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CURRICULUM VITAE



MARY E. CLARKE

Curriculum Vitae
(Updated December 16, 2020)

Boston University, Archaeology Program
675 Commonwealth Ave., STE. 354A

  Boston, MA. 02215
meclarke@bu.edu

EDUCATION

2020            Ph.D., in Archaeology, Boston University
                      Dissertation: Producing Stone and State: The Intersection of Domestic and Institutional Economies in Classic Maya Society. Advisor: David M. Carballo.
2013             B.F.A. in Art History, Savannah College of Art and Design
                      Thesis: A Preliminary Iconographic Analysis of a Possible Early Classic-Period Sweat Bath at the Maya Site of Xultun. Advisor: Jane Rehl.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2020-2021 Lecturer of Archaeology, Archaeology Program, Boston University
2020            Part-time Professor of Art History, Department of Art History, Savannah College of Art and Design
2020            Junior Fellow, Center for the Humanities, Boston University
​2019            Teaching Fellow, Archaeology Program, Boston University
2016-2019 Art Editorial Fellow, Journal of Field Archaeology, Archaeology Program, Boston University
2014-2016 Teaching Fellow, Archaeology Program, Boston University

JOURNAL ARTICLES (PEER-REVIEWED)
​
Mary E. Clarke.
In Preparation“Producing Stone and the State: The Socioeconomic Organization of Limestone Production at the Ancient Maya site of Xultun, Guatemala.” Planned: Ancient Mesoamerica.
Rachel Horowitz, Mary E. Clarke, and Kenneth Seligson. 
In Preparation “Querying Quarries: Material Extraction in the Maya Lowlands.” Planned: Journal of Field Archaeology
Mary E. Clarke
In Press       “Myth, Ritual, and the Classic Period Maya Sweat Bath” RES: Anthropology and Aesthetics.
Mary E. Clarke, Ashley Sharpe, Elizabeth Hannigan, Megan Carden, Gabriella Luna, Boris Beltran, and Heather Hurst
2020           "Revisiting the Past: Material Negotiations between the Ancient Maya and an Entombed Sweat Bath at Xultun, Guatemala,” Cambridge Archaeological Journal. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0959774320000281
Mary Clarke
2015           
“The Digital Dilemma: Preservation and the Digital Archaeological Record,” Advances in Archaeological Practices 3(4): 313–330. https://doi.org/10.7183/2326-3768.3.4.313

BOOK CHAPTERS

Garrison, Thomas G., Edwin Román, Stephen Houston, Jose Luis Garrido, Alyce de Carteret, Sarah Newman, Mary Clarke, Mariana Colín, Yeny Gutiérrez, Joel López, and Rony Piedrasanta. 
​2014            
“Investigaciones del Cielo Fortificado: Resultados de la temporada 2013 del Proyecto Arqueológico El Zotz,” In XXVII Simposio de Investigaciones Arqueologicas en Guatemala, 2013, edited by Bárbara Arroyo, Luis Méndez Salinas, and Andrea Rojas, pp. 951-960. Ministerio de Cultura y Deportes, Instituto de Antropología e Historia, Asociación Tikal, Guatemala.​

