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Department of Anthropology
University of Wisconsin-Madison
1180 Observatory Drive
Madison, WI 53706-1393
CURRICULUM VITAE
Sarah C. Clayton
Office phone: 608-262-7391
Fax: 608-265-4216
Email: sclayton@wisc.edu
EDUCATION
PhD, Anthropology, Arizona State University, June 2009
Dissertation: “Ritual Diversity and Social Identities: A Study of Mortuary Behaviors at
Teotihuacan, Mexico,” committee: George L. Cowgill, Barbara L. Stark, Keith W. Kintigh
MA, Anthropology, Arizona State University, May 2003
BA, Anthropology/Art History, University of Washington, August 1998
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
2010-present Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Affiliated Faculty: American Indian Studies Program; Latin American, Caribbean, and
Iberian Studies
2010 Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, New Mexico State University
2009 Adjunct Assistant Professor, School of Human Evolution and Social Change (SHESC),
Arizona State University
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Social diversity in complex societies; rural-urban dynamics; domestic and mortuary ritual; households;
bioarchaeology; ideology and political institutions; ethnicity; gender; regional economies;
multivariate quantitative methods; compositional and stylistic ceramic analysis
Geographic Areas: Highland Mexico, Central America, Southwestern United States
HONORS & AWARDS
Honored Instructor Award, University of Wisconsin, 2011
Honored Instructor Award, University of Wisconsin, 2010
Dissertation Award, Society for American Archaeology, 2010
Ruppé Prize in Archaeology, Arizona State University, 2008
“Measuring the Long Arm of the State: Teotihuacan’s Relations in the Basin of Mexico”
Ruppé Prize in Archaeology, Arizona State University, 2003
“Interregional Interaction in Mesoamerica: Interpreting Maya Ceramics at Teotihuacan, Mexico.”
PUBLICATIONS
Clayton, Sarah C. (In Press) Measuring the Long Arm of the State: Teotihuacan’s Relations in the
Basin of Mexico. Ancient Mesoamerica, Special Section: Cerro Portezuelo.
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Clayton, Sarah C. (In Press) Hinterland Diversity and Ancient Maya Political Economy in
Northwestern Belize. In Classic Maya Political Ecology: Resource Management, Political
Change, and Class Histories in Belize, edited by Jon C. Lohse. Cotsen Institute, University of
California, Los Angeles.
Clayton, Sarah C. (In Preparation) Teotihuacan: an Early Urban Center in Regional Context. In A
World of Cities, edited by Norman Yoffee. The Cambridge History of the World Series, Volume
3, Cambridge University Press.
Emberling, Geoff, John W. Janusek, and Sarah C. Clayton (In Preparation) Urban Process and Urban
Landscapes. In A World of Cities, edited by Norman Yoffee. The Cambridge History of the
World Series, Volume 3, Cambridge University Press.
Clayton, Sarah C. 2011 Gender at Ancient Teotihuacan: a Mortuary Study of Intrasocietal Diversity.
Cambridge Archaeological Journal 21(1):31-52.
Clayton, Sarah C. 2007 Ritual Diversity and Social Identities: A Study of Mortuary Behaviors at
Teotihuacan, Mexico. Foundation for the Advancement of Mesoamerican Studies (FAMSI).
www.famsi.org
Clayton, Sarah C. 2006 Ritual and Residence: the Social Implications of Classic Mimbres Ceremonial
Spaces. Kiva 72(1):73-94.
Clayton, Sarah C. 2005 Interregional Relationships in Mesoamerica: Interpreting Maya Ceramics at
Teotihuacan. Latin American Antiquity 16(4):427-48.
Clayton, Sarah C., W. David Driver, and Laura J. Kosakowsky 2005 Rubbish or Ritual?
Contextualizing a Problematical Deposit at Blue Creek, Belize. A Response to “Public
Architecture, Ritual, and Temporal Dynamics at the Maya Center of Blue Creek, Belize,” by
Thomas H. Guderjan. Ancient Mesoamerica 16(1):119-30.
