Christophe Helmke

Christophe Helmke

Associate Professor


  1. 2016
  2. Published

    Where Snakes Abound: Supernatural Places of Origin and Founding Myths in the Titles of Classic Maya Kings

    Helmke, Christophe & Kupprat, F. A., 2016, Places of Power and Memory in Mesoamerica’s Past and Present: How Sites, Toponyms and Landscapes Shape History and Remembrance. Graña-Behrens, D. (ed.). Berlin: Gebr. Mann Verlag, p. 33-83 51 p. (Estudios Indiana, Vol. 9).

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearchpeer-review

  3. Published

    Skrevet på papir og skind: Mesomerikanske manuskripter fra præcolumbiansk tid til kolonitiden

    Nielsen, Jesper, Helmke, Christophe & Balle, M., 15 Dec 2016, In: Denmark. Kongelige Bibliotek. Fund og Forskning. 55, p. 9-85 76 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  4. 2017
  5. Published

    Las Pinturas Realistas de Tetitla, Teotihuacan: Estudios a través de la obra de Agustín Villagra Caleti

    Staines Cicero, L. (ed.) & Helmke, Christophe (ed.), 2017, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. 257 p.

    Research output: Book/ReportAnthologyResearchpeer-review

  6. Published

    A Bowl Fit for a King: A Ceramic Vessel of the Naranjo Court Bearing the Komkom Emblem Glyph

    Helmke, Christophe, Polyukhovych, Y., Reents-Budet, D. J. & Bishop, R. L., 2017, In: The P A R I Journal. 18, 1, p. 9-24 16 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  7. Published

    A Carved Speleothem Monument at Yaxchilan, Mexico

    Helmke, Christophe, 2017, In: The P A R I Journal. 17, 4, p. 16-43 27 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  8. Published

    An Ancient Maya City on the Edge: The Culture History of Pacbitun, Belize

    Powis, T. G., Spenard, J., Skaggs, S., Micheletti, G. J. & Helmke, Christophe, 2017, In: Research Reports in Belizean Archaeology. 14, p. 191-212 22 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  9. Published

    El pasado es un país lejano: Un análisis epigráfico de los textos mayas de Tetitla, Teotihuacan

    Helmke, Christophe, 2017, Las Pinturas Realistas de Tetitla, Teotihuacan: Estudios a través de la obra de Agustín Villagra Caleti. Staines Cicero, L. & Helmke, C. (eds.). Mexico: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, p. 101-134 34 p.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearchpeer-review

  10. Published

    Los bebedores de Tetitla: representaciones del consumo ritual de pulque en los murales de Teotihuacan

    Nielsen, Jesper & Helmke, Christophe, 2017, Las pinturas realistas de Tetitla, Teotihuacan: estudios a través de la obra de Agustín Villagra Caleti. Staines Cicero, L. & Helmke, C. (eds.). Mexico: Instituto de Investigaciones Estéticas, UNAM, p. 135-163 28 p.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearchpeer-review

  11. Published

    Los glifos emblema y los lugares sobrenaturales: El caso de Kanu’l y sus implicaciones

    Helmke, Christophe & Kupprat, F. A., 2017, In: Estudios de Cultura Maya. 50, p. 95-135 41 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  12. Published

    Maya mortuary landscapes, Central Belize

    Wrobel, G. D., Michael, A., Biggs, J., Helmke, Christophe, Morton, S. & Andres, C., 2017, In: Antiquity. 91, 358, p. 1-7 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  13. Published

    Of Gods and Rituals: The Religion of Teotihuacan

    Helmke, Christophe & Nielsen, Jesper, 2017, Teotihuacan: City of Water, City of Fire. Robb, M. H. (ed.). San Francisco: University of California Press, p. 130-137 8 p.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearchpeer-review

  14. Published

    Some Initial Comments on the Komkom Vase Discovered at Baking Pot, Belize

    Helmke, Christophe, Hoggarth, J. A., Awe, J. J., Bednar, S. E. & López-Johnson, A., 2017, In: Research Reports in Belizean Archaeology. 14, p. 227-240 14 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  15. Published

