RESEARCH AND TEACHING INTERESTS:
Texas Archaeology, Cultural Resource Management, Mesoamerican Archaeology,
Maya Archaeology, Field Methods and Methodologies, Site Planning, the Evolution
of Complex Societies, and Lithic Analysis/Technology.
STUDY LEADER FOR SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION TOURS:
Guatemala: Heartland of the Maya.
Sojourn in Mérida: Maya Heritage and the Yucatán.
RECENT PUBLICATIONS (BY YEAR):
Houk, Brett A., Rebecca E. Bria, and Michael G. Lyndon
2006 Salvaging Say Kah. Mono y Conejo 4:21–28.
Robichaux, Hubert R., and Brett A. Houk
2005 A Hieroglyphic Plate Fragment from Dos Hombres, Belize: Epigraphic and
Archaeological Evidence Relating to Political Organization in the Three Rivers
Region of Northwestern Belize and Northeastern Guatemala. Mono y Conejo 3:4–12.
Adams, R. E. W., H. R. Robichaux, Fred Valdez, Jr., Brett A. Houk, and Ruth
Mathews
2004 Transformations, Periodicity, and Urban Development in the Three Rivers
Region. In The Terminal Classic in the Maya Lowlands: Collapse, Transition,
and Transformation, edited by Arthur A. Demarest, Prudence M. Rice, and Don
S. Rice, pp. 324–341. University Press of Colorado, Boulder.
Houk, Brett A.
2003 The Ties that Bind: Site Planning in the Tree Rivers Region. In Heterarchy,
Political Economy, and the Ancient Maya: The Three Rivers Region of the East-Central
Yucatán Peninsula, edited by Vernon L. Scarborough, Fred Valdez, Jr.,
and Nicholas Dunning, pp. 52–63. The University of Arizona Press, Tucson.
2003 The Ruins of Chan Chich: A Self-Guided Archaeological Tour. Second Edition.
Papers of the Chan Chich Archaeological Project, Number 5. Chan Chich Lodge,
Belize, Central America.
Houk, Brett A. (editor)
2000 The 1998 and 1999 Seasons of the Chan Chich Archaeological Project. Papers
of the Chan Chich Archaeological Project, Number 4. Mesoamerican Archaeological
Research Laboratory, The University of Texas, Austin.
Houk, Brett A.
2000 The Ruins of Chan Chich: A Self-Guided Archaeological Tour. Papers of
the Chan Chich Archaeological Project, Number 5. Chan Chich Lodge, Belize,
Central America.
2000 An Introduction to the 1998 and 1999 Seasons. In The 1998 and 1999 Seasons
of the Chan Chich Archaeological Project, edited by Brett A. Houk, pp. 1–14.
Papers of the Chan Chich Archaeological Project, Number 4. Mesoamerican Archaeological
Research Laboratory, The University of Texas, Austin.
2000 Excavations at the Temple of the Jaguar Skull. In The 1998 and 1999 Seasons
of the Chan Chich Archaeological Project, edited by Brett A. Houk, pp. 101–104.
Papers of the Chan Chich Archaeological Project, Number 4. Mesoamerican Archaeological
Research Laboratory, The University of Texas, Austin.
2000 Life, the Universe, and Everything: Re-evaluating Problematic Deposit
2 from Dos Hombres, Belize. In The 1998 and 1999 Seasons of the Chan Chich
Archaeological Project, edited by Brett A. Houk, pp. 141–150. Papers
of the Chan Chich Archaeological Project, Number 4. Mesoamerican Archaeological
Research Laboratory, The University of Texas, Austin.
2000 Chan Chich in Context. In The 1998 and 1999 Seasons of the Chan Chich
Archaeological Project, edited by Brett A. Houk, pp. 151–168. Papers
of the Chan Chich Archaeological Project, Number 4. Mesoamerican Archaeological
Research Laboratory, The University of Texas, Austin.
Valdez, Fred, Jr., and Brett A. Houk
2000 The Chan Chich Ceramic Complexes. In The 1998 and 1999 Seasons of the
Chan Chich Archaeological Project, edited by Brett A. Houk, pp. 127–140.
Papers of the Chan Chich Archaeological Project, Number 4. Mesoamerican Archaeological
Research Laboratory, The University of Texas, Austin.
RECENT PAPERS PRESENTED (BY YEAR):
Houk, Brett A., and Kevin A. Miller
2006 The “Transitional” Archaic on the Eastern Edwards Plateau
of Central Texas. Paper presented at the 77th annual meeting of the Texas
Archeological Society, San Angelo, Texas.
