Christophe Helmke

Christophe Helmke

Associate Professor


  1. 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

  2. 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

  3. Published

    Tintin og de indianske sprog

    Helmke, Christophe, 20 Feb 2014, Tintin & ToRS: Årbog for ToRS 2012-2013. Søgaard, D. M. (ed.). København: Institut for Tværkulturelle og Regionale Studier, p. 112-137 26 p. (Tværkultur; No. 4).

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

  4. The 2002 Season Investigations at Pook's Hill, Belize

    Helmke, Christophe, 2003, In: University College London. Institute of Archaeology. Papers. 14, p. 119-128 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  5. 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

  6. 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

  7. 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

  8. Published

    A reinterpretation of Stela 6, Pacbitun, Belize

    Helmke, Christophe, Grube, N., Awe, J. J. & Healy, P. F., 2006, In: Mexicon. 28, 4, p. 70-75 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  9. Published

    A Summary of the 1999-2002 Seasons of Archaeological Investigations at Pook's Hill, Cayo District, Belize

    Helmke, Christophe, 2006, Research Reports in Belizean Archaeology. Morris, J., Jones, S., Awe, J. & Helmke, C. (eds.). Belmopan: Institute of Archaeology, National Institute of Culture and History, Vol. 3. p. 173-191 18 p.

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

  10. Published

    Fighting the Inevitable: the Terminal Classic Period of the Upper Roaring Creek Valley

    Helmke, Christophe & Awe, J. J., 2007, Research Reports in Belizean Archaeology. Morris, J., Jones, S., Awe, J. & Helmke, C. (eds.). Belmopan: Institute of Archaeology, National Institute of Culture and History, Vol. 4. p. 29-42 13 p.

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

  11. Published

    Recent Investigations into Ancient Maya Domestic and Ritual Activities at Pook's Hill, Belize

    Helmke, Christophe, 2006, In: University College London. Institute of Archaeology. Papers. 17, p. 77-85 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  12. Published

    Building High-Precision AMS 14C Bayesian Models on the Formation of Peri-abandonment Deposits at Baking Pot, Belize

    Hoggarth, J. A., Culleton, B. J., Awe, J. J., Helmke, Christophe, Lonaker, S., Davis, B. & Kennett, D. J., 2021, In: Radiocarbon: An International Journal of Cosmogenic Isotope Research. 63, 3, p. 977-1002 26 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  13. Published

    Settlement Survey at Baking Pot, Belize: Results of the 2007 Season

    Hoggarth, J. A., Jobbova, E., Helmke, Christophe & Bevan, A., 2009, In: The Belize Valley Archaeological Reconnaissance Project. 13, p. 157-187 31 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearch

  14. Published

    As the Baktun Turned: Reconstructing Classic to Postclassic Population Dynamics in the Belize River Valley

    Hoggarth, J. A., Freiwald, C., Ebert, C. E., Helmke, Christophe, Awe, J., Green-Mink, K., Powless , P. & McKeown, A., 2022, 3,000 Years of War and Peace in the Maya Lowlands: Identity, Politics, and Violence. Braswell, G. (ed.). New York: Routledge, p. 209-240

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

  15. 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

  16. 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 articleResearchpeer-review

  17. Published

    Epigraphic Insights into Culture, Society and Climate Change

    Jobbová, E., Helmke, Christophe & Bevan, A., 2021, The Maya and Environmental Stress from Past to Present: Human response and adaptation to climate change in the Maya lowlands. Jobbová, E. (ed.). Oxford: BAR Oxford publications, Vol. S3055. p. 131-164 (Archaeology of the Maya, Vol. 8).

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

  18. Published

    Úvod do štúdia mayských hieroglyfov

    Kettunen, H. & Helmke, Christophe, 2011, Bratislava: Slovenský archeologický a historický inštitút. 150 p.

    Research output: Book/ReportBookResearch

  19. Published

    Teosluettelo / Verkförteckning / List of works

    Kettunen, H. & Helmke, Christophe, 2012, Maya III: Life • Death • Time. Didrichsen, M. & Kettunen, H. (eds.). Helsinki: Didrichsen Museum of Art and Culture, p. 214-259 46 p.

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

  20. Published

    La Escritura Jeroglífica Maya

    Kettunen, H. & Helmke, Christophe, 2010, Madrid: Instituto Iberoamericano de Finlandia. 267 p. (Acta Ibero-Americano Fennica, Vol. 8).

    Research output: Book/ReportBookResearch

  21. 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

  22. Published

    Post-Apocalypto: Crisis and Resilience in the Maya World

    Kettunen, H. (ed.), Helmke, Christophe (ed.), Kupprat, F. A. (ed.) & Worm Danbo, R. (ed.), 2022, München: Verlag Anton Saurwein. 153 p. (Acta Mesoamericana, Vol. 30).

    Research output: Book/ReportAnthologyResearchpeer-review

  23. Published

    Water in Maya Imagery and Writing

    Kettunen, H. & Helmke, Christophe, 2013, In: Contributions in New World Archaeology. 5, p. 17-38 22 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  24. Published

    The Maya and their Sacred Narratives: Text and Context in Maya Mythologies

    Le Fort, G. (ed.), Gardiol, R. (ed.), Matteo, S. (ed.) & Helmke, Christophe (ed.), 2009, Markt Schwaben: Verlag Anton Saurwein. 205 p. (Acta Mesoamericana, Vol. 20).

    Research output: Book/ReportAnthologyResearch

  25. 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

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