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Updates from the HEVA Lab — fieldwork, publications, awards, and community outreach.
2026
Benítez presents at the 2026 Congreso Colombiano de Arqueología (Manizales)
June, 2026HEVA member Daniel Benítez presented “Patrones de parentesco y residencia posmarital de poblaciones Herrera y Muisca bajo un lente de genética cuantitativa y análisis de redes sociales” at the Congreso Colombiano de Arqueología (CCA 2026), held in Manizales,...
Brooks and Gilmore present at UK’s 2026 Showcase of Undergraduate Scholars
April, 2026HEVA undergraduate researchers Matthew Brooks and Layla Gilmore presented their work at the University of Kentucky’s 2026 Showcase of Undergraduate Scholars on April 29, 2026. Photo credit: Liz Seif.
Dr. Reyes-Centeno nominated for UK’s 2026 Excellent Undergraduate Research Mentor Award
April, 2026HEVA Lab director Dr. Hugo Reyes-Centeno has been named a 2026 nominee for the University of Kentucky’s Excellent Undergraduate Research Mentor Award. The award recognizes UK faculty members who have demonstrated an outstanding commitment to mentoring undergraduate researchers,...
HEVA presents two posters at CAA 2026 in Vienna
April, 2026HEVA members presented at the 53rd Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology (CAA) conference, hosted by the University of Vienna, Austria (31 March–4 April 2026):
Keppeler presents UKinSPIRE work at the UK International Center Global Fair
March, 2026HEVA member James Keppeler presented “UKinSPIRE: Community and collaborative approaches in the archaeology of the southern Philippines” (with H. Reyes-Centeno) at the inaugural Global Fair hosted by the University of Kentucky International Center in...
2025
Phillips presents Denisovan research at the 2025 Kentucky Academy of Sciences meeting
November, 2025HEVA member Kaitlyn Phillips presented “Exploring the Denisovans and their impact on human evolution” (with H. Reyes-Centeno) at the Annual Meeting of the Kentucky Academy of Sciences, held at the University of Louisville in November 2025.
Keppeler et al. publish Butts Hill remote-sensing study in Heritage
October, 2025HEVA member James Keppeler is lead author of a new peer-reviewed article in the journal Heritage (MDPI): “Remote Sensing of American Revolutionary War Fortification at Butts Hill (Portsmouth, Rhode Island).” The study pairs public LiDAR and satellite...
HEVA presents at the OCSEAN 2025 International Conference (Bali)
July, 2025HEVA was represented by two podium presentations at the OCSEAN 2025 International Conference, held at Universitas Udayana in Denpasar (Bali), Indonesia, in July 2025. HEVA Lab director Dr. Hugo Reyes-Centeno gave a podium presentation, “Mode and timing of...
Reyes-Centeno wins A&S Outstanding Undergraduate Research Mentoring Award
May, 2025HEVA Lab director Dr. Hugo Reyes-Centeno received the University of Kentucky College of Arts & Sciences Outstanding Undergraduate Research Mentoring Award for 2024–2025, recognizing his mentorship and support of undergraduate research initiatives.
Benítez presents at the 2025 AABA Annual Meeting (Baltimore)
March, 2025HEVA member Daniel Benítez presented “The application of nonmetric dental traits in analyzing sex mobility and social networks among pre-Hispanic societies from the Northern Andes” (with M. E. Delgado and H. Reyes-Centeno) at the 94th Annual Meeting of...
