Society for American Archaeology 80th Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA (2015)

Part of: Society for American Archaeology

This collection contains the abstracts from the 2015 annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Most files in this collection contain the abstract only. The Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology provides a forum for the dissemination of knowledge and discussion. The 80th Annual Meeting was held in San Francisco, California from April 15-19, 2015.

Site Name Keywords
44CE0085 • Nevada • ontario • Gordion • Ceren • La Villa • AZ AA:7:27(ASM) • AZ T:3:86(ASM) • AZ T:4:293(ASM) • AZ AA:3:55(ASM)

Site Type Keywords
Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex • Non-Domestic Structures • Domestic Structures • Rock Art • Settlements • Archaeological Feature • Petroglyph • Town / City • Cave • House

Other Keywords
Maya • Ceramics • Zooarchaeology • bioarchaeology • Geoarchaeology • Historical Archaeology • Gis • Rock Art • Ritual • Lithics

Culture Keywords
Historic • Ancestral Puebloan • Mogollon • Historic Native American • Spanish • Mimbres • Mississippian • Hohokam • Euroamerican • Maya

Investigation Types
Heritage Management • Data Recovery / Excavation • Collections Research • Systematic Survey • Archaeological Overview • Architectural Documentation • Ethnohistoric Research • Methodology, Theory, or Synthesis • Environment Research • Ethnographic Research

Material Types
Ceramic • Macrobotanical • Building Materials • Chipped Stone • Wood • Fauna • Glass • Human Remains • Mineral • Pollen

Temporal Keywords
Civil War • Mimbres Classic period • Ancestral Puebloan / Sedentary through Classic Period • 19th Century • Postclassic • Pioneer Period • Mississippian period • Classic Period • Pueblo III Period • Pueblo IV period

Geographic Keywords
Mesoamerica • North America - Southwest • South America • Europe • North America - California • AFRICA • North America - Southeast • East/Southeast Asia • North America (Continent) • North America - Midwest

