Christophe Helmke

Christophe Helmke

Associate Professor


  1. 2019
  2. 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 articlepeer-review

  3. Published

    Reading between the lines: The Epigraphy of Central Belize

    Helmke, Christophe, 2019, In: Research Reports in Belizean Archaeology. 16, p. 31-46 16 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  4. 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 articlepeer-review

  5. Published

    Technological, Use-Wear, and Residue Analyses of Obsidian Blades from Classic Maya Burials at Pook's Hill, Belize

    Stemp, W. J., Braswell, G. E., Helmke, Christophe & Awe, J. J., 2019, In: Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports. 26, 101859.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  6. 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 articlepeer-review

  7. 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 articlepeer-review

  8. 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/ReportAnthologypeer-review

  9. 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 articlepeer-review

  10. 2018
  11. Published

    'Where the sun came into being': Rites of Pyrolatry, Transition, and Transformation in Early Classic Teotihuacan

    Nielsen, Jesper & Helmke, Christophe, 2018, Smoke, Flames, and the Human Body in Mesoamerican Ritual Practice. Washington, D.C.: Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, p. 77-107 31 p.

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

  12. 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 articlepeer-review

  13. 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 articlepeer-review

  14. 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/ReportBookpeer-review

  15. Published

    An ancient Maya ritual cache at Pook's Hill, Belize: Technological and functional analyses of the obsidian blades

    Stemp, W. J., Braswell, G. E., Helmke, Christophe & Awe, J. J., 2018, In: Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports. 18, p. 889-901 3 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  16. Published

    At finde hjem i Mesoamerika: Om urhjem og ejerskab til kulturarv

    Pharao Hansen, Magnus & Helmke, Christophe, 2018, Hjem. Galal, E. & Schepelern Johansen, B. (eds.). København: Institut for Tværkulturelle og Regionale Studier, Københavns Universitet, Vol. 8. p. 124-133 10 p. (Tværkultur, Vol. 8).

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

  17. 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 articlepeer-review

  18. 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 articlepeer-review

  19. 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

  20. 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 articlepeer-review

  21. 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

  22. 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 articlepeer-review

  23. 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 articlepeer-review

  24. 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 articlepeer-review

  25. 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

  26. 2017
  27. Published

    Social identity and geographic origin of Maya burials at Actun Uayazba Kab, Roaring Creek Valley, Belize

    Wrobel, G. D., Freiwald, C., Michael, A., Helmke, Christophe, Awe, J. J., Kennett, D. J., Gibbs, S., Ferguson, J. M. & Griffith, C., Mar 2017, In: Journal of Anthropological Archaeology. 45, p. 98-114 17 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  28. Published

    Las Pinturas Realistas de Tetitla, Teotihuacan: Estudios a través de la obra de Agustín Villagra Caleti

    Staines Cicero, L. (ed.) & Helmke, Christophe (ed.), 2017, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. 257 p.

    Research output: Book/ReportAnthologypeer-review

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