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DOCUMENT Citation Only Nicholas Tripcevich. B. Lee Drake. Lisa Trever. Eric Kansa. Michael Glascock.

This is an abstract from the "2019 Fryxell Award Symposium: Papers in Honor of M. Steven Shackley" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. The open science movement is growing in archaeology, and raises fundamental questions about data and who it belongs to. In this talk, we outline a protocol for sharing data on obsidian sources to facilitate replicable research. While in obsidian sourcing a direct calibration is preferable (e.g., measuring source...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Brian McCray.

In an area that has been considered marginal both geographically and in the narrative of South American prehistory, new research shows extensive settlement, landscape modification, and interaction between inhabitants of the eastern slopes of the Andes and their neighbors. The site of Wimba, located in the Amazonas department, in the northeastern Peruvian montaña – the tropical montane forest between the highland Andes and lowland Amazonian rainforest – is one of the best known archaeological...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Charles Bello. Carolyn Dillian.

This is an abstract from the "Collaborative and Community-Based Archaeology" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. The CCC and other federally sponsored work programs provided needed employment during the Great Depression and have been examined by scholars in a range of fields. Archaeologists have examined CCC projects as examples of early scientific excavations that trained many American archaeologists, setting the stage for Cultural Resource Management...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Silvina Castro. ERIK MARSH. LUCIA YEBRA. VALERIA CORTEGOSO.

This is an abstract from the "SAA 2024: Individual Abstracts" session, at the 89th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. We present a discriminant metric study of stone projectile points (n=422) from 21 archaeological sites in the Andes of South America (16–37°S). We make a critical use of comparative datasets, which suggest that darts may have been smaller than previously thought. We assess the use-life of each point and tie them to reliable chronological sequences, in...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Paul C Mangelsdorf. Richard G Reeves.

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DOCUMENT Citation Only Arie Boomert.

Although Trinidad is referred to in various myths of the Warao and Arawak of the Orinoco delta and the Guiana coastal zone, only one mythical tradition is known which was documented among the Amerindians formerly living on the island. Explaining the origin of the major asphalt seepage known as the Pitch Lake in southwest Trinidad, this myth appears to be closely related to part of a mythological cycle related by the Lokóno (Arawak) of Guyana and northwest Suriname which narrates the...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Alexander Geurds.

Authenticating relations are defined by artisanship, temporality, value-making and ethnographic authority. These relations are visible in contemporary museum settings as well as in the art world as such, and may be particularly poignant in the case of the Caribbean and Central America with its diverse manifestations of emotive styles and materials such as wood and stone. Historically deep and widespread, 19th and 20th century Central American trafficking of pre-Columbian things was tied to...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Branden Rizzuto.

This paper highlights the preliminary results of an ongoing study that aims to further characterize the origins and subsequent development of arsenic bronze technologies on the north coast of Peru. While the production of arsenic bronze on the north coast has been studied in detail over the last several decades, the spatial and temporal origins for the use/production of these alloys – and how they spread throughout the region during the Middle Horizon (600 – 1000 CE) period – are not yet fully...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Dagmara Socha. Ricardo Fernandes. Ruddy Chávez Perea.

This is an abstract from the "Ritual Violence and Human Sacrifice in the Ancient Andes: New Directions in the Field" session, at the 89th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Capacocha was one of the most important rituals performed in the Inca Empire and involved the sacrifice of children and young women. The victims were selected from the provincial elite based on their beauty and health. They were gathered from across the Empire and brought to the capital, Cusco, in...

DOCUMENT Citation Only William Barse.

The archeological sequence developed in the Upper Orinoco in the vicinity of the Atures Rapids has not only local continuity through time but exhibits broader relationships with northern South America. The earliest preceramic components in the region, dated to ca. 10,000 BP, can be linked to comparable occupations that have been documented in the Sabana de Bogota. Slightly later preceramic components represented by distinctive contracting stemmed projectile points show links to sites in central...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Sara Becker.

This study evaluated evidence of osteoarthritis in the multiple joints of the wrist and hand (ulnae, radii, carpals, and metacarpals, finger phalanges), ankle and feet (tibia, tarsals, metatarsals, foot phalanges), spine (cervical, thoracic, lumbar vertebrae), and temporomandibular joint from human skeletal remains previously excavated from Tiwanaku sites within the Moquegua Valley of Peru (AD 500-1000). Osteoarthritis, a type of degenerative joint disease with a complex etiology, has been shown...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Maggie Klemm. William Belcher.

This is an abstract from the "At the Frontier of Big Climate, Disaster Capitalism, and Endangered Cultural Heritage in Barbuda, Lesser Antilles" session, at the 89th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Climate change and privatization activities related to disaster capitalism threaten land ownership rights and landscape preservation in Barbuda. Barbuda is home to multigenerational residences, businesses, schools, and buildings of cultural significance. Also, on this land...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Emily Blackwood.

