EDUCATION HONORS. Edward A. Bouchet Graduate Honor Society, life member, inducted March 31, 2012.

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1 MARY JANE ACUÑA Department of Anthropology Washington University in St. Louis 1 Brookings Dr. / Campus Box 1114 St. Louis MO mjacuna@wustl.edu / (512) EDUCATION Washington University in Saint Louis, St. Louis MO 2008 present PhD Candidate in Anthropology. Washington University in Saint Louis, St. Louis MO 2010 A.M. Anthropology Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX PhD program in Anthropology University of Texas at Austin M.A. Latin American Studies Major: Pre-Columbian Art History Minor: Colonial History of Latin America Thesis: Ancient Maya Cosmological Landscapes: Early Classic Mural Paintings from Río Azul, Petén, Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala Licenciatura in Archaeology Thesis: La Cerámica del Clásico Temprano de Piedras Negras ( d.c.), [The Early Classic Ceramics of Piedras Negras ( CE)]. Graduated with recognition for high academic standards. Highest Average Award. Languages: English, Spanish and French HONORS Edward A. Bouchet Graduate Honor Society, life member, inducted March 31, TEACHING EXPERIENCE Instructor SU 2012 University College, Arts & Sciences, Washington University in Saint Louis ANTHRO 190B: Introduction to Archaeology (co-taught with Abigail C. Smith) Teaching Assistant Washington University in Saint Louis, Department of Anthropology, St. Louis, MO ANTHRO 3351: The Ancient Maya: Archaeology and History (6 hrs teaching) 1

2 ANTHRO 3691: Kill Assessment: An Investigation into Death, Genocide and other forms of Violence (1 hr teaching) ANTHRO 190: Introduction to Archaeology (1 hr teaching) ANTHRO 361: Culture and Environment ANTHRO 204: Anthropology and the Modern World ARC 200C: World Archaeology: Global Perspectives on the Past Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX ANTH 3361: Language and Culture in Society (2 hrs teaching) ANTH 3334: Fantastic Archaeology (3 hrs teaching) Guest Lecturer 2012 The Role of Climate Change in the Collapse of the Maya Civilization, Meltdown: The Archaeology of Climate Change, Anth 379, Dept. of Anthropology, Washington University in St. Louis. Dr. Tristram R. Kidder, instructor The Development of Kingship at El Achiotal: A Preclassic Maya Royal Frontier Center, Archaeology and History, Anth 3351, Dept. of Anthropology, Washington University in St. Louis. Dr. David Freidel, instructor. 2009, 2010 The Ancient Maya, Archaeology and History: an example of archaeology. The Ancient Maya, Archaeology and History, Anth 3351, Dept. of Anthropology, Washington University in St. Louis. Dr. David Freidel, instructor BONES and Archaeology. Introduction to Archaeology, Anth 190, Dept. of Anthropology, Washington University in St. Louis. Dr. Darla Dale, instructor An Urban Perspective on La Violencia in Kill Assessment: An Investigation into Death, Genocide and other forms of Violence. Dept. of Anthropology, Washington University in St. Louis. Dr. Derek Pardue, instructor. FELLOWSHIPS, GRANTS, AWARDS RECEIVED Graduate School of Arts & Sciences, Summer Writing Fellowship 2012 Washington University in St. Louis ($2,500) Graduate School of Arts & Sciences, Research Supplementary Support 2011 Washington University in St. Louis ($2,825) National Science Foundation, Dissertation Improvement Grant ($19,639) 2010 (BCS ) Graduate School of Arts & Sciences, travel award 2010 Washington University in St. Louis ($600) Graduate School of Arts & Sciences, pre-dissertation funding 2009 Washington University in St. Louis ($2,500) National Geographic Society, Waitt Foundation Grant ($11,850) 2009 Co-Investigator: Preliminary Archaeological Investigation of El Achiotal: A Preclassic Lowland Maya Site in Western Petén Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long Graduate Fellowship University of Texas at Austin ($12,000) David Bruton, Jr., Graduate Fellowship 2006 University of Texas at Austin ($1,000) 2

