
Publications
2025
Larson, Kara, Brett Meyer, and Audra Abrams. 2025. Faunal Analysis in Report on UM-Dearborn Excavations at the River Raisin Settlement and Battlefield (20MR227), Monroe, Michigan, 2021-2024. Submitted to Michigan State Historic Preservation Office.
Larson, Kara, Brett Meyer, and Audra Abrams. 2025. Faunal Specimens in Report on Monroe County Museum Archaeological Collections from the River Raisin Settlement and Battlefield (20MR227, 20MR729, 20MR 592) 1971-2010. Submitted to Michigan State Historic Preservation Office.
Izzo, Victoria, S.R., Michael Biggie, John P. Walden, Martin Orfila, Kasey E. Corey, Sage Kelmelis, Rose Rioux, Sheldon Skaggs, Ellen Tingström, Gustav Jansson, Brett Meyer, Jorge Castellano, Frank K. Tzib, Abdon Tzib, Antonio Beardall, Rafael A. Guerra, and Christina Warinner. 2025. A Final Report of the 2023 & 2024 Excavations at Structure B1, Lower Dover. In The Belize Valley Archaeological Reconnaissance Project: A Report of the 2024 Field Season, edited by Claire E. Ebert, John P. Walden, Tia B. Watkins, J. Britt Davis, Julie A. Hoggarth, and Jaime J. Awe, pp. 132-201. Vol. 28, Institute of Archaeology, Baylor University, Waco, Texas, United States and Department of Anthropology, Northern Arizona University Flagstaff, Arizona, United States. [PDF]
Meyer, Brett. The Core and Beyond: Excavations in Plaza B and the Settlement at Ek Tzul. In The Belize Valley Archaeological Reconnaissance Project: A Report of the 2024 Field Season, edited by Claire E. Ebert, John P. Walden, Tia B. Watkins, J. Britt Davis, Julie A. Hoggarth, and Jaime J. Awe, pp. 74-107. Vol. 28, Institute of Archaeology, Baylor University, Waco, Texas, United States and Department of Anthropology, Northern Arizona University Flagstaff, Arizona, United States. [PDF]
Meyer, Brett, Blair Zaid, Jordan Dalton, and Michael L. Galaty. Archaeological Excavations at Gordon Hall: Fall 2019. Submitted to Dexter Area Historical Society and Museum.
Meyer, Brett, Claire E. Ebert, Julie A. Hoggarth, John P. Walden, Ian Roa, Gavin B. Wisner, Katie K. Tappan, and Jaime J. Awe. Modeling Resilience: Zooarchaeological Insights into Subsistence Diversity and Land Use Practices of the Ancient Maya in the Upper Belize River Valley. Environmental Archaeology, 1-22. https://doi-org/10.1080/14614103.2025.2479326
Meyer, Brett, and John P. Walden. The Ek Tzul Settlement Survey: Results of the 2024 Field Season. In The Belize Valley Archaeological Reconnaissance Project: A Report of the 2024 Field Season, edited by Claire E. Ebert, John P. Walden, Tia B. Watkins, J. Britt Davis, Julie A. Hoggarth, and Jaime J. Awe, pp. 44-73. Vol. 28, Institute of Archaeology, Baylor University, Waco, Texas, United States and Department of Anthropology, Northern Arizona University Flagstaff, Arizona, United States. [PDF]
Meyer, Brett, John Walden, Olivia Ellis, Michael Biggie, Julie Hoggarth, and Jaime Awe. 2025. The Grooved Stones of Ek Tzul: A Morphological and Functional Analysis. In 100 Years of Archaeology at the University of Michigan: Essays on the Past, Present, and Future of the Discipline, edited by Brian A. Stewart, Robin A. Beck, Tiffany C. Fryer, Michael L. Galaty, Raven Garvey, Hannah Hoover, John O’Shea, and Alicia Ventresca-Miller, pp. 289-290. University of Michigan Museum of Anthropological Archaeology, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Meyer, Brett. 2025. Belize Valley Archaeological Reconnaissance Faunal Dataset. Comparative Archaeology Database, University of Pittsburgh. URL: http://www.cadb.pitt.edu.
Orfila, Martin, John P. Walden, and Brett Meyer. Chronological Insights from Ek Tzul, Belize: Ceramic Analysis from the 2024 Field Season. In The Belize Valley Archaeological Reconnaissance Project: A Report of the 2024 Field Season, edited by Claire E. Ebert, John P. Walden, Tia B. Watkins, J. Britt Davis, Julie A. Hoggarth, and Jaime J. Awe, pp. 108-131. Vol. 28, Institute of Archaeology, Baylor University, Waco, Texas, United States and Department of Anthropology, Northern Arizona University Flagstaff, Arizona, United States. [PDF]
Walden, John P., Claire E. Ebert, Scott L. Fedick, Jaime J. Awe, Brett Meyer, Leszek Pawlowicz, Tia B. Watkins, Samuel C.M. Hemsley, Olivia P. Ellis, Igor Chechushkov, Patrick Mullins, Frank K. Tzib, Michael Biggie, Shane M. Montgomery, George J. Micheletti, Rafael A. Guerra, and Julie A. Hoggarth. 2025. Classic Maya Landscape Adaptation, Agricultural Productivity, and Political Trajectories in the Upper Belize River Valley. Quaternary Science Advances.
