Draft:Marion Popenoe de Hatch

Marion Popenoe de Hatch

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Marion Popenoe de Hatch (born October 26, 1930) is a Guatemalan archaeologist. Dr. Marion Hatch is known for her great contributions to Maya archaeology, her interest in the scientific advancement of this discipline, and for her work in Guatemalan teaching .

His father, Frederick Wilson Popenoe, was an American agronomist, botanist, and horticulturist, known for being the founder of Escuela_Agrícola_Panamericana the Zamorano Agricultural School in Honduras in 1941 and also for being a promoter of agriculture in Central America. His mother, Dorothy Kate Hughes, was an English botanist with an interest in archaeology. He conducted research at archaeological sites such as Tenampúa, Cerro Palenque, and Playa de los Muertos, Honduras. Dr. Hatch's parents met in 1923 at the United States National Herbarium, months later they were married. In 1925 they moved to Honduras because of Wilson Popenoe's new job as director of tropical agricultural experiments at the United Fruit Company. After the work carried out in Honduras, in 1929 the Popenoe bought the ruins of a seventeenth-century house in Antigua Guatemala, residing in the colonial city permanently. Today the house is known as "The Popenoe House " and is part of the tourist and cultural attraction of the place .

Dr. Marion Popenoe de Hatch lived until she was two years old in Guatemala, however, after her mother's death in December 1932, she moved to Maryland, United States. There he attended the first few years of school in Silver Spring. He returned to Guatemala and received his secondary education at the Lehnsen School, from which he graduated in 1948. He later moved back to the United States, where in 1953 he earned a B.A. in International Relations from the University of California at Berkeley. That same year she married Richard Lee Hatch, and they had two daughters: Dorothy and Carolyn Hatch. His interest in archaeology arose from reading the work his mother had done at the archaeological sites of Honduras. However, it was not until after her husband's death in 1967 that she returned to the University of California, Berkeley, earning a B.A. in Anthropology in 1970 and a Ph.D. in Anthropology in 1974 .

Archaeological research

His archaeological career in Guatemala was guided by Dr. Edwin M. Shook. Both worked at archaeological sites such as Monte Alto, La Blanca, El Bálsamo, San Andrés Semetabaj and Salinas Tilapa. In these projects he served as a ceramic analysis assistant, specializing throughout his career in ceramics from the Altiplano and the South Coast of Guatemala. His most important contribution to Guatemalan archaeology is the creation of the Tableware analysis, which is based on the identification of ceramic types through their paste. In 1977 he began his career as a teacher when he entered the University of San Carlos de Guatemala. In 1982 she helped found the Archaeology program at the Universidad del Valle de Guatemala (UVG), and was appointed director of the department that same year. His interest in education was reflected in the Universidad del Valle, as he used his connections with foreign universities for the implementation of financial aid for students. She also helped her seniors obtain scholarships for graduate study abroad .

South Coast Archaeology

In 1992 and 1993 Marion Popenoe de Hatch directed the Archaeological Project "La Garrucha" of the Universidad del Valle de Guatemala. In this project, the movement of the Naranjo population to the area of La Gomera, Escuintla, was analyzed, helping to understand the social processes that took place on the Pacific Coast during the Late Preclassic period (400 B.C. - 200 A.D.) and the first part of the Early Classic (300 B.C. - 400 A.D.). This project was used as training for archaeology students at the University, giving rise to a form of teaching that continues to be used today. Another contribution made by Marion Popenoe de Hatch to Guatemalan archaeology was her work on the Tak ́alik Ab ́aj Archaeological Project , where he carried out the first historical reconstruction by means of ceramics. This work is highly important not only because of the information provided, but also because of the degree of difficulty that the material presented as it was in an area where conservation is not adequate for pre-Hispanic objects. At this site, Hatch's Marion Popenoe also conducted archaeoastronomical research, interpreting the use of different buildings and monuments related to observations of celestial bodies and phenomena .

