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DOCUMENT Citation Only Dmitri Beliaev. Simon Martin. Sergei Vepretskii.

This is an abstract from the "The Rise and Apogee of the Classic Maya Kaanu’l Hegemonic State at Dzibanche" session, at the 89th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. In 2017 previously unknown mid-sixth-century Kanul king K’ahk’ Ti’ Ch’ich’ Aj Saakil was identified in Classic Maya hieroglyphic inscriptions. He acceded as “high king” (kalomte) in AD 550 and was responsible for the defeat of Tikal in AD 562 and the expansion of Dzibanche hegemony through the Southern...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Arlen Chase. Diane Chase.

At the time that Forest of Kings was written, Mayanists were unsure of how impactful Maya warfare actually was. Did it serve symbolic and ritual purposes like the Aztec flower-wars? Or, was Maya warfare actually waged for territorial gain? Forest of Kings was one of the first books to situate Maya conflict as warfare for territorial control. But, the depth and nature of this control as well as the way in which warfare articulated with and affected broader Maya society could not be answered in...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Waldo R. Wedel.

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DOCUMENT Citation Only Adrian Chase.

This is an abstract from the "Cooperative and Noncooperative Transitions in the Archaeological Record" session, at the 90th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. The city of Caracol, Belize shifted back and forth between more collective and more autocratic governance at least four times over its 1,500-year history. In the Preclassic, early conurbation between three centers (Downtown Caracol, Hazcap Ceel, and Cahal Pichik) created the initial conditions for Caracol’s...

DOCUMENT Citation Only D. J. Ortner. R. S. Corruccini.

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DOCUMENT Citation Only BrieAnna Langlie.

Following the collapse of Tiwanaku in the Andean altiplano, warfare, sociopolitical balkanization, and a severe drought lead to economic hardships during the Late Intermediate period (LIP) between A.D. 1100 and 1450. Previous research in the region has shed light on how martial conflict between and possibly among competing ethnic groups incited people to live in defensive fortified hilltop villages. Although scholars have previously speculated on the severity of lifeways for residents of...

DOCUMENT Citation Only D. Ryan Gray. Emily Gallo.

This is an abstract from the "Fulfilling a Nation’s Promise: The Search, Recovery, and Accounting Efforts of DPAA and Its Partners" session, at the 89th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Archaeological sites are only rarely preserved as pristine moments in time, unaltered since the site was formed. More often, they are a continuous production, forming a part of the social and cultural landscape of the surrounding area. In this paper, we draw upon Appadurai’s idea of the...

DOCUMENT Citation Only F. Ruecking, Jr..

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DOCUMENT Citation Only Morris Taylor.

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DOCUMENT Citation Only Harold Hickerson.

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DOCUMENT Citation Only Kevin Schwarz.

This is an abstract from the "Cooperative and Noncooperative Transitions in the Archaeological Record" session, at the 90th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. The space between cooperative society and despotism is vast, and understanding how ancient societies worked with archaeology can be challenging. But, in the current era, with democracy and authoritarianism contending, it is important to study such phenomena, particularly in periods of transition. The Collapse of...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Mark Sanders. Phyllisa Eisentraut.

This is an abstract from the "SAA 2023: Individual Abstracts" session, at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. With the recognition that violence, warfare, and trophy display within the North American Southeast was endemic during the Mississippian Cultural Period, an in-depth analysis of the equipment used by warring groups is now necessary. By examining the “Conquering Warrior” and associated human effigy pipes from the Great Mortuary at Spiro Mounds and...

DOCUMENT Full-Text George Cowgill.

In this paper, George Cowgill focuses on how Mesoamericans used worldviews and ideologies in sociopolitical ways. More specifically, Cowgill argues that specific sociopolitical ideologies arise when there is a shared worldview.

DOCUMENT Citation Only Timothy Pugh.

This is an abstract from the "Cooperative and Noncooperative Transitions in the Archaeological Record" session, at the 90th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Collapses are frequently observed in the archaeological record, though they are rarely catastrophic events. They generally involve migration and reorganization, which is an opportune time to reevaluate the existing system of organization. Despotic systems tend to be more visible since rulers overtly proclaim their...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Lauren Kohut.

