Activities and Events

Morell-Hart, Shanti     2020    Plant Foodstuffs of the Ancient Maya: Agents and Matter, Medium and Message. In Her Cup for Sweet Cacao: Food in Ancient Maya Society, edited by T. Ardren, pp. 124-160. University of Texas Press, Austin, TX. https://books.google.com/books?id=OTgBEAAAQBAJ&pg=PT104 

Morell-Hart, Shanti     2020    The Dish of Theseus. Semiotic Review No.4: Im/materialities (Oct. 2020). https://www.semioticreview.com/ojs/index.php/sr/article/view/60

Schroder, Whittaker, Timothy Murtha, Charles Golden, Armando Anaya Hernández, Andrew Scherer, Shanti Morell-Hart, Angélica Almeyda Zambrano, Eben Broadbent and Madeline Brown     2020    The Lowland Maya Settlement Landscape: Environmental LiDAR and Ecology. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports 33:102543. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2020.102543

Bérubé, Éloi, Guy Hepp, and Shanti Morell-Hart  2020     Paleoethnobotanical Evidence of Early Formative Period Diet in Coastal Oaxaca, Mexico.  Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports 29(February 2020). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2019.102047

Golden, Charles, Andrew Scherer, Stephen Houston, Whittaker Schroder, Shanti Morell-Hart, Socorro del Pilar Jiménez Álvarez, George Van Kollias, Moises Yerath Ramiro Talavera, Jeffrey Dobereiner, and Omar Alcover Firpi    2020     Centering the Classic Maya Kingdom of Sak Tz’i’.  Journal of Field Archaeology 45(2):67-85. https://doi.org/10.1080/00934690.2019.1684748

Morell-Hart, Shanti, Rosemary A. Joyce, John S. Henderson, and Rachel Cane   2019    Ethnoecology in Pre-Hispanic Central America: Foodways and Human-Plant Interfaces. Ancient Mesoamerica. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0956536119000014

Morell-Hart, Shanti  2019     Techniques for Integrating Data from Macrobotanical and Microbotanical Residues.  Journal of Field Archaeology 44(4). https://doi.org/10.1080/00934690.2019.1591917

Reilly, Sophie  2017      Meals in Motion: A Study of Foodways using Ceramic and Botanical Datasets in Late Formative and Tiwanaku Lake Titicaca Basin, Bolivia.  M.A. Thesis.  Department of Anthropology, McMaster University.

Bérubé, Éloi  2017     Mixtec Foodways in Achiutla: Continuity through Time. A Paleoethnobotanical Study Comparing the Postclassic and Early Colonial Diet. M.A. Thesis.  Department of Anthropology, McMaster University.

Urquizu, Monica, Charles Golden, Andrew K. Scherer, Griselda Perez Robles, Shanti Morell-Hart, James Doyle, Alejandra Roche Recinos, Mallory Matsumoto, Omar Alcover Firpi, Max Seidita, Joshua Schnell, Jesus Alejandro Gonzalez     2017     Resultados de la Segunda Temporada de Investigaciones del Proyecto Paisaje Piedras Negras-Yaxchilán, 2017. Conference Proceedings of the XXXI Simposio de Investigaciones Arqueológicos en Guatemala, 2017. Museo Nacional de Arqueología y Etnología, Guatemala.

Chatters, James C., Dominique Rissolo, Joaquin Arroyo-Cabrales, Thomas W. Stafford, Jr., Brian M. Kemp, Alejandro Alvarez, Alberto Nava-Blank, Franco Attolini, Patricia A. Beddows, Eduard Reinhardt, Shawn Kovacs, Shawn Collins, Shanti Morell-Hart, Roberto Chávez-Arce, Susan Bird, and Pilar Luna Erreguerena       2017      Hoyo Negro: Tapping the Paleoanthropological and Paleoecological Potential of a Deeply Submerged, Underground Chamber on the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico. In The Archaeology of Underwater Caves.  Peter Campbell, Editor.  Oxbow Books.

