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Richard E. Terry

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Richard E. Terry
Plant & Wildlife Sciences
Email: richard_terry@byu.edu

259 WIDB
Provo, UT 84602
(801) 422-2283

Professor

 Education
  • PhD , Soil Biochemistry , Purdue University , 1976
  • MS , Soil Biochemistry , Purdue University , 1974
  • BS , Agronomy , Brigham Young University , 1972
 Research

Soil microbiology and biochemistry, biogeochemical cycles, Soil chemistry and isotopes in ancient human activities

 Selected Publications

Articles

Webster, David, Timothy Murtha, Kirk D. Straight, Jay Silverstein, Horacio Martinez, Richard E. Terry, Richard Burnett.  "The great Tikal earthwork revisited."  Journal of Field Archaeology.  32 (2007): 41-64. 

Dahlin, Bruce H., Christopher T. Jensen, Richard E. Terry, David R. Wright, and Timothy Beach.  "In Search of an Ancient Maya Market."  Latin American Antiquity.  18.4 (2007). 

Hutson, Scott R., Travis W. Stanton, Aline Magnoni, Richard Terry, and Jason Craner.  "Beyond the buildings: formation processes of ancient Maya houselots and methods for the study of non-architectural space."  Journal of Anthropological Archaeology.  26 (2007): 442-473. 

Jensen, Christopher T., Richard E. Terry, Kristofer D. Johnson, Sheldon D. Nelson, Matthew Moriarty, and Kitty F. Emery.  "Settlement Agriculture at a Late Classic Maya Center: Connections Between Soil Classification and Settlement Patterns at Motul De San José, Guatemala."  Geoarchaeology, an International Journal.  22 (2007): 337-357. 

Johnson, Kristofer D., Richard E. Terry, Mark W. Jackson, and Charles Golden.  "Ancient Soil Resources of the Usumacinta River Region, Guatemala."  Journal of Archaeological Science.  34 (2007): 1117-1129. 

Johnson, Kristofer D., David R. Wright, and Richard E. Terry.  "Application of Carbon Isotope Analysis to Ancient Maize Agriculture in The Petén Region of Guatemala."  Geoarchaeology: An International Journal.  22 (2007): 313-336. 

Webb, Elizabeth, Henry Schwarcz, Christopher T. Jensen, Richard E. Terry, Matthew D. Moriarty, and Kitty F. Emery.  "Stable Carbon Isotopes Signature of Ancient Maize Agriculture in the Soils of Motul De San José, Guatemala."  Geoarchaeology: An International Journal.  22 (2007): 291-312. 

Hutson, Scott R. and Richard E. Terry.  "Recovering Social and Cultural Dynamics from Plaster Floors: Chemical Analyses at Ancient Chunchucmil, Yucatan, Mexico."  Journal of Archaeological Science.  33 (2006): 391-404. 

Fernandez, Fabian G., Kristofer D. Johnson, Richard E. Terry, Sheldon Nelson, and David Webster.  "Soil Resources of the Ancient Maya at Piedras Negras, Guatemala."  Soil Science Society of America Journal.  69 (2005): 2020-2032. 

Inomata, Takeshi, Daniela Triadan, Erick Ponciano, Estela Pinto, Richard E. Terry, and Markus Eberl.  "Domestic and political lives of Classic Maya elites: the excavation of rapidly abandoned structures at Aguateca, Guatemala."  Latin American Antiquity.  13 (2004): 305-330. 

Fernández, F.G., R.E. Terry, T. Inomata, and M. Eberl.  "An ethnoarchaeological study of chemical residues in the floors and soil of Q'eqchi' Maya houses at Las Pozas, Guatemala."  Geoarchaeology: An International Journal.  17 (2002): 487-519. 

Inomata, T., D. Triadan, E. Ponciano, E. Pinto, R. Terry, and M. Eberl.  "Domestic and political lives of Classic Maya elites: The excavation of rapidly abandoned structures at Aguateca, Guatemala."  Latin American Antiquity.  13 (2002): 305-330. 

Parnell, J.J., R.E. Terry, and Z. Nelson.  "Soil chemical analysis applied as an interpretive tool for ancient human activities at Piedras Negras, Guatemala."  Journal of Archaeological Science.  29 (2002): 379-404. 

Parnell, J.J., R.E. Terry, and P.D. Sheets.  "Soil Chemical analysis of ancient activities in Cerén, El Salvador: A case study of a rapidly abandoned site."  Latin American Antiquity.  13 (2002): 331-342. 

