Speaking, Public Outreach & Media
I have 12 years of experience giving lectures and public talks about my areas of expertise.
Some of the topics I feel passionate to talk about include:
Mesoamerican religions
The origins, distribution, and significance of cacao in the Americas
Decolonial approaches in bio/archaeology
Children and childhood in Mesoamerican archaeology
The forensic application of stable isotopes
The application of isotope geochemistry in archaeology
Diets and geographic residences of Aztec (Mexica) human sacrifices
Aztec (Mexica) religion and human sacrifice
The ritual use of exotic animals by the Aztec (Mexica) society
Mesoamerican foodways
Select Conference Presentations
Moreiras Reynaga, DK. (2022). Uncovering the Lives of Mexica (Aztec) Sacrifices using Multiple Stable Isotopes. Presented at the 54th Annual Meeting of the Canadian Archaeology Association (Edmonton, AB), April 28.
Moreiras Reynaga, DK, I Elizalde Méndez, X Chávez Balderas, L López Luján, FJ Longstaffe. (2021). Gray Wolves and Golden Eagles in the Mexica World: New Insights on the Use of Animals from the Sacred Precinct of Tenochtitlan’s Offerings through Zooarchaeological and Phosphate Oxygen Isotope Analyses. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Canadian Archaeology Association, May 6.
Moreiras Reynaga, DK. (2019). The Diets of the Aztec Sacrifices at the Templo R of Tlatelolco and the Templo Mayor of Tenochtitlan: Evidence from Stable Carbon and Nitrogen Isotopes. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Anthropology Association (Vancouver,BC), November 20.
Chávez Balderas, X, DK Moreiras Reynaga, FJ Longstaffe, L López Luján, SA Hendricks, and RK Wayne. (2018). Los Lobos de Tenochtitlan: Identificación, Cautiverio y Uso Ritual. Presented at the Conference: Los Animales y el Recinto Sagrado de Tenochtitlan (Mexico City, Mex.), November 7.
Moreiras Reynaga, DK. (2017). The Life Histories of the Aztec Sacrificial Victims: A Stable Isotope Analysis of Offerings from Tlatelolco and Tenochtitlan. Presented at Chacmool at 50: The Past, Present, and Future of Archaeology (Calgary, AB), November 9.
Recorded Talks & Outreach Materials
Infographic: “The Diets of Children in the Past: We Are What We Eat”
Watch the first Canadian Latin American Archaeology Society 2020 Webinar
Watch “Maíz, Amaranto y Pulque”
Podcasts & Radio
Raíces 467 - Alimentación de los antiguos pobladores de Ecatepec con Diana Moreiras Reynaga
Raíces 481 - Cacao, isotopos y dieta prehispánica con Diana Moreiras Reynaga y Michael Blake
Research in the Media
Read “Mexico: l’origine des victimes sacrifiées du Templo Mayor identifiée!”
Read “Fact Check-‘Aztecs’ did not sacrifice their leaders to counter pandemics”
Read “Who did the Aztecs kill during their bloody sacrifices at Templo Mayor?”
Public Talks & Interviews
A Glimpse into the Past with Dr. Diana Moreiras
Participated in an interview with Mexican Consul Berenice Díaz Ceballos in Vancouver, BC. February 15, 2022.
La Residencia Geográfica de Víctimas Sacrificiales en el Templo Mayor de Tenochtitlan a través de la Isotopía de Oxígeno
Webinar presented at the Bioarqueología de México Facebook Page. September 18, 2020.
My Career Path after the ASFG
Virtual talk given during the inauguration of a new school building by the American School Foundation of Guadalajara, A.C. (ASFG). Guadalajara, Mexico. October 16, 2021.
Interview on Aztec-Mexica Human Sacrifice
In ANTH 3013: Animals and People. Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, ON, Canada. Instructor: J. Metcalfe. February 4, 2021.
Bones Don’t Lie: What Skeletons Can Tell Us About the Past
Dogwood Pavilion Community Centre. Coquitlam, BC, Canada. September 10, 2019.