SARAH E. NEWMAN University of Vermont, Department of Anthropology 509 Williams Hall, 72 University Place Burlington, VT

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1 SARAH E. NEWMAN University of Vermont, Department of Anthropology 509 Williams Hall, 72 University Place Burlington, VT EDUCATION 2015 Ph.D. in Anthropology, Brown University Joukowsky Family Foundation Outstanding Dissertation Award 2011 M.A. in Anthropology, Brown University 2007 B.A. in Archaeological Studies, Yale University Michael D. Coe Prize ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS Assistant Professor of Anthropology, University of Vermont (Burlington, VT) Assistant Professor of Anthropology, James Madison University (Harrisonburg, VA) Visiting Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Wesleyan University (Middletown, CT) FELLOWSHIPS, GRANTS, & AWARDS (*External) 2017 *Wenner-Gren Foundation, Richard Carley Hunt Postdoctoral Fellowship ($36,667) James Madison University, School of Liberal Arts Alumni Legacy Fund Award ($4,000) 2016 Experiment.com, Archaeology Challenge Grant ($3,465) 2014 *Dolores Zohrab Liebmann Fund, Graduate Fellowship ($18,000) John Carter Brown Library, J.M. Stuart Dissertation Fellowship ($22,500) Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, Brown University, Craig M. Cogut Dissertation Fellowship ($11,250 - Declined) Brown University Graduate School, Dissertation Completion Fellowship ($22,500 - Declined) 2013 *Fulbright IIE/U.S. State Department, Research/Study Grant to Guatemala ($18,500) *Wenner-Gren Foundation, Dissertation Fieldwork Grant ($11,150) and Osmundsen Initiative Award ($5,000) Brown University Graduate School, Incentive Award for Doctoral Students ($8,375) Newman 1

2 *University of Texas at Austin Department of Art and Art History, Scholar-in-Residence, Casa Herrera (10 months in Antigua, Guatemala) 2012 *National Science Foundation, Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant, BCS ($16,821) Brown University Office of International Affairs, Travel Award ($750) 2010, 2011 Brown University Department of Anthropology, Summer Research Funds (Total Awarded: $2,984) 2010 *Archaeological Institute of America, Jane C. Waldbaum Scholarship ($1,000) Tinker Foundation/Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, Brown University, Summer Research and Travel in Latin America ($1,000) 2007, 2008 *Cooperative Institute for Limnology and Ecosystems Research, Great Lakes Summer Fellows Program (Total Awarded: $10,000) *Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc., Toyota Community Scholar (Total Awarded: $20,000) BOOKS In preparation Talking Trash: A History of Waste in Mesoamerica Temple of the Night Sun: A Royal Tomb at El Diablo, Guatemala. Second author with Stephen Houston, Edwin Román, and Thomas Garrison. Precolumbia Mesoweb Press, San Francisco. JOURNAL ARTICLES (*indicates peer-reviewed) 2018 *Ritual and Rubbish at the Ancient Maya Site of El Zotz, Guatemala. Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory *Sharks in the jungle: real and imagined sea monsters of the Maya. Antiquity 90(354): *Tunnel Vision: Documenting Excavations in Three Dimensions with LiDAR Technology. Tenth author with Thomas G. Garrison et al. Advances in Archaeological Practice 4(2): *Applications of Reflectance Transformation Imaging (RTI) to the Study of Bone Surface Modifications. Journal of Archaeological Science 53: Flores fragrantes y bestias fétidas: El olfato entre los mayas del Clásico [Fetid Beasts and Fragrant Flowers: Smell among the Classic Maya]. Second author with Stephen Houston. Arqueología Mexicana 134: *Local Water Resource Variability and Oxygen Isotopic Reconstructions of Mobility: A Case Study from the Maya Area. Third author with Andrew Scherer and Alyce de Carteret. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports 2: Newman 2

