Recent Publications, Conference Papers and Posters
Recent Publications
Simmons, S.E., T. Mayfield, J.J. Aimers, and W.J. Stemp, 2025. The San Pedro Site: Late Postclassic and Historic Occupation on Ambergris Caye, Belize. Research Reports in Belizean Archaeology 19: 369-379.
Peta, K., W.J. Stemp, T. Stocking, R. Chen, G. Love, M.A. Gleason, B. Houk, and C.A. Brown. 2025. Multiscale Geometric Characterization and Discrimination of Dermatoglyphs (Fingerprints) on Hardened Clay – A Novel Archaeological Application of the GelSight Max. Materials 18, 13: 2939.
Stemp, W.J., L. Voorhis, C. Helmke, C.S. Griffith, and J.J. Awe. 2025. Two Ancient Maya Tattooing Tools from Actun Uayazba Kab, Roaring Creek Valley, Belize. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports 64: 105158
Macdonald, D.A., N.L. Martisius, W.J. Stemp, C.A. Brown, L. Guthrie, and M.A. Gleason. 2025. Quantifying Surface Roughness on Shell Tool Edges: First Results and Possible Archaeological Applications. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports 62: 104986.
Peta, K., W.J. Stemp, R. Chen, G. Love, and C.A. Brown. 2024. Multiscale Characterizations of Topographic Measurements on Lithic Materials and Microwear Using a GelSight Max: Investigating Potential Archaeological Applications. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports 57: 104637.
Stemp, W.J., J.J. Awe, and C. Helmke. 2024. The Implements of the Blade House: The Function and Symbolic Significance of Laurel-leaf Bifaces from Caves in Central Belize. Lithic Technology 49, 4: 432-447.
Stemp, W.J., C. Helmke, G.E. Braswell, and J.J. Awe. 2024. Obsidian Tool Function and Maya Lithic Economy at Terminal Classic Pook’s Hill, Belize: Subsistence, Domestic Activities, and Craft-Production. Latin American Antiquity 35, 3: 731-751.
Stemp, W.J., J.J. Awe, C. Helmke, and J.A. Lee. 2024. The Ideology and Symbolism of Ancient Maya Chipped Chert and Obsidian Eccentrics from Xunantunich and Caves in Central Belize: Materials, Contexts, Chronology, and Meaning. Journal of Lithic Studies 11, 2: 30 p. https://journals.ed.ac.uk/lithicstudies/article/view/7299
Key, A., T. Bartkowiak, D.A. Macdonald, P. Mietlinski, B. Gapinski, I. de la Torre, and W.J. Stemp. 2024. Quantifying Edge Sharpness on Stone Flakes: Comparing Mechanical and Micro-geometric Definitions across Multiple Raw Materials from Olduvai Gorge (Tanzania). Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory 31, 1: 51-74.
Simmons, S.E., W.J. Stemp, J.R. Ferguson, and E. Graham. 2023. Recent pXRF Analysis of Obsidian from Marco Gonzalez, Ambergris Caye, Belize. Mexicon 45, 3: 65-74.
Stemp, W.J. 2023. Ghosts in the Room and Elephants in the Machine: Data Acquisition in Surface Texture Analysis of Stone Tools. Lithic Technology 48, 3: 291-306.
Stemp, W.J. and D.A. Macdonald. 2022. Diversity and Lithic Microwear: Quantification, Classification, and Standardization. In Defining and Measuring Diversity in Archaeology: Another Step Toward an Evolutionary Synthesis of Culture, edited by B. Buchanan and M. Eren, pp. 97-124. Berghahn, New York.
Stemp, W.J. and R.M. Rosenswig. 2022. Archaic Period Lithic Technology, Sedentism, and Subsistence in Northern Belize: What Can Debitage at Caye Coco and Fred Smith Tell Us? Latin American Antiquity 33(3): 520-539.
Macdonald, D.A., T. Bartkowiak, M. Mendak, W.J. Stemp, A. Key, I. de la Torre, and M. Wieczorowski. 2022. Revisiting Lithic Edge Characterization with Micro-CT: Multiscale Study of Edge Curvature, Re-entrant Features, and their Profile Geometry on Olduvai Gorge Quartzite Flakes. Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences 14: paper 33.
Recent Conference Papers and Posters
Stemp, W.J. 2025. Maya Coastal Chipped Stone Tool Trade at Marco Gonzalez and San Pedro, Ambergris Caye, Belize. Paper presented at the 90th annual Society for American Archaeology Conference, Denver, CO.
Stemp, W.J. and M. Brouwer-Burg. 2025. Preceramic Stone Tool Technology in Crooked Tree and Northern Belize. Paper presented at the 90th annual Society for American Archaeology Conference, Denver, CO.
Stemp, W.J., R.A. Horowitz, and S.E. Simmons. 2024. Maya Lithic and Metal Technologies in Belize. Paper presented at the 89th annual Society for American Archaeology Conference, New Orleans, LA.
Horowitz, R.A. and W.J. Stemp, 2024. Understanding Ancestral Maya Expedient Lithic Technology: Raw Material, Production, and Use. Paper presented at the 89th annual Society for American Archaeology Conference, New Orleans, LA.
Stemp, W.J., D.A. Macdonald, N.L. Martisius, C.A. Brown, L. Guthrie, and M.A. Gleason. 2023. Quantification of Use-wear on Experimental Shell Tools: First Results using Focus Variation Microscopy and Surface Roughness Analysis. Paper presented at the 88th annual Society for American Archaeology Conference, Portland, OR.
Lee, J.A., J.J. Awe, and W.J. Stemp. 2022. Caches in the Court: The Ideological Significance of Eccentric Lithics from Ballcourt 2, Xunantunich. Poster presented at the 18th annual Belize Archaeology Symposium, San Ignacio, Cayo District, Belize, Central America.
Macdonald, D.A., T. Bartkowiak, M. Mendak, W.J. Stemp, A.J.M. Key, I. de la Torre, and M. Wieczorowski. 2022. Sharp Edges and Deep Cuts: Using microCT for the Multiscalar Characterization of Edge Curvature on Olduvai Gorge Quartzite Flakes. Association of Archaeological Wear and Residue Analysts (AWRANA) Conference. Barcelona, Spain.
Stemp, W.J., J. Awe, and G. Wrobel. 2022. Better Late Than Never: Current Understanding of the Preceramic in Western and Central Belize. Paper presented at the 87th annual Society for American Archaeology Conference, Chicago, IL.
Lee, J., J. Awe, and W.J. Stemp. 2022. The Ideological Significance of Eccentric Lithic Caches from Ballcourt 2 at Xunantunich, Belize. Poster presented at the 87th annual Society for American Archaeology Conference, Chicago, IL.
