People Group Archives: Faculty

Dr. Callaghan is an anthropological archaeologist who studies Pre-Columbian Mesoamerican societies to understand the origins of social complexity. Dr. Callaghan specializes in the study of the ancient Maya with an emphasis on ceramic analysis. His research on ceramics informs the study of how technology and production contribute to changes in social structure. Dr. Callaghan graduated […]

I am a Professor of Anthropology and in the National Center for Integrated Coastal Research, specializing in archaeology. I joined the UCF faculty in 2007 after receiving Ph.D. and Master’s degrees from the University of Colorado at Boulder. I have two primary research sites: the Pacific coast of Oaxaca, in southern Mexico, and the Atlantic […]