Marijke M.

Stoll, CV

CURRICULUM VITAE

Marijke M. Stoll
School of Anthropology
The University of Arizona
1009 E. South Campus Drive
Tucson, Arizona, 85721-0030 U.S.A.

Home Address
2622 N. Los Altos #3
Tucson, AZ 85705

Email: mstoll@email.arizona.com

Personal email: marijkestoll@gmail.com

Home phone: (773) 859-0213

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EDUCATION
Ph.D. Anthropology, University of Arizona expected August 2016
Major Subfield: Archaeology
Minor Subfield: Bioarchaeology
Dissertation Committee: Takeshi Inomata, Lars Fogelin, Maria Nieves-Zedeo and
Stacie King (external committee member, Indiana University-Bloomington)
Planned Dissertation Title: Playing for Power: Prehispanic Ballcourts, Community
Politics, and Social Networks in Postclassic Nejapa, Oaxaca, Mexico
M.A. Social Sciences, University of Chicago, 2006
Concentrations: Bioarchaeology, landscape theory, archaeology of ritual and religion
Thesis: Killing the Lord of the Near and Far: Space and Sacrifice in the TenochcaMexica World
B.A. Anthropology, University of Chicago, 2005
Concentrations: Archaeology, ideology, spatial theory and Pre-Columbian cultures,
with a strong four-field approach

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RESEARCH INTERESTS
Mesoamerican archaeology, Oaxaca, Mexico, Mesoamerican ballgame and ball
courts, domestic and public ritual, religion, sociopolitical and sacred landscapes,
sacred geographies, social complexity, community and communal networks, social
identity, GIS, mortuary practices, bioarchaeology, practice and performance theory
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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
RESEARCH
February 2013 April 2013, The Nejapa/Tavela Archaeological Project, Oaxaca,
Mexico, Field Crew Member, excavation of tests pits at selected sites in the Nejapa
region of Oaxaca, Mexico, including two sites with ball courts; assisted with
horizontal excavations of two house sites near Santa Ana Tavela, Oaxaca; trained and
led local crew members in excavations (S. King, Director).
January 2011 May 2011, Archaeological Survey of the Coixtlahuaca Valley,
Oaxaca, Mexico, Field Crew Member; full-coverage survey of the Coixtlahuaca
Valley, including registration of previously unknown archaeological sites; creation,
maintenance and analysis of GIS database; member of three-person survey team (S.
Kowalewski, Director).
August 2009 January 2010, Graduate Research Assistant, Research Assistant to
Dr. Takeshi Inomata, University of Arizona: scanned field drawings from Aguateca
and converted to a digital format using Adobe Illustrator; assisted with assembling the
monograph on the excavations carried out by the Aguateca Archaeological Project,
Guatemala
TEACHING
January 2016 Present ANTH347A Native Cultures of the Southwestern United
States and Northwest Mexico, Teaching Assistant, University of Arizona: assist
lecturer with teaching duties; grade exams and essays; hold office hours
January 2016 Present AFAS371 Hip-Hop Cinema, Grader, University of
Arizona: grader and contact for online course, student groups 25-31, 39, 46 and 47;
grade essays and correct quiz scores; maintained grade records; hold office hours
August 2015 December 2015 ANTH160A1 Patterns in Prehistory, Teaching
Assistant, University of Arizona: attend lectures, lead Friday discussion for section
001C; grade exams and section assignments
August 2014 December 2014, ANTH160D2 Origins of Human Diversity,
Teaching Assistant, University of Arizona: attended lectures, lead Friday discussions
for sections 001B and 001C; assisted with exams; graded papers; maintained record of
grades; and assisted professor with teaching duties
August 2010 December 2010, ANTH 340A Introduction to Classical Art and
Archaeology, Teaching Assistant, University of Arizona: attended lectures, graded
exams and papers, maintained record of grades, and assisted professor with teaching
duties
August 2010 December 2010, ANTH 235 Principles of Archaeology, Teaching
Assistant, University of Arizona: attended lectures, graded exams and papers,
maintained record of grades, and assisted professor with teaching duties
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January 2010 May 2010, TRAD 101 Patterns in Prehistory, Section 17,
Teaching Assistant, University of Arizona: attended lectures on Mondays and
Wednesdays; taught section on Fridays; graded exams and papers
August 2009 January 2010, TRAD 101 Patterns in Prehistory, Section 14,
Teaching Assistant, University of Arizona: attended lectures on Mondays and
Wednesdays; taught section on Fridays; graded exams and papers
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RESEARCH AND FIELDWORK EXPERIENCE (NON-PAID)

