Dr. Joseph W. Ball

Professor

Office: AL-446
Phone: (619) 594-5658
Email: jwball@mail.sdsu.edu

Education

PhD, Wisconsin-Madison 1973

Research Interests

Ceramic analysis, contextual analysis, depositional analysis, archaeological method and theory, archaic states, Mesoamerican culture history, Maya archaeology; Maya ethnology, Eastern Mesoamerica and Central America

Courses Taught

• Anth 101--Human Biocultural Origins
• Anth 302--Principles of Archaeology
• Anth 349--Roots of Civilization
• Anth 561--Advanced Lab Methods in Archaeology
• Anth 580--Iconography & Iconology: The Classic Maya Case
• Anth 602--Graduate Seminar in Archaeological Theory & Method