My primary research interest focuses on the socio-political and economic development of early complex societies in Mesoamerica. I have worked in Belize since 1990 and did my doctoral research with Maya Research Project at Blue Creek. In 2005, I started the the Ka’Kabish Archaeological Research Project (KARP), for which I received a National Geographic Society Research and Exploration Grant in 2014, and a SSHRC Standard Research Grant in 2009 to support research at the site.
In addition to my work in Belize, I also have worked at Tiwanku, Bolivia, ShaanXi, China, and at historic and pre-historic sites in South-Central Ontario. I hold an MTCS Professional Archaeology License to conduct CRM work in Ontario, and I have many years experience working in the CRM industry.
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CURRENT ACADEMIC POSITIONS ____________________________________________________________________________________________
2020- Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, Trent University Durham-GTA.
https://www.trentu.ca/anthropology/faculty-research/helen-haines
2019 - Graduate Research Scholar, School of Graduate Studies, Northern Illinois University.
2018 - Graduate Faculty Member, Anthropology Graduate Program, Trent University.
2016 - Honorary Senior Research Associate, Institute of Archaeology, University College London, UK.
https://www.ucl.ac.uk/archaeology/people/honorary/haines
2004 - Research Fellow, Trent University Archaeology Research Centre.
EDUCATION __________________________________________________________________________________________________________
2001-2004 Post-Doctoral Research Position, Anthropology, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, IL.
1996-2000 Ph.D. Archaeology, University College London, Institute of Archaeology, London, UK.
1986-1991 B.A (Hons.). Anthropology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
RESEARCH INTEREST _______________________________________________________________________________________________________
Early state formation, ancient Maya culture, obsidian trade and analysis
SELECT PUBLICATIONS _______________________________________________________________________
Books
2012 Haines, H.R., and M.D. Glascock. Intra-Site Obsidian Distribution and Consumption Patterns in North-Western Belize and the North-Eastern Petén. British Archaeological Reports (BAR) International Series BAR S2326.
Edited Books
2010 Haines, H.R., and C. Sammells. Adventures in Eating: Anthropological Experiences in Dining. University of Colorado Press, Boulder, CO.
Journal Articles
Haines, H.R., and C.G. Helmke.
2016 Painted Hieroglyphs from Tomb FA-6/1 at Ka’Kabish, Belize. Mexicon XXXVIII (5): 120-126.
Haines, H.R.
2011 The Bedrock Vase: Iconography of a Classic Period Maya Vase from Northern Belize. Mexicon, vol. XXXIII (1): 11-15.
Haines, H.R., P. Willink, and D.S. Maxwell
2008 Stingray Spine Use and Maya Bloodletting Rituals: A Cautionary Tale. Latin American Antiquity 19 (1): 83-98.
Book Chapters in Edited Volumes
Haines, H.R., and K.L. Sagebiel
2019 “When We Two Parted”: Remaking the Ancient Maya Political Landscape of North-Central Belize. In Seeking Conflict: Operational, Cognitive, and Experiential Approaches, edited by Shawn G. Morton and Meaghan Peuramaki-Brown, pp. 101-121. University Press of Colorado, Boulder.
Haines, H.R., and M.D. Glascock
2016 The Other Side of the Looking Glass?: Obsidian from the Blue Creek Ruin, Belize. In The Ancient Maya City of Blue Creek, Belize: Wealth, Social Organization, and Ritual, edited by Thomas H. Guderjan, pp. 129-148. BAR,International Series 2796, Archaeopress, Oxford.
Haines, H.R., and M.D. Glascock.
2013 A Glass Menagerie of Meaning: Obsidian Exchange in Mesoamerica.. In The Maya in a Mesoamerican Context: Comparative Approaches to Maya Studies, edited by Christophe Helmke and Jesper Nielsen, pp. 197-208. 16th European Maya Conference, University of Copenhagen, December 2012. Verlag Anton Saurwein.
Research Reports in Belizean Archaeology Chapters
Sagebiel, K.L., and H.R. Haines
2018 ‘Fools Make Feasts and Wise Men Eat Them”: Interpreting Problematic ‘Smash and Trash” Deposits at Ka’kabish, Belize. Research Reports in Belizean Archaeology, vol. 14: 115-120
Haines, H.R., K.L. Sagebiel, and C. Belanger
2017 Is and Isn’t produce each other: An Unusual Architectural Amalgamation at Ka’kabish. Research Reports in Belizean Archaeology, vol. 14: 123-134.
Haines, H.R., E. Graham, K.L. Sagebiel, and L.Howie
2016 “There is no death! What seems so is transition”: Difficulties in identifying political boundaries between Lamanai and Ka’kabish. Research Reports in Belizean Archaeology, vol. 13: 169-180.
Sagebiel, K.L., and H.R. Haines
2015 Never Ending, Still Beginning: A New Examination of the Ceramics of Ka’Kabish, Belize. Research Reports on Belizean Archaeology, vol. 12: 359-366.
Haines, H.R., A. Gomer, and K.L. Sagebiel
2014 “Plant thou no roses at my head”: A discussion of the Middle Formative period buried deposits at Ka'Kabish, North-Central Belize. Research Reports in Belizean Archaeology vol. 11:337-346.
McLellan, A., and H.R. Haines
2013 Casting a Light in the Wilderness: The Ancient Maya site of Ka’Kabish, in Northern Belize. Research Reports in Belizean Archaeology vol. 10:189-200.
