Dr. Reece Jon McGee

  • Professor at Anthropology, College of Liberal Arts

Scholarly and Creative Works

2025

  • McGee, R. J., & Warms, R. L. (2025). Anthropological Theory: An Introductory History (eighth edition). Lanham, Maryland, USA: Roman and Littlefield.

2024

  • McGee, R. J. (n.d.). Anthropological Theory: An Introductory History. Boulder, Colorado, USA: Roman and Littlefield. Retrieved from https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781538126202?cat=4F23ANAR
  • Warms, R. L., & McGee, R. J. (n.d.). Anthropological Theory: An Introductory History, 8th edition.

2023

  • McGee, R. J. (2023). Watching Lacandon Maya Lives. Lanham, MD, USA: Roman and Littlefield. Retrieved from https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781538126165/Watching-Lacandon-Maya-Lives-Second-Edition

2021

  • McGee, R. J. (2021). Introductory Cultural Anthropology: New Perspectives. National Social Science Press.

2020

  • McGee, R. J. (2020, December). Ruins, Caves, Gods, and Incense Burners: Northern Lacandon Maya Myths and Rituals. Journal of American Folklore.

2019

  • McGee, R. J., & Warms, R. L. (2019). Anthropological Theory: An Introductory History (7th edition). Boulder, Colorado, USA: Rowman and Littlefield.
  • McGee, R. J., Cormier, L. A., & Jones, S. R. (2019). Introductory Cultural Anthropology: New Perspectives. El Cajon, California, USA: National Social Science Press.

2016

  • McGee, R. J. (n.d.). Anthropological Theory: An Introductory History. Denver, CO: Rowman and Littlefield.
  • McGee, R. J., & Warms, R. (2016). Anthropological Theory: An Introductory History. Boulder: Rowman and Littlefield.

2014

  • McGee, R. J. (2014). Comment on Hawkins’ The Undergraduate Ethnographic Field School as a Research Method. In Current Anthropology (Vol. 55, p. 577).

2013

  • McGee, R. J. (Ed.). (2013). Theory in Social and Cultural Anthropology: An Encyclopedia. Los Angeles: Sage Publishing Co.
  • McGee, R. J. (n.d.). “Ethoscience.” Theory in Social and Cultural Anthropology: An Encyclopedia, 232–234.
  • McGee, R. J., & Kehoe, A. (n.d.). “John Lubbock.” Theory in Social and Cultural Anthropology: An Encyclopedia, 495–497.
  • McGee, R. J., & Warms, R. (n.d.). “Lewis Henry Morgan.” Theory in Social and Cultural Anthropology: An Encyclopedia.

2011

  • McGee, R. J., & Warms, R. (2011). Anthropological Theory: An Introductory History. New York: McGraw-HIll Publishing Co.

2008

  • McGee, R. J., Garber, J., & Warms, R. (2008). Sacred Realms: Current Insights into the Anthropology of Religion. Oxford University Press.
  • McGee, R. J., & Warms, R. (2008). Anthropological Theory: An Introductory History. New York: McGraw-HIll Publishing Co.

2005

  • McGee, R. J. (n.d.). “Ancient Ruins and Modern Maya: The Role of Yaxchilan in Non-Christian Lacandon Maya Beliefs.” Mesoamerican Voices, (2), 63–76.

2004

  • McGee, R. J., Garber, J., & Warms, R. (2004). Sacred Realms: Current Insights into the Anthropology of Religion. Oxford University Press.
  • McGee, R. J., & Warms, R. (2004). Anthropological Theory: An Introductory History. New York: McGraw-HIll Publishing Co.
  • McGee, R. J., Kashanipour, R. A., & McGee, R. J. (n.d.). “Northern Lacandon Maya Medicinal Plant Use in the Communities of Lacanja Chan Sayab and Naha’ Chiapas, Mexico.”. Journal of Ecological Anthropology, 8, 46–65.
  • McGee, R. J., Fredrick, J., & McGee, R. J. (n.d.). “Lacandon Maya Bark Cloth: Hu’un.” Hand Papermaking (2nd ed., Vol. 19, pp. 23–30).

