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.; Causal mechanisms that transformed structures of inequality in situations of interregional 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 Arqueología de la Costa del Golfo. Dinámicas e interacción política, económica e ideológica .(pp. 141-158).Xalapa, Universidad Veracruzana