Dr. Rosemary A. Joyce
Dr. Rosemary Joyce of Central America employed material things in actively negotiating their place in society. She is especially interested in the use of representational imagery to create and reinforce gendered identities, especially in Classic Maya monumental art and glyphic texts, and Formative period monumental and small-scale images.
Much of her published work is concerned with the use of representational imagery to create and reinforce gendered identities, and includes examinations of Classic Maya monumental art and glyphic texts, and of Formative period monumental and small-scale images. Dr. Joyce specializes in the study of ceramics, including analysis of the functional implications of vessel distributions, and of the symbolism of representational pottery vessels and figurines.
Dr. Joyce has participated in field research in northern Honduras since 1977, and currently co-directs a project investigating the earliest evidence of village life in that country. She previously worked on archaeological projects in the Naco and lower Ulua Valleys, and co-directed a project in the Cuyumapa River drainage, always using multi-scalar approaches involving regional settlement patterns and detailed household archaeology
