Society for American Archaeology

This collection contains the abstracts and presentations from the Society for American Archaeology annual meetings. SAA has partnered with Digital Antiquity to archive their annual conference abstracts and make the presentations available. This collection contains meeting abstracts and presentations dating from 2015 to the present.

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The Society for American Archaeology (SAA) is an international organization dedicated to the research, interpretation, and protection of the archaeological heritage of the Americas. With more than 7,000 members, the society represents professional, student, and avocational archaeologists working in a variety of settings including government agencies, colleges and universities, museums, and the private sector.

Site Name Keywords
44CE0085 • La Quemada • Nevada • Alta Vista • ontario • Gordion • Ceren • El Teúl • Las Ventanas • Buenavista

Site Type Keywords
Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex • Non-Domestic Structures • Resource Extraction / Production / Transportation Structure or Features • Archaeological Feature • Domestic Structures • Settlements • Rock Art • Agricultural or Herding • Ball Court • Artifact Scatter

Other Keywords
Historic • Zooarchaeology • Cultural Resources and Heritage Management • Maya: Classic • Ceramic Analysis • Material Culture and Technology • Landscape Archaeology • Subsistence and Foodways • Historical Archaeology • Bioarchaeology/Skeletal Analysis

Culture Keywords
Historic • Ancestral Puebloan • Historic Native American • Mogollon • Woodland • Archaic • Euroamerican • Spanish • PaleoIndian • Hopewell

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

Material Types
Ceramic • Fauna • Chipped Stone • Macrobotanical • Building Materials • Human Remains • Metal • Wood • Dating Sample • Ground Stone

Temporal Keywords
Civil War • Mimbres Classic period • Ancestral Puebloan / Sedentary through Classic Period • 19th Century • Historic • Magdalenian • 1880-1920 • Pueblo I and II • Postclassic • Prehistoric

Geographic Keywords
North America (Continent) • United States of America (Country) • Belize (Country) • USA (Country) • United Mexican States (Country) • Republic of Panama (Country) • Republic of El Salvador (Country) • Netherlands Antilles (Country) • Aruba (Country) • Republic of Guatemala (Country)

Resources Inside This Collection (Viewing 1,801-1,900 of 21,939)