    Some Observations and New Discoveries Related to Altar 3, Pacbitun, Belize

    Skaggs, S., Helmke, Christophe, Spenard, J., Healy, P. F. & Powis, T. G., 2017, In: Mexicon. 39, 5, p. 115-123 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  16. Published

    The Storm God: Lord of Rain and Ravage

    Nielsen, Jesper & Helmke, Christophe, 2017, Teotihuacan: City of Water, City of Fire. Robb, M. H. (ed.). San Francisco: University of California Press, p. 138-143 6 p.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearchpeer-review

  17. Published

    Tras las huellas de la tradición cartográfica en el altiplano central de México

    Helmke, Christophe, Nielsen, Jesper & Rivera Guzmán, A. I., 2017, In: Estudios de Cultura Nahuatl. 54, p. 79-133

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  18. Published

    Two Classic Maya ballplayer panels from Tipan Chen Uitz, Belize

    Andres, C. R., Helmke, Christophe, Morton, S. & Wrobel, G. D., 2017, In: Antiquity. 91, 359, p. 1285-1298 14 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  19. Published

    Una introducción al conjunto de Tetitla y sus pinturas realistas

    Staines Cicero, L. & Helmke, Christophe, 2017, Las Pinturas Realistas de Tetitla, Teotihuacan: Estudios a través de la obra de Agustín Villagra Caleti. Staines Cicero, L. & Helmke, C. (eds.). Mexico: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, p. 13-27 15 p.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearchpeer-review

  20. Published

    ‘The heart and stomach of a king’: A Study of the Regency of Lady Six Sky at Naranjo, Guatemala

    Helmke, Christophe, 2017, In: Contributions in New World Archaeology. 11, p. 83-130

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  21. Published

    Social identity and geographic origin of Maya burials at Actun Uayazba Kab, Roaring Creek Valley, Belize

    Wrobel, G. D., Freiwald, C., Michael, A., Helmke, Christophe, Awe, J. J., Kennett, D. J., Gibbs, S., Ferguson, J. M. & Griffith, C., Mar 2017, In: Journal of Anthropological Archaeology. 45, p. 98-114 17 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  22. 2018
  23. Published

    'Where the sun came into being': Rites of Pyrolatry, Transition, and Transformation in Early Classic Teotihuacan

    Nielsen, Jesper & Helmke, Christophe, 2018, Smoke, Flames, and the Human Body in Mesoamerican Ritual Practice. Washington, D.C.: Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, p. 77-107 31 p.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearchpeer-review

  24. Published

    A Classic Maya Carved Capstone from Buenavista del Cayo, Belize

    Helmke, Christophe, Ball, J. W. & Taschek, J. T., 2018, In: Mexicon. 40, 5, p. 134-142 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  25. Published

    A Figurative Hacha from Buenavista del Cayo, Belize

    Helmke, Christophe, Yaeger, J. & Eli, M., 2018, In: The P A R I Journal. 18, 3, p. 7-26 20 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  26. Published

    A Reading of the Komkom Vase Discovered at Baking Pot, Belize

    Helmke, Christophe, Hoggarth, J. A. & Awe, J. J., 2018, San Francisco: Precolumbian Mesoweb Press. 144 p.

    Research output: Book/ReportBookResearchpeer-review

  27. Published

    An ancient Maya ritual cache at Pook's Hill, Belize: Technological and functional analyses of the obsidian blades

    Stemp, W. J., Braswell, G. E., Helmke, Christophe & Awe, J. J., 2018, In: Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports. 18, p. 889-901 3 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  28. Published

    Down the T'uhl Hole: Technological, Metric, and Functional Analyses of Chipped Stone from the Chaa Creek Chultun, Cayo District, Belize

    Stemp, W. J., Stoll, C. G., Helmke, Christophe & Awe, J., 2018, In: Lithic Technology. 43, 1, p. 51-64

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

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