TECHNICAL REPORTS

Mary Clarke 
2017           “Excavaciones en las Estructuras 12H27, 12H28, y 12H29,” In Proyecto Arqueologico Regional San Bartolo-Xultun: Informe de Resultados de Investigaciones Temporada de Campo No. 14, Año 2017, edited by Boris Beltran, William Saturno, and Heather Hurst. Report to the Instituto de Antropologia e Historia de Guatemala, Guatemala City.​
Mary Clarke, Rachel Gill, and Emmett Nahil
2016         
“Excavaciones en el Cuadrante 12H, Xultun,” In Proyecto Arqueologico Regional San Bartolo-Xultun: Informe de Resultados de Investigaciones Temporada de Campo No. 13, Año 2016, edited by Boris Beltran and William Saturno. Report to the Instituto de Antropologia e Historia de Guatemala, Guatemala City.
Perez, Henry, Mary Clarke, Jorge Camilo, Katherine Martinez, and Dora Garcia
2016         
“Excavaciones en la Estructura 12H4, Xultun,” In Proyecto Arqueologico Regional San Bartolo-Xultun: Informe de Resultados de Investigaciones Temporada de Campo No. 13, Año 2016, edited by Boris Beltran and William Saturno. Report to the Instituto de Antropologia e Historia de Guatemala, Guatemala City.
Monica Urquizu, Mary Clarke, Alejandra Cordero, and Henry Perez.
2016           “Análysis de Materiales: Estudio Cerámico del Cuadrante 12H,” In Proyecto Arqueologico Regional San Bartolo-Xultun: Informe de Resultados de Investigaciones Temporada de Campo No. 13, Año 2016, edited by Boris Beltran and William Saturno. Report to the Instituto de Antropologia e Historia de Guatemala, Guatemala City.
Mary Clarke, Gabriela Luna, and Megan Carden.
2014           “Excavaciones en el Baño de Vapor “Los Sapos”, Operación XUL 12F5,” In Proyecto Arqueologico Regional San Bartolo-Xultun: Informe de Resultados de Investigaciones Temporada de Campo No. 12, Año 2014, edited by Patricia Rivera Castillo and William Saturno, pp. 175–210. Report to the Instituto de Antropologia e Historia de Guatemala, Guatemala City.
Jennifer Wildt, Mary Clarke, Emily Bushold, and Martin Rangel.
2012           “Investigaciones en el Grupo 12F1,” In Proyecto Arqueologico Regional San Bartolo-Xultun: Informe de Resultados de Investigaciones Temporada de Campo No. 11, Año 2012, edited by Patricia Rivera Castillo and William Saturno, pp. 243–280. Report to the Instituto de Antropologia e Historia de Guatemala, Guatemala City.

EXTERNAL GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS

2019             National Science Foundation, Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant, BCS # 1916303, $25,106
2017             Rust Family Foundation: Funding for Archaeology Projects, $5,000
2015             Fellowship Göttingen Centre for the Digital Humanities Spring School, Göttingen University, Göttingen, Germany
2014             National Geographic Society Expeditions Council Grant #EC0655-13 (2/14–2/14): Unearthing Xultun’s Dynastic Origins, $28,500, PI: William A. Saturno, Named Research Collaborator
2011             Maya Research Program, Bob Welker Scholarship, $2,500

INTERNAL GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS

2020             Boston University Center for the Humanities, Dissertation Writing Fellowship, $12,500
2019             Archaeology Program, Chad DiGregorio Memorial Grant, Boston University, $1,000
                      College of Arts and Sciences, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Association Summer Stipend, Boston University, $2,000
                      College of Arts and Sciences, Graduate Research Abroad Fellowship, Boston University, $4,000
                      College of the Arts, Graduate Arts Research Grant, Boston University, $3,000
2018–2019  College of Arts and Sciences, Dean’s Fellowship, Boston University, $22,500
2017–2018  Archaeology Program, Chad DiGregorio Fellow for Art, Boston University, $33,000 per annum
2017             Mugar Library’s Digital Data Services Fellowship, Boston University, $10,000 declined
                      College of Arts and Sciences, Graduate Research Abroad Fellowship, Boston University, $12,000
                      Archaeology Program, Chad DiGregorio Memorial Grant, Boston University, $900
                      Archaeology Program, Chad DiGregorio Memorial Grant, Boston University, $1,350
2016            College of Arts and Sciences, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Association Summer Stipend, Boston University, $6,000
                      Center for Latin American Studies, Travel Grant, Boston University, $500
2015             Graduate Student Organization, Travel Grant, Boston University, $500
                      Archaeology Program, Chad DiGregorio Memorial Grant, Boston University, $1,250
                      Archaeology Program, Chad DiGregorio Memorial Grant, Boston University, $700
2014–2017  College of Arts and Sciences, Teaching Fellowship, Boston University, $22,500 per annum
2013–2014  College of Arts and Sciences, Dean’s Fellowship, Boston University, $22,500
2011–2012  Department of Art History, Earle W. Newton Hogarth Scholarship, Savannah College of Art and Design, $2,500

