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Late Postclassic Central Mexico is defined by significant political change, with the Aztec Triple Alliance quickly dominating the political landscape. As the triple alliance materialized in the 15th century, Tlaxcallan simultaneously emerged as a key market center, connecting trade in the central highlands to the Gulf Coast. As the alliance expanded, Tlaxcallan remained a uniquely unconquered space, yet the conditions of its autonomy are unclear. Siege of trade routes and the manipulation of...
Eating Pingelap: Archaeobotanical and Zooarchaeological Perspectives on the Settlement of a Micronesian Atoll (2021)
This is an abstract from the "When the Wild Winds Blow: Micronesia Colonization in Pacific Context" session, at the 86th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Pingelap Atoll, located in central-eastern Micronesia, was colonized by 1550–1700 cal BP. Although these settlement dates are only a few hundred years later than those of nearby high islands such as Pohnpei and Kosrae, the environment presents notably different challenges and opportunities for subsistence. In this...
Eccentric Caching Practices of the Belize Valley (2017)
The ancient Maya expressed complex ideological and cosmological systems through diverse material practices. The ritual caching of objects, particularly offerings of chert and obsidian eccentrics, was a common manifestation of this integrated worldview throughout the Maya Lowlands. The study of these caches allows archaeologists to explore elements of ancient Maya ideology, which were shared across broad temporal and spatial landscapes. With over 100 years of previous archaeological research,...
Ecological and Paleoethnobotanical Research at the Programme for Belize Archaeological Project (2017)
Archaeological research requires interdisciplinary scholarship to answer broad questions relating to resilience, social complexity, climate, and environmental impacts in Mesoamerica throughout ancient Maya times and into the present. RBCMA, PfBAP, plant ecology, and paleoethnobotany have provided a platform to reconstruct ancient Maya landscapes, which delves into the nuances of human-environmental relationships in northwestern Belize. Ecological studies of the impacts of ancient Maya on soils,...
Economic Institutions in Ancient Greece and Mesoamerica (2018)
New studies have led to a deeper comprehension of economic variation and change in Late Postclassic Mesoamerica and the Archaic and Classical Greek world. Archaeological data on city-state settlement patterns, specialized production, trade, and household consumption, and new archival material and re-analysis of texts, have replaced primitivism, substantivism, and ideal-types. In urbanization and demographic scale the two areas are comparable. Mesoamerican and Greek agricultural production was...
Economy, Exchange, and Power at Lomas Entierros, Central Pacific Costa Rica (2021)
This is an abstract from the "Advances and New Perspectives in the Isthmo-Colombian Area" session, at the 86th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Lomas Entierros is a primary center in Central Pacific Costa Rica, characterized by the presence of monumental architecture on top of a defensible hill, and the circulation of important amounts of imported ceramics. The architectural system combined elevated half-moon terraces with cobblestone walls, foundations, slopes with...
Educating Politicians: Outreach and Advocacy Behind the Front Lines (2021)
This is an abstract from the ""Is There Gold in that Field?" CRM and Public Outreach on the Front Lines" session, at the 86th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. PaleoWest demonstrates leadership in outreach through political advocacy at local, state, and federal levels of lawmaking. Taking action on multiple levels and working behind the scenes, we shape public policy to meet industry needs. This paper will discuss examples of our efforts and provide a blueprint for other...
Education, Conservation, and Research on Easter Island through Three-Dimensional Photogrammetry (2018)
For fifteen years, Terevaka Archaeological Outreach (TAO) has provided local students from Rapa Nui (Easter Island, Chile) with hands-on experience to: (1) offer experiential learning opportunities about the local cultural and natural resources; (2) promote awareness and expertise in conservation measures and sustainable development; and (3) document and study the modern and ancient natural and cultural resources of the island. Three-dimensional ortho-corrected photogrammetry (3D OCP) is a...
