Contact Information
607 S Mathews Ave.
M/C 148
Urbana, IL 61801
Research Interests
Classic Maya, ritual, political power, climate change, sustainability
Education
Ph.D., UCLA, 1994
Additional Campus Affiliations
Professor, Program in Medieval Studies
External Links
Honors & Awards
AAAS Fellow
President, Archaeology Division, American Anthropological Association (2017-2019)
Recent Publications
Crumley, C. L., Hritz, C., Isendahl, C., Lucero, L. J., Meunier, J., Murphy, J. T., Nijhuis, S., Ostovar, P., Reichel, C., Scarborough, V. L., Sulas, F., & Thurston, T. L. (2022). If the Past Teaches, What Does the Future Learn? Ancient Urban Regions and the Durable Future. https://bookrxiv.com/index.php/b/catalog/view/32/71/278
Larmon, J. T., Lucero, L. J., & Valdez, Jr., F. (Eds.) (2022). Sustainability and Water Management in the Maya World and Beyond. University Press of Colorado.
Coningham, R., & Lucero, L. J. (2021). Urban Infrastructure, Climate Change, Disaster and Risk: Lessons from the Past for the Future. Journal of the British Academy, 9(s8), 79-114. https://doi.org/10.5871/jba/009s8.079
Lucero, L. J., & Gonzalez Cruz, J. (2020). Reconceptualizing Urbanism: Insights From Maya Cosmology. Frontiers in Sustainable Cities, 2(1), 1-15. [1]. https://doi.org/10.3389/frsc.2020.00001
Larmon, J. T., McDonald, H. G., Ambrose, S., DeSantis, L. R. G., & Lucero, L. J. (2019). A year in the life of a giant ground sloth during the Last Glacial Maximum in Belize. Science advances, 5(2), [eaau1200]. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aau1200
