Joshua Englehardt

PhD candidate, advisor Dr. Mary Pohl; MA Anthropological Sciences (2005) Universidad Autonoma de Yucatan, BA Classical Political Philosophy (1995) University of Michigan

I am a doctoral student, specializing in Mesoamerican archaeology, under the direction of Dr. Mary Pohl. My current research focuses on the development of Mesoamerican writing systems in the Preclassic period and the correlation of emerging scripts with diachronic changes in material culture. I am also interested in more general questions regarding the development of complex societies, linguistic acquisition, and anthropological theory. I have lived, worked, or studied in a variety of countries, including Nepal, India, Thailand, England, Kenya, and Mexico.