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Sharpe, Ashley E.
Fellowship Advisor
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute staff
Positions
Selected Publications
Article
Weihmüller, María Paula, Izeta, Andrés Darío, Sharpe, Ashley, Takigami, Mai, Costa, Thiago, and Cattáneo, Gabriela Roxana. 2024. "Assessing the diet of modern and archaeological guanacos from the Great Chaco in Córdoba, Argentina, through stable isotope analysis (δ 13 C, δ 15 N) of bone and dentin collagen Implications for paleoenvironmental and zooarchaeological studies ." The Holocene , https://doi.org/10.1177/09596836241231457 .
2024
Ebert, Claire E., Hixon, Sean W., Buckley, Gina M., George, Richard J., Pacheco-Fores, Sof, Palomo, Juan Manuel, Sharpe, Ashley E., Solís-Torres, Óscar R., Davis, J. B., Fernandes, Ricardo, and Kennett, Douglas J. 2024. "The Caribbean and Mesoamerica Biogeochemical Isotope Overview (CAMBIO) ." Scientific Data , 11, (349). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-024-03167-6 .
2024
Sharpe, Ashley E., Arroyo, Barbara, Wright, Lori E., Aju, Gloria, Estrada, Javier, Kamenov, George D., Serech, Emanuel, and Zavodny, Emily. 2022. "Comparison of human and faunal enamel isotopes reveals diverse paleodiet and exchange patterns at the highland Maya Site of Kaminaljuyu, Guatemala ." Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences , 14, (1). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12520-021-01498-8 .
2022
Sharpe, Ashley E. and Aoyama, Kazuo. 2022. "Lithic and Faunal Evidence for Craft Production Among the Middle Preclassic Maya at Ceibal, Guatemala ." Ancient Mesoamerica , 1–25. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0956536122000049 .
2022
Sharpe, Ashley E., Smith-Guzmán, Nicole, Curtis, Jason, Isaza-Aizpurúa, Ilean, Kamenov, George D., Wake, Thomas A., and Cooke, Richard G. 2021. "A preliminary multi-isotope assessment of human mobility and diet in pre-Columbian Panama ." Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports , 36. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2021.102876 .
2021
Scaffidi, Beth K., Kamenov, George D., Sharpe, Ashley E., and Krigbaum, John. 2021. "Non-Local Enemies or Local Subjects of Violence?: Using Strontium (87Sr/86Sr) and Lead (206Pb/204Pb, 207Pb/204Pb, 208Pb/204Pb) Isobiographies to Reconstruct Geographic Origins and Early Childhood Mobility of Decapitated Male Heads from the Majes Valley, Peru ." Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory , https://doi.org/10.1007/s10816-021-09519-5 .
2021
Inomata, Takeshi, Fernandez-Diaz, Juan Carlos, Triadan, Daniela, Garcia Mollinedo, Miguel, Pinzon, Flory, Garcia Hernandez, Melina, Flores, Atasta, Sharpe, Ashley, Beach, Timothy, Hodgins, Gregory W. L., Duron Diaz, Juan Javier, Guerra Luna, Antonio, Guerrero Chavez, Luis, Hernandez Jimenez, Maria de Lourdes, and Moreno Diaz, Manuel. 2021. "Origins and spread of formal ceremonial complexes in the Olmec and Maya regions revealed by airborne lidar." Nature Human Behaviour , 5, (11) 1487. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-021-01218-1 .
2021
Clarke, Mary E., Sharpe, Ashley E., Hannigan, Elizabeth M., Carden, Megan E., Luna, Gabriella Velásquez, Beltrán, Boris, and Hurst, Heather. 2021. "Revisiting the Past: Material Negotiations between the Classic Maya and an Entombed Sweat Bath at Xultun, Guatemala ." Cambridge Archaeological Journal , 31, (1) 67–94. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0959774320000281 .
2021
Sharpe, Ashley E., Inomata, Takeshi, Triadan, Daniela, Burham, Melissa, MacLellan, Jessica, Munson, Jessica, and Pinzón, Flory. 2020. "The Maya Preclassic to Classic transition observed through faunal trends from Ceibal, Guatemala ." PLOS ONE , 15, (4) 1–42. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0230892 .
2020
Pfeiffer, John M., Atkinson, Carla L., Sharpe, Ashley E., Capps, Krista A., Emery, Kitty F., and Page, Lawrence M. 2019. "Phylogeny of Mesoamerican freshwater mussels and a revised tribe-level classification of the Ambleminae ." Zoologica Scripta , 48, (1) 106–117. https://doi.org/10.1111/zsc.12322 .
2019
Sharpe, Ashley E. 2019. "The Ancient Shell Collectors: Two Millennia of Marine Shell Exchange at Ceibal, Guatemala ." Ancient Mesoamerica , 1–24. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0956536118000366 .
2019
Pfeiffer, John M., Sharpe, Ashley E., Johnson, Nathan A., Emery, Kitty F., and Page, Lawrence M. 2018. "Correction to: Molecular phylogeny of the Nearctic and Mesoamerican freshwater mussel genus Megalonaias ." Hydrobiologia , 811, (1) 153–154. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-017-3459-x .
2018
Sharpe, Ashley E., Emery, Kitty F., Inomata, Takeshi, Triadan, Daniela, Kamenov, George D., and Krigbaum, John. 2018. "Earliest isotopic evidence in the Maya region for animal management and long-distance trade at the site of Ceibal, Guatemala ." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America , 115, (14) 3605–3610. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1713880115 .
2018
Pfeiffer, John M., Sharpe, Ashley E., Johnson, Nathan A., Emery, Kitty F., and Page, Lawrence M. 2018. "Molecular phylogeny of the Nearctic and Mesoamerican freshwater mussel genus Megalonaias ." Hydrobiologia , 811, (1) 139–151. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-017-3441-7 .
2018
Aoyama, Kazuo, Inomata, Takeshi, Triadan, Daniela, Pinzón, Flory, Palomo, Juan Manuel, MacLellan, Jessica, and Sharpe, Ashley. 2017. "Early Maya Ritual Practices and Craft Production: Late Middle Preclassic Ritual Deposits Containing Obsidian Artifacts at Ceibal, Guatemala ." Journal of Field Archaeology , 42, (5) 408–422. https://doi.org/10.1080/00934690.2017.1355769 .
2017
Inomata, Takeshi, Pinzón, Flory, Palomo, Juan Manuel, Sharpe, Ashley, Ortíz, Raúl, Méndez, María Belén, and Román, Otto. 2017. "Public Ritual and Interregional Interactions: Excavations of the Central Plaza of Group A, Ceibal ." Ancient Mesoamerica , 28, (1) 203–232. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0956536117000025 .
2017
Sharpe, Ashley E., Kamenov, George D., Gilli, Adrian, Hodell, David A., Emery, Kitty F., Brenner, Mark, and Krigbaum, John. 2016. "Lead (Pb) Isotope Baselines for Studies of Ancient Human Migration and Trade in the Maya Region ." PLOS ONE , 11, (11). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0164871 .
2016
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