FRANZ LAUER

EDUCATION

2000-2003 University of New Hampshire: Bachelor of Arts recieved cum laude,
                 May 2003.  Major: Anthropology
2003-present  Southern Illinois University-Carbondale: MA candidate, anthropology

RESEARCH INTERESTS         
                                  
Mayan Archaeology - Divine Kingship, Warfare, Landscape and Power, Pre-Classic Maya

CURRENT RESEARCH

Proyecto Peten Noroccidente - Hixwitz, Guatemala. - www.jaguarhill.com

For over twenty years the name Hixwitz, or "Jaguar Hill", has been recognized
in ancient Maya texts.  Until recently this name was thought to refer to a single,
undiscovered site located alone the usumacinta River, near the ruined cities like
Piedras Negras and Yaxchilan.  It is now known that Hixwitz (pron. heesh-weets)
was the name of a kingdom comprised of a number of sites in the northwestern Peten,
with likely political centers at the largest-if academically obscure-sites of Zapote Bobal
and El Pajaral.  This discovery, combined with the absence of major fieldwork in this
region of northwestern Peten, has prompted the creation of a new project, the Proyecto
Peten Noroccidente-Hixwitz.  Proyecto Peten Noroccidente (PPN) is a long-term
international effort by U.S., Gualemalan, and French investigators to understand
ancient Maya State formation and development. 

Teaching Experience

2006 (spring) - Teaching Assistant, Department of Anthropology,
                       Southern Illinois University-Carbondale. Anth 104 Human Experience
2004 (spring) - Teaching Assistant, Department of Anthropology,
                       Southern Illinois University-Carbondale. Anth 104 Human Experience
2003 (spring) - Teaching Assistant, Department of Anthropology,
                       University of New Hampshire.  Anth 411 Cultural and Social Anthropology
2003 (Fall)    -  Teaching Assistant, Department of Anthropology,
                       University of New Hampshire.  Anth 411 Cultural and Social Anthropology

FIELD EXPERIENCE

2006 (June-Aug.) - Proyecto Peten Noroccidente - Hixwitz, Guatemala
2005 (June-Aug.) - Proyecto Peten Noroccidente - Hixwitz, Guatemala
2003 (present)     - Center for Archaeological Investigations, Southern Illinois University
2001 (July-Dec.)  - Tourism Development Project, Ministry of Tourism, Government of Belize

Publications
Lauer, Franz
    2005  El Proyecto Noroccidente Zapote Bobal en su 7a temporada de campo:
             Zapote Bobal - estructura 65 rescate e investigation.  In XVIII Simposio de Investigaciones
             Arqueologicas en Guatemala, Ministerio de Cultura y Deportes, Instituto de Antropologia e
             Historia, Asociacion Tikal, Guatemala.