< Previous Taiwan National University, Taipei. 2011 “What’s Cuevas? Chronology and Cultural Diversity in Late Saladoid Puerto Rico” by William J. Pestle, L. Antonio Curet, Reniel Rodríguez Ramos and Miguel Rodríguez López. Paper presented at the 76th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Sacramento. 2011 “Taíno: What’s in a Name?” by L. Antonio Curet. Paper presented in the symposium titled “Indigenous Heritage of the Caribbean in Honor of Dr. Arie Boomert” at Leiden University, Leiden, Netherlands. 2010 “Archaeological Correlates in the Study of Social Stratification: The Cases of Central Place Theory and Ceremonial Center” by L. Antonio Curet. Paper presented at the 75th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, St. Louis. 2009 “En el centro del cosmos: cultura y sociedad en el centro ceremonial pretaíno de Tibes” by by L. AntonioCuret. Octavo Encuentro de Investigadores de Arqueología y Etnohistoria. Instituo de Cultura Puertorriqueña, San Juan, Puerto Rico. 2009 “Determination of Marine Reservoir Correction for Radiocarbon Dates from Southern Puerto Rico” by L. Antonio Curet and William J. Pestle. Paper presented at the 74th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Atlanta. 2008 “Patrones de asentamiento, el paisaje y organización socio-política: un análisis crítico.” Keynote speaker of the V Congreso de Arqueología en Colombia, Medellín, Colombia. 2008 “The Taino Concept from a Sociopolitical Perspective,” by L. Antonio Curet. Paper presented in the symposium titled “The Tainos: Myth, Invention, or Reality?” at the 73rd Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Vancouver, Canada. 2008 “Population Reorganization, and Socio-Political Change in the South-Central Coast of Puerto Rico,” by L. Antonio Curet and Joshua Torres. Paper presented in the symposium titled “The Politics of Population Reorganization” at the 73rd Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Vancouver, Canada. 2007 “El método y el contexto en la interpretación arqueológica,” by L. Antonio Curet. Paper presented in the symposium titled “Conservatorio: Paradigmas Arqueológicos,” Consejo para la Protección del Patrimonio Arqueológico Terrestre de Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico. 2006 “El Gran Caribe” by Reniel Rodríguez and L. Antonio Curet. Paper presented in the symposium titled “Exploración entre las relaciones históricas entre los pueblos indígenas de, la Baja América Central y del Norte de Suramérica,” Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica. 2006 “Los muertos sí hablan: estudio preliminar de análisis químico y genético de huesos humanos de Puerto Rico,” by L. Antonio Curet, William Pestle, Jason Laffoon, and Edwin Crespo. Paper presented at the “Congreso de Antropología y Arqueología Fernando Luna Calderón,” Museo del Hombre Dominicano, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. 2006 “Excavations and Reconnaissance of the Civic-Ceremonial Center of Tibes, Ponce, Puerto Rico” by L. Antonio Curet. Paper presented in the symposium titled “The Archaeology of the Civic-Ceremonial Center of Tibes, Ponce, Puerto Rico” at the 71st Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, San Juan, Puerto Rico. 2006 “Preliminary Analysis of Ancient DNA from Prehistoric Populations of Puerto Rico” by Jason Laffoon, Sloan Williams, Will Pestle, Edwin Crespo and L. Antonio Curet. Paper presented at the 71st Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, San Juan, Puerto Rico. 2003 "In Search of the Lost Features: Geophysical Study at the Civic-Ceremonial Center of Tibes, Puertor Rico" by L. Antonio Curet, Daniel Welch, W. Derek Hamilton, and Lee A. Newsom. Paper presented at the 20th International Congress for Caribbean Archaeology, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. 2003 "To Interact or Not to Interact: A Review of the Evidence for Possible Contacts between the Intermediate Area and the Greater Antilles," paper presented in the symposium titled “Breaking Down Boundaries in the Intermediate Are: Toward a New Macro-Chibchan Syntheses,” at the 68th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Milwaukee. 