Heather Hurst

Heather Hurst (born 1975) is an American archaeologist and archaeological illustrator.

Heather Hurst
Born1975
Alma materSkidmore College, Yale University
AwardsMacArthur Fellows Program
Scientific career
Fieldsarchaeology
InstitutionsSkidmore College

Career

Dr. Hurst graduated from Skidmore College in 1997,[1] and from Yale University in 2009 with a Ph.D. in anthropology. She teaches at Skidmore College.[2][3][4] Her research is focused on art and iconography, with a focus on Maya murals and Olmec rock art. She has studied the art and architecture of Bonampak, Copan, Holmul, Oxtotitlan, Palenque, Piedras Negras, San Bartolo, and Xultun.[5]

She has been an archaeological illustrator at sites in Honduras, Guatemala and Mexico.[6][7] Her illustrations appeared in National Geographic and Arqueología Mexicana, and have been exhibited at the Peabody Museum of Natural History and the National Gallery of Art,[8] as well as the Science Museum of Minnesota's 2013 exhibit on the Maya.

She gave a talk: "Tres Pintores Magníficos y Un Viajero: La Identificación de Artistas por los Pasos de Producción en Pintura Mural" at the 2010 Maya Meetings, Casa Herrera.[9] In 2013 she gave a talk on recently discovered Maya murals.[10]

Awards

References
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  4. "Two city 'genius grant' winners ponder future limited only by their imaginations", New Haven Register, September 28, 2004
  5. "John Simon Guggenheim Foundation | Heather Hurst". Retrieved 2020-11-09.
  6. "Palenque Current Dig: Background". mesoweb.com. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
  7. "Talk May 2002". precolumbian.org. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
  8. "Yale Bulletin and Calendar". yale.edu. Archived from the original on 11 September 2015. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
  9. "Program Maya Meetings 2010". facebook.com. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
  10. http://ias.umn.edu/2013/09/20/heather-hurst/
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