Education:
B.S.: University of California, Berkeley, Mechanical Engineering
M.S.: University of California, Irvine, Mechanical Engineering
A.M.: Harvard University, History of Science
Ph.D.: Harvard University, History of Science
Research:
- Mayan hieroglyphic history
- Mesoamerican art
- Experimental archaeology
- Science studies
- Culture theory
- Indigeneity
Media
https://www.instituteofmayastudies.org/gerardo-aldana-july-20-2022/
Online Presentation: “On the Intellectual Cost of Conquest,” Art, Design & Architecture Museum ‘Amid a Pandemic’ Lecture Series. May 22, 2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=99OV0xpVqsQ
Publications:
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2022 |
Calculating Brilliance: An Intellectual History of Mayan Astronomy at Chich’en Itza.University of Arizona Press. |
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2016 |
Discovering Discovery: Chich’en Itza, the Dresden Codex Venus Table and 10th Century Mayan Astronomical Innovation. Journal of Astronomy in Culture |
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2015 |
"14C and Maya Long Count Dates: using Bayesian modeling to develop robust site chronologies," in Archaeometry, DOI: 10.111/arcm.12200 |
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2011 |
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2011 |
"On Deciphering Ancient Mesoamerican Foundational Texts: The Challenges of a Non-Logos-Based Creation Narrative" in Foundational Texts of World Literature, edited by Dominique Jullien. Peter Lang, New York. |
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2011 |
British Archaeological Reports International Series S2239. |
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2007 |
The Apotheosis of Janaab’ Pakal: Science, History, and Religion at Classic Maya Palenque. University Press of Colorado, Boulder. |