Rodrigo Guzman Piedrasanta

Global Digital Heritage Initiative Postdoctoral Fellow, Middle American Research Institute

Stone Center Departments
MARI
People Classification
Faculty

Research

Geographic Information Systems

Degrees

  • Ph.D., University of Central Florida, Integrative Anthropological Sciences, 2022
  • M.A., University of Central Florida, Anthropology, 2017
  • B.A., Universidad del Valle de Guatemala, Archeology, 2010

Academic Experience

Academic Experience
  • Global Digital Heritage Initiative Postdoctoral Fellow, Tulane University, 2025-
  • Postdoctoral Scholar, University of Central Florida, 2022-2025

Distinctions

  • Graduate Dean’s Dissertation Completion Fellowship, 2022
  • Doctoral Research Support Award, 2021

Languages

  • Spanish

Overseas Experience

  • Guatemala
  • US Virgin Islands

Selected Publications

  • 2023. Goodwin, Whitney, Melvin Rodrigo Guzman Piedrasanta et al. Geochemical soil analysis of sequential ritual and residential floors from the Maya site of Holtun. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports (51): 104135. ,
  • 2022. Thompson, Amy E., M. Rodrigo Guzman Piedrasanta, et al. Ancient Lowland Maya neighborhoods: Average Nearest Neighbor analysis and kernel density models, environments, and urban scale. Plos one, 17(11): e0275916.