Presentations
Scarborough, V. L. (2010). Presentation entitled, “Wetland Water Management: Past and Present.” . Chair and presenter for the seminar “IHOPE-Maya: Tropical Sustainability from an Ancient Context” sponsored by the School of Human Evolution and Social Change, Arizona State University, Tempe and Integrated History (and Future) of the People on Earth (IHOPE).
Scarborough, V. L. (2010). “The Cultural Impact of Past and Future Water Access: Through an Archaeological Looking Glass” . “Water: The Crisis Ahead” sponsored by the Foundation for the Future (FFF) , Seattle, WA.
Scarborough, V. L. (2010). Chair for the seminar and workshop “IHOPE-Maya: Tropical Sustainability from an Ancient Context” . sponsored by the Amerind Foundation, Dragoon, AZ.
Scarborough, V. L. (2010). Scientific Steering Committee Member meeting for IHOPE (Integrated History of the People on Earth) and the Stockholm Resilience Center . sponsored by NCEAS (Nat’l Cntr for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis), Santa Barbara, CA.
Scarborough, V. L. (2010). “The Wet and the Dry: Water Abundance and Ancient Social Complexity”. Water in the Ancient World, University of Pennsylvania Museum,, Philadelphia, PA.
Scarborough, V. L. (2010). Presentation entitled, “Wetlands to Drylands: From Agricultural Origins to the Archaic State”. Department of Anthropology, Ohio State University,, Columbus OH.
Scarborough, V.L. (2009). Chair and presenter for the seminar “IHOPE-Maya and Tropical Sustainability from an Ancient Context” . sponsored by the School for Advanced Research, Santa Fe.
Scarborough, V.L. (2009). Presentation entitled “The Self organizing Social Systems of Semitropical Societies”. for the Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Cincinnati.
Scarborough, V. L. (2009). Presentation entitled, “Complexity and Sustainability from the Ancient Maya to the Living Balinese,” . for job talk at the Department of Anthropology, University of Texas at Austin..
Scarborough, V. L. (2009). Panel discussion for the Integrated History (and Future) of the People on Earth (IHOPE) global working group. National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, Santa Barbara, CA .
Scarborough, V. L. (2009). “Environments, Water Systems and Cooperation from an Ancient Global Context,”. for the workshop and panel discussion “Water and Power” sponsored by Department of Archaeology, University of Durham, England.
Scarborough, V. L. (2008). Presentation entitled “The Archaeology of Complexity”. for a job talk at the Department of Anthropology , Vanderbilt University, Nashville.
Scarborough, V. L. (2008). Presentation Entitled “Complexity: Alternative Pathways”. Integrated History and Future of People on Earth (IHOPE)-Americas Short Seminar , School of Advanced Research, Santa Fe..
Scarborough, V. L. (2008). Workshop and Panel Discussions Entitled “The Planet in 2050” . sponsored by the National Center for Atmospheric Research and the International Geosphere and Biosphere Program, Lund University, Sweden.
Scarborough, V. L. (2008). Presentation entitled “the Ancient Maya and the Living Balinese” for the workshop and panel discussion “Climate Crises in Human History” . for the workshop and panel discussion “Climate Crises in Human History” sponsored by the American Philosophical Society, University Museum, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.
Scarborough, V.L. (2007). The UNESCO Water Volume VII. In an invited session entitled, “Water and Society: Past, Present, and Future” . 106th Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association Meetings , Washington, DC.
Scarborough, V.L. (2007). The Role of Anthropological Archaeology: Addressing the Global Water Issue. . Fifth International Water History Association (IWHA) Conference , Tampere, Finland .
Scarborough, V.L. (2007). Water Scarcity and Abundance: The Rate and Process of Cultural Pathways. In an invited session entitled, “The UNESCO Water Project: The Legacy of the Past” . Seventy-Second Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology , Austin, Texas.
Film documentary for Japanese television (NHK) (2007). featuring segment on “Tikal Water Management”.
Scarborough, V.L. (2007). Presentation entitled, “Ecology and Ritual: The Ancient Maya and the Living Balinese”. ” for the Taft Center Fellow Symposium , at the University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati.
Scarborough, V.L. (2007). Presentation entitled, “Sustainable Complexity among the Ancient Maya and the Balinese” . at the Integrated History and Future of People on Earth (IHOPE), Asia, Akita Prefecture, Japan.
