Recent Publications, Conference Papers and Posters
Recent Publications
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.
Gonlin, N., W.J. Stemp, and J.J. Awe. 2021. Introduction – Special Section: The Preceramic and Early Ceramic Periods in Belize and the Central Maya Lowlands. Ancient Mesoamerica 32, 3: 414-415.
Stemp, W.J., J.J. Awe, J. Marcus, C. Helmke, and L.A. Sullivan. 2021. Special Section Introduction: The Preceramic and Early Ceramic Periods in Belize and the Central Maya Lowlands. Ancient Mesoamerica 32, 3: 416-438.
Awe, J.J., C.E. Ebert, W.J. Stemp, M.K. Brown, L.A. Sullivan, and J.F. Garber. 2021. Lowland Maya Genesis: The Late Archaic to Late Early Formative Transition in the Upper Belize River Valley. Ancient Mesoamerica 32, 3: 519-544.
Stemp, W.J., E. Graham, C. Helmke, and J.J. Awe. 2021. Expedient Lithic Technology in Complex Sedentary Societies: Use-wear, Flake Size, and Edge Angle on Debitage from Two Ancient Maya Sites. Journal of Anthropological Archaeology 61: Article 101243.
Macdonald, D.A., T. Bartkowiak, and W.J. Stemp. 2020. Multiscalar 3D Curvature Analysis of Tool Edges as an Indicator of Cereal Harvesting Intensity. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports 33: Article 102523.
Awe, J.J., C. Helmke, J.J. Aimers, C.E. Ebert, W.J. Stemp, and J.A. Hoggarth. 2020. Applying Regional, Contextual, Ethnohistoric, and Ethnographic Approaches for Understanding the Significance of Peri-Abandonment Deposits in Western Belize. Ancient Mesoamerica 31, 1: 109-126.
Stemp, W.J., and J.J. Awe. 2020. Point Counter Point: Interpreting Chipped Chert Bifaces in Terminal Classic “Problematic” On-Floor Deposits from Structures A2 and A3 at Cahal Pech, Belize. Ancient Mesoamerica 31, 1: 161-174.
Awe, J.J., C.E. Ebert, J.A. Hoggarth, J.J. Aimers, C. Helmke, J. Douglas, and W.J. Stemp. 2020. The Last Hurrah: Examining the Nature of Peri-Abandonment Deposits and Activities at Cahal Pech, Belize. Ancient Mesoamerica 31, 1: 175-187.
Recent Conference Papers and Posters
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.
Stemp, W.J. 2021. Ghosts in the Room and Elephants in the Machine: Data Acquisition in Surface Texture Analysis. Keynote Address presented at Online Workshops on “Quantitative Artifact Microwear Analysis”. TraCEr-MONREPOS, Nov. 25, 2021, Neuwied, Germany (Remote online).
Stemp, W.J., J.J. Awe, C. Helmke, and J. Lee. 2021. The Ideology and Symbolism of Ancient Maya Chipped Chert and Obsidian Eccentrics from Central Belize: Materials, Contexts, Chronology, and Meaning. Paper presented at Rock and Roll: 13th International Symposium on Knappable Materials: Multi-scalar Characterization of Raw Materials, Tarragona, Spain (Remote online).
Stemp, W.J., J.J. Awe, C. Helmke. 2021. The Implements of the Blade House: The Function and Symbolic Significance of Laurel-Leaf Bifaces from Caves in Central Belize. Paper presented at the 86th annual Society for American Archaeology Conference, San Francisco, CA (Remote online).
Stemp, W.J., J.J. Awe, and G.D. Wrobel. 2021. First Footsteps in Cayo: The Preceramic in West-Central Belize. Poster presented at the 60th annual Northeastern Anthropological Association Conference, Connecticut College, New London, Connecticut (Remote online).
