quiñones-Keber)
Gadacz, Rene (1977) Pre-Spanish Trade organization in Tabasco, Mexico (MA, Archaeology, U Calgary)
Garvin, Richard (1994). Modern and Prehispanic Agriculture in the Mixteca Sierra, Oaxaca, Mexico (PhD, Archaeology, U Calgary)
Goldsmith, A. Sean (1993) Household Archaeology in the Belize Valley: An Analysis of Current Issues (MA, Archaeology, U Calgary; P. Mathews, supervisor)
Goldsmith, A. Sean (2006) The Houselots of Chau Hiix: A Spatial Approach to the Study of Non-Elite Domestic Variability at a Small Maya City (PhD, Archaeology, U Calgary, G McCafferty/J.S. Raymond, supervisors)
Guzman, Eulogio. (2005) Sculpting Imperialism? The Diverse Expression of Local Cults and Corporate Identity in the 'two-Tufted' Figure at the Templo Mayor” (PhD, UCLA, C. Klein)
Hendrickson, Mitchel (2000) Design Analysis of Chihuahuan Polychrome Jars from North American Museum Collections (MA, Archaeology, U Calgary; J. Kelley, supervisor)
Hill, Warren (1992) Chronology of the El Zurdo Site, Chihuahua (MA, Archaeology, U Calgary; J. Kelley, supervisor)
Jordan, Keith. (2008) Stone Trees Transplanted? Central Mexican Stelae of the Epiclassic and Early Postclassic and the Question of Maya ‘Influence’ (CUNY, E. Quiñones-Keber)
Keller, Angela H. (2006) Roads to the Center: The Design, Use, and Meaning of Roads of Xunantunich, Belize (PhD, Anthropology, Unniversity of Pennsylvania)
Krugar, Robert P. (1996) An Archaeological Survey in the Region of the Olmec: Veracruz, Mexico (PhD, Anthropology, University of Pittsburgh)
Mandell, Elisa. (2004) The Birth of Angels: Posthumous Portraits of Infants and Children in Mexican Art (PhD, UCLA, C. Klein)
Magaloni-Kerpel, Diana. (2004) Images of the Beginning: The Painted Story of the Conquest of Mexico in Book Xll of the Florentine Codex (PhD, Yale, M. Miller)
McCafferty, Geoffrey G. (1989) Ethnic Boundaries and Ethnic Identity: Case Studies from Postclassic Mexico (MA, Anthropology, SUNY Binghamton; W. Isbell, supervisor)
McCafferty, Geoffrey G. (1993) The Material Culture of Postclassic Cholula, Puebla: Contextual Interpretations of the UA-1 Domestic Compounds (PhD, Anthropology, SUNY Binghamton; W. Isbell, supervisor)
Minc, Leah D. (1994) Political Economy and Market Economy Under Aztec Rule: A regional Perspective Based on Decorated Ceramic Projection and Distribution Systems in the Valley of Mexico (PhD Anthropology, University of Michigan)
Morán, Elizabeth. (2007) The Sacred as Everyday: Food and Ritual in Aztec Art (PhD, CUNY, E. Quiñones-Keber)
Morton, Shawn G. (2006) Procession Ritual at Naachtun, Guatemala during the Late Classic Period (MA, Archaeology, U Calgary; K. Reese-Taylor, supervisor)
O’Day, Karen M. (2003) More Than Meets the Eyes: The Decoration and Deposition of Ceramic Vessels from the Sitio Conte Cemetery, Panama (PhD, Emory, R. Stone-Miller)
O'Neil, Megan. (2005) Making Visible History: Engaging Ancient Maya Sculpture (PhD, Yale, M. Miller)
Parry, Roberta G. (2007) Maya Water Management: Excavations in the Reservoir at Naachtun, El Petén, Guatemala (MA, Archaeology, U Calgary; K. Reese-Taylor, supervisor)
Phillips, Ruth Anne. (2007) ‘Pre-Columbian Revival': Defining and Exploring a U.S. Architectural Style, 1910–1940 (PhD, CUNY, J. Sund)
Pope, Elizabeth Irene. (2006) Mythologically Significant Structures in the Aztec, Maya and Mixtec: The Manifestation of Sacred Time and Space (PhD, UT Austin, J. Guernsey)
Reynoso Ramos, Citlalli (2004), Consumer Behavior and Foodways in Colonial Mexico: Archaeological Case Studies from Cholula and Puebla. (MA, Archaeology, U Calgary; G. McCafferty, supervisor).