Scarborough, V.L. (2006). Presentation entitled, “Anthropological Archaeology and Water History”. UNESCO—International Hydrological Programme, Delft, Netherlands.
Scarborough, V.L. (2006). Presentation entitled, “Rate and Process of Societal Change in Semi-tropical Settings: The Ancient Maya and the Living Balinese. the Environmental Protection Agency, Cincinnati, Ohio .
Scarborough, V.L. (2006). Discussant for the symposium entitled, “ Landscapes of Intensity”. Seventy-First Annual Meetings of the Society for American Archaeology , Salt Lake City, Utah.
Scarborough, V.L. (2005). Discussant for the symposium entitled, “Space, Time, Metal and Mud: New Developments in the Reconstruction of Cultural Landscapes in Southeast Asian Archaeology” . Seventieth Annual Meetings of the Society for American Archaeology , Salt Lake City, Utah.
Scarborough, V.L. (2005). Presentation entitled, “Ecology and Ritual: The Ancient Maya and the Living Balinese”. for the symposium “Environment, Economy and Civilization—The 21st Global Program” , at Lake Towada, Japan, sponsored by International Research Center for Japanese Studies .
Scarborough, V.L. (2005). “The Rise and Fall of the Ancient Maya: A Case Study in Political Ecology.” . Ninety-Sixth Dahlem Workshop on “Integrated History and Future of People on Earth (IHOPE),”, Berlin, Germany.
Scarborough, V.L. (2005). “Anthropogenic Landscapes: Social and Environmental Complexity in Lowland Latin America.” . Seminar at Florianopolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil, sponsored by the Santa Fe Institute, Santa Catarina, Brazil.
Scarborough, V.L. (2005). Presentation entitled “Rate and Process of Societal Change in the Tropics,”. for the symposium “Environmental Controls on the Collapse of Civilizations: Lessons for the 21st Century” at the Quaternary Research Center, University of Washington, Seattle.
Scarborough, V.L. (2005). “The Cycles of Social and Environmental Complexity in Lowland Latin America.” . Short Seminar at the School of American Research, Santa Fe, New Mexico .
Scarborough, V.L. (2004). Presentation entitled “Tropical Ecology and Economy: The Ancient Maya and the Living Balinese,”. for the Department of Anthropology and the Middle American Research , Institute at Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana.
Scarborough, V.L. (2004). Presentation entitled “Tropical Ecology and Ritual: The Ancient Maya and the Living Balinese,”. for the School of American Research, Santa Fe, New Mexico..
Scarborough, V.L. (2004). Presentation entitled “Beyond Sustainability: Managed Wetlands and Water Harvesting in Ancient Mesoamerica,”. for the A. Watson Armour Spring Symposium entitled “Indigenous Ecologies and Sustainability: Humans and Landscape, Past and Present” at the Field Museum, Chicago, Illinois.
Scarborough, V.L. (2004). Mesoamerican Wetlands and the Origins of the State. In an invited session entitled, “The Early Mesoamerican State: Papers in Honor of Barry Isaac” . Sixty-Ninth Annual Meetings of the Society for American Archaeology, Montreal, Canada.
Scarborough, V.L. (2003). Ancient Ecologies and Social Structures: The Import of Wetlands in the Emergence of Mesoamerican Civilization. In the invited session entitled, “Interaction between Human Groups and Lacustrine Environments in Mesoamerica” . 15th International Congress of Anthropological and Ethnographic Sciences, Florence, Italy.
Scarborough, V.L. (2003). Ballcourts and Reservoirs: The Social Construction of a Tropical Landscape. In the invited session entitled, “Sacred Water in Mesoamerica” . 36th Annual Chacmool Conference , Calgary, Canada.
Scarborough, V.L. (Junior author with Nicholas Dunning and Timothy Beach) (2003). Altered Lands: Environmental Disruption and Cultural Adaptation in Ancient Societies. Annual Meetings of the Association of American Geographers , New Orleans, Louisiana.
Scarborough, V.L. (Second author with R.E.W. Adams, et. al) (2003). Programme for Belize Archaeological Project: A History of Archaeological Research . The Belize Archaeological Symposium, Belize City, Belize.
Scarborough, V.L. (2003). Presentation entitled “Tropical Ecology and Economy: The Ancient Maya and the Living Balinese,”. ,” for the Texas Archaeological Research Laboratory and the Department of Anthropology , at the University of Texas at Austin, Texas .
