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Marieka Brouwer Burg is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the University of Vermont and Co-Director of the Digital Anthropology Laboratory. She specializes in landscape archaeology, focusing on human-environment interactions during the Archaic period in Mesoamerica.
Her NSF-funded project (2021-2025) investigates adaptive strategies in variable environments through archaeological surveys, paleoecological analyses, and geospatial modeling in northern Belize. Brouwer Burg's research has revealed large-scale Archaic fisheries and settlement patterns through multidisciplinary methods including GIS, XRF analysis, and radiometric dating.
Education:
- PhD, Michigan State University (2011)
- MA, Michigan State University (2007)
- BA, University of Wisconsin-Madison
As a Fulbright fellow, she studied at Dutch research institutions including the Cultural Heritage Agency of Netherlands and Groningen Institute of Archaeology. Her teaching emphasizes experiential learning through digital anthropology methods including geospatial analysis and materials science applications.