INTERNAL AWARDS

2018              Center for Latin American Studies, David Scott Palmer Student Travel Award, Boston University, $700
2017              Savannah College of Art and Design, SCAD Alumni Atelier Ambassador, Lacoste, France, $10,000
2013              Department of Art History, Award for Distinction in Art History for Honors Thesis: A Preliminary Iconographic Analysis of a Possible Early Classic-Period Sweatbath at the Maya Site of Xultun, Savannah College of Art and Design, $300
2011–2012   Department of Art History, Larry W. Forrest Award, Savannah College of Art and Design, $500

INVITED TALKS

2019              Mary Clarke. “Mito y ritual en un baño de vapor del clásico temprano en Xulun, Peten.” (Aug. 2019) Invited Lecture at Casa Herrera, The University of Texas, Austin, Antigua, Guatemala.
2019              Mary Clarke. “Myth, Ritual, and the Classic Period Maya Sweat Bath.” (Feb. 2019) Mesoamerican Center Colloquium Series, Department of Art and Art History, University of Texas, Austin.

ORGANIZED SYMPOSIA

2020             Life in the Midst of the Quarries: New Perspectives on Quarrying and Stoneworking in the Prehispanic Maya Lowlands. Co-chair: Céline Guillot. The Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Austin, Texas.


CONFERENCE PAPERS

2020             Mary Clarke. “Producing Stone and the State: The Socioeconomic Organization of Limestone Production at the Ancient Maya site of Xultun, Guatemala.” (planned) Paper to be presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Austin, Texas.
2020             Jason Paling, Rachel Horowitz, and Mary Clarke. “Tools of the Trade: A Review of the Lithic Technologies associated with Ancient Maya Mines and Quarries.” (planned) Paper to be presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Austin, Texas.
2019              Mary Clarke. “Quarrying, Cutting, and Shaping: A Look into the Lives of Ancient Maya Limestone Producers.” (Apr. 2019) Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
2018              Mary Clarke and Ashley Sharpe. “Una mirada conjunta a la fauna asociada a un baño de vapor del periodo clásico en Xultun.” (Jul. 2018) Paper presented at the annual Simposio de Investigaciones Arqueológicas en Guatemala, Guatemala City, Guatemala. 
2017               Henry Perez, Mary Clarke, Mónica Urquizu, Alejandra Cordero, Jorge Camilo, Dora Garcia, Rachel Gill, Emmett Nahil, Boris Beltran, and William Saturno. “La vida entre las canteras: excavaciones recientes en área de producción de piedra de Xultun.” (Jul. 2017) Paper presented at the annual Simposio de Investigaciones Arqueológicas en Guatemala, Guatemala City, Guatemala.
2017               Emmett Nahil and Mary Clarke. “Early Stages of Monument Production: New Evidence from Xultun.” (Apr. 2017) Paper presented at the Conference for the Society of American Archaeology, Vancouver, BC, Canada
​2017              Mary Clarke and Franco Rossi. “Inequality and Gender in the Spaces of Craft Production.” (Apr. 2017) Paper presented at the Conference for the Society of American Archaeology, Vancouver, BC, Canada
2015              Mary Clarke. “The Digital Dilemma: Preservation and the Digital Archaeological Record.” Paper presented at the European Maya Conference, Bonn, Germany
2015              Mary Clarke and Gabriella Luna. “Interpretación de “Los Sapos”: Función y Significado detrâs del Baño de Vapor en el Sitio Arqueológico Xultun, Guatemala.” Paper presented at Simposio de Investigaciones Arqueológicas en Guatemala, Guatemala City, Guatemala 
2015              Mary Clarke. “Performance at Los Sapos: Evaluating the Use of an Early Classic Period Sweatbath.” Paper presented at the Conference for the Society of American Archaeology, San Francisco, California
2014              Thomas Garrison, Mary Clarke, Stephen Houston, Katie Simon, and Vance Green. ““We May Have to Call Someone”: 3D Technologies in the Context of Lowland Maya Field Archaeology.” Paper presented at the Conference for the Society of American Archaeology, Austin, Texas
2013              Mary Clarke. “Xultún: Recent Investigations at a Classic Maya Metropolis.” Presented at the South-Central Conference on Mesoamerica, Houston, Texas.
2013              Mary Clarke. “Iconographic Analysis of a Potential Sweat Bath at Xultún.” Paper presented at the Conference for the Society of American Archaeology, Honolulu, Hawaii.
2011              Mary Clarke. “Gendered Performance, Gendered Identity: Mexica–Aztec Ritual at the Templo Mayor.” Presented at the Savannah College of Art and Design Larry Forest Writing Competition, Savannah, Georgia.