2003

  • McGee, R. J., Juarez, A., & McGee, R. J. (n.d.). “A Maya Version of the  Adam and Eve Story". Latin American Indian Literatures Journal, 19, 1–18.

2002

  • McGee, R. J. (2002). Watching Lacandon Maya Lives. Boston: Allyn & Bacon.
  • McGee, R. J. (2002). Mesoamérica.

1999

  • McGee, R. J., & Warms, R. (1999). Anthropological Theory: An Introductory History. Mountain View: Mayfield Publishing Co.
  • McGee, R. J., & Gonzalez, B. (n.d.). “Economics, Women and Work in the Lacandon Jungle.” Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies, 20, 175–189.
  • McGee, R. J. (n.d.). “The Lacandon.” Oxford Encyclopedia of Mesoamerican  Cultures.

1998

  • McGee, R. J. (1998). The Lacandon Incense Burner Renewal Ceremony: Termination and Dedication Ritual Among the Contemporary Maya. In S. B. Mock (Ed.), The Sowing and the Dawning: Termination, Dedication, and Transformation, in the Archaeological and Ethnographic Record of MesoAmerica (pp. 41–46). University of New Mexico Press.

1997

  • McGee, R. J. (1997). Natural Modeling in Lacandon Maya Mythology. In F. A. Salamone & W. R. Adams (Eds.), Explorations in Anthropology and Theology (pp. 175–190). University Press of America.
  • McGee, R. J. (n.d.). “The Narrative Structure of Lacandon Maya Creation Myths.” Latin American Indian Literatures Journal., 13, 1–20.
  • McGee, R. J., & Reilly, K. (n.d.). “Ancient Maya Astronomy and Cosmology in Lacandon Maya Life.” Journal of Latin  American Lore, 20, 125–142.
  • Reilly, F. K., & McGee, R. J. (1997). Ancient Maya Astronomy and Cosmology in Lacandon Life. The Journal of Latin American Lore, 20, 125–142.

1996

  • McGee, R. J., & Warms, R. (1996). Anthropological Theory: An Introductory History. Mountain View , CA: Mayfield Publishing Company.
  • McGee, R. J. (n.d.). “Lacandon Maya Oral Performance and the Inscriptions of Palenque.” Proceedings of the VIII Palenque Round Table, X, 129–134.

1993

  • McGee, R. J. (n.d.). “Lacandon Maya of Mexico.” State of the Peoples: A Global Human Rights Report on Societies in Danger, 228–229.
  • McGee, R. J. (n.d.). “Palenque and Lacandon Maya Cosmology.” Texas Notes on Precolumbian Art, Writing, and Culture, 1–8.
  • McGee, R. J. (1993). American Anthropologist.

1991

  • McGee, R. J. (1991). The Modern Maya: A Culture in Transition by by Macduff Everton. Albuquerque: University of  New Mexico Press.

1990

  • McGee, R. J. (1990). Life, Ritual and Religion Among the Lacandon Maya. Belmont California: Wadsworth Publishing Company.

1989

  • McGee, R. J. (n.d.). “The Flood Myth from a Lacandon Maya Perspective.” Latin American Indian Literatures Journal, 5, 68–80.

1988

  • McGee, R. J. (n.d.). “Ritual Use of Balche Among the Lacandon Maya,.” Estudios De Cultura Maya, XVIII.

1987

  • McGee, R. J. (n.d.). “Metaphorical Substitution in a Lacandon Maya Ritual Song,.” Anthropological Linguistics, 29, 105–118.

1984

  • McGee, R. J. (n.d.). “The Influence of Pre-Hispanic Yucatecan Religion in Contemporary Lacandon Maya Ritual,.” Journal of Latin American Lore, 10, 175–187.