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About the Author Elizabeth Terese Newman received a BA in history and archaeology from the University of Massachusetts, Boston in 2000 and PhD in anthropology from Yale University in 2008. This book, based on her doctoral dissertation , incorporates significant new research. Newman’s research interests include Mesoamerican ethnohistory, historical archaeology, and environmental archaeology with a specialty in zooarchaeology. Since 2006, she has been directing an ongoing research project that examines the social and cultural origins of revolution in Puebla, Mexico, using the disciplines of ethnohistory, ethnography, and archaeology. Newman is currently assistant professor of history at Stony Brook University . Prior to joining the history department, she taught environmental humanities and anthropology at Stony Brook’s Southampton campus. While at Stony Brook Southampton, Newman was responsible for the creation and direction of a new interdisciplinary BA degree in environmental humanities, one of only a handful of programs of its kind in the country. She has also taught for the University of the Americas in Puebla, Mexico, and at Connecticut College. Outside of academia, Newman worked for the National Park Service and the Boston Museum of Science. ...

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