Scarborough, V.L. (2003). Presentation entitled “Water Resource Management in Pre-Industrial States,”. ,” for the Department of Mechanical Engineering , at the University of Cincinnati, Ohio.
Scarborough, V.L. (2003). Presentation entitled “Ancient Belize,”. for the Honors Program at the University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Scarborough, V.L. (2003). Presentation entitled “The Wetland Legacy of Ancient Mesoamerica,” . ,” for the Fellows and staff of the Civitella Ranieri Foundation, Umbria, Italy .
Scarborough, V.L. (2002). Monuments, Settlements, and Water Systems: History, Prehistory, and the Built Environment. In the invited session entitled, “Anthropological Archaeology from the School of American Research: Vision, Impact, and Conceptual Integration: Papers in Honor of Douglas Schwartz”. Sixty-Seventh Annual Meetings of the Society for American Archaeology , Denver, Colorado.
Scarborough, V.L. (2002). Discussant for the Symposium entitled, “The Prehispanic ‘Fossilized’ Canal Systems of the Tehuacan Valley: Their Distribution, Chronology, and Environmental Contexts” . Sixty-Seventh Annual Meetings of the Society for American Archaelogy, Denver, Colorado.
Scarborough, V.L. (Senior author with Stephen Lansing) (2001). The Flow of Power. For an invited session entitled, “Complexity and the Idea of Power” . 100th Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association, Washington, D.C..
Scarborough, V.L. (2001). The Archaeology of Water Management Systems. For an invited session entitled, “Archaeology and Sustainable Development” . American Association for the Advancement of Science Annual Meeting , San Francisco, California.
Scarborough, V.L. (Senior author with Nicholas Dunning, Richard Hutchinson, and Jason Herrmann) (2001). Evolution of a Maya Landscape: La Milpa and its Immediate Hinterlands. For a session in Honor of R.E.W. Adams’ Contributions . Sixty-Sixth Annual Meetings for the Society for American Archaeology , New Orleans, Louisiana.
Scarborough, V.L. (2001). Discussant for Symposium entitled, “Precolumbian Water Management: Ideology, Ritual and Power” . Sixty-Sixth Annual Meetings for the Society for American Archaeology , New Orleans, Louisiana.
Scarborough, V.L. (2001). Presentation entitled “Maya Water Control: A Global Perspective,” . for the Trustees of the University of Cincinnati Foundation, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Scarborough, V.L. (2001). Presentation entitled “Tropical Economy and Economy: The Ancient Maya and the Living Balinese,” . for the Federal Chapter of Sigma Xi in Cincinnati (EPA and NIOSH), , Cincinnati, Ohio .
Scarborough, V.L. (2001). Presentation entitled “Tropical Ecology and Economy: The Ancient Maya and the Living Balinese,”. for the International Conference on Comparative Archaeology: Old and New World Prehistory at the Crossroads, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio..
Scarborough, V.L. (2001). Presentation entitled “Tropical Ecology and Economy: The Ancient Maya and the Living Balinese,”. for the Department of Anthropology and the Peabody Museum, Harvard University, , Cambridge, Massachusetts .
Scarborough, V.L. (2000). Ballcourts and Reservoirs: The Social Construction of a Tropical Landscape.. International Invitational Conference entitled “Maya Spaces: Representations, Uses and Beliefs,” at the University of Paris X Nanterre, Paris, France .
Scarborough, V.L. (2000). Presentation entitled “Tropical Ecology and Economy: The Ancient Maya and Living Balinese,”. for the School of American Research, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Scarborough, V.L. [Junior author with Timothy Beach (Georgetown University), Nicholas Dunning (UC) and Sheryl Luzzadder-Beach (George Mason University)] (2000). Environmental Change in the Bajos of the Three Rivers Region, Northwestern Belize . Sixty-Fifth Annual Meetings of the Society for American Archaeology, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Scarborough, V.L. (1999). The Engineered Environment and Political Economy of the Three Rivers Region. Sixty-Fourth Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology , Chicago, Illinois.
Scarborough, V.L. [Junior author with Nicholas Dunning (UC), Fred Valdez (University of Texas), John Jones (Texas A&M), Sheryl Luzzadder-Beach (George Mason University) and Timothy Beach (Georgetown University)] (1999). Water Mountain Breakdown: Ancient Maya Landscapes in Northwestern Belize. Ninety-Fifth Annual Meetings of the Association of American Geographers, Honolulu, Hawaii.
