Department of Anthropology

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Christina Tsune Halperin

Research Associate of Anthropology

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Contact

  • Office:
    109 Davenport Hall 607 S. Mathews Ave. 607 S Mathews M/C 148 Urbana, IL 61801
  • Email: cthalp@illinois.edu

Education

Wenner Gren Richard Carey Hunt Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2009-2010; PhD, Anthropology, University of California, Riverside, 2007; MS, Anthropology, Florida State University, 2002; BA, Anthropology, Northwestern University, 1997

Research Interests

Anthropological Archaeology; Mesoamerica; Classic and Postclassic period Maya; Political Economy, Materiality, Gender and Class Relations, Ritual and Performance, Cave Research, Ceramic Analysis, GIS, Iconography & Figurative Media

Publications

Books

  • Halperin, Christina T., Katherine A. Faust, Rhonda Taube, and Aurora Giguet. Mesoamerican Figurines: Small-Scale Indices of Large-Scale Social Phenomena. Gainesville: University of Florida, 2009.

Book Contributions

  • "Figurines as Bearers of and Burdens in Late Classic Maya State Politics." Mesoamerican Figurines: Small-Scale Indices of Large-Scale Social Phenomena. Ed. Christina T. Halperin, Katherine A. Faust, Rhonda Taube, and Aurora Giguet. Gainesville: University of Florida, 2009. 378-406.
  • Faust, Katherine A., and Christina T. Halperin. "Approaching Mesoamerican Figurines." Mesoamerican Figurines: Small-Scale Indices of Large-Scale Social Phenomena. Ed. Christina T. Halperin, Katherine A. Faust, Rhonda Taube, and Aurora Giguet. Gainesville: University of Florida, 2009. 1-24.
  • "Economic Representations in Archaeology: Cultural Evolution, Gender, and Craft Production." Economic Representations: Both Academic and Everyday. New York: Routledge, 2008. 125-138.
  • "Ancient Maya Water Ideology: A Bottom-up Approach." Flowing through Time: Exploring Archaeology through Humans and their Aquatic Environment: Proceedings of the Thirty-Sixth Annual Conference of the Archaeological Association of the University of Calgary. Ed. L Steinbrenner, B Cripps, M Georgopoulos, and J Carr. Calgary: University of Calgary Archaeological Association, 2008. 3-9.
  • Halperin, Christina T., and Gerson Martínez Salguero. "Localizando Evidencia de Basureros y Producción Cerámica por medio de Reconocimiento Geofísco en Motul de San José, Petén." XX Simposio de Investigaciones Arqueológicas en Guatemala. Ed. Juan Pedro Laporte, Bárbara Arroyo, and Héctor E. Mejía. Guatemala: Instituto de Antropología e Historia (IDAEH), 2006. 1073-1084.
  • "Social Power and Sacred Space at Actun Nak Beh, Belize." Stone Houses and Earth Lords: Maya Religion in the Cave Context. Ed. Prufer M. Keith and James E. Brady. Boulder: University Press of Colorado, 2005. 71-90.
  • "XVIII Simposio de Investigaciones Arqueologicas en Guatemala." Las Figurillas de Motul de San José: Producción y Representatción. Ed. Juan Pedro Laporte, Bárbara Arroyo, and Héctor E. Mejía. Guatemala: Instituto de Antropología e Historia (IDAEH), 2004. 781-793.

Journal Articles

  • "Classic Maya Textile Production: Insights from Motul de San José, Petén, Guatemala." Ancient Mesoamerica 19 (2008): 111-125.
  • "Realeza maya y figurillas con tocados de la Serpiente de Guerra de Motul de San José, Guatemala." Mayab 17 (2004): 45-60.
  • Halperin, Christina T., Sergio Garza, Keith M. Prufer, and James E. Brady. "Caves and Ancient Maya Ritual Use of Jute." Latin American Antiquity 14.2 (2003): 207-219.

Reviews

  • Rev. of Archaeology and Capitalism: From Ethics to PoliticsJournal of Anthropological Research 65 (2009): 117-118.