Clayton, Sarah C. 2004 Investigations at Rosita, 2003: Toward Understanding the Socio-political
Landscape of the Blue Creek Region, Northwestern Belize. In 2003 Season Summaries of the
Blue Creek Regional Political Ecology Project, Upper Northwestern Belize, ms. on file at the
Institute of Archaeology, Belmopan, Belize.
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
Crider, Destiny L. and Sarah C. Clayton 2009 Teotihuacan, Tula, and the View from the Texcoco
Hinterland. Presented at the 74th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology,
Atlanta, GA.
Clayton, Sarah C. 2008 Measuring the Long Arm of the State: Teotihuacan’s Relations in the Basin
of Mexico. Presented at the 73rd annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology,
Vancouver, B.C.
Novotny, Anna C. and Sarah C. Clayton 2007 The Teotihuacan Social Identity Project: Biological
Distance between Teotihuacan and Axotlan during the Classic Period. Presented at the 72nd
annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Austin, TX.
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Clayton, Sarah C. and Anna C. Novotny 2006 Social and Biological Identities at Teotihuacan: A New
Look at the Mortuary Record. Departmental Brown Bag, ASU School of Human Evolution and
Social Change.
Clayton, Sarah C. 2006 Hinterland Diversity and Ancient Maya Political Economy in Northwestern
Belize. Presented at the 71st annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, San Juan,
Puerto Rico.
Clayton, Sarah C. 2005 Diversity and Identity in Mortuary Practice at Teotihuacan. Presented at the
70th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Salt Lake City, Utah.
Clayton, Sarah C. 2004 Long Distance Relationships in Mesoamerica: Interpreting Maya Ceramics at
Teotihuacan, Mexico. Paper accepted for presentation at the IV Mesa Redonda de Teotihuacan, el
Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes y el Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia,
Mexico (meeting cancelled).
Clayton, Sarah C. 2004 Ritual and Residence: The Social Implications of Classic Mimbres
Ceremonial Spaces Presented at the 13 th Annual Mogollon Conference, Silver City, New Mexico.
Clayton, Sarah C. and Ronald L. Bishop 2003 Long Distance Relationships in Mesoamerica:
Interpreting Maya Ceramics at Teotihuacan, Mexico. Presented at the 68th annual meeting of the
Society for American Archaeology, Milwaukee, WI.
Clayton, Sarah C. 2003 Interregional Interaction in Mesoamerica: Interpreting Maya Ceramics at
Teotihuacan. Presented at the Annual Graduate Earth and Life Sciences Symposium, Arizona
State University.
Clayton, Sarah C., W. David Driver, and Laura J. Kosakowsky 2002 Rubbish or Ritual?
Contextualizing a Problematical Deposit from Blue Creek, Belize. Presented at the 67th annual
meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Denver, CO.
TEACHING
Courses Taught at the University of Wisconsin-Madison:
ANTHRO 102: Archaeology and the Prehistoric World
ANTHRO 112: Principles of Archaeology
ANTHRO 120: Archaeology of Mesoamerica
ANTHRO 322: Origins of Civilization
ANTHRO 490: Seminar: Archaeology and Identity
ANTHRO 942: Seminar: Archaeology and Identity
Courses Taught at New Mexico State University:
ANTH 201: Introduction to Anthropology
ANTH 330: Introduction to Religious Studies (Distance Learning)
ANTH 312: Ancient Maya
ANTH 497/507: Graduate Seminar: Archaeology of Identity
Courses Taught at Northern Arizona University:
ANT 104: Lost Tribes and Buried Cities (Introduction to Archaeology)
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Courses Taught at Mesa Community College:
ASB 222: Buried Cities, Lost Tribes: Old World (Distance Learning)
Courses Taught at Arizona State University:
ASB 337: Prehispanic Civilizations of Middle America
Service as Teaching Assistant:
ASB 222: Buried Cities, Lost Tribes: Old World: Spring 2008, Instructor: Ilya Berelov
ASB 223: Buried Cities and Lost Tribes: New World: Spring 2004, Instructor: Chris P. Garraty
ASB 326: Human Environmental Impact: Spring 2003, Instructor: Paula Turkon
ASB 337: Prehispanic Civilizations of Middle America: 2002 and 2003, Instructor: Barbara Stark.