Farahani, Alan, Katherine L. Chiou, Rob Q. Cuthrell, Anna Harkey, Shanti Morell-Hart, Christine A. Hastorf, and Payson D. Sheets  2017    Exploring Culinary Practices through GIS Modeling at Joya de Cerén, El Salvador. In Social Perspectives from Environmental Archaeology Data: Food, Place, and People.  Maria Bruno and Matthew Sayre, editors.  Springer.

Scherer, Andrew K., Griselda Pérez Robles, Charles W. Golden, Shanti Morell-Hart, Omar Alcover, Alejandra Roche Recinos, and Mallory Matsumoto  2016         Resultados de la Primera Temporada de Investigaciones del Proyecto Paisaje Piedras Negras-Yaxchilán. In Conference Proceedings of the XXX Simposio de Investigaciones Arqueológicas en Guatemala, 2016.  Guatemala City, Guatemala.

Herlich, Jessica and Shanti Morell-Hart     2015      Visualization and Collaborative Practice in Paleoethnobotany.  SAA Archaeological Record 15(4):24-30.

Morell-Hart, Shanti   2015    The Scene of Disciplined Seeing.  Then Dig (online journal). http://arf.berkeley.edu/then-dig/2015/06/the-scene-of-disciplined-seeing/

Morell-Hart, Shanti  2015     Paleoethnobotanical Analysis, Post-Processing.  In Method and Theory in Paleoethnobotany.  Jade D'Alpoim Guedes, John Marston, and Christina Warinner, editors. Pp. 371-390. University Press of Colorado.

Morehart, Christopher and Shanti Morell-Hart   2015      Beyond the Ecofact: Toward a Social Paleoethnobotany in Mesoamerica. Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory 22(2):483-511.

Chatters, James C., Douglas J. Kennett, Yemane Asmerom, Brian M. Kemp, Victor Polyak, Alberto Nava Blank, Patricia Beddows, Eduard Reinhardt, Joaquin Arroyo-Cabrales, Deborah A. Bolnik, Ripan S. Malhi, Brendan Culleton, Pilar Luna Erreguerena, Shanti Morell-Hart, Dominique Rissolo, and Thomas W. Stafford   2014         Late Pleistocene Human Skeleton and mtDNA Links Paleoamericans and Modern Native Americans.  Science 344(6185):750-754.

Morell-Hart, Shanti, Rosemary A. Joyce and John S. Henderson   2014    Multi-proxy Analysis of Plant Use at Formative Period Los Naranjos, Honduras.  Latin American Antiquity 25(1):65-81. 

Morell-Hart, Shanti   2012     Foodways and Resilience under Apocalyptic Conditions.  Culture, Agriculture, Food and Environment (CAFE) 34(2):161-171. 

Prado, Shalen     2022    "Choose your own adventure: using microbotanical assemblages to interpret human-plant relationships and choices in Pictland." European Association of Archaeologists Annual Meeting. Budapest, Hungary.

Golden, Charles, Andrew K. Scherer, Shanti Morell-Hart, Alejandra Roche Recinos, Griselda Pérez Robles, Mónica Urquizu, Whittaker Schroder, Timothy Murtha, Omar Alcover Firpi, Mark Agostini, Alexandra Bazarsky, Morgan Clark, George Van Kollias III, Joshua Schnell, and Bethany Whitlock      2022    "Entre el Aire y la Tierra: Los Datos de LiDAR y el Reconocimiento Terrestre en el Parque Nacional Sierra del Lacandón." The XXXVI Simposio de Investigaciones Arqueológicos en Guatemala, 2017. Museo Nacional de Arqueología y Etnología, Guatemala City, Guatemala.

Morell-Hart, Shanti     2022     "Seed Banks, Quelites, and Root Crops: Resilient Strategies in Ancient Mesoamerica." Department of Anthropology, Brown University. Providence, RI.

Bérubé, Éloi    2022   "The Plants, the Dead, and Public Rituals at Monte Albán: Exploring Mortuary Offerings and Public Offerings through Paleoethnobotany." Session: Bioarchaeology and Mortuary Analysis in Mesoamerica. Society for American Archaeology 87th Annual Meetings, Chicago, IL.

