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Dr. Nicholas Carter

  • Assistant Professor - Anthropology
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Biography and education

I was born in Houston, Texas. I received a BA in Philosophy from Our Lady of the Lake University in San Antonio in 2003, an MA in Latin American Studies from the University of Texas Austin in 2008, an AM in Anthropology from Brown University in 2010, and a PhD in Anthropology from Brown in 2014.

Teaching Interests

Research Interests

  • Carter, Nicholas Poole (Co-Principal), Opitz, Rachel (Co-Principal), Santini, Lauren (Supporting), Davenport, Bryce (Supporting), Barnes, Adam (Supporting). Data and Analytics Grant, Center for Advanced Spatial Technologies/Archaeo-Imaging Lab, University of Arkansas, Institutional (Higher Ed). (Submitted: 2016). Grant.
  • Carter, N. P., & MacLeod, B. (2021). Naj Tunich Drawing 29 and the Origins of the B’aax Tuun Dynasty. The PARI Journal, 21(4).
  • Carter, N. P., Houston, S. D., & Rossi, F. (Eds.). (2020). The Adorned Body: Mapping Ancient Maya Dress. Austin, TX, USA: University of Texas Press.
  • Carter, N. P., Santini, L., Barnes, A., Opitz, R., White, D., Safi, K., … Witschey, W. (2019). Country Roads: Trade, Visibility, and Late Classic Settlement in the Southern Maya Mountains. Journal of Field Archaeology, 44(2), 84–108. https://doi.org/10.1080/00934690.2019.1571373
  • Carter, N. P. (2016). These Are Our Mountains Now: Statecraft and the Foundation of a Late Classic Maya Royal Court. Ancient Mesoamerica, 27(2), 233–253. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0956536116000316
  • Carter, N. P., MacLeod, B., Lozano, J. D., & Anderson, A. (n.d.). The Enemy of My Enemy: Ixkun Stela 4 and Classic Maya International Politics on the Eve of War. Ancient Mesoamerica.
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  • Award / Honor Nominee: Presidential Award for Scholarly/Creative Activity, Texas State University. 2025 - Present
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Presidential Distinction Award for Scholarly/Creative Activities, College of Liberal Arts, Texas State University. March 2025 - Present
  1. Member

    Core Research Operations Laboratory Advisory Committee

  2. Member

    Merit Policy Committee

  3. Member

    Outstanding PhD Student Committee

  4. Chair

    F. Kent Reilly III Center for the Art and Symbolism of the Ancient Americas

  5. Member

    Merit Committee

  6. Reviewer / Referee

    Antiquity

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