3 BOOK CHAPTERS (*indicates peer-reviewed) In press * For Love of the Game: Ancient Maya Deer Hunting as Symbol and Sustenance. In Food Provisioning in Complex Societies, edited by Benjamin Arbuckle and Levent Atici. University of Colorado Press, Boulder. Revision submitted to editors June * Ancient Mesoamerica: Sensorial Experiences and Meanings In The Routledge Handbook of Sensory Archaeology, edited by Jo Day and Robin Skeates. Routledge, London. Revisions submitted to editors March * Olores placenteros y molestos entre los mayas del Clásico [Smells Fair and Foul Among the Classic Maya]. Second author with Stephen Houston. In Olores y sensibilidad olfativa en la historia de Mexico [Smells and Olfactory Sensibility in the History of Mexico], edited by E. Dupey García and G. Pinzón Ríos, pp Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Mexico, Mexico City * Collapse, Continuity, Change: El Zotz in the Terminal Classic Period. First author with Jóse Luis Garrido López and Nicholas Carter. In An Inconstant Landscape: Archaeological Investigations at El Zotz, edited by T.G. Garrison and S.D. Houston. University of Colorado Press, Boulder. * Power on the Periphery: The Late Classic Period at El Zotz. Third author with Nicholas Carter and Yeny Gútierrez Castillo. In An Inconstant Landscape: Archaeological Investigations at El Zotz, edited by T.G. Garrison and S.D. Houston. University of Colorado Press, Boulder. * Understanding Social, Economic, and Political Change: The Ceramics of El Zotz. Fourth author with Ewa Czapiewska-Halliday, Nicholas Carter, Melanie Kingsley, and Alyce de Carteret. In An Inconstant Landscape: Archaeological Investigations at El Zotz, edited by T.G. Garrison and S.D. Houston. University of Colorado Press, Boulder * The Limits of Palimpsest : Architectural Ruins, Reuse and Remodeling among the Ancient Maya. In Palimpsests: Buildings, Sites, Time, edited by Nadya Aksamija, Clark Maines, and Phillip Wagoner, pp Brepols Publishers, Turnhout Cerámica de Petén Occidental, una perspectiva regional [Ceramics of the Western Peten: A Regional Perspective]. Fifth author with Keith Eppich, Griselda Pérez Robles, Juan Carlos Pérez, Carrie Paris, James Fitzsimmons, and Mélanie Forné. In XXIX Simposio de Investigaciones Arqueológicas en Guatemala, National Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Guatemala City Outfitting a Ruler. (2015). First author with Stephen Houston, Thomas Garrison, and Edwin Román. In Temple of the Night Sun: A Royal Tomb at El Diablo, Guatemala, pp Precolumbia Mesoweb Press, San Francisco. Nuevas formas de ver lo antiguo: Técnicas para sacar imágenes de los artefactos [New Ways of Seeing the Old: Techniques for Imaging Artifacts]. In XXVIII Simposio de Investigaciones Arqueológicas en Guatemala, 2014, edited by B. Arroyo, L. Méndez Salinas, and L. Paíz, pp National Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Guatemala City. Newman 3

4 2013 Animales Como Artefactos: El Uso Ritual de Los Restos de Fauna por Los Antiguos Mayas [Animals as Artifacts: The Ritual Use of Faunal Remains by the Ancient Maya]. In XXVI Simposio de Investigaciones Arqueológicas en Guatemala, 2012, edited by B. Arroyo and L. Méndez Salinas, pp National Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Guatemala City Los Procesos Palaciegos: La Acrópolis de El Zotz [Palace Processes: The El Zotz Acropolis]. First author with Stephen Houston, Jose Luis Garrido, Elizabeth Marroquín, Juan Carlos Meléndez, Elsa Damaris Menéndez, Griselda Perez Robles, and Ewa Czapiewska. In XXV Simposio de Investigaciones Arqueológicas en Guatemala, 2011, edited by B. Arroyo, L. Paiz Aragon, and H. Mejía, pp National Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Guatemala City El Diablo: Grupo Cívico-Ceremonial del Clásico Temprano en El Zotz, Peten [El Diablo: An Early Classic Civic-Ceremonial Group at El Zotz, Peten]. Second author with Edwin Román, Stephen Houston, Thomas Garrison, Nicholas Carter, Andrew Scherer, Zachary Hruby, and Catharine Magee. In XXIV Simposio de Investigaciones Arqueológicas en Guatemala, 2010, edited by B. Arroyo, L. Paiz Aragón, A. Linares Palma and A.L. Arroyave, pp National Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Guatemala City. BOOK REVIEWS/REVIEW ESSAYS In prep In prep In press Pathways to Complexity: A View from the Maya Lowlands, edited by M. Kathryn Brown and G.J. Bey III. Antiquity. Miscellaneous Investigations in Central Tikal-Great Temples III, IV, V, and VI (Tikal Report 23B), by H. Stanley Loten. Reading Religion. Kukulcan s Realm: Urban Life at Ancient Mayapán, by Marilyn A. Masson and Carlos Peraza Lope. Hispanic American Historical Review Political Strategies in Pre-Columbian Mesoamerica, edited by Sarah Kurnick and Joanne Baron, and Classic Maya Polities of the Southern Lowlands, edited by Damien B. Marken and James L. Fitzsimmons. Cambridge Archaeological Journal 28(2): Colonial Mediascapes: Sensory Worlds of the Early Americas, edited by Matt Cohen and Jeffrey Glover. Social Anthropology/Anthropologie Sociale 24(1): Centering Animals in Latin American History, edited by Martha Few and Zeb Tortorici. Social Anthropology/Anthropologie Sociale 23(1): TECHNICAL REPORTS 2018 Análisis de huesos animales de Budsilhá, El Porvenir, El Infiernito, Sacrificio, y Sak Tz i - Lacanja Tzeltal. In Proyecto Arqueológico Budsilha-Chocolja, Informe Final 2018, edited by A.K. Scherer and C. Golden. Report submitted to the National Institute of Anthropology and History, Mexico. Newman 4

