Christophe Helmke

Christophe Helmke

Associate Professor


  1. 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

  2. Published

    Mythological Emblem Glyphs of Ancient Maya Kings

    Helmke, Christophe, 2012, In: Contributions in New World Archaeology. 3, p. 91-126 36 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. 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

  6. Published

    The Ancient Maya, Sixth Edition / Robert J. Sharer with Loa P. Traxler. Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2006

    Helmke, Christophe, 2008, In: Current World Archaeology. 3, 6, p. 63-64 2 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalLiterature reviewResearch

  7. Published

    New Site Description and Structure Designations of Baking Pot, Belize

    Helmke, Christophe & Awe, J. J., 2009, In: The Belize Valley Archaeological Reconnaissance Project. 13, p. 81-102 27 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearch

  8. 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

  9. 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 articleResearchpeer-review

  10. 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

  11. Published

    Epigraphic and Archaeological Evidence for Cave Desecration in Ancient Maya Warfare

    Helmke, Christophe & Brady, J. E., 2014, A Celebration of the Life and Work of Pierre Robert Colas. Helmke, C. & Sachse, F. (eds.). Munich: Verlag Anton Saurwein, p. 195-227 33 p. (Acta Mesoamericana, Vol. 27).

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

  12. 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 articleResearchpeer-review

  13. Published

    Ancient Maya Territorial Organisation of Central Belize: Confluence of Archaeological and Epigraphic Data

    Helmke, Christophe & Awe, J. J., 2012, In: Contributions in New World Archaeology. 4, p. 59-90 32 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  14. 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

  15. Published

    Poetic Pairings and Lexical Calques at Teotihuacan: Forays in Historical Linguistics

    Helmke, Christophe, 2023, In: Ancient America. 15, p. 1-61

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  16. 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

  17. Published

    All that is old is new again: Epigraphic applications of photogrammetry in ancient Mesoamerica

    Helmke, Christophe, Bercu, C., Drug, I., Jakovlev, A., Kjær, Lars, Saulins, P. & Vepretskii, S., 2022, In: Digital Applications in Archaeology and Cultural Heritage. 25, 11 p., e00214.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  18. Published

    The Writing System of Epiclassic Central Mexico

    Helmke, Christophe & Nielsen, Jesper, 1 Jun 2023, Western Mesoamerican Calendars and Writing Systems: Proceedings of the Copenhagen Roundtable. Bøg Clemmensen, M. & Helmke, C. (eds.). Oxford: Archaeopress, Vol. 18. p. 49-74 25 p. (Archaeopress Pre-Columbian Archaeology, Vol. 18).

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

  19. Published

    A Celebration of the Life and Work of Pierre Robert Colas

    Helmke, Christophe (ed.) & Sachse, F. (ed.), 2014, Munich: Verlag Anton Saurwein. 399 p. (Acta Mesoamericana, Vol. 27).

    Research output: Book/ReportAnthologyResearchpeer-review

  20. 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

  21. 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

  22. 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/ReportAnthologyResearchpeer-review

  23. 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

  24. Published

    The Writing System of Cacaxtla, Tlaxcala, Mexico

    Helmke, Christophe & Nielsen, Jesper, 2011, Boundary End Archaeology Research Center. 60 p. (Ancient America; No. 2).

    Research output: Book/ReportBookResearch

  25. Published

    A Terminal Classic Molded-carved Ceramic Tradition of the Eastern Maya Lowlands: Character & Identity

    Helmke, Christophe & Reents-Budet, D., 2008, Research Reports in Belizean Archaeology. Morries, J., Awe, J. J., Jones, S. & Helmke, C. (eds.). Belmopan: Institute of Archaeology, National Institute of Culture and History, Vol. 5. p. 37-49 12 p.

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

  26. Published

    Mesoamerikanske leksikalske kalker i mayaernes skrift og ikonografi

    Helmke, Christophe, 2008, De mange veje til Mesoamerika: hyldestskrift til Una Canger. Nielsen, J. & Fritz Hansen, M. (eds.). København: Museum Tusculanum, p. 147-172 26 p.

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

  27. 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

  28. Published

    La iconografía de Cacaxtla bajo la influencia maya: Identidad, procedencia y datación

    Helmke, Christophe & Nielsen, Jesper, 18 Jan 2013, La Pintura Mural Prehispánica en México. Uriarte Castañeda, M. T. & Salazar Gil, F. (eds.). Mexico, D.F.: Instituto de Investigaciones Estéticas, UNAM, Vol. V. Cacaxtla. Tomo II. Estudios. p. 363-381 19 p.

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

  29. Published

    Organización territorial de los antiguos mayas de Belice Central: confluencia de datos arqueológicos y epigráficos

    Helmke, Christophe & Awe, J., 2008, In: Mayab. 20, p. 65-91 27 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  30. 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

  31. 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

  32. Published

    Mayojen pantheon / Mayas panteon / The Maya Pantheon

    Helmke, Christophe, 2012, Maya III: Life • Death • Time. Didrichsen, M. & Kettunen, H. (eds.). Helsinki: Didrichsen Museum of Art and Culture, p. 62-103 42 p.

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

  33. Discovery of the site of Bacna and a high relief sculpture in the Belize River Valley, Cayo District, Belize

    Helmke, Christophe, Awe, J. J. & Kettunen, H. J., 2005, In: Mexicon. 27, 4, p. 68-73 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  34. 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

  35. 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

  36. 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 articleResearchpeer-review

  37. 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

  38. Published

    Teotihuacan Writing: Where are we now?

    Helmke, Christophe & Nielsen, Jesper, 2021, In: Visible Language. 55, 2, p. 29-73 45 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  39. Published

    Excavations of Structures B1 and B7 at Baking Pot, Belize

    Helmke, Christophe, 2009, In: The Belize Valley Archaeological Reconnaissance Project. 13, p. 109-143 35 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearch

  40. Published

    The Carved Monuments and Inscriptions of Xunantunich: Implications for Terminal Classic Sociopolitical Relationships in the Belize Valley

    Helmke, Christophe, Awe, J. & Grube, N., 2010, Classic Maya Provincial Politics: Xunantunich and Its Hinterlands. LeCount, L. J. & Yaeger, J. (eds.). University of Arizona Press, p. 97-121 25 p.

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

  41. 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

  42. Published

    The Writing on the Wall: A Paleographic Analysis of the Maya Texts of Tetitla, Teotihuacan

    Helmke, Christophe & Nielsen, Jesper, Oct 2013, The Maya in a Mesoamerican Context: Comparative Approaches to Maya Studies : proceedings of the 16th European Maya Conference, Copenhagen, December 5-10, 2011. Nielsen, J. & Helmke, C. (eds.). Markt Schwaben: Verlag Anton Saurwein, p. 123-166 44 p. (Acta Mesoamericana, Vol. 26).

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

  43. 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

  44. 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

  45. 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

  46. 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

  47. 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

  48. 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

  49. 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

  50. 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

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