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FAMSI would like to thank all of our supporters and grantees for their generous gifts of their theses, dissertations, publications, and monies which help to educate others on the cultures of Mesoamerica.

Financial Contributors:
1997 The Lynton Foundation
1998 Martin and Charlotte Rubashkin Fund
1998 Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
1999 Delphi Financial Group, Inc.
2000 Delphi Financial Group, Inc.

Research Contributors:
Ahlfeldt, Jennifer F. (Grantee #10140)
2004 On Reconstructing and Performing Ancient Maya Architecture: Structure 22, Copán Honduras (A.D. 715). Columbia University. UMI Press. (dissertation)
Ajpacaja Tum, Florentino Pedro (Grantee #98062)
2001 K'ichee' Choltziij Dictionary. Cholsamaj, Guatemala.
Amrhein, Laura Marie (Grantee #20001)
2001 Iconographic and Historic Analysis of Terminal Classic Maya Phallic Imagery. Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond VA. (dissertation)
Bellas, Monica L. (Grantee #94019)
1997 The Body in the Mixtec Codices: Birth, Purification, Transformation and Death. University of California, Riverside CA. (dissertation)
Bolles, David (Grantee #96072)
2002 Post Conquest Mayan Literature - based on Pre-Columbian Sources - with reference to the works of A. Barrera Vasquez and Ralph Roys. Labyrinthos, CA.
Bolles, David and Alejandra Bolles
2001 Grammar of the Yucatecan Maya Language, A Revised edition. Labyrinthos, CA.
Bolles, David (Grantee #96072) and Ruth Gubler
2000 The Book of Chilam Balam of Na. (Facsimile, Translation and Edited Text) Labyrinthos, CA.
Boot, Erik
2004 Vocabulary in the Ch'oltí Language: A Transcription of the "Bocabulario Grande" by Fray Francisco Morán (1695).
2005 Continuity and Change in Text and Image at Chichen Itza, Yucatan, Mexico: A study of the Inscriptions, Iconography, and Architecture at a Late Classic to Early Postclassic Maya site. CNWS, Leiden Holland. (dissertation)
Cabello Reyes, Victor A.
2004 La Rosa Purpuray El Canamayte Maya. Maldonado Editores del Mayab, Merida MX.
2005 El Sagrado Patron: Canamayte Chamanico. Maldonado Editores del Mayab, Merida MX.
Calvin, Inga E. (Grantee #96042)
2006 Between Text and Image: An Analysis of Pseudo Glyphs on Late Classic Maya Pottery from Guatemala. University of Colorado at Boulder, CO (dissertation)
Cash, Cristin L.
2005 Locating the Place and Meaning of the Talud-Tablero Architectural Style in the Early Classic Built Environment. University of Texas at Austin. (dissertation)
Christenson, Allen J.
2004 K'iche'-English Dictionary, and Guide to Pronunciation of the K'iche'-Maya Alphabet. Brigham Young University, Provo UT.
Cobos, Rafael (Grantee #96025, #00013)
1997 Estudios de Conjuntos Templo-Altar-Patio/Galería en Chichén Itzá. Volumen 1 & 2.
1998 Nuevas Perspectivas Sobre el Patrón de Asentamiento de Una Comunidad Maya: Análisis de Una Comunidad del Periodo Clásico Terminal, Patrones de Asentamiento de la Comunidad Clásico Terminal.
2000 Classic Maya Seaports: Uaymil, North Campeche Coast.
2003 The Settlement Patterns of Chichén Itzá, Yucatan, Mexico. Tulane University LA. (dissertation)
Coe, Michael D.
1999 Library Donation: A Collection of 1200+ Volumes pertaining to Mesoamerica.
Córdova Tello, Guillermo (Grantee #05049)
2006 El Espacio Arqueológico de Chalchihuites Prehispánico. Escuela Nacional de Antropología e Historia, INAH/SEP. (thesis)
Danien, Elin C. (Grantee #93002, #03029)
2002 Guide to the Mesoamerican Gallery at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.
2006 Paintings of Maya Pottery: The Art and Career of M. Louise Baker. University Museum Publications, University of Pennsylvania, Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia PA.
del Angel, Leonel
2002 Cholula: Un Vinculo de Sabiduria y Fraternidad. Universidad de las Americas, Puebla MX.
Gift of Patricia Plunket (Grantee #02042).
