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

Career

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]

Hurst has been an archaeological illustrator at sites in Honduras, Guatemala, and Mexico.[6][7] Her illustrations have 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

  1. ^ "Skidmore College: Global Skidmore News Details". Archived from the original on 2010-05-29. Retrieved 2010-04-06.
  2. ^ "Skidmore College: Heather Hurst". Archived from the original on 2010-05-15. Retrieved 2010-04-06.
  3. ^ "Conferencias". Archived from the original on 2010-08-16. Retrieved 2010-04-06.
  4. ^ "Two city 'genius grant' winners ponder future limited only by their imaginations", New Haven Register, September 28, 2004
  5. ^ a b "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. ^ "Sept 20, 2013: The Artists of Xultun: Recent Discoveries of Maya Mural Paintings | Institute for Advanced Study". ias.umn.edu. Archived from the original on 2013-10-13.
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