Mayan paddle discovered in Belize

Publications - Heather McKillop

Underwater Maya Project, Paynes Creek Salt Works, Belize

Books

  • Salt, White Gold of the Ancient Maya. University Press of Florida, Gainesville, 2002.
  • In Search of Maya Sea Traders. Texas A & M University Press, College Station, 2005.

Articles

2023

  • (Heather I McKillop) “Flooded mangrove landscapes hide ancient Maya coastal sites in Belize Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology, published online Feb 14, 2023.
  •  (McKillop, Heather and E. Cory Sills) Briquetage and Brine: Living and Working at the Classic Maya Salt Works of Ek Way Nal, Belize.” Ancient Mesoamerica 34: 24-46. DOI: 10.1017/S0956536121000341.
  • (Cher Foster, Heather McKillop, and E. Cory Sills) “Human-Environmental interactions at Ta’ab Nuk Na, a submerged Maya salt works site in Belize. Ancient Mesoamerica, published online, open access.

2022

  • (McKillop, Heather and E. Cory Sills) Late Classic Maya Salt Workers’ Residence Identified Underwater at Ta’ab Nuk Na, Belize. Antiquity 96: 1232- 1250. DOI: 10.15184/aqy.2022.106
  • Tree Selection for Late to Terminal Classic Maya Buildings at the Ek Way Nal Saltworks, Belize. (McKillop, Heather and E. Cory Sills) CLAAS Notes 2: 15-24.
  • The Age and Construction of the LSU Campus Mounds: Consideration of Ellwood and Colleagues (2002). (McGimsey, Chip, Rebecca Saunders, Jeff Homberg, Nancy Hawkins, Heather McKillop, and Rob Mann). The SAA Archaeological Record 22 (5) (onlinedigeditions.com)

2021

  • Surface collections and excavations: Case Studies from Moho Cay, Wild Cane Cay, and the Paynes Creek Salt Works. Claas Notes 1: 35-44. 

2019

  • “Demystifying Jadeite : Underwater Maya Discovery at Ek Way Nal, Belize.” (Heather McKillop, George Harlow, April Sievert, C. Wayne Smith, and Michael C. Wiemann) Antiquity 93 368: 502–518. DOI: 10.15184/aqy.2019.35

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2016

  • “Coastal Economies: Comparing Northern and Southern Belize,” in Perspectives on the Ancient Maya of Chetumal Bay, edited by Debra S. Walker, pp.279-291, University Press of Florida, Gainesville.
  • “Chemical Signatures of Ancient Activities at Chan b’i – A Submerged Maya salt works, Belize.” (E. Cory Sills, Heather McKillop, and E. Christian Wells). Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports 9: 654-662.
  • "Spatial Patterning of Salt Production and Wooden Buildings Evaluated by Underwater Excavations at Paynes Creek Salt Work 74." (H. McKillop and E.C. Sills) Research Reports in Belizean Archaeology 13:229-237.

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