3 FIELD AND RESEARCH EXPERIENCE La Corona Regional Archaeological Project present Field research and material culture analysis. Field director at El Achiotal. El Peru-Waka Archaeological Project (Guatemala) present Project Co-director ( ) Field research and material culture analysis. Project administrative assistant ( ) Excavations at La Corona (2006) Chengdu Plains Archaeological Survey Project Dec. 15 th, 2010 Jan. 14 th, 2011 Sichuan Province, China Mesoamerican Archaeological Research Laboratory at the University of Texas at Austin Pottery Illustration for Dr. Fred Valdez Piedras Negras Archaeological Project Ceramic analysis and re-creation of site typology and chronology. Middle Motagua Archaeological Program Excavation and mapping. Archaeological Atlas of Guatemala 2001 Excavation at site of Ucanal, Petén, Ermita de la Cruz del Milagro, Antigua Guatemala 1999 Archaeological salvage project Colonial ceramic analysis El Cortijo de las Flores Archaeological Project 1999 Salvage excavations in Colonial Antigua Guatemala Organización de los Derechos Humanos del Arzobispado de Guatemala (ODHAG) 1998 Laboratory work with human remains corresponding to the conflict period in Guatemala for identification of individuals. PUBLICATIONS Peer Review In press Royal Death, Tombs, and Cosmic Landscapes: Early Classic Maya Tomb Murals from Rio Azul, In Maya Archaeology. Book Contributions In review El Achiotal: a frontier royal center in the Northwestern Petén, In Pathways to Complexity: a View from the Maya Lowlands, edited by K. Brown and G. Bey. Accepted Royal Alliances, Ritual Behavior, and the Abandonment of the Royal Couple Building at El Perú-Waka. In Ritual Behavior and Displays of Power at El Peru-Waka, edited by O. Navarro-Farr and M. Rich. 3

4 Conference Proceedings and other publications 2009 Paisajes Cosmológicos Mayas: Las Pinturas Murales de Río Azul. In XXII Simposio de Investigaciones Arqueológicas en Guatemala (2008) Piedras Negras Entre los Años 350 a 550 d.c.: Un fragmento de su historia visto a travéz de la cerámica. In Arqueología Guatemalteca Sept., pp La Cerámica del Clásico Temprano de Piedras Negras ( d.c.). Tesis de Licenciatura, Universidad de San Carlos de Available at ; Carlos Chiriboga, Marcello Canuto and Tomás Berrientos 2010 El Período Preclásico en la Región Noroccidental de Petén: Datos recientes y modelos interpretativos. In XXIII Simposio de Investigaciones Arqueológicas en Guatemala (2009), edited by B. Arroyo, A. Linares and L. Paiz, pp Vol 1. Asociación Tikal, ; David A. Freidel and Juan Carlos Meléndez 2010 Conectando el Cielo y la Tierra: La Iconografía del Eje Vertical en Contextos Funerarios. In XXIII Simposio de Investigaciones Arqueológicas en Guatemala (2009), edited by B. Arroyo, A. Linares and L. Paiz, pp Asociación Tikal. ; Boris Beltrán, Edwin Román and Dámaris Menéndez 2002 Evidencia del Desarrollo Doméstico en el Grupo D de La Vega del Cobán, cuenca media del río Motagua, Teculután, Zacapa. In XV Simposio de Investigaciones Arqueológicas en Guatemala (2001), Vol. 2, pp Edited by Juan Pedro Laporte, Héctor Escobedo and Bárbara Arroyo. Museo Nacional de Arqueología y Etnología de Canuto, Marcello; Carlos Chiriboga, Mary Jane Acuña and Damien Marken 2011 Siguiendo las Huellas del Reino Kan: Estudios regionales y definición de rutas de comunicación en el Noroccidente de Petén. In XXIV Simposio de Investigaciones Arqueologicas en Guatemala, editado por B. Arroyo, L. Paiz, A. Linares. Guatemala: Ministerio de Cultura y Deportes, Asociacion Tikal. Muñoz, René; Mary Jane Acuña and Griselda Pérez 2002 Del Preclásico al Clásico Temprano: La Cerámica de Piedras Negras. In Utz ib Vol. 3, No. 3, pp Asociación Tikal, TECHNICAL REPORTS (editor) 2011 Proyecto Arqueológico El Perú-Waka : Informe No. 9, Temporada Report submitted to the Institute of History and Anthropology of 2010 Proyecto Arqueológico El Perú-Waka : Informe No. 8, Temporada Report submitted to the Institute of Anthropology and History of 2012 Investigación Arqueológica en El Achiotal: Continuación de las Excavaciones en la Estructura 5C-01. In Proyecto Arqueológico Regional La Corona, temporada Edited by T. Barrientos, M. Canuto and J. Ponce, pp Report submitted to the Institute of Anthropology and History of 2011 Investigaciones en el Sitio Arqueológico El Achiotal. In Proyecto Arqueológico Regional La Corona, temporada Edited by T. Barrientos, M. Canuto and M.J. Acuña, pp Report submitted to the Institute of Anthropology and History of 4