5 Budsilhá: Operación 1: Investigaciones en el grupo principal. Second author with Shanti Morell-Hart, Joshua Schnell, Meghan McLead, Sarah Watson, Harper Dine, and Mallory Matusmoto. In Proyecto Arqueológico Budsilha-Chocolja, Informe Final 2018, edited by A.K. Scherer and C. Golden. Report submitted to the National Institute of Anthropology and History, Mexico Investigaciones en la Estructura L7-18, del grupo de Los Cinco Templos. In Proyecto Arqueológico El Zotz, Informe Final 2014, Temporada de Campo #9, edited by J.L. Garrido López, T.G. Garrison, E.R. Román, and S. Houston, pp Report submitted to the Institute of Anthropology and History of Guatemala Análisis de material ceramic del sitio El Zotz (Fase I): tiestos provenientes de un depósito ubicado en la acropolis de El Zotz y resguardos en Salón 3. In Proyecto Arqueológico El Zotz Informe No. 8, Temporada 2013, edited by J.L. Garrido López, E.R. Román, T.G. Garrison, and S. Houston, pp Report submitted to the Institute of Anthropology and History of Guatemala. Mapeo y Reconocimiento en El Zotz. In Proyecto Arqueológico El Zotz Informe No. 8, Temporada 2013, edited by J.L. Garrido López, T.G. Garrison, E.R. Román, and S. Houston, pp Report submitted to the Institute of Anthropology and History of Guatemala. Análisis de los Restos Faunales del Proyecto Arqueológico Busiljá-Chocoljá: Informe Preliminar. In Proyecto Arqueológico Busiljá-Chocoljá: Informe de la Cuarta Temporada de Investigación, edited by A.K. Scherer, C. Golden, and J. Dobereiner, pp Report submitted to the National Institute of Anthropology and History, Mexico Limpieza de saqueos en la Acrópolis de El Zotz (Operación 22). (2013). In Proyecto Arqueológico El Zotz Informe No. 7, Temporada 2012, edited by J.L. Garrido López, T.G. Garrison, E. Román, and S. Houston, pp Report submitted to the Institute of Anthropology and History of Guatemala Operaciones 2 y 12: Excavaciones en la Acrópolis y la Plazuela Noroeste. With Elsa Damaris Menéndez. In Proyecto Arqueológico El Zotz Informe No. 6, Temporada 2011, edited by J.L. Garrido López, S. Houston, and E. Román, pp Report submitted to the Institute of Anthropology and History of Guatemala Catálogo y Análisis preliminar de la cerámica de la Tumba Real de El Diablo. In Proyecto Arqueológico El Zotz Informe No. 5, Temporada 2010, edited by Jose Luis Garrido López, Stephen Houston, and Edwin Román, pp Report submitted to the Institute of Anthropology and History of Guatemala. Excavaciones en el Grupo El Diablo (Operación 5). Second author with Edwin Román. In Proyecto Arqueológico El Zotz Informe No. 5, Temporada 2010, edited by J.L. Garrido López, S. Houston, and E. Román, pp Report submitted to the Institute of Anthropology and History of Guatemala. Excavación y descripción del Entierro 9 de El Zotz. Second author with Edwin Román. In Proyecto Arqueológico El Zotz Informe No. 5, Temporada 2010, edited by J.L. Garrido López, S. Houston, and E. Román, pp Report submitted to the Institute of Anthropology and History of Guatemala. Newman 5

