Prof. Dr. Mallory Emiko Matsumoto

Profile

Academic positionLecturer, Assistant Professor, Researcher
Research fieldsAfrican, American and Oceania Studies,Prehistory and World Archaeology
KeywordsPractice theory, Maya hieroglyphic writing, Religion and ritual, Classic Maya, Cultural transmission

Current contact address

CountryGermany
CityBerlin
InstitutionStiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz
InstituteIbero-Amerikanisches Institut

Host during sponsorship

Dr. Iken PaapIbero-Amerikanisches Institut, Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Berlin
Prof. Dr. Barbara Stollberg-RilingerWissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin e.V. (WKB), Berlin
Start of initial sponsorship01/08/2023

Programme(s)

2022Humboldt Research Fellowship Programme for Postdocs

Publications (partial selection)

2026Bárbara Arroyo; Mallory E. Matsumoto: Agave at Kaminaljuyu: New Insights into Perishable Fibers in Maya Archaeology. Plantway in Perspectives: Human-Plant Interactions in Mesoamerica. University of Texas Press, 2026.
2026Mallory E. Matsumoto: Graphemic Variation in Morphosyntactic Context: The Syllable u in Classic Maya Hieroglyphic Writing. In: Topics in Cognitive Science (topiCS), 18, 2026, 264–284
2026Mallory E. Matsumoto: Religion, Writing, and the Shaping of the Classic Maya World. Cambridge University Press, 2026
2026Mallory E. Matsumoto: The Maya Myths: A Guide to the Gods, Heroes and Ancestors. Thames and Hudson, 2026
2025Mallory E. Matsumoto: Narrating Boundary Markers in Early Colonial Highland Guatemala. In: Hispanic American Historical Review, 105, 2025, 405–438
2024Mallory E. Matsumoto: Classic Maya Deity Concurrence: Brides, Gods, and Inter-dynastic Ritual Exchange. In: Journal of Anthropological Archaeology, 76, 2024, 101632
2024Mallory E. Matsumoto: Emblem Glyphs: Orthography and the Political World of Classic Maya Scribes. In: Silvia Ferrara; Mattia Cartolano; Ludovica Ottaviano, Talking Images: The Interface between Drawing and Writing. Routledge, 2024. 95–120