Educational AR and VR Applications for the Interpretation of Archaeological Sites in Northern Virginia (2018)
Virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) applications can influence the user's perception of the world. In regards to archaeological sites these technologies can be used as educational tools to recreate past environments and offer interpretive perspectives on history. This research examines several archaeological sites in the Northern Virginia region and investigates how educational VR and AR applications developed through accessible, user-friendly platforms can aid in reconstructing and...
The Effect of Climate Change and Human Predation on the Niche Space of North American Proboscideans (2021)
This is an abstract from the "Bayesian Archaeology" session, at the 86th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Approximately 13,000 years ago, 37 genera of North American megafauna went extinct. Proboscideans, mammoths, and mastodons, specifically, were among the megafauna affected. Today, researchers continue to debate between three hypotheses to explain these North American Pleistocene mass extinctions: (1) human over-hunting, (2) climate change leading to a reduced niche,...
The Effect of Climate Change on the Niche Space of North American Proboscideans (2019)
This is an abstract from the "Novel Statistical Techniques in Archaeology I (QUANTARCH I)" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Most researchers agree that the extinction events of North American megafauna, including proboscideans, occurred approximately 13,000 years ago. The reason for the demise of these creatures, in particular proboscideans such as mammoth and mastodon, is a matter of debate. There are three accepted general hypotheses explaining...
The Effect of Gender Imbalances in Mesoamerican Lithic Studies (2024)
This is an abstract from the "Gender in Archaeology over the Last 30+ Years" session, at the 89th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. While more women than men are getting PhDs in archaeology today, female lithicists continue to be outnumbered by their male counterparts. This is in part a result of outdated gendered conceptions about who can do certain types of archaeological field and laboratory work, and also related to deeply seated, western notions of male versus...
Effective Tribal Consultation and Engaging Partnerships: A Utah DoD Collaboration (2023)
This is an abstract from the "Crucial Issues in United States Department of Defense Cultural Resources Management " session, at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. In 2010, the Utah Army National Guard (UTARNG) partnered with Hill Air Force Base and Dugway Proving Ground to conduct annual and quarterly meetings with Tribal governments throughout much of the intermountain West. Since then, the partnership has grown to include Tooele Army Depot. The partnership...
The effects in a Maya community of school enrollment on young adult time allocation to activities dependent on traditional ecological knowledge (2017)
School enrollment in traditional communities potentially compromises young peoples’ participation in agro-ecological subsistence activities that encourage the development and practice of traditional ecological knowledge (TEK). Drawing on data from a Maya community located in Toledo District, Belize, we compared the time allocated to agro-ecological activities for school going (SG) or non-school going (NSG) male and female youth between the ages of 13 and 18 years. We find that SG males spend...
Effects of Atmospheric Events over Marine Ecosystems and Precolumbian Societies in Borikén (2021)
This is an abstract from the "SAA 2021: General Sessions" session, at the 86th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Climate change, as a social and environmental stressor, has the potential to threaten food security by disrupting the functioning of ecosystems. This stress is particularly enhanced during intense, unexpected events that can trigger disasters. Precolumbian Caribbean societies faced these stressors through time as environmental changes linked to climate change...
The Effects of Economic Complexity and Temperature on the Long-Term Energy Consumption Dynamics of Human Societies (2018)
Increases in energy consumption correlate with social and political development in human societies, as well as increasing human impacts on ecosystems. Thus, understanding the underlying drivers of energy consumption in human societies may provide insights into the processes of social evolution and rapid social change (collapse). In this paper, we develop a model of energy consumption in human societies based on population size, economic complexity and temperature. We demonstrate the usefulness...
The Effects of ENSO on Travel along the Pacific Coast of the Americas (2019)
This is an abstract from the "Coastal Connections: Pacific Coastal Links from Mexico to Ecuador" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. For decades, prehistoric contacts have been suggested between Ecuador and western Mexico, occurring from 400 BC, if not earlier, to the sixteenth century based on similarities in mortuary behaviors, ceramic technology, language, and ethnohistoric accounts, and other lines of evidence. However, the frequency of these...
