Emma Messinger
- PhD Student - Archaeology
Emma is a Mesoamerican archaeologist specializing in Maya ritual paleoethnobotany. Her research examines identity-making through plants and landscapes in ancient Maya religion. She primarily works in western Belize with the Belize Valley Archaeological Reconnaissance (BVAR) Project, and has fieldwork experience in the American Southwest and Pacific Northwest.
Publications
2020 Walden, John P., Tia B. Watkins, Kyle Shaw-Müller, Claire E. Ebert, Emma Messinger, Rafael A. Guerra, and Jaime J. Awe. "Multiscalar Approaches to Reconstructing Classic Maya Strategies of Ceremonial Inclusion and Exclusion through the Accessibility of Architecture at Lower Dover, Belize". In El paisaje urbano maya: del preclásico al virreinato, edited by Juan Garcia Targa. British Archaeological Reports, Oxford. In Press.
Degrees and Education
B.A. in Anthropology with an emphasis in Archaeology from Northern Arizona University, 2015Awards
2018-2019 Graduate Fellowship in Latin American ArchaeologyFall 2020 Graduate Fellowship in Latin American Archaeology