Faculty Profile for Dr. Nicholas Carter

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Dr. Nicholas Carter
Assistant Professor — Anthropology
ELA 266
phone: (512) 245-8272
Scholarly/Creative Work
Grants
Service

Biography Section

Biography and Education

 I was born in Houston, Texas. I received a BA in Philosophy from Our Lady of the Lake University in San Antonio in 2003, an MA in Latin American Studies from the University of Texas Austin in 2008, an AM in Anthropology from Brown University in 2010, and a PhD in Anthropology from Brown in 2014.

Teaching Interests

 Archaeology, artifact documentation and curation, international heritage, cannibalism and human sacrifice, Maya hieroglyphic writing

Research Interests

 Maya archaeology, Maya epigraphy, archaeology of passes, secondary polity formation, ancient imperialism and colonialism

Selected Scholarly/Creative Work

  • Carter, N. P., & MacLeod, B. (2021). Naj Tunich Drawing 29 and the Origins of the B’aax Tuun Dynasty. The PARI Journal, 21(4).
  • Carter, N. P., Houston, S. D., & Rossi, F. (Eds.). (2020). The Adorned Body: Mapping Ancient Maya Dress. Austin, TX, USA: University of Texas Press.
  • Carter, N. P., Santini, L., Barnes, A., Opitz, R., White, D., Safi, K., … Witschey, W. (2019). Country Roads: Trade, Visibility, and Late Classic Settlement in the Southern Maya Mountains. Journal of Field Archaeology, 44(2), 84–108. https://doi.org/10.1080/00934690.2019.1571373
  • Carter, N. P. (2016). These Are Our Mountains Now: Statecraft and the Foundation of a Late Classic Maya Royal Court. Ancient Mesoamerica, 27(2), 233–253. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0956536116000316
  • Carter, N. P., Krause, S., & Lozano, J. (2023). Striking Distance: Investigating the Epigraphy and Geography of a Late Classic Maya War. Ancient Mesoamerica.

Selected Grants

  • Carter, Nicholas Poole (Co-Principal), Opitz, Rachel (Co-Principal), Santini, Lauren (Supporting), Davenport, Bryce (Supporting), Barnes, Adam (Supporting). Data and Analytics Grant, Center for Advanced Spatial Technologies/Archaeo-Imaging Lab, University of Arkansas, Institutional (Higher Ed). (Submitted: 2016). Grant.

Selected Service Activities

Member
Merit Policy Committee
March 2024-Present
Member
Outstanding PhD Student Committee
February 2024-Present
Chair
Center for the Art and Symbolism of the Ancient Americas
January 2024-Present
Member
Merit Committee
February 2022-Present
Reviewer / Referee
Antiquity
2020-Present