Christophe Helmke

Christophe Helmke

Associate Professor


  1. 2021
  2. Published

    The Ideology and Symbolism of Ancient Maya Chipped Chert and Obsidian Eccentrics from Central Belize: Materials, Contexts, Chronology, and Meaning

    Stemp, W. J., Awe, J. J., Helmke, Christophe & Lee, J., 2021, Rock and Roll: The 13th International Symposium on Knappable Materials. Gómez de Soler, B., Soto, M., Gema Chacón, M. & Soares Remiseiro, M. (eds.). Tarragona: Adhoc Cultura, p. 208

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingConference abstract in proceedingsResearchpeer-review

  3. Published

    The Preceramic and Early Ceramic Periods in the Central Maya Lowlands

    Stemp, W. J., Awe, J. J., Marcus, J., Helmke, Christophe & Sullivan, L. A., 2021, In: Ancient Mesoamerica. 32, 3, p. 416-438

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  4. Published

    Strength in the Face of Adversity: Terminal Classic development of Nakum in a Wider Geopolitical Vantage

    Źrałka, J., Hermes, B., Helmke, Christophe & Martin, S., 2021, Maya Kingship: Rupture and Transformation from Classic to Postclassic Times. Okoshi, T., Chase, A. F., Nondedéo, P. & Arnauld, M-C. (eds.). Gainesville: University Press of Florida, p. 202-223 22 p. (Maya Studies, Vol. 21).

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

  5. 2020
  6. Published

    Ally, Client or Outpost? Evaluating the Relationship between Xunantunich and Naranjo in the Late Classic Period

    Awe, J. J., Helmke, Christophe, Slocum, D. & Tilden, D., 2020, In: Ancient Mesoamerica. 31, 3, p. 494-506 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  7. Published

    Applying Regional, Contextual, Ethnohistoric, and Ethnohistoric Approaches for Understanding the Significance of Peri-abandonment Deposits in Western Belize

    Awe, J. J., Helmke, Christophe, Aimers, J. J., Ebert, C. E., Stemp, W. J. & Hoggarth, J. A., 2020, In: Ancient Mesoamerica. 31, 1, p. 109-126

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  8. Published

    The Last Hurrah: Examining the Nature of Peri-abandoment Deposits and Activities at Cahal Pech, Belize

    Awe, J. J., Ebert, C. E., Hoggarth, J. A., Aimers, J. J., Helmke, Christophe, Douglas, J. & Stemp, W. J., 2020, In: Ancient Mesoamerica. 31, 1, p. 175-187

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  9. Published

    Los monumentos de Belice

    Helmke, Christophe, 2020, In: Arqueologia Mexicana. 28, 165, p. 44-48 5 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  10. Published

    Tactics, Trophies and Titles: A Comparative Perspective on Ancient Maya Raiding

    Helmke, Christophe, 2020, In: Ancient Mesoamerica. 31, 1, p. 29-46 18 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  11. Published

    The Litany of Runaway Kings: Another Look at Stela 12 of Naranjo, Guatemala

    Helmke, Christophe, Beliaev, D. & Vepretskii, S., 2020, In: The P A R I Journal. 21, 2, p. 1-28 28 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  12. Published

    The Terminal Classic at Pacbitun: Evidence from Moulded-carved Ceramics

    Helmke, Christophe & Ting, C., 2020, An Archaeological Reconstruction of Ancient Maya Life at Pacbitun, Belize. Powis, T. G., Skaggs, S. & Micheletti, G. J. (eds.). Oxford: Archaeopress, Vol. S2970. p. 185-200 16 p. (Archaeology of the Maya, Vol. 4).

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

  13. Published

    Under the Lordly Monarchs of the North: The Epigraphy of Northern Belize

    Helmke, Christophe, 2020, In: Ancient Mesoamerica. 31, 2, p. 261-286 26 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  14. Published

    Reconstructing the Formation of Peri-abandonment Deposits at Baking, Belize

    Hoggarth, J. A., Davis, J. B., Awe, J. J. & Helmke, Christophe, 2020, In: Ancient Mesoamerica. 31, 1, p. 139-149 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  15. Published

    Writing Pacbitun into the Historic Record of the Southern Maya Lowlands

    Micheletti, G. J., Helmke, Christophe & Healy, P. F., 2020, An Archaeological Reconstruction of Ancient Maya Life at Pacbitun, Belize. Powis, T. G., Skaggs, S. & Micheletti, G. J. (eds.). Oxford: Archaeopress, Vol. S2970. p. 103-114 12 p. (Archaeology of the Maya, Vol. 4).