Morell-Hart, Shanti     2022     Discussant. Session: De la Tierra al Plato: Medio Ambiente, Obtención de Recursos y Prácticas Alimentarias en el Área Istmo-Colombiana. Organizers: María López, Susan Monge, and Yahaira Núñez. 87^th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Chicago, IL.

Bérubé, Éloi   2021    Plants Witnessing Changes: Addressing the Use of Plants in Mexico during Important Transitions. Session: Detecting Past Transitions (J. Favreau, facilitator). McMaster Anthropological Graduate Society First Virtual Conference.

Morell-Hart, Shanti     2021     "Deep Cuisines and Food Futures: A Long Look at Oaxacan Gastronomy." The Department of Anthropology Lecture Series, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY.

Morell-Hart, Shanti    2021     "Buried Foods, Underworld Foods, Deep Foods: Oaxacan Gastronomy in Historical Context." Symposium: Mesoamerican Foodways. Organizers: Harri J. Kettunen and Mat Saunders. 15^th Annual Maya at the Playa Conference, Flagler County, FL.

Morell-Hart, Shanti    2020      “Gastropolitik in Maya Kingdoms: Stratagems and Traps.” Symposium: The Faces of Rulership in the Maya Region. Symposiarchs: Patricia McAnany and Marilyn Masson. Dumbarton Oaks Pre-Columbian Studies Symposium (October 8-10, 2020). Washington, D.C.

Morell-Hart, Shanti  2020   “Ancient Agriculture to Criminal Investigations: Forensic Botany in Practice.”  Guest lecture for Anthro 3FA3: Forensic Anthropology course. McMaster University.  Instructor: Becky Gilmour.

Morell-Hart, Shanti   2019    “Beyond the Swidden: Mesoamerican Agricultural Practices Past, Present, and Future.”  Millennial Tropical Agricultures International Workshop (October 1-3, 2019). Organizer: Lydie Dussol. Nice, France.

Watson, Sarah, Joshua T. Schnell, Shanti Morell-Hart, and Andrew K. Scherer   2019   "Health Care in the Marketplace: Exploring Medicinal Plants and Practices at Piedras Negras."  Session: Medicine and Healing in the Americas: Archaeological and Ethnohistorical Perspectives.  Organizers: Mark R. Agostini and Joshua T. Schnell.  Society for American Archaeology 84th annual meetings, Albuquerque, NM.

Morell-Hart, Shanti and Éloi Bérubé   2019    "Archaic Period Mitla Albarradas and the Deep Culinary Roots of Oaxacan Cuisine."  Session: The Archaeology of Oaxacan Cuisine.  Organizer: Veronica Perez Rodriguez.  Society for American Archaeology 84th annual meetings, Albuquerque, NM.

Barber, Sarah Stacy, Arthur Joyce, Petra Cunningham-Smith, and Shanti Morell-Hart     2019    "Constituting the Divine: Coastal Cuisine and Public Places in the Formative-period Lower Río Verde Valley."  Session: The Archaeology of Oaxacan Cuisine.  Organizer: Veronica Perez Rodriguez.  Society for American Archaeology 84th annual meetings, Albuquerque, NM.

King, Stacie and Shanti Morell-Hart    2019     "Preserving Oaxacan Foodways in the Face of Conquest: The Seed Bank at Cerro del Convento."  Session: The Archaeology of Oaxacan Cuisine.  Organizer: Veronica Perez Rodriguez.  Society for American Archaeology 84th annual meetings, Albuquerque, NM.

Bérubé, Éloi   2018    “A Story of Persistence: Paleoethnobotanical Study of the Colonial Site of Achiutla, Oaxaca, Mexico.” Session: Creating Foodscapes in Colonial and Imperial Contexts: Food, Cuisines and Food Environments in Global Perspectives.  Organizers: Ana Delgado Hervás, Merixtell Ferrer Martín, and Guido Pezzarossi. 24th European Association of Archaeologists Annual Meeting, Barcelona.