2002 "Las Crónicas y el Registro Arqueológico en los Estudios de la Historia Antigua de Puerto Rico: ¿Dos Caras de una Moneda o una Espada de Doble Filo?" Plenary session, Archaeology Month organized by the State Historic Preservation Office, San Juan, Puerto Rico. 2002 “Historia Política y Social del Caribe Antiguo,” paper presented at the Segundo Congreso Colombiano de Arqueología, Ibagué, Colombia. 2002 L. Antonio Curet, Joshua Torres, and Miguel Rodríguez, “Political and Social History of Eastern Puerto Rico: The Postsaladoid Societies. Paper presented at the symposium titled “The Late Ceramic Age in the Caribbean,” Leiden, Netherlands, and Paris, France. 2002 Discussant in the symposium titled “Prehistoric and Historic Archaeology of Cuba: A New Era of Research, Dialogue, and Collaboration,” at the 67th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Denver. 2002 “Units and Levels of Analysis in the Ancient History of the Caribbean,” paper presented in the sympossium titled “The Archaeology of Insularity: Exmining the Past in Island Environments,” at the 67th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Denver. 2001 “Space and Time in the Civic-Ceremonial Center of Tibes, Ponce, Puerto Rico” by L. Antonio Curet, Lee A. Newsom, and Daniel Welch. Paper presented at the 19th International Congress for Caribbean Archaeology, Aruba. 2001 “Biodiversity and Natural Capital: Toward Understanding the Ecological Economics of the Tibes Archaeological Site” by Lee A. Newsom and L. Antonio Curet. Paper presented at the 19th International Congress for Caribbean Archaeology, Aruba. 2000 “Change and Continuity in Puerto Rican Medicinal Plant Use” by John Brett, L. Antonio Curet, and Lee Newsom. Paper presented at the 99th Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association, San Francisco. 2000 “Food and Social Inequality among Caribbean Chiefdoms.” Paper presented at the 65th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Philadelphia. 1999 “Reciente Investigaciones en el Centro Ceremonial Indígena de Tibes.” Paper presented at the conference titled “Arqueología prehistórica de Ponce y sus hallazgos más importantes”, Ponce, Puerto Rico. 1998 “Rules of Succession vs. Rules of Descent in Complex Societies.” Presented at the 63th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Seattle, Washington. 1997 “Economía doméstica y complejidad social en la prehistoria de Puerto Rico.” Presented at the colloquium Presentación de los proyectos arqueológicos de los centros ceremoniales de Tibes y Caguana, Ponce, Puerto Rico. 1997 “The Archaeological Project of the Ceremonial Center of Tibes: A Progress Report,” by L. Antonio Curet and Lee Newsom. Presented at the 62th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Nasville. Tennessee. 1995 “Informe Preliminar del Proyecto Arqueológico del Centro Indígena de Tibes, Ponce, Puerto Rico,” by L. Antonio Curet and Luis Rodríguez Gracia. Presented at the l6th International Congress for Caribbean Archaeology, Basse Terre, Guadeloupe. 1995 “Technological Changes in Prehistoric Ceramics from Puerto Rico: An Exploratory Study.” Presented at the 60th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Minneapolis, Minnesota. 1994 "Mortuary Practices, Social Development, and Ideology in Precolumbian Puerto Rico." Presented at the 59th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Anaheim, California. 1994 “The Islands Connecting Two Continents: An Overview of Caribbean Prehistory.” Presented to the South Pennsylvania Chapter of the Archaeological Institute of America, Gettysburg College, Gettysburg. 1993 “Postclassic Changes in Veracruz, Mexico,” by L. A. Curet and B. L. Stark. Presented in the symposium “New Perspectives on the Gulf Coast of Mesoamerica" at the 58th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Saint Louis, Missouri. 1992 “Estructuras Domésticas y Cambio Cultural en la Prehistoria de Puerto Rico.” Presented at the sexto encuentro de investigadores de la Asociación Puertorriqueña de Antropólogos y Arqueólogos, San Juan, Puerto Rico. 1992 “Demographic and Sociopolitical Change in Prehistoric Puerto Rico.” Presented at the 57th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. 