Christophe Helmke

Christophe Helmke

Associate Professor


  1. 2014
  2. Published

    Palaces and Courtly Culture in Ancient Mesoamerica: An Introduction

    Nehammer Knub, J., Nielsen, Jesper & Helmke, Christophe, 2014, Palaces and Courtly Culture in Ancient Mesoamerica. Nehammer Knub, J., Helmke, C. & Nielsen, J. (eds.). Oxford: Archaeopress, p. ix-xiii (Archaeopress Pre-Columbian Archaeology, Vol. 4).

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

  3. Published

    Palaces and Courtly Culture in Ancient Mesoamerica

    Nehammer Knub, J. (ed.), Helmke, Christophe (ed.) & Nielsen, Jesper (ed.), 2014, Oxford: Archaeopress. 124 p. (Archaeopress Pre-Columbian Archaeology, Vol. 4).

    Research output: Book/ReportAnthologyResearchpeer-review

  4. Published

    Prehistoric Settlement Patterns in the Upper Belize River Valley and their Implications for Models of Low-Density Urbanism

    Awe, J. J., Hoggarth, J. A. & Helmke, Christophe, 2014, A Celebration of the Life and Work of Pierre Robert Colas. Helmke, C. & Sachse, F. (eds.). Munich: Verlag Anton Saurwein, p. 263-285 23 p. (Acta Mesoamericana, Vol. 27).

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

  5. Published

    Rediscovery of a Missing Fragment of Caracol Stela 8

    Awe, J. J. & Helmke, Christophe, 2014, In: Mexicon. 36, 4, p. 110-113 4 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  6. Published

    The Macrolith of El Chiquero, Belize

    Stemp, W. J., Awe, J. J. & Helmke, Christophe, Oct 2014, In: Mexicon. 36, 5, p. 145-150 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  7. 2015
  8. Published

    A Case Study of Maya Avian Ocarinas from Pook’s Hill, Belize

    Nielsen, K. & Helmke, Christophe, 2015, In: Flower World – Music Archaeology of the Americas. 4, p. 79-98 20 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  9. Published

    A New Maya Macrolith Located

    Stemp, W. J., Awe, J. J. & Helmke, Christophe, 2015, In: Mexicon. 37, 4, p. 83-84 2 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  10. Published

    A Painted Spondylus Shell from Burial 1-9, Pacbitun, Belize

    Helmke, Christophe, Cheong, K. F., Healy, P. F. & Jørgensen, M. S., 2015, In: Mexicon. 37, 2, p. 43-47 5 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  11. Published

    Discovery and Description of Monument 2 at Tipan Chen Uitz, Belize

    Helmke, Christophe & Andres, C. R., 2015, In: Mexicon. 37, 5, p. 112-117 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  12. Published

    For Love of the Game: The Ballplayer Panels of Tipan Chen Uitz in Light of Late Classic Athletic Hegemony

    Helmke, Christophe, Andres, C., Morton, S. G. & Wrobel, G. D., 2015, In: The P A R I Journal. 16, 2, p. 1-30 30 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  13. Published

    On Methods: How we know what we think we know about the Maya - Proceedings of the 17th European Maya Conference, Helsinki, December 9-15, 2012

    Kettunen, H. (ed.) & Helmke, Christophe (ed.), 2015, München: Verlag Anton Saurwein. 131 p. (Acta Mesoamericana, Vol. 28).

    Research output: Book/ReportAnthologyResearchpeer-review

  14. Published

    The Defeat of the Great Bird in Myth and Royal Pageantry: A Mesoamerican Myth in a Comparative Perspective

    Helmke, Christophe & Nielsen, Jesper, 2015, In: Comparative Mythology. 1, 1, p. 23-60 38 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  15. Published

    The Fall of the Great Celestial Bird: A Master Myth in Early Classic Central Mexico

    Nielsen, Jesper & Helmke, Christophe, 2015, In: Ancient America. 13, p. 1-46 47 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  16. Published

    The Production and Exchange of Moulded-carved Ceramics and the ‘Maya Collapse’

    Ting, C., Martinón-Torres, M., Graham, E. & Helmke, Christophe, 2015, In: Journal of Archaeological Science. 62, p. 15-26 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  17. Published

    The Text and Context of the Cuychen Vase, Macal Valley, Belize

    Helmke, Christophe, Awe, J. J., Morton, S. G. & Iannone, G., 2015, Maya Archaeology. Golden, C., Houston, S. & Skidmore, J. (eds.). San Francisco: Precolumbian Mesoweb Press, Vol. 3. p. 8-29 22 p.

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

  18. Published

    Two Early Classic Elite Burials from Buenavista del Cayo, Belize

    Yaeger, J., Brown, M. K., Helmke, Christophe, Zender, M., Cap, B., Kokel Rodriguez, C. & Batty, S., 2015, In: Research Reports in Belizean Archaeology. 12, p. 181-191 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  19. Published

    The Sword and the Olive Jar: Material Evidence of Seventeenth-Century Maya ― European Interaction in Central Belize

    Awe, J. J. & Helmke, Christophe, Apr 2015, In: Ethnohistory. 62, 2, p. 333-360 28 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  20. 2016
  21. Published

    A Possible Paleoindian/Early Archaic Point from Ladyville, Belize, Central America

    Stemp, W. J., Awe, J. J. & Helmke, Christophe, 2016, In: PaleoAmerica. 2, 1, p. 70-73 4 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  22. Published

    Beretningen om Blomsterbjerget: Et sjældent mexicansk håndskrift i Etnografisk Samling

    Nielsen, Jesper & Helmke, Christophe, 2016, In: Nationalmuseets Arbejdsmark. p. 80-91 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  23. Published

    Caves and New Fire Ceremonies in the Central Mexican Highlands: The Case of the Cerro de la Estrella, Iztapalapa, Mexico

    Helmke, Christophe & Montero García, I. A., 2016, In: Contributions in New World Archaeology. 10, p. 55-100 46 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  24. Published

    Death Becomes Her: An Analysis of Panel 3, Xunantunich, Belize

    Helmke, Christophe & Awe, J. J., 2016, In: The P A R I Journal. 16, 4, p. 1-14 15 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  25. Published

    Design and Function of Lowe and Sawmill Points from the Preceramic Period of Belize

    Stemp, W. J., Awe, J. J., M. Prufer, K. M. & Helmke, Christophe, 2016, In: Latin American Antiquity. 27, 3, p. 279-299 21 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  26. Published

    Painted Hieroglyphs from Tomb FA-6/1 at Ka’kabish, Belize

    Haines, H. R. & Helmke, Christophe, 2016, In: Mexicon. 38, 5, p. 120-126 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  27. Published

    Sharper than a Serpent’s Tooth: A Tale of the Snake-Head Dynasty as Recounted on Xunantunich Panel 4

    Helmke, Christophe & Awe, J. J., 2016, In: The P A R I Journal. 17, 2, p. 1-22 23 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  28. Published

    The First Five Years of the Central Belize Archaeological Survey: Political and Economic Development

    Morton, S. G., Wrobel, G. D., Andres, C. R., Helmke, Christophe & Michael, A., 2016, In: Research Reports in Belizean Archaeology. 13, p. 149-159 11 p., 14.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

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