Jessica Munson

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Lycoming College

United States

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Jessica Munson is an Associate Professor at Lycoming College in the United States. Her research encompasses economic inequality, exploring themes such as population scale, land-limited production, and settlement hierarchies, particularly within archaeological contexts. Recent publications include analyses of wealth differentials in preindustrial societies and the dynamics of housing inequality in ancient Maya neighborhoods.

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Long-Term Impacts of Institutionalized Inequality on Household Wealth and Well-Being

Open Date: 2020-03-01

Close Date: 2022-12-31

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IBSS: Cultural Evolution of Human Communication Systems: Investigating Linguistic Diversity and Social Change with Maya Hieroglyphic Writing

Open Date: 2013-09-01

Close Date: 2017-08-31

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Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant: Building on the Past: The Emergence of Maya Elites and Monumental Architecture at Anonal, Peten, Guatemala

Open Date: 2009-02-01

Close Date: 2011-07-31

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Jason Yaeger

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University of Texas at San Antonio

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Economic inequality is fueled by population scale, land-limited production, and settlement hierarchies across the archaeological record

Assessing grand narratives of economic inequality across time

Assessing neighborhoods, wealth differentials, and perceived inequality in preindustrial societies

Changes in agglomeration and productivity are poor predictors of inequality across the archaeological record

Housing inequality and settlement persistence are associated across the archaeological record

Toward multiscalar measures of inequality in archaeology

Ritual networks and the structure of moral communities in Classic Maya society

The Global Dynamics of Inequality (GINI) project: analysing archaeological housing data

Beyond house size: Alternative estimates of wealth inequality in the ancient Maya Lowlands

Ancient Lowland Maya neighborhoods: Average Nearest Neighbor analysis and kernel density models, environments, and urban scale

Wealth and Well-being in an Ancient Maya Community

The Maya Preclassic to Classic transition observed through faunal trends from Ceibal, Guatemala

Erratum: The Maya Preclassic to Classic transition observed through faunal trends from Ceibal, Guatemala (PLoS ONE (2020) 15: 4 (e0230892) DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0230892)

Collaborators (17)

Jason Yaeger

Johannes Uhl

Claire Ebert

Cameron Petrie

Adrian Chase

Enrico Ryunosuke Crema

Amy Thompson

SCOTT ORTMAN

Diane Chase

Dan Lawrence

Detlef Gronenborn

Arlen Chase

Ashley Sharpe

Brigitte Kovacevich

Timothy Kohler

Helena Hamerow

Jessica MacLellan

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