5 2011 Excavaciones en la Estructura 5C-01 de El Achiotal. Proyecto Arqueológico Regional La Corona, temporada Edited by T. Barrientos, M. Canuto and M.J. Acuña, pp Report submitted to the Institute of Anthropology and History of 2009 Limpieza de Trinchera de Saqueo en la Estructura 13R-9. In Proyecto Arqueológico Regional La Corona, temporada Edited by T. Barrientos and M. Canuto, pp Report submitted to the Institute of Anthropology and History of 2006 WKCR: Excavaciones de Sondeo en los Grupos A, B y C de La Corona. In Proyecto Arqueológico El Perú-Waka. Report No. 4, 2006 Season. Edited by D. Freidel and H. L. Escobedo, pp Report submitted to the Institute of Anthropology and History of Also available at: WK-02: Excavaciones en la Estructura M In Proyecto Arqueológico El Perú- Waka. Report No. 2, 2004 Season. Edited by D. Freidel and H. L. Escobedo, pp Report submitted to the Institute of Anthropology and History of Also available at: Excavaciones en la Estructura 2B del Grupo D del sitio La Vega del Cobán, Teculután, Zacapa. In Programa de Arqueología del Motagua Medio, June and November 2000 Season, Report #7 submitted to the Institute of Anthropology and History of y Carlos Chiriboga 2010 Exploración Arqueológica en el Sitio Arqueológico El Achiotal. In Proyecto Arqueológico Regional La Corona, temporada Edited by T. Barrientos and M. Canuto, pp Report submitted to the Institute of Anthropology and History of Escobedo, Héctor and Mary Jane Acuña 2004 WK-02: Excavaciones en la Estructura M In Proyecto Arqueológico El Perú- Waka. Report No. 1, 2003 Season. Edited by D. Freidel and H. L. Escobedo, pp Report submitted to the Institute of Anthropology and History of Also available at: Freidel, David and Mary Jane Acuña 2011 Introducción, Paisaje Natural, Paisaje Urbano y Cosmografía: Investigación Arqueológica en El Perú-Waka en In Proyecto Arqueológico El Perú-Waka : Informe No. 9, Temporada Edited by M.J. Acuña, pp Report submitted to the Institute of Anthropology and History of Paredes, Héctor; Mary Jane Acuña and Dámaris Menéndez 2001 Excavaciones en el Grupo A del sitio Los Zanjones. In Investigaciones del Programa de Arqueología del Motagua Medio, June and November 2000 Season, Report #7. Rich, Michelle; David F. Lee and Mary Jane Acuña 2004 Procedimiento de Registro. In Proyecto Arqueológico El Perú-Waka Report No. 1, 2003 Season. Edited by D. Freidel and H. L. Escobedo, pp Report submitted to the Institute of Anthropology and History of Also available at: Romero, Luis A. and Mary Jane Acuña 1999 Excavaciones en el Sitio Arqueológico La Reforma, Huité, Zacapa. In Investigaciones del Programa de Arqueología del Motagua Medio, June Report #6 submitted to the Institute of Anthropology and History of 1998 Excavaciones en el Municipio de Huité, Zacapa. In Investigaciones del Programa de Arqueología del Motagua Medio, November-Dicember Report #5 submitted to the Institute of Anthropology and History of 5