2015 Proyecto Arqueologco Juegos de Pelota Nejapa/Tavela, Co-Director:
Directed large-scale mapping project of 14 documented Postclasic ball courts in the
Nejapa region of Oaxaca, Mexico (under own permit)
2013 The Nejapa/Tavela Archaeological Project, Oaxaca, Mexico, Laboratory
Assistant: analysis of ceramic materials collected during the 2013 PANT field season;
photography of ceramic and lithic materials; data entry of ceramic analysis into
project database (S. King, Director).
2009-2010 Community Networks and the Modern Ballgame in Oaxaca, Mexico,
Director: conducted an ethnographic study of the modern ballgame known as pelota
Mixteca (Mixtec ball), including interviews with pelota Mixteca ballplayers about the
technical and sociopolitical aspects of the game, its history and the connections
between the game and community networks, as well as observations of pelota
Mixteca matches; researched newspaper archives to learn more about pelota Mixteca
during the 20th century.
June-August 2009 Proyecto de Exploracin y Rehabilitacin de la Casa
Mixteca, Zona de Arqueologa de Monte Alban (ZAMA), Oaxaca de Jurez,
Oaxaca, Mexico, Lead Field Archaeologist: led field crew in photographic registry,
cleaning and removing overgrowth of plants, excavations and removal of sedimentary
fill from erosion in the main patio area and associated rooms; created topographic
map of site for the future planning and design of anticipated site preservation project
(N. Robles Garca, Directors)
June 1-5 2009 Proyecto Urbanismo Temprano y Tardo en Coixtlahuaca, Oaxaca,
Mexico, Field Archaeologist: assisted with preliminary regional survey at two sample
sites in the Coixtlahuaca Valley; excavated 1x1 m and 2x1 m test units at both sites (S.
Kowalewski, Director).
November 2008-2009 Arizona State Museum, La Playa, Trincheras, Sonora,
Mexico, Field Archaeologist: surveyed recent erosion at the site for exposed skeletal
remains; documented and excavated four human burials found as a result of survey;
analyzed cremations excavated from the nearby site of Cerro de Trincheras (E.
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March June 2008 Field Museum Department of Anthropology, El Palmillo,
Oaxaca, Mexico, Field Archaeologist and Assistant to Lead Archaeologists: Total
Station operations using Carlson Explorer II CESurvev program; assisted lead
archaeologist with directing mapping crew; converted in-field drawn maps to digital
format using Adobe Illustrator; assisted with excavation of human burials, including
the field identification and removal of human remains; limited supervision of local
crew (G. Feinman and L. Nicholas, Directors).
July 2004 PUCP San Jose de Moro Archaeological Field School, San Jose de
Moro, Peru, Participant: learned different field techniques including topographical
mapping, site and burial excavation, and field drawing (L. Jaime Castillo, Director).
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SERVICE AND RELATED EXPERIENCE

2015 Judge for University of Arizona Graduate and Professional Student Council
Travel Grant Applications, June Round
2015-2018 Committee Member, Committee on the Status of Women in Archaeology
(COSWA), Society for American Archaeology
2014 Judge for University of Arizona Graduate and Professional Student Council
Travel Grant Applications, June Round
2014 Chair for the General Session Highland Mexico at the Society for American
Archaeology 79th Annual Meeting, April 23-27, Austin, TX.
2012 Judge for University of Arizona Graduate and Professional Student Council
Travel Grant Applications, June Round
2010-2011 Graduate Student Mentor to incoming graduate student Claire Baker
2009-2010 Graduate Student Mentor to incoming graduate student Jessica
McLellan
2009-2014 Committee Member, Student Affairs Committee (SAC), Society for
American Archaeology
2009-2010 Wiki Chair, The Anthropology Graduate Students of the University of
Arizona (AGUA) Board: in charge of developing an Anthropology graduate
student-oriented Wiki page which will feature FAQs and other information to help
move graduate students through the program successfully. Headed internal committee
to review and define AGUAs mission statement for dissemination to the graduate
student body.
December 2007-August 2008 Docent, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago,
Illinois: Assisted museum visitors with questions about Ancient Americas exhibit;
led informal tours of different galleries in exhibit
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MEMBERSHIPS
Society for American Archaeology
American Anthropology Association
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SCHOLARLY GRANTS, HONORS, AND AWARDS