Archaeology of the Altiplano

Hatch's Marion Popenoe has worked at various sites in the Guatemalan Altiplano performing ceramic analyses , which have helped to understand the chronology and much of the cultural aspect that took place in these places. In 1978, together with Jamie K. Donaldson and under the direction of Edwin M. Shook, he conducted the first archaeological research at the Semetabaj site in the municipality of San Andrés Semetabaj, Sololá. The Report published the following year , continues to be fundamental in the knowledge of the archaeology of the Lake Atitlan Basin, with the first Carbon-14 dating in the region. Since 2003 he has actively collaborated in the analysis of the pottery obtained by subsequent projects at that site under the Universidad del Valle de Guatemala and its Center for Archaeological and Anthropological Research (CIAA) . Another important collaboration was with the Chixoy River Valley Archaeological Rescue Project, of the National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) and the Institute of Ethnology of Paris, together with Alain Ichon in the early 1980s . The approach to the materials of this region, and of others excavated by the French Mission, would lead her to propose the existence of a ceramic tradition which she would first as Solano . Subsequently, Marion Popenoe de Hatch would achieve the identification of this with Quichean groups and even suggesting its subsequent drift in the three linguistic groups of this branch through the identification of different ceramic tableware . The most important work was carried out at the Kaminaljuyu archaeological site (Kaminaljuyu/San Jorge and Miraflores II projects) . During the time he worked on the site he perfected the chronological sequence that Dr. E. Shook had developed; He also carried out hydraulic engineering studies that helped to understand the function of the bodies of water, as well as artificial channels present at the site. These studies lasted until 2004.

Awards

• 1970 McCown Prize in Anthropology University of California, Berkeley.

• 1970 Phi Beta Kappia U.S. Honor Association

• 1970-1973 Special Scholarship for Postgraduate Studies University of California, Berkeley.

• 1972 Mayan Calendar Research Grant Wenner Gren Foundation.

• 1973 Scholarship for research on hieroglyphic texts Quiriguá Wenner-Gren Foundation.

• 1973 NDEA Title IV Graduate Studies Scholarship.

• 1973 Latin American Studies Scholarship for Doctoral Thesis Research UC Berkeley, California-

• 1974 Dean's Scholarship for Graduate Studies University of California, Berkeley.

• 1977 Appointment as Associate Researcher at the Archaeological Research Facility University of California, Berkeley.

• 1978-1980 Appointment as a member of the Board of Directors Guatemalan American Institute.

• 1982 Appointed Director of the Department of Archaeology UVG Universidad del Valle de Guatemala.

• 1982 Holder of the Madeleine and Alfred V. Kidder UVG Chair Universidad del Valle de Guatemala.

• 1986–present Corresponding Member Academica of Geography and History of Guatemala.

• 1989 Medal for contributions to archaeology (work at Kaminaljuyu/San Jorge archaeological sites) Ministry of Culture and Sports of Guatemala.

• 2010 Orden Pop Award for his hard work in archaeological research and teaching Popol Vuh Museum.

• 2014 National Medal of Science and Technology National Council of Science and Technology (CONCYT).

• 2018 Creation and acquisition of the Marion Popenoe Order of Hatch Sociocultural Commission of Antigua Guatemala.

• 2019 Universidad del Valle de Guatemala.

Publications

• 1971 A hypothesis on Olmec astronomy, with special reference to the site of La Venta. Contributions from the Centre for Archaeological Research, nº 13. University of California, Berkeley.

• 1975 An astronomical calendar in a part of the Madrid Codex. In Archaeoastronomy in Pre-Columbian America, edited by A. Aveni. University of Texas Press. Austin.

• 1978 (with E.M. Shook) La Cerámica de El Bálsamo, Guatemala. Journal of New World Archaeology, vol. IlI, no. I. University of California, Los Angeles.

• 1980 (with E.M. Shook and J. K. Donaldson) Excavations at the site of Semetabaj, Department of Sololá, Guatemala. Contributions from the Centre for Archaeological Research, no. 41. University of California, Berkeley.

• 1980 (with E.M. Shook) The Early Preclassic Sequence of the Ocos-Salinas La Blanca area, South Coast of Guatemala. Contributions from the Centre for Archaeological Research, no. 41. University of California, Berkeley.

• 1982 La identificación de los gobernantes de Quiriguá. Journal of New World Archaeology, vol. V, no. 1. University of California, Los Angeles.

• 1982 La Cerámica de Los Encuentros. Rescue Archaeology in the Chixoy River Valley, pp.97-150, edited by A. Ichon. Centre National de la Recherches Scientifique R.C.P 500. Institut d'Etnology, Paris.

• 1983 A Sequence of the Sculptures of Monte Alto. Perspective, no. 2. University of San Carlos de Guatemala.

• 1984 (with Donaldo Castillo V.) A Simplified Method for the Classification of Ceramics in Archaeology. Nacxit, Revista de Estudiantes. School of History, University of San Carlos, Guatemala.

• 1987 "Proyecto Tiquisate": Recent Archaeological Investigations on the South Coast of Guatemala. Research Notebooks, No. 2-87. University of San Carlos de Guatemala.

• 1987 Un Análisis de las Esculturas de Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa. Mesoamerica, No. 14. Mesoamerican Regional Research Center, Antigua, Guatemala.

• 1987 Some Observations on the Pattern of Hieroglyphic Texts in Quiriguá and Copán. Tikal Association of Guatemala.

