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Gyles Iannone

Associate Professor

Office: DNA C213

Lab: DNA C214 Early States Lab

 

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

  • 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, Coupled Socio-Ecological Systems (integrated histories), Resilience Theory (adaptive cycles, panarchy theory, sustainability), Global Change Archaeology (societal metabolism, human impact on ancient environments), Collapse and Regeneration, Early Civilizations (comparative), Tropical Low-Density Urbanism, Mesoamerica (esp. the Maya), and South East Asia (esp. the Khmer).

Profile

Professor Gyles Iannone is currently an Associate Professor in the Anthropology Department. 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: Archaeology, Coupled Socio-Ecological Systems (integrated histories), Resilience Theory (adaptive cycles, panarchy theory, sustainability), Global Change Archaeology (societal metabolism, human impact on ancient environments), Collapse and Regeneration, Early Civilizations (comparative), Tropical Low-Density Urbanism, Mesoamerica (esp. the Maya), and South East Asia (esp. the Khmer). He has conducted archaeological investigations in Belize every field season since 1991, and has recently held two consecutive Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council grants for his examination of the rise and fall of the ancient Maya city-state of “Minanha.” Professor Iannone is currently the Director of the University’s long-standing archaeological field school in Belize. He has served as the Director of the Anthropology Graduate Program (2003-2008), the Associate Undergraduate Chair in the Anthropology Department (2006-2008), and the Acting Associate Vice-President, Research (2008-2009).

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Masters Theses Supervised

2011 Lamoureux St-Hilaire, Maxime       

The Last Inhabitants of Minanha: Examining the Differential Abandonment of an Ancient Maya Community. Unpublished M.A, thesis, Department of Anthropology, Trent University, Peterborough.

2011 Longstaffe, Matthew Stephen       

Ancient Maya Site Core Settlement at Minanha, Belize: Development, Integration, and Community Dynamics. Unpublished M.A, thesis, Department of Anthropology, Trent University, Peterborough.

2011 Solis, Wendy        

Ancient Maya Exploitation of Jute (Pachychilus spp.) at Minanha, West Central Belize. Unpublished M.A, thesis, Department of Anthropology, Trent University, Peterborough.

2009 Macrae,  Scott Alistair

A Comparative Approach to Understanding the Socio-Political and Socio-Economic Organization of the Intensive Terrace Farming at the Ancient Maya Centre of Minanha, Belize. Unpublished M.A, thesis, Department of Anthropology, Trent University, Peterborough.

2009 Dell, Rachel

The Rise and Fall of a Royal Court: A Ceramic Analysis of Group J at the Ancient Maya Centre of Minanha, Belize. Unpublished M.A, thesis, Department of Anthropology, Trent University, Peterborough. 

2009 Jones, Stefan

Classic Maya Epicentral Organization: A Space Syntax Investigation of the Vaca Plateau, Belize. Unpublished M.A, thesis, Department of Anthropology, Trent University, Peterborough. 

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