November 2015 Emil W. Haury Education Fund for Archaeology, School of
Anthropology, University of Arizona: $600
April 2015 Riecker Grant, Scholarship and Grants Committee, University of
Arizona: $1000
February 2015 Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant, Archaeology
Program Grant #1519653, National Science Foundation: $18,973. Playing for
Power: Ballcourts and Community Organization in Postclassic Nejapa, Oaxaca,
Mexico
January 2015 Emil W. Haury Education Fund for Archaeology, School of
Anthropology, University of Arizona: $500
April 2014 SBSRI Dissertation Research Grant, College of Social and Behavioral
Research Institute: $1500.00, returned
December 2013 GPSC Research and Project Grant, Graduate & Professional
Student Council, University of Arizona: $411.25
November 2013 Traditions, Transitions, Treasures Scholarship, School of
Anthropology, University of Arizona: $500
May 2013 Stanley R. Grant Scholarship, School of Anthropology, University of
Arizona: $500
December 2012 Emil W. Haury Education Fund for Archaeology, School of
Anthropology, University of Arizona: $650
December 2012 William and Nancy Sullivan Scholarship, School of Anthropology,
University of Arizona: $500
May 2012 Riecker Grant, Riecker Grants Committee, University of Arizona: $500
(Principal-Investigator)
May 2012 SBSRI Dissertation Grant, College of Social and Behavioral Sciences
Research Institute: $1000, returned
April 2012 Stanley R. Grant Scholarship, School of Anthropology,
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University of Arizona: $800
January 2012 William Shirley Fulton Scholarship, School of Anthropology:
University of Arizona: $100
January 2012 Emil W. Haury Education Fund for Archaeology, School of
Anthropology: University of Arizona: $300
June 2011 William and Nancy Sullivan Scholarship, School of Anthropology,
University of Arizona: $700
December 2010 William and Nancy Sullivan Scholarship, School of Anthropology,
University of Arizona: $300
December 2010 Traditions, Transitions, Treasures Scholarship, School of
Anthropology, University of Arizona: $500
December 2010 Graduate and Professional Student Council Travel Grant Fund,
Graduate College, University of Arizona: $500
May 2010 Riecker Grant, Riecker Grants Committee, University of Arizona: $500,
(Principal-Investigator)
April 2010 Stanley R. Grant Scholarship, School of Anthropology, University of
Arizona: $500 (Principal-Investigator)
March 2010 SBSRI Pre-Doctoral Graduate Research Grant, Social and
Behavioral Sciences Research Institute (SBSRI), University of Arizona: $600
(Principal-Investigator)
December 2009 Traditions, Transitions, Treasures Scholarship, School of
Anthropology, University of Arizona: $500
December 2009 Emil W. Haury Education Fund for Archaeology, School of
Anthropology, University of Arizona: $500
November 2009 Graduate and Professional Student Council Travel Grant Fund,
Graduate College, University of Arizona: $397
August 2009 Traditions, Transitions, Treasures Scholarship, School of
Anthropology, University of Arizona: $200
April 2009 Riecker Grant, Riecker Grants Committee, University of Arizona,
$800
April 2009 Tinker Field Research Grant, Center for Latin American Studies,
University of Arizona: $500
March 2009 Comins Fellowship, School of Anthropology, University of Arizona,
$1500
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October 2008 Emil W. Haury Education Fund for Archaeology, School of

