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Adrian Chase is a Visiting Assistant Professor at Boston University's Department of Anthropology. His research focuses on anthropological archaeology, particularly in Mesoamerica, with expertise in urbanism, computational archaeology, and ancient governance systems. He holds a PhD from Arizona State University (2021) and has conducted extensive fieldwork at Caracol, Belize, as well as in Mexico and Turkey. His work integrates geospatial technologies like LiDAR to analyze ancient urban structures and human-environment interactions. Chase emphasizes cross-cultural comparisons between ancient and modern urban processes, including studies on household inequality, water management, and governance dynamics. He has contributed to collaborative research projects such as the Caracol Archaeological Project and the Mansueto Institute for Urban Innovation at the University of Chicago.
Key research interests include Mesoamerican urbanism, computational archaeology (GIS and lidar), and the socio-political implications of ancient infrastructure. His work often addresses themes like environmental adaptation, resilience, and the ethical use of technology in archaeological research. Chase is actively involved in publishing edited volumes, such as Ancient Mesoamerican Population History (2024), and peer-reviewed articles on topics ranging from Maya water systems to isotopic analyses of mobility and diet.
His research has been supported by institutions like the National Science Foundation and the Alphawood Foundation. Chase collaborates with international teams to advance methodologies in spatial archaeology and advocates for ethical practices in data sharing and Indigenous collaboration. Current projects include isotopic studies of Maya migration patterns and cross-cultural analyses of urban scaling in ancient societies.
