https://www.dianamoreiras.com/about daily 1.0 2025-06-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/626ea4f6721f0a0380a91ebe/e97679ba-e27e-462a-9c09-aac96c41bd86/DSC_0622.jpg Home - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/626ea4f6721f0a0380a91ebe/99568b97-fa6d-470c-8abe-14e57220f335/Screen+Shot+2023-02-16+at+10.21.37+PM.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/626ea4f6721f0a0380a91ebe/49ea092f-3f1d-45fd-82fc-f356323ff77c/Screenshot+2024-11-19+at+10.21.53%E2%80%AFPM.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/626ea4f6721f0a0380a91ebe/1676615647397-BCVNF8795DZB1AA1NKWZ/unsplash-image-m6kv58OMe6M.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/626ea4f6721f0a0380a91ebe/47e23688-a3be-440d-a49b-f4049eefffcf/Templo+Mayor+arch+site_1.jpg https://www.dianamoreiras.com/research daily 0.75 2024-06-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/626ea4f6721f0a0380a91ebe/62f6ccb1-7b64-44c4-8b0a-1004b0ba91c7/IMG_1107.jpg Research - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/626ea4f6721f0a0380a91ebe/64782a81-d2bf-4725-ac42-544220773c28/IMG_2724.jpg Research - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/626ea4f6721f0a0380a91ebe/ccc2fcde-84b7-43e4-8e2f-3b75e4fc8773/HPIM9472.jpg Research - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/626ea4f6721f0a0380a91ebe/a96406f9-1815-4196-ae8a-d5a731e84ee6/IMG_0860.jpg Research - Make it stand out I’m collaborating with my UBC colleagues Drs. M. Blake, C. Speller, S. Zarrillo, D. Weis, and R. McMillan, and PhD student Lindsey Paskulin on a new project to gain insights on the origins and use of Theobroma cacao (chocolate) in the Americas by analyzing ceramics from sites in South America, Central America, and Mexico. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/626ea4f6721f0a0380a91ebe/705d74aa-7374-4a56-b40c-3f9b329a697c/Cerro+Bitin+by+Amedeo+Sghinolfi.jpg Research - Make it stand out I’m collaborating with Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières colleagues, Dr. A. Sghinolfi and Dr. J. Millaire, and our Peruvian colleague, F. Castillo Luján, on field and laboratory research in Peru. We are currently developing two research projects: (1) “Times of Change:The Puerto Moorin/Salinar phase in the Huacapongo Valley”, and (2) “The Tomaval Period and the Origins of the Chimú Empire as seen from the Virú Valley, Northern Peru” focused on providing insights on the origins of the Chimú Empire as seen from the coastal Virú Valley during the Tomaval period (ca. 750-1100 CE), a transitional period between the collapse of the Moche and apogee of the Chimú. Photo by Dr. A. Sghinolfi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/626ea4f6721f0a0380a91ebe/cf39c325-0eb2-445e-a39b-d097179c91b9/IMG_2897.jpeg Research - Make it stand out “Letting the Cats out of the Bag: Taxonomic Identification of Felids from Offerings at the Templo Mayor of Tenochtitlan”, with Dr. L. López Luján and I. Elizalde Mendez (Templo Mayor Project, INAH), and Dr. C. Speller (UBC). This project involves the taxonomic identification of felids recovered from Templo Mayor ritual offerings with the application of ZooMS (collagen peptide mass fingerprinting) and ancient DNA. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/626ea4f6721f0a0380a91ebe/6946e717-f731-4ee8-ba88-dff7da3709a4/HPIM9434.jpg Research - Make it stand out I’m collaborating with the Templo Mayor Project (INAH) directed by Dr. L. López Luján, as well as with Dr. F. J. Longstaffe (UWO), and Dr. R. McMillan (UBC) to analyze human skeletal samples via stable carbon, nitrogen, and oxygen isotopes and radiogenic isotopes to obtain dietary and geographic information about individuals recovered in the ritual offerings at the Templo Mayor of Tenochtitlan. https://www.dianamoreiras.com/publications daily 0.75 2025-02-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/626ea4f6721f0a0380a91ebe/e57d17d3-bbc4-4b44-9f89-c76d3acd7b24/staticmap.