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1 KENNETH E. SELIGSON Curriculum Vitae (February 2018) Department of Anthropology Cell: University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA EDUCATION 2016 Ph.D., Anthropology, University of Wisconsin-Madison Dissertation: The Prehispanic Maya Burnt Lime Industry: Socio-economy and Environmental Resource Management in the Terminal Classic Period ( CE) Northern Lowlands. Committee Chair: Sarah Clayton 2011 M.A. in Anthropology, University of Wisconsin-Madison 2008 A.B. in History with Honors, and in Anthropology, Brown University RESEARCH INTERESTS The Prehispanic Maya; Archaeology of complex societies; resource management; humanenvironment relationships; ancient technology; experimental archaeology; social and political economy; rural-urban dynamics; limestone processing and burnt lime production; archaeological reconnaissance. Geographic Areas: Mexico, Mesoamerica, Central America a ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTSA 2016 Lecturer, Department of Anthropology, University of Southern California PUBLICATIONS Articles in Peer-Reviewed Journals A 2017 Seligson, Kenneth, Tomás Gallareta Negrón, Rossana May, George J. Bey III Lime Powder Production in the Puuc Maya Region (AD ): An Experimental Pit Kiln. Journal of Field Archaeology 42:2: Seligson, Kenneth, Tomás Gallareta Negrón, Rossana May, George J. Bey III Burnt Lime Production and the Pre-Columbian Maya Socio-Economy: A Case Study from the Northern Yucatán. Journal of Anthropological Archaeology 48: Seligson, CV 1

2 2017 Seligson, Kenneth, Tomás Gallareta Negrón, Rossana May, George J. Bey III Using Multiple Lines of Evidence to Identify Prehispanic Lime Kilns in The Maya Area. Latin American Antiquity 28(4): Accepted Seligson, Kenneth, Soledad Ortíz Ruíz, and Luís Barba Pingarrón 11/20/17 Prehispanic Maya Burnt Lime Production: Previous Studies and Future Directions. Ancient Mesoamerica. In Prep. Ringle, William, Kenneth Seligson, and Tomás Gallareta Negrón Shifting Land-use Strategies of the Puuc Maya as Seen Through LiDAR Imagery Chapters in Edited Volumes 2017 Seligson, Kenneth, Tomás Gallareta Negrón, Rossana May, George J. Bey III In Search of Kilns: The Forms and Functions of Annular Structures in the Bolonchén District, in Recent Investigations in the Puuc Region of Yucatán. Meghan Rubenstein (ed.) Archaeopress Pre-Columbian Archaeology 8; Archaeopress. In Prep. Seligson, Kenneth, Tomás Gallareta Negrón, Rossana May, George J. Bey III Burnt Lime Production at Kiuic, in The Bolonchén Regional Archaeology Project. William Ringle, George J. Bey III, Tomás Gallareta Negrón (eds.). Technical Reports 2017 Seligson, Kenneth, George J. Bey III, Tomás Gallareta Negrón y Betsy Kohut. Excavaciones en Escalera al Cielo Sur (EaC Sur) (Investigations at Escalera al Cielo), in Proyecto Arqueológico Regional de Bolonchén, Temporada 2016: Informe Técnico al Consejo de Arqueología del INAH, México, Tomás Gallareta Negron, George J. Bey, William Ringle, Directors Seligson, Kenneth, Betsy Kohut, y Tomás Gallareta Negrón. Investigaciones en las Estructuras Anulares (Investigations of the Annular Structures), in Proyecto Arqueológico Regional de Bolonchén, Temporada 2015: Informe Técnico al Consejo de Arqueología del INAH, México, Tomás Gallareta Negron, George J. Bey, William Ringle, Directors Seligson, Kenneth, Betsy Kohut, y Tomás Gallareta Negrón. Investigaciones en las Estructuras Anulares (Investigations of the Annular Structures), in Proyecto Arqueológico Regional de Bolonchén, Temporada 2014: Informe Técnico al Consejo de Arqueología del INAH, México, Tomás Gallareta Negron, George J. Bey, William Ringle, Directors Gallareta Negrón, Tomás, Rossana May Ciau, Kenneth Seligson, y Bill Ringle El Reconocimiento Labna-Kiuic (The Labná-Kiuic Inter-site Survey), in Proyecto Arqueológico Regional de Bolonchén, Temporadas : Informe Técnico al Consejo de Arqueología del INAH, México. Tomás Gallareta Negron, George J. Bey, William Ringle, Directors. Seligson, CV 2

