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Holley Moyes

Title: Professor, Honors Program Faculty Director

Email: hmoyes@ucmerced.edu

Website: Research Site

Education:

  • Ph.D., 2006 — State University of New York at Buffalo
  • M.A., 2001 — Florida Atlantic University
  • A.S., 1994 — Palm Beach Community College
  • B.A., 1978 — Florida State University

Research Interests:

  • Archaeology of religion
  • Cave archaeology
  • Mesoamerica
  • Dynamics of complex society
  • Geographic information systems
  • Spatial cognition
  • Cognitive science affiliate

Professor Moyes is currently working on two research projects — Las Cuevas Archaeological Reconnaissance (LCAR) and Belize Cave Research Project (BCRP).

Books:  Sacred Darkness: A Global Perspective on the Ritual Use of Caves

Sunni Nelson

Title: Honors Program Coordinator 

Email: snelson4@ucmerced.edu

Education:

  • B.A., 2016 — University of California, Berkeley