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On the Internet, Class of 1994: Christophe HelmkeFROM: Belize Valley Archaeological Reconnaissance Project .orgChristophe Helmke graduated with a BA from McGill University, Montreal, Canada after completing an Honours Thesis on Classic period (AD 250 - 900) Lowland Maya stelae. He received his MA from the Institute of Archaeology, University College London, England in 2001. His MA Thesis focused on identifying the social processes responsible for the dissemination of Terminal Classic (c. AD 830 - 950) Molded-carved vases throughout the eastern Central Lowlands. He is currently enrolled as a PhD candidate at the Institute of Archaeology, University College London, and expected to graduate in 2006. He has been actively involved in archaeological fieldwork since 1993. Before working in the Maya area he participated in archaeological investigations in France and Japan. In particular he assisted in the excavations of the Eduen capital Bibracte (France; 1993 - 1994), the Mars-Mullo Sanctuary of Allonnes (France; 1994 - 1995) both dating to the Gallo-Roman period (c. 200 - 52 BC), and the Heijo-Heian period (AD 784 - 794) capital of Nagaoka (Japan; 1995). After completing the BVAR field school in 1996 he joined the WBRCP in 1997 as archaeological illustrator, surveyor and epigrapher (1997 - 2000). Since then he has been focusing on the analysis of the ceramic assemblages retrieved from caves. Between 1999 and 2003 he served as field director of the excavations at the plazuela group known as Pook's Hill, in the Roaring Creek Valley. These investigations are aimed at recovering useful comparative data from residential and ritual sites in the Roaring Creek Valley of Central Belize. This year (2005), Christophe will assume the position of co-director of BVAR and head the investigations at the important site of Baking Pot. In collaboration with Harri J. Kettunen (University of Helsinki), he has organized and tutored introductory workshops to Maya hieroglyphic writing since 2000 in Belize, England and Germany as part of the San Ignacio Hieroglyphic Introductory Lectures (SIHIL) and the European Maya Conferences (EMC - WAYEB). In addition, he has been teaching introductory lectures on Maya hieroglyphic writing at University College London. Research interests include: • The analysis of glyphic texts from the greater Belize Valley (including Actuncan, Actunchapat, Actunhalal, Actuntunchilmucnal, Altunha, Baking Pot, Blackman Eddy, Buenavista del Cayo, Cahalpech, Pacbitun, Pook's Hill, Xunantunich, as well as Naranjo and Caracol). • Terminal Classic/Incipient Postclassic Molded-carved vases. • The function of ancient Maya ceramic vessels. • The glyphic Primary Standard Sequence. • The glyphic texts from cave sites. • Elaboration of standard conventions for archaeological illustrations and maps. SOURCE: http://www.bvar.org/cgbh.htm |
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