Meaghan Peuramaki-Brown, Athabasca University

Research

Read how they describe their research on their Athabasca University profile.

Community and public archaeology Frontier lifeways Everyday archaeology Interconnections of human and natural systems Collaborative and accessible methods in archaeology

Latest funding

Unearthing Ancient Maya Identities: A Tzik Approach to Mortuary Archaeology at Alabama, Belize
SSHRC · 2025 · Principal investigator
$97,423
Becoming an ancient Maya boomtown: people, spaces, and things in East-Central Belize
SSHRC · 2018 · Principal investigator
$285,859
Maya Boomtown Archaeology: Rapid Resource-Based Urbanism at Alabama, Belize
SSHRC · 2015 · Principal investigator
$74,975

All 3 grants and awards

No publications available.

Unearthing Ancient Maya Identities: A Tzik Approach to Mortuary Archaeology at Alabama, Belize

Principal investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Peuramaki-Brown, Meaghan M.

$97,423

Becoming an ancient Maya boomtown: people, spaces, and things in East-Central Belize

Principal investigatorSSHRC2018Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Peuramaki-Brown, Meaghan

Keywords: Maya prehistory; rapid-growth communities; resource extraction; trade; isotopic analysis; petrography; settlement archaeology; household archaeology; economic organization; migration; colonization; identity

$285,859

Maya Boomtown Archaeology: Rapid Resource-Based Urbanism at Alabama, Belize

Principal investigatorSSHRC2015Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Peuramaki-Brown, Meaghan

Keywords: (1) Maya prehistory; (2) rapid resource-based urbanism; (3) rapid growth communities; (4) resource extraction; (5) trade; (6) geochemical sourcing; (7) petrography and scanning electron microscopy; (8) settlement archaeology; (9) state formation and expansion; (10) economic organization

$74,975

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Community and public archaeology Dear Professor Peuramaki-Brown, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. Your research on community and public archaeology connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your SSHRC-funded project "Unearthing Ancient Maya Identities: A Tzik Approach to Mortuary Archaeology at Alabama, Belize" (2025), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]