Boston University, Archaeology Program 675 Commonwealth Ave., STE. 354A Boston, MA. 02215 meclarke@bu.edu
EDUCATION
2020Ph.D. in Archaeology, Boston University Dissertation: Producing Stone and State: The Intersection of Domestic and Institutional Economies in Classic Maya Society 2016 M.A. in Archaeology,Boston University Summa cum Laude 2013 B.F.A. in Art History, Savannah College of Art and Design Magna cum Laude
JOURNAL ARTICLES (PEER-REVIEWED) Mary E. Clarke, Ashley Sharpe, Elizabeth Hannigan, Megan Carden, Gabriella Luna, Boris Beltran, and Heather Hurst Accepted "Revisiting the Past: Material Negotiations between the Ancient Maya and an Entombed Sweat Bath at Xultun, Guatemala,” Cambridge Archaeological Journal.
Mary E. Clarke In Press “Myth, Ritual, and the Classic Period Maya Sweat Bath” RES: Anthropology and Aesthetics.
Mary Clarke 2015 “The Digital Dilemma: Preservation and the Digital Archaeological Record,” Advances in Archaeological Practices 3(4): 313–330.
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.
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 2017Mary 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.
2013Mary 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 Jennifer Wildt, 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 (Instructor of Record)
Boston University, Archaeology Program 2020, Fall AR 101: Introduction to Archaeology (hybrid, in-person/remote) 2020, Summer AR 100: Great Discoveries in Archaeology (remote)
TEACHING EXPERIENCE (Teaching Assistant/Fellow)
Boston University, Archaeology Program 2019, Fall AR 101: Introduction to Archaeology 2016, Fall AR 100: Great Discoveries in Archaeology 2015, Fall AR 251: Ancient Maya Civilization 2015, Spring AR 101: Introduction to Archaeology 2014, Fall AR 101: Introduction to Archaeology
Savannah College of Art and Design, Lacoste, France 2017, Summer ARTH 240: Treasures of Provence
Boston University, Study Abroad Program, Guatemala 2016, Spring AR 503: Archaeological Field Methods: Survey and Excavation AR 551: Maya Civilization AR 556: Mesoamerican Archaeology 2014, Spring AR 503: Archaeological Field Methods: Survey and Excavation AR 551: Maya Civilization AR 556: Mesoamerican Archaeology
University of Southern California, Anthropology Department, Field Experience, Guatemala 2014, Summer ANTH 400: Maya Resilience ANTH 450: Field Research in Maya Archaeology 2013, Summer ANTH 400: Maya Resilience ANTH 450: Field Research in Maya Archaeology
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 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
2017–2019Journal 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
Manuscript Reviewer: Advances in Archaeological Practice, Ethnobiology Letters (Society of Ethnobiology), and Digital Applications in Archaeology and Cultural Heritage.