Henderson, John Stanley

research

primary investigator of

MASTER AGREEMENT: FOREIGN LANGUAGES AND AREA STUDIES FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM.: MASTER AGREEMENT: NATIONAL RESOURCE CENTERS AND FOREIGN LANGUAGES AND AREA STUDIES FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM. | Research Grant

international geographic focus

Honduras | country
Latin America | trans-national region
Mexico | country

affiliations

faculty appointment in

Anthropology (ANTHR) | Cornell department

member of graduate field

American Indian Studies | minor graduate field
Anthropology | graduate field
Archaeology | graduate field
Latin American Studies | minor graduate field

other Cornell affiliations

Archaeology Program | intercollege program
Latin American Studies Program (LASP) | academic program office
Religious Studies (RELST) | academic program office

teaching

teaches

ANTHR 3256 - Archaeology Of The Andes (TR 01:25:PM-02:40:PM) | fall 2009 class
ANTHR 4910 - Independent Study: Undergrad I (TBA -) | fall 2009 class
ANTHR 4920 - Independent Study: Undergrad II (TBA -) | fall 2009 class
ANTHR 6256 - Maya History (W 10:10:AM-12:05:PM) | fall 2009 class
ANTHR 7910 - Independent Study: Grad I (TBA -) | fall 2009 class
ANTHR 7920 - Independent Study: Grad II (TBA -) | fall 2009 class
ANTHR 7930 - Independent Study: Grad III (TBA -) | fall 2009 class
ARKEO 3256 - Archaeology Of The Andes (TR 01:25:PM-02:40:PM) | fall 2009 class
ARKEO 6256 - Maya History (W 10:10:AM-12:05:PM) | fall 2009 class
ANTHR 4268 - Myth, History, and Politics: The Aztecs and Their Empire (W 10:10:AM-12:05:PM) | spring 2009 class
ANTHR 4910 - Independent Study: Undergrad I (TBA -) | spring 2009 class
ANTHR 4920 - Independent Study: Undergrad II (TBA -) | spring 2009 class
ANTHR 7268 - Myth, History, and Politics: The Aztecs and Their Empire (W 10:10:AM-12:05:PM) | spring 2009 class
ANTHR 7910 - Independent Study: Grad I (TBA -) | spring 2009 class
ANTHR 7920 - Independent Study: Grad II (TBA -) | spring 2009 class
ANTHR 7930 - Independent Study: Grad III (TBA -) | spring 2009 class
ANTHR 3255 - Ancient Mexico and Central America (TR 02:55:PM-04:10:PM) | fall 2008 class
ARKEO 3255 - Ancient Mexico and Central America (TR 02:55:PM-04:10:PM) | fall 2008 class
LATA 3550 - Ancient Mexico and Central America (TR 02:55:PM-04:10:PM) | fall 2008 class

service

current professional activities

1971 - Present,
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY

Professor, Anthropology 1990 -

Associate Professor 1980-l989

Assistant Professor 1971-1980

Director, Archaeology Program 1982-1987; l990-1993, 1996-1997, 2000-

1969 - 1970
Southern Connecticut State College, New Haven, CT

Instructor, Anthropology

background

educational background

Ph.D., Yale University, 1974
A.B., Cornell University, 1967

professional background

Designer of the archaeology section, Museum of Anthropology and History, San Pedro Sula, Honduras
Director of research, lower Ulœa river valley, 1979

publications

selected publications (listing in progress)

2004: (with Rosemary Joyce) Puerto Escondido: exploraciones preliminares del Formativo Temprano. VII Seminario de Antropología de Honduras "Dr. George Hasemann," pp. 93-113. Instituto Hondureño de Antropología e Historia. Tegucigalpa.
2003: (with Christina Luke, Rosemary Joyce, and Robert Tykot) Marble carving traditions in Honduras: Formative through Terminal Classic. In L. Lazzarini (ed.), ASMOSIA 6: Interdisciplinary Studies on Ancient Stone, pp. xx-xx. Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference of the Association for the Study of Marble and Other Stones in Antiquity, Venice, June 15-18, 2000. Padova: Bottega d’Erasmo.
2002: (with Rosemary Joyce) La arqueología del periodo Formativo en Honduras: nuevos datos sobre el «estilo olmeca» en la zona maya. Mayab 15:5-17.
2001: (with Rosemary Joyce) Los comienzos de la vida aldeana en Mesoamérica oriental Yaxkin 20:19-46.
2001: (with Rosemary Joyce) Beginnings of village life in eastern Mesoamerica. Latin American Antiquity 12(1):5-23.
1998: (with Rosemary Joyce) Investigaciones arqueológicas en Puerto Escondido: definición del Formativo Temprano en el valle inferior del Río Ulúa. Yaxkin 17:5-35.
1997: World of the Ancient Maya. 2nd ed. Ithaca: Cornell University Press.
1993: (co-edited with Jeremy A. Sabloff) Lowland Maya Civilization in the Eighth Century A.D. Washington: Dumbarton Oaks.
1993: (co-edited with Patricia J. Netherly) Configurations of Power: Holistic Anthropology in Theory and Practice. Ithaca: Cornell University Press.
1993: (co-edited with Marilyn P. Beaudry-Corbett) Pottery of Prehistoric Honduras: Regional Classification and Analysis. UCLA Institute of Archaeology, Monograph 35.
1993: El mundo maya. In R.M. Carmack (ed.), Historia General de Centroamérica, Vol. I: Historia Antigua, pp. 61-133. San José: Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales.
1992: Variations on a theme: a frontier view of Maya civilization. In Elin C. Danien and Robert J. Sharer (eds.), New Theories on the Ancient Maya, pp. 161-171. Philadelphia: University Museum.
1992: Elites and ethnicity along the southeastern fringe of Mesoamerica. In D.Z. Chase and A.F. Chase (eds.), Mesoamerican Elites: An Archaeological Assessment, pp. 157-68. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press.
1989: (with M.P. Beaudry, R.L. Bishop, and K.G. Hirth) Determining ceramic production: a view from Honduras. In Charles C. Kolb (ed.), Ceramic Ecology,
1988: Current Research on Ceramic Materials, pp. 97-115. BAR International Series, 513.
1988: Investigaciones arqueológicas en el Valle de Sula. Yaxkin 11(1):5-30.