Publications - Heather McKillop
Articles on the Underwater Maya Project, Paynes Creek Salt Works, Belize
Also see the following books:
Salt, White Gold of the Ancient Maya. University Press of Florida, Gainesville, 2002.
In Search of Maya Sea Traders. Texas A & M University Press, College Station, 2005.
2018 “Specialized salt production during the ancient Maya Classic period at two Paynes Creek Salt Works, Belize: Chan b’i and Atz’aam Na.” (E. Cory Sills and Heather McKillop) Journal of Field Archaeology 43(6): 457-471. https://doi.org/10.1080/00934690.2018.1504543.
2018 “Contingent multi-crafting, surplus household production, and the Maya quest for salt.” Research Reports in Belizean Archaeology 15: 265-273. PDF
2018 “Assessment of the shell midden at the Eleanor Betty Salt Work, Belize.” (Valerie Feathers and Heather McKillop). Research Reports in Belizean Archaeology 15: 275-285. PDF
2017 “Early Maya Navigation and Maritime Connections in Mesoamerica.” In The Sea in History: The Medieval World, edited by Michel Balard, pp. 701-715. Boydell and Brewer, Bogner Regis, England.
2017 “The Paynes Creek Salt Works: A Model for Coastal Belize.” (H McKillop and E.C. Sills) In Ancient Maya Commodities, edited by Jennifer Matthews and Tom Guderjan, 67–86. Tucson: University of Arizona Press.
2017 “Diving Deeper in Punta Ycacos Lagoon at the Paynes Creek Salt Works, Belize.” Research Reports in Belizean Archaeology 14: 279-288. PDF
2017 “Excavating the underwater shell deposit at an ancient Maya salt work in Belize: the Eleanor Betty Site.” (Valerie Feathers, Heather McKillop, E. Cory Sills, and Rachel Watson) Research Reports in Belizean Archaeology 14: 289-297. PDF
2016 “Coastal Economies: Comparing Northern and Southern Belize,” in Perspectives on the Ancient Maya of Chetumal Bay, edited by Debra S. Walker, pp.279-291, University Press of Florida, Gainesville.
2016 “Chemical Signatures of Ancient Activities at Chan b’i – A Submerged Maya salt works, Belize.” (E. Cory Sills, Heather McKillop, and E. Christian Wells). Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports 9: 654-662.
2016 "Spatial Patterning of Salt Production and Wooden Buildings Evaluated by Underwater Excavations at Paynes Creek Salt Work 74." (H. McKillop and E.C. Sills) Research Reports in Belizean Archaeology 13:229-237. PDF
2015 "Chemical Analysis of Marine Sediment from Chan b’i, Paynes Creek Salt Works, Belize. (E. C. Sills, H. McKillop, and E.C. Wells). Research Reports in Belizean Archaeology: 261-269. PDF
2015 "Evaluating Ancient Maya Salt Production and the Domestic Economy: The Paynes Creek Salt Works and Beyond." (H. McKillop) Research Reports in Belizean Archaeology 12: 97-105. PDF
2014 "Fueling the Ancient Maya Salt Industry." (M. Robinson and H. McKillop) Economic Botany 68: 96–108. PDF
2014 "The Ancient Maya Canoe Paddle and the Canoe from Paynes Creek National Park, Belize." (H. McKillop, E.C. Sills, and V. Cellucci) Research Reports in Belizean Archaeology 11: 297-306. PDF
2013 "Brine Enriching Slag Heaps or Mounded Remains of Salt Makers’ Homes? Earthen Mounds at the Paynes Creek Salt Works." (R. Watson, H. McKillop, and E.C. Sills) Research Reports in Belizean Archaeology 10: 297-304. PDF
2013 "Underwater Excavations of Classic Period Salt Works, Paynes Creek National Park, Belize." (E. C. Sills and H. McKillop) Research Reports in Belizean Archaeology 10: 281-288. PDF
2013 "Ancient Maya wood selection and forest exploitation: a view from the Paynes Creek salt works, Belize." (M. Robinson and H. McKillop) Journal of Archaeological Science 40: 3584-3595. PDF
