Francisco Estrada-Belli

Research Professor, Middle American Research Institute

Stone Center Departments
MARI
The Stone Center
People Classification
Faculty
Tulane Affiliation
Core Faculty

Courses

GIS in Archaeology, Remote Sensing in Archaeology, Maya Archaeology, Mesoamerican Archaeology, Methods and Theory in Archaeology, Old World Archaeology, Introduction to Archaeology, World Prehistory

Research

Mayan archaeology, Political Science

Degrees

  • Ph.D., Boston University, Anthropology, 1998
  • B.A., Universita di Roma, Archaeology and Anthropology, 1991

Academic Experience

Academic Experience
  • Research Assistant Professor, Tulane University, 2015-2019
  • Adjunct Professor, Tulane University, 2012-2015
  • President, Maya Archaeology Initiative, 2010-present

Distinctions

  • Recipient (with M. Canuto) of the 2022 Tulane Research, Scholarship, & Artistic Achievement Award for our work on Maya archaeological Lidar. https://news.tulane.edu/news/tulanes-2022-research-awards-honor-outstanding-achievement-across-campuses
  • Architectural documentation, conservation, archaeological excavations and survey at Holmul and Chochkitam 2020-21
  • Architectural documentation, conservation, archaeological excavations and survey at Holmul and Chochkitam 2019

Languages

  • Spanish
  • Italian
  • English

Overseas Experience

  • Mexico

Selected Publications

  • 2023. Architecture, wealth and status in Classic Maya urbanism revealed by airborne lidar mapping. Journal of Archaeological Science 157
  • 2022. Chochkitam: A New Classic Maya Dynasty and the Rise of the Kaanu’l (Snake) Kingdom (F. Estrada-Belli and A. Tokovinine). Latin American Antiquity.
  • 2022. “Political Knowledge and Misinformation in the Era of Social Media: Evidence From the 2015 UK Election.” with Munger, K., Nagler, J., Ronen, J., & Tucker, J. British Journal of Political Science, 52(1), 107–127.
  • 2021. “Book Review: The Real Business of Ancient Maya Economies: From Farmers' Fields to Rulers’ Realms. Marilyn a. Masson, David a. Freidel, and Arthur a. Demarest, editors. 2020. University Press of Florida, GainesvilleLatin American Antiquity 32(4):866
  • 2020. “Twenty-first Century Colonialism in Maya Archaeology.”Anthropology News website, December 23, 2020. DOI: 10.14506/AN.1559
  • 2019. Palaeoenvironmental, epigraphic and archaeological evidence of total warfare among the Classic Maya. Nature Human Behaviour Aug. 5, 2019, by D. Wahl, L. Anderson, F. Estrada-Belli and A. Tokovinine