Anthropology, University of Arizona: $800
April 2008 Emil W. Haury Fellowship, School of Anthropology, University of
Arizona: $15000
April 2008 Field Museum Anthropology Alliance Summer Internship Award, The
Field Museum of Natural History of Chicago, $947
March 2008 Lewis R. Binford Fellowship, Department of Anthropology, University
of New Mexico, $16000 (declined)
September 2005 Scholarship for Masters of the Arts Program in the Social
Sciences, University of Chicago, $16000
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PROFESSIONAL REPORTS
Stoll, Marijke and Pedro Guillermo Ramn Celis.
2009 Informe de los Trabajos de Exploracin y Rehabilitacin de las Estructuras
Arqueolgicas de la Casa Mixteca. Plan de Manejo Zona Arqueolgica de Monte
Albn 2009, Primero y Segundo Semestre. Report on file at the Centro de
Documentacin, Zona Arqueolgica de Monte Albn, Oaxaca de Jurez, Oaxaca,
Mexico.
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PUBLICATIONS
AS FIRST AUTHOR
2015 Es Nuestra Tradicin: The Continuing Importance of Ball Games Among
Mixtec Migrant Communities in the United States. In Constructing Legacies of
Mesoamerica: Archaeological Practice and the Politics of Heritage in and Beyond
Mexico, edited by David T. Anderson, Dylan J. Clark, and J. Heath Anderson. AAA
Publishing, Arlington, VA, pgs. 68-93
2014 The Mesoamerican Ballgame in Oaxaca from the Prehispanic Past to Modern
Times. Arkeopatias, Vol 6. Winter, pgs. 49-60.
2014 Empty Space, Active Place: The Sociopolitical Role of Plazas in the Mixteca
Alta. In Mesoamerican Plazas: Arenas of Community Building and Power
Negotiation, edited by Kenichiro Tsukamoto and Takeshi Inomata, pgs 90-107.
University of Arizona Press, Tucson, AZ.
AS CO-AUTHOR
Watson, James T. and Marijke Stoll.
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2013 Gendered Logistic Mobility Among the Earliest Farmers in the Sonoran
Desert. Latin American Antiquity. Vol. 24(4), pgs. 433-450
Watson, James T.; Fields, Misty; and Stoll, Marijke
2012 "Violence and Postmortem Signaling in Early Farming Communities of the
Sonoran Desert: An Expanded Taphonomic Approach," Landscapes of Violence, Vol.
2(2) Available at: http://scholarworks.umass.edu/lov/vol2/iss2/11
IN PROGRESS
Stoll Marijke
n.d The Practice of Play in the Sport of Life and Death: Exploring Regional
Variation in Ballgame Material Culture and Ideology. In Untangling the Intangible:
Reconstructing Ideologies, Beliefs, and Religion in the Past, edited by Kathryn
MacFarland and Eric Johannesson. University of Colorado Press.
Stoll, Marijke and David S. Anderson.
n.d. Sport and Ritual as Social Bonding: The Communal Nature of Mesoamerican
Ballgames. In Prehistoric Games of the North Americans Indians: Subartic to
Mesoamerica, edited by Barbara Voorhies. University of Utah Press (Submitted)
n.d. Es Nuestra Tradicin: The Archaeological Implications of an Ethnography of the
Modern Ballgame in Oaxaca, Mexico. Ancient Mesoamerica (Submitted)

