03.2023 Peuramaki-Brown, M. M., & Morton, S. G. Granite Use at an Ancestral Maya Boomtown. Paper presented in an invited session at the Annual Meetings of the Society for American Archaeology, Portland, OR, USA
02.2023 Peuramaki-Brown, M. M. & Morton, S. G. Archaeology at an Ancient Maya Boomtown. Public presentation for the City of Grande Prairie, Grande Prairie Museum, Grande Prairie, Alberta.
10.2022 Peuramaki-Brown, M. M., & Morton, S. G. Local Communities and Archaeological Research: Exploring Ideas from Belize to Canada. Virtual presentation for the KULCHA Symposium, Belize.
07.2022 Peuramaki-Brown, M. M., Longstaffe, M., Jordan, J. M., & Morton S. G. Contextualizing Alabama: Confronting Challenges of Chronology Building in the Stann Creek District. Paper presented in an invited session at the Annual Belize Archaeology Symposium, San Ignacio, Belize.
04.2022 Longstaffe, M., & Peuramaki-Brown, M. M. AMS 14C Dating of Residential Occupation and Construction at the Ancient Maya Townsite of Alabama, East-Central Belize. Poster presented at the 54th Annual Meeting of the Canadian Archaeological Association, Edmonton, AB, April 27-30, 2022.
09.2021 S. Morton, M. Peuramaki-Brown, J. Jordan. Cultural Expression and the Ancient Architecture of Stann Creek District. Virtual presentation for the KULCHA Symposium, Belize.
05.2021 M. Peuramaki-Brown, S. Morton. From Belize to Bezanson: The Archaeologies of Frontiers & Boomtowns. Virtual presentation for GPRC Research & Innovation.
11.2020 M. M. Peuramaki-Brown, S. G. Morton, & J. M. Jordan. Disrupting Discourses on Maya Frontiers: A Narrative from Alabama, Belize. Virtual presentation for the 25th Annual European Maya Conference, Warsaw, Poland.
11.2020. S. G. Morton, & M. M. Peuramaki-Brown. Digging into the Ancient Maya. Virtual presentation for Research and Repast at GPRC, Grande Prairie Regional College, Grande Prairie, Alberta.
10.2020. M. M. Peuramaki-Brown. Building a Maya Boomtown: Architectural Decisions within an Environmental Frontier. Virtual presentation for Archaeological Society of Alberta—Calgary Centre and the Calgary Public Library, Calgary, Alberta.
01.2020. M. M. Peuramaki-Brown. Archaeological Field School Wins and Woes in the Stann Creek District of Belize. Paper presented at the 2020 Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences Annual Research Symposium, Athabasca University, Edmonton, AB, Canada.
06.2019. M. M. Peuramaki-Brown and S. Morton. Archaeological Field School Wins and Woes in the Stann Creek District. Paper presented at the Annual Belize Archaeology Symposium, San Ignacio, Belize.
04.2019. M. M. Peuramaki-Brown. Maya Monumental ‘Boom’: Rapid Development, Hybrid Architecture, and ‘Pretentiousness’ in the Fabrication of Place at Alabama, East-Central Belize. Presentation for Athabasca University Research Webinar Series, Edmonton, AB, Canada. Available to view online using Adobe Connect.
03.2019. M. M. Peuramaki-Brown. Maya Monumental Boom at Alabama. Presentation for the Archaeological Society of Alberta, Red Deer Centre.
11.2018. K. Hubenig and J. de los Reyes. Students’ Perspective of the SCRAP Field School. Paper presented at the 51st Annual Chacmool Archaeology Conference, 10-11 November, 2018, Calgary, Alberta.
11.2018. D. Blaine. Remains to be Seen: Photography, Archaeology, and Travel (A Field Note on the SCRAP 2018 Field School). Paper presented at the 51st Annual Chacmool Archaeology Conference, 10-11 November, 2018, Calgary, Alberta.
09.2018. M. M. Peuramaki-Brown. People, Animals, Protected Spaces, and Archaeology: A Case Study in Collaboration from Belize, Central America. Presentation for Bridging Cultural Concepts of Nature: A Transnational Symposium on Indigenous Places and Protected Spaces of Nature, 19-21 September, 2018, Helsinki, Finland.
BAS 2018
06.2018. M. M. Peuramaki-Brown & S. Morton. SCRAP Reconnaissance at the Pearce Sites of the Cockscomb Basin Reserve. Paper presented at the Annual Belize Archaeology Symposium, San Ignacio, Belize.
04.2018. M. M. Peuramaki-Brown and S. Morton. Maya monumental ‘boom’: spatial development, rank ordering, and planning considerations at Alabama, East-Central Belize. Paper presented at the Annual Meetings of the Society for American Archaeology, Washington, D.C.
01.2018. M. M. Peuramaki-Brown. Human-Environmental Interactions in an Ancient Maya Boomtown. Presentation for the Calgary Association of Lifelong Learners, Calgary, Alberta.