Scarborough, V.L. (1999). Presentation entitled “Tropical Ecology and Economy: The Ancient Maya and the Living Balinese,”. for the Department of Anthropology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Scarborough, V.L. (1999). Presentation entitled “Tropical Ecology and Ritual: The Ancient Maya and the Living Balinese,”. for the Honors Program Legacy Lecture, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico .
Scarborough,V.L. (1999). Presentation entitled “Tropical Ecology and Ritual: The Ancient Maya and the Living Balinese,” . for the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, New Mexico State University,, Las Cruces, New Mexico .
Scarborough, V.L. (1999). Presentation entitled “Tropical Ecology and Economy: The Ancient Maya and the Living Balinese,”. for the Department of Material Sciences and Mineral Engineering, , University of California at Berkeley .
Scarborough,V.L. (1998). Presentation entitled “Tropical Ecology and Ritual: The Ancient Maya and the Living Balinese,”. for the Department of Anthropology, Davidson College, North Carolina .
Scarborough, V.L. (1998). Presentation entitled “Two Worlds, One Planet: Statecraft and Human Ecology in the Tropics,” . for the Central Ohio Valley Archaeological Society in Cincinnati. , Ohio.
Scarborough, V.L. [Senior author with John Schoenfelder (UCLA) and Dr. Stephen Lansing (University of Arizona)] (1998). Water and Land Management at Sebatu, Bali . Sixteenth Congress of the Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association, Melaka, Malaysia.
Scarborough, V.L. [Junior author with Drs. Nicholas Dunning (UC) and Fred Valdez (University of Texas)] (1998). Temple Mountains, Sacred Lakes, and Fertile Fields: Ancient Maya Landscapes in Northern Belize. Sixty-Third Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Seattle, Washington.
Scarborough, V.L. [Junior author with Drs. Fred Valdez and Nicholas Dunning] (1998). Ancient Maya Soil and Water Use in Northern Belize. Fourth Annual International Congress of Mayanists, Antigua, Guatemala.
Scarborough, V.L. (1997). Sustainability, Resource Use, and Socioeconomic Organization: A Mesoamerican Pathway. Sixty-Second Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Nashville, Tennessee.
Scarborough, V.L. (1997). Presentation entitled “Tropical Ecology and Ritual: The Ancient Maya and Living Balinese,”. for the School of Natural Resources and the Environment , at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor .
Scarborough, V.L. (1997). Archaeology as Mediator: Its Role in Assessing the Loss of Cultural Property. For the School of American Research Advanced Seminar entitled, “Evolving New Strategies for Conserving Cultural Heritage,” . Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Scarborough, V.L. (1997). Presentation entitled “Tropical Ecology and Ritual: The Ancient Maya and the Living Balinese,”. for the Department of Anthropology at the University of Kentucky, Lexington.
Scarborough, V.L. (1997). Presentation entitled “Ecology and Ritual: Water Management and the Maya,”. for the School of American Research, , Santa Fe.
Scarborough, V.L. (1996). The Ecology of Ritual: Water Management and the Maya. For the Conference entitled “Sacred Mountain, Sacred Stone: The Face of Maya Ritual.”. Fourteenth Annual Maya Weekend, University of Pennsylvania Museum, Philadelphia.
Scarborough, V.L. (1996). Colloquium presentation entitled “Current Status of Archaeological Theory,” . for the School of American Research, Santa Fe.
Scarborough, V.L. (1996). Presentation entitled “The Ecology of Ritual: Water Management and the Maya” . for the Archaeological Institute of America and the Department of Anthropology at the University of Arizona, Tucson.
Scarborough, V.L. [Junior author with Richard Hutchinson (UC student) and Dr. M. Wilson Tabor (UC)] (1996). Environmental Health and Maya Archaeology. Seventy-Third Annual Meeting of the Central States Anthropological Society, Covington, Kentucky.
Scarborough, V.L. [Junior author with Dr. M. Wilson Tabor (UC), Richard Hutchinson (UC student) and Dr. Andrew Manning (Kettering Institute)] (1996). Precolumbian Maya: A Retrospective Exposure Assessment Study. For a symposium entitled, “Modulation of Chemical Toxicity and Risk Assessment” . for the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Tucson.