El caso de la Parcela 28 del Ejido de Comala, Colima: La problemática del saqueo arqueológico y recuperación de una tumba de tiro (2017)
El denominado Occidente Mesoamericano, presentaba características únicas que lo diferenciaban del resto de las culturas de esta súper área cultural; diferencias que son claramente observables en el sistema funerario que fue utilizado por estos grupos, al cual se le denominó como: "Tradición de Tumbas de Tiro". El legado patrimonial que dejaron estos grupos se encuentra en prácticamente todo el territorio del estado de Colima, desafortunadamente este se ha visto alterado por la práctica que...
El Castillo and its regional context in Huarmey Valley through GIS (2017)
Huarmey valley, at the southern fringe of Peruvian North Coast, was inhabited for millennia. It is a rich, multi-cultural area, where almost all types of archaeological sites are represented. The discovery of an imperial mausoleum at El Castillo in 2012/13 is an example how little we know about this region. During the previous seasons modern state-of-art techniques of documentation were used on daily basis at the time of excavations. The successful attempts to implement new non-invasive, remote...
El Cerro Magoni en su contexto regional - extensión y significado del desarrollo Xajay (2017)
En los años setenta, el arqueólogo Enrique Nalda describió por primera vez un nuevo tipo cerámico, lo cuál denominó Xajay Rojo Inciso Postcocción (RIP). En las décadas después surgieron nuevas investigaciones que giraban en torno a la definición cultura-histórica de lo Xajay que resultaron en el registro de cada vez más asentamientos asociados con el tipo. Actualmente se sabe que los sitios pertenecen temporalmente a finales del Clásico y durante todo el Epiclásico, y que se encuentran...
El Cerro Magoni o Nonoalcatépetl en el registro histórico (2017)
El presente ensayo utiliza documentos del registro histórico para investigar la reasignación de significados al Cerro Magoni por diferentes grupos desde el siglo XVI hasta su presente definición como parte del Ejido de la comunidad Huerto Nantzha mediante el marco conceptual de la territorialidad. Ésta consiste en la apropiación y dominación de un espacio mientras que el territorio es distinguible y defendida por su dueño y defendida. El poseedor será quien dote de significados específicos al...
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El Corrido de Pablo y Suzy Pescado: Inspiring Archaeological Investigations in Northwest Mexico (2017)
We discuss Paul and Suzy Fish´s integral role in archaeological research in northwest Mexico, an important region that has been little studied by relatively few archaeologists to date. Over more than 25 years, along with our colleagues and many students, our archaeological investigations have included a reanalysis of the funerary mound at Guasave, Sinaloa and an evaluation of the relationship between Mesoamerica and Northwestern Mexico, the Pleistocene people of Sonora and Mexico, the Early...
El Culto de los Antepasados en Conjuntos Domésticos en el Valle de Copán, Honduras y las Implicaciones Sociales que influyen en las Prácticas Funerarias (2017)
La presente ponencia trata de analizar las prácticas funerarias que se llevaban a cabo en distintos conjuntos domésticos excavados en el territorio dominado por la ciudad de Copán durante el Clásico Tardío. En la sociedad maya, las relaciones consanguíneas con los antepasados cobraban mucha importancia para el mantenimiento del poder. Las unidades sociales que se fundan en los lazos de parentesco implican desigualdad en la participación en el poder, definida con base en la proximidad al ancestro...
El Diablo Rojo: An Olmec Rock Painting in Amatitlán, Guatemala (2019)
This is an abstract from the "SAA 2019: General Sessions" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Known as "The Red Devil" or the "Muñeco", a rock painting in Olmec style, located in the municipality of Amatitlán, department of Guatemala. This was reported at the end of the 70s of the last century and has been visited on numerous occasions by various specialists. In this paper we will present a synthesis of its discovery and the investigations carried out,...