Ethnographic Research (Investigation Type)
This is research that focuses on the systematic description and analysis of cultural systems or lifeways. These studies of contemporary people and cultures rely heavily on participant observation as well as interviews, oral histories, and review of relevant documents. Ethnoarchaeological studies are a subset of this kind of research that investigate correlations between traditional contemporary cultures and patterns in the archaeological record.
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Cooperation and Competition Among Primitive Peoples (1937)
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Cosmology, Calendars and Horizon-Based Astronomy in Ancient Mesoamerica (2015)
Cosmology, Calendars, and Horizon-Based Astronomy in Ancient Mesoamerica is an interdisciplinary tour de force that establishes the critical role astronomy played in the religious and civic lives of the ancient peoples of Mesoamerica. Providing extraordinary examples of how Precolumbian peoples merged ideas about the cosmos with those concerning calendar and astronomy, the volume showcases the value of detailed examinations of astronomical data for understanding ancient cultures. The volume...
Costly Signaling, Cost Masking, and the Classic-Postclassic Transition: Slipped Ceramics and other Media in the Context of the Petén Lakes Region, Guatemala. (2016)
Costly signaling theory indicates that highly visible acts of public generosity and display, which exact costs not easily recouped, however, can provide social benefits to those engaged in such acts. Such signaling is associated with the strength or fitness of the provider. Analyzing slipped and fineware ceramics in display contexts, and obsidian use and architecture, this presentation explores how Maya elites and rural sub-elites engaged in costly signaling and modified their actions by cost...
A Critical Evaluation of Recent Gendered Publishing Trends in American Archaeology (2014)
This paper explores the relationship between gender identity and patterns of authorship in peer-reviewed journals as a lens for examining gendered knowledge production and the current status and visibility of men and women in American archaeology. Drawing on feminist theory and the feminist critique of science, I examine how gender imbalance and a lack of diversity continue to affect the work that archaeologists produce. The evaluation of publishing trends serves as a means to investigate...
Cultivated Plants of South and Central America (1950)
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Cultural Affiliation Report Kennewick Man: All Chapters (2000)
The general goals of this study are to identify, describe and summarize mortuary patterns and bio-archaeological studies within the Pacific Northwest. A major purpose is to compile this information in a form that will help address the possible cultural affiliation of Kennewick human remains with present-day Indian tribes. The specific objective is to identify continuities, discontinuities, and gaps in mortuary information and bio-archaeological data for the Middle Columbia River region from 9500...
Cultural Affiliation Report, Chapter 1: Background and Scope for the Kennewick Man Cultural Affiliation Reports (2000)
As part of its responsibilities in the Kennewick Man case, the Department of the Interior was trying to make a determination of the disposition of the human remains under the requirements of NAGPRA. Since the issue of disposition was at least in part related to whether the remains could be culturally affiliated under the terms of NAGPRA, four studies by experts in anthropological, archaeological, cultural, and historical topics relevant to this determination were undertaken by the DOI....
Cultural Affiliation Report, Chapter 2: Review of the Archaeological Data (2000)
This report is part of the cultural affiliation study, under NAGPRA, of the Kennewick human remains. The circumstances of the finding of those remains, and the resulting controversies, are well enough known not to require rehearsal here. The present work reviews the extant archaeological record for the Southern Columbia Plateau.
Cultural Affiliation Report, Chapter 3: Review of Traditional Historical and Ethnographic Information (2000)
This report has been prepared under contract with the National Park Service for the purpose of investigating the ethnographic and historical data concerning the cultural affiliation of the Kennewick human remains. Specifically I was asked to review published and archival materials related to the traditional ethnography, including traditional histories, kinship and patterns of residence, trade and social networks, artifact types and dwellings, community and settlement patterns, and economic and...
Cultural Affiliation Report, Chapter 4: Review of Linguistic Information (2000)
The Kennewick Man remains were found in shallow water along the edge of the Columbia River. It is believed that the remains eroded from the river bank at Columbia Park in what now is Kennewick, Washington, in July 1996. Preliminary C14 dating of the bone suggested the remains might be approximately 9,000 (C14) years old. At issue is the application of provisions of NAGPRA with regard to the repatriation of the remains to a coalition of tribes and bands (Confederated Tribes of the Colville...
Cultural Affiliation Report, Chapter 5: Cultural Affiliation Study of the Kennewick Human Remains: Review of Bio-Archaeological Information (2000)
The general goals of this study are to identify, describe and summarize mortuary patterns and bio-archaeological studies within the Pacific Northwest. A major purpose is to compile this information in a form that will help address the possible cultural affiliation of Kennewick human remains with present-day Indian tribes. The specific objective is to identify continuities, discontinuities, and gaps in mortuary information and bio-archaeological data for the Middle Columbia River region from 9500...