12.2017. M. M. Peuramaki-Brown. People, Places, and Things in East-Central Belize: 40+ Years of Archaeology in the Stann Creek District (1975-2017). Paper presented at the European Mayanist Conference, Malmö, Sweden.
11.2017. S. Morton, P. Dawson. Digitally Preserving Heritage Through Virtual Tourism: Case studies from Belize and Canada. Paper presented at the 50th Annual Chacmool Archaeology Conference, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
BAS 2017
06.2017. M. M. Peuramaki-Brown, S. Morton, C. Oliveira, K. Pennanen, V. Chiac, T. Koster & A.M. Williams. “Some lessons can’t be taught, they simply have to be learned.” Experiences from Archaeological Reconnaissance and Testing at Alabama, Stann Creek District, Belize. Paper presented at the 2017 Belize Archaeology Symposium, San Ignacio, Belize.
Megan Williams, CAA 2017
05.2017. A. M. Williams, M. M. Peuramaki-Brown, E. Paris & T. Carter. The Implications of Obsidian Source Analysis to Occupation Chronology and Economic Relations at Alabama, Belize. Paper presented at the 50th Annual Meeting of the Canadian Archaeological Association, Ottawa, Ontario.
05.2017. M. M. Peuramaki-Brown & E. Graham. The Archaeology of Industry in Stann Creek: ancient and recent past, present and future prospects. Paper presented at the 50th Annual Meeting of the Canadian Archaeological Association, Ottawa, Ontario.
M@L 2017
04.2017. M. M. Peuramaki-Brown. The Ancient Maya of East-Central Belize. Presentation for the 7th Annual Maya at the Lago Conference, Davidson, North Carolina.
04.2017. M. M. Peuramaki-Brown. Ancient Maya Settlement and Resource Development in East-Central Belize.” Presentation for the Archaeological Society of Alberta – Calgary Centre monthly lecture series, Calgary, Alberta.
SAA 2017
03.2017. M. M. Peuramaki-Brown and L. Howie. Pre-Columbian Pottery and Building Materials of the East-Central Belize Maya:A Petrographic Characterization Study. Paper presented at the Annual Meetings of the Society for American Archaeology, Vancouver, British Columbia.
01.2017. M. M. Peuramaki-Brown. Ancient Maya Relational Geography and Resource Development in East-Central Belize. Presentation for the Latin American Research Centre, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.
01.2017 M. M. Peuramaki-Brown. Investigating Ancient Civilizations: Maya Archaeology in Belize. Presentation for Science Outreach – Athabasca University, Athabasca, Alberta.
09.2016. A.M. Williams, M. M. Peuramaki-Brown, T.Carter. Trade Implications of Obsidian Source Analysis in the Stann Creek District of Belize. Poster presented at the 2016 Athabasca University Graduate Student Conference, Edmonton, Alberta.
06.2016. M. M. Peuramaki-Brown, S.G. Morton, T. Tibbits, L. Green. Phase I Reconnaissance (2014-2015) at Alabama, Stann Creek District: A Summary of Investigations by the Stann Creek Regional Archaeology Project. Paper presented at the Annual Belize Archaeology & Anthropology Symposium, San Ignacio, Belize.
03.2016. T. Tibbits. Nondestructive Sourcing of Granite Ground Stone Tools from Belize Using pXRF. Poster presented at the 18th Annual Jakobsen Memorial Graduate Conference, University of Iowa.
11.2015. M. M. Peuramaki-Brown. Engaging Diversity in the Presentation and Promotion of Maya and Mesoamerican Archaeology. Paper presented at the 48th Annual Chacmool Archaeological Conference, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
07.2015. M. M. Peuramaki-Brown. The Inaugural (2014) Field Season of the Stann Creek Regional Archaeology Project: Urbanism and Resource Extraction at Alabama, Belize. Paper presented at the Belize Archaeology and Anthropology Symposium, San Ignacio, Cayo District, Belize.
04.2015. M. M. Peuramaki-Brown & T. Tibbits. Granite use and extraction among the ancient Maya of Belize. Paper presented at the Annual Meetings of the Canadian Archaeological Association, St. John’s, Newfoundland.
04.2015. M. M. Peuramaki-Brown. Boomtown Archaeology: Past, present, and future research in the ancient Maya world. Paper presented at the 2015 ARC Research Symposium, Athabasca University, Edmonton, Alberta.
10.2014. M. M. Peuramaki-Brown & S. Schwake. Rapid Resource-Based Urbanism: Investigations at Alabama, Belize. Paper presented at the 5th Annual South-Central Conference on Mesoamerica, Middle American Research Institute, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana.
10.2014. M. M. Peuramaki-Brown. Maya Boomtown Archaeology? Recent and Future Investigations at Alabama, Belize. Presentation for the MARI Brown Bag Talk Series, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana.
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