Mobility is frequently examined in terms of interaction, confluence and circulation. During periods of conflict, however, roads and paths can become arenas for the negotiation and control of people, lands and resources, and thus bring into sharp relief the often tense politics of mobility. This paper draws on regional survey of Late Intermediate Period (AD 1100-1450) hilltop fortifications in the Colca Valley to examine the use of fortification to monitor and control mobility during a period of...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Ryan Smith. Elizabeth Arkush.

This is an abstract from the "Archaeologies of Surveillance: Seeing and Power in the Material World" session, at the 89th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. In this paper we model visibility and movement in and around ancient hillforts or pukaras across the highlands of southern Peru. During the Late Intermediate Period (1000–1450 CE), communities moved to hilltops where houses were often tightly packed together within the confines of large defensive walls. The...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Sarah Jolly. Danielle Kurin.

The political instability that characterizes the early Late Intermediate Period (ca. AD 1000—1250) in Andean prehistory had widespread impacts on how people lived, ranging from changes in settlement patterns to an increase in skeletal trauma and infectious disease. This paper explores the social experiences of violence and its implications for healthcare, primarily through the analysis of a notable case study: a young male from Andahuaylas, Peru, whose skeleton evinces multiple lesions and...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Alice L. L. Ferguson.

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DOCUMENT Citation Only Wayne E. Clark.

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DOCUMENT Citation Only Eric Hollinger.

The late prehistoric Oneota tradition developed and spread rapidly across an immense territory in a very short period of time. That expansion, and the period of territorial stability which followed were marked by violence on large and small scales. Taking of human trophies was an integral component of the violence of the time and was steeped in warrior tradition, religious ritual and symbolism reflecting broadly held ideologies. Trophy taking was likely more common than has been acknowledged....

DOCUMENT Citation Only Scotti Norman.

This is an abstract from the "Rising Up Against Authority: Archaeological Approaches to Rebellion" session, at the 90th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Though the term rebellion connotes direct, violent uprisings to authority, resistance of disenfranchised peoples can take subtle or indirect forms such as religious revitalization or rejection of dominant or colonizer cultural practices. In the 16th century central Peruvian Andes, Taki Onqoy (Quechua: dancing/singing...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Samantha Taylor.

This is an abstract from the "SAA 2025: Individual Abstracts" session, at the 90th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. This paper will discuss the 2023 excavations of a magazine and underground tunnel in Traverse 8 of Fort Fisher (31NH7) in New Hanover County, North Carolina. Fort Fisher was a large Confederate earthwork that was constructed, primarily by enslaved and conscripted Native American labor, in 1861 south of Wilmington, North Carolina. Fort Fisher, often called...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Philip Williams. Joseph Kinney.

This is an abstract from the "Capturing and Sharing Vermont’s Past: 3D Imaging as a Tool for Undergraduate Research and Community Engagement" session, at the 89th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. The use of 3D imaging within archaeology is often focused on the modestly sized objects and artifacts that form the basis of most museum or research collections. With the appropriate instrument, however, even very large objects can be effectively imaged and used in both...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Ian Kuijt.

This is an abstract from the "SAA 2025: Individual Abstracts" session, at the 90th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Cultural heritage has few friends in times of war. Working as part of a collaborative international team of archaeologists and filmmakers, over three 10 day visits in 2023 and 2024, we traveled through central and north-eastern Ukraine filming and documenting the destruction of cultural heritage. This presentation provides a first-hand account of travels...

DOCUMENT Citation Only David Brown. Mark Willis.

This is an abstract from the "The Barbacoan World: Recognizing and Preserving the Unique Indigenous Cultural Developments of the Northern Andes" session, at the 89th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. The numerous Inka forts in northern highland Ecuador, more than reported from most other imperial provinces, suggest preoccupations with the region and its inhabitants. The Barbacoan-speaking locals were indeed powerful and a potentially difficult conquest, as attested to by...