JULIE A. HOGGARTH
Department of Anthropology, Baylor University
One Bear Place #97173, Waco, TX 76798
Julie_Hoggarth@baylor.edu

EDUCATION

2012 Ph.D., Anthropology. University of Pittsburgh
Dissertation: Social Reorganization and Household Adaptation in the Aftermath of
Collapse at Baking Pot, Belize.

2004 B.A. Anthropology (Archaeology) / B.A. Latin American Studies, University of California, San Diego.

Academic Honors and Distinctions
2015-current Director, Environmental Archaeology and Radiocarbon Laboratory, Baylor University
2013-2015 Postdoctoral Scholar, Pennsylvania State University
2011 Heinz Fellow in Latin American Archaeology, University of Pittsburgh
2007-2008 Andrew W. Mellon Predoctoral Fellow, University of Pittsburgh

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

2015-current Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, Baylor University
2017-current Secondary Appt/Graduate Faculty, Department of Geosciences, Baylor University
Jan-Aug 2015 Research Associate, Department of Anthropology, Pennsylvania State University
2014-2015 Lecturer, Department of Anthropology, Pennsylvania State University
2013-2015 Post-Doctoral Scholar, Department of Anthropology, Pennsylvania State University
2009-2014 Instructor, Galen University, San Ignacio, Belize
2011-2012 Instructor, Department of Anthropology, University of Pittsburgh
2005-2012 Teaching Fellow/Teaching Assistant, Department of Anthropology and Department of Psychology, University of Pittsburgh

RELEVANT APPOINTMENTS/AFFILIATIONS
2015-current Member, Terrestrial Paleoclimatology Research Group, Dept. of Geosciences, Baylor University
2012 Lead Trainer, Cultural Tourism Training Project, Belize Institute of Archaeology.
(Funded by the Inter-American Development Bank)

RESEARCH ACTIVITIES

Research Interests

Collapse and Regeneration of Complex Societies, Ancient and Colonial Maya, Spanish Colonialism in the Americas, Effects of Climate on Demography and Agricultural Production in the Maya Lowlands, Relationships between the Environment and Settlement Patterns, Low-Density Urbanism in Tropical Environments, Household Archaeology, Landscape Archaeology, Environmental Archaeology, Long Distance Exchange, Quantitative Methods, High-Precision AMS 14C Dating, Bayesian Chronology Building, Isotope Geochemistry, Paleoclimatology, Geographic Information Systems

Associated Research Projects

2017-2018 From the Ancient Maya to Modern Populations in Western Belize: Developing Long-Term Perspectives on Climate Change, Demographic Stability, and Human Health. Funded by the Global Health Grand Challenges program, Baylor University (S.E. Alexander, S. Dworkin, J.A. Hoggarth, P. Martens, A. Schultz, J. White).

2017-2018 Testing the Demographic Effects of Drought in the Central Maya Lowlands. Funded by the Young Investigator Development Program, Baylor University.

2016-current Reconstructing Demographic Trends in the Colonial Cemetery at Tipu, Belize. Funded by the University Research Committee, Baylor University.

2015-current Maya Burial Project. Funded by Pennsylvania State University and Baylor University.
Co-PI with D.J. Kennett.

2015-2017 Examining the Disintegration of Maya Polities and Demographic Decline in the Central Maya Lowlands. Funded by the National Science Foundation (D.J. Kennett, B.J. Culleton, J.A. Hoggarth).

2013-2015 The Political and Security Impacts of Abrupt Climate Change on Modern Populations: An Integrated Computational Model. (Post-Doctoral Scholar under the direction of D.J. Kennett) Funded by the National Science Foundation (PIs: J. Orbell, D.J. Kennett and A. Lobben).

Peer-Reviewed Articles & Book Chapters

Published
2017 Helmke, C., J.A. Hoggarth, J.J. Awe, S.E. Bednar, A. Lopez Johnson, B. Davis, and S. Lonaker. Some Initial Comments on the Komkom Vase Discovered at Baking Pot, Belize. Research Reports in Belizean Archaeology. In Press (June 2017).

2017 Hoggarth, J.A., M. Restall, J.W. Wood, and D.J. Kennett. Drought and its Demographic Effects in the Maya Lowlands. Current Anthropology 58(1):82-113.

2017 Awe, J.J., J.A. Hoggarth, and J.J. Aimers. Of Apples and Oranges: The Case of E-Groups and Eastern Triadic Architectural Assemblages in the Belize River Valley. In D.A. Freidel, A.F. Chase, A. Dowd, and J. Murdock (eds.), Early Maya E Groups, Solar Calendars, and the Role of Astronomy in the Rise of Lowland Maya Urbanism, pp. 412-449. University Press of Florida, Gainesville. In Press, 2017.

2016 Hanna, J.A., E.A. Graham, D.M. Pendergast, J.A. Hoggarth, D.L. Lentz, and D.J. Kennett. A New Radiocarbon Sequence from Lamanai, Belize: Two Bayesian Models from One of Mesoamerica’s Most Enduring Sites. Radiocarbon 58(4):771-794.