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/626ea4f6721f0a0380a91ebe/970a642a-6fa3-4149-b43d-d82d0bac8c79/X23523409.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/626ea4f6721f0a0380a91ebe/c9d2e605-f46f-415e-ac8a-ad76a75307b9/70da28293102a74eca5125faa7a5edd8dfd51e94.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/626ea4f6721f0a0380a91ebe/c354251e-40e3-4bd8-a703-a25841ab7d93/unsplash-image-gZkLvGOF2BI.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/626ea4f6721f0a0380a91ebe/6d709730-4754-4a9d-ab0d-1542d59eb224/largepreview.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/626ea4f6721f0a0380a91ebe/c5a0085e-47b9-49f3-94bd-b8b140f7bb29/mid_00982438_001.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/626ea4f6721f0a0380a91ebe/c292ed35-38d9-4867-837b-0efe425ca33c/staticmap+%281%29.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/626ea4f6721f0a0380a91ebe/f0597953-83a5-47c3-861f-fefd1c66259a/X02784165.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/626ea4f6721f0a0380a91ebe/822b03fd-394e-4373-a4c4-0dd23308ab7e/Screen+Shot+2023-02-24+at+10.17.19+PM.png https://www.dianamoreiras.com/speaking-outreach-media daily 0.75 2022-06-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/626ea4f6721f0a0380a91ebe/467059d9-b66b-457c-b175-8640573d4a50/Reuters-Logo.jpg Speaking, Outreach & Media - Make it stand out Read “Fact Check-‘Aztecs’ did not sacrifice their leaders to counter pandemics” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/626ea4f6721f0a0380a91ebe/309305f4-e783-4423-bf6c-74c107c43484/Infographic.jpg Speaking, Outreach & Media - Make it stand out Infographic: “The Diets of Children in the Past: We Are What We Eat” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/626ea4f6721f0a0380a91ebe/32057815-cb86-4804-953c-7449e50174c3/IMG_3009.jpg Speaking, Outreach & Media - Make it stand out Moreiras Reynaga, DK. (2019). The Diets of the Aztec Sacrifices at the Templo R of Tlatelolco and the Templo Mayor of Tenochtitlan: Evidence from Stable Carbon and Nitrogen Isotopes. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Anthropology Association (Vancouver,BC), November 20. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/626ea4f6721f0a0380a91ebe/4a12c49a-e8d2-479c-b7d1-1872f7407126/IMG_4154.jpg Speaking, Outreach & Media - Make it stand out Moreiras Reynaga, DK. (2017). The Life Histories of the Aztec Sacrificial Victims: A Stable Isotope Analysis of Offerings from Tlatelolco and Tenochtitlan. Presented at Chacmool at 50: The Past, Present, and Future of Archaeology (Calgary, AB), November 9. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/626ea4f6721f0a0380a91ebe/c0a02dfb-d27f-4900-b53d-2b4a23ea3e4d/Codex_Magliabechiano_%28141_cropped%29.jpg Speaking, Outreach & Media - Make it stand out Read “Who did the Aztecs kill during their bloody sacrifices at Templo Mayor?” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/626ea4f6721f0a0380a91ebe/b558225a-607f-49e1-bf8f-8506243a63da/c20181107recinto.jpg Speaking, Outreach & Media - Make it stand out Chávez Balderas, X, DK Moreiras Reynaga, FJ Longstaffe, L López Luján, SA Hendricks, and RK Wayne. (2018). Los Lobos de Tenochtitlan: Identificación, Cautiverio y Uso Ritual. Presented at the Conference: Los Animales y el Recinto Sagrado de Tenochtitlan (Mexico City, Mex.), November 7. