Fabio Esteban Amador

Associate Research Professor of Anthropology
Program Officer, NGS/Waitt Grants, National Geographic Society
Office: 1145 17th St., NW, Washington, DC 20036 / (202) 828-6681
E-mail famador@ngs.org or feamador@yahoo.com

Dr. Amador is an archaeologist with a research focus in ceramic analysis, identity and socio-cultural complexity in Southeastern Mesoamerica and the Northern Maya Lowlands.

Research

Dr. Amador's recent work has focused on conducting survey, excavation and ceramic analysis of eastern El Salvador for the Archaeological Atlas of Eastern El Salvador Project and in northern Quintana Roo for the Costa Escondida Archaeological Project.

Selected Publications

Articles and Book Chapters

2007	Amador, F.E. Atlas Arqueológico de la Región de Oriente de El Salvador. In XX Simposio de Investigaciones Arqueológicas en Guatemala 20th session, 2006. Guatemala: Ministerio de Cultura y Deportes.
2005	Amador, F.E., and J.B. Glover. "Recent research in the Yalahua region: methodological concerns and preliminary results of a regional survey." In J.M. Shaw and J.P. Mathews, eds. Quintana Roo Archaeology, p. 51-65. Tucson: University of Arizona Press.
2003	Amador, F.E., and D. Rissolo. "Evaluación cerámica preliminar de investigaciones recientes en el noreste de la peninsula de Yucatan, Mexico: reconsiderando el preclásico medio en las tierras bajas Mayas del norte." In Simposio de Investigaciones Arqueologicas en Guatemala, 17th session, 2003, p. 381-90. Guatemala: Ministerio de Cultura y Deportes.

Courses Taught

No courses taught at GW to date.

Education

Ph.D. (Mesoamerican Archaeology) 2005, SUNY-Buffalo
B.A. 1994, Rutgers University