Research Guides: Selected Resources on Ancient Mesoamerica: Theses and Dissertations on the Maya

Dissertations on the Preclassic Maya

A Comparative Analysis of Burial Patterning: The Preclassic Maya sites of Chiapa de Corzo, Kaminaljuyu, Tikal, and Colha
Doctoral Dissertation
Lauri McInnis Thompson, Ph.D.
The University of Texas at Austin, 2005
752 pages
Faunal Utilization in a Late Preclassic Maya Community at Cerros, Belize
Doctoral Dissertation
Helen Sorayya Carr, Ph.D.
Tulane University, 1986
689 pages
Of Macaws and Men: Late Preclassic Cosmology and Political Ideology in Izapan-style Monuments
Doctoral Dissertation
Julia Guernsey Kappelman, Ph.D.
The University of Texas at Austin, 1997
565 pages
The Maya Preclassic Ceramic Sequence at the Site of Ek Balam, Yucatan, Mexico
Doctoral Dissertation
Tara Bond-Freeman, Ph.D.
Southern Methodist University, 2007
342 pages
Preclassic Excavations at Punta de Chimino, Peten, Guatemala: Investigating Social Emplacement on an Early Maya Landscape
Doctoral Dissertation
Bruce Robert Bachand, Ph.D.
The University of Arizona, 2006
738 pages
Preclassic Maya Shell Ornament Production in the Belize Valley, Belize
Doctoral Dissertation
Bobbi Michelle Hohmann, Ph.D.
The University of New Mexico, 2002
254 page
Production and Exchange of Stone Tools Among Preclassic Maya Communities: Evidence from Cuello, Belize
Doctoral Dissertation
Rebecca Anne McSwain, Ph.D.
The University of Arizona, 1989
225 page
The Settlement System in a Late Preclassic Maya Community: Cerros, Northern Belize
Doctoral Dissertation
Vernon Lee Scarborough, Ph.D.
Southern Methodist University, 1980
488 pages
Technologies of Power: Ritual Economy and Ceramic Production in the Terminal Preclassic Period Holmul Region, Guatemala
Doctoral Dissertation
Michael George by Callaghan, Ph.D.
Vanderbilt University, 2008
883 pages

Dissertations on the Classic Maya

Ancient Maya Site Planning Principles: A Case Study for the Preclassic/Classic Transition
Doctoral Dissertation
Kathryn Ann by Sorensen, Ph.D.
University of California, Riverside, 2010
558 pages
Ancient Maya Territories, Adaptive Regions, and Alliances: Contextualizing the San Bartolo-Xultun Intersite Survey
Doctoral Dissertation
Thomas Gardner Garrison, Ph.D.
Harvard University, 2007
556 pages
Archaeological Investigations at the Fortified Center of Aguateca, El Peten, Guatemala: Implications for the Study of the Classic Maya Collapse
Doctoral Dissertation
Arthur A. Demarest, Ph.D.
Vanderbilt University, 1995
1859 pages
The Ancient Yucatec New Year Festival: The Liminal Period in Maya Ritual and Cosmology. (Volumes I and II)
Doctoral Dissertation
Karl Andreas Taube, Ph.D.
Yale University, 1988
539 pages
Classic Maya Political Organization: Epigraphic Evidence of Hierarchical Organization in the Southern Maya Mountains Region of Belize
Doctoral Dissertation
Phillip Julius Wanyerka, Ph.D.
Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, 2009
825 pages
A Comparative Study of Fortification Developments Throughout the Maya Region and Implications of Warfare
Doctoral Dissertation
Marisol Cortes Rincon, Ph.D.
The University of Texas at Austin, 2007
433 pages
A Contextual Consideration of the Tayasal-Paxcaman Zone, El Peten Guatemala
Doctoral Dissertation
Arlen Frank Chase, Ph.D.
University of Pennsylvania, 1983
1397 pages
Early Classic Ritual Deposits Within the Copan Acropolis: The Material Foundations of Political Power at a Classic Period Maya Center
Doctoral Dissertation
Ellen Elizabeth Bell, Ph.D.
University of Pennsylvania, 2007
679 pages
Framing the Portrait: Towards an Understanding of Elite Late Classic Maya Representation at Palenque, Mexico
Doctoral Dissertation
Kaylee Rae Spencer, Ph.D.
The University of Texas at Austin, 2007
427 pages
From City to Village: Landscape and Household Transformations at Classic Period Chunchucmil, Yucatan, Mexico
Doctoral Dissertation
Aline Magnoni, Ph.D.
Tulane University, 2008
762 pages
Images of the Unspoken Maya: Silence and Discourse Concerning the New World Classic Maya Culture
Doctoral Dissertation
Irene Sosa Vasquez, Ph.D.
Duke University, 1982
379 pages
A Maya Obsidian Source: The Geoarchaeology, Settlement History, and Ancient Economy of San Martin Jilotepeque, Guatemala
Doctoral Dissertation
Geoffrey E. Braswell, Ph.D.
Tulane University; 1996
1182 pages
Metates as Socioeconomic Indicators During the Classis Period at Copan, Honduras
Doctoral Dissertation
Mary Louise Spink, Ph.D.
The Pennsylvania State University, 1983
225 pages
The Inscriptions and Monumental Art of Dos Pilas, Guatemala: A Study of Classic Maya History and Politics
Doctoral Dissertation
Stephen Douglas Houston, Ph.D.
Yale University, 1987
521 pages
Maya State Formation: A Case Study and its Implications (Volumes I-III)
Doctoral Dissertation
William Leonard Fash, Ph.D.
Harvard University, 1983
1082 pages
The Power of Place: Political Landscape and Identity in Classic Maya Inscriptions, Imagery, and Architecture
Doctoral Dissertation
Alexandre Andreevich Tokovinine, Ph.D.
Harvard University, 2008
397 pages
The Mask Flange Iconographic Complex: The Art, Ritual, and History of a Maya Sacred Image
Doctoral Dissertation
Michael David by Carrasco, Ph.D.
The University of Texas at Austin, 2005
522 pages
A Study of Classic Maya Priesthood
Doctoral Dissertaion
Marc Uwe Zender, Ph.D.
University of Calgary, 2004
621 pages
Ritual, Process, and Continuity in the Late to Terminal Classic Transition: Investigations at Structure M13-1 in the Ancient Maya Site of El Peru-Waka', Peten, Guatemala
Doctoral Dissertation
Olivia Clementina Navarro Farr, Ph.D.
Southern Methodist University, 2009
665 pages
Pose and Gesture in Classic Maya Monumental Sculpture
Doctoral Dissertation
Virginia Elizabeth Miller, Ph.D.
The University of Texas at Austin, 1981
487 pages
Shifting Perceptions of Sacred Spaces: Ceremonial Reuse of Maya Architecture and Monuments at San Bartolo, Guatemala
Doctoral Dissertation
Jessica H. Craig, Ph.D.
University of Kansas, 2010
317 pages
Tikal Material Culture: Artifacts and Social Structure at a Classic Lowland Maya City
Doctoral Dissertation
Hattula Moholy-Nagy, Ph.D.
University of Michigan; 1994
361 pages