2016 Ebert, C.E., J.A. Hoggarth, and J.J. Awe. Integrating Quantitative Lidar Analysis and Settlement Survey in the Belize River Valley. Advances in Archaeological Practice 4(3):284-300.

2016 Ebert, C.E., J.A. Hoggarth, and J.J. Awe. Classic Maya Water Management and Ecological Adaptation in the Belize River Valley. Research Reports in Belizean Archaeology 13:109-119.

2016 Hoggarth, J.A., S.F.M. Breitenbach, B.J. Culleton, C.E. Ebert, M.A. Masson, and D.J. Kennett. The Political Collapse of Chichén Itzá in Cultural and Climatic Context. Global and Planetary Change 138:25-42.

2015 Hoggarth, J.A. and J.J. Awe. Household Adaptation and Reorganization in the Aftermath of the Classic Maya Collapse at Baking Pot, Belize. In R.K. Faulseit (ed.) Beyond Collapse: Archaeological Perspectives on Resilience, Revitalization, and Reorganization in Complex Societies, pp. 853-886. Occasional Paper 42, Center for Archaeological Investigations. Southern Illinois University, Carbondale.

2015 Awe, J.J., C.E. Ebert, and J.A. Hoggarth. Three K’atuns of Pioneering Settlement Research: Preliminary Results of the Lidar Survey in the Belize River Valley. In Breaking Barriers: Proceedings of the 47th Annual Chacmool Conference, pp. 57-75. University of Calgary: Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

2014 Hoggarth, J.A., B.J. Culleton, J.J. Awe, and D.J. Kennett. Questioning Postclassic Continuity at Baking Pot, Belize, Using AMS 14C Direct Dating of Human Burials. Radiocarbon 56(3):1057-1075.

2014 Awe, J.J., J.A. Hoggarth, and C. Helmke. Prehistoric Settlement Patterns in the Upper Belize River Valley and Their Implications for Models of Low-Density Urbanism. Acta Mesoamericana 27:263-286.

2014 Hoggarth, J.A. and J.J. Awe. Strategies of Household Adaptation and Community Organization at Classic and Postclassic Baking Pot. Research Reports in Belizean Archaeology 11:31-42.

2010 Hoggarth, J.A., J.J. Awe, E. Jobbová, and C. Sims. Beyond the Baking Pot Polity: Continuing Settlement Research in the Upper Belize River Valley. Research Reports in Belizean Archaeology 7:171-182.

Book Reviews

2015 Hoggarth, J.A. Review of “The Great Maya Droughts in Cultural Context: Case Studies in Resilience and Vulnerability”, edited by G. Iannone. Journal of Anthropological Research 71(4):431-432.

Dissertation

2012 Hoggarth, J.A. Social Reorganization and Household Adaptation in the Aftermath of Collapse at Baking Pot, Belize. Unpublished Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Anthropology, University of Pittsburgh.

Edited Monographs

2017 Ebert, C.E., C.C. Burke, J.J. Awe, and J.A. Hoggarth, editors. The Belize Valley Archaeological Reconnaissance Project: A Report of the 2016 Field Season. Institute of Archaeology, Baylor University, Waco, Texas.

2016 Hoggarth, J.A. and J.J. Awe, editors. The Belize Valley Archaeological Reconnaissance Project: A Report of the 2015 Field Season. Institute of Archaeology, Baylor University, Waco, Texas.

2015 Hoggarth, J.A. and J.J. Awe, editors. The Belize Valley Archaeological Reconnaissance Project: A Report of the 2014 Field Season. Institute of Archaeology, National Institute of Culture and History, Belmopan.

2014 Hoggarth, J.A., R.A. Guerra, and J.J. Awe, editors. The Belize Valley Archaeological Reconnaissance Project: A Report of the 2013 Field Season. Institute of Archaeology, National Institute of Culture and History, Belmopan.

2013 Hoggarth, J.A., R. Ishihara-Brito, & J.J. Awe, editors. The Belize Valley Archaeological Reconnaissance Project: A Report of the 2012 Field Season, pp. 258-301. Institute of Archaeology, National Institute of Culture and History, Belmopan.

2012 Hoggarth, J.A. and J.J. Awe, editors (2012). The Belize Valley Archaeological Reconnaissance Project: A Report of the 2011 Field Season. Institute of Archaeology, National Institute of Culture and History, Belmopan.

2011 Hoggarth, J.A. and J.J. Awe, editors. The Belize Valley Archaeological Reconnaissance Project: A Report of the 2010 Field Season. Institute of Archaeology, National Institute of Culture and History, Belmopan.

2010 Hoggarth, J.A. and J.J. Awe, editors. The Belize Valley Archaeological Reconnaissance Project: A Report of the 2009 Field Season. Institute of Archaeology, National Institute of Culture and History, Belmopan.

