Gyles Iannone
Associate Professor
Department of Anthropology,
Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario, CANADA, K9J 7B8
Phone: (705)-748-1011 (ext. 7453);
FAX: (705)-748-1613; E-Mail: giannone@trentu.ca
- Acting Associate Vice-President (Research), Trent University
- Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, Trent University
- Research Fellow, Trent University Archaeological Research Centre
Curriculum Vitae
Education
B.A. (Simon Fraser) M.A. (Trent) Ph.D. (London)
Research Interests
Archaeology, Socio-environmental dynamics (global change, sustainability, collapse, and regeneration), Early Civilizations, Inequality, Mesoamerica (esp. Maya), Archaeology and Popular Culture.
Profile
Professor Iannone joined the department as a tenure-track appointment in 2001. His degrees were earned at Simon Fraser University (B.A.), Trent University (M.A.), and the University of London (Ph.D.). An anthropological archaeologist, Professor Iannone's main areas of interest include: archaeological method and theory; social complexity; archaic states (comparative); Mesoamerica; New World archaeology; archaeo-tourism; and archaeology and popular culture. He has conducted field research in Belize for the past fourteen summers, and has operated the department's field school in conjunction with these excavations. Professor Iannone's publications include: "Rediscovery of the Ancient Maya Center of Minanhá, Belize: Background, Description, and Future Prospects" in Mexico (2002); "Annales History and the Ancient Maya State: Some Observations on the 'Dynamic Model'" in American Anthropologist (2002); “Perspectives on Ancient Maya Rural Complexity” (with Samuel V. Connell) USLA (2003) and “The Rise and Fall of an Ancient Maya Petty Royal Court" in Latin American Antiquity (2005); Archaeological Approaches to Ancient Maya Geopolitical Borders in "Space and Spatial Analysis in Archaeology" (2006).
Masters Theses Supervision
2007 Adam Pollock
Investigating the socio-economic and socio-political organization of intensive agricultural production at the ancient Maya community of Minanha, Belize
2007 Janais Yvonne Turuk
More Grist For the Mill: An Analysis of the Grinding Stones Recovered From the Ancient Maya Site of Minanha, Belize
2007 Derek Andrew Michel Paauw
Archaeological Investigations in Group L at the Ancient Maya Centre of Minanha, Belize
2007 Laura Diane McRae
Interpreting the Archaeology Field School
2005 Lisa Stewart
Public Archaeology in Action: Creating Sustainable Cultural Tourism Development Plans for the Ancient Maya Site of Minanha, Belize
2005 Barbara Slim
Letting the Margins Speak: Exploring the Lower Strata of Ancient Maya Royal Courts at Minanha, Belize
2005 Matthew Mosher
Building Identities: Socio-Political Implications of Ancient Maya Civic Plans
2005 Joelle Melanie Chartrand
Ancient Maya Ceramic Economy: Petrographic Analysis of Volcanic Ash Tempered Ceramics From Minanha, Belize
2003 J. Ryan Primrose
The Ancient Maya Water Management System at Minanha, West Central Belize
2003 Adam Clayton Joseph Menzies
A Technological and Functional Analysis of the Obsidian Assemblage from Minanha, Cayo District, Belize
2003 Lisa D. McParland
An Analysis of Cashing Practices in the Eastern Maya Lowlands