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

  16. Published

    Crowning Rulers and Years: Interpreting the Year Sign Headdress at Teotihuacan

    Nielsen, Jesper & Helmke, Christophe, 26 Aug 2020, In: Ancient Mesoamerica. 31, 2, p. 319-334 35 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  17. Published

    A Terminal Classic Period Molded-carved Ceramic Production Mold from Actun Xtuyul, Pacbitun, Belize

    Spenard, J. & Helmke, Christophe, 2020, In: Mexicon. 42, 2, p. 32-37 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  18. Published

    Political Alliances and Trade Connections Observed in the Ceramic Record of the Classic Period: The Perspective from the Maya Site of Nakum, Guatemala

    Źrałka, J., Helmke, Christophe, Hermes, B., Koszkul, W., Ting, C., Bishop, R. L. & Bojkowska, D., 2020, In: Ancient Mesoamerica. 31, 3, p. 461-475 15 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  19. 2019
  20. Published

    Beyond the Twilight Zone: Cave Exploration in the Macal River Valley, Belize

    Awe, J. J., Helmke, Christophe & Morton, S., 2019, The Realm Below: Speleoarchaeological Investigations in the Macal River Valley, Belize. Helmke, C. (ed.). San Francisco: Precolumbian Mesoweb Press, p. 20-73 54 p.

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

  21. Published

    Exotics for the Lords and Gods: Lowland Maya Consumption of European Goods along a Spanish Colonial Frontier

    Awe, J. J. & Helmke, Christophe, 2019, Material Encounters and Indigenous Transformations in the Early Colonial Americas. Hofman, C. L. & Keehnen, F. W. M. (eds.). Leiden: Brill, p. 238-262 25 p. (Early Americas: History and Culture).

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

  22. Published

    Let's Talk of Graves, Eccentrics, and Epitaphs: The Socio-Political Implications of Recent Discoveries on Structure A9 at Xunantunich, Belize

    Awe, J. J., Helmke, Christophe, Slocum, D. & Tilden, D., 2019, In: Research Reports in Belizean Archaeology. 16, p. 57-74 18 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  23. Published

    A la sombra del Gólgota: Continuidades y discontinuidades en las observancia rituales en el Cerro de la Estrella

    Helmke, Christophe & Montero García, I. A., 2019, In: Rutas de Campo. 5, p. 106-121 16 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleCommunication

  24. Published

    An Analysis of the Imagery and Text of the Cuychen Vase

    Helmke, Christophe, 2019, The Realm Below: Speleoarchaeological Investigations in the Macal River Valley, Belize. Helmke, C. (ed.). San Francisco: Precolumbian Mesoweb Press, p. 122-159 38 p.

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

  25. Published

    Another Look at Stela 2 of Caracol, Belize

    Helmke, Christophe, Chase, A. F. & Chase, D. Z., 2019, In: Mexicon. 41, 4, p. 97-104

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  26. Published

    Archaeological Investigations at Cuychen

    Helmke, Christophe, Morton, S., Awe, J. J. & Iannone, G., 2019, The Realm Below: Speleoarchaeological Investigations in the Macal River Valley, Belize. Helmke, C. (ed.). San Francisco: Precolumbian Mesoweb Press, p. 74-121 48 p.

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

  27. Published

    Cuychen and the Caves of the Macal River Valley

    Helmke, Christophe, 2019, The Realm Below: Speleoarchaeological Investigations in the Macal River Valley, Belize. Helmke, C. (ed.). San Francisco: Precolumbian Mesoweb Press, p. 8-19 12 p.

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

  28. Published

    Reading between the lines: The Epigraphy of Central Belize

    Helmke, Christophe, 2019, In: Research Reports in Belizean Archaeology. 16, p. 31-46 16 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

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