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Christina Halperin is a Full Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Montréal's Faculty of Arts and Sciences. She specializes in ancient Maya culture, particularly focusing on household politics, economic systems, gender, materiality, and daily life. Her research integrates archaeological fieldwork, laboratory analysis, and museum studies, with a focus on Guatemala, Mexico, and Belize. She directs the Proyecto Arqueológico Ucanal in Petén, Guatemala, examining Maya political transformations and cosmopolitanism post-Classic collapse.
- Awarded the Faculty of Arts and Sciences' Excellence Research Medal for her work on Maya political dynamics.
- Co-edited Mesoamerican Figurines, a CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title.
- Lead researcher on grants exploring Maya urbanism, water management, and cultural heritage.
Her research emphasizes material culture, including ceramics, textiles, and ritual objects, to understand social and political structures. Recent work analyzes Terminal Classic period political shifts, migration, and resource management. She supervises graduate students on topics ranging from Maya hydrology to bioarchaeological studies of burials.
Publications span over 20 years, with notable contributions to understanding Maya figural art, urban infrastructure, and cross-cultural interactions. She collaborates widely, including with Guatemalan institutions, to contextualize archaeological findings within broader historical narratives.