6 FIELDWORK Petra Terraces Archaeological Project (Jordan), Brown University Director, Topoxté Islands Archaeological Project (Guatemala), University of Vermont Archaeologist and faunal analyst, Piedras Negras-Yaxchilán Landscape Project (Guatemala and Mexico) Brandeis University and Brown University 2014 Co-Director, Native Diver Relocation Project, Hollywood Park Race Track, Inglewood, CA University of Southern California 2013 Faunal analyst, Budsiljhá-Chocolja Archaeological Project (Mexico) Brandeis University and Brown University Faunal analyst, El Zotz Archaeological Project (Guatemala) Brown University and University of Southern California Archaeologist, El Zotz Archaeological Project (Guatemala) Brown University and University of Southern California Maritime archaeologist, Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary (Alpena, MI) NOAA Maritime Heritage Program 2006 Maritime archaeologist, Continental Mapping Project (Two Rivers, WI) East Carolina University SELECTED CONFERENCE PAPERS/INVITED LECTURES 2019 Beheading Bugs and Spearing Stags: Depictions of Animal Sacrifice in Mesoamerica. Paper to be presented at the 83 rd Annual Meeting of the Society of American Archaeology, Albuquerque, New Mexico The Pecking Order: Human and Animal Hierarchies in Mesoamerica. (May 2017) Paper presented at the North American Theoretical Archaeology Group Conference, Toronto, Canada. Session Title: Archaeology and Human-Animal Relations: Is Anthropocentrism an Issue? First Steps and Finishing Touches: Imaging Techniques and Ancient Maya Bone Craft Production. (Apr. 2017) Paper presented at the 82 nd Annual Meeting of the Society of American Archaeology, Vancouver, Canada. Session Title: A Material World: Collaborative Research in Art, Archaeology, and Materials Science in the Study of the Ancient Americas Clash Over Trash: Indigenous and European Approaches to Waste in Latin America. (Apr. 2016). Paper presented at the North American Theoretical Archaeology Group Conference, Boulder, Colorado. Session Title: Ruins, Rubbish, Recycling, and Wrecks: Theorizing Things Left Behind. Newman 6

7 2015 Maya Trash. JCBx Talk, John Carter Brown Library, Providence, RI. Available online: Ritual in the Great Household : Termination Deposits in Classic Maya Royal Residences. Paper presented at the 80 th Annual Meeting of the Society of American Archaeology, San Francisco, California. Session Title: "Household Rituals in the Ancient Americas from Patio Groups to Pueblos Game, Prize, and Player: Deer Hunting among the Classic Maya. Paper presented at the 79 th Annual Meeting of the Society of American Archaeology, Austin, Texas. Session Title: For One Pleasure, a Hundred Pains: The Royal Hunt in the Ancient World. Caching, Smashing, and Trashing: Ancient Maya Dedication and Termination Rituals. (Jan. 2014). Invited lecture at the M.J. Barrick Museum, University of Nevada, Las Vegas symposium Artistic Programs and Classic Maya Architecture: Recent Discoveries and Interpretations Conservacion y communidad en el sitio arqueológico El Zotz, Peten, Guatemala [Conservation and Community at the Archaeological Site of El Zotz, Peten, Guatemala]. Invited lecture at Universidad Rafael Landívar, Guatemala City, Guatemala. ORGANIZED SYMPOSIA 2013 For One Pleasure, A Hundred Pains: The Royal Hunt in the Ancient World. Co-chaired with Stephen Houston. 79 th Annual Society for American Archaeology Meetings, Austin, Texas. COURSES TAUGHT (final enrollment numbers in parentheses) 2018 University of Vermont ANTH 195/GEOG 195 GIS for Anthropologists (20) ANTH 295: When Words Collide: Narratives of Conquest in Latin America (18) 2017 James Madison University GEOG 490 Geographic Sciences Independent Study (1) ANTH 486 Anthropology Internship (1) ANTH 205 [ONLINE] Buried Cities, Lost Tribes: The Rise and Fall of Early Human Societies (18) ANTH 205 Buried Cities, Lost Tribes: The Rise and Fall of Early Human Societies (111) ANTH 395 The Pre-Columbian World: 100 Objects (19) 2016 James Madison University ANTH 197 Archaeology (76) ANTH 485 Anthropology Course Assistantship (1) Wesleyan University AMST 404 Dept/Program Project or Essay (1) ANTH/ARCP 256 Predators, Prey, Pets, and PETA: Changing Human-Animal Relationships (25) ANTH 304/LAST 314 When Words Collide: Narratives of Conquest in Latin America (15) ANTH/ARCP 349 The Human Skeleton (15) ANTH 492 Teaching Apprentice Tutorial (2) Newman 7