Dissertations on the Postclassic Maya

Agrarian Production and Intensification at a Postclassic Maya Community, Buena Vista, Cozumel, Mexico
Doctoral Dissertation
Adolfo Ivan Batun Alpuche, Ph.D.
University of Florida, 2009
361 pages
Bioarchaeological Investigation of Violence at Mayapan
Doctoral Dissertation
Stanley Serafin, Ph.D.
Tulane University, 2010
271 pages
Cerros Revisited: Ceramic indicators of Terminal Classic and Postclassic Settlement and Pilgrimage in northern Belize
Doctoral Dissertation
Debra Selsor Walker, Ph.D.
Southern Methodist University, 1990
534 pages
The Bioarchaeology of Ritual Violence in Postclassic El Peten, Guatemala (AD 950--1524)
Doctoral Dissertation
William N. Duncan, Ph.D.
Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, 2005
360 pages
Changes in Maya Community Organization from the Classic to Postclassic Periods: A view From Laguna de On, Belize
Doctoral Dissertation
Marilyn Andrews Masson, Ph.D.
The University of Texas at Austin, 1993
416 pages
Cultural Change on a Temporal and Spatial Frontier: Ceramics of the Terminal Classic to Postclassic Transition in the Upper Belize River Valley
Doctoral Dissertation
James John Aimers, Ph.D.
Tulane University, 2002
541 pages
The Collapse of Complex Society and its Aftermath: A Case Study from the Classic Maya Site of Copan, Honduras
Doctoral Dissertation
Thomas Kam Manahan, Ph.D.
Vanderbilt University, 2003
419 pages
Late Postclassic Excavations at Naco, Honduras
Doctoral Dissertation
Anthony Wayne Wonderley, Ph.D.
Cornell University, 1981
461 pages
Material Culture and Trade of the Postclassic Maya
Doctoral Dissertation
David Atlee Phillips Jr., Ph.D.
The University of Arizona, 1979
333 pages
Mayapan Society and Ancient Maya Social Organization
Doctoral Dissertation
Clifford Todd Brown, Ph.D.
Tulane University, 1999
1207 pages
The Great Maya Droughts
Doctoral Dissertation
Richardson Benedict Gill, Ph.D.
The University of Texas at Austin, 1994
549 pages
Postclassic Maya Settlement on the Rural-urban Fringe of Mayapan, Yucatan, Mexico
Doctoral Dissertation
Bradley W. Russell, Ph.D.
State University of New York at Albany, 2008
1138 pages
Power Strategies in a Changing World: Archaeological Investigations of Early Postclassic Remains at El Coyote, Santa Barbara, Honduras
Doctoral Dissertation
William John McFarlane, Ph.D.
State University of New York at Buffalo, 2005
770 pages
Signs, Symbols, and Hieroglyphs of Ancient Veracruz: Classic to Postclassic transition
Doctoral Dissertation
Cherra Elaine Wyllie, Ph.D.
Yale University, 2002
385 pages
The Serpent Series: Precession in the Maya Dresden Codex
Doctoral Dissertation
Michael John Grofe, Ph.D.
University of California, Davis, 2007
356 pages
Spatial and Temporal Variability in Postclassic Northern Belize
Doctoral Dissertation
Diane Elizabeth Chase, Ph.D.
University of Pennsylvania, 1982
686 page

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