I am an archaeologist specializing in ceramic analysis and interregional interaction within
Ancient Mesoamerica. I spent my early career teaching French and Spanish in the public school
system before transitioning back to academia to pursue archaeology as a master’s student and
subsequently as a Ph. D. student. I have participated in archaeological projects in the United
States, Peru, Belize, and Guatemala, which ranged in focus from historical archaeology to
bioarchaeology. My dissertation research examines interregional interaction between the Pacific
coast of Escuintla, Guatemala, and the central Mexican city of Teotihuacan during the Early
Classic period (A.D. 250-600) through the lens of ceramic imitations. On a broader scale, my
research interests include Maya archaeology, ceramic manufacture and distribution, trade and
exchange, palaeopathology, and regional and interregional interactions throughout Mesoamerica.
Publications:
Chinchilla Mazariegos, Oswaldo and Adrian Everett
2023 American Pompeii: Old Evidence of Late Classic Ties between the Pacific Coast and the
Antigua Valley. In Routes, Interaction and Exchange in the Southern Maya Area, edited
by E. J. Robinson and G. R. Davies, pp. 229-258. Routledge Archaeology of the Ancient
Americas, G. E. Braswell, general editor. Routledge, New York.
Frahm, Ellery, Christina M. Carolus, Asa Cameron, Jack Berner, Haley Brown, Jing Cheng,
Jacob Kalodner, Jay L. Leggett, Adrian Natale, Sophia Seibert, Dominique Sparks-Stokes and
Elizabeth Wuellner
2022 Introducing the BRICC (Bricks and rocks for Instruments’ ceramic calibration) sets:
Open-source calibration materials for quantitative X-ray fluorescence analysis. Journal of
Archaeological Science: Reports 43:1-26. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2022.103443
Contact Info
Subfield:
Archaeology
Adviser(s):
Oswaldo Chinchilla
Degree(s):
BA in Anthropology and Modern Languages (Spanish and French) with a minor in Art History, Kenyon College 2013;
MA in Archaeological Studies, Yale University 2020