Temple (Site Type Keyword)
Parent: Non-Domestic Structures
Monumental architecture constructed from stone or other materials, and used for religious and/or political purposes.
51-75 (116 Records)
This .pdf file contains the level forms for the 2m x 2m units excavated on Terrace S25 of Cerro Danush in Oaxaca Mexico. This fieldwork was conducted between January of 2015 and June of 2015. The first page contains the grid system used to determine the unit northing and easting. For more information, please see the Project Report for 2015.
Lithic Analysis of the Postclassic Maya Site, Isla Cilvituk: Utilizing Microwear and Experimental Approaches to Evaluate Anthropological Problems at a Regional Scale (1999)
The goal of any microwear analysis is to reconstruct as completely as possible the site economy. Once accomplished, such lithic data can then be incorporated into more complex interpretations concerning economic, social, and political organization. This research focuses on the obsidian and chert assemblage from the Postclassic Maya site Isla Cilvituk (AD 900-1545). A replica set of obsidian prismatic blades have been subjected to a full range of activities associated with prehispanic Maya...
Malpaso Database (2008)
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Marshland of Cities: Deltaic Landscapes and the Evolution of Early Mesopotamian Civilization (2003)
Prevailing theories of the evolution of early complex societies in southern Mesopotamia presume a uniform, arid landscape transited by Tigris and Euphrates distributaries. These theories hold that it was the seventh millennium BCE introduction of irrigation technologies from the northern alluvium to the south that began the punctuated evolution of Mesopotamian irrigation schemes. In this view, irrigation-dependent agro-pastoral production was the primary stimulus to urbanization and, millennia...
Maya Political Economy: A Spatial, Temporal, and Contextual Analysis of Jade Deposits throughout the Southern Lowlands (2009)
Jade is a valuable tool for studying Maya political economy because it is not only geologically rare but socially and ritually significant. Control of jade acquisition, production, and distribution became a measure of the power, prestige, and authority of the increasingly competitive polity elites. However, there is no catalog of jade artifacts for the Maya region. Therefore, this study compiles jade data from eight Southern Lowland sites with well-documented collections, creating a publicly...
Nelson et al. - Trabajos conducidos por La State University of New York dentro del Proyecto La Quemada 1989-90 (1992)
Field report of work conducted at La Quemada in the 1989-90 field season
Neutron Activation Analysis of Ceramics from Greece
This project pertains to the compositional analysis of ceramic materials from Greece. These data were generated by neutron activation analysis (NAA) at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) between the late 1960s and early 1990s. Data from the LBNL were transferred to the Archaeometry Laboratory at the University of Missouri, where they were digitized for distribution through tDAR. Data for some samples are drawn from a previous LBNL-digitization project at the University of...
Neutron Activation Analysis of Ceramics from Israel and the Palestinian Territories
This project pertains to the compositional analysis of ceramic materials from Israel. These data were generated by neutron activation analysis (NAA) at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) between the late 1960s and early 1990s. Data from the LBNL were transferred to the Archaeometry Laboratory at the University of Missouri, where they were digitized for distribution through tDAR.
Obsidian biface coding sheets (2013)
A.J. Vonarx recorded attributes of obsidian bifacial tools. All appear to be projectile points.
Obsidian Data for Terrace S25 (2015)
This file contains all of the data for the nearly 1200 pieces collected during the 2051 excavations on Terrace S25, Cerro Danush, Dainzú-Macuilxóchitl. Including material categories (prismatic blade, flake, point, etc.), measurements, color assignments, provenience, etc.
Palmyra: Heritage Adrift (2015)
This report contains details on all damage done to the archaeological site of Palmyra between February 2012 and June 2015. Palmyra is one of six Syrian sites registered by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in the World Heritage List since 1980. On June 20, 2013, Palmyra and the other five sites (Bosra, Damascus, Crac des Chevaliers and the Citadel of Salah ed-Din, Aleppo, and the Ancient Villages of Northern Syria) were then registered on the List of...
Patterns of Maya Jade Disposal at Blue Creek, Belize (2004)
Jade was the most valued material in the Classic Maya world. Large numbers of jade artifacts have been recovered from diverse contexts from the Maya site of Blue Creek, Belize. This database allows for analysis of the distribution and disposal of jade artifacts. Further, jade’s role in Classic Maya political economies is unclear, with views alternating between jade having functioned as a currency and jade having been controlled by royal elites. The Blue Creek database is used to test the...
Peru: Incidents of Travel and Exploration in the Land of the Incas (1877)
"Peru: Incidents and Exploration in the Land of the Incas" is E. George Squier's detailed account of his extensive travels in Peru and his investigation of many large archaeological sites during his appointment as US Commissioner to Peru in the mid-1860's. The main objective of Squier's work was, as he professed, to "illustrat[e] Inca civilization from its exisiting monuments" (Squier 1877: 4). The following excerpts from the book's introduction summarize Squier's accounts. "At that time a...
PIA Atalla
The "Chavín Phenomenon" in Huancavelica, Peru: Interregional interaction, ritual practice, and social transformations at Atalla
Plan Drawings Terrace S19 (2010)
This pdf file contains the plan drawings from the excavations of Terrace S19 on Cerro Danush.
Plan Drawings Terrace S25, Cerro Danush (2015)
This .pdf contains the plan drawings for the excavation units on Terrace S25, Cerro Danush, Oaxaca, Mexico. Please consult the project report for 2015 for more information.
Population, area, and infrastructural measures for Roman cities of the Imperial period (2019)
Data analyzed in: Hanson, John W., Scott G. Ortman, Luis M. A. Bettencourt, and Liam C. Mazur (2019). Urban form, infrastructure, and spatial organization in the Roman Empire. Antiquity 93(368).
Pottery assemblage data from Roman Britain (2023)
Data analyzed in: Ortman, Scott, Olivia Bulik, Rob Wiseman, José Lobo, Luis Bettencourt and Lisa Lodwick (2023) Transport Costs and Economic Change in Roman Britain. European Journal of Archaeology:1-24 AND Wiseman, Rob, Olivia Bulik, José Lobo, Lisa Lodwick and Scott G. Ortman (2023) The Impact of Transportation on Pottery Industries in Roman Britain. Open Archaeology 9(1).
Preliminary Report of SUNY-Buffalo Investigations at La Quemada, Zacatecas, 1987 and 1988 Seasons (1989)
Fieldwork from the 1987 and 1988 seasons at La Quemada
Profile Drawings from Terrace S19 (2010)
This pdf file contains profile drawings from the structures and unit on Terrace S19, Cerro Danush, Dainzú-Macuilxóchitl, Oaxaca, Mexico
Profile Drawings Terrace O8, Cerro Danush (2015)
This .pdf contains profile drawings taken on Terrace O8, Cerro Danush, Oaxaca Mexico. The first page contains the excavation grid for reference. See project report for 2015 for more information.
Project Artifact Catalog, Terraces 08 and S25 (2015)
This file contains basic information on the sample of artifacts that were registered and cataloged from the 2015 excavations of Terrace S19 and O8 on Cerro Danush in Oaxaca Mexico
Project Bibliography (2008)
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Project Muestrario/Registro Terrace S19, Cerro Danush (2010)
This pdf file contains a description of all of the materials stored in the project muestrario and registered with INAH. Materials come from the excavation of Terraces S19 and S20 on Cerro Danush.
Project Report 2008 (2008)
Project Report approved by the Consejo de Arqueología of the Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia, Mexico. Covers the 2007-2008 Survey, Mapping, and Surface Collections at Cerro Danish, Dainzú-Macuilxóchitl