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. 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
2020-2021Lecturer of Archaeology, Archaeology Program, Boston University 2020 Part-time Professor of Art History, Department of Art History, Savannah College of Art and Design 2020Junior Fellow, Center for the Humanities, Boston University 2019 Teaching Fellow, Archaeology Program, Boston University 2016-2019Art 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
2019National Science Foundation, Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant, BCS # 1916303, $25,106 2017Rust Family Foundation: Funding for Archaeology Projects, $5,000 2015Fellowship Göttingen Centre for the Digital Humanities Spring School,Göttingen University, Göttingen, Germany 2014National 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
2020Mary 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. 2019Mary 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. 2018Mary 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 2015Mary Clarke. “The Digital Dilemma: Preservation and the Digital Archaeological Record.” Paper presented at the European Maya Conference, Bonn, Germany 2015Mary 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 2015Mary 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 2013Mary 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. 2011Mary 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. 2018Scherer, 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. 2016Callaghan, 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. 2016Thomas 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. 2014Garrison, 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. 2014Schwendener, 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 2014Saturno, 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. 2014Del 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. 2014Rivera 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. 2012Rossi, 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. 2012Rivera 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. 2012Rivera 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 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
2017–2019Journal 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 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.