Julie K Wesp

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7744-6401

Bioarchaeology, Labor and Activity, Mexico, Colombia, Colonial Latin America, Mesoamerican Archaeology, African Diaspora in Latin America

Works (16)

Updated: April 11th, 2023 10:13

2023 chapter

Biocultural Impacts of Labor in Colonial Mexico City: the intersections of age, sex, and heritage

In H. J. H. Edgar & C. Willermet (Eds.), The Biocultural Consequences of Contact in Mexico: Five Centuries of Change (pp. 84–108). https://upf.com/book.asp?id=9781683403500

By: J. Wesp

Ed(s): H. Edgar & C. Willermet

Source: ORCID
Added: March 23, 2023

2022 article

Cortical bone maintenance and loss in Colonial Mexico City: Analysis of sex- and age-related differences

Wesp, J. K., & Hernandez Lopez, P. E. (2022, May 3). INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OSTEOARCHAEOLOGY, Vol. 5.

By: J. Wesp & P. Hernandez Lopez*

author keywords: bone loss; Colonial Mexico City; Mesoamerican bioarcheology; metacarpal radiogrammetry
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
Added: May 16, 2022

2022 chapter

Excavating the Third Root: constructing archaeological narratives that include Afro-Yucatecans

In T. C. Fryer & K. D. Morgan (Eds.), Coloniality in the Maya Lowlands: Archaeological Perspectives (pp. 58–80). https://upcolorado.com/university-press-of-colorado/item/6240-coloniality-in-the-maya-lowlands

By: J. Wesp

Ed(s): T. Fryer & K. Morgan

Source: ORCID
Added: March 23, 2023

2022 chapter

The Bioarchaeology of Colonial New Spain

In V. Tiesler (Ed.), The Routledge Handbook of Mesoamerican Bioarchaeology (pp. 633–650). https://www.routledge.com/The-Routledge-Handbook-of-Mesoamerican-Bioarchaeology/Tiesler/p/book/9780367357818

By: J. Wesp

Ed(s): V. Tiesler

Source: ORCID
Added: March 23, 2023

2021 journal article

Ancient viral genomes reveal introduction of human pathogenic viruses into Mexico during the transatlantic slave trade

ELife, 10.

Source: ORCID
Added: August 11, 2021

2021 chapter

Bioarchaeological Research on Daily Life in the Emerging Colonial Society

In J. A. Hendon, L. Overholtzer, & R. A. Joyce (Eds.), Mesoamerican Archaeology: Theory and Practice, 2nd edition (2nd ed., pp. 374–397). https://www.wiley.com/en-us/Mesoamerican+Archaeology%3A+Theory+and+Practice%2C+2nd+Edition-p-9781119160885

By: J. Wesp

Ed(s): J. Hendon, L. Overholtzer & R. Joyce

Source: ORCID
Added: March 23, 2023

2020 article

Ancient viral genomes reveal introduction of HBV and B19V to Mexico during the transatlantic slave trade

Guzmán-Solís, A. A., Blanco-Melo, D., Villa-Islas, V., Bravo-López, M. J., Sandoval-Velasco, M., Wesp, J. K., … Ávila-Arcos, M. C. (2020, June). (Vol. 6). Vol. 6.

By: A. Guzmán-Solís*, D. Blanco-Melo*, V. Villa-Islas*, M. Bravo-López*, M. Sandoval-Velasco*, J. Wesp, J. Gómez-Valdés*, M. Luz Moreno-Cabrera* ...

Source: ORCID
Added: February 15, 2021

2020 article

Archaeology and the Body

Wesp, J. K., & Joyce, R. A. (2020, October). Anthropology.

By: J. Wesp & R. Joyce

Source: ORCID
Added: February 15, 2021

2020 journal article

Paleogenomic insights into the red complex bacteria Tannerella forsythia in Pre-Hispanic and Colonial individuals from Mexico

By: M. Bravo-Lopez*, V. Villa-Islas*, C. Rocha Arriaga, A. Villasenor-Altamirano*, A. Guzman-Solis*, M. Sandoval-Velasco*, J. Wesp, K. Alcantara* ...

author keywords: paleogenomics; Tannerella forsythia; ancient pathogens; periodontal disease; red complex; capture-enrichment
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
Added: November 2, 2020

2020 journal article

Working in the City: An Historical Bioarchaeology of Activity in Urban New Spain

HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY, 54(1), 92–109.

By: J. Wesp

author keywords: bioarchaeology; New Spain; biomechanics; labor; Mexico City
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
Added: April 20, 2020

2017 chapter

Caring for Bodies or Simply Saving Souls: The Emergence of Institutional Care in Spanish Colonial America

In New Developments in the Bioarchaeology of Care.

Source: ORCID
Added: February 15, 2021

2017 chapter

Embodying Sex/Gender Systems in Bioarchaeological Research.

In S. C. Agarwal & J. K. Wesp (Eds.), Exploring Sex and Gender in Bioarchaeology (pp. 99–126). https://www.unmpress.com/9780826352583/exploring-sex-and-gender-in-bioarchaeology/

By: J. Wesp

Ed(s): S. Agarwal & J. Wesp

Source: ORCID
Added: March 23, 2023

2017 book

Exploring Sex and Gender in Bioarchaeology

In University of New Mexico Press. https://unmpress.com/books/exploring-sex-and-gender-bioarchaeology/9780826352583

Source: ORCID
Added: February 15, 2021

2015 journal article

Bioarchaeological Perspectives on the Materiality of Everyday Life Activities

Archeological Papers of the American Anthropological Association.

Source: ORCID
Added: February 15, 2021

2014 journal article

Long Bone (Humerus, Femur, Tibia) Measuring Procedure in Cadavers

Journal of Forensic Sciences.

author keywords: forensic science; forensic anthropology; humerus length; femur length; tibia length; human cadavers; stature; Mexican population
Source: ORCID
Added: February 15, 2021

2010 journal article

Cloth Production and Economic Intensification in the Area Surrounding Chichen Itza

Latin American Antiquity.

Source: ORCID
Added: February 15, 2021

Employment

Updated: March 20th, 2023 14:47

2019 - present

North Carolina State University Raleigh, NC, US
Assistant Professor Sociology & Anthropology

2016 - 2018

American University Washington, DC, US
Professorial Lecturer Anthropology

2015 - 2016

University Of California Institute for Mexico and the United States Riverside, CA, US
Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Education

Updated: September 13th, 2019 14:18

University of California Berkeley Berkeley, CA, US
PhD Anthropology

University of California Berkeley Berkeley, CA, US
MA Anthropology

University of Miami Coral Gables, FL, US
BA Latin American Studies; Anthropology