3 2012 Simms, Stephanie, George J. Bey III, Evan Parker, y Kenneth Seligson Excavaciones Estratigráficas en Escalera al Cielo y Cartografía Preliminar en el Cerro Contiguo (Stratigraphic Excavations at Stairway to Heaven and Preliminary Mapping of the Adjacent Hill), in Proyecto Arqueológico Regional de Bolonchén (Temporada 2011): Informe Técnico al Consejo de Arqueología del INAH. Tomás Gallareta Negron, George J. Bey III, William Ringle, Directors. Other Publications 2016 Kenneth Seligson. Prehispanic Maya Burnt Lime Production and Resource Conservation. Edge Effects. Digital magazine of the Center for Culture, History, and Environment (CHE) of UW-Madison. GRANTS, FELLOWSHIPS, AWARDS 2016 Honorary Fellow, University of Wisconsin-Madison 2016 Advanced Opportunity Fellowship, College of Letters and Sciences Community of Graduate Research Scholars, UW-Madison 2016 Anthropology Department Travel Award, UW-Madison National Science Foundation Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Award, The Effect of Small Scale Industrial Production on Social Organization. BCS ($23,755.00) Advanced Opportunity Fellowship, College of Letters and Sciences Community of Graduate Research Scholars, UW-Madison 2014 John T. Hitchcock Prize in Anthropology, UW-Madison University Fellowship, University of Wisconsin-Madison 2013 Tinker Nave Summer Research Grant; Latin American, Caribbean & Iberian Studies Program, University of Wisconsin-Madison 2012 Arvin B. Weinstein Prize in Anthropology University Fellowship, University of Wisconsin-Madison Advanced Opportunity Fellowship, College of Letters and Sciences Community of Graduate Research Scholars, UW-Madison 2008 David Herlihy Prize: Best student in Medieval or Renaissance, or Ancient History Department of History, Brown University Seligson, CV 3

4 RESEARCH EXPERIENCE 2010 Bolonchén Regional Archaeological Project, Kiuic, Yucatán, Mexico. Project Member. Tomás Gallareta Negrón (INAH), George J. Bey III (Millsaps College), William M. Ringle (Davidson), Directors. Field Director since Gordon R. Willey Laboratory for Mesoamerican Studies. Research Assistant. Barbara Fash, Director Harvard University Field School at Copán, Honduras. Project Member. William Fash, Director Piedras Negras Archaeological Project, Stephen Houston, Director, Research Assistant to Dr. Houston in the Mesoamerican Laboratory at Brown University Tiermes Archaeological Project, Soria, Spain. Project Member. Santiago Martinez Caballero, Director. PROFESSIONAL CONFERENCES Symposia Organized 2016 The Bolonchén Regional Archaeological Project: Sixteen Years of Investigating Maya Society in the Eastern Puuc Region from the Preclassic through the Historical Period. Session co-organized with Margaret Morgan Smith and Evan Parker. 81 st Annual Meeting for the Society of American Archaeology, Orlando, FL The Exploitation of Limestone in Ancient Mesoamerica. Session co-organized with María Soledad Ortíz Ruiz. 80 th Annual Meeting for the Society of American Archaeology, San Francisco, CA. Session discussants: Luís Barba and José Luís Ruvalcaba. Papers Presented 2017 The View from Above: The Semi-Autonomous Elite Maya Hilltop Complex of Escalera al Cielo, co-authored with Betsy Kohut, George J. Bey III, and Tomás Gallareta Negrón. 82 nd Annual Meeting for the SAA, Vancouver, BC Burnt Lime Production and the Late Terminal Classic Puuc Maya Socio-economy, co-authored with Tomás Gallareta Negrón and Rossana May Ciau. 81 st Annual Meeting for the SAA, Orlando, FL Lime Powder Production in the Puuc Maya Region (AD ): An Experimental Pit-Kiln, Midwest Conference on Mesoamerican Archaeology and Ethnohistory, College of DuPage, Glen Ellyn, IL. Seligson, CV 4