Parnell, J.J., R.E. Terry, and C. Golden.  "The use of in-field phosphate testing for the rapid identification of middens at Piedras Negras, Guatemala."  Geoarchaeology: An International Journal.  16 (2001): 855-873. 

Houston, S, H, Escobedo, R. Terry, D. Webster, G. Veni, and K.F. Emery.  "Among the river kings: Archaeological research at Piedras Negras, Guatemala."  Mexicon XXII.  Feb. 2000: 8-17. 

Terry, R.E., P.J. Hardin, S.D. Houston, S.D. Nelson, M.W. Jackson, J. Carr, and J.J. Parnell.  "Quantitative phosphorus measurement: A field test procedure for archaeological site analysis at Piedras Negras, Guatemala."  Geoarchaeology: An International Journal.  15 (2000): 151-166. 

Wells, E.C., R.E. Terry, P.J. Hardin J.J. Parnell, M.W. Jackson, and S.D. Houston.  "Chemical analysis of ancient anthrosols in residential areas at Piedras Negras, Guatemala."  Journal of Archaeological Science.  27 (2000): 449-462. 

Houston, S. D., H. Escobedo, P. Hardin, R. Terry, D. Webster, M. Child, C. Golden, K. Emery, and D. Stuart.  "Between mountains and sea: Investigations at Piedras Negras, Guatemala."  Mexicon. XXI.  Feb. 1999: 10-17. 

Books

Bair, Daniel, Marco Alvarez, and Richard Terry.  "Las Investigaciones del 2004 de los Antiguos Recursos Agrícolas Dentro del Parque Nacional Sierra del Lacandón."  Charles Golden and Andrew Sharer eds., Informe del Proyecto Arqueológico Sierra del Lacandon: La Temporada de 2004.  Informe entregado al Instituto de Antropología e Historia de Guatemala, 2004. 

Jensen, Chris T., Bruce H. Dahlin, and Richard E. Terry.  "Informe entregado al INEA."  Chemical Analysis of Soils at Chunchucmil.  Mexico City: 2001. 

Parnell, J. Jacob, Richard E. Terry and Fabián Fernández.  Soil Chemical Investigations at Piedras Negras, Guatemala: Applications in Archaeology.  Mexico City: 2000. 

Fernández, Fabián G., Richard E. Terry, Takeshi Inomata, and Markus Eberl.  An Ethnoarchaeological Study of Chemical Residues in the Floors and Soils of Kekchi Maya Houses at Las Pozas, Guatemala.  Mexico City: 2000. 

Terry R.E., Parnell, J.J., T. Inomata, and P.D. Sheets.  El estudio de groupos domesticos Mayas a traves del análisis químico del suelo.  Guatemala: 2000. 

Parnell J.J., F.G. Fernandez, and R.E. Terry.  Análisis químico de los suelos de Piedras Negras.  1999. 

Terry, R.E., and F.G. Fernandez.  La aplicación del análisis químico a las muestras de suelos de sitios arqueológicos y etnoarqueológicos.  1999. 

Terry,R.E., J.J. Parnell, T. Inomata, and P.D. Sheets.  El estudio de grupos domésticos Mayas a través del análisis químico del suelo.  1999. 

Multimedia

Fernandez, Fabian G., Richard E. Terry, Takeshi Inomata, and Markus Eberl.  An ethnoarchaeological study of chemical residues in the floors and soils of Kekchi Maya houses at Las Pozas, Guatemala.  2001. 

Parnell, J. Jacob, Richard E. Terry, and Fabian Fernandez.  Soil chemical investigations at Piedras Negras, Guatemala: Applications in archaeology.  2001. 

 Experience

General

  • Department Chair , Brigham Young University , 1989-1998
  • Professor of Agronomy , Brigham Young University , 1986-Present
  • Associate Professor , BYU , 1980-1986
  • Assistant Professor , University of Florida , 1977-1980

 Awards
  • College creative achievement award , College of Life Sciences , 2008
  • Faculty Mentor , College of Life Science , 2007
  • Thomas L. Martin Professorship , Brigham Young University , 1999
  • Student Award for Excellence in Teaching , BYU , 1997
  • Excellence in Teaching Award , College of Biology and Agriculture , 1996
  • Student Award for Excellence in Teaching , BYU , 1985
 Courses Taught
PWS 150 : Environmental Biology
PWS 514 : Soil Microbiology
PWS 598R : Adv Topics in PWS
PWS 303 : Soils Conservation & Resources
PWS 494R : Environmental Science Lab
LFSCI 494R : Mentored Research
PWS 494R : Mentored Learning Experience
PWS 282 : Intro to Soil Science
PWS 699R : Master's Thesis
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