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/626ea4f6721f0a0380a91ebe/011c4a63-871c-4a0c-9df9-07e55abc5e0f/IMG_2582.jpg Speaking, Outreach & Media - Make it stand out Moreiras Reynaga, DK. (2022). Uncovering the Lives of Mexica (Aztec) Sacrifices using Multiple Stable Isotopes. Presented at the 54th Annual Meeting of the Canadian Archaeology Association (Edmonton, AB), April 28. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/626ea4f6721f0a0380a91ebe/4511ec40-9164-4032-985f-8663d30bf6b2/IMG_4418.jpg Speaking, Outreach & Media - Make it stand out Moreiras Reynaga, DK, I Elizalde Méndez, X Chávez Balderas, L López Luján, FJ Longstaffe. (2021). Gray Wolves and Golden Eagles in the Mexica World: New Insights on the Use of Animals from the Sacred Precinct of Tenochtitlan’s Offerings through Zooarchaeological and Phosphate Oxygen Isotope Analyses. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Canadian Archaeology Association, May 6. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/626ea4f6721f0a0380a91ebe/d63d3fd5-1133-4011-bf83-73a6ec3ec474/cover-r4x3w1000-608bda147e7cb-ouverture-sacrifies.jpg Speaking, Outreach & Media - Make it stand out Read “Mexico: l’origine des victimes sacrifiées du Templo Mayor identifiée!” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/626ea4f6721f0a0380a91ebe/37054783-c36f-4ed8-b3cb-1f2f499da226/staticmap.png Speaking, Outreach & Media - Make it stand out Watch the first Canadian Latin American Archaeology Society 2020 Webinar https://www.dianamoreiras.com/teaching daily 0.75 2024-11-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/626ea4f6721f0a0380a91ebe/f0780936-471c-4cd7-9dd3-1f20cd44960a/IMG_2585.JPG Teaching - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/626ea4f6721f0a0380a91ebe/269c24d6-9ad3-48a8-9508-d135f5ec95b1/IMG_5777.JPG Teaching - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.dianamoreiras.com/translations daily 0.75 2022-05-01 https://www.dianamoreiras.com/contact daily 0.75 2022-06-05 https://www.dianamoreiras.com/student-projects daily 0.75 2025-02-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/626ea4f6721f0a0380a91ebe/1738884611198-OIP0B2H6THR2A86ZRJ1U/unsplash-image-Tk9m_HP4rgQ.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/626ea4f6721f0a0380a91ebe/1738884930949-UOLI000IO01CJ452Z1IL/unsplash-image-ixHX8YCViao.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/626ea4f6721f0a0380a91ebe/1738884702751-IHTSIZDD19Z929LHVRP6/unsplash-image-4BnGQQ2Qoak.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/626ea4f6721f0a0380a91ebe/1738949807771-RNB8MG8FYLWSABPUS5C9/unsplash-image-iL5hoimuj54.jpg Student Projects Pyramids of Giza (Egypt) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/626ea4f6721f0a0380a91ebe/1738949905812-TDCYZ34QS9TEQW4NQ5ST/unsplash-image-ZGF0_S20uRw.jpg Student Projects The Acropolis (Greece) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/626ea4f6721f0a0380a91ebe/1738949961075-R1L12KRGE11L37LU862H/unsplash-image-sYMgkKkHpGI.jpg Student Projects Petra (Jordan) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/626ea4f6721f0a0380a91ebe/1738950124500-M62LO9ME9ZG2FV7IL22J/unsplash-image-_WuPjE-MPHo.jpg Student Projects Taj Mahal (India) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/626ea4f6721f0a0380a91ebe/2540b6fc-7c29-49f9-accd-5074e27d0a0a/Trelleborg_airphoto.JPG Student Projects Trelleborg Viking-Age Ring Fortress (Denmark) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/626ea4f6721f0a0380a91ebe/8eac3ea7-cb8e-4e38-8806-ea5e22119c1b/Head_Smashed_in_Buffalo_Jump_Cliffside_View.jpg Student Projects Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump (Alberta, Canada)