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  1. The Chronological Ceramic Sequence of Naranjo, Guatemala: A Revision and Relationship to Kaminaljuyu (2015)
  2. Early Maya Script and Visual Culture: A Chronological and Geographical Reassessment (2015)
  3. The Antigua Valley, Guatemala: Dating and Contexts of the Middle Preclassic Period (2015)
  4. Revisiting the Preclassic Ceramic Sequence of the Greater Kaminaljuyu Zone (2015)
  5. All in Good Time: the "New Highland Chronology" and the Sculptures of Kaminaljuyú, Guatemala (2015)
  6. A revised Kaminaljuyu chronology and its implications for social processes (2015)
  7. LA PINTURA RUPESTRE EN LOS SITIOS ARQUEOLÓGICOS DE LA SIERRA DE LA GIGANTA, BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR (2015)
  8. "EL VIEJO" DEL CAÑÓN DEL AZUFRE: UN POSIBLE CASO DE PAREIDOLIA E HIEROFANÍA EN EL SISTEMA VOLCÁNICO TRES VÍRGENES, B.C.S, MÉXICO. (2015)
  9. The activity of hunter gatherers in the northwest of Durango, México (2015)
  10. PATRÓN DE ASENTAMIENTO EN EL DESIERTO CENTRAL DE BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR "EL ESTUDIO DE SITIOS ARQUEOLÓGICOS QUE CONFORMAN UN CORREDOR SIERRA-OASIS-MAR" (2015)
  11. La industria lítica precerámica del sitio La Flor del Océano, Sinaloa (2015)
  12. The Rancho Santa María II: an archaic site in the Galeana Valley, Chihuahua. (2015)
  13. Cazadores recolectores en Baja California Sur: Un campamento al sur de la Paz (2015)
  14. Difference in Archaeology Theory and Practice: the Case of Classical Greece (2015)
  15. Insights from Difference: text and archaeology in Angkor (2015)
  16. Difference Theory and the Relevance of the Archaeological Past to the Present (2015)
  17. Discourse and Dissonance in the Archaeological Archive (2015)
  18. The Demise of Angkor: infratructural inertia and climatic instability (2015)
  19. The Otherness of Objects? The Material Turn and Historical Archaeology (2015)
  20. Climate Change, Dissonance and Urban Diaspora in the Southern Maya Lowlands (2015)
  21. Concurrences and Discrepancies in Ancient Egypt (2015)
  22. Difference, Non-correspondence and the Material Contexts of Sociality (2015)
  23. Difference in the Archaeology of Institutions (2015)
  24. Elite Ambitions, Public Works, and Political Consolidation: A Comparative View (2015)
  25. Período Formativo como Ontología: una discusión desde los Andes Septentrionales (30°Lat. S) (2015)
  26. The Formative process as discourses of nature and culture: the case of Tarapacá, Atacama Desert (Northern Chile). (2015)
  27. La materialización de la vida en comunidad entre los cazadores, pescadores y recolectores marinos que habitaron el litoral del Desierto de Atacama durante los 6000-4000 Cal AP (Norte de Chile) (2015)
  28. Agriculturas formativas del desierto tarapaqueño. (2015)
  29. Variations in Late and Terminal Classic Ceramic Firing Facilities within Southeastern Mesoamerica. (2015)
  30. Birds, Monkeys, and Shapes, Oh My!:Investigating Intersecting Motifs on Ceramic Vessels, Stamps, and Candeleros (2015)
  31. Is It Hot Enough Yet? Reconstructing Firing Temperatures for Prehistoric Honduran Ceramics through Re-Firing Experiments (2015)
  32. The Microscopy and Macroscopy of Islamic Lustre wares (2015)
  33. Petrography of "Nderit" pottery from Pastoral Neolithic sites surrounding Lake Turkana in Kenya (2015)
  34. Cooking vessels of the early medieval village of Miranduolo, Tuscany: a petrographic study (2015)
  35. "A burden of one’s own choice is not felt": observing ceramic production technology, exchange and consumption in the Late Mycenaean Saronic Gulf. (2015)
  36. Characterizing Eighteenth Century Technological Changes in Pawnee Pottery (2015)
  37. Rojo Grafitado is not graphite. A slow-science interpretation of the production of an Andean ceramic style. (2015)
  38. Pottery Production in Anglo-Scandinavian Torksey (Lincolnshire): reconstructing and contextualising the chaîne opératoire. (2015)
  39. Technological variability in ceramics of the Neolithic to Early Bronze Age transition at Phaistos, Crete: an integrated approach (2015)
  40. Crafting Choices: Neolithic – Early Helladic II Ceramic Production and Distribution, Midea, Mainland Greece (2015)
  41. Ceramic Petrography and Woodland Period Social Interactions in Florida and the Southeastern United States (2015)
  42. Ceramic petrography, historical linguistics and the Bantu expansion: tracking the arrival of the first pottery-using peoples in northern Botswana (2015)
  43. Preliminary Petrographic Analysis of Ceramics from the Bocas del Toro Archipelago, Panama (2015)
  44. Arybolas, amphoras and Manteño Ordinario: The production and significance of Ecuadorian transport vessels (2015)
  45. The Kuahuqiao and Hemudu bone spades: use contexts and beyond (2015)
  46. Experimental Research Concerning the Production of Early Holocene Ostrich Shell Beads at the Shui Donggou Site, Ningxia, China. (2015)
  47. An Experimental Study of Lithic Use-wear Multi-stage Formation (2015)
  48. Plant Resource Utilization at the Shunshanji Site in Jiangsu Province Based on the Analysis of Plant Remains (2015)
  49. Use-wear Analysis of the Ground Stone Tools from the Jiahu Site (2015)
