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Associate Dean of Undergraduate Education, School of Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts Associate Professor, Anthropology Program Affiliate of Cognitive Sciences and World Heritage Programs EDUCATION 2006 Ph.D. Anthropology, State University of New York at Buffalo, 2006 (IGERT). Title: The Sacred...

Belize Cave Project The Belize Cave Research Project (BCRP) is a regional study of ancient Maya ritual caves located throughout northern, central, and western Belize. This project, funded by the Alphawood Foundation, was co-founded in 2012 with Jaime J. Awe of the University of Northern Arizona...

The Belize Cave Research Project (BCRP) is a regional study of ancient Maya ritual caves located throughout northern, central, and western Belize. This project, funded by the Alphawood Foundation, was co-founded in 2012 with Jaime J. Awe of the University of Northern Arizona. Together, Jaime and I...

Darkness is fundamental to the human experience, yet it has not been well-studied. Working together, our research group of humanists and scientists seeks to understand the role that darkness plays in human behavior, language, symbolism, and thought. We collectively investigate how darkness...

I am an anthropological archaeologist that specializes in the archaeology of religion and in ancient Mesoamerican civilizations. My interests are in how ideologies are created, maintained, and changed over time and how they affect social processes and human decision-making. I see ideologies as...

LCAR from Erin Ray on Vimeo. Las Cuevas is an ancient Maya mid-sized site located in the Chiquibul Forest Reserve in western Belize that dates to the later part of the 9th century AD. On the surface it seems to be typical of many Late Classic Maya centers, but this site has something that others do...