1992 “Power and Ideology: The Control of Symbolism in Early Puerto Rican Chiefdoms.” Presented at the l0th International Symposium of the Latin American Indian Literatures Association, San Juan, Puerto Rico. 1991 “Prehistoric Demographic Changes in the Valley of Maunabo, Puerto Rico: A Preliminary Report of the Proyecto Arqueológico del Valle de Maunabo.” Presented at the l4th International Congress for Caribbean Archaeology, Barbados. 1991 “House Structure and Sociopolitical Change in the Caribbean: Three Case Studies from Puerto Rico.” Presented at the 56th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, New Orleans, Louisiana. 1990 “Química en la arqueología o Indiana Jones en el laboratorio.” Lecture presented at "In Search of Techno-chem", Cayey, Puerto Rico. 1989 “Specialized Ceramic Production Areas: An Example from La Mixtequilla, Veracruz, Mexico.” Presented at the 54th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Atlanta, Georgia. 1989 “Estudio Regional del Valle de Maunabo.” Presented at the tercer encuentro de investigadores de la Asociación Puertorriqueña de Antropólogos y Arqueólogos, San Juan, Puerto Rico. 1989 “El cacicazgo en el registro arqueológico: modelos y variables arqueológicas.” Presented at the 13th International Congress for Caribbean Archaeology, Curaçao, Netherland Antilles. 1987 “El uso de análisis estilístico como técnica cronométrica en el área de la Mixtequilla, Veracruz.” Presented at Balance y Perspectiva de la Antropología en Veracruz, Jalapa, Veracruz, Mexico. OTHER TEACHING EXPERIENCE: Instructor of Prehispanic Civilizations of Middle America, Arizona State University, spring 1993. Instructor of Human Origins and the Development of Culture, Arizona State University, summer 1991, Fall 1992, and Spring 1993. Instructor of “Viva Mexico: Aztecs, Mayans, Conquistadors, and More.” Central Arizona College, Elderhostel, September 1992. Teaching assistant for Computer Archaeology, Advanced Computer Archaeology, Old World Prehistory, Human Origins and the Development of Culture, Introduction to Cultural and Social Anthropology, Buried Cities and Lost Tribes, and Prehispanic Civilizations of Middle America, at Arizona State University, 1987-1991. Instructor of Summer Field School (with Diana López), University of Puerto Rico, at the Salich site, Salinas, Puerto Rico, summer 1988. Teaching assistant for General Chemistry Laboratory, University of Puerto Rico, Fall 1982. ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH AND FIELD SCHOOLS: Co-Principal Investigator of the Archaeological Project of the Valley of Añasco, 2011-present. Long term regional in western Puerto Rico emphasizing settlement and community patterns to get a better understanding of cultural and social changes, including the development of social stratification. Principal Investigator of the Archaeological Project of the Tibes Ceremonial Center, 1994 to present. Long term research in one of the earliest ceremonial and political center in the Caribbean focusing on changes in household structure and domestic economy through time. Co-Principal Investigator (with W.J. Pestle) of Diet and Social Stratification in Ancient Puerto Rico. 2004-2010. Stable isotope analysis on over 300 burials from three Puerto Rican sites: Paso del Indio, Punta Candelero, and Tibes. Director of Ceramic Analysis for the Paso del Indio Mitigation Project, 1993 to 2002. Coordination, design, and supervision of the ceramic analysis of a mitigation project of a multicomponent site in northern Puerto Rico. Director of Analysis for Archaeological Consulting Services, Tempe, Arizona, 1993. Coordination of artifact analysis, data management and analysis, and report preparation of contract projects. Research assistant in La Mixtequilla Archaeological Project in Veracruz, Mexico, directed by Dr. Barbara L. Stark, 1986-1992. Computer and quantitative analysis of ceramic data to seriate sites. Director of the Valley of Maunabo Archaeological Project, 1989-1992. Funded by the Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña, the Department of Anthropology, Arizona State University and the Center for Latin American Studies, Arizona State University. Director of contract archaeology project in Ceiba, Puerto Rico, 1990: excavation of refuse areas and shell middens in an electric plant site. Director of contract