Lisa M. Johnson

Lisa M. Johnson is an Assistant Professor-in-Residence and Undergraduate Coordinator in Anthropology at UNLV. She holds a Ph.D. from University of California, Berkeley (2018). Her research specializes in Maya archaeology, particularly materiality of ritual practices and urban development at ancient sites like Palenque, Mexico.

Research Focus: Johnson employs archaeological science methods including micromorphology and lithic analysis to study human-material interactions in ritual contexts. Her current NSF-funded project investigates neighborhood development at Palenque using multi-scalar approaches combining geophysics, excavation, and material science.

• Methodologies: Micromorphology, Lithic Analysis, Archaeological Illustration
• Regional Expertise: Mexico, Belize, Central America