Demarest, Arthur A. (Grantee #00085)
2004 Terminal Classic in the Maya Lowlands, The: Collapse, Transition and Transformation. University Press of Colorado, Boulder CO.
Diehl, Richard A.
2004 The Olmecs: America's First Civilization. Thames & Hudson Ltd, London and New York.
2000 Olmec Art and Archaeology in Mesoamerica. Exhibition Catalogue (senior editor). The National Gallery, Washington DC.
Docter, Catherine (Grantee #03075) with Dorie Budet and Ricardo Agurcia
2003 Casa K'inich: A Teacher's Guidebook. The Copán Maya Foundation, Santa Barbara, CA.
Fields, Virginia (Curator of Exhibition) with Dorie Budet
2005 Lords of Creation: The Origins of Sacred Maya Kingship. Exhibition Catalogue (Los Angeles County Museum of Art CA, Dallas University Museum TX, Metropolitan Museum of Art NY).
Florescano, Enrique (Grantee #99011)
2004 Quetzalcoatl y Los Mitos Fundadores de Mesoamerica. Taurus, Mexico.
Folan, William and Lynda F. Folan, Laraine Fletcher, Jacinto May Hau
2001 Las Ruinas de Calakmul, Campeche, Mexico: Un lugar central y su paisaje cultural. Univ. Autonoma de Campeche/SEP, Mexico.
Gift of Laraine Fletcher (Grantee #99106).
French, Kirk (Grantee #99101)
2002 Palenque Mapping Project - Creating Space Through Water Management at the Classic Maya Site of Palenque, Chiapas, Mexico. McMicken College of Arts and Science/U. Cincinnati, OH (thesis).
García Campillo, José Miguel (Grantee #97007)
1999 Estudio Introductoria del Lexico de las Inscripciones de Chichén Itzá. McMicken College of Arts and Science/U. Cincinnati, OH (thesis).
Gossen, Gary (Grantee #99014)
2002 Four Creations: An Epic Story of the Chiapas Mayas. University of Oklahoma Press, Norman OK.
Gutiérrez Mendoza, Gerardo (Grantee #99060)
2007 Catálogo de sitios arqueológicos de las regiones Mixteca-Tlapaneca-Nahua y Costa Chica de Guerrero, (CD), Centro de Investigationes y Estudios Superiores en Antropología Social (CIESAS).
Weeks, John M., Jane Hill (Grantee #05080) and Charles Golden
2005 Piedras Negras Archaeology, 1931-1939. University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology, Philadelphia PA.
Hofling, Charles Andrew (Grantee #97026)
1997 Itzaj Maya - Spanish-English Dictionary. (Diccionario Maya Itzaj-Espanol-Ingles). University of Utah Press, NV.
Houk, Brett A. (Grantee #97004)
1998 The 1997 Season of the Chan Chich Archaeological Project. The Center for Maya Studies, San Antonio TX. (dissertation)
Hull, Kerry M. (Grantee #03031)
2003 Verbal Art and Performance in Ch'ortí and Maya Hieroglyphic Writing. University of Texas at Austin. (dissertation in 2 Volumes)
Josserand, J. Kathryn (Grantee #94017) and Nicholas A. Hopkins
1995 The Ritual Vocabulary of Tila Chol.
Josserand, J. Kathryn (Grantee #01085), Nicholas A. Hopkins, and Ausencio Cruz Guzman, Ashley Kistler, and Kayla Price.
2003 Story Cycles in Chol (Mayan) Mythology: Contextualizing Classic Iconography.
Kerr, Justin and Barbara (photographer, authors, editors)
1989-2000 The Maya Vase Book: A Corpus of Rollout Photographs of Maya Vases. Kerr Associates, New York NY. Volumes 1-6 with essays from invited Mayanists.
1993-2006 Selection of at least one dozen volumes focused on artworks.
Krochock, Ruth Janine (Grantee #95099)
1998 The Development of Political Rhetoric at Chichén Itzá, Yucatán, Mexico. 2 volumes, University of Texas, Austin TX (dissertation).