PUBLISHED ILLUSTRATIONS

2019            ​   Garrison, Thomas G., and Stephen D. Houston (editors). An Inconstant Landscape: The Archaeology of El Zotz, Guatemala. University Press of Colorado, Boulder. 
2018               Scherer, Andrew K., and Stephen D. Houston. “Blood, Fire, Death: Covenants and Crises among the Classic Maya,” In Smoke, Flames, and the Human Body in Mesoamerican Ritual Practice, edited by Vera Tiesler and Andrew K. Scherer, pp. 109–150. Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, Washington, D.C.
2016              Callaghan, Michael. “Estructura F-2,” In Proyecto Arqueologico Holtun: Informe de Resultados de Investigaciones Temporada de Campo No. 6, Año 2016, edited by Karla J. Cardona Caravantes, Michael Callaghan, and Brigitte Kovacevich, pp. 285–351. Report submitted to the Instituto de Antropología e Historia, Guatemala City, Guatemala.
2016              Thomas Garrison, Dustin Richmond, Perry Naughton, Eric Lo, Sabrina Trinh, Zachary Barnes, Albert Lin, Carl Schurgers, Ryan Kastner, and Sarah E. Newman. “Tunnel Vision: Documenting Excavations in Three Dimensions with LiDAR Technology,” Advances in Archaeological Practice 4(2):194–204.
​2015              Houston, Stephen, Sarah Newman, Edwin Román, and Thomas G. Garrison. Temple of the Night Sun: A Royal Tomb at El Diablo, Guatemala. Precolumbian Mesoweb Press, San Francisco.
2014              Garrison, Thomas G., Edwin Román, Stephen Houston, Jose Luis Garrido, Alyce de Carteret, Sarah Newman, Mary Clarke, Mariana Colín, Yeny Gutiérrez, Joel López, and Rony Piedrasanta. “Investigaciones del Cielo Fortificado: Resultados de la temporada 2013 del Proyecto Arqueológico El Zotz.” In XXVII Simposio de Investigaciones Arqueologicas en Guatemala, 2013, edited by Bárbara Arroyo, Luis Méndez Salinas, and Andrea Rojas, pp. 951-960. Ministerio de Cultura y Deportes, Instituto de Antropología e Historia, Asociación Tikal, Guatemala.
2014             Garrison, Thomas G. “Investigaciones en el Grupo Este de El Zotz,” In Proyecto Arqueológico El Zotz, Informe No. 8, Temporada 2014, edited by J. L. Garrido López, T. Garrison, E. Román, and S. Houston, pp. 59-92. Report submitted to the Instituto de Antropología e Historia, Guatemala City, Guatemala.
2014             Schwendener, W.O.  “Excavcaión en una Plaza Cerrada Asociada al Reservario de Xultun, Cuadrante 12I,” In Proyecto Arqueológico Regional San Bartolo-Xultun: Informe de Resultados de Investigaciones Temporada de Campo No. 13, Año 2014, editado por Patricia Rivera Castillo and William A. Saturno, pp. 17–51
2014             Saturno, William, Boris Beltran, Elisa Mencos, Paulo Medina, Asia Alsgaard, Timothy Foarde, and Adam Vitale.
“Excavaciónes en el Conjunto Los Arboles Operación XUL 12F19,” In Proyecto Arqueológico Regional San Bartolo-Xultun: Informe de Resultados de Investigaciones Temporada de Campo No. 13, Año 2014, editado por Patricia Rivera Castillo and William A. Saturno, pp. 211–296. 