2009 Hoggarth, J.A. and J.J. Awe, editors. The Belize Valley Archaeological Reconnaissance Project: A Report of the 2008 Field Season. Institute of Archaeology, National Institute of Culture and History, Belmopan.

Unpublished Manuscripts (*With Undergraduate/Graduate students)

2017 Lonaker*, S., B. Davis*, N. Moraza-Keeswood*, and J.A. Hoggarth. Group B, Plaza B, Peri-Abandonment Deposit Excavations at Baking Pot, Belize. In Ebert, C.E., C.C. Burke, J.J. Awe, and J.A. Hoggarth, editors. The Belize Valley Archaeological Reconnaissance Project: A Report of the 2016 Field Season. Institute of Archaeology, Baylor University, Waco, Texas.

2017 Lonaker*, S., J.A. Hoggarth, and J.J. Awe. Methods for Excavating and Recording ‘Peri-Abandonment’ Deposits: 2016 Field Season at Baking Pot, Belize. In Ebert, C.E., C.C. Burke, J.J. Awe, and J.A. Hoggarth, editors. The Belize Valley Archaeological Reconnaissance Project: A Report of the 2016 Field Season. Institute of Archaeology, Baylor University, Waco, Texas.

2016 Hoggarth, J.A., J.J. Awe, S.E. Bednar*, A. Lopez Johnson*, A. McKeown, S. Lonaker*, K. Green*, N. Moraza Keeswood*, E. Ray*, and J. Walden*. How it Falls Apart: Identifying Terminal Deposits in Group B to Date the ‘Classic Maya Collapse’ at Baking Pot, Belize. In J.A. Hoggarth & J.J. Awe (eds.) The Belize Valley Archaeological Reconnaissance Project: A Report of the 2015 Field Season, pp. 240-268. Institute of Archaeology, Baylor University, Waco, Texas

2015 Hoggarth, J.A. and K. Sullivan*. It’s Getting Hot in Baking Pot’s Palace: A Newly Discovered Sweat Bath in Courtyard 4 of Group B. In J.A. Hoggarth & J.J. Awe (eds.) The Belize Valley Archaeological Reconnaissance Project: A Report of the 2014 Field Season, pp. 16-31. Institute of Archaeology, National Institute of Culture and History, Belmopan.

2015 Sullivan*, K. and J.A. Hoggarth. Archaeological Investigations on Structure B-17, Baking Pot: A Preliminary Report. In J.A. Hoggarth & J.J. Awe (eds.) The Belize Valley Archaeological Reconnaissance Project: A Report of the 2014 Field Season, pp. 230-240. Institute of Archaeology, National Institute of Culture and History, Belmopan.

2014 Hoggarth, J.A., C.M. Zweig*, and M. Mzayek*. Preliminary Results from the 2013 Excavations in the Royal Palace Complex at Baking Pot. In J.A. Hoggarth & J.J. Awe (eds.) The Belize Valley Archaeological Reconnaissance Project: A Report of the 2013 Field Season, pp. 160-173. Institute of Archaeology, National Institute of Culture and History, Belmopan.

2014 Perrotti*, A., S. Orsini*, and J.A. Hoggarth. Salvage Surface Collections from the Tilapia Farm Construction. In J.A. Hoggarth & J.J. Awe (eds.) The Belize Valley Archaeological Reconnaissance Project: A Report of the 2013 Field Season, pp. 174-178. Institute of Archaeology, National Institute of Culture and History, Belmopan.

2014 Sullivan*, K., J.A. Hoggarth, and R.A. Guerra*. Site Core Lithic Analysis: A Comparison of Lithics from Baking Pot and Lower Dover in Cayo, Belize. In J.A. Hoggarth & J.J. Awe (eds.) The Belize Valley Archaeological Reconnaissance Project: A Report of the 2013 Field Season, pp. 212-223. Institute of Archaeology, National Institute of Culture and History, Belmopan.

2013 Hoggarth, J.A. Relative Chronologies of House Groups in Settlement Cluster C: A Summary of the 2007 to 2010 Settlement Research at Baking Pot. In J.A. Hoggarth, R. Ishihara-Brito, & J.J. Awe (eds.) The Belize Valley Archaeological Reconnaissance Project: A Report of the 2012 Field Season, pp. 258-301. Institute of Archaeology, National Institute of Culture and History, Belmopan.

2010 Hoggarth, J.A. Continuing Settlement Research in Settlement Cluster C: Excavations in the Ixim Group, Baking Pot, Belize. In J.A. Hoggarth & J.J. Awe (eds.) The Belize Valley Archaeological Reconnaissance Project: A Report of the 2009 Field Season, pp. 62-68. Institute of Archaeology, National Institute of Culture and History, Belmopan.

2009 Hoggarth, J.A. Settlement and Community Organization in the Classic to Postclassic Transition: Research Methodology and Aims of the 2007 to 2010 Settlement Research at Baking Pot, Belize. In J.A. Hoggarth & J.J. Awe (eds.) The Belize Valley Archaeological Reconnaissance Project: A Report of the 2008 Field Season, pp. 1-26. Institute of Archaeology, National Institute of Culture and History, Belmopan.