5 2015 Ring Structures and Lime Production at the Ancient Maya Site of Kiuic, co-authored with Tomás Gallareta Negrón and Rossana May Ciau. 80 th Annual Meeting for the SAA, San Francisco, CA Propuesta Metodológica para el Estudio de las Estructuras Anulares en el Área Maya, co-authored with María Soledad Ortíz Ruiz. IV Congreso Latinoamericano de Arqueometría, Mexico City, Mexico In Search of Kilns: The Forms and Functions of Annular Structures in the Bolonchen District. 79th Annual Meeting for the Society of American Archaeology, Austin, Texas. INVITED LECTURES AND PRESENTATIONS 2018 Burning Rings of Fire: Burnt Lime Production and Ancient Maya Environmental Resource Management. UCLA, Cotsen Institute of Archaeology (February 14) Ancient Maya Environmental Resource Management: An Archaeological Case Study. Guest Lecture, Oregon State University, Cascades (October 4) Burning Rings of Fire: Lime Production and Environmental Management. Santa Monica College (May 26) Burnt Lime Production and the Prehispanic Maya Socio-Economy. University of California-Riverside (January 20) Chichen Itza and the Terminal Classic Period. Guest Lecture, University of Southern California, Anthropology 314g (November 14) The Prehispanic Maya Burnt Lime Industry: An Archaeological Case Study. University of Wisconsin-Fox Valley (April 21) The Prehispanic Maya Burnt Lime Industry and Resource Conservation: An Archaeological Case Study. Tulane University (March 4) Prehispanic Maya Socio-economies and the Burnt Lime Industry. University of Wisconsin-Madison, Archaeology Brown Bag Lecture Series (March 11) Archaeological Methods: The Kiuic Case Study. Guest Lecture, University of Wisconsin-Madison, General Introduction to Anthropology (October 19, 20) A Tale of Two Hilltops: Social Stratification and the Development of a Plantation System at the Ancient Maya Site of Kiuic, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse (December 1). Seligson, CV 5

6 CAMPUS TALKS 2017 Burning Rings of Fire: Prehispanic Maya Lime Production and Human-Environment Relationships, University of Southern California (March 6) Ancient Maya Lime Production and Environmental Resource Management, University of Southern California (September 12) Ancient Maya Lime Plaster Production, Neil L. Whitehead Memorial Colloquium Series, University of Wisconsin-Madison (March 13) The Exploitation of Limestone and the Expansion of the Terminal Classic Puuc Economy, Neil L. Whitehead Memorial Colloquium Series, University of Wisconsin-Madison (April 19). TEACHING EXPERIENCE The Process of Change in Science: Trojan Archaeology, undergraduate honors course Introduction to Archaeology: Our Human Past, lower division undergraduate lecture The Nature of Maya Civilization, upper division undergraduate lecture Mesoamerican Cosmovision and Culture, lower division undergraduate lecture World Archaeology, lower division undergraduate lecture Directed Research Independent Study: Maya Archaeology and Archaeological Survey North American Indians, Teaching Associate, upper division undergraduate lecture Forms of Folklore, Teaching Associate, upper division undergraduate lecture General Introduction to Anthropology, Teaching Associate, lower division undergraduate Archaeology and the Prehistoric World, Teaching Associate, lower division undergraduate Principles of Archaeology, Teaching Associate, lower division undergraduate UNIVERSITY AND DEPARTMENTAL SERVICE At the University of Southern California 2018 Organizer, World Anthropology Day Events 2017 Undergraduate Curriculum Committee, Dept. of Anthropology 2016 Organizer, Archaeology Around the World Lecture Series At the University of Wisconsin (Pre-Doctoral) 2016 Organizer, World Anthropology Day Events 2015 Organizer, 3x5 Anthropology Symposium Vice-President of Anthrocircle Mentor Match Tutor Program Organizer, Archaeology Brown Bag Lunch Lectures Seligson, CV 6

7 COURSES DEVELOPED Anthropology 334: Archaeology in the Popular Imagination (In development) Anthropology 400: Maya Resilience Constructing Past and Present Identities Anthropology 450: Field Research in the Maya Area PUBLIC OUTREACH 2014 Archaeology of the Maya Lowlands, presented at the Port Washington Public Library, Port Washington, New York (January 10). CULTURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT Archaeological Consulting & Services, CRM firm, Verona, WI, Project Associate COURSES PREPARED TO TEACH Introduction to Anthropology Introduction to Archaeology Introduction to Biological Anthropology Archaeological Principles and Methods Archaeological Theory Archaeology of Identity Archaeology of the Maya and Mesoamerica Ancient Technology and Innovation Environmental Archaeology Campus Excavation Archaeology of North America Native North Americans LANGUAGES AND SKILLS English, Spanish, Yucatec Maya ArcGIS; AutoCAD; Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Acrobat Professional; CanvasX PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP AND SERVICE 2017 Archaeological Institute of America, Membership Secretary, LA Chapter 2008 Society for American Archaeology (SAA) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Dual Citizenship United States of America and Mexico Seligson, CV 7