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BOOK REVIEWS
Submitted Review of North American Indigenous Warfare and Ritual Violence. Edited
by Richard J. Chacon and Rubn G. Mendoza. Arizona Anthropologist Vol. 24
2013 Review of Religious Transformation in the Late Pre-Hispanic Pueblo World.
Edited by Donna M. Glowacki and Scott Van Keuren. Arizona Anthropologist Vol. 23,
44-47.
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PROESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS
February 5, 2016 Negotiating Identity at the Frontier: New Evidence from Oaxaca,
Mexico, co-author. Paper presented at the 6th Annual UCLA Interdisciplinary
Archaeology Research Conference, February 5-6, 2016, Los Angeles, CA.
April 17, 2015 Sport and Ritual as Social Bonding: The Communal Nature of
Mesoamerican Ballgames, co-author. Paper presented at the Society for American
Archaeology 80th Annual Meeting, April 15 19, San Francisco, CA. Invited
Presentation.
April 16, 2015 The Practice of Play in the Sport of Life and Death: Exploring
Regional Variation in Ballgame Material Culture and Ideology. Paper presented at
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the Society for American Archaeology 80th Annual Meeting, April 15 19, San
Francisco, CA. Invited Presentation.
April 24, 2014 The Ballgame Traditions of Prehispanic Oaxaca. Paper presented at
the Society for American Archaeology 79th Annual Meeting, April 23 April 27,
2014, Austin, TX.
July 5, 2013 La antigua tradicin oaxaquea del juego de pelota. Paper presented at
the 10th International Symposium for Oaxacan Studies. July 4-6, 2013, Oaxaca
Mexico.
April 21, 2012 Urbanization and the Transformation of Society in the Mixteca
Alta. Paper presented at the Society for American Archaeology 77th Annual Meeting,
April 18 April 22, 2012, Memphis,TN.
April 19, 2012 Research in the Field: What to Do and What Not to Do in Running an
Archaeology Project. Forum hosted by the Student Affairs Committee at the Society
for American Archaeology 77th Annual Meeting, April 18 April 22, 2012, Memphis,
TN. Organizer
November 18, 2011 Es Nuestra Tradicin: The Continuing Importance of Ball
Games Among Migrant Mixtec Communities in the United States. Paper presented at
the American Anthropological Association 110th Annual Meeting, November 16-20,
2011, Montreal, Canada. Invited Presentation.
April 2, 2011 An Expanded Taphonomic Approach to Violence and Postmortem
Signaling in Early Farming Communities of the Sonoran Desert. Poster presented at
the Society for American Archaeology 76th Annual Meeting, March 30 - April 3,
2011, Sacramento, CA. Invited presentation, third author.
April 2, 2011 Empty Space, Active Place: The Sociopolitical Role of Plazas in the
Mixteca Alta. Paper presented at the Society for American Archaeology 76th Annual
Meeting, March 30 - April 3, 2011, Sacramento, CA. Invited presentation.
March 31, 2011 Professionalizaiton: Getting the Job Done and Finding Success in
the Real World. Forum hosted by the Student Affairs Committee at the Society for
American Archaeology 76th Annual Meeting, March 30 - April 3, 2011, Sacramento,
CA. Organizer.
October 29, 2010 Logistic Mobility among Farmers of the Sonoran Desert with
James Watson. Paper presented at the Arizona Archaeological Council Annual Fall
Conference, October 29-30, 2010, Tucson, AZ. Submitted presentation.
April 15, 2010 Es Nuestra Tradicin: The Archaeological Implications of an
Ethnography of the Modern Ballgame in Oaxaca, Mexico. Paper presented at the
Society for American Archaeology 75th Annual Meeting, April 14-18, 2010, St. Louis,
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October 27, 2009 The Preliminary Ball Court Survey of 2009: Exploring the
Archaeological and Ethnographic Contexts of the Pelota Mixteca in Oaxaca, Mexico,
The Tinker Grant Symposium, Tucson, AZ. Submitted presentation.
April 24, 2009 Sacrifice and Space in the Mexica Social World. Paper presented at
the Society for American Archaeology 74th Annual Meeting, April 22-26, 2009,
Atlanta, GA. Submitted presentation.
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INVITED LECTURES
March 6, 2015 A Geospatial Analysis of Ballcourt Distribution in Nejapa, Oaxaca,
Mexico, AGUA Student Lecture Series, School of Anthropology, University of
Arizona, Tucson, AZ.
December 8, 2010 The Little Brothers of War: Socialization and Sport in Indigenous
America, Co-presented with Rob Jones for the Wednesday Lecture Series, School of
Anthropology,University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ.
July 30, 2010 Archaeology in the 21st Century: A Graduate Students Perspective,
Presented to general audience on recent trends in archaeology and the experience of
working in Oaxaca as a graduate student in archaeology. Oaxaca Lending Library,
Oaxaca de Juarez, OAX, MX.
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TEACHING INTERESTS
Archaeology of Ritual and Religion
Mortuary Archaeology
Archaeology of Ancient Mexico
Ancient Civilizations
Archaeology of the Americas
Introduction to Archaeology
Anthropology of Space, Place and Landscape
Introduction to World History
Anthropology of Performance
Origins of Human Diversity
Archaeology of Ideology
GIS and the Social Sciences
Architectural Analysis
Bioarchaeology: Theory and Method
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COLLABORATORS
David S. Anderson, Roanoke University
Stacie M. King, Indiana University
Elizabeth Konwest, Indiana University
James Watson, University of Arizona
Pedro Guillermo Ramon Celis, INAH, Mexico
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NAMES OF REFEREES
Takeshi Inomata
Professor of Anthropology
University of Arizona
1009 E. South Campus Drive
Tucson, AZ 85721-0030
TEL: (520) 621-2961
FAX: (520) 621-2088
David Killick
Professor of Anthropology
University of Arizona
1009 E. South Campus Drive
Tucson, AZ 85721-0030
TEL: (520) 621-8695
FAX: (520) 621-2088
Stacie King
Director of Graduate Studies and Associate Professor
Indiana University-Bloomington
701 E. Kirkwood Avenue
Bloomington, IN 47405-0001
TEL: (812) 855-1401
FAX: (812) 855-4358

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