6 CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS 2012 Political Ideologies and Emerging States: Archaeological Evidence from an Ancient Maya Royal Frontier Center. Paper presented at the 9 th Annual Yale Bouchet Conference on Diversity in Graduate Education. Yale Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, March 30-31, New Haven, CT El Desarrollo de un Linaje Real en el Sitio Preclásico de El Achiotal en el Noroccidente de El Petén. Paper presented at the XXV Simposio de Investigaciones Arqueológicas de 2010 Frontier sites in the Maya Lowlands: New Preclassic evidence from El Achiotal in Western Petén, Paper presented at the 75 th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Saint Louis, MO Archaeological Research at El Achiotal: a Preclassic frontier center in northwestern Petén, Friday Archaeology presentation, WUSTL El Período Preclásico en la Región Noroccidental del Petén: Datos recientes y modelos interpretativos. (MJ Acuña, C. Chiriboga, M. Canuto, and T. Barrientos). Paper presented at the XXIII Simposio de Investigaciones Arqueológicas de 2009 Conectando el Cielo y la Tierra: La Iconografía del Eje Vertical en Contextos Funerarios. (MJ Acuña, D. Freidel, JC Meléndez). Paper presented at the XXIII Simposio de Investigaciones Arqueológicas de 2008 Ancient Maya Cosmological Landscapes: Early Classic Mural Paintings from Rio Azul, Friday Archaeology presentation, WUSTL. Also presented at Cahokia Mounds Museum Society Lecture Series Paisajes Cosmológicos Mayas: Las Pinturas Murales de Río Azul. Paper presented at the XXII Simposio de Investigaciones Arqueológicas de 2007 The Royal Couple Building at El Perú-Waka. Paper presented at the 72 nd Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Austin, TX Ritual and Remembrance at the Northwest Palace Complex, El Perú-Waka. (D. F. Lee, J. Piehl, L. Gámez, M. J. Acuña, and V. Matute). Paper presented at the 72 nd Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Austin, TX Period Ending: Ritual Termination at El Perú-Waka. (O. Farr, A. L. Arroyave, M. J. Acuna, J. Piehl, and S. Guenter). Paper presented at the 104 th Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association. Washington, D.C Excavation of a Queen s Tomb at Structure L11-38, El Perú-Waka. (D. F. Lee, J. C. Piehl, M. J. Acuna, and V. Matute). Paper presented at the 104 th Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association. Washington, D.C El Preclásico Terminal en Piedras Negras: La Cerámica de la Fase Pom (A. R. Muñoz, M. J. Acuña, and G. Pérez). Paper presented at the XVII Simposio de Investigaciones Arqueológicas de 2002 Del Preclásico al Clásico Temprano en Piedras Negras. (A. R. Muñoz, M. J. Acuña, and G. Pérez). Paper presented at the XVI Simposio de Investigaciones Arqueológicas de 2001 Desarrollo Cultural en el Grupo D del Sitio Arqueológico La Vega del Cobán, Teculután, Zacapa. (M. J. Acuña, B. Beltrán, and D. Menéndez). Paper presented at the XV Simposio de Investigaciones Arqueológicas de 6

7 OTHER CONFERENCES AND SEMINARS ATTENDED 2003 Archaeological Investigations in Petén, Guatemala: The Waka Proposal Short seminar at the School of American Research, December Santa Fe, NM 2001 La Industria de la Lítica en las Tierras Bajas Mayas. Organized by María Elena Ruíz Alvarez, MA Foro Estudiantil Latinoamericano de Antropología, Arqueología e Historia (FELAAH). September Mexico City. ASSOCIATIONS AND MEMBERSHIPS Colegio de Humanidades de Guatemala, Colegiado No Society for American Archaeology. American Anthropological Association. Lambda Alpha. Beta of Missouri. UNIVERSITY SERVICE SU 2012 SP 2012 Graduate student mentor, Leadership Alliance, Office of the Vice Provost, Washington University in St. Louis Panel discussion PhD Education at Washington University in St. Louis, organized for the WU Board of Trustees Research-Graduate Affairs Committee. OTHER PROJECTS 2008 Arqueología Guatemalteca Magazine. Editorial Committee. 7