James A. Doyle
Areas of Interest:
Pre-Columbian Civilizations: Mesoamerican Archaeology; Preclassic Maya culture (ca. 1000 B.C.E – 250 C.E.); emerging politics; monumental architecture and art; urbanism; landscape; settlement patterns; ritual practice; performance; human/environmental interaction; Geographic Information Systems (GIS); writing systems; epigraphy; paleography
Status: Dissertation Writing, expected graduation May 2013
MA Thesis: Paleographic, Spatial, and Temporal Analysis of the Classic Maya Day Names
Dissertation Research: The First Maya “Collapse”: The End of the Preclassic Period at El Palmar, Petén, Guatemala
Previous Degrees: BA with Honors, Magna Cum Laude, Vanderbilt University
Contact Information: james (underscore) doyle at brown dot edu
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