Krista L Eschbach

Ph.D.: Arizona State University, Tempe, (Anthropology)

M.A.: University of West Florida, Pensacola, (Anthropology/Historical Archaeology)

B.A.: University of West Florida, Pensacola, (Anthropology)

Historical archaeology of Afro/Latin America with a focus on Mesoamerica and the Southeast U.S.; Cross-cultural interaction and mechanisms of social transformation in situations of migration, colonialism, and African diaspora; Science-based techniques for materials analysis (particularly ceramics); Paleography and analysis of colonial documents; Digital archaeology for facilitating comparative and collaborative research.   

2024 - Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of Cincinnati

2022 -2024 Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology & Anthropology, University of Mississippi

2019 -2022 Research Analyst/Data Manager, Center for Archaeology & Society, Arizona State University

Grant: #BSC-1240412 Investigators:PI: Barbara L. Stark, Co-PI: Krista L. Eschbach 2012 -2015 National Science Foundation Colonial Persistence and Transformation of Social and Economic Relations: Veracruz Port to Pensacola Presidios. $29,890

Peer Reviewed Publications

Eschbach, Krista L.  (2019). Ceramic Technology in Afromestizo Neighborhoods of the Colonial Port of Veracruz, Mexico. Technology and Tradition in Mesoamerica after the Spanish Invasion: Archaeological Perspectives, edited by Rani T. Alexander, pp. 53-72. University of New Mexico, University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque.

Stark, Barbara L., and Krista L. Eschbach  (2018). Collapse and Diverse Responses in the Gulf Lowlands, Mexico. Journal of Anthropological Archaeology, 50: 98-112

Book Chapter

Stark, Barbara L., and Krista L. Eschbach (2017). El colapso en las Tierras Bajas del Golfo. In Arqueología de la Costa del Golfo. Dinámicas e interacción política, económica e ideológica. (pp. 141-158). Xalapa, Universidad Veracruzana