2009 Hoggarth, J.A. and M. Alexander* Systematic Sampling of Housemounds in the Epicentral Settlement at Baking Pot, Belize: Results of the Test Pit Excavations of M-134 and M-137. In J.A. Hoggarth & J.J. Awe (eds.) The Belize Valley Archaeological Reconnaissance Project: A Report of the 2008 Field Season, pp. 80-88. Institute of Archaeology, National Institute of Culture and History, Belmopan.

2009 Hoggarth, J.A., R.A. Guerra*, and J.M. Jordan* Continuing Epicentral Settlement Research at Baking Pot, Belize: Results from Excavations at M-184. In J.A. Hoggarth & J.J. Awe (eds.) The Belize Valley Archaeological Reconnaissance Project: A Report of the 2008 Field Season, 26-35. Institute of Archaeology, National Institute of Culture and History, Belmopan.

2008 Hoggarth, J.A. Settlement Excavations at Baking Pot, Belize: Results of the 2007 Season. In C.G.B. Helmke & J.J. Awe (eds.) The Belize Valley Archaeological Reconnaissance Project: A Report of the 2007 Field Season, pp. 189-204. Institute of Archaeology, National Institute of Culture and History, Belmopan.

2008 Hoggarth, J.A., E. Jobbová*, C.G.B. Helmke and A. Bevan. Ancient Maya Settlement at Baking Pot, Belize: Results of the 2007 Settlement Survey. In C.G.B. Helmke & J.J. Awe (eds.) The Belize Valley Archaeological Reconnaissance Project: A Report of the 2007 Field Season, pp. 157-188. Institute of Archaeology, National Institute of Culture and History, Belmopan.

2005 Hoggarth, J.A. Test Excavations of Patio H, Group 1, Baking Pot. In C.G.B. Helmke & J.J. Awe (eds.) The Belize Valley Archaeological Reconnaissance Project: A Report of the 2004 Field Season, pp. 21-22. Institute of Archaeology, National Institute of Culture and History, Belmopan.

2005 Hoggarth, J.A. and L. Swain*. Preliminary Report on the Excavation of Test Units to Assess the Electromagnetic Induction Method at Baking Pot. In C.G.B. Helmke & J.J. Awe (eds.) The Belize Valley Archaeological Reconnaissance Project: A Report of the 2004 Field Season, pp. 63-66. Institute of Archaeology, National Institute of Culture and History, Belmopan.

2004 Dixon, C. and J.A. Hoggarth. Excavations of Structure 188, Baking Pot, Belize. In C.M. Audet & J.J. Awe (eds.) The Belize Valley Archaeological Reconnaissance Project: A Report on the 2003 Field Season, pp. 26-34. Institute of Archaeology, Occasional Paper No. 1, National Institute of Culture and History, Belmopan.

Professional Presentations (*Invited Sessions)

2017* Helmke, C.G.B, J.A. Hoggarth, and J.J. Awe. Deciphering the Collapse: An Account of Kingship in the Terminal Classic. Paper to be presented in the “Rupture or Transformation of Maya Kingship” symposium. November 2017, Paris, France.

2017* Hoggarth, J.A., B.J. Culleton, C.E. Ebert, J.J. Awe, and D.J. Kennett. Bayesian Approaches for Chronology-Building in Maya Archaeology: Direct AMS 14C Dating of Burials in the Belize River Valley. Paper presented in the “Moments in Time: Recreating History with the Bayesian Approach” session at the 2017 Society for American Archaeology, Vancouver, Canada, April 2017.

2017* Ebert, C.E., J.A. Hoggarth, B.J. Culleton, J.J. Awe, and D.J. Kennett. A Bayesian Model-Based Comparison of Radiocarbon Chronologies for the Earliest Complex Societies in the Maya Lowlands. Paper presented in the “Moments in Time: Recreating History with the Bayesian Approach” session at the 2017 Society for American Archaeology, Vancouver, Canada, April 2017.

2017 Lonaker, S., J.A. Hoggarth, and J.J. Awe. Methods for Intensive Data Collection on Terminal Deposits in the Belize River Valley, Belize. Paper presented at the 2017 Society for American Archaeology, Vancouver, Canada, April 2017.

2017 Walden, J.P., M. Biggie, R.A. Guerra, and J.A. Hoggarth. Investigating the Presence of Neighborhoods in Classic Maya Dispersed Settlement Patterns. Paper presented at the 2017 Society for American Archaeology, Vancouver, Canada, April 2017.

2016* Hoggarth, J.A. New Perspectives on the Classic Maya Collapse: Integrating Archaeological and Paleoclimate Datasets. Paper presented at the Maya at the Playa conference, September 2016, Palm Coast, Florida.

2016 Awe, J.J., J.A. Hoggarth, K. Green, and C.E. Ebert. The Dead Do Tell Tales: Identifying the John or Jane Doe at Cahal Pech. Paper presented at the 2016 Belize Archaeology and Anthropology Symposium, July 2016, San Ignacio, Belize.