Liggored, Josep (Grantee #96018) and Arzapalo Marin, Ramon
1993 T'ho, La Mérida Ancestral Ichcanziho: los de Rancio Abolengo.
Lizama Aranda, Lilia Lucía (Grantee #97009)
2000 Salvamento Arqueológico en Dzibilchaltún, Yucatán, México. Univ. Autonoma de Yucatán, MX (thesis).
Looper, Mathew George (Grantee #97019, #95015)
1991 Dances of the Classic Maya Deities Chak and Hun Nal Ye. Kinko's, Austin TX (thesis).
1999 Historias de Nuestro Traje (aka T-Xi'Len Qxb'aalin Ojtxi' Ax ja'Lin).
2003 Lightning Warrior: Maya Art and Kingship at Quirigua. University of Texas Press, Austin TX.
Luke, Christina (Grantee #02081)
2002 Ulua Style Marble Vases. Cornell University, Ithaca, NY (dissertation).
Malchic Nicolás, Manuel (Grantee #03081) Senior Author
2000 Rub'iral ruk'ihal wach Poqom q'orb'al: Variacion Dialectal en Poqom. Cholsamj, OKMA Guatemala.
2003 Mayá Choltzij: Vocabularion Comparativeo de los Idiomes Mayas de Guatemala. Cholsamj, Guatemala. (Senior Author is Carlos Humberto Cú Cab).
Manzanilla, Linda (Grantee #95007)
1996 El Estudio del Inframundo en Teotihuacan: El Estudio del Inframundo en Teotihuacan. Septima (Oct. to Dec. 1995) and Octava (Feb. - April 1996), UNAM.
Macario C., M. Rachel (Grantee #03057 & #06044)
2004 Les Habitantes de Q'umarkaaj, Capitale Maya-K'iché Postclassique (Huates Terres du Guatemala): Donnes Archeologiques et Representations Actuelles. Universite de Paris, La Sorbonne Histoire de L'Art et Archeologue. (thesis).
Masson, Marilyn (Grantee #96002, #98021, #00003) and Robert Rosenswig (Grantee #01052)
1997 The Belize Postclassic Project: Laguna de On Island Excavation 1996. Occasional Paper No. 1, Institute for Mesoamerican Studies, State University of New York at Albany, Albany NY.
2001 In the Realm of Nachan Kan. University of Colorado Press, Denver CO.
Mastache, Alba Guadalupe (Grantee #96019), Robert Cobean, and Dan Healan
2002 Ancient Tollan: Tula and the Toltec Heartland. University Press of Colorado, Boulder, CO.
Mathews, Peter
2002 Maya Hieroglyphic Weekend October 2-3. Cleveland State University, OH.
Gift of Phillip J. Wanyerka.
Mihok, Lorena Diane
2005 Cognitive Dissonance in Early Colonial Pictorial Manuscripts from Central Mexico. Institute for the Study of Latin America and the Caribbean, University of South Florida, Tampa FL (thesis).
Milbrath, Susan (Grantee #99025 & #05025)
1999 Star Gods of the Maya: Astronomy in Art, Folklore, and Calendars. University of Texas Press, Austin TX.
Montejo, Victor (Grantee #95017)
1999 Popol Vuj: Libro Sagrado de los Mayas. Artes de Mexico. Mexico DF.
Montgomery, John (Grantee #99105)
2002 Dictionary of Maya Hieroglyphs. Hippocrene Books, Inc., New York, NY.
2002 How to Read Maya Hieroglyphs. Hippocrene Books, Inc., New York, NY.
2004 Maya (Yucatec): Dictionary & Phrasebook. Hippocrene Books, Inc., New York, NY.
Morehart, Christopher (Grantee #00097)
2002 Ancient Maya Ritual Cave Utilization: A Paleoethnobotanical Perspective. Florida State University, Tallahassee FL (thesis).
O'Neill, Betty D.
1997 Library Donation: A collection of sixty volumes pertaining to Mexico and Guatemala.
Pérez Negrete, Miguel (Grantee #01082)
2004 Cronología Relativa e Integración de las Diferentes Ocupaciones en el Cerro de la Estrella, for Symposia: Investigaciones Arqueolgicas Recientes en el Cerro de la Estrella. XXVII Mesa Redonda, Jalapa Veracruz MX (organized by Pérez Negrete).
2005 El Templo de Fuego Nuevo en el Huixachtécatl (Cerro de la Estrella): Form and Function de un Centro Ceremonial del sur de la Cuenca de Mexico. Escuela Nacionel de Antropología e Historia, INAH/SEP (dissertation).
Pillsbury, Joanne
1996 Two Volumes of Series: Studies in the History of Art, Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts, National Gallery of Art. Urban Forms and Meaning in South Asia and Eius Virtulis Studiosi.