Houk, Brett A., Michael N. Smith, and Kevin A. Miller
2006 Investigating Early Archaic Site Structure and Organization at the Gatlin
Site, 41KR621, Kerr County, Texas. Paper presented at the 71st Annual Meeting
of the Society for American Archaeology, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Sullivan, Lauren A., Fred Valdez, Jr., and Brett A. Houk
2006 The Terminal Classic in the Three Rivers Region. Paper presented at the
3rd annual Belize Archaeological Symposium, Belize City, Belize.
Hageman, Jon B., Brett A. Houk, and Rebecca E. Bria
2006 The Rediscovery of and Initial Excavations at Say Ka, Belize. Paper presented
at the 71st Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, San Juan,
Puerto Rico.
Houk, Brett A.
2006 Initial Report on Data Recovery Excavations at the Siren Site, Williamson
County, Texas. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Council of Texas
Archeologists, Austin, Texas.
Houk, Brett A., and Steve Carpenter
2005 Archaeological Testing at the Siren Site, 41WM1126, Williamson County,
Texas. Paper presented at the 76th annual meeting of the Texas Archeological
Society, Austin, Texas.
Houk, Brett A., and W. Boone Law
2004 Excavations at 41KR621, a Stratified Site on the Guadalupe River, Kerr
County, Texas. Paper presented at the 75th annual meeting of the Texas Archeological
Society, College Station, Texas.
Houk, Brett A.
2003 Chan Chich, Belize: A Retrospective on the Past 2,800 Years. Paper Presented
as a Visiting Scholar Lecture, Peninsula College, Washington.
Houk, Brett A., and Hubert R. Robichaux
2003 The Protoclassic in the Three Rivers Region. Paper Presented at the 68th
Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Sullivan, Lauren A., Brett A. Houk, and Fred Valdez, Jr.
2002 Terminal Classic Activities in Northwestern Belize. Paper presented at
the 67th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Denver, Colorado.
2002 Structure Abandonment and Landscape Transformation: Examples from the
Three Rivers Region. Paper presented at the 2002 Association of American Anthropology
Meetings. New Orleans, LA.
Houk, Brett A.
2001 All Good Things: The Three Rivers Region ca. AD 850. Paper presented
at the 66th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, New Orleans,
Louisiana.
2001 A River Runs Through It: Recent Archaeological Investigations in Brackenridge
Park. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Texas Archeological Society,
Corpus Christi, Texas.
Houk, Brett A.
2000 Chan Chich, Belize: From Preclassic Village to Jungle Lodge. Invited
lecture at Trinity University, Archaeological Institute of America, San Antonio,
Texas.
2000 Chan Chich, Belize. Paper Presented as a Visiting Scholar Lecture, Pennsylvania
State University at York.
SELECT RECENT CULTURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT REPORTS (BY YEAR):
Houk, Brett A., Michael Aiuvalasit, and Thanet Skoglund
2006 An Archaeological Survey of the McNutt Wastewater Interceptor Project,
Williamson County, Texas. SWCA Cultural Resources Report No. 04-469. SWCA
Environmental Consultants, Austin.
Houk, Brett A.
2005 Significance Testing at the Troll Site, 41CW92, Caldwell County, Texas.
SWCA Cultural Resources Report No. 2005-137. SWCA Environmental Consultants,
Austin, and Archeology Studies Program, Report No. 77. Environmental Affairs
Division, Texas Department of Transportation, Austin.
2005 A Cultural Resources Survey of the FM 3240 Improvement Project, Bandera
County, Texas. SWCA Cultural Resources Report No. 2005-272. SWCA Environmental
Consultants, Austin, Texas.
2005 A Cultural Resources Survey of the Dixieland Road Extension Project,
Cameron County, Texas. SWCA Cultural Resources Report No. 2005-226. SWCA Environmental
Consultants, Austin.
Houk, Brett A., W. Boone Law, Kevin A. Miller, and Charles D. Frederick
2005 Final Research Design for Data Recovery at the Gatlin Site, 41KR621,
Kerr County, Texas. SWCA Environmental Consultants, Austin.
Law, W. Boone, Brett A. Houk, Kevin A. Miller, and Charles D. Frederick
2005 Interim Report: Data Recovery Excavations at 41KR621, Kerr County, Texas.
SWCA Environmental Consultants, Austin.
Houk, Brett A.
