Christophe Helmke

Christophe Helmke

Associate Professor


  1. The Ancient Maya Sweatbath at Pook's Hill

    Helmke, Christophe & Awe, J. J., 2005, In: Belize Today. 1, 5, p. 24-26 3 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleCommunication

  2. 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

  3. Published

    The Archaeological and Epigraphic Significance of Cuychen, Macal Valley, Belize

    Helmke, Christophe, Awe, J. J., Morton, S. G. & Iannone, G., 2012, In: Research Reports in Belizean Archaeology. 9, p. 75-90 16 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  4. 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

  5. Published

    The Carved Monuments of Cerro Xoconoch, Teotihuacan Valley, Mexico.

    Helmke, Christophe, Nielsen, Jesper, Leni, C. & N. Campos, A., 5 Sep 2013, In: Mexicon. 35, 4, p. 90-95 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  6. Published

    The Chipped Chert and Chalcedony Lithic Assemblage from Pook's Hill, Cayo District, Belize: the organization of tool production and use

    Stemp, W. J. & Helmke, Christophe, 2008, Research Reports in Belizean Archaeology. Morris, J., Awe, J. J., Jones, S. & Helmke, C. (eds.). Belmopan: Institute of Archaeology, National Institute of Culture and History, Vol. 5. p. 191-208 17 p.

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

  7. 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

  8. 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 articleResearchpeer-review

  9. 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

  10. 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

  11. 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

  12. 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

  13. Published

    The Ideology and Symbolism of Ancient Maya Chipped Chert and Obsidian Eccentrics from Central Belize: Materials, Contexts, Chronology, and Meaning

    Stemp, W. J., Awe, J. J., Helmke, Christophe & Lee, J., 2021, Rock and Roll: The 13th International Symposium on Knappable Materials. Gómez de Soler, B., Soto, M., Gema Chacón, M. & Soares Remiseiro, M. (eds.). Tarragona: Adhoc Cultura, p. 208

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingConference abstract in proceedingsResearchpeer-review

  14. Published

    The Implements of the Blade House: The Function and Symbolic Significance of Laurel-leaf Bifaces from Caves in Central Belize

    Stemp, W. J., Awe, J. J. & Helmke, Christophe, 2024, In: Lithic Technology. p. 1-16

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  15. Accepted/In press

    The Language of Teotihuacan Writing

    Pharao Hansen, Magnus & Helmke, Christophe, 9 Jan 2024, (Accepted/In press) In: Current Anthropology.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  16. Published

    The Last Hurrah: Examining the Nature of Peri-abandoment Deposits and Activities at Cahal Pech, Belize

    Awe, J. J., Ebert, C. E., Hoggarth, J. A., Aimers, J. J., Helmke, Christophe, Douglas, J. & Stemp, W. J., 2020, In: Ancient Mesoamerica. 31, 1, p. 175-187

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  17. 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

  18. 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

  19. Published

    The Macrolith of El Chiquero, Belize

    Stemp, W. J., Awe, J. J. & Helmke, Christophe, Oct 2014, In: Mexicon. 36, 5, p. 145-150 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  20. 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

  21. 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 articleResearchpeer-review

  22. Published

    The Personifications of Celestial Water: The Many Guises of the Storm god in the Pantheon and Cosmology of Teotihuacan

    Wrem Anderson, K. & Helmke, Christophe, 2013, In: Contributions in New World Archaeology. 5, p. 165-196 32 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  23. Published

    The Preceramic and Early Ceramic Periods in the Central Maya Lowlands

    Stemp, W. J., Awe, J. J., Marcus, J., Helmke, Christophe & Sullivan, L. A., 2021, In: Ancient Mesoamerica. 32, 3, p. 416-438

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  24. Published

    The Production and Exchange of Moulded-carved Ceramics and the ‘Maya Collapse’

    Ting, C., Martinón-Torres, M., Graham, E. & Helmke, Christophe, 2015, In: Journal of Archaeological Science. 62, p. 15-26 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  25. 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

  26. 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

  27. Published

    The Stuccoed and Painted Benches of Xochicalco, Morelos, Mexico

    Nielsen, Jesper, Alvarado León, C. & Helmke, Christophe, 2021, In: Ancient Mesoamerica. 32, 2, p. 249-268 19 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  28. Published

    The Sword and the Olive Jar: Material Evidence of Seventeenth-Century Maya ― European Interaction in Central Belize

    Awe, J. J. & Helmke, Christophe, Apr 2015, In: Ethnohistory. 62, 2, p. 333-360 28 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  29. 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

  30. Published

    The Text and Context of the Cuychen Vase, Macal Valley, Belize

    Helmke, Christophe, Awe, J. J., Morton, S. G. & Iannone, G., 2015, Maya Archaeology. Golden, C., Houston, S. & Skidmore, J. (eds.). San Francisco: Precolumbian Mesoweb Press, Vol. 3. p. 8-29 22 p.

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

  31. Published

    The Transferral and Inheritance of Ritual Privileges: A Classic Maya Case from Yaxchilan, Mexico

    Helmke, Christophe, 2010, In: Wayeb Notes. 35, p. 1-14 14 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  32. Published

    The World in a Gourd: A Comparative Perspective on Origin Myths of the Maya and Teotihuacan

    Nielsen, Jesper & Helmke, Christophe, 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. 17-33 17 p. (Acta Mesoamericana, Vol. 26).

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

  33. 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

  34. Published

    The Writing System of Epiclassic Central Mexico

    Helmke, Christophe & Nielsen, Jesper, 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

  35. 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

  36. 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

  37. 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

  38. 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 articleResearchpeer-review

  39. 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 articleResearchpeer-review

  40. Published

    Two Early Classic Elite Burials from Buenavista del Cayo, Belize

    Yaeger, J., Brown, M. K., Helmke, Christophe, Zender, M., Cap, B., Kokel Rodriguez, C. & Batty, S., 2015, In: Research Reports in Belizean Archaeology. 12, p. 181-191 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  41. 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 articleResearchpeer-review

  42. Published

    Uglen med spydkasteren: Om glyffer og guder i det gamle Teotihuacan

    Nielsen, Jesper & Helmke, Christophe, 2010, Tværkultur: Årbog for ToRS 2009. Søgaard, D. M., Valling Pedersen, C. & Thuesen, I. (eds.). Institut for Tværkulturelle og Regionale Studier, p. 88-96 9 p.

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

  43. 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

  44. 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

  45. 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

  46. Published

    Western Mesoamerican Calendars and Writing Systems

    Clemmensen, Mikkel Bøg (ed.) & Helmke, Christophe (ed.), 2023, Oxford: Archaeopress. 190 p.

    Research output: Book/ReportAnthologyResearchpeer-review

  47. 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

  48. 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

  49. Published

    Writing amidst the Scribbles: The Role and Place of Writing in Ancient Maya Graffiti

    Helmke, Christophe & Źrałka, J., 2021, In: University College London. Institute of Archaeology. Papers. 31, 1, p. 93-120 28 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  50. Published

    Úvod do štúdia mayských hieroglyfov

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

    Research output: Book/ReportBookResearch

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