Jessica MacLellan
Research
Mesoamerica; Preclassic Maya; ritual; household archaeology; public spaces; development of complex societies
Publications
2020. MacLellan, J., M. Burham, and M.B. Méndez Bauer. “Community Engagement around the Maya Archaeological Site of Ceibal, Guatemala.” Heritage 3(3):637-648.
2020. Sharpe, A., T. Inomata, D. Triadan, M. Burham, J. MacLellan, J. Munson, and F. Pinzón. “The Maya Preclassic to Classic Transition Observed Through Faunal Trends from Ceibal, Guatemala.” PLoS ONE 15(4): e0230892.
2019. MacLellan, Jessica. “Preclassic Maya Caches in Residential Contexts: Variation and Transformation in Deposition Practices at Ceibal.” Antiquity 93(371):1249-1265.
2019. MacLellan, Jessica. “Preclassic Maya Houses and Rituals: Excavations at the Karinel Group, Ceibal.” Latin American Antiquity 30(2):415-421.
2017. Aoyama, K., T. Inomata, D. Triadan, F. Pinzón, J.M. Palomo, J. MacLellan, and A. Sharpe. “Early Maya Ritual Practices and Craft Production: Late Middle Preclassic Ritual Deposits Containing Obsidian Artifacts at Ceibal, Guatemala.” Journal of Field Archaeology 42(5):408-422.
2017. Triadan, D., V. Castillo, T. Inomata, J.M. Palomo, M.B. Méndez, M. Cortave, J. MacLellan, M. Burham, and E. Ponciano. “Power and Social Relations in a Middle Preclassic Community: Elite Residential Complexes at Ceibal.” Ancient Mesoamerica 28(1):233-264.
2017. Inomata, T., D. Triadan, J. MacLellan, M. Burham, K. Aoyama, J.M. Palomo, H. Yonenobu, F. Pinzón, and H. Nasu. “High-Precision Radiocarbon Dating of Political Collapse and Dynastic Origins at the Maya Site of Ceibal, Guatemala.” PNAS 114(6):1293-1298.
2016. MacLellan, J., M.A. Cordero, and E. Mejía. “Vida diaria y ritual al principio de la civilización maya: Investigaciones en el Grupo Karinel, Ceibal.” In XXIX Simposio de Investigaciones Arqueológicas en Guatemala, 2015, Vol. 1 (Arroyo, Ed.):251-261. Ministerio de Cultura y Deportes, Instituto de Antropología e Historia, and Asociación Tikal, Guatemala City.
2015. Inomata, T., J. MacLellan, and M. Burham. “The Construction of Public and Domestic Spheres in the Preclassic Maya Lowlands.” American Anthropologist 117(3):519-534.
2015. Inomata, T., J. MacLellan, D. Triadan, J. Munson, M. Burham, K. Aoyama, H. Nasu, F. Pinzón, and H. Yonenobu. “The Development of Sedentary Communities in the Maya Lowlands: Co-Existing Mobile Groups and Public Ceremonies at Ceibal, Guatemala.” PNAS 112(14):4268-4273.
2014. Burham, M., and J. MacLellan. “Thinking Outside the Plaza: Ritual Practices in Preclassic Maya Residential Groups at Ceibal, Guatemala.” Antiquity 88(340).
Awards & Grants
2021. H. & T. King Grant for Precolumbian Archaeology ($15,000), Society for American Archaeology.
2021-2022. Smithsonian Institution Postdoctoral Fellowship (postponed due to pandemic).
2018. Haury Dissertation Fellowship, School of Anthropology, University of Arizona.
2016-2017. Junior Fellowship, Dumbarton Oaks Research Library & Collection.
2015. Dissertation Improvement Award BCS-1518794 ($25,200), National Science Foundation.
2009-2013. Jacob K. Javits Fellowship, U.S. Department of Education.
2009. Phi Beta Kappa, Boston University.
