Christophe Helmke

Christophe Helmke

Associate Professor


  1. 2019
  2. Published

    Sighting a Royal Vehicle: Observations on the Graffiti of Tulix Mul, Belize

    Helmke, Christophe, Hammond, G., Guderjan, T., Greaves, P. & Hanratty, C., 2019, In: The P A R I Journal. 19, 4, p. 10-30

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  3. Published

    The Lay of the Land: A Political Geography of an Ancient Maya Kingdom in West-Central Belize

    Helmke, Christophe, Ebert, C. E., Awe, J. J. & Hoggarth, J. A., 2019, In: Contributions in New World Archaeology. 12, p. 9-54 46 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  4. Published

    The Realm Below: Speleoarchaeological Investigations in the Macal River Valley, Belize

    Helmke, Christophe (ed.), 2019, San Francisco: Precolumbian Mesoweb Press. 230 p.

    Research output: Book/ReportAnthologypeer-review

  5. Published

    "Off with his head!": A Heretofore Unknown Monument of Tonina, Chiapas

    Nielsen, Jesper, Helmke, Christophe, Stuart, D. & Sánchez Gamboa, Á., 8 Oct 2019, In: The P A R I Journal. 20, 1, p. 1-14 14 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  6. Published

    The Early Classic Murals of El Rosario, Queretaro, Mexico: Description and Iconographic Analysis

    Nielsen, Jesper, Helmke, Christophe, Fenoglio, F. & Saint-Charles Zetina, J. C., 2019, In: Ancient America. 14, p. 1-75 75 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  7. Published

    Gold and Calques in Mesoamerica: Tracing the Introduction of Gold to Mesoamerica through Linguistic Evidence

    Pharao Hansen, Magnus & Helmke, Christophe, 2019, In: Contributions in New World Archaeology. 13, p. 113-136 24 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  8. Published

    Technological, Use-Wear, and Residue Analyses of Obsidian Blades from Classic Maya Burials at Pook's Hill, Belize

    Stemp, W. J., Braswell, G. E., Helmke, Christophe & Awe, J. J., 2019, In: Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports. 26, 101859.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  9. Published

    Two Trophy Skulls from Pacbitun, Belize

    Wrobel, G. D., Helmke, Christophe, Gibbs, S., Micheletti, G., Stanchly, N. & Powis, T., 2019, In: Latin American Antiquity. 30, 1, p. 218-223 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  10. 2018
  11. 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 articlepeer-review

  12. 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 articlepeer-review

  13. 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/ReportBookpeer-review

  14. Published

    Kings of the East: Altun Ha and the Water Scroll Emblem Glyph

    Helmke, Christophe, Guenter, S. & Wanyerka, P., 2018, In: Ancient Mesoamerica. 29, 1, p. 113-135 23 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  15. Published

    Los monumentos monolíticos de Nakum, Guatemala

    Helmke, Christophe, Martin, S., Źrałka, J., Zych, B., Koszkul, W., Rusek, M. & Velásquez, J. L., 2018, XXXI Simposio de Investigaciones Arqueológicas en Guatemala. Arroyo, B., Méndez Salinas, L. & Ajú Alvarez, G. (eds.). Guatemala: Museo Nacional de Arqueología y Etnología, Vol. 2. p. 851-866 16 p.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingArticle in proceedingsResearch

  16. Published

    The –n-ib and –l-ib suffixes in Ch’olan Languages and Ancient Maya Writing

    Helmke, Christophe, 2018, Tiempo detenido, tiempo suficiente: Ensayos y narraciones mesoamericanistas en homenaje a Alfonso Lacadena García-Gallo. Kettunen, H., Vázquez López, V. A., Kupprat, F., Vidal Lorenzo, C., Muñoz Cosme, G. & Ponce de Leon, M. J. (eds.). Wayeb Publications, Vol. 1. p. 415-478 64 p.

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

  17. Published

    Ritual Responses to Drought: An Examination of Ritual Expressions in Classic Maya Written Sources

    Jobbová, E., Helmke, Christophe & Bevan, A., 2018, In: Human Ecology: An Interdisciplinary Journal. 46, 5, p. 759–781

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  18. 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

  19. Published

    At finde hjem i Mesoamerika: Om urhjem og ejerskab til kulturarv

    Pharao Hansen, Magnus & Helmke, Christophe, 2018, Hjem. Galal, E. & Schepelern Johansen, B. (eds.). København: Institut for Tværkulturelle og Regionale Studier, Københavns Universitet, Vol. 8. p. 124-133 10 p. (Tværkultur, Vol. 8).

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterCommunication

  20. 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 articlepeer-review

  21. 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 articlepeer-review

  22. Published

    Four Preceramic Points newly Discovered in Belize

    Stemp, W. J., Awe, J. J., Brown, M. K., Harrison-Buck, E., Helmke, Christophe, Wrobel, G. D. & Yaeger, J., 2018, In: Latin American Antiquity. 29, 2, p. 394-397 4 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  23. Published

    Incised Ceramics from Nakum, Guatemala

    Źrałka, J., Helmke, Christophe, Hermes, B. & Koszkul, W., 2018, Multas per gentes et multa per sæcula: Amici magistro et collegæ suo Ioanni Christopho Kozłowski dedicant. Valde-Nowak, P., Sobczyk, K., Nowak, M. & Źrałka, J. (eds.). Cracow: Institute of Archaeology, Jagiellonian University, p. 635-645

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

  24. Published

    The Discovery of a Beehive and the Identification of Apiaries among the Ancient Maya

    Źrałka, J., Helmke, Christophe, Santos, L. & Koszkul, W., 2018, In: Latin American Antiquity. 29, 3, p. 514-531

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  25. Published

    The Monolithic Monuments of Nakum, Guatemala

    Źrałka, J., Helmke, Christophe, Martin, S., Koszkul, W. & Velásquez, J. L., 2018, In: The P A R I Journal. 19, 1, p. 1-28 28 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  26. 2017
  27. 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 articlepeer-review

  28. 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 articlepeer-review

  29. 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 articlepeer-review

  30. 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

  31. 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 articlepeer-review

  32. 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

  33. 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 articlepeer-review

  34. 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 articlepeer-review

  35. 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 articlepeer-review

  36. 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

  37. 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

  38. 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 articlepeer-review

  39. 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 articlepeer-review

  40. 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/ReportAnthologypeer-review

  41. 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

  42. 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 articlepeer-review

  43. 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 articlepeer-review

  44. 2016
  45. 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 articlepeer-review

  46. 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 articlepeer-review

  47. 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 articlepeer-review

  48. 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 articlepeer-review

  49. 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

  50. 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 articlepeer-review

  51. 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 articlepeer-review

  52. Published

    Mayahuels hjerte: pulque og beruselse i Mesoamerika

    Nielsen, Jesper & Helmke, Christophe, 2016, Alkohol: Årbog for ToRS 2015. Søgaard, D. M. & Nielsen, J. (eds.). København: Institut for Tværkulturelle og Regionale Studier, Københavns Universitet, p. 42-53 12 p. (Tværkultur; No. 6).

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterCommunication

  53. 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 articlepeer-review

  54. 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 articlepeer-review

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