2013 "Sustainable Archaeological Tourism of the Maya Paynes Creek project Using 3D Technology." (H. McKillop and E. C. Sills) Anthropology News May/June, pp. 12-13. PDF
2012 "Constructing and Using a GIS for Fieldwork: The Underwater Maya Project." (H. McKillop) Research Reports in Belizean Archaeology 9: 267-278. PDF
2011 "Stingray Lagoon and the nature of scientific discovery." (H. McKillop) Research Reports in Belizean Archaeology 8: 173-181. PDF
2010 "The Architecture of Salt Production at the John Spang Site, Paynes Creek National Park, Belize." (E. C. Sills and H. McKillop) Research Reports in Belizean Archaeology 7: 253-258. PDF
2010 "Ancient Vegetation and Landscape of Salt Production in Paynes Creek National Park, Belize." (H. McKillop, E. Sills, and Jessica Harrison) Research Reports in Belizean Archaeology 7: 245-252. PDF
2010 "A Late Holocene Record of Sea-Level Rise: the K’ak’ Naab’ Underwater Maya Site Sediment Record, Belize." (H. McKillop, E. Sills, and J. Harrison) ACUA Underwater Archaeology Proceedings 2010, edited by Chris Horrell and Melanie Damour, pp. 200-207. Advisory Council on Underwater Archaeology. PDF
2010 "Underwater Maya: Spatial Analysis of Briquetage and Wooden Buildings at the Paynes Creek Saltworks, Belize, Central America," (H. McKillop) In Salt Archaeology in China, volume 2: Global Comparative Perspectives. Edited by Shuicheng Li and Lothar von Falkenhausen, pp. 348-373. Science Press, Beijing. (English). PDF
2010 "Underwater Maya: Spatial Analysis of Briquetage and Wooden Buildings at the Paynes Creek Saltworks, Belize, Central America," (H. McKillop) In Salt Archaeology in China, volume 2: Global Comparative Perspectives. Edited by Shuicheng Li and Lothar von Falkenhausen, pp. 348-373. Science Press, Beijing. (Chinese). PDF
2010 "Ancient Maya Canoe Navigation and their Implications for Classic and Postclassic Maya Economy and Trade." (H. McKillop) Journal of Caribbean Archaeology, Special Publication 3: 93-105. PDF
2009 "The Geopolitics of the Coastal Maya Economy in Southern Belize: Relations between the Coastal and Inland Maya." (H. McKillop) Research Reports in Belizean Archaeology 6: 55-61. PDF
2009 "Mapping Ancient Maya Wooden Architecture on the Sea Floor, Belize." (H. McKillop) ACUA Underwater Archaeology Proceedings 2009: 277-286. PDF
2009 "El descubrimeiento y mapeo de arquitectura de Madera del Clascio Maya en una turbera debajo del suelo marino en el Parque Nacional Paynes Creek, Belice." (H. McKillop) Los Investigadores de la Cultura Maya 18, Tomo 1, pp. 173-179. Universidad Autonoma de Campeche, San Fransisco de Campeche, Mexico. PDF
2008 "One Hundred Salt Works! The Infrastructure of the Ancient Maya Salt Industry." (H. McKillop) Research Reports in Belizean Archaeology 5: 251-260. PDF
2007 GIS of the Maya Canoe Paddle Site, K’ak’ Naab.’ (H. McKillop) FAMSI Research Reports, available online: http://www.famsi.org/reports/05032/index.html
2006 "Underwater Maya: Ancient Maya Wooden Architecture." (H. McKillop) Research Reports in Belizean Archaeology 3: 247-255. PDF
2005 "Classic Maya Workshops: Ancient Maya Salt Works in Paynes Creek National Park, Belize." (H. McKillop) Research Reports in Belizean Archaeology 2: 279-289. PDF
2005 "Finds in Belize Document Late Classic Maya Salt Making and Canoe Transport." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (H. McKillop) 102: 5630-5634. PDF
1995 "Underwater Archaeology, Salt Production, and Coastal Maya Trade at Stingray Lagoon, Belize." (H. McKillop) Latin American Antiquity 6:214-228. PDF