Cultural Affiliation Study for Canyons of the Ancients National Monument, Southwest Colorado (2002)
From October 2001 to July 2002, Two Rivers Consultants and its subcontractor, SWCA Environmental Consultants, conducted a cultural affiliation survey of Canyons of the Ancients National Monument (CANM) in southwestern Colorado. The contractors also assisted the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in Native American Graves and Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) consultation regarding existing NAGPRA collections being held at the Anasazi Heritage Center (AHC) in Dolores, Colorado. The purpose...
Cultural Affiliations: Prehistoric Cultural Affiliations of Southwestern Indian Tribes (1996)
The Arizona State Museum, Bureau of Land Management (Arizona and New Mexico State Offices) and the USDA Forest Service (Southwestern Region) have worked in cooperation to assess the available evidence to arrive at determinations of cultural affiliations for prehistoric archaeological complexes in the Southwest. This report includes assessments of these cultural affiliations.
Cultural Dynamics In the Manitoba Grasslands, 1000 B.C.-A.D. 700 (1970)
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Cultural Factors in Community - Education Programs (1959)
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A Cultural Overview and Sample Survey of 21,440 Acres for the Salt River Project (1981)
In September of 1980, the Office of Contract Archeology conducted a Phase I archeological overview and 10% sample survey of the 21,440 acre Salt River Project located in two parcels some 10 miles (6.2 kms.) north of Chaco Canyon, New Mexico. The purpose of the study was to obtain information which would help the Salt River Project to formulate long-range plans concerning the development of a subsurface coal mine in that region. Part of this investigation was an archival search which uncovered...
The cultural relationships of the Polynesian outliers (1976)
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A Cultural Resource Overview of the Bureau of Land Management Coleville, Bodie, Benton, and Owens Valley Planning Units, California (1979)
This report represents a contribution to a number of regional (i.e., planning unit) studies commissioned by the Bureau of Land Management for lands under its control in the State of California. The intent of these various studies is to provide the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) with an overview and synthesis of the existing cultural resource information, including historic, prehistoric and ethnographic data available for the study area, in this case, the Bodie/Coleville and Benton/ Owens...
Cultural Resource Overview of the Eureka, Saline, Panamint, and Darwin Region; East Central California (1980)
In September 1977 the Bureau of Land Management contracted with Regional Environmental Consultants (RECON) for the completion of a Class I cultural resource inventory for the Darwin, Eureka, Saline, and Panamint Planning Units within the California desert. The purpose of this project was to evaluate the existing information available about the cultural record of the area. The project was conducted for several reasons, including legal requirements of the Department of the Interior, Bureau of...
A Cultural Resources Investigation of the Lacks Creek Access Road Project located in Humboldt County, California (BLM). (2008)
This cultural resources investigation was conducted by the Humboldt State University Center for Indian Community Development Cultural Resources Facility (CRF) at the request of Mitch Farrow of the Pacific Coast Fish, Wildlife and Wetland Restoration Association (PCFWWRA). These archaeological services fulfill the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA). The CRF conducted a Phase I archaeological investigation along a...
Cultural Resources Investigations in the Mojave River Forks Reservoir, San Bernardino County, California (1985)
Between April and June of 1985, Statistical Research conducted a cultural resources survey of approximately 1,000 acres and a limited site-relocation program in the Mojave River Forks Reservoir, San Bernardino County, California, for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Los Angeles District. Prior to the fieldwork, a documents search identified 17 previously recorded or reported prehistoric sites, 2 historic properties, and 1 isolated prehistoric artifact in the study area. During the survey, 17...
Cultural Resources of the Aleutian Region (1977)
There are many problems inherent in attempting to fully assess the cultural resources of an area such as that encompassed in the boundaries of the Aleut Corporation. While there are many things which bind the area together into a unified whole, there are also many differences which must be taken into consideration. Yet both the differences and the unifying aspects are, in large part, caused by the geographic location and environmental effects of the region upon its inhabitants.
A Cultural Resources Overview of the Colorado Desert Planning Units (1981)
The Colorado Desert study area covers approximately 11,000 square miles (28,500 km. sq.) of which over two-thirds is managed by the Bureau of Land Management. The land is divided among the Imperial, Santa Rosa, Orocopia, Twentynine Palms, Bristol/Cadiz, Palen, Turtle Mountain, Whipple Mountain, Big Maria and Picacho planning units, which together will be referred to here as the Colorado Desert planning units. The area is bounded on the north by Interstate 40. Its southern boundary is the...
Cultural Resources Survey of a Portion of Dead Horse Ranch State Park, and a Proposed Alignment for a New Access Road in Yavapai County, Arizona (1991)
An archaeological survey of a portion of Dead Horse Ranch State Park, Yavapai County, Arizona, was completed for the Arizona Department of Transportation and Arizona State Parks by SWCA, Inc., Environmental Consultants, under contract to Entranco Engineers, Inc., in July 1990. The project was undertaken for a proposed new access road to the park and a bridge across the Verde River as well as for proposed improvements within the park. Sites AZ N:4:18 (ASM) and AZ N:4:31 (ASM) had been formally...