Jerald Ek

Western Washington University

Affiliations

College of Humanities and Social Sciences

Department Of Anthropology

College of the Environment

College of the Environment Spatial Institute

Institute Of Spatial

Salish Sea Institute

Western Washington University

NoneJerald Ek is currently serving as a College Of Humanities And Social Sciences faculty at Western Washington University.

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Western Washington University

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The Inflection Points in Formative Maya History: The View From ChampotÓN, Campeche, Mexico. Ancient Mesoamerica (2022)

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The Inertia of Old Ideas: A Historical Overview of Theoretical and Methodological Challenges in the Study of Classic Maya Political Organization. Journal of Archaeological Research (2019)

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All Politics Isn’t Local: The Role of Oxpemul in Classic Maya Geopolitics. The 82nd Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology (2018)

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Detection of Potential Large Maya Settlements in the Northern PetéN Area (State of Campeche, Mexico) Using Optical and Radar Remote Sensing. Journal of Archaeological Science Reports (2018)

Armand LaRocqueBrigitte LeblonJerald Ek

radargeographyarchaeologyplanetary sciencessynthetic aperture radarearth observationgeoarchaeologyancient mesoamericaearth sciencelatin american archaeologyzooarchaeologyarchaeological practiceremote sensinglandscape archaeologyoptical remote sensingradar remotearchaeological sciencearchaeological excavationsfield archaeologynorthern peten area

On the Trail of Quetzalcoatl/Kukulcan: Tracing Mythic Interaction Routes and Networks in the Maya Lowlands. Ancient Mesoamerica (2016)

William J. FolanDavid D. BollesJerald D. Ek

culturemaya lowlandscultural historyancient mesoamerica

Pottery and Politics: Contextualizing the Classic to Postclassic Transition in ChampotóN, Campeche. Latin American Antiquity (2016)

Jerald D. Ek

classicspostclassic transitioncultural historyhistorical transitionlatin american antiquity