Sigma Xi - Sea Level Rise and Ancient Maya Civilization

Heather McKillop is in the Geography and Anthropology Department at Louisiana State University, with major areas of research interests in ancient Maya trade and economy, especially Maya sea trade. She has ongoing field and lab projects on the south coast and offshore cays of Belize, and is the author of Salt, White Gold of the Ancient Maya and the coeditor of Coastal Maya Trade. She received her doctorate in anthropology from University of California, Santa Barbara.