2016 Helmke, C., J.A. Hoggarth, and J.J. Awe. Deciphering the Collapse: Peri-Abandonment Deposits in Palatial Contexts at Baking Pot, Belize. Paper presented at the 2016 Belize Archaeology and Anthropology Symposium, July 2016, San Ignacio, Belize.

2016* Hoggarth, J.A. and L. Cases. Climate, Chronology, and Collapse: Classic Maya and Roman Empire. Paper presented in “The Rise, Spread, and Dominion of Human Institutions” session at the 81st Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Orlando, Florida, April 2016.

2016* Hoggarth, J.A., J.J. Awe, and C.E. Ebert. Dating the Terminal Classic Period at Cahal Pech, Belize. Paper presented in the “Exploring Two Thousand Years of Human Habitation in the Belize Valley: Situating Cahal Pech in Lowland Maya Prehistory” session at the 81st Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Orlando, Florida, April 2016.

2016 Harvey, A.R., J.A. Hoggarth, and J.J. Awe. Oral Pathological Conditions At Baking Pot, Belize. Paper presented at the 43rd annual meeting of The Paleopathology Association, Atlanta, GA. April 2016.

2016* Helmke, C., J.A. Hoggarth, and J.J. Awe. Hallazgos Epigráphicos Recientes en el Palaciego de Baking Pot, Belice. Paper presented at the Estudio Mesoamericanos, Instituto de Investigaciones Filológicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City. January 2016.

2015* Helmke, C., C.E. Ebert, J.J. Awe, and J.A. Hoggarth. The Lay of the Land: Mapping an Ancient Maya Kingdom in West-Central Belize. Paper presented at the 20th European Maya Conference: The Maya in a Digital World, Bonn, Germany. December 2015.

2015 Awe, J.J. and J.A. Hoggarth. Another Brick in the Wall: Wall Architecture in Western Belize and its Implications for Maya Defensive Barricades, Spatial Organization and Site Abandonment Processes. Paper presented at the South-Central Conference on Mesoamerica, University of Texas, San Antonio. November 2015.

2015 Hoggarth, J.A., J.J. Awe, B.J. Culleton, and D.J. Kennett. Dating the ‘Classic Maya Collapse’ in the Belize River Valley. Paper presented at the South-Central Conference on Mesoamerica, University of Texas, San Antonio. November 2015.

2015* Kennett, D.J. and J.A. Hoggarth. Extended Drought and its Demographic Effects in the Maya Lowlands. Paper presented at the International Congress of the Americas, San Salvador, El Salvador. July 2015.

2015* Hoggarth, J.A. C. Freiwald, and J.J. Awe. Identity and Migration in the Belize Valley during the Classic and Postclassic Periods. Paper presented at the International Congress of the Americas, San Salvador, El Salvador. July 2015.

2015 Ebert, C.E., J.A. Hoggarth, and J.J. Awe. Ecological Adaptation and Water Management in Belize River Valley: Lidar Mapping and Survey of the Ditched Field System at Baking Pot, Belize. Paper presented at the 2015 Belize Archaeology & Anthropology Symposium, San Ignacio, Belize.

2015 Ebert, C.E., R. George, J.A. Hoggarth, R. Guerra, and J.J. Awe. Late to Terminal Classic Period Obsidian Exchange and Regional Interaction in the Belize Valley. Poster presented at the 80th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, San Francisco.

2015* Hoggarth, J.A., J.J. Awe, R. George, C.E. Ebert, R.A. Guerra, and M. Petrozza. Multi-Scalar Settlement Patterns and Territorial Organization in the Belize Valley. Paper presented in the “Lowland Maya Territories: Local Dynamics in Regional Landscapes” session, 80th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, San Francisco.

2014* Awe, J.J., C.E. Ebert, and J.A. Hoggarth. Three K’atuns of Pioneering Settlement Research: Preliminary Results of the Lidar Survey in the Belize River Valley. Paper presented at the 47th Annual Chacmool Archaeology Conference, Calgary.

2014* Hoggarth, J.A., C. Freiwald, A. Novotny, and J.J. Awe. Classic and Postclassic Migration and Mobility at Baking Pot, Belize.” Paper presented in the “Mobility and Migration Over Mesoamerica in Classic and Postclassic Times” session, 79th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Austin.

2014* Kennett, D.J., J.A. Hoggarth, M.A. Masson, M. Zhang and O. Smirnov. Climate Change and the Integration and Disintegration of Postclassic Period Maya Polities. Paper presented in the “Climate Change and Archaeology in Mesoamerica: A Mirror for the Anthropocene” session, 79th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Austin.

2013 Hoggarth, J.A. Implications for the Temporal and Spatial Distribution of Feathered Serpent Iconography in the Maya Lowlands. Paper presented in the “Mesoamerica Re-Creates Itself: Long-Distance Migration And Exchange Along the Gulf Coast and Pacific Corridors of Greater Mesoamerica During the Epiclassic and Early Postclassic” session, 46th Annual Chacmool Archaeology Conference, Calgary.

