Articles

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The Yin and Yang of Football, Vermont Public Radio (2009)
 

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Education's Effect on Poverty: Combating Child Labor and Breaking the Cycle of Poverty Through Education (with Azra Kacapor), Monday Developments (2008)
This co-authored article argues that ensuring a future for the 165 million children involved in...
 

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Playing with Power: Ballcourts and Political Ritual in Southern Mesoamerica, Current Anthropology (1996)
Article exploring the use and ritual meaning of ancient ball courts found throughout Mesoamerica based...
 
The Ballcourt Markers of Tenam Rosario, Chiapas, Mexico, Ancient Mesoamerica (1993)
This is an art historical analysis of the symbolism of images found on sculptural markers...
 

Books

Around the World with a Million Kids: Adventures of an Online Explorer (2008)
Young adult collection of essays and stories from my world travels as co-leader of the...
 
Putting the Heart Back in the Court: Ballcourts and Ritual Action in Mesoamerica (1994)
Ph.D. dissertation based on my field research in Honduras exploring the social/political function and ritual...
 

Popular Press

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Bolt of Fun, Vermont Public Radio (2008)
Commentary on the 2008 Beijing Olympics and the missing element of "play" in many high-profile...
 

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Baseball: Ancient Rite of Spring, Vermont Public Radio (2008)
A radio commentary reflecting on the deep connection between baseball, ball games, and ancient rites...
 

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Nostalgia, Vermont Public Radio (2007)
Radio commentary calling on Vermonters to move beyond nostalgia for the "good old days" and...
 

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Anthropology During Wartime, Burlington Free Press (2007)
Op-ed critiquing the ethics of a Pentagon program enlisting anthropologists to serve on "Human Terrain...
 

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World Citizens, Vermont Public Radio (2007)
Radio commentary calling out the need to support international education as a pathway to improving...
 

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Global Education, Vermont Public Radio (2007)
Radio commentary for Global Education Action Week about education needs and issues in the developing...
 

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Personal Responsibility, Vermont Public Radio (2007)
Radio commentary on the role of personal responsibility in facing the challenges of climate change
 

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Interview on BBC Radio's "The World", BBC Radio's "The World" (2006)
Interview I gave to Lisa Mullen, host of the BBC Radio's "The World" radio program...
 

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Students of the Game: Archaeologists are Researching Ulama - Oldest Sport in the Americas, Smithsonian Magazine (2006)
Popular piece exploring the survival of ulama, oldest sport in the Americas, in remote communities...
 

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Where the Wild Things Are, Salon.com (2006)
Travel article about Ecuador's Galapagos Islands from the perspective of an archaeologist searching for culture...
 

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Fresh Eire: The Past is Present on Ireland's Windswept West Coast, Outside Magazine (2005)
Travelogue article exploring the remote western coast and islands of Connemara in search of the...
 

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Revisionist History: Tracking Lewis and Clark Down on the Upper Missouri - Backward, Outside Magazine (2004)
Travel and history article based on a bicentennial canoe trip that followed Lewis and Clark's...