Jessica MacLellan, Ph.D.

2024   MacLellan, Jessica. "Settling Down at Ceibal and Cuello: Variation in the Transition to Sedentism Across the Maya Lowlands." Frontiers in Human Dynamics 6 (Institutions and Collective Action):10.3389/fhumd.2024.1354725.

URL: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fhumd.2024.1354725/full

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2024   Sharpe, A., J.M. Palomo, T. Inomata, D. Triadan, F. Pinzón, J. Curtis, K. Emery, G. Kamenov, J. Krigbaum, J. MacLellan, and M.P. Weihmüller. "An Isotopic Examination of Maya Preclassic and Classic Animal and Human Diets at Ceibal, Guatemala. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports 55:104522.
URL: https://authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S2352-409X(24)00150-0

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2023   MacLellan, J., and D. Triadan. "Classic Maya Figurines as Materials of Socialization: Evidence from Ceibal, Guatemala." Journal of Anthropological Archaeology 72:101548.

URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaa.2023.101548

Open access: Accepted manuscript

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2022   MacLellan, J., and V. Castillo. "Between the Patio Group and the Plaza: Round Platforms as Stages for Supra-Household Rituals in Early Maya Society." Journal of Anthropological Archaeology 66:101417.

URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaa.2022.101417

Open access: Accepted manuscript

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2020   MacLellan, J., M. Burham, and M.B. Méndez Bauer. "Community Engagement around the Maya Archaeological Site of Ceibal, Guatemala." Heritage 3(3):637-648. URL: https://doi.org/10.3390/heritage3030036

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2020   Sharpe, A., T. Inomata, D. Triadan, M. Burham, J. MacLellan, J. Munson, and F. Pinzón. "The Maya Preclassic to Classic Transition Observed Through Faunal Trends from Ceibal, Guatemala." PLoS ONE 15(4): e0230892. URL: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0230892

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2020   Burham, M., T. Inomata, D. Triadan, and J. MacLellan. "Ritual Practice, Urbanization, and Sociopolitical Organization at Preclassic Ceibal, Guatemala." In Approaches to Monumental Landscapes of the Ancient Maya (Houk et al., Eds.): 61-84. University Press of Florida.

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2019   MacLellan, Jessica. "Preclassic Maya Caches in Residential Contexts: Variation and Transformation in Deposition Practices at Ceibal." Antiquity 93(371):1249-1265. URL: https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2019.129

Open access: Read-only version

 

2019   MacLellan, Jessica. "Preclassic Maya Houses and Rituals: Excavations at the Karinel Group, Ceibal." Latin American Antiquity 30(2):415-421. URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/laq.2019.15

Open access: Read-only version

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2017   Aoyama, K., T. Inomata, D. Triadan, F. Pinzón, J.M. Palomo, J. MacLellan, and A. Sharpe. "Early Maya Ritual Practices and Craft Production: Late Middle Preclassic Ritual Deposits Containing Obsidian Artifacts at Ceibal, Guatemala." Journal of Field Archaeology 42(5):408-422. URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00934690.2017.1355769

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2017   Triadan, D., V. Castillo, T. Inomata, J.M. Palomo, M.B. Méndez, M. Cortave, J. MacLellan, M. Burham, and E. Ponciano. "Social Transformations in a Middle Preclassic Community: Elite Residential Complexes at Ceibal." Ancient Mesoamerica 28(1):233-264. URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0956536117000074

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2017   Inomata, T., D. Triadan, J. MacLellan, M. Burham, K. Aoyama, J.M. Palomo, H. Yonenobu, F. Pinzón, and H. Nasu. "High-Precision Radiocarbon Dating of Political Collapse and Dynastic Origins at the Maya Site of Ceibal, Guatemala." PNAS 114(6):1293-1298. URL: http://www.pnas.org/content/114/6/1293

2017   MacLellan, Jessica. "Trowels and Tribulations: Lessons Learned During Five Years of Fieldwork in Guatemala." Arizona Anthropologist 27:62-68. URL: https://journals.librarypublishing.arizona.edu/arizanthro/article/id/551/

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2016    MacLellan, J., M.A. Cordero, and E. Mejía. "Vida diaria y ritual al principio de la civilización maya: Investigaciones en el Grupo Karinel, Ceibal." In XXIX Simposio de Investigaciones Arqueológicas en Guatemala, 2015, Vol. 1, edited by B. Arroyo, pp. 251-261. Ministerio de Cultura y Deportes, Instituto de Antropología e Historia, and Asociación Tikal, Guatemala City. URL: http://www.asociaciontikal.com/test-page/simposio-29-2015/20-vida-diaria-y-ritual-al-principio-de-la-civilizacion-maya-investigaciones-en-el-grupo-karinel-ceibal/

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2015   Inomata, T., J. MacLellan, and M. Burham. "The Construction of Public and Domestic Spheres in the Preclassic Maya Lowlands." American Anthropologist 117(3):519-534. URL: https://doi.org/10.1111/aman.12285

 

2015   Inomata, T., J. MacLellan, D. Triadan, J. Munson, M. Burham, K. Aoyama, H. Nasu, F. Pinzón, and H. Yonenobu. "The Development of Sedentary Communities in the Maya Lowlands: Co-Existing Mobile Groups and Public Ceremonies at Ceibal, Guatemala." PNAS 112(14):4268-4273. URL: http://www.pnas.org/content/112/14/4268

 

2014   Burham, M., and J. MacLellan. "Thinking Outside the Plaza: Ritual Practices in Preclassic Maya Residential Groups at Ceibal, Guatemala." Antiquity 88(340): https://www.antiquity.ac.uk/projgall/burham340
PDF: Burham & MacLellan 2014

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2014    MacLellan, Jessica. "Espacios y Rituales Domésticos del Periodo Preclásico en Ceibal." In XXVII Simposio de Investigaciones Arqueológicas en Guatemala, 2013, Vol. 2, edited by B. Arroyo, pp. 725-732. Ministerio de Cultura y Deportes, Instituto de Antropología e Historia, and Asociación Tikal, Guatemala City. URL: http://www.asociaciontikal.com/simposio-27-ano-2013-2/058-espacios-y-rituales-domesticos-del-periodo-preclasico-en-ceibal-jessica-maclellan-simposio-27-2013/

 

2013    MacLellan, J., and M. Burham. "Práctica Ceremonial y Doméstica en la Periferia de Ceibal." In XXVI Simposio de Investigaciones Arqueológicas en Guatemala, 2012, Vol. 2, edited by B. Arroyo, pp. 961-976. Ministerio de Cultura y Deportes, Instituto de Antropología e Historia, and Asociación Tikal, Guatemala City. URL: http://www.asociaciontikal.com/simposio-26-ano-2012-2/080-practica-ceremonial-y-domestica-en-la-periferia-de-ceibal-jessica-maclellan-y-melissa-burham-simposio-26-2012/

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