Haines, H.R.
2011 How the Other-Half Lived: Continuing Discussions of the Enigma that is Ka’Kabish, Belize. Research Reports in Belizean Archaeology vol. 8.
In addition to my work in Belize, I also have worked at Tiwanku, Bolivia, ShaanXi, China, and at historic and pre-historic sites in South-Central Ontario. I hold an MTCS Professional Archaeology License to conduct CRM work in Ontario, and I have many years experience working in the CRM industry.
Select information is provided below.
CURRENT ACADEMIC POSITIONS ____________________________________________________________________________________________
2020- Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, Trent University Durham-GTA.
https://www.trentu.ca/anthropology/faculty-research/helen-haines
2019 - Graduate Research Scholar, School of Graduate Studies, Northern Illinois University.
2018 - Graduate Faculty Member, Anthropology Graduate Program, Trent University.
2016 - Honorary Senior Research Associate, Institute of Archaeology, University College London, UK.
https://www.ucl.ac.uk/archaeology/people/honorary/haines
2004 - Research Fellow, Trent University Archaeology Research Centre.
EDUCATION __________________________________________________________________________________________________________
2001-2004 Post-Doctoral Research Position, Anthropology, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, IL.
1996-2000 Ph.D. Archaeology, University College London, Institute of Archaeology, London, UK.
1986-1991 B.A (Hons.). Anthropology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
RESEARCH INTEREST _______________________________________________________________________________________________________
Early state formation, ancient Maya culture, obsidian trade and analysis
SELECT PUBLICATIONS _______________________________________________________________________
Books
2012 Haines, H.R., and M.D. Glascock. Intra-Site Obsidian Distribution and Consumption Patterns in North-Western Belize and the North-Eastern Petén. British Archaeological Reports (BAR) International Series BAR S2326.
Edited Books
2010 Haines, H.R., and C. Sammells. Adventures in Eating: Anthropological Experiences in Dining. University of Colorado Press, Boulder, CO.
Journal Articles
Haines, H.R., and C.G. Helmke.
2016 Painted Hieroglyphs from Tomb FA-6/1 at Ka’Kabish, Belize. Mexicon XXXVIII (5): 120-126.
Haines, H.R.
2011 The Bedrock Vase: Iconography of a Classic Period Maya Vase from Northern Belize. Mexicon, vol. XXXIII (1): 11-15.
Haines, H.R., P. Willink, and D.S. Maxwell
2008 Stingray Spine Use and Maya Bloodletting Rituals: A Cautionary Tale. Latin American Antiquity 19 (1): 83-98.
Book Chapters in Edited Volumes
Haines, H.R., and K.L. Sagebiel
2019 “When We Two Parted”: Remaking the Ancient Maya Political Landscape of North-Central Belize. In Seeking Conflict: Operational, Cognitive, and Experiential Approaches, edited by Shawn G. Morton and Meaghan Peuramaki-Brown, pp. 101-121. University Press of Colorado, Boulder.
Haines, H.R., and M.D. Glascock
2016 The Other Side of the Looking Glass?: Obsidian from the Blue Creek Ruin, Belize. In The Ancient Maya City of Blue Creek, Belize: Wealth, Social Organization, and Ritual, edited by Thomas H. Guderjan, pp. 129-148. BAR,International Series 2796, Archaeopress, Oxford.
Haines, H.R., and M.D. Glascock.
2013 A Glass Menagerie of Meaning: Obsidian Exchange in Mesoamerica.. In The Maya in a Mesoamerican Context: Comparative Approaches to Maya Studies, edited by Christophe Helmke and Jesper Nielsen, pp. 197-208. 16th European Maya Conference, University of Copenhagen, December 2012. Verlag Anton Saurwein.
Research Reports in Belizean Archaeology Chapters
Sagebiel, K.L., and H.R. Haines
2018 ‘Fools Make Feasts and Wise Men Eat Them”: Interpreting Problematic ‘Smash and Trash” Deposits at Ka’kabish, Belize. Research Reports in Belizean Archaeology, vol. 14: 115-120
Haines, H.R., K.L. Sagebiel, and C. Belanger
2017 Is and Isn’t produce each other: An Unusual Architectural Amalgamation at Ka’kabish. Research Reports in Belizean Archaeology, vol. 14: 123-134.
Haines, H.R., E. Graham, K.L. Sagebiel, and L.Howie
2016 “There is no death! What seems so is transition”: Difficulties in identifying political boundaries between Lamanai and Ka’kabish. Research Reports in Belizean Archaeology, vol. 13: 169-180.
Sagebiel, K.L., and H.R. Haines
2015 Never Ending, Still Beginning: A New Examination of the Ceramics of Ka’Kabish, Belize. Research Reports on Belizean Archaeology, vol. 12: 359-366.
Haines, H.R., A. Gomer, and K.L. Sagebiel
2014 “Plant thou no roses at my head”: A discussion of the Middle Formative period buried deposits at Ka'Kabish, North-Central Belize. Research Reports in Belizean Archaeology vol. 11:337-346.
McLellan, A., and H.R. Haines
2013 Casting a Light in the Wilderness: The Ancient Maya site of Ka’Kabish, in Northern Belize. Research Reports in Belizean Archaeology vol. 10:189-200.
Haines, H.R.
2011 How the Other-Half Lived: Continuing Discussions of the Enigma that is Ka’Kabish, Belize. Research Reports in Belizean Archaeology vol. 8.