  1. BACK AND FORTH ALONG THE EASTERN SLAVE ROUTE. Archaeological traces of long-distance trafficking. (2016)
  2. Back in Time: Research at Rock Art Ranch (2015)
  3. Back to Basics: Analyzing knapped stone recovered during survey in southeastern Senegal (2017)
  4. Back to Basics: Next Generation Experimental Archaeology (2018)
  5. Back to School: A Review of the Southeast Archeological Center’s Focused Efforts in the Fields of Outreach, Education, Engagement and Relevancy (2019)
  6. Back to the Earth: Construction and Closure of a Late Shang Dynasty Structure. (2017)
  7. "Back to the Soil": Community Archaeology and Heritage Tourism in Eleuthera, Bahamas (2016)
  8. Back to ‘Ubeidiya: Renewed Excavations at an Early Pleistocene Site in the Levant (2023)
  9. A Backcountry Learning Laboratory: Archeology and Internships at Petrified Forest National Park (2019)
  10. Backed Knives and Subsistence Strategies at the Hurdy Gurdy Bridge Site (2015)
  11. Background and Initial Results from a NSF Study of Archaeology Ethics Training (2024)
  12. Background and Motivations: The Anthropology of K'uuyemugeh (2019)
  13. Background to Drastic Increase in Yayoi Period Sites in Japan (2015)
  14. Background to New Methods in Zooarchaeology: Identifying, Storing, and Recording Faunal Collections that will be Used by other Researchers (2016)
  15. Backgrounds of emergence of the early states in central and northern China (2015)
  16. Backpack Biographies: Re-scaling Undocumented Migration in the US-Mexico Borderlands (2019)
  17. Bad Behavior and Good Guidelines: Applying the Society for American Archaeology’s Principles of Archaeological Ethics to the Performance of Archaeology in Videogames (2016)
  18. Bag-Loading Tradition for Building Precincts in Los Batanes, Sama, Peru (2023)
  19. Bags, Biomarkers, and Biographies: Keeping up with Archaeological Science in the Collections Repository (2024)
  20. "Bai Kui", the True Garden; "Ava-Ti", the White Population: Horticultural Intensification in Lowland South America (2017)
  21. Baibalyk: An Early Fortified Town and Trading Center in a Nomadic Pastoral Landscape on the Mongolian Steppe (2018)
  22. The Bajada Canals of the Safford Basin, Southeastern Arizona: Excellence in Prehistoric Engineering (2019)
  23. The Bajio (Guanajuato/Michoacan) during Epiclassic: Cultural Assertion and Macro-regional Interaction (2015)
  24. ¿Bajo el Yugo de Metztitlán? Un Reconocimiento Arqueológico de la Sierra Norte de Hidalgo, México (2019)
  25. Baked In: Remnant Production Gestures from Potters in the Tarascan State (2024)
  26. Balance of Trade, Balance of Power: Marine and riverine networks in Belize (2015)
  27. Balance on South Diamond: Using Faunal Analysis to Understand Biodiversity and Resource Use Trends in the Northern Mimbres Region (2021)
  28. Balancing Public and Professional Interests in Archaeology from a State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) Perspective (2019)
  29. Balankanche Revisited: Some Preliminary Observations (2018)
  30. Balché Consumption among the Ancient Maya: Bees, Honey, and Ritual Practice (2024)
  31. Ballcourts, Towers, and Urbanism in the Chenes region, Campeche (2018)
  32. The Ballgame and Sociopolitical Organization in the Eastern Lower Papaloapan Basin (2024)
  33. Ballgame Ritual: Authority and its Transformation during Late Classic Collapse (2016)
  34. Ballgame, Ritual and Monument Reutilization at the Ancient Maya Site of Uaxactun (2018)
  35. Ballgames and the Social Networks of the Sierra Sur: What Can Ballcourts Tell Us About Political Negotiation in Southern Oaxaca? (2017)
  36. The ballistic performance of prehistoric weapons: first results of a comparative study. (2017)
  37. Ballplayers, Captives, Kings, and Queens: Examining the Identity of Key Players in Veracruz Ballgame Rituals (2024)
  38. Ban Qala, a Late Chalcolithic Site in the Mountain Region of Kurdistan, Iraq: A Report from the 2017 Excavation Season (2018)
  39. The Bandelier Preservation Program: Accomplishing the Vanishing Treasures Mission by Encouraging Traditional Building Skills and Descendant Community Involvement in the Preservation Process (2019)
  40. Bands of brothers: the socio-political and military organisation of Viking armies during the 9th century (2017)
  41. Banking on Stone Money: The Influence of Traditional "Currencies" on Blockchain Technology (2018)
  42. Banqueting with Tutankhamun: A Case Study in Determining the Function and Meaning of an Unprovenanced Artifact (2018)
  43. Bantu Arrival in Southern Mozambique: Ceramic Analysis as a Source of Information for Dating, Diversity, Technology Transfer, and Nutrition (2021)
  44. Baobabs, Caves, and Towns: An Alternative View of Island Urbanism in Precolonial Zanzibar (2024)
  45. Bappir: The Ancient Mesopotamian Brewer's Best Friend (2024)
  46. Barbed Bone Points: Ethnoarchaeological and Archaeological Perspectives on Selective Fishing on the Shores of Lake Turkana. (2016)
  47. Barda in the Transition Stage from Late Antiquity to Islamic Archaeology: Historical and Archaeological Review (2023)
  48. The 'Bare Branches' of Scandinavian Society and the Origins of Viking Raiding (2015)
  49. Bark Beaters and Cloth Production in the Classic Maya Area (2019)
  50. The Bark Canada, a Gold Rush