2014             Del Cid, David Ricardo, and Henry Vicente Perez. “Investigaciones en Los Primeros Estadios Constructivos, Pirámide 12H3, Grupo B, Xultun, Petén (Sub 1, 2 y 3),” In Proyecto Arqueológico Regional San Bartolo-Xultun: Informe de Resultados de Investigaciones Temporada de Campo No. 13, Año 2014, editado por Patricia Rivera Castillo and William A. Saturno, pp. 297–348. 
2014             Rivera Castillo, Patricia, and William Saturno. “Temporada de Investigación 2014,” In Proyecto Arqueológico Regional San Bartolo-Xultun: Informe de Resultados de Investigaciones Temporada de Campo No. 13, Año 2014, editado por Patricia Rivera Castillo and William A. Saturno, pp. 523–536. 
2013             Garrison, Thomas G., and André Rivas. “Investigaciones en la Estructura M7-1 (Operación 21),” In Proyecto Arqueológico El Zotz, Informe No. 8, Temporada 2013, edited by J. L. Garrido López, T. Garrison, E. Román, and S. Houston, pp. 63-92. Report submitted to the Instituto de Antropología e Historia, Guatemala City, Guatemala.
2012              Rossi, F., and A. Cormier. “El Grupo Taaj: El Contexto del Cuarto de los Murales y las Excavaciones de una Residencia Élite,” In Proyecto Arqueológico Regional San Bartolo-Xultun: Informe de Resultados de Investigaciones Temporada de Campo No. 11, Año 2012, editado por Patricia Rivera Castillo y William A. Saturno, pp. 97–165.
2012               Rivera Castillo, Patricia, David Del Cid, and Boris Beltran. “Descripción de piezas Recuperadas en el Sitio Xultun, Temporada 2012,” In Proyecto Arqueológico Regional San Bartolo-Xultun: Informe de Resultados de Investigaciones Temporada de Campo No. 11, Año 2012, editado por Patricia Rivera Castillo y William A. Saturno, pp. 517–534.  
2012               Rivera Castillo, Patricia, Boris Beltran, Weagli Estuardo Veliz Casasola, and David Del Cid. “Estructura 11J7: Recientos Ceremoniales; Entierros 10 y 12, Xultun,” In Proyecto Arqueológico Regional San Bartolo-Xultun: Informe de Resultados de Investigaciones Temporada de Campo No. 11, Año 2012, editado por Patricia Rivera Castillo y William A. Saturno, pp. 211–242.  
​2012               Wildt, Jennifer, Mary Clarke, Emily Bushold, and Martin Rangel. “Investigaciones en el Grupo 12F1,” In Proyecto Arqueologico Regional San Bartolo-Xultun: Informe de Resultados de Investigaciones Temporada de Campo No. 11, Año 2012, edited by Patricia Rivera Castillo and William Saturno, pp. 243–280. Report to the Instituto de Antropologia e Historia de Guatemala, Guatemala City.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE
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Instructor of Record
Boston University, Archaeology Program
AR 100             Great Discoveries in Archaeology (Summer, 2020)
AR 101              Introduction to Archaeology (Fall, 2020; Spring, 2021; scheduled, Fall, 2021; scheduled, Spring, 2022)
AR 201             The Americas Before Columbus (Spring, 2021; scheduled, Spring, 2022)
AR 251              Archaeology of the Classic Maya (scheduled, Fall, 2021)
AR 505             Digital Archaeology (Spring, 2021; scheduled, Spring, 2022)
 