Morell-Hart, Shanti    2018    Discussant.  Session: Emerging from the Shadow of the Ceiba: Recent Research in Maya Paleoethnobotany.  Organizers: Mario Zimmerman and Jessica Devio. Society for American Archaeology 83rd annual meetings, Washington, DC.

Morell-Hart, Shanti    2018    “Changing Plant Economies and Diverse Plant Practices at Piedras Negras.” Session: Piedras Negras Revisited: War, Economy, and Population in the Great Classic Maya River Kingdom.  Organizers: Andrew K. Scherer and Charles Golden. Society for American Archaeology 83rd annual meetings, Washington, DC.

Morell-Hart, Shanti   2018    “Understanding Foodways through Paleoethnobotany.”  Lecture given in “Diet and Nutrition” (Anthro 4DN3) course. McMaster University. Instructor: Luseadra McKerracher.

Morell-Hart, Shanti   2017    “Gastronomic Heritage of Colonial America and the Stakes of Antiquity.” Session: Food and Drink: Past, Present and Future.  Organizers: Guy Duke and Guido Pezzarossi. American Anthropological Association 116th annual meetings, Washington, DC.

Morell-Hart, Shanti   2017    “Ancient Foods and Gastronomic Heritage.”  Sally Weaver Award Lecture, University of Waterloo.  Waterloo, ON.

Urquizu, Monica, Charles Golden, Andrew K. Scherer, Griselda Perez Robles, Shanti Morell-Hart, James Doyle, Alejandra Roche Recinos, Mallory Matsumoto, Omar Alcover Firpi, Max Seidita, Joshua Schnell, Jesus Alejandro Gonzalez     2017     “Resultados de la Segunda Temporada de Investigaciones del Proyecto Paisaje Piedras Negras-Yaxchilán, 2017.” Conference Proceedings of the XXXI Simposio de Investigaciones Arqueológicos en Guatemala, 2017. Museo Nacional de Arqueología y Etnología, Guatemala.

Morell-Hart, Shanti   2017    “Ancient Maya Foodstuffs: Agents and Matter, Medium and Message.” Session: Parsing Posthumanism. Organizers: Craig N. Cipolla and Oliver Harris.  Theoretical Archaeology Group Annual Meetings, Toronto, ON.

Bérubé, Éloi  2017      “L’alimentation des Mixtèques lors de l’époque coloniale : Une étude archéobotanique à Achiutla, Oaxaca, Mexique.” Session: Archéologues québécois à l’international. Organisateurs : Ariane Pépin et Laurence Pouliot. 36e colloque annuel de l’Association des archéologues du Québec, Montréal, QC. 

Morell-Hart, Shanti  2017     “Ancient Maya Foodstuffs: Agents and Matter, Medium and Message.” Session: Parsing Posthumanism. Organizers: Craig N. Cipolla and Oliver Harris.  Theoretical Archaeology Group annual meetings, Toronto, ON.

Morell-Hart, Shanti 2017     “Ethnoecology, Gastronomic Heritage, and the Ever-Present Past.”  Lecture series of Environmental Studies and Anthropology, Rhode Island College. Providence, RI.

Reilly, Sophie  2017      “Plants in Ancient Pots: A Comparative Study of Paleoethnobotanical Results from Unwashed and Washed Ceramics.”  Poster Session: South America II. Society for American Archaeology 82nd annual meetings, Vancouver, BC

Morell-Hart, Shanti  2017     “Flora, Ethnoecology, and Foodways in the Land of the Sky.”  Session: In the Land of the Sky: Recent Interdisciplinary Archaeological Research in the Lower Río Verde, Oaxaca. Organizers: Arthur A. Joyce and Sarah B. Barber.  Society for American Archaeology 82nd annual meetings, Vancouver, BC.

Morell-Hart, Shanti  2017     “Ancient Maya Botanical Foodstuffs: Medium and Message.”  Session: Feast or Famine: The Social Uses of Food in Ancient Maya Culture.  Organizer: Traci Ardren.  Society for American Archaeology 82nd annual meetings, Vancouver, BC.