Scarborough, V.L. (1995). An Accretive Model of Land and Water Use for the Ancient Maya of Northwestern Belize. Sixtieth Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Scarborough, V.L. (1995). Water, Power, and “Organizational Planes” in the Maya Area. For the Conference entitled “V Encuentro: Los Investigadores de la Cultura Maya” . sponsored by the Universidad Autonoma de Campeche and the Instituto Nacional de Anthropologia e Historia, Campeche, Mexico .
Scarborough, V.L. (1995). Presentation entitled “The Flow of Power: Water Management among Ancient States”. for the Maxwell Museum and the University of New Mexico Anthropology Department , Albuquerque.
Scarborough, V.L. (1995). Presentation entitled “Water Work: History and Early State”. for the Arizona State University Anthropology Colloquium Series, Tempe.
Scarborough, V.L. (1994). Presentation entitled “The Flow of Power: Water Management among Ancient States” . for the School of American Research, Santa Fe.
Scarborough, V.L. (1994). Presentation entitled “Prehistoric Water Systems and the Maya” . for the Central Ohio Valley Archaeological Society, Cincinnati.
Scarborough, V.L. (1994). Economic Aspects of Water Management Systems. Ninety-Third Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association, Atlanta, Georgia.
Scarborough, V.L. (1993). Topography and Models of Ancient Urban Settlement . Fifth International and Interdisciplinary Forum on Built Form and Cultural Research, Cincinnati.
Scarborough, V.L. (1993). Reservoir Dependency and Watershed Landscaping: Water Management in the Southern Maya Lowlands. Fifty Eighth Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, St. Louis, Missouri.
Scarborough, V.L. (1993). Presentation entitled “Reservoirs and Watersheds: A New Reflection on Maya Civilization” . for Faculty and Students at Trinity University and the University of Texas, San Antonio.
Scarborough, V.L. (1993). Presentation entitled “Water and Land Management in the New World” . for Faculty and Students at the University of Texas, Austin.
Scarborough, V.L. (1992). Presentation entitled “Water Management by the Ancient Maya” . for Faculty and Students at the Museum of the University of Pennsylvania , Philadelphia.
Scarborough, V. L. (1992). Maya Lecture Series. Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati.
Scarborough, V.L. (1992). Presentation entitled, “Reservoirs and Watersheds: A New Reflection on Maya Civilization” . for Maya Lecture Series , Cincinnati Art Museum.
Scarborough, V.L. (1992). Presentation entitled, “Maya Water Systems: Centralizing Forces for an Ancient Civilization” . for Faculty and Students at the University of Texas , Austin.
Scarborough, V.L. (1992). Water Management as a Function of Locational and Appropriational Movements. Fourth International Karl Polanyi Conference, Montreal, Quebec.
Scarborough, V.L. (Senior author with Gary Gallopin–UC student) (1991). Water Storage Adaptation in the Maya Lowlands . Fifty Sixth Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, New Orleans, Louisiana.
Scarborough, V.L. (1991). Water Management as an Aspect of Prehistoric Economies. Ninetieth Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association, Chicago, Illinois.
Scarborough, V.L. with Robert Connolly and Steven Ross–UC students (1991). Reservoirs and Watersheds in the Central Maya Lowlands: Tikal and Kinal Compared Conference on Ancient Maya Agriculture and Biological Resource Management . University of California, Riverside, California.
Scarborough, V.L. (1990). Presentation entitled “Maya Water Systems: Centralizing Forces for an Ancient Civilization” . for the Department of Anthropology Maya Lecture Series, University of Cincinnati.
Scarborough, V.L. (1990). Proposed Methods for Renewed Study at Cerros. The Cerros Symposium: Ten Years After, Dallas, Texas .
Scarborough, V.L. (1990). Ceramic Investments and Subsistence at Meyer Pithouse Village. Fifty Fifth Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Las Vegas, Nevada.
Scarborough, V.L. (1989). Archaeology of Fluid: Water Adaptations Made by Non Western Complex Societies. First Joint Archaeological Congress, Baltimore, Maryland.
Scarborough, V.L. (1989). Presentation entitled, “Water Management by Early Civilizations”. for the Hamilton County Park District, Cincinnati .
Scarborough, V.L. (1989). Presentation entitled “The Archaeology of Fluid” . for the Central Ohio Valley Archaeological Society, Cincinnati.
Scarborough, V.L. (1989). Presentation entitled, “The Archaeology of Fluid: Water Manipulation from the Four Quarters” . for the Greater Cincinnati Anthropological Society , Cincinnati.
