Shawn Morton & Meaghan Peuramäki-Brown

Shawn Gregory Morton (he/him) - Shawn is an Instructor at Grande Prairie Regional College; and an Adjunct Assistant Professor at the University of Calgary and Northern Arizona University. He received his Ph.D. in Archaeology from the University of Calgary (2015). Shawn’s primary research in Belize focuses on the roles of architecture/built space, ritual, and religion in the constitution of group identity. His work emphasizes approaches in community collaboration and engagement.

Meaghan Peuramäki-Brown (she/her) - Meaghan is an Associate Professor in the Anthropology Program at Athabasca University; Adjunct Professor in the Dept. of Anthropology & Archaeology at the University of Calgary; and a Visiting Researcher at Grande Prairie Regional College. She received her Ph.D. in Archaeology from the University of Calgary (2013). Meaghan’s primary research in Belize focuses on the built environment and production studies of material culture. She investigates how households and communities of the ancient Mayas negotiated their positions in locally and regionally defined socio-political and economic institutions and the impact of such negotiations on overall processes of ancient settlement and urban/urban-like development. Her work emphasizes approaches in community collaboration and engagement.