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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
Online Presentation: "Calculating Brilliance: Mayan Hieroglyphic History and the Future of Thought," Latinx Research Center, UC Berkeley, April, 2023
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5vk7XTf6OM
Online Presentation: "K'uk'ulkan and Other Feathered Serpents," The Precolumbian Society of the University of Pennsylvania Museum. December 10, 2022
Podcast on Calculating Brilliance, "Mesoamerican Studies On Air" September 14, 2022
Podcast on Ancient Mayan Astronomy, “What the IF?” August 5, 2022
Online Presentation: “Quetzalcoatl and the Dresden Codex Venus Table,” Institute for Maya Studies Public Lecture. July 20, 2022
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:
https://ucsb.academia.edu/GerardoAldana
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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. |