Shayna Lindquist

Education:
2019 Doctoral Candidancy, Anthropology, University of Kentucky
2019 MA, Anthropology, University of Kentucky
2013 BA, Anthropology, University of Vermont
Research Interests:
political and economic archaeology
mesoamerica
archaeometry
lithic analysis
craft production
Education

2019    Doctoral Candidancy, Anthropology, University of Kentucky
2019    MA, Anthropology, University of Kentucky
2013    BA, Anthropology, University of Vermont

Courses Taught at UKY
  • ANT 102: Archaeology: Mysteries and Controversies
  • ANT 104: What Makes Us Human (Introduction to Anthropology)
  • ANT 105: Human Origins
  • ANT 160: Global Cultural Diversity
  • ANT 230: Introduction to Biological Anthropology
  • ANT 311: Anthropology of Globalization
Awards

2022    Latin America, Caribbean, and Latino Studies Travel Award, Department of Latin America, Caribbean, and Latino Studies, University of Kentucky

2021    Recipient of the College of Arts & Sciences Certificate for Outstanding Teaching, University of Kentucky

2021    Recipient of William Y. Adams Award for Excellence in Teaching by a Graduate Student, University of Kentucky

2021    Dissertation Research Award, Department of Anthropology, University of Kentucky

2020    Adelski Endowed Fellowship, Department of Anthropology, University of Kentucky

2020    Robert O'Dear Award for Graduate Student Research in Latin America, Department of Anthropology, University of Kentucky

2020    Latin America, Caribbean, and Latino Studies Travel Award, Department of Latin America, Caribbean, and Latino Studies, University of Kentucky

2020    Graduate Student Congress Research Award, University of Kentucky

2018    Nominee for the College of Arts & Sciences Certificate for Outstanding Teaching, University of Kentucky

2018    Susan Abbott-Jamieson Pre-Dissertation Research Fund Award, Department of Anthropology, University of Kentucky

2018    Latin America, Caribbean, and Latino Studies Travel Award, Department of Latin America, Caribbean, and Latino Studies, University of Kentucky

2017    Robert O'Dear Award for Graduate Student Research in Latin America, Department of Anthropology, University of Kentucky

Selected Publications:

2022    Lithic Technology at the Site of La Sierra. Paper Presented in a symposium entitled: “Proyecto Arqueológico Mazapa-La Sierra 2021: Navigating Change and Continuity in Postclassic, Colonial, and Contemporary Veracruz, Mexico” 87th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, March 30-April 1, 2022, Chicago, Illinois (with Gabriela Montero).

2021    Using pXRF to Elucidate Obsidian Sources at Formative and Classic Period Matacanela, Veracruz, Mexico. Mexicon 43(6):128-135 (co-author with Marcie Venter and Sean Carr).

2019    Obsidian Production and Consumption Practices at Matacanela. Paper Presented in a symposium entitled: “Olmec Manifestations and Ongoing Societal Transformations in the Tuxtlas Uplands: A View from Matacanela” 84th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, April 10-14th, 2019, Albuquerque, New Mexico.

2018    Archaeological Fieldwork in Mexico. Paper presented in a symposium entitled: "Populist Authoritarianism in Comparative and Historical Perspective." 4th Annual Symposium of the Latin American, Caribbean, and Latino Studies Program, University of Kentucky.

2018    A Comparison of XRF and Visual Sourcing Methods in the Identification of Guadalupe Victoria Obsidian at Matacanela, Sierra de los Tuxtlas. Paper Presented in a symposium entitled: “Mesoamerican Chipped Stone: A Regional Perspective from the Gulf Coast of Mexico.” 83rd Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, April 11-15th, 2018, Washington, D.C (co-author with Marcie Venter and Sean Carr).

2017    La obsidiana de Matacanela Periodos Formativo y Clásico. In Incidencia, Articulacion e Innovacion del Conocimiento Arqeuologico en la Costa del Golfo Mesomericano: Organizacion Espacio-Temporal, Economic, edited by Lourdes Budar, Marcie Venter, Sara Ladron, pp. 103-116. Xalapa: Universidad de Veracruzana.

2017    Intraregional Variation in the Obsidian Industry of the Eastern Lower Papaloapan Basin of Mexico. Paper Presented in a symposium entitled: “Charting the Evolution of the Tres Zapotes polity.” 82nd Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, April 30-2nd, 2017, Vancouver, Canada.

2016    Formative and Classic Period Matacanela Obsidian. Paper Presented in a symposium entitled: “Impacts, Articulations, and Innovations in the Archaeological Study of the Mesoamerican Gulf Coast: Spatio-Temporal, Economic and Demographic Organization” 81st Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, April 6-10th, 2016, Orlando, Florida. 

2015    The Obsidian of Matacanela. Paper Presented in a symposium entitled: “The Matacanela Archaeological Project 2014” 80th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, April 15- 19th, 2015, San Francisco, California (with Xochitl Leon).