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Lena Mortensen
(Ph.D., Indiana University, 2005)

Assistant Director
 Center for Heritage Resource Studies
University of Maryland, College Park

Faculty Research Associate
 Department of Anthropology
University of Maryland, College Park

Phone:  301-405-0085
Email:  lmortensen@anth.umd.edu

Copan, Honduras
(from the website of the Honduran Institute of Tourism)

Lena Mortensen joined the Center for Heritage Resource Studies in 2003.  She holds a degree from Indiana University in Anthropology with a specialization in Archaeology and Social Context.  Her research explores the relationships of local and international stakeholders to the archaeological site of Copan, Honduras. She is particularly interested in community participation in heritage development and the role of tourism in shaping local identities. Mortensen has also worked in development, archaeological fieldwork, education, and indigenous rights.

Selected Publications

 
2005 Developing Heritage Tourism in Honduras. Anthropology News,
May 2005, Vol. 46, No. 5, pp. 10-11
2005 The Local Meanings of International Heritage at Copán, Honduras.  SAA Archaeological Record, 5:2, March, pp.28-30,44.
2004 The “Marauding Pagan Warrior Woman.” In Ungendering Civilisation, edited by K. Anne Pyburn.  London: Routledge.  pp. 94 -116
2001 Las dinámicas locales de un patrimonio global: Arqueoturismo en Copán, Honduras,  Mesoamérica, no. 42, December 2001, pp.104 -134.

 
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