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, Anthropology
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