2004 Results of Multilevel Survey Investigations of the Proposed US 87 Relief
Route Near Big Spring, Howard County, Texas. SWCA Cultural Resources Report
No. 02-333. SWCA Environmental Consultants, Austin.
Houk, Brett A., Ken Lawrence, and David D. Kuehn
2004 Results of Significance Testing at 41MQ191 and 41MQ192, Montgomery County,
Texas. SWCA Cultural Resource Report No. 03-420. SWCA Environmental Consultants,
Austin.
Houk, Brett A.
2003 An Archaeological Survey of the Proposed Roleta Field Pipeline Project,
Zapata County, Texas. SWCA Cultural Resource Report No. 02-319. SWCA Environmental
Consultants, Austin.
Houk, Brett A., Kerri S. Barile, and Thanet Skoglund
2003 Cultural Resources Survey of the Applewhite North (Watson Road to Loop
410) Expansion Project, Bexar County, Texas. SWCA Cultural Resource Report
No. 03-156. SWCA Environmental Consultants, Austin.
Houk, Brett A.
2002 The Brackenridge Park Rehabilitation Project: Data Recovery at 41BX323
and Testing at 41BX1425, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas. SWCA Cultural Resource
Report No. 01-357. SWCA, Inc., Austin, Texas.
Houk, Brett A., and Thanet Skoglund
2002 Archeological Impact Evaluations of 148 Bridge Replacement Projects in
the Texas Department of Transportation’s Dallas District. SWCA Cultural
Resource Report No. 02-303. SWCA, Inc., Austin, Texas and Archeology Studies
Program, Report 43. Texas Department of Transportation, Austin, Texas.
2002 A Cultural Resource Survey of The University of Texas at San Antonio’s
Main Campus, Bexar County, Texas. SWCA Cultural Resource Report No. 02-323.
SWCA, Inc., Austin.
Brett A. Houk, Kevin A. Miller, and Doug Drake
2002 The Pavo Blanco Site, 41WM559c. In Archaeological Survey and Testing
for the Proposed Avery Ranch Golf Course, Williamson County, Texas, by Kevin
A. Miller, Kerri S. Barile, Doug Drake, Jon C. Lohse, and Dr, Brett A. Houk,
pp. 69–100. SWCA Cultural Resource Report No. 00-322. SWCA, Inc., Austin,
Texas.
Barile, Kerri S., Brett A. Houk, and Kevin A. Miller
2002 A Cultural Resource Survey of the San Antonio Water System’s Customer
Distribution Line Project, City of San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas. SWCA
Cultural Resource Report No. 02-304. SWCA, Inc., Austin, Texas.
Miller, Kevin A., Kerri S. Barile, Doug Drake, Jon C. Lohse, and Brett A.
Houk.
2002 Archaeological Survey and Testing for the Proposed Avery Ranch Golf Course,
Williamson County, Texas. SWCA Cultural Resource Report No. 00-322. SWCA,
Inc., Austin, Texas.
Houk, Brett A.
2001 Archaeological Damage Assessment Report: Looting of Archaeological Resource
(Site 41WM64) at Lake Georgetown, Williamson County, Texas. SWCA Cultural
Resource Report No. 01-251. SWCA, Inc., Austin, Texas.
Houk, Brett A., and Kevin A. Miller
2001 The Brackenridge Park Rehabilitation Project Archaeological Survey, San
Antonio, Bexar County, Texas. SWCA Cultural Resource Report No. 01-331. SWCA,
Inc., Austin, Texas.
Houk, Brett A., and Brandon Young
2001 A Phase I/II Cultural Resource Survey of Portions of 16TR5, The Gibson
Mounds Site, Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana. SWCA Cultural Resource Report No.
01-372. SWCA, Inc., Austin, Texas.
Barile, Kerri S., and Brett A. Houk
2001 The Olmos Basin Park Rehabilitation Project Archaeological Survey, City
of San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas. SWCA Cultural Resource Report No. 01-247.
SWCA, Inc., Austin, Texas.
RECENT ARCHAEOLOGICAL FIELD EXPERIENCE—CENTRAL AMERICA:
2004–06 Project Director: Say Kah Archaeological Project, Belize.
Programme for Belize Archaeological Project. May.
2001 Project Director: Chan Chich Archaeological Project, Belize.
Pennsylvania State University at York. June.
1997–99 Project Director: Chan Chich Archaeological Project, Belize.
Center for Maya Studies, Inc. and Trinity University. May–July.
1996 Project Director: Chan Chich Archaeological Project, Belize.
Center for Maya Studies, Inc. and The University of Texas at Austin. June–July.