stephen_houston@byu.edu

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(1980) B.A., University of Pennsylvania ; (1982) M.Phil. and (1987) Ph.D., Yale University

Dr. Houston has taught at BYU since 1993. Present research interests include the decipherment of Maya writing, anthropological and historical studies of religion, Mayan linguistics, political anthropology, and approaches to meaning and function in ancient architecture.
 

 Recent fieldwork ranges from infrared research on the Bonampak murals of Chiapas, Mexico (a project funded in part by the Getty Foundation and the National Geographic Society, with overall direction from Prof. Mary Miller of Yale) to a field program at the Classic Maya city of Piedras Negras.  Dr. Houston has been conducting excavations at Piedras Negras for the past four years and is in the process of completing the write-up for his work.  The principal focus of his work has been elite residences, temple architecture, systems of settlement and agriculture, and more modest settlement in and around the site core. Dr. Houston has also published and edited many books.

Fall 2003

Anthro 355  Archaeology of Mesoamerica  TTh 1:00-2:15pm  W009 BNSN

Anhro 372  Ancient Mayan Writing I  TTh  2:30-3:45pm  W170 BNSN

Anthro 572  Ancient Mayan Writing I (Graduate)  TTh  2:30-3:45pm  W170 BNSN

Last Updated: August 6, 2003