Matt O'Mansky

Dr. Matt O

Dr. Matt O'Mansky

Associate Professor

Humanities & Social Sciences

DeBartolo Hall 444B

phone: (330) 941-1688

meomansky@ysu.edu

  • 2007

    Ph D, Anthropology

    Vanderbilt University

    Dissertation/Thesis Title — "The Petexbatun Intersite Settlement Pattern Survey: Shifting Settlement Strategies in the Ancient Maya World"

  • 1991

    BA, Anthropology

    Indiana Universityq

  • 2020 - present

    Coordinator

  • 2015 - 2020

    Department Chairperson

  • 2025

    "The Role of Regimes in Ancient Classic Maya Economy: A Revised Contemporary Understanding"

    A. Demarest, M. O'Mansky, B. Victor, P. Torres

    Oxford University Press

  • 2025

    "La Influencia de las Redes Comerciales en la Selección de Ubicación de Asentamientos en la Cuenca del Lago de Atitlán"

    M. Corada M., A. Demarest, M. O'Mansky, G. Davies, M. Wolf, C. Tuyuc

    Asociacion Tikal, p. 455-477

  • 2024

    "Proyecto Regional Sololá/Semetabaj: Inicios de Investigaciones Multiinstitucionales y de Largo Plazo"

    M. Corada Mena, A. Demarest, C. Tuyuc Nij, M. O'Mansky, G. Davies, M. Wolf, L. Luin

    Asociacion Tikal, p. 131-144

  • 2024

    "El Intercambio de Comestibles a Larga Distancia y la Estructura de la Economía Maya Clásica"

    A. Demarest, M. O'Mansky, P. Torres

    Asociacion Tikal, p. 197-211

  • 2017

    "The Mesoamerican Ballgame: Sport and Violence in the Beginning"

    M. O'Mansky

    Cambridge Scholars Publishing, p. 48-66

  • 2014

    "Las dinámicas de interacción de Tierras Bajas con el Altiplano: descubrimientos en Cancuen y la Alta Verapaz"

    A. Demarest, H. Martínez, P. Torres, M. Urquizú, M. O'Mansky, M. Wolf, M. Saravia , Y. Cifuentes , I. Cojti, C. Andrieu , J. Saravia , L. Luin, C. Tuyc, J. Bracken

    Asociacion Tikal, p. 655-670

  • 2014

    "Collapse without Drought: Warfare, Settlement, Ecology, and Site Abandonment in the Middle Pasión Region"

    M. O'Mansky

    The University Press of Colorado, p. 157-176

  • 2025 - 2025

    Reviewer, Textbook
    Sage Publishing

  • 2024 - 2024

    Other
    North Dakota State University

  • 2024 - 2025

    Committee Member
    Society for American Archaeology Ethics Bowl Committee

  • 2021 - 2024

    Committee Chair
    Society for American Archaeology Government Affairs Program Committee

  • 2025 - 2025

    Guest Speaker
    Allegheny Clarion Valley Elementary School

  • 2023 - present

    Volunteer
    Grave Creek Mound Archaeological Complex

  • 2023 - 2023

    Other
    Villa Maria Education and Spirituality Center

  • 2023 - 2023

    Other
    Legacy Christian Home Care

  • 2023 - 2023

    Other
    City of Niles

  • 2018 - present

    Other
    Mahoning County Sheriff's Office (and other local law enforcement)

  • 2010 - present

    Other
    Mahoning Valley Archaeological Society