Angelina Locker

I am an archaeologist who studies the intersection of migration, kinship, placemaking, and resilience of the Ancient Maya via isotope geochemistry and ancient DNA. I am particularly interested in mobility, kinship, how people negotiate power through the creation of kinship, and how they use constructed kinship to create place and manipulate memory through shared burial practices and iconography. I also consider risk and resilience to examine how long people endure stress before societal change.