Christophe Helmke

Christophe Helmke

Associate Professor


  1. Published

    Comments on the Hieroglyphic Texts of the B-Group Ballcourt Markers at Caracol, Belize

    Helmke, Christophe, Kettunen, H. & Guenter, S., 2006, In: Wayeb Notes. 23, p. 1-27 27 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  2. Published

    Contextualizing the Glyphic Texts of Tipan Chen Uitz, Cayo District, Belize

    Andres, C. R., Helmke, Christophe, Morton, S. G., Wrobel, G. D. & González, J. J., 2014, In: Latin American Antiquity. 25, 1, p. 46-64 19 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  3. Published

    Courtly Etiquette and Eloquent Speech in Ancient Mesoamerica

    Worm Danbo, R. & Helmke, Christophe, 2014, Palaces and Courtly Culture in Ancient Mesoamerica. Nehammer Knub, J., Helmke, C. & Nielsen, J. (eds.). Oxford: Archaeopress, p. 65-76 12 p. (Archaeopress Pre-Columbian Archaeology, Vol. 4).

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

  4. 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

  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

    De dioses y rituales: La religión de Teotihuacan

    Helmke, Christophe & Nielsen, Jesper, 2022, Teotihuacan: Ciudad de agua, ciudad de fuego. Robb, M. H. (ed.). Mexico By: Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia, p. 144-151

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

  7. 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

  8. Published

    Deciphering the Collapse: An Account of Kingship in the Terminal Classic

    Helmke, Christophe, Hoggarth, J. A. & Awe, J. J., 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. 106-130 (Maya Studies, Vol. 21).

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

  9. Published

    Design and Function of Lowe and Sawmill Points from the Preceramic Period of Belize

    Stemp, W. J., Awe, J. J., M. Prufer, K. M. & Helmke, Christophe, 2016, In: Latin American Antiquity. 27, 3, p. 279-299 21 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  10. Published

    Directional layouts in central lowland Maya settlement

    Bevan, A., Jobbová, E., Helmke, Christophe & Awe, J., 2013, In: Journal of Archaeological Science. 40, p. 2373-2383 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  11. 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

  12. 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

  13. 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 articleResearchpeer-review

  14. El Arte Rupestre de Belice

    Helmke, Christophe, Awe, J. J. & Griffith, C. S., 2003, Arte Rupestre de México Oriental y Centro América. Künne, M. & Strecker, M. (eds.). Berlin: Gebr. Mann Verlag, p. 97-117 20 p. (Indiana Supplement, Vol. 16).

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

  15. 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

  16. 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

  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

    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

  19. Epigraphic and Ceramic Analyses of Two Early Classic Maya Vessels from Baking Pot, Belize

    Colas, P. R., Helmke, Christophe, Awe, J. J. & Powis, T. G., 2002, In: Mexicon. 24, 2, p. 33-39 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  20. 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

  21. Published

    Evidence for Maya Household Subsistence and Domestic Activities: Use-Wear Analysis of the Chipped Chert Assemblage from Pook’s Hill, Belize

    Stemp, W. J., Helmke, Christophe & Awe, J. J., 2010, In: Journal of Field Archaeology. 35, 2, p. 217-234 18 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  22. 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

  23. 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

  24. Published

    Expedient Lithic Techonology in Complex Sedentary Societies: Use-wear, Flake Size, and Edge Angle on Debitage from Two Ancient Maya Sites

    Stemp, W. J., Graham, E., Helmke, Christophe & Awe, J. J., 2021, In: Journal of Anthropological Archaeology. 61, 101243.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  25. 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

  26. 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

  27. 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 articleResearchpeer-review

  28. Published

    Gamle glyffer og mayakonger langs Abernes flod: fra forskning til undervisning

    Helmke, Christophe, 2012, In: Tværkultur: Årbog for ToRS. 3, p. 17-25 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleCommunication

  29. 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 articleResearchpeer-review

  30. Published

    Hidden Identity & Power in Ancient Mesoamerica: Supernatural Alter Egos as Personified Diseases

    Helmke, Christophe & Nielsen, Jesper, 2009, In: Acta Americana. 17, 2, p. 49-98 50 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  31. Published

    His name was Don José

    Helmke, Christophe, 2021, Maya Archaeology: Tales from the Field. Saunders, M. & Voelkel, P. (eds.). Precolumbian Mesoweb Press, p. 108-115 8 p.

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

  32. Published

    Hot Archaeology: An Ancient Maya Sweatbath at Pook’s Hill

    Helmke, Christophe & Awe, J., 2010, In: Current World Archaeology. 40, p. 38-43 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearch

  33. 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

  34. Published

    Identifying the Provenance and Dating of Maya Influences at the Cacaxtla Court

    Helmke, Christophe & Nielsen, Jesper, 2014, Palaces and Courtly Culture in Ancient Mesoamerica. Nehammer Knub, J., Helmke, C. & Nielsen, J. (eds.). Oxford: Archaeopress, p. 17-35 19 p. (Archaeopress Pre-Columbian Archaeology, Vol. 4).

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

  35. Published

    If Mountains Could Speak: Ancient Toponyms Recorded at Teotihuacan, Mexico

    Helmke, Christophe & Nielsen, Jesper, 2014, In: Contributions in New World Archaeology. 7, p. 73-112 40 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  36. 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

  37. 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

  38. Published

    Je'reftheel, Roaring Creek Works, Belize

    Helmke, Christophe & Wrobel, G. D., 2012, Heart of Earth: Studies in Maya Ritual Cave Use. Brady, J. E. (ed.). Austin, Texas: Association for Mexican Cave Studies, p. 69-81 13 p. ( AMCS Bulletin, Vol. 23).

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

  39. 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

  40. Published

    La escritura jeroglífica de Cacaxtla

    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. 383-425 43 p.

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

  41. Published

    La escritura jeroglífica de Xochicalco

    Helmke, Christophe & Nielsen, Jesper, 2023, In: Arqueologia Mexicana. 29, 179, p. 46-53 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  42. 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

  43. 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

  44. 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

  45. 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

  46. Published

    Los aspectos múltiples del dios de las tormentas en el panteón y la cosmología teotihuacana

    Wrem Anderson, K. & Helmke, Christophe, Sep 2012, In: Tláloc¿Qué?. 7, p. 8-52 45 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearch

  47. 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

  48. 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 articleResearchpeer-review

  49. 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

  50. 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

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