Scarborough, V.L. (1988). A Transitional Period Pithouse Village. Fifty Third Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Phoenix, Arizona.
Scarborough, V.L. (1987). Presentation entitled, “Maya Archaeology” . for the Southwestern Association of Hispanic American Physicians, El Paso, Texas .
Scarborough, V.L. (1987). Presentation entitled, “Maya: Treasures of an Ancient Civilization” . for the Plateau Sciences Society, Gallup, New Mexico.
Scarborough, V.L. (1987). Presentation entitled, “The Historic Archaeology of Pakistan” . for the El Paso Archaeological Society, El Paso, Texas.
Scarborough, V.L. (1986). Presentation entitled, “Maya Archaeology” . for Faculty and Students at the University of Peshawar, Peshawar, Pakistan.
(1985). “The Native American Ball Game: Regional Context and Comparative Interpretation” . International Invitational Conference , Tucson, Arizona.
Scarborough, V.L. (1985). A Study in Pre Hispanic Maya Ballgame Architecture. International Invitational Conference: “The Native American Ball Game: Regional Context and Comparative Interpretation” , Tucson, Arizona.
Scarborough, V.L. (1985). Presentation entitled, “Pre Hispanic Water Adaptations” . for the El Paso Chapter of Sigma Xi at The University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, Texas.
Scarborough, V.L. (1985). Presentation entitled, “A Pueblo Period Water Adaptation” . for the Southwestern Federation of Archaeological Societies, El Paso, Texas.
Scarborough, V.L. (1984). Presentation entitled, “Water Control in the El Paso Area” . for the El Paso Archaeological Society, Hueco Tanks State Park, Texas.
Scarborough, V.L. (1984). Presentation entitled, “An Introduction to Maya Ruins” . for the Joint University of Alabama and University of Texas at El Paso Yucatan Tour , University of Texas at El Paso.
Scarborough, V.L. (1984). An El Paso Phase Pithouse Village. Third Annual Mogollon Conference, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico.
Scarborough, V.L. (1984). Late Preclassic Polities in Northern Belize. Forty Ninth Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Portland, Oregon.
Scarborough, V.L. (1983). The Anapra Pueblo Site. Third Annual Jornada Mogollon Conference, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, Texas.
Scarborough, V.L. (Senior author with Dr. Robin Robertson–Southern Methodist University) (1983). Civic and Residential Settlement at Late Preclassic Maya Center. Forty Eighth Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Scarborough, V.L. (1983). Presentation entitled, “Intensive Agriculture in the Maya Lowlands” . for the Fort Burgwin Research Center and Southern Methodist University, Taos, New Mexico.
Scarborough, V.L. (1983). Presentation entitled, “Maya Origins” . for the El Paso Archaeological Society, El Paso, Texas.
Scarborough, V.L. (1983). Presentation entitled, “Sudanese Archaeology” . for the African Student Union and “Africa Day” , University of Texas at El Paso.
Film documentary for German television (ARD) (1983). featuring segment on “Farming the Jungle” . El Paso, Texas.
Scarborough, V.L. (1982). Presentation entitled, “Intensive Agriculture in the Maya Lowlands” . for Faculty and Students of the Department of Anthropology, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico.
Scarborough, V.L. (1982). Late Formative to Early Classic Economic Development in the Maya Lowlands: A Speculative Model. Eighty First Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association, Washington, D.C..
Scarborough, V.L. (1982). Raised Fields at Cerros, Northern Belize. Conference: “Intensive Agriculture in the Maya Lowlands” (P. Bloom and M. Pohl, organizers) , Minneapolis, Minnesota .
Scarborough, V.L. (1981). Presentation entitled, “Middle American Archaeology” . for Faculty and Students at the University of Khartoum, Khartoum, Sudan.
Scarborough, V.L. (1980). Presentation entitled, “The Settlement at Cerros, Northern Belize” . for the Fort Burgwin Research Center, Taos, New Mexico.
Scarborough, V.L. (1980). The Dispersed Settlement and Environment at Cerros. Seventy Ninth Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association, Washington, D.C..
Scarborough, V.L. (Junior author with Dr. David Freidel–Southern Methodist University) (1979). Subsistence, Trade and Development of the Coastal Maya (with David Freidel) . Conference in honor of Dennis E. Puleston entitled, “The History and Development of Maya Subsistence,” University of Minnesota , Minneapolis, Minnesota.