archaeology project in Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico, 1989: survey of future development area. Surface Investigation of Possible Ceramic Production Loci in La Mixtequilla, 1988. Funded by the Department of Anthropology, Arizona State University in combination with the La Mixtequilla Archaeological Project. Director of contract archaeology project in Patillas, Puerto Rico, 1988: survey of pipeline corridor. Director of contract archaeology project in Guánica and Guayanilla, Puerto Rico 1988: survey of area to be covered by future expansions of water treatment plants. Contract archaeology project directed by Glen Rice, in the Sacaton area, Arizona, 1988: excavation of seasonal camp sites in future development area. Archaeologist Investigator for the museum of the University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico, 1987. Inventory and organization of the archaeological material recovered from the Vieques Naval Reservation and the analysis of the ceramics in this collection. Research assistant in La Mixtequilla Archaeological Project in Veracruz. Mexico, directed by Dr. Barbara L. Stark, 1986. Survey crew chief, aerial photograph survey, surface collection, mapping, laboratory ceramic analysis, and data computerization. Arizona State University summer field school at the Shoofly Village site, Payson, Arizona, 1985. Directed by Dr. Charles L. Redman. Field assistant in contract project directed by Dr. Charles L. Redman and John Hohmann, in Payson, Arizona, 1985: excavation of small sites in future development areas. Field assistant in contract projects directed by Miguel Rodríguez, 1985, in Rio Grande, Puerto Rico, survey of area to be covered by future reservoir and in Hato Rey, Puerto Rico, survey of future development area. Field assistant in contract archaeology project directed by Miguel Rodríguez, in Loíza, Puerto Rico, 1984: excavations of shell middens in future development areas. Research assistant, excavations to study prehistoric diet in Vieques, Puerto Rico, directed by Miguel Rodríguez, 1982. Research assistant in ethnoarchaeological project in Puerto Rico, directed by Rosario Curet, 1981. Included interviews with fishermen and experimental archaeology with shells. Field assistant in contract archaeology projects, directed by Miguel Rodríguez, 1980: survey in Moca and Lares, Puerto Rico, survey and shell midden excavation in Salinas, Puerto Rico; and excavation of historic church in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico. Summer field school of the Centro de Estudios Avanzados de Puerto Rico y el Caribe at Hacienda Grande, Puerto Rico, 1980. Directed by Dr. Peter Roe. OTHER ANTHROPOLOGICAL RESEARCH EXPERIENCE: Museum of the University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras, Puerto Rico, Summer 1988. Preparation of files for computerization of catalog of archaeological collections. Ethnographic project in Adjuntas, Puerto Rico, directed by Dr. Carlos Buitrago, 1984. Study of the road network that facilitated communication between coffee haciendas. Ethnographic project in Adjuntas, Puerto Rico, directed by Dr. Carlos Buitrago, 1983. Photographic study of several coffee haciendas from late l9th and early 20th centuries. Assistant to director of Museo Adolfo de Hostos of the Fundación Arqueológica, Antropológica e Histórica de Puerto Rico, San Juan. Puerto Rico, June 1978 - May 1981. CHEMISTRY EXPERIENCE: Research assistant in two environmental chemistry research projects at the University of Puerto Rico, directed by Dr. Osvaldo Rosario, June 1981 - July 1982 and January 1983 - May 1985. PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS: Society for American Archaeology International Association for Caribbean Archaeology PROFESSIONAL SERVICES: Chair of general session “Research in the Maya Area,” at the 53rd Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Phoenix, Arizona, April 1988. Proposal reviewer for the Graduate Student Research Development Program, Arizona State University, Fall 1991. Chairman of the session “Research in the Caribbean,” at the 57th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, April 1992. Chairman of the session “Methodological and Theoretical Context,” at