Walden, John P., Tia B. Watkins, Igor Chechushkov, Patrick J. Mullins, Brett Meyer, and Claire E. Ebert. 2025. Predictive Modeling of Ancient Maya Settlement Patterns in Contemporary Urban Areas in Cayo District, Belize. In The Belize Valley Archaeological Reconnaissance Project: A Report of the 2024 Field Season, edited by Claire E. Ebert, John P. Walden, Tia B. Watkins, J. Britt Davis, Julie A. Hoggarth, and Jaime J. Awe, pp. 375-396. Vol. 28, Institute of Archaeology, Baylor University, Waco, Texas, United States and Department of Anthropology, Northern Arizona University Flagstaff, Arizona, United States. [PDF]
2024
Densel, Allison, John P. Walden, Frank K. Tzib, and Brett Meyer. 2024. Ceramic Analyses from Ek Tzul, Belize: Results of the 2023 Field Season. In The Belize Valley Archaeological Reconnaissance Project: A Report of the 2023 Field Season, edited by J. Britt Davis, John P. Walden, Tia B. Watkins, Claire E. Ebert, Julie A. Hoggarth, and Jaime J. Awe, pp. 49-60. Vol. 26. Department of Anthropology, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ. [PDF]
Meyer, Brett, Allison Densel, and Nick Suarez. 2024. Chronology and Construction: Exploring the Occupation and Growth of Ek Tzul. In The Belize Valley Archaeological Reconnaissance Project: A Report of the 2023 Field Season, edited by J. Britt Davis, John P. Walden, Tia B. Watkins, Claire E. Ebert, Julie A. Hoggarth, and Jaime J. Awe, pp. 22-47. Vol. 26. Department of Anthropology, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ. [PDF]
2023
Ellis, Olivia P., John P. Walden, Megan Michel, Brett Meyer, and Julie A. Hoggarth. 2023. Report on the 2022 Excavations at the Ek Tzul Ballcourt. In The Belize Valley Archaeological Reconnaissance Project: A Report of the 2022 Field Season, edited by John P. Walden, J. Britt Davis, Claire E. Ebert, Julie A. Hoggarth, and Jaime J. Awe, pp. 119-126. Vol. 26. Department of Anthropology, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ. [PDF]
Meyer, Brett, Olivia P. Ellis, Michael Biggie, John P. Walden, and Julie A. Hoggarth. 2023. Investigating Ek Tzul: Excavations of Structure A2. In The Belize Valley Archaeological Reconnaissance Project: A Report of the 2022 Field Season, edited by John P. Walden, J. Britt Davis, Claire E. Ebert, Julie A. Hoggarth, and Jaime J. Awe, pp. 78-118. Vol. 26. Department of Anthropology, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ. [PDF]
Walden, John P., Julie A. Hoggarth, Claire E. Ebert, Scott L. Fedick, Michael Biggie, Brett Meyer, Kyle Shaw Muller, Yijia Qiu, Ran Weiyu, Olivia P. Ellis, Tia B. Watkins, J. Britt Davis, Rafael A. Guerra, Christophe Helmke, and Jaime J. Awe. 2023. Classic Maya Settlement Systems Reveal Differential Land Use Patterns in the Upper Belize River Valley. Land 12(2):483. https://doi.org/10.3390/land12020483
Walden, John P., Julie A. Hoggarth, Claire E. Ebert, Kyle Shaw-Muller, Ran Weiyu, Yijia Qiu, Olivia P. Ellis, Brett Meyer, Michael Biggie, Tia B. Watkins, Rafael A. Guerra, and Jaime J. Awe. 2023. Patterns of Residential Differentiation and Labor Control at Baking Pot and Lower Dover in the Belize River Valley. Ancient Mesoamerica 34(9):e9. https://doi.org/10.1017/S095653612300007X
Watkins, Tia B., Estevan Ramirez, Gabriela Saldaña, Rosamund Fitzmaurice, Brett Meyer, Jorge Can, and Jaime J. Awe. 2023. Investigations of the Northern Palace Compound at Xunantunich, Belize: Structures A10 and A13. In The Belize Valley Archaeological Reconnaissance Project: A Report of the 2022 Field Season, edited by John P. Walden, J. Britt Davis, Claire E. Ebert, Julie A. Hoggarth, and Jaime J. Awe, pp. 127-148. Vol. 26. Department of Anthropology, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ. [PDF]
2019
Meyer, Brett. Faunal Remains from the Blazing Star Shore Site (21FE76) Freeborn County, Minnesota. Mississippi Valley Archaeology Center. Submitted to Minnesota Historical Society, Short Report No. 2019.02. Copies available from Mississippi Valley Archaeology Center, La Crosse.
2018
Meyer, Brett. 2018. Faunal Remains as an Indicator of Change in Social Stratification at Pecica Şanţul Mare. American Journal of Undergraduate Research 15(3):5-21. [PDF]