• 1987 The Importance of Utilitarian Ceramics in Archaeology, with Observations on the Prehistory of Guatemala. Annals of Geography and History of Guatemala, Volume LXI: 151-183.

• 1988 "La Autobiografía de un Cántaro en Kaminaljuyú/San Jorge." First Symposium on Archaeological Research in Guatemala, pp. 85-90. National Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology of Guatemala.

• 1989 "A series of sculptures from Monte Alto". New Frontiers in the Archaeology of the South Pacific Coast of Southern Mesoamerica, edited by F. Bove and L. Heller. Anthropological Research Papers No. 59, Arizona State University, pp. 25-41.

• 1989 "Análisis de las esculturas de Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa". New Frontiers in the Archaeology of the South Pacific Coast of Southern Mesoamerica, edited by F. Bove and L. Heller. Anthropological Research Papers No. 59, Arizona State University, pp. 167-194.

• 1989 Observations on Prehistoric Cultural Development on the South Coast of Guatemala. "Archaeological Investigations on the South Coast of Guatemala, edited by D. S. Whitley and M. P. Beaudry. Institute of Archaeology, University of California, Los Angeles. Monograph 31.

• 1991 Commentaries on the Ceramics of Abaj Takalik. The Symposium on Archaeological Research in Guatemala. National Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology of Guatemala.

• 1991 The Protoclassic: New Evidence from Kaminaljuyú. I Symposium on Archaeological Research in Guatemala. National Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology of Guatemala.

• 1992 Archaeological Reconnaissance in the Periphery of Abaj Takalik. IV Symposium on Archaeological Research in Guatemala. National Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology of Guatemala.

• 1993 (with M. Sánchez, T. Barrientos, M. A. Godoy and C. Herrera) El Proyecto La Garrucha, Departamento de Escuintla: June-July 1992. U tz'ib, vol. 1, no. 4. Tikal Association. Guatemala.

• 1993 (with M. Sánchez and Tomás Barrientos Q.) Evidence of a Violent Death 1600 Years Ago on the South Coast of Guatemala. Revista de la Universidad del Valle de Guatemala, issue 3.

• 1993 Cultural Changes Reflected in Kaminaljuyú Pottery during the Preclassic and Early Classic Periods. Second and Third Archaeology Forum of Chiapas, Memories Series. Chiapas Institute of Culture, Chiapas, Mexico.

• 1993 Additional Observations on the Naranjo and Achiguate Traditions on the South Coast of Guatemala. VI Symposium on Archaeological Research in Guatemala. National Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology of Guatemala.

• 1994 (with M. Sánchez and T. Barrientos) El Proyecto La Garrucha, Departamento de Escuintla, (segunda parte). U t'zib, vol.1, no. 6. Tikal Association, Guatemala.

• 1994 Relations between the Altiplano and the South Coast of Guatemala during the Preclassic. Apuntes Arqueológicos, vol. 4, no. 1:21-36. University of San Carlos de Guatemala.

• 1994 Review: Cerro Palenque: Power and Identity in the Mayan Periphery, by Rosemary A. Joyce, 1991. Mesoamerica, no. 28. CIRMA, Antigua, Guatemala.

• 1996 to The Archaeology of the Altiplano of Guatemala: Preclassic. Mayan Masterpieces, Guatemala Gallery Collection, Volume 3. Granai & Townson Foundation. Guatemala.

• 1996 Archaeological Evidence of a System of Accounts in Kaminaljuyú. Revista de la Universidad del Valle de Guatemala, no. 6.

• 1997 Kaminaljuyú/San Jorge: Archaeological Evidence of Economic Activity in the Valley of Guatemala, 300 B.C. to 450 A.C. Universidad del Valle de Guatemala.

• 19976 Un Estudio de Teestos Cortados en Kaminaljuyú Miraflores. X Symposium on Archaeological Research in Guatemala. National Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology of Guatemala.

• 1998 The K'iche-Kaqchikel in the Central Highlands of Guatemala: Archaeological Evidence in the Classic Period. Mesoamerica, no. 35. Mesoamerican Regional Research Center, Antigua, Guatemala.

• 1999 "El Desarrollo en el Noroccidente de Guatemala desde el Preclásico hasta el Postclásico", in XII Simposio de Investigaciones Arqueológicas en Guatemala. National Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology. Guatemala.

• 1999 "Pre-Columbian Agriculture in the Altiplano of Guatemala and Mayan Vitality" Estudios Sociales No. 59, Segundo Congreso de Estudios Mayas. Rafael Landívar University. Guatemala.

• 1999 Historia General de Guatemala. Jorge Luján Muñoz, Managing Director. Volume 1, Pre-Hispanic Era, Marion Popenoe de Hatch, Director. Association of Friends of the Country, Foundation for Culture and Development. Guatemala.