2013 Hoggarth, J.A. and J.J. Awe. Social Reorganization and Household Adaptation in the Aftermath of Collapse at Baking Pot, Belize. Paper presented at the 11th Annual Belize Archaeology and Anthropology Symposium, San Ignacio, Belize.

2013* Hoggarth, J.A. and J.J. Awe. Household and Community Adaptation and Reorganization at Baking Pot, Belize: Using Multivariate and Quantitative Datasets for Understanding Diachronic Change. Paper presented in the “Contemporary Approaches to History and Chronology Building: Perspectives from the Eastern Maya Lowlands” session, 78th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Honolulu.

2013* Hoggarth, J.A. and J.J. Awe. Social Reorganization and Household Adaptation in the Aftermath of Classic Maya Collapse at Baking Pot, Belize. Paper presented at the 29th Annual Visiting Scholar Conference, Center for Archaeological Investigations, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale.

2011* Awe, J.J. and J.A. Hoggarth. Prehistoric Settlement Patterns in the Upper Belize River Valley and Their Implications for Models of Low-Density Urbanism. Paper presented in the “Dispersed Urbanism in Tropical Environments: Comparisons from the Classic Maya and Angkor” session, 76th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Sacramento.

2011 Hoggarth, J.A. (2011) “Household and Community Dynamics in the Classic to Postclassic Transition at Baking Pot, Belize.” Poster presented at the 76th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Sacramento.

2010 Hoggarth, J.A. and M. Peuramaki-Brown (2010) Ancient Maya Settlement, Households, and Domestic Practice. Workshop organized at the 4th Annual Maya at the Playa conference, Palm Coast, Florida.

2010 Hoggarth, J.A., J.J. Awe, P.R. Wilkinson, and R. Guerra (2010) Defining Seats of Power: Settlement and Political Organization in the Belize River Valley. Paper presented at the 8th Annual Belize Archaeology and Anthropology Symposium, San Ignacio, Belize.

2009 Hoggarth, J.A., E. Jobbova, and J.J. Awe (2009) Down River in the Belize River Valley: Results of the 2007 to 2009 Field Seasons in and around Baking Pot, Belize. Paper presented at the 7th Annual Belize Archaeology and Anthropology Symposium, Belize City, Belize.

2009 Hoggarth, J.A. and M. Peuramaki-Brown (2009) Ancient Maya Settlement in the Belize River Valley: A Comparative Perspective from Baking Pot and Buenavista del Cayo, Belize (with Meaghan Peuramaki-Brown). Paper presented at the 74th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Atlanta.

2009 Peuramaki-Brown, M. and J.A. Hoggarth (2009) Settlement Research in the Belize River Valley: Views from Buenavista del Cayo and Baking Pot, Belize. Paper presented at the 45th Annual Canadian Association of Archaeology, Ontario, Canada.

Grants and Awards
Research

2017-2018 From the Ancient Maya to Modern Populations in Western Belize: Developing Long-Term Perspectives on Climate Change, Demographic Stability, and Human Health. Funded by the Global Health Grand Challenges program, Baylor University (2017-2018, $25,000 collaborative grant, PI: S.E. Alexander, Co-PIs: S. Dworkin, J.A. Hoggarth, P. Martens, A. Schultz, J. White).

2017-2018 Testing the Demographic Effects of Drought in the Central Maya Lowlands. Funded by the Young Investigator Development Program, Baylor University (2017-2018, $25,000).

2016-2017 Reconstructing Demographic Trends in the Colonial Cemetery at Tipu, Belize. Mid-large grant proposal to the University Research Committee, Baylor University (2016-2017, $6,000).

2015-2016 Examining the Disintegration of Maya Polities and Demographic Decline in the Central Maya Lowlands. Senior Research Grant, National Science Foundation (BCS-1460369, $103,058, Co-PI w/ D.J. Kennett and B.J. Culleton, in collaboration with J.J. Awe).

Training and Teaching

2018 Fellowship, Summer Teaching Institute, Baylor University (Postponed for Summer 2018)

2011 Fellowship, Heinz Foundation, Training Fellowship in Latin American
Archaeology, University of Pittsburgh, ($6,500).

2007-2008 Graduate Fellowship, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Predoctoral Fellowship, University of Pittsburgh, ($16,500).

