Slater, Donald
Occupation:
Archaeologist, Educator
Academic Degree(s):
PhD Candidate, Brandeis University
MA, Brandeis University
BA, University of New Hampshire
Academic Affiliation:
Brandeis University Department of Anthropology
Robert S. Peabody Museum of Archaeology at Phillips Academy
Country:
USA
Website:
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/explorers/bios/donald-slater/
http://www.andover.edu/rspeabody
http://www.brandeis.edu/anthro
Area of Interest:
Maya and Mesoamerican archaeology.
Caves, portals, cosmology.
Iconography.
The dart-thrower.
Current Project:
Director, Central Yucatan Archaeological Cave Project
Dissertation Project: Into the Heart of the Turtle - Caves, Power, and Liminality in Ancient Central Yucatan, Mexico.
Publications:
Publications:
Slater, Donald A.
2011 Power Materialized: The Dart-Thrower as a Pan-Mesoamerican Status Marker. In Ancient Mesoamerica 22(2).
Hutson, Scott R., Aline Magnoni, Travis Stanton, Donald A. Slater, and Scott Johnson
In press Memory and Power at Joya, Yucatan. In Identity and Power in Ancient Mesoamerica: Current Theory and Practice, edited by Eleanor Harrison. University of Utah Press, Salt Lake City.
Slater, Donald A. and Nathan D. Hamilton
Under review In the Footsteps of the Founders: Current Research at the Robert S. Peabody Museum of Archaeology. In Rising from the Ashes: Glory, Trouble, and Renaissance at the Robert S. Peabody Museum of Archaeology, Proceedings of the Society for American Archaeology 76th Annual Meeting, Sacramento, California 2011, edited by Malinda S. Blustain. Publisher TBD.
Reports
Stanton, Travis W., Aline Magnoni, Donald A. Slater, and Scott Johnson
2010 Proyecto de Interacción Política del Centro de Yucatán (PIPCY), Tercera Temporada de Campo Informe Técnico Anual al Consejo de Arqueología del Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia Cholula, Puebla, enero de 2010.
Stanton, Travis W., Aline Magnoni, Donald A. Slater, and Scott Johnson
2009 Proyecto de Interacción Política del Centro de Yucatán (PIPCY), Segunda Temporada de Campo Informe Técnico Anual al Consejo de Arqueología del Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia Cholula, Puebla, enero de 2009.