Bérubé, Éloi,  Shanti Morell-Hart, and Sophie Reilly  2017     “Arts and Sciences of Ancient Plants at McMaster University.” Session: Foundations for Innovation: The Past, Present, and Future of Archaeological Science at McMaster.  Organizers: Andrew P. Roddick and Aubrey Cannon. Society for American Archaeology 82nd annual meetings, Vancouver, BC.

King, Stacie, Shanti Morell-Hart, and Elizabeth Konwest  2017     “Sacred Worlds and Pragmatic Science in the Aftermath of Conquest: The Hidden Caves of Cerro del Convento.”  Session: Mountain Towns and Crossroads: Archaeology of the Sierra Sur of Oaxaca, Mexico.  Organizer: Alex E. Badillo. Society for American Archaeology 82nd annual meetings, Vancouver, BC. 

McNeil, Cameron L., Edy Barrios, Shanti Morell-Hart, Bryce Brown, and Richard Terry  2017     “Tracing Pathways of Power, Identity, and Landscape at Río Amarillo, Copan Valley, Honduras.”  Session: Copan II: The Late Classic, Terminal Classic, and Postclassic Periods.  Organizer: Edy Barrios.  Society for American Archaeology 82nd annual meetings, Vancouver, BC.

Morell-Hart, Shanti  2016     “Foodways, Ethnoecology, and Gastronomic Heritage in Mesoamerica.”  Lecture Series for the Archaeological Institute of America, Niagara Peninsula chapter.  Brock University, Ontario.

Morell-Hart, Shanti  2016     “The Dish of Theseus.” Session T-09: What Do We Mean by the Meaning of Archaeological Evidence?  Organizers: John C. Barrett and Zoe Crossland.  World Archaeological Congress (WAC-8). Kyoto, Japan.

Scherer, Andrew K., Griselda Pérez Robles, Charles W. Golden, Omar Alcover, Shanti Morell-Hart, Alejandra Roche Recinos, and Mallory Matsumoto  2016     “Resultados de la Primera Temporada de Investigaciones del Proyecto Paisaje Piedras Negras-Yaxchilan.” Session: Arqueología de las Tierras Bajas.  XXX Simposio de Investigaciones Arqueológicas en Guatemala, 2016. Ministerio de Cultura y Deportes, Dirección General del Patrimonio Cultural y Natural.  Museo Nacional de Arqueología y Etnología, Guatemala City, Guatemala.

Morell-Hart, Shanti  2016     “Cuisine at the Crossroads.” Session: The Copán Kingdom and its Political Interactions along the Southeastern Maya Frontier.  The Society for American Archaeology 81^st Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL.

Morell-Hart, Shanti  2016     “Ancient Foodways: From Paleoethnobotany to Gastronomic Heritage.”  The Archaeology Centre Lecture Series in conjunction with The Food and Subsistence Interest Group.  University of Toronto, Ontario.

Morell-Hart, Shanti  2015     “Foodways, Ethnoecology, and Gastronomic Heritage in Mesoamerica.”  Council on Archaeological Studies Lecture Series.  Yale University, New Haven, CT.

Chatters, James, Pilar Luna Erreguerena, Dominique Rissolo, Shanti Morell-Hart, and Patricia Beddows  2015     “An Overview of the Hoyo Negro Project and Its Findings.”  Session: The Hoyo Negro Project: Recent Investigations of a Submerged PaleoAmerican Cave Site in Quintana Roo, Mexico. The Society for American Archaeology 80^th Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA.  

Morell-Hart, Shanti  2015     “The Dish of Theseus.” Theoretical Archaeology Group annual meetings, New York, NY.

Morell-Hart, Shanti  2015     “Fedickschrift: Notes on a Prominent Historical Figure in Ethnoecology, Ethnoarchaeology, and Landscape Studies.”  Session: The Managed Mosaic: Papers in Honor of Scott L. Fedick.  The Society for American Archaeology 80^th Annual Meetings, San Francisco, CA.