Publications - Heather McKillop
Underwater Maya Project, Paynes Creek Salt Works, Belize
Books
- Salt, White Gold of the Ancient Maya. University Press of Florida, Gainesville, 2002.
- In Search of Maya Sea Traders. Texas A & M University Press, College Station, 2005.
Articles
2025
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(McKillop, Heather and E. Cory Sills) Earliest Ancient Maya salt production in
southern Belize: excavations at Jay-yi Nah. Antiquity 99:187-202.
2024
- Heather I. McKillop Flooded mangrove landscapes hide ancient Maya coastal sites in Belize, The Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology 19:484-504.
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(Cher Foster, Heather McKillop, and E. Cory Sills) 鈥淗uman-Environmental interactions at Ta鈥檃b Nuk Na, a submerged Maya salt works site in Belize. Ancient Mesoamerica 135:388-400.
2023
- (Heather I McKillop) 鈥溾�� Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology, published online Feb 14, 2023.
- (McKillop, Heather and E. Cory Sills) Briquetage and Brine: Living and Working at the Classic Maya Salt Works of Ek Way Nal, Belize.鈥� Ancient Mesoamerica 34: 24-46. DOI: .
- (Cher Foster, Heather McKillop, and E. Cory Sills) 鈥淗uman-Environmental interactions at Ta鈥檃b Nuk Na, a submerged Maya salt works site in Belize. Ancient Mesoamerica, published online, open access.
2022
- (McKillop, Heather and E. Cory Sills) Late Classic Maya Salt Workers鈥� Residence Identified Underwater at Ta鈥檃b Nuk Na, Belize. Antiquity 96: 1232- 1250. DOI:
- Tree Selection for Late to Terminal Classic Maya Buildings at the Ek Way Nal Saltworks, Belize. (McKillop, Heather and E. Cory Sills) CLAAS Notes 2: 15-24.
- The Age and Construction of the LSU Campus Mounds: Consideration of Ellwood and Colleagues (2002). (McGimsey, Chip, Rebecca Saunders, Jeff Homberg, Nancy Hawkins, Heather McKillop, and Rob Mann). The SAA Archaeological Record 22 (5) ()
2021
- Surface collections and excavations: Case Studies from Moho Cay, Wild Cane Cay, and the Paynes Creek Salt Works. Claas Notes 1: 35-44.
2019
- 鈥淒emystifying Jadeite : Underwater Maya Discovery at Ek Way Nal, Belize.鈥� (Heather McKillop, George Harlow, April Sievert, C. Wayne Smith, and Michael C. Wiemann) Antiquity 93 368: 502鈥�518. DOI:
2018
- 鈥淪pecialized salt production during the ancient Maya Classic period at two Paynes Creek Salt Works, Belize: Chan b鈥檌 and Atz鈥檃am Na.鈥� (E. Cory Sills and Heather McKillop) Journal of Field Archaeology 43(6): 457-471. DOI: .
- 鈥�.鈥� Research Reports in Belizean Archaeology 15: 265-273.
- 鈥�.鈥� (Valerie Feathers and Heather McKillop). Research Reports in Belizean Archaeology 15: 275-285.
2017
- 鈥淓arly Maya Navigation and Maritime Connections in Mesoamerica.鈥� In The Sea in History: The Medieval World, edited by Michel Balard, pp. 701-715. Boydell and Brewer, Bogner Regis, England.
- 鈥淭he Paynes Creek Salt Works: A Model for Coastal Belize.鈥� (H McKillop and E.C. Sills) In Ancient Maya Commodities, edited by Jennifer Matthews and Tom Guderjan, 67鈥�86. Tucson: University of Arizona Press.
- 鈥�.鈥� Research Reports in Belizean Archaeology 14: 279-288.
- 鈥�.鈥� (Valerie Feathers, Heather McKillop, E. Cory Sills, and Rachel Watson) Research Reports in Belizean Archaeology 14: 289-297.
2016
- 鈥淐oastal Economies: Comparing Northern and Southern Belize,鈥� in Perspectives on the Ancient Maya of Chetumal Bay, edited by Debra S. Walker, pp.279-291, University Press of Florida, Gainesville.
- 鈥淐hemical Signatures of Ancient Activities at Chan b鈥檌 鈥� A Submerged Maya salt works, Belize.鈥� (E. Cory Sills, Heather McKillop, and E. Christian Wells). Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports 9: 654-662.
- "." (H. McKillop and E.C. Sills) Research Reports in Belizean Archaeology 13:229-237.
2015
- "," (E. C. Sills, H. McKillop, and E.C. Wells). Research Reports in Belizean Archaeology: 261-269.
- "" (H. McKillop) Research Reports in Belizean Archaeology 12: 97-105.
2014
- "." (M. Robinson and H. McKillop) Economic Botany 68: 96鈥�108.
- "," (H. McKillop, E.C. Sills, and V. Cellucci) Research Reports in Belizean Archaeology 11: 297-306. PDF
2013
- "." (R. Watson, H. McKillop, and E.C. Sills) Research Reports in Belizean Archaeology 10: 297-304.
- "." (E. C. Sills and H. McKillop) Research Reports in Belizean Archaeology 10: 281-288.
- "." (M. Robinson and H. McKillop) Journal of Archaeological Science 40: 3584-3595.
- "." (H. McKillop and E. C. Sills) Anthropology News May/June, pp. 12-13.
2012
- "." (H. McKillop) Research Reports in Belizean Archaeology 9: 267-278.
2011
- "." (H. McKillop) Research Reports in Belizean Archaeology 8: 173-181.
2010
- "." (E. C. Sills and H. McKillop) Research Reports in Belizean Archaeology 7: 253-258.
- "." (H. McKillop, E. Sills, and Jessica Harrison) Research Reports in Belizean Archaeology 7: 245-252.
- "." (H. McKillop, E. Sills, and J. Harrison) ACUA Underwater Archaeology Proceedings 2010, edited by Chris Horrell and Melanie Damour, pp. 200-207. Advisory Council on Underwater Archaeology.
- "," (H. McKillop) In Salt Archaeology in China, volume 2: Global Comparative Perspectives. Edited by Shuicheng Li and Lothar von Falkenhausen, pp. 348-373. Science Press, Beijing. (English).
- "," (H. McKillop) In Salt Archaeology in China, volume 2: Global Comparative Perspectives. Edited by Shuicheng Li and Lothar von Falkenhausen, pp. 348-373. Science Press, Beijing. (Chinese).
- "." (H. McKillop) Journal of Caribbean Archaeology, Special Publication 3: 93-105.
2009
- "." (H. McKillop) Research Reports in Belizean Archaeology 6: 55-61.
- "Mapping Ancient Maya Wooden Architecture on the Sea Floor, Belize." (H. McKillop) ACUA Underwater Archaeology Proceedings 2009: 277-286.
- "." (H. McKillop) Los Investigadores de la Cultura Maya 18, Tomo 1, pp. 173-179. Universidad Autonoma de Campeche, San Fransisco de Campeche, Mexico.
2008
- "" (H. McKillop) Research Reports in Belizean Archaeology 5: 251-260.
2007
- GIS of the Maya Canoe Paddle Site, K鈥檃k鈥� Naab.鈥� (H. McKillop)
2006
- "." (H. McKillop) Research Reports in Belizean Archaeology 3: 247-255.
2005
- "." (H. McKillop) Research Reports in Belizean Archaeology 2: 279-289.
- "." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (H. McKillop) 102: 5630-5634.
1995
- "." (H. McKillop) Latin American Antiquity 6:214-228.