Prufer, Keith M. (Grantee #99003, #05070, #06066)
2002 Communities, Caves and Ritual Specialists: A Study of Sacred Space in the Maya Mountains of Southern Belize. Southern Illinois University, Carbondale IL (dissertation).
Rodríguez, Dehmian Barrales
2006 Más allá de las Imágenes de la Guerra y la Captura: Evidencias Icnográficas de la Existencia de un Arte Marcial autóctono entre los Mayas del Periodo Clásico. Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán MX (thesis).
Rodriguez Cano, Laura (Grantee #94013)
1996 El Sistema de Escritura Nuiñe: El Análisis del Corpus de Piedras Grabadas de la Zona de la Cañada en La Mixteca Baja, Oaxaca. Escuela Nacional de Antropología e Historia, México City, DF (thesis).
Ruscheinsky, Lynn M.
2003 The Social Reproduction of Gender Identity through the Production and Reception of Lowland Maya Figurines. University of British Columbia, Canada (dissertation).
Schavelzon, Daniel (Grantee #94028, #03003) and Jorge Tomasi
2005 La Imagen de América: Los Dibujos de Arqueologia Americana de Francisco Mújica Diez de Bonilla. FAMSI y Ediciones Fundación Ceppa.
Scott, Sue (Grantee #99100)
2001 Corpus of Terracotta Figurines from Sigvald Linne's Excavations at Teotihuacan, Mexico. FAMSI y Ediciones Fundación Ceppa.
Serrato-Combe, Antonio
2001 The Aztec Templo Mayor: A Visualization. University of Utah, UT.
Sharer, Robert J. (Grantee #94010, #95060, #96071)
1999 Archaeology and History in the Royal Acropolis, Copan, Honduras. Expedition Magazine. University Museum, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia PA.
Shaw, Justine M. (Grantee #99016)
2000 The Yo'okop Field Season: Initial Mapping and Surface Collections. College of Redwoods, Eureka CA.
Silverstein, Jay E. (Grantee #97014)
2000 Study of the Late Postclassic Aztec-Tarascan Frontier in Northern Guerrero, Mexico: The Oztuma-Cutzamala Project. (thesis).
Stuart, George (Grantee #97001)
2000 Research Reports on Ancient Maya Writing. Volumes 1 through 55. Center for Maya Research, Washington, DC.
2005 Ancient America Volume 7: The Murals of San Bartolo, El Petén, Guatemala: Part 1: The North Wall. Center for Ancient American Studies, Barnardsville NC.
Tabarev, Andrei B. (Grantee #05045)
2005 Olmec Culture: Textbook for Russian Universities. (in Russian, 150 pgs. 160 figs.).
Urcid, Javier (Grantee #02056, #03068)
2003 Zapotec Writing: Knowledge, Power, and Memory in Ancient Oaxaca.
Villela, Khristaan D. {Grantee #96001)
2001 Montezuma's Dinner: PreColumbian Art in Nineteenth-Century Mexico, 1821-1876. University of Texas at Austin (dissertation).
Wanyerka, Phil (Grantee #00077) with John Montgomery and Jack Sulak
2001 Pusilha, The Southern Belize Epigraphic Project. Cleveland State University, OH.
Weeks, John (Grantee #98065)
1993 Maya Civilization: A Bibliographic Guide, Volume 1. Research Guides to Ancient Civilization, Garland Publishing, Inc., NY.
1997 Maya Civilization: A Bibliographic Guide, Volume 2. Research Guides to Ancient Civilization. Labyrinthos, Lancaster CA.
2001 The Past and Present Maya: Essays in Honor of Robert M. Carmack. Labyrinthos, Lancaster CA.
2002 Maya Civilization: A Bibliographic Guide, Volume 3. Research Guides to Ancient Civilization. Labyrinthos, Lancaster CA.
2002 The Library of Daniel Garrison Brinton. University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia PA.
Weigand, Phil C.
2004 Donation: Several volumes relating to archaeological excavations in the area of West Mexico.
Williams, Eduardo (Grantee #02006)
2005 El Antiguo Occidente de México: Nuevos perspectivas sobre el pasado prehispánico. (Editors Eduardo Williams, Phil C. Weigand, Lorenza Lopez Mestas, David C. Grove) El Colegio de Michoacán MX.
Williams-Beck (Grantee #98058)
1998 Tiempo en Trozos: Cerámica de la Región de Los Chenes, Campeche, México. Universidad Autónoma de Campeche, MX.

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