This is an abstract from the "SAA 2021: General Sessions" session, at the 86th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Virtual reality is a tool that can be used to enhance archeological analyses. My research explores using excavation data to develop a 3D immersive and interactive simulated environment representative of an archaeological site. Incorporating virtual reality in site analyses provides an interface where data can be used to test various hypotheses and can be...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Roberta Boczkiewicz. Jean Hudson.

In this paper I compare Otolith metrics from two coastal sites in the Moche Valley, Gramalote and Cerro La Virgen. This comparison is aimed at evaluating possible shifts in fishing strategies as reflected in the range and normative values of fish size over time. Gramalote is a small politically autonomous fishing village occupied during the Initial Period. Cerro La Virgen is a large town occupied as part of the expanding political empire of the Chimu during the Late Intermediate Period. The two...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Ben Ford.

This is an abstract from the "The Future of Education and Training in Archaeology" session, at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Since 2009 the Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP) Applied Archaeology MA program has prepared students for archaeology careers outside of the academy. Through constant contact with employers and alumni, as well as an advisory board of archaeology professionals, the IUP program has been responsive to changes in the job market. The...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Robert Sonderman. Stefan Woehlke.

Over the past 15 years NPS archeological sites from Texas to Maine have faced devastating impacts from hurricanes and other climate related events. During this time, Hurricanes such as Isabel, Ivan, Katrina, Sandy and most recently Harvey and Irma have caused extensive damage to NPS archeological sites. Although not subjected to direct impacts from these recent hurricanes, National Capital Region (NCR) parks have been heavily damaged by their collateral impacts, typically in the form of...

DOCUMENT Citation Only John Hoopes. Geoffrey McCafferty. Sharisse McCafferty.

This is an abstract from the "Postclassic Mesoamerica: The View from the Southern Frontier" session, at the 86th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Ethnohistoric documents pertaining to the Greater Nicoya archaeological subarea document legends in which the inhabitants of western Nicaragua and northwestern Costa Rica traced their ancestry to migrations from the north, presumably in Mexico. Linguistic data indicate that speakers of Chorotega, an Oto-Manguean language, and...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Katie Kirakosian.

This is an abstract from the "Sins of Our Ancestors (and of Ourselves): Confronting Archaeological Legacies" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. While some work has been done over the past few decades to uncover the roles of female archaeologists who supported their husband's careers with little acknowledgment, less work has been done to explore the diversity of forgotten women's labor that helped support American archaeology since the late 19th...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Samantha Rubinson. Sarah Miller.

This is an abstract from the "Democratizing Heritage Creation: How-To and When" session, at the 89th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Data collected through site stewardship programs are unique and provide insights into the long-term preservation of archaeological sites. Stewardship programs across the country are working with communities to document changes over time from environmental and human-driven causes. Site changes are recorded using photography, monitoring...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Laura Evilsizer.

This is an abstract from the "Outreach and Education: Examples of Approaches and Strategies from the Pacific Northwest" session, at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Having a public that is knowledgeable about, and interested in, archaeology benefits us all. However, achieving that goal requires we learn from each other to better serve our mission and build communities. The Montana State Historic Preservation Office (MT SHPO), which is part of the Montana...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Greg Pierce. Marieka Arksey. Marcia Peterson.

This is an abstract from the "Touching the Past: Public Archaeology Engagement through Existing Collections" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. The Office of the Wyoming State Archaeologist (OWSA) has become increasingly focused on implementing public outreach initiatives to more effectively engage Wyoming’s citizenry in archaeological investigations and collections care. Our office manages the University of Wyoming Archaeological Repository, and the...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Eisei Tsurumi. César Sara. Carlos Morales.

This is an abstract from the "Illuminated Communities: The Role of the Hearth at the Beginning of Andean Civilization" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Through the recent excavations at Kotosh, Tsurumi and Sara successfully reconstructed the whole architectural complex of the late Archaic Period. It is composed of complicatedly connected platforms and supposedly each of the platforms was made for the purpose of supporting "temple" constructions...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Ryan Hechler.

While highland Peru’s Late Intermediate Period (AD 1000-1400) is characterized by community isolation, regional violence and shrinking exchange networks, the contemporary northern Ecuadorian Late Integration Period was a time of large-scale interregional activity that saw the flourishing of market economies. The northern Ecuadorian Andes demonstrated highly diverse cultural practices amongst an intimately connected Barbacoan world that stretched from between the highlands of northern Ecuador and...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Daniel Rodriguez Osorio.

This is an abstract from the "Theorizing Prehistoric Large Low-Density Settlements beyond Urbanism and Other Conventional Classificatory Conventions" session, at the 89th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. This paper develops a novel model to understand the social organization of landscapes and urban settlements in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta. This region's history mainly stems from the imposition of European categories to interpret the sociopolitical organization of...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Emily Schumacher. Miriam Belmaker.

This is an abstract from the "SAA 2023: Individual Abstracts" session, at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. The former Danish West Indies are one of the scant examples of Scandinavian colonialism and the only example of Danish colonialism in the Americas. Although considered latecomers to the region, the Danes maintained almost continuous control of their West Indies from their initial settlement until the islands were sold to the United States in 1917. This...