Robb, Matthew. (2007) The Construction of Civic Identity at Teotihuacan (PhD, Yale, M. Miller)
Robertson, Janice Lynn. (2004) A Semiotic Analysis of Aztec Picture-Writing Based On the Place-Name Signs in the Codex Mendoza (PhD, Columbia, R. Brilliant)
Seibert, Jeffrey (2006) Range structures and classic Maya socio-political organization (PhD, Archaeology, U Calgary; K Reese-Taylor, supervisor)
Seinfeld, Daniel M. (2011) Agricultural Consumption Patterns and Formative Period Sociopolitical Developments at the Maya Site of San Estevan, Belize (PhD, Anthropology, Florida State U; M Pohl, supervisor)
Snow, Susan R. (1986) Astronomical Symbolism in the Mixtec Codices: An Introductory Analysis (MA, Archaeology, U Calgary; D. Kelley, supervisor)
Spencer, Kaylee Rae. (2007) Toward an Understanding of Elite Late Classic Maya Representations at Palenque, Mexico (PhD, UT Austin, J. Guernsey)
Steinbrenner, Larry L. (2002), Ethnicity and Ceramics in Rivas, Nicaragua, AD 800-1550. (MA, Archaeology, U Calgary; G. McCafferty, supervisor)
Steinbrenner, Larry L. (2010) Potting Traditions and Cultural Continuity in Pacific Nicaragua, AD 800 – 1350 (PhD, Archaeology, U Calgary; G. McCafferty, supervisor)
Steward, Joe (1974) MesoAmerican and Eurasian Calendars (PhD, Archaeology, U Calgary; D. Kelley, supervisor)
Tkaczuk, D. Claire (1989) Mesoamerican Month Patrons (MA, Archaeology, U Calgary)
Topsey, Harriott (1985) The Coixtlahuaca Group of Mexican Manuscripts: An Examination (MA, Archaeology, U Calgary; D. Kelley, supervisor)
Vallilee, David. (2005) Of Body and Blood: A Cross-Cultural Comparison of Texts and Images of Mexica and Lakota Ceremonies (PhD, CUNY, E. Quiñones Keber)
Van Broekhoven, Laura (2002), Conquistando Lo Invencible: Hacia una (re)construcción historiográfica de la región Central de Nicaragua. (PhD, Universiteit Leiden, The Nethernlands; M. Jansen, supervisor).
Webster, Monica (2001) Prehistoric Diet and Human Adaptation in West Central Chihuahua, Mexico (MA, Archaeology, U Calgary; J. Kelley, supervisor)
Williamson, Jacqueline (1988) A Study of Aspect Marking in the Copan Inscriptions: A Morphosyntactical Approach (MA, Archaeology, U Calgary)
Wingfield, Laura. (2009) Envisioning Greater Nicoya: Ceramic Figural Art of Costa Rica and Nicaragua, c. 800 BCE–1522 CE (PhD, Art History, Emory U; R. Stone, supervisor)
Zender, Marc E. (1999) Diacritical Marks and Underspelling in the Classic Maya Script: Implications for Decipherment (MA, Archaeology, U Calgary; P. Mathews, supervisor)
Zender, Marc E. (2004) A Study of Classic Maya Priesthood (PhD, Archaeology, U Calgary; P. Mathews, supervisor)
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