WILLIAM A. SATURNO Assistant Professor Department of Archaeology Boston University 675 Commonwealth Avenue Boston, Massachusetts 02215 phone:(617) 358-1645 fax: (617) 353-6800 [email protected] RESEARCH INTERESTS • mesoamerican and andean archaeology • landscape archaeology, remote sensing, and GIS • art and iconography • complex societies • archaeology in popular culture CURRENT TITLES AND AFFILIATIONS • Director, Proyecto San Bartolo-Xultun, Instituto de Antropologia e Historia, Guatemala • Research Associate, Peabody Museum, Harvard University EDUCATION 1992-2000 Harvard University: Doctor of Philosophy in Anthropology (June 2000) Harvard University: Master of Arts (June 1995) 1990-1991 University of Arizona: Bachelor of Arts received summa cum laude (December 1991) Major: Anthropology; Minor: Latin American Studies 1987-1989 Binghamton University: Major: Physics/Anthropology EMPLOYMENT RECORD 2007 - Assistant Professor, Department of Archaeology, Boston University 2007-2009 Research Scientist, Marshall Space Flight Center, NASA 2003-2007 Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of New Hampshire 2002-2003 Research Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of New Hampshire 2000-2002 Lecturer, Department of Anthropology, University of New Hampshire 2000-2001 Teaching Assistant, Department of Anthropology, Harvard University 1998-2000 Undergraduate Tutor, Department of Anthropology, Harvard University 1994-1997 Teaching Fellow, Department of Anthropology, Harvard University GRANTS National Geographic Society Expeditions Council Grant #EC0655-13 (2/14-12/14) Unearthing Xultun’s Dynastic Origins $28,500 National Endowment for the Humanities Collaborative Research (7/13-6/16) Grant # RZ51575-13 “San Bartolo Mural Fragments Project : Murals in Motion”, PI Heather Hurst Skidmore College $244,000 National Aeronautics and Space Administration ROSES #NNX13AP87G (8/13-7/16) 1 An Archaeological Investigation into the Northern Peruvian Desert Region Using Landsat, Hyperion, Advanced Land Imager (ALI), and ASTER Data $486,326 National Geographic Society Expeditions Council Grant #EC0559-12 (4/12-12/12) Xultun Palace Complex Conservation Project $33,000 National Geographic Society Research and Exploration Grant #9091-12 (2/12-6/12) Saving the Xultun Mural $11,000 National Geographic Society Research and Exploration Grant #8931-11 (4/11-12/11 The Maya Collapse: the View from Behind the Throne $20,000 National Geographic Society Expeditions Council Grant #EC0497-11 (4/11-12/11) Saving the Xultun Mural $20,000 National Science Foundation Dissertation Improvement Grant (5/10-7/12) DDIG: A Terminal Classic Maya Household at the Micro Scale: Social Organization and Foodways In the Puuc Hills, Yucatan, Mexico. Graduate Student: Stephanie Simms $20,000 National Aeronautics and Space Administration IPA (10/07-10/10) Archaeological Remote Sensing $162,487.65 National Geographic Society Research and Exploration Grant #8782-10 (4/10-6/10) Emergency Conservation Work on the Xultun Mural $15,037 National Science Foundation Dissertation Improvement Grant (9/08-12/09) Classical Maya Ceramic Technology and Political Dynamics in the Central Peten Lakes Region, Guatemala. Graduate Student: Ellen Spensley $15,000 US Department of State, Ambassador's Fund for Cultural Preservation (1/09-12/10) Architectural Restoration and Investigation of the Las Pinturas Complex, San Bartolo $222,237 National Aeronautics and Space Administration IPA (10/07-9/09) Archaeological Remote Sensing, Marshall Space Flight Center $235,264 Universities Space Research Association (6/07 – 9/08) Archaeological Remote Sensing and Anthropogenic Environmental Change $59,970 President's Fund for Excellence (1/07-8/07) University of New Hampshire $20,000 Reinhart Family Foundation (1/07-12/07) Proyecto Arqueologico Regional de San Bartolo $95,000 National Endowment for the Humanities and Weatherhead Resident Scholar (10/05-5/06) School of American Research 2 American Council of Learned Societies Fellowship (8/05-7/06) Annenberg Foundation Grant (1/05-12/05) Proyecto San Bartolo $20,000 Brigham Young University Institute for the Study and Preservation of Ancient Religious Texts Research Grant, San Bartolo Regional Archaeology Project $40,000 (1/05-12/05) National Aeronautics and Space Administration IPA (6/05-10/05) Archaeological Remote Sensing, Marshall Space Flight Center $45,007 National Endowment for the Humanities Collaborative Research Grant # RZ50086-03 (7/03-6/06) San Bartolo Mural Project $210,000 Peabody Museum Research Grant (1/02-12/09) Proyecto San Bartolo $185,000 National Geographic Society Research and Exploration Grant # 7721-04 (7/04) San Bartolo Regional Archaeology Project $3,000 National Geographic Society Research and Exploration Grant # 