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Gerardo Aldana, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Gerardo Aldana, Ph.D.

B.S.:	University of California, Berkeley
M.S.:	University of California, Irvine
A.M.:	Harvard University
Ph.D.:	Harvard University

Email:	gvaldana@chicst.ucsb.edu
Phone:	(805) 893-5713
Room:	1710 South Hall

RESEARCH INTERESTS:

Maya hieroglyphic history
Mesoamerican art
Experimental archaeology
Science studies
Culture theory
Indigeneity

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

2007	The Apotheosis of Janaab’ Pakal: Science, History, and Religion at Classic Maya Palenque. University Press of Colorado, Boulder.
2006	“Vowel Disharmony, Mayan Hieroglyphic Writing, and Indigenous Education” In the Proceedings of WAIL, Department of Linguistics, UCSB.
2005	“Agency and the ‘Star War’ Glyph: an Historical Reassessment of Classic Maya Astrology and Warfare,” In Ancient Mesoamerica, 16:2.

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