Throughout her research process, Martinez has made extensive use of physical artifacts and archaeological books and periodicals available through the Yale Babylonian Collection.
It also appears that art collectors have stelae, or portions of them, stolen to order by browsing archaeological books and catalogues for desirable pieces.
Neither the archaeological record nor any account besides the Book of Mormon suggests their presence in pre-Colombian America.Most religions make extraordinary claims.
The significance of the book also lies in its consideration of how archaeologists read the archaeological record and conceptualise past societal organisation.
The book's authors consider both the artistic images themselves and the broader archaeological record in order to contextualise long-term changes and human responses to fluctuating climatic conditions.
The four main categories of documents that provide knowledge of the Maya civilization and its religion are: archaeological remains; native books in hieroglyphic writing; books in native languages written in Latin script by learned Indians; and early accounts written in Spanish by conquerors or priests.
It supports programs ranging from stray dog rescue to archaeological excavations to book fairs.
Based on surviving written materials and archaeological research, this book offers a textured portrait of the ancient Corinthians with whom Paul conversed, argued, debated, and partnered, focusing on issues of ethnicity, civic identity, politics, and empire.
In addition to her research, she is actively engaged in public outreach and created the Adventures in Archaeological Science coloring book (Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, 2017), now available in 18 languages, including many indigenous and underrepresented languages.
Dr Vitelli also chairs the ethics committee of the Society for American Archaeology (SAA) and is editor of a forthcoming book on archaeological ethics.