Savannah College of Art and Design, Department of Art History
CTXT 122        Visual Culture in Context: Making Modernities (Fall, 2020)

Teaching Fellow (on campus)
Boston University, Archaeology Program
AR 101            Introduction to Archaeology (Fall, 2019; Spring, 2015; Fall, 2014)
AR 100           Great Discoveries in Archaeology (Fall, 2016)
AR 251            Ancient Maya Civilization (Fall, 2015)
 
Teaching Assistant/Fellow (abroad)
Boston University, Guatemala
AR 503           Archaeological Field Methods (Spring, 2016; Spring, 2014)
AR 551            Maya Civilization (Spring, 2016; Spring, 2014)
AR 556           Mesoamerican Archaeology (Spring, 2016; Spring, 2014)
 
Savannah College of Art and Design, Lacoste, France
ARTH 240      Treasures of Provence (Summer, 2017)
 
University of Southern California, Guatemala
ANTH 400      Maya Resilience (Summer, 2014; Summer, 2013)
ANTH 450      Field Research in Maya Archaeology (Summer, 2014; Summer, 2013)


RESEARCH AND FIELD EXPERIENCE

Proyecto Regional Arqueológico San Bartolo-Xultun, Guatemala, Directors: Dr. H. Hurst, Skidmore College (2018–present), Dr. W.A. Saturno, Boston University (2012–2018)
2018–               Principal Investigator and Director, Analysis of Lithic, Ceramic, and Bioarchaeological Materials from Xultun, Guatemala
2017                 Director of Field Operations, Xultun, Guatemala
2014–2018      Archaeologist, Xultun, Guatemala
2012–2014      Archaeological Illustrator, Proyecto Arqueológico Regional San Bartolo-Xultun, Guatemala.
 
Proyecto Arqueológico Regional Holtun, Guatemala, Directors: Dr. M. Callahan and Dr. B. Kovacevich, University of Central Florida.
2016                Archaeological Illustrator
 
Proyecto Arqueológico El Zotz, Guatemala, Directors: Dr. S. Houston, Brown University, Dr. Thomas Garrison, University of Texas, Austin, and Dr. E. Román Ramírez, Universidad del Valle
2013–2014     Archaeological Illustrator
 
Archaeological Field Schools
2012                Proyecto Arqueológico Regional San Bartolo-Xultun, Guatemala. Director: Dr. W. A. Saturno, Boston University.
2011                Maya Research Program, Belize. Director: Dr. T. Guderjan, University of Texas, Tyler.

MUSEUM AND EDITORIAL EXPERIENCE

2017–2019     Journal of Field Archaeology, Art Editor
2012–2014     Museum of Fine Art, Boston, Arts of the Americas, Research Assistant and Digital Collection Art Editor. Curators: Dr. Dorie Reents-Budet and Dennis Carr.

SERVICE

2017                Savannah College of Art and Design, Alumni Mentor to the Department of Art History
2015–2016     Boston University, Archaeology Program, Brown Bag Lecture Series Organizer
Reviewer:      Advances in Archaeological Practice, Ethnobiology Letters (Society of Ethnobiology), Digital Applications in Archaeology and Cultural Heritage, Hispanic American Historical Review, and the National Science Foundation.

LANGUAGES
English:           native
Spanish:        fluent (reading, writing, speaking)
French:          intermediate (reading, writing)

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
Society for American Archaeology
College Art Association for America
American Anthropological Association


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