Archaeological Field Projects

2016-current Co-Director, Belize Valley Archaeological Reconnaissance project, Baking Pot, Cahal Pech, and Lower Dover, Belize. (Co-PI: J.J. Awe).
2011-2015 Assistant Director, Belize Valley Archaeological Reconnaissance project, Baking Pot, Cahal Pech, and Lower Dover, Belize. (Co-PI: J.J. Awe).
2008-2011 Field Director, Belize Valley Archaeological Reconnaissance project, Baking Pot and Lower Dover, Belize. (PI: J.J. Awe).
2007 Field Surveyor and Supervisor, Belize Valley Archaeological Reconnaissance project, Baking Pot, Belize. (PI: J.J. Awe).
2007 Field Supervisor, Proyecto Volcan Barú, Volcan Barú, Panamá. (PI: S.D. Palumbo)
2006-2007 Field Supervisor, Proyecto Arqueológico Río Parita, El Hatillo, Panamá. (PI: A.J. Menzies).
2002-2004 Junior Staff, Belize Valley Archaeological Reconnaissance project, Baking Pot, Belize. (PI: J.J. Awe).
2001 Field school student, Belize Valley Archaeological Reconnaissance project, BakingPot, Belize. (PI: J.J. Awe).
2001 Field school student, San Elijo Lagoon Archaeological Project, San Diego, California. (PI: Brian Byrd).
2000 Volunteer, La Placita Archaeological Project. La Junta, Colorado. (PI: Bonnie Clark).

TEACHING ACTIVITIES

Fields of Special Competence

Mesoamerican Archaeology, New World Prehistory, World Prehistory, Collapse and Regeneration of Complex Societies, Climate and Ancient Society, Environmental Archaeology, Four-Field Anthropology, Archaeological Method and Theory, Anthropological/Archaeological Statistics, Geographic Information Systems, Settlement Archaeology, Ancient Urbanism, Archaeological Field and Lab Methods

Courses Taught

Upper Division Undergraduate / Graduate Level Courses*
2016 Environmental Archaeology* (Baylor)
2016-2017 Ancient Civilizations of Mesoamerica (Baylor)
2015 Evolution of American Indian Culture* (Penn State)
2014 Method and Theory in Archaeology* (Penn State)
2008-2014 Advanced Field Methods (Galen)
2011 Archaeology of Mesoamerica (Pitt)

Lower Division Undergraduate Courses (*Taught as Teaching Fellow/Assistant)
2015-2016 Introduction to Anthropology (Baylor)
2008-2014 Archaeological Laboratory Methods (Galen)
2008-2014 Archaeological Field Methods (Galen)
2012* Biocultural Anthropology (Pitt)
2012 Mesoamerica Before Cortez (Pitt)
2011* Research Methods Lab (Pitt, Dept, of Psychology)
2010 Field Archaeology (Galen)
2009 Cultural Anthropology (Galen)
2009 Maya Prehistory (Galen)
2006-2007* Mesoamerica Before Cortez (Pitt)

SERVICE ACTIVITIES

University Service
2015-current Advisory Board Member, Institute of Archaeology (Baylor University)
2015-current Department Chair Search Committee, Dept. of Anthropology (Baylor University)
2015-2016 Faculty Search Committee, Assistant/Associate Professor of Biocultural Anthropology, Dept. of Anthropology (Baylor University)
2015 Archaeology Curriculum sub-committee, Dept. of Anthropology (Baylor University)
2015 Curriculum Committee, Dept. of Anthropology (Baylor University)
2014 Judge, 7th Annual Postdoc Research Exhibition (Penn State)
2013 Judge, 6th Annual Postdoc Research Exhibition (Penn State)
2011-2012 Dean’s Budgetary and Planning Committee (Pitt)
2010-2011 Dept. of Anthropology, Admissions and Recruitment Committee (Pitt)
2007-2008 Provost’s Advisory Committee on Women’s Concerns (Pitt)
2007-2008 Benchmarking Subcommittee, Provost’s Advisory Committee on Women’s Concerns (Pitt)
2007-2008 Chair, Teaching Awards Committee, Graduate Student Organization (Pitt)
2006-2008 Anthropology Representative, Graduate Student Organization (Pitt)
2006-2008 Spending Authorization Representative, Graduate Student Organization (Pitt)
2006-2008 Grad Guide Committee, Graduate Student Organization (Pitt)
2005-2007 Dept. of Anthropology Admissions and Recruitment Committee (Pitt)
2005-2006 Dept. of Anthropology Colloquium Committee (Pitt)

Advising

2016-2017 Research Mentor, University Research Opportunities Consortium, Genesis Grijalva, BA student, University of Arizona.
2016-current External committee member, John Walden, Ph.D. student, Department of Anthropology, University of Pittsburgh.
2015-current External committee member, Kasey Bolles, Ph.D. candidate, Department of Geoscience, Baylor University.
2015 Faculty Supervisor, Honors Course, Department of Anthropology, Pennsylvania State University, Hannah Toombs.
2015 Internship Supervisor, Niyo Moraza-Keeswood, Department of Anthropology, Brown University.

Discipline Service

2017-2019 Committee member, Status of Women in Archaeology committee, Society for American Archaeology.
2013-current Web-page development, 2013-Present. Belize Valley Archaeological Reconnaissance project, www.bvar.org.
2009-current Editor, The Belize Valley Archaeological Reconnaissance Project Annual Reports, 2009-Present.

