Project Directors
Dr. Marcello A. Canuto
M.A.R.I. / Tulane University
mcanuto@tulane.edu
Project Co-Director
Dr. Tomás Barrientos Q.
Universidad del Valle Guatemala
tbarrientos@uvg.edu.gt
Project Co-Director
Administrative Staff
Analy Montenegro
Centro Universitario de Peten de la Universidad de San Carlos
lacorona.project@gmail.com
Project Administrator
Marissa López
Universidad del Valle Guatemala
lab.lacorona.project@gmail.com
Northwest Causeway excavations
Lab administrator
Professional Staff
Dr. David Stuart
University of Texas at Austin
davidstuart@austin.utexas.edu
Project Epigrapher
Dr. Ernesto Arredondo
Universidad del Valle de Guatemala
necomaya@yahoo.com
El Achiotal research program
Dr. Clarissa Cagnato
Université de Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne
ccagnato@wustl.edu
Project archaeobotanist
Dr. Rachel A. Horowitz
Appalachian State University
horowitzra@appstate.edu
Project lithicist (chert and obsidian)
Dr. Chloé Andrieu
CNRS
andrieuchloe@gmail.com
Project lithicist (jade)
Dr. Diana Fridberg
Washington University in St. Louis
dfridberg@wustl.edu
Project faunal analyst
Francisco Saravia
Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala
Project ceramicist
Martin Asturias
GMAPro TV
martin@gmaprotv.com
Project videographer
Doctoral Students
Luke Auld-Thomas
Tulane University
lauldtho@tulane.edu
El Achiotal research program
David Chatelain
Tulane University
dchatela@tulane.edu
La Cariba research program
Kirsty Escalante
Tulane University
kescalan@tulane.edu
Northwest Causeway excavations
Caroline Parris
Tulane University
cparris@tulane.edu
Project ceramicist
Erin Patterson
Tulane University
epatters@tulane.edu
Project osteologist
Jocelyne Ponce
Tulane University
jponcest@tulane.edu
El Jobillo research program
Undergraduate Students
Alejandro González
Universidad del Valle de Guatemala
Coronitas excavations
Francisco Pérez
Universidad del Valle de Guatemala
Stela 1 group excavations
Alejandra González
Universidad del Valle de Guatemala
Palace excavations
Past Members
Dr. Mary Jane Acuña
El Achiotal research program
Dr. Joanne Baron
Coronitas excavations
María Antonieta Cajas
Las Coronitas Excavations
Camilo Álvarez
Main Plaza Excavations
José Eduardo Bustamante
Palace Excavations
Carlos Chiriboga
Regional settlement survey
Dr. Anabella Coronado-Ruiz
Palace Excavations
Dr. Yann Desailly-Chanson
Main Plaza excavations
Lic. Carlos Enrique Fernández
Las Coronitas Excavations
Dr. Erlend Johnson
Regional Settlement Survey
Elisandro Garza
Las Coronitas Excavations
Licda. Erika Gómez
Main Plaza Excavations
Lic. Melvin Rodrigo Guzmán Piedrasanta
Mapping and Local Survey
Mary Kate Kelly
Documentation of Monuments
Rony López
Main Plaza Excavations
Lic. Christopher Martínez
Main Plaza Excavations
Lic. Mauro Montejo
El Achiotal Excavations
Camilo Nájera
Las Coronitas Excavations
Evan Parker
Regional settlement survey
Jorge Pontaza
El Caballito Excavations
Licda. Andrea Rojas
Residential Group Excavations
Borislava Simova
Main Plaza Excavations
Antolín Velásquez López
Main Plaza Excavations
Lic. Carlos Gilberto Cruz
El Achiotal Excavations
Pablo Estrada
El Achiotal Excavations
Licda. Ana Cristina Guirola
Main Plaza Excavations
Bruce Love
Documentation of Monuments
Alejandro Gillot
Las Guacamayas Excavations
Dr. Stanley Guenter
Main Plaza Excavations
Emily Kate
Osteological Analysis
Dr. Maxime Lamoureux St.-Hilaire
Palace Excavations
Dr. Damien Marken
Mapping and Local Survey
Leticia Miguel
Las Coronitas Excavations
Lic. Ruben Morales Forte
Palace Excavations
Licda. Liliana Padilla
Palace Excavations
Licda. Divina Perla
Las Coronitas Excavations
Licda. Alejandra Roche
Lithic Analysis
Licda. Andrea Sandoval
Chemical Analyses
Olga Slowing
Main Plaza Excavations