8 2015 Wesleyan University ANTH/ARCP 112 Talking Trash: Our Long, Dirty, and Dynamic Relationship to Garbage (15) ANTH/ARCP/ARHA 227/LAST 327 The Pre-Columbian World: 100 Objects (8) Brown University ANTH 1720/ARCH 1772 The Human Skeleton (23) 2014 University of Southern California (Field Instructor) ANTH 400 Maya Resilience (4) ANTH 450 Field Research in Maya Archaeology (3) 2013 University of Texas at Austin (Visiting Scholar/Co-Instructor, Study Abroad Program in Guatemala) ANT 324L/ARH370/LAS 327 Ancient Maya Writing and History (5) ANT 324L/ARH370/LAS 327 Sacred Landscapes of the Pre-Columbian World (5) ANT 324L/ARH 374/LAS 327 The Archaeology of Ancient Mesoamerica (5) ARH 370/LAS 327 The Colonial Encounter: Western and Indigenous Perspectives (5) UNDERGRADUATE ADVISING 2016 Elizabeth Elliott, The Ugly Food Movement: A Visual Analysis (Wesleyan University, primary advisor) Emily Pfoutz, Vulnerable Becomings: Reimagining Human Relationships with Horses and Other Beings, (Wesleyan University, reader) Marina Rothberg, Grave Concerns: Agency Theory and Post-Burial Manipulation of the Corpse (Wesleyan University, reader) SERVICE 2018 University of Vermont Anthropology Club Advisor Catamount Commitment Mentor (First-Generation Students) 2018 National Endowment for the Humanities Panelist 2017 National Science Foundation Panelist 2016 James Madison University New Faculty Academy First-Generation Student Mentor Manuscript Reviewer: Journal of Social Archaeology; Ancient Mesoamerica; Journal of Field Archaeology Newman 8

9 SELECTED MEDIA MENTIONS 2016 Giant Megalodon Shark Teeth May Have Inspired Mayan Monster Myths. LiveScience. Maize God vs. Megashark: How the ancient Maya brought sharks to the jungle. Ars Technica Native Diver Relocation Project Royalty from the Sport of Kings: Unearthing a Legend of California Racing. Archaeology. USC Archaeology Students Help Dig Up Remains of Famed Horse. CBS. Digging up Native Diver. Los Angeles Times. Remains of legendary racehorse Native Diver exhumed at Hollywood Park. Daily Breeze. A Racing Legend Revisited. University of Southern California News and Events Los vecinos de la selva. Prensa Libre. Solicited commentary (Spanish) El Zotz Archaeological Project Temple of the Night Sun: Inside the Devil s Pyramid at the El Zotz. Current World Archaeology Top 10 Discoveries of Archaeology Magazine Zotz masks yield insights into Maya beliefs. Brown University Press Release Mayan Royal Tomb Unearthed. REVUE Magazine. A King Tut moment: Guatemalan king s tomb yields Mayan secrets. Providence Journal. Mayan king s tomb discovered in Guatemala. Brown University Press Release. AFFILIATIONS North American Theoretical Archaeology Group Since 2016 International Council for Archaeozoology Since 2014 Guatemalan Scholars Network Since 2013 Society for American Archaeology Since 2011 LANGUAGES English: native Spanish: fluent (reading, writing, speaking) Turkish: intermediate (reading, writing, speaking) Newman 9