7601-04 (1/04-12/04) San Bartolo Regional Archaeology Project $20,000 American Philosophical Society Franklin Research Grant (3/03-6/03) San Bartolo Regional Archaeology Project $4,000 National Geographic Society Research and Exploration Grant # 7393-03 (1/03-12/03) San Bartolo Regional Archaeology Project $29,950 Foundation for the Advancement of Mesoamerican Studies, Inc. Grant # 02039 (3/03-12/03) Emergency Conservation at San Bartolo, Guatemala $10,000 National Geographic Society Research and Exploration Grant # 7222-02 (5/02-12/02) San Bartolo Regional Archaeology Project $25,000 Foundation for the Advancement of Mesoamerican Studies, Inc. Grant # 01038 (4/02-12/02) Archaeological Investigation and Conservation at San Bartolo, Guatemala $10,000 Dumbarton Oaks Research Project Grant (4/02-6/02) San Bartolo Mural Rescue Project $7,500 National Geographic Society Research and Exploration Grant # 7065-01 (5/01-6/01) Archaeological Reconnaissance and Conservation at San Bartolo, Guatemala (co-PI with David Stuart) $10,920 Dumbarton Oaks Junior Fellowship in Pre-Columbian Studies (9/97-5/98) 3 Andrew W. Mellon Dissertation Write-up Grant (6//97-8/97) Dept. of Anthropology, Harvard University, Rio Amarillo Archaeological Project $6,000 Andrew W. Mellon Dissertation Top-up Grant (2/97-5/97) Dept. of Anthropology, Harvard University, Rio Amarillo Archaeological Project $12,000 Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Fellowship (1/96-8/96) U.S. Department of Education, Rio Amarillo Archaeological Project Andrew W. Mellon Pre-Dissertation Grant (1/95-6/95) Dept. of Anthropology, Harvard University, Rio Amarillo Archaeological Project $6,000 Departmental Research Grant (6/94-7/94) Dept. of Anthropology, Harvard University, Rio Amarillo Archaeological Project $6,000 John G. Owens Fellowship (2/94-6/94) Peabody Museum, Harvard University, Rio Amarillo Archaeological Project $6,000 Departmental Research Grant (3/93-4/93) Dept. of Anthropology, Harvard University. Program for Belize $3,000 National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship (9/93-6/96) Howard Award of Academic Excellence (10/92) Phi Beta Kappa, Alpha of Arizona William Shirley Fulton Scholarship in Archaeology (2/92-6/92) San Lorenzo Regional Archaeology Project University of Arizona Award of Highest Academic Distinction (12/91) Inducted into Phi Beta Kappa, Alpha of Arizona (10/91) University of Arizona Honors Research Fellowship (1/91-12/91) Emil W. Haury Educational Fund in Archaeology Award (3/91-8/91) FIELD RESEARCH Proyecto San Bartolo-Xultun (6/01 – present) Director - ongoing multi-disciplinary archaeological investigation and conservation of the sites of San Bartolo and Xultun, Guatemala. Investigations at San Bartolo, particularly those surrounding the extensive Preclassic paintings found there, have largely changed our conceptions of early Maya Civilization. The multi-year project is currently centered at nearby Xultun, San Bartolo’s much larger and longer enduring neighbor investigating the changing nature of Maya kingship as it moves from individual kings in the first few centuries BCE to extensive dynasties in the first centuries of the common era. 4 Satellite Survey of Northern Peru (8/13 – present) Director – ongoing investigation to use remotely sensed data to better understand the dynamics of ancient settlement and cultural adaptations on the northern Peruvian coastal desert, and how ancient land use has had lasting effects on environmental functions. This three-year project compares Landsat, ASTER, Hyperion, LSI, UAVSAR, and commercial (WorldView I and II) satellite data sets to detect archeological features in desert and commercial sugarcane plantation environments. Corpus of Maya Hieroglyphic Inscriptions (8/00 - 6/01) Director of Digital Technology - designed and maintained Corpus Web Site, in charge of the digital archiving of all Corpus materials. Began a Geographic Information Systems (GIS) database for analysis and presentation of all Corpus data. Survey and reconnaissance of Lowland Maya sites. Photography of inscribed monuments. Ian Graham, Director. Rio Amarillo Archaeological Project (2/94 - 8/00) Field Director - conducted the survey and mapping of Rio Amarillo, a "subordinate center" located 20 km west of Copan, Honduras. Assessed recent river and looter damage, collected sculpture and dressed stone from river cut. Conducted test excavations throughout the site as well as the intensive excavation of elite and non-elite residential structures. Laboratory analysis of collected materials. Dr. William Fash, Director. Harvard University Archaeological Field School, Copan, Honduras (7/95) Teaching Staff - directed survey, mapping and test excavations of Group 9J-5, a Type IV residential group located at the