Julia Mayo
e-mail: mayoj@si.edu
Address: Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
Center for Archaeology and Paleoecology
Apartado 0843-03092
Balboa, Ancón
Panamá
Telephone: (507) 991-2380
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Publications
Publications by Julia Mayo in STRI Bibliography
Research Interests
My research interest is in relation to the stone or earthen features, such as mines, low relief carvings (“petroglyphs”), platforms, ditches, groups of sculpted and un-sculpted stone columns, dry stone walls, stone and cobble pavements, and stone and earthen circles and mounds. I recently initiated a research project in the Gran Coclé culture area of central Panama whose long-term goal is to estimate the size, antiquity and social transformations of cultural/political units (“territories”) in this seminal area for pre-Columbian chiefdom research in relation to the exploitation of the natural resources.
I combine traditional archaeological field approaches with a GIS methodology, which is a powerful tool for searching for patterns between archaeological field observations and landscape and environmental data acquired from remote sensing, cartography and non-anthropological disciplines
Current Research
I ´m creating a distribution map of archaeological deposits in the upper, middle and lower valleys of the Grande and Coclé del Sur rivers, establishing the inter-connectedness of these sites and their possible zones of influence, and taking into consideration not only field archaeological evidence, but also topographic and geographical features, such as paths, river courses, rock outcrops, and rock art. Moreover we are locating the catchment areas of important natural resources (marine resources like seashells, mines, etc…) and those areas appropriate for agriculture, which are in found proximity to each archaeological deposit in order to determine in which ways non-cultural features may have influenced human behavior and social interactions.
Education and Degrees
From 1993-1997
BS in Geography and History
Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Spain
From 1998-2004
Ph.D. in American Archaeology
Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Spain
Selected Bibliography
Mayo, Julia.
La Industria Prehispánica de Conchas Marinas de Gran Coclé, Panamá.. Doctoral Tesis. Depart. Antropología Americana. Universidad Complutense de Madrid. [en prensa 2005]. Madrid.
2006 “Los Estilos Cerámicos de Gran Coclé, Panamá.” Revista Española de Antropología Americana 36. Madrid.
[in press] “Conchas y especialización artesanal en Gran Coclé, Panamá.” Arqueología del Área Intermedia. Bogotá.
Mayo, Julia and Richard Cooke
“La Industria de Conchas Marinas en Gran Coclé, Panamá. Análisis tecnológico de los artefactos de conchas del basurero-taller de Sitio Cerro Juan Díaz, Los Santos, Panamá”. Archaeofauna 14:285-298. Madrid.
2006 “La Industria Lítica de Gran Coclé, Panamá, a finales del Período Cerámico Medio”. Arqueología 33: INAH. México DF.
Mayo, Julia and Richard Cooke, Alexis Mojica, Alberto Ruíz, Ramón Chantada, Guillermina Itzel De Gracia, Carlos Mayo.
[in press] “El Proyecto Arqueológico Coclé (P.A.C): Registro, clasificación y función de las estructuras arquitectónicas sencillas y estaciones con grabados rupestres de la región cultural de “Gran Coclé”, Panamá.”. Revista Española de Antropología Americana. Madrid.