the 15th International Congress for Caribbean Archaeology, San Juan, Puerto Rico, July 1993. Co-organizer of the symposium “Recent Directions in Caribbean Prehistory: Beyond Migration,” at the 62nd Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Nashville, Tennessee, April 1997. Chairman of the session “Recent Research in the Caribbean,” at the 63th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Seattle, Washington, 1998. Organizer of the conference titled: “Arqueología Prehistórica de Ponce y sus Hallazgos más Importantes,” Ponce, Puerto Rico. February 1999. Organizer of a children’s workshop on field archaeology at the Centro Ceremonial Indígena de Tibes, Ponce, Puerto Rico. July 1999. Revision and improvement of the collection catalog of the museum of the Centro Ceremonial Indígena de Tibes, Ponce, Puerto Rico. July 2000. Member of the Committee of the Americas, Society for American Archaeology, 1997 - 2008. Member of the Directory and IACA 2000 Working Groups, International Association for Caribbean Archaeology, 1995-2000. Member of the Newsletter and Press and Public Relations Working Group Working Groups, International Association for Caribbean Archaeology, 1997-2005. Member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Caribbean Archaeology, 1998-present. Head of the Task Force on Diversity, Society for American Archaeology, 2000 – 2002. Member of the Editorial Board of the Arqueología del Area Intermedia, 2002 – present. Chair of the Committee of the Americas, Society for American Archaeology, 2002-2005. Member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology 2004 - present. Member of the Annual Meeting 2006 Program Committee of the Society for American Archaeology. Editor of the Caribbean Archaeology and Ethnohistory Series, University of Alabama Press, Tuscaloosa, 2005 – present. Member of the Editorial Board of Ethnohistory, 2005 – 2012. Co-organizer of the symposium “Archaeology From Behind the Blockade: New Research in Cuba,” at the 71st Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, San Juan, Puerto Rico, April 2006. Organizer of the Opening Session (Islands in the Stream: Interisland and Continental Interaction in the Caribbean) of the 71st Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, San Juan, Puerto Rico, April 2006. Organizer of the symposium “The Archaeology of the Civic-Ceremonial Center of Tibes, Ponce, Puerto Rico,” at the 71st Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, San Juan, Puerto Rico, April 2006. Organizer of the Symposium “Taínos: Myth, Invention or Reality?” at the 73st Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Vancouver, March 2008. Member of the Editorial Advisory Committee for Latin American Antiquity, 2010 - present. Member of the Comité para la Conferencia Intercontinental 2012, Society for American Archaeology, 2011-2012. Member of Task Force on Professional Development Initiatives, Society for American Archaeology, 2011-2012. Member of the Editorial Board of Antípodas, Revista de Antropología y Arqueología, Universidad de los Andes, Colombia, 2012 - present. Member of the Comité Internacional para la Segunda Conferencia Intercontinental 2014, Society for American Archaeology, 2013-2014. Member of the Committee of the Americas, Society for American Archaeology, 2014-2018. Member of the advisory group of the Committee of the Americas, Society for American Archaeology, 2018-present. Co-organizer of the symposium “Recent Research at the Ceremonial Center of Tibes, Ponce, Puerto Rico” at the 81st Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Orlando, 2016. Member of the Editorial Committee of Arqueología y Patrimonio, Instituto Colombiano de Arqueología, Bogotá, Colombia, 2017 - present. 2017 Visiting Anthropologist, Department of Anthropology, St. Mary’s College of Maryland. Co-organizer of the symposium “Material Culture and Multivocal Cultural Dialogue in the Construction of the Criollo Universe of the Caribbean” at the 83rd Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Washington D.C. Co-Organizer of Forum “The Intangible Dimensions of Food in the Caribbean Ancient and Recent Past,” at the 83rd Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Washington D.C. Next >