• 2000 (with Christa Schieber de Lavarreda, Edgar Carpio Rezzio, Miguel Orrego Corzo, José Héctor Paredes and Claudia Wolley. Observations on Cultural Development in Abaj Takalik, Department of Retalhuleu, Guatemala". XIII Symposium on Archaeology in Guatemala. National Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology. Pp.159-170.

• 2000 Rescue, management and conservation of cultural and natural heritage, from the point of view of an archaeologist. National Congress on Cultural Policy Guidelines: Final Report. Ministry of Culture and Sports. Guatemala.

• 2000 Obituary: Edwin M. Shook: Noted archaeologist and dear friend. The Pari Journal, Vol. 1, No. 1.

• 2000 Kaminaljuyú Miraflores II: The nature of political change at the end of the Preclassic. X111 Symposium on Archaeology in Guatemala. National Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, pp.11-28.

• 2001 (with Matilde Ivic de Monterroso "Guatemala", in Encyclopedia of Archaeology, edited by Tim Murray. ABC CLIO, Inc.

• 2001 (with Christa Schieber de Lavarreda.) A Preliminary Review of the History of Abaj Takalik, Department of Retalhuleu XIV Symposium on Archaeology in Guatemala. National Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology. pp. 1149-1165.

• 2001 Entries on Kaminaljuyu and Uaxactún. Archaeology of Ancient Mexico and Central America, an encyclopedia. Edited by Susan Toby Evans and David L. Webster. Garland Publishing, Inc.

• 2001 Cédulas de objetos arqueológicos para la Exposición en España y otra en China.

• 2002 (with Matilde Ivic de Monterroso) Some Reflections on the Ethnohistory and Archaeology of the K'iche'. Memoria IV National Meeting of Historians. Guatemala, pp. 21-25.

• 2002 "Climate and technological innovation in Kaminaljuyú", Guatemala. Ancient Mesomerica 13: Cambridge University Press

• 2002 Evidence of an Astronomical Observatory at Abaj Takalik. XV Symposium on Archaeology in Guatemala: p. 437-458. National Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology.

• 2002 New Perspectives in Kaminaljuyú, Guatemala: Regional Interaction during the Preclassic and Classic Periods. Incidents in Archaeology: Essays in Honor of Edwin Shook. Editorial Universitaria de América.

• 2003 The Ceramics of the Northwestern Highlands of Guatemala, La Lagunita and the Solano Ceramic Tradition: Some Comparisons. Miscellaneous.... in honour of Alain Ichon. French Center for Mexican and Central American Studies; Tikal Association. Edited by M. Charlotte Arnauld, Alain Breton, Marie-France Fauvet-Berthelot and Juan Antonio Valdés/

• 2003 The Return of the Feline in Abaj Takalik. XVI Symposium on Archaeology in Guatemala, 2002. National Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology.

• 2004: One more step in understanding the beginnings of Abaj Takalik. XVII Symposium on Archaeology in Guatemala, 2003. National Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology.

• 2004: (with Dr. Barbara Leyden) The Ancient Environment of Tak'alik Ab'aj, according to Pollen Analysis. Revista No. 13, Universidad del Valle de Guatemala.

• 2005 Conquest of Tak'alik Ab'aj. XVIII Symposium on Archaeology in Guatemala, 2004. National Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, pp. 1037-1043.

• 2005 The Kaminaljuyú Park Project: Preliminary Results of the Ceramic Analysis. XVIII Symposium on Archaeology in Guatemala, 2004. National Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology. Pp 511-516.

• 2006 The Olmec and the Maya in Tak'alik Ab'aj: Comments on Art, Ethnicity and Ideology. XIX Symposium on Archaeology in Guatemala, 2004, pp.33-40. National Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology.

• 2007 The Mesoamerican Preclassic: A View from the Southern Coast of Guatemala. Documents of the Archaeological Foundation of the New World, no. 68. Provo, Utah.

• 2007 The Relations between Tak'alik Ab'aj, Chocolá, Semetabaj and Kaminaljuyú: The Ceramic Evidence. XX Symposium on Archaeology in Guatemala, 2004, pp.33-40. National Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, pp 769-778.

• 2007 "El Análisis Científico de la Cerámica Arqueológica". Revista de la Universidad del Valle de Guatemala, no. 16.

• 2009 The Dawn Replaces the Stars. XXII Symposium on Archaeology in Guatemala, 2004, pp.425-438. National Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology.

Kaminaljuyu/San Jorge: Archaeological Evidence of Economic Activity in the Valley of Guatemala, 300 B.C. to 450 B.C.