Ongoing:
Reviewed articles for: Latin American Antiquity Journal of Anthropological Archaeology; Ethnohistory, Journal of Archaeological Research, Journal of Anthropological Research.
Reviewed grant proposals for: National Science Foundation

Community Lectures

2016 Public Lecture, December 2016. Building Archaeological Datasets to Understand the Impact of Climatic Change in the ‘Classic Maya Collapse.’ Invited lecture to the Department of Isotope and Geological Science, Ruhr University Bochum, Bochum, Germany.
2016 Public Lecture, December 2016. Investigating the Impact of Climatic Change in the Maya Lowlands. Invited lecture to the Graduate School of Landscape Studies, Christian Albreights University, Kiel, Germany.
2016 Public Lecture, November 2016. Drought and its Demographic Effects in the Maya Lowlands. Invited lecture for the Archaeological Institute of America lecture series, Texas Tech Lecture Series. Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas.
2016 Public Lecture, October 2016. Drought and its Demographic Effects in the Maya Lowlands: Bridging Historical and Archaeological Perspectives. Invited lecture for Archaeology Day, University of Texas Austin.
2016 Public Lecture, October 2016. Drought and its Demographic Effects in the Maya Lowlands: Bridging Historical and Archaeological Perspectives. Invited lecture for International Archaeology Day, University of Texas Austin.
2016 Public Lecture, May 2016. Unsolved Mysteries and New Approaches: Reassessing the Classic Maya Collapse. Invited lecture for the Tarrant County Archeological Society, Texas.
2016 Public Lecture, February 2016. Unsolved Mysteries and New Approaches: Reassessing the Classic Maya Collapse. Institute of Archaeology Brown Bag Lecture Series, Baylor University.
2015 Public Lecture, November 2015. The Classic Maya Collapse and Recent Archaeological Research in Belize. Invited lecture for the Central Texas Archaeological Society, Mayborn Museum, Baylor University.
2015 Public Lecture, October 2015. Climate, Chronology, and Cultural Change in the Maya Lowlands. Maya Week, Department of Anthropology, University of Southern Mississippi.
2014 Public Lecture, October 2014. Agricultural Production in Ancient and Modern Belize. School of Agricultural Sciences, Penn State.
2014 Public Lecture, April 2014. Questioning Postclassic Continuity at Baking Pot, Belize, Using AMS 14C Direct Dating on Human Burials. American Foreign Academic Research (AFAR) Foundation, Davidson Day School, Davidson, North Carolina.2014 High School Student Archaeology Workshop. April 2014. American Foreign Academic Research (AFAR) Foundation, Davidson Day School, Davidson, North Carolina.
2014 Public Lecture, Sander’s Seminar in Honor of Charles Stanish, April 2014. Department of Anthropology, Penn State.
2013 Public Lecture, September 2013. Social Reorganization and Household Adaptation in the Aftermath of Collapse at Baking Pot, Belize. Department of Anthropology, Penn State.
2012 Public Lecture, November 2012. Prehistory of Belize: Paleoindian to Colonial Periods. Cultural Tourism Training Project, Inter-American Development Bank/Belize Institute of Archaeology. Corozal, Orange Walk, and Placencia, Belize.
2012 Public Lecture, November 2012. Recent Discoveries in the Archaeology of North-Central Belize. Cultural Tourism Training Project, Inter-American Development Bank/Belize Institute of Archaeology. Orange Walk, Belize.
2012 Public Lecture, November 2012. Recent Discoveries in the Archaeology of Northern Belize. Cultural Tourism Training Project, Inter-American Development Bank/Belize Institute of Archaeology. Corozal, Belize.
2012 Public Lecture, November 2012. Recent Discoveries in the Archaeology of Southern Belize. Cultural Tourism Training Project, Inter-American Development Bank/Belize Institute of Archaeology. Placencia, Belize.

MEDIA

2017 Climate Change and the Ancient Maya, Current Anthropology Press Release.

http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/journals/ca/pr/170217

2017 Fill the World with Color: The Meaning and Impact of Studying Abroad. Academy of Teaching and Learning, Baylor University.

2016 A Time of Desperation: Archaeology of Maya Caves, American Archaeology 20(2):12-18.
http://www.archaeologicalconservancy.org/a-time-of-desperation/
www.kristinohlson.com/files/Maya.pdf

2016 Severe Droughts Explain the Mysterious Fall of the Maya, BBC Earth.

http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20160222-severe-droughts-explain-the-mysterious-fall-of-the-maya

2016 Dos “megasequías” habrían causado la desaparición de la civilización Maya, Emol Tecnología.
http://www.emol.com/noticias/Tecnologia/2016/02/23/789684/Estudio-aclararia-la-desaparicion-de-la-civilizacion-maya.html

2016 La civilización maya y el misterio de su desaparición quedan al descubierto, RT Sepa Más.
https://actualidad.rt.com/ciencias/200347-civilizacion-maya-misterio-desaparicion-descubierto

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

Society for American Archaeology
Archaeological Institute of America