  50. Analysis of Plant Micro-botanical Remains from the Jiahu, Peiligang and Tanghu Sites in the Upper Reaches of the Huaihe River (2015)
  51. Interpretation of Burial M33 at the Longshan Site of Liangchengzhen (2015)
  52. Use-wear Analysis on Quartzite Artifacts Using Replication Studies and A Comprehensive Application of High and Low Power Methods (2015)
  53. Use-wear Analysis on the Stone Tools from the Dongshancun Site (2015)
  54. The Diversity of Botanical Food of the Hemudu People: Evidence from an Examination of Food Residues in a Fu pot (2015)
  55. Residue Analysis in Chinese Paleolithic Studies: Perspectives and Case Studies (2015)
  56. Ancient Human Herbivorous Diet Reflected by the Analysis of Starch Grains from the Xijincheng Site, Bo'ai county, Henan province, China (2015)
  57. Manufacturing the Gap: Discrete Data, Archaeological Sites, and Cultural Resource Management (2015)
  58. Mapping Contagious Abandonment and Resilience, North of New York City (2015)
  59. Sighting sites: viewshed analysis and site boundaries in archaeological survey (2015)
  60. Enter the Void: A GIS Analysis of the Visibility of Empty Spaces at Copan, Honduras (2015)
  61. A geoarchaeological approach to the interpretation of incomplete spatial data (2015)
  62. Absences and Abandonments in the Mississippian Midwest (2015)
  63. Space as place: understanding emptiness in archaeological landscapes (2015)
  64. Networks through Time: Filling in the Gaps (2015)
  65. Bridging the Gap: Understanding the empty Medieval landscape of post-Roman Aquitaine (2015)
  66. Courtyards, Plazas, Paths: Empty Spaces Full of Meaning (2015)
  67. The Importance of the Center: Exploring Circular Spaces in the Lower Mississippi Valley (2015)
  68. Analyzing activity areas when only one material remains: The interpretation of low density, "empty" spaces in open air Middle Paleolithic sites (2015)
  69. Games, Feasting, and Trade Fairs: Assessing the Relationship between Ballcourts and Exchange at the Ironwood Village Site (2015)
  70. The Ironwood Village Cemeteries: Exploration of Burial Customs at an 8th Century Hohokam Village (2015)
  71. Digital Archaeology at Ironwood Village: A Model for Archaeology’s Paperless Future (2015)
  72. Heritage Preservation, Community Development and Sustainability: Tihosuco, Mexico and the Caste War of the Yucatan (2015)
  73. Çatalhöyük and Localized Universality: the challenge of sustaining heritage post-UNESCO (2015)
  74. Heritage and Sustainable Tourism In Turkey: The Case Study of Aktopraklık (2015)
  75. Heroes of heritage: Detrimental situations as commendable motivation for hobbyist metal detecting (2015)
  76. The Orkney Islands: Long-Term Human Ecodynamics and Enduring Culture (2015)
  77. Landscape Stability, Environmental Resilience and Anthropocene Transformations in Iceland (2015)
  78. Soil Nutrient Management in Norse Greenland (2015)
  79. Vulnerabilities and Failure of Building Resilience in Norse Greenland (2015)
  80. Long-term Seabird Exploitation in the Faroe Islands (2015)
  81. Cod, Sand & Stone: Proto-Industrial Scale, Medieval, Commercial Fishing at Gufuskalar in Western Iceland (2015)
  82. Climate Change and Resource Management in Eastern Settlement Norse Greenland: Zooarchaeological Perspective (2015)
  83. The Gásir Market and the Möðruvellir Farm: A Cross-Disciplinary Approach to the History of Human Ecodynamics in High Medieval Iceland (2015)
  84. Missing Bodies and Cat Skeletons: New Perspectives on Ritual in Viking Age Iceland (2015)
  85. Hierarchy and Human Securities in Norse Vatnahverfi, South Greenland - A Case Study (2015)
  86. Hard times at Hofstadir Iceland: Medieval Climate Impact and Cultural Responses (2015)
  87. Amerindian archaeological site DEM construction and analysis from UAV flights (2015)
  88. Searching for Evidence of Early Human Occupation of the New World with Aerial and Satellite Imagery (2015)
  89. De-coding landscape heritage through cross-disciplinary studies in Pacific Oceania (2015)
  90. A Satellite-Based Perspective on Ancient Climate in Tropical and Desert Regions (2015)
  91. Terrain Modeling at Orheiul Vechi, Moldova (2015)
  92. Mapping Marginal Landscapes – A Study from Neolithic Shetland (2015)
  93. Materialized Mourning: House wakes and pipe use on Inishark and Inishbofin, County Galway, Ireland. (2015)
  94. Illuminating Invisible Houses: Using Ground-penetrating Radar and Three-Dimensional Geospatial Modeling to Reconstruct 19th century Irish Homes, Inishark, Co. Galway, Ireland (2015)
  95. Dynamic Households on the Irish Frontier: An Archaeology of the 18th -19th Century West Coast (2015)
  96. The Salmon of Knowledge: Determining the influence of marine-derived isotopes on the diets of medieval and early modern Irish populations (2015)
  97. A Pilgrimage Lost and Found: Cultivation and the Cult of Saint Leo on Inishark, Co. Galway (2015)
  98. Irish Immigration and Urban Transformation in a Boston City Neighborhood (2015)
  99. "Made to Grow Old": Dressers, Delph, and Island Homes in Western Ireland (2015)
  100. Cooperative practices in hunter-fisher-gatherers from Tierra del Fuego: a study on resource visibility and social sharing (2015)