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John Hoopes
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hoopes@ku.edu
 
 
   
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Research Interests

Archaeology, cultural ecology, ceramic analysis, method and theory; Mesoamerica, Lower Central America, South America.

 
Selected Publications

"Jade Use in Portions of Mexico and Central America : Olmec, Maya , Costa Rica and Honduras --A Summary," Co-authored with James F. Garber, David C. Grove and Kenneth G. Hirth. In Pre Columbian Jade: New Geological and Cultural Interpretations . Frederick W. Lange, Ed. (University of Utah Press, 1993) pp. 211-231.

“Settlement, Subsistence, and the Origins of Social Complexity in Greater Chiriquí: A Reappraisal of the Aguas Buenas Tradition,” in Paths Through Central American Prehistory: Essays in Honor of Wolfgang Haberland , Frederick W. Lange, ed. (University Press of Colorado, Niwot, 1996) pp. 15-48.

 
Courses Taught

ANTH 508: Ancient American Civilizations: The Andes
ANTH 701: History of Anthropology

 
Education
Ph.D. Harvard (1987)