(Guest lectured on ancient architecture and site planning as evidence of political affiliation)
ASB 222 Buried Cities Lost Tribes: Old World: Fall 2001-Spring 2002, Instructor: Steven Falconer
ASB 330: Principles of Archaeology: Spring 2001, Instructor: Margaret Nelson
ADVISING
Sponsoring Scientific Advisor of National Science Foundation Minority Post Doctoral Fellow:
Kristin De Lucia: Comparative Research on Early Postclassic Households in Xaltocan and
Chicoloapan Viejo, Mexico (2011-2013).
Graduate Committee Chair (University of Wisconsin):
Mariana Aldana
Laura Brodie
Christina Dykstra (ABD 2011)
Graduate Committee Member (University of Wisconsin):
Bernadette Cap
Carolyn Freiwald (PhD 2011)
Fernanda Neubauer
Ken Seligon
Michael Schaefer
Abigail Work
RESEARCH
Principal Investigator, Proyecto Arqueológico Chicoloapan Viejo: Rural-Urban Dynamics in the
Prehispanic Basin of Mexico (2010-present)
Research Associate, Cerro Portezuelo Archaeological Project, August 2005 to present
Directors: George L. Cowgill (Arizona State University) and Deborah Nichols (Dartmouth College)
http://archaeology.asu.edu/vm/mesoamerica/CPZ/index.html
Research Associate, Arizona State University Museum of Anthropology, 2008
Exhibit: “City Life: Experiencing the World of Teotihuacan” Director: Gwyneira Isaac
Wrote narrative on Teotihuacan used in grant proposal to obtain funding for exhibit
implementation. Submitted to the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Principal Investigator, Teotihuacan Social Identity Project, May-Sept 2006 and Jan 2007
Dissertation research on social identity at Teotihuacan using artifact and skeletal collections
-Teotihuacan ASU Research Center, San Juan Teotihuacan, Mexico
- Teotihuacan Archaeological Zone (Instituto Nacional de Anthropología y Historia)
-Escuela Nacional de Antropología e Historia (ENAH), Mexico City
-El Museo Casa de Morelos, Ecatepec, Mexico.
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Research Associate, Teotihuacan ASU Research Center, San Juan Teotihuacan, Mexico, 2005
Directors: George Cowgill (Arizona State University) and Deborah Nichols (Dartmouth College)
Participated in ceramic workshop to prepare for research on Cerro Portezuelo
Principal Investigator, Masters Research, 2001
Teotihuacan ASU Research Center, San Juan Teotihuacan, Mexico
Analyzed ceramics and selected specimens for Instrumental Neutron Activation Analysis at
the Smithsonian Center for Materials Research and Education for research on long distance
interaction in Mesoamerica
Research Associate, Malpaso Valley Archaeological Project, Fall 2000
Director: Ben A. Nelson (Arizona State University)
Created a library of references and acquired site reports from archaeological projects in
northwest Mexico from international publishers and academic institutions
Research Associate/Crew Chief, Blue Creek Regional Political Ecology Project, Belize
Summer Seasons 2000-2003
Director: Jon Lohse (Texas State University)
-Conducted research on Maya “termination rituals” through typological analysis and
extensive re-fitting of 15,000+ sherds from a problematical deposit
-Directed excavations of the Rosita site, a small settlement with public and domestic
structures to understand the sociopolitical organization of Late Preclassic Blue Creek
-Directed excavations of six house mounds and activity areas at the Rio Hondo site
RESEARCH SUPPORT
University of Wisconsin-Madison Graduate School, December 2010 $27,529
Project: “Community Organization and Intraregional Relations at Chicoloapan Viejo,
a Rural Settlement in the Ancient Basin of Mexico.”
Foundation for the Advancement of Mesoamerican Studies (FAMSI), February 2006 $5464
Graduate and Professional Student Association (GPSA), ASU, October 2005 $1000
Sigma Xi Scientific Research Society, Grant-in-Aid of Research, October 2002 $400
Arizona State University Department of Anthropology $320
Travel and instrumental neutron activation analysis of Maya ceramic artifacts at the
Smithsonian Center for Materials Research and Education (SCMRE)
Arizona State University Department of Anthropology, July 2001 $250
Travel to ASU Teotihuacan Research Center, San Juan Teotihuacan, Mexico
Arizona State University Dean’s Dissertation Writing Fellowship, 2007-2008 Tuition Waiver
CLASE/Coors Light Academic Success in Education Award, 2006-2007 $1,000
Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU)
Arizona State University Dean’s Advanced Scholarship, 2005-2007 Tuition Waiver
Arizona State University Graduate College Scholarship, 2004-2005 $1,165
Arizona State University Graduate College Scholarship, 2000-2004 Tuition Waiver
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Arizona State University Dean’s Scholarship, 2003 Tuition Waiver
Harkrider Scholarship, Maya Research Program/St. Mary’s University, 2000 $1,000
CONFERENCE SUPPORT
Arizona State University Graduate and Professional Student Association, April 2009 $500
School of Human Evolution and Social Change (SHESC) $250
Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Atlanta, invited paper.
Symposium: “Beyond Empire: the Local and the Marginal in Archaic States,”
organized by Michael Sugerman.
Arizona State University Graduate and Professional Student Association, April 2008 $400
School of Human Evolution and Social Change (SHESC) $300
Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Vancouver, for symposium on
Cerro Portezuelo.
Arizona State University Graduate and Professional Student Association, March 2007 $250
Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology in Austin for working session on
the future of the ASU-Teotihuacan Research Center, San Juan Teotihuacan, Mexico,
organized by myself and others from ASU.
Arizona State University Graduate and Professional Student Association, January 2006 $300
School of Human Evolution and Social Change (SHESC), ASU $300
Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Arizona State University Department of Anthropology, October 2004 $200
Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Salt Lake City
Arizona State University Graduate and Professional Student Association, September 2004 $300
IV Mesa Redonda in Teotihuacan, Mexico.
Arizona State University Department of Anthropology, March 2003 $200
Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Milwaukee
Arizona State University Department of Anthropology, March 2002 $100
Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Denver
TEACHING SUPPORT
Freshman Interest Group (2011): “Exploring Ancient Mesoamerica: Archaeological and
Interdisciplinary Approaches”—integrates Mesoamerican Archaeology (ANTHRO 120),
General Botany (BOTANY 130), & Introduction to Human Geography (GEOG 101), $1500
CULTURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
Ecoplan Associates/City of Phoenix Archaeology Office, Pueblo Grande Museum
October 2003 to July 2004
Archaeology Consultant to the City of Phoenix Archaeologist (Todd Bostwick)
Assessed impact of City of Phoenix departmental projects on archaeological resources
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Anthropology
Faculty Secretary (2010-present)
Faculty Senator (2010-11; alternate 2011-12)
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Scholarship Committees
University of Wisconsin-Madison Latin American, Caribbean, and Iberian Studies Program: Foreign
Language Area Scholarship Committee (2011-12)
Blue Creek Regional Political Ecology Project, Belize: Welker Scholarship Committee (2003)
Arizona State University Service
Graduate and Professional Student Association, 2007: Grant Reviewer
Center for the Study of Institutional Diversity, 2007: Search Committee
Teotihuacan Research Center, San Juan Teotihuacan, Mexico, 2006
� Collaborated with doctoral students Destiny Crider and Chris Garraty to produce a poster for
presentation during the opening of SHESC. The poster showcased several years of successful
research projects by students using the Teotihuacan Research Center collections.
� Organized a meeting at the 2006 SAAs to promote responsible custodianship of collections at
the Teotihuacan Research Center
Department of Anthropology, 2004-2005: Undergraduate Academic Advisor; Undergraduate
Curriculum Committee; Joint Task Force of Arizona Community Colleges and Universities
Peer Reviewer
American Antiquity
Ancient Mesoamerica
Archaeometry
Latin American Antiquity
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
Society for American Archaeology member since 1999
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