Precolumbian Archaeology and Geography of Eastern Honduras (P.A.G.E.H) Project
Project Director: Dr. Terance L. Winemiller, Assistant Professor of Anthropology and Geography at Auburn University at Montgomery. Research interests include Maya archaeology, settlement pattern research, cultural geography, mapping methods, and the application of remote sensing technology and geographic information systems in the study of archaeology. Web link: http://geomaps.aum.edu/
Project Co-director: Dr. Virginia Ochoa-Winemiller, Instructor of Geography and Anthropology at Auburn University at Montgomery. Research interests include spatial analysis of ethnic housing using geographic information systems, ethnogeography of Latin America focusing on the impact of globalization and urbanization in the construction of ethnic identity, human-environment relationships in the use and perception of rural landscapes among the Maya, and integrated research combining geography and prehistoric archaeology focusing on settlement patterns, social stratification, and origins of urbanism. Web link: http://mesoresearch.wordpress.com/
Project Collaborators: Dr. Heather McKillop, William G. Haag Professor of Archaeology Department of Geography and Anthropology, Louisiana State University. Research interests include Maya Archaeology, Ancient Trade/Economics and Salt Workshops, Sea-level Rise and Coastal Adaptations, Ongoing Fieldwork in Southern Belize, Historic Cemeteries, Prehistoric Burials. Web link: http://www.ga.lsu.edu/Maya_Night.htm
Project Advisors: Dr. Heajoo Chung, Lecturer at Duksung University, Seoul Korea and Visiting Investigator at the Laboratory of Geology , School of Earth and Environmental Sciences at Seoul University. Research Interests include Maya civilization archaeology, thin section analysis of archaeological pottery, ceramic dating using paste analysis.
