{{short description|American archaeologist}} {{Infobox scientist | name = Heather Hurst | native_name = | native_name_lang = | image = | imagesize = | alt = | caption = | birth_date = 1975 <!--{{birth date |YYYY|MM|DD}}--> | birth_place = | death_date = <!--{{death date and age |YYYY|MM|DD |YYYY|MM|DD}} (death date then birth date)--> | death_place = | death_cause = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = <!--{{coord|LAT|LONG|type:landmark|display=inline,title}}--> | other_names = | residence = | citizenship = | nationality = | fields = archaeology | workplaces = Skidmore College | patrons = | alma_mater = Skidmore College, Yale University | thesis_title = <!--(or | thesis1_title = and | thesis2_title = )--> | thesis_url = <!--(or | thesis1_url = and | thesis2_url = )--> | thesis_year = <!--(or | thesis1_year = and | thesis2_year = )--> | doctoral_advisor = | academic_advisors = | doctoral_students = | notable_students = | known_for = | influences = | influenced = | awards = MacArthur Fellows Program | author_abbrev_bot = | author_abbrev_zoo = | spouse = <!--(or | spouses = )--> | partner = <!--(or | partners = )--> | children = | signature = <!--(filename only)--> | signature_alt = | website = <!--{{URL|www.example.com}}--> | footnotes = }} '''Heather Hurst''' (born 1975) is an American archaeologist and archaeological illustrator.
==Career== Hurst graduated from Skidmore College in 1997<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://cms.skidmore.edu/global_skidmore/details.cfm?passID=1105 |title=Skidmore College: Global Skidmore News Details |access-date=2010-04-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100529050852/http://cms.skidmore.edu/global_skidmore/details.cfm?passID=1105 |archive-date=2010-05-29 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and from Yale University in 2009 with a Ph.D. in anthropology. She teaches at Skidmore College.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://cms.skidmore.edu/anthropology/faculty/heather-hurst.cfm |title=Skidmore College: Heather Hurst |access-date=2010-04-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100515054202/http://cms.skidmore.edu/anthropology/faculty/heather-hurst.cfm |archive-date=2010-05-15 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.popolvuh.ufm.edu/conferencias.htm |title=Conferencias |access-date=2010-04-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100816192859/http://www.popolvuh.ufm.edu/conferencias.htm |archive-date=2010-08-16 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20121103102453/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-16903534.html "Two city 'genius grant' winners ponder future limited only by their imaginations"], ''New Haven Register'', September 28, 2004</ref> Her research is focused on art and iconography, with a focus on Maya murals and Olmec rock art. She has studied the art and architecture of Bonampak, Copan, Holmul, Oxtotitlan, Palenque, Piedras Negras, San Bartolo, and Xultun.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=John Simon Guggenheim Foundation {{!}} Heather Hurst|work=John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation |url=https://www.gf.org/fellows/all-fellows/heather-hurst/|access-date=2020-11-09|language=en-US}}</ref>
Hurst has been an archaeological illustrator at sites in Honduras, Guatemala, and Mexico.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mesoweb.com/palenque/dig/background/palenque_project.html|title=Palenque Current Dig: Background|work=mesoweb.com|accessdate=26 May 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.precolumbian.org/talk0502.html|title=Talk May 2002|work=precolumbian.org|accessdate=26 May 2015|archive-date=5 March 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120305145325/http://www.precolumbian.org/talk0502.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> Her illustrations have appeared in ''National Geographic'' and ''Arqueología Mexicana'' and have been exhibited at the Peabody Museum of Natural History and the National Gallery of Art,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.yale.edu/opa/arc-ybc/v33.n5/story1.html|title=Yale Bulletin and Calendar|work=yale.edu|accessdate=26 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150911054016/http://www.yale.edu/opa/arc-ybc/v33.n5/story1.html|archive-date=11 September 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> as well as the Science Museum of Minnesota's 2013 exhibit on the Maya.
She gave a talk: "Tres Pintores Magníficos y Un Viajero: La Identificación de Artistas por los Pasos de Producción en Pintura Mural" at the 2010 Maya Meetings, Casa Herrera.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=344954524786&comments&ref=mf|title=Program Maya Meetings 2010|work=facebook.com|accessdate=26 May 2015}}</ref> In 2013, she gave a talk on recently discovered Maya murals.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ias.umn.edu/2013/09/20/heather-hurst/ |title=Sept 20, 2013: The Artists of Xultun: Recent Discoveries of Maya Mural Paintings {{!}} Institute for Advanced Study |website=ias.umn.edu |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131013012729/http://ias.umn.edu/2013/09/20/heather-hurst/ |archive-date=2013-10-13}} </ref>
==Awards== *2017 John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship<ref name=":0" /> *2013, 2015 Site Preservation Award, Archaeological Institute of America *2004 MacArthur Fellows Program
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==External links== *[http://www.mesoweb.com/palenque/dig/people/pix/hurst_z02.html Heather Hurst exploring the ruins of Temple XXVI]
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