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

  26. Published

    Locating Knowledge and Situating Power: a Paleoethnobotanical Perspective to Ancient Maya Gender and Social Relations

    Morehart, C. & Helmke, Christophe, 2008, In: American Anthropological Association. Archaeological Papers. 18, 1, p. 60-75 16 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  27. Ancient Textile Remains from Barton Creek Cave, Cayo District, Belize

    Morehart, C. T., Awe, J. J., Mirro, M. J., Owen, V. A. & Helmke, Christophe, 2004, In: Mexicon. 26, 3, p. 50-56 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  28. Published

    Research Reports in Belizean Archaeology: Papers of the 2005 Belize Archaeology Symposium

    Morris, J. (ed.), Jones, S. (ed.), Awe, J. (ed.) & Helmke, Christophe (ed.), 2006, første ed. Belmopan: Institute of Archaeology, National Institute of Culture and History. 365 p.

    Research output: Book/ReportAnthologyResearchpeer-review

  29. Published

    Research Reports in Belizean Archaeology: Papers of the 2007 Belize Archaeology Symposium

    Morris, J. (ed.), Jones, S. (ed.), Awe, J. (ed.) & Helmke, Christophe (ed.), 2008, første ed. Belmopan: Institute of Archaeology, National Institute of Culture and History. 313 p.

    Research output: Book/ReportAnthologyResearchpeer-review

  30. Published

    Research Reports in Belizean Archaeology: Papers of the 2008 Belize Archaeology Symposium

    Morris, J. (ed.), Jones, S. (ed.), Awe, J. (ed.), Thompson, G. (ed.) & Helmke, Christophe (ed.), 2009, 1 ed. Belmopan: Institute of Archaeology, Print Belize Ltd. 262 p.

    Research output: Book/ReportAnthologyResearchpeer-review

  31. Published

    Research Reports in Belizean Archaeology: Papers of the 2006 Belize Archaeology Symposium

    Morris, J. (ed.), Jones, S. (ed.), Awe, J. (ed.) & Helmke, Christophe (ed.), 2007, første ed. Belmopan: Institute of Archaeology, National Institute of Culture and History. 230 p.

    Research output: Book/ReportAnthologyResearchpeer-review

  32. 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

  33. Published

    Investigations at Actun Neko, Caves Branch River Valley, Belize

    Morton, S. G., Helmke, Christophe & Awe, J. J., 2012, Heart of Earth: Studies in Maya Ritual Cave Use. Brady, J. E. (ed.). Austin, Texas: Association for Mexican Cave Studies, p. 83-94 12 p. ( AMCS Bulletin, Vol. 23).

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

  34. Published

    The Divine Rite of Kings: An Analysis of Classic Maya Impersonation Statements

    Nehammer Knub, J., Thun, S. & Helmke, Christophe, 2009, The Maya and their Sacred Narratives: Text and Context in Maya Mythologies. Le Fort, G., Gardiol, R., Matteo, S. & Helmke, C. (eds.). Markt Schwaben: Verlag Anton Saurwein, p. 177-195 19 p. (Acta Mesoamericana, Vol. 20).

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

  35. 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

  36. 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

  37. Published

    House of the Serpent Mat, House of Fire: The Names of Buildings in Teotihuacan Writing

    Nielsen, Jesper & Helmke, Christophe, 2014, In: Contributions in New World Archaeology. 7, p. 113-139 26 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  38. 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 articleResearchpeer-review

  39. 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

  40. 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

  41. 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 articleResearchpeer-review

  42. Published

    The Maya in a Mesoamerican Context: Comparative Approaches to Maya Studies : proceedings of the 16th European Maya Conference, Copenhagen, December 5-10, 2011

    Nielsen, Jesper (ed.) & Helmke, Christophe (ed.), Oct 2013, Markt Schwaben: Verlag Anton Saurwein. 208 p. (Acta Mesoamericana, Vol. 26).

    Research output: Book/ReportAnthologyResearchpeer-review

  43. Published

    El dios de las tormentas: Señor de la lluvia y la devastación

    Nielsen, Jesper & Helmke, Christophe, 2022, Teotihuacan: Ciudad de agua, ciudad de fuego. Robb, M. H. (ed.). Mexico By: Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia, p. 152-158

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

  44. Published

    Estudio preliminar de la iconografía de los murales de El Rosario, Querétaro, México

    Nielsen, Jesper & Helmke, Christophe, 2014, El Valle de San Juan del Río: Un palimpsesto arqueológico. Saint-Charles Zetina, J. C. (ed.). Santiago de Querétaro, México: Fondo Editorial de Querétaro, p. 75-83 9 p.

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

  45. 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 articleResearchpeer-review

  46. Published

    Blowgunners and the Great Bird at Teotihuacan: Mesoamerican Myths in a Comparative Perspective

    Nielsen, Jesper, Taube, K., Helmke, Christophe & Escobedo, H., 2021, The Myths of the Popol Vuh in Cosmology, Art and Ritual. Moyes, H., Christenson, A. & Sachse, F. (eds.). Louisville: University Press of Colorado, p. 295-314

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

  47. Published

    La pirámide de las serpientes emplumadas. Nuevas acercamientos

    Nielsen, Jesper & Helmke, Christophe, 1 Mar 2023, In: Arqueologia Mexicana. 29, 179, p. 34-39 5 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  48. Published

    Reinterpreting the Plaza de los Glifos, La Ventilla, Teotihuacan

    Nielsen, Jesper & Helmke, Christophe, 30 Dec 2011, In: Ancient Mesoamerica. 22, 2, p. 345-370 26 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  49. Published

    A Dark Horse of the Early Postclassic Period: Observations on the Iconography and Epigraphy of El Cerrito, Queretaro.

    Nielsen, Jesper, Helmke, Christophe & Fenoglio, F., 15 Aug 2023, When East Meets West: Chichen Itza, Tula, and the Postclassic Mesoamerican World . Stanton, T., Taube, K., Coltman, J. & Marengo Camacho, N. (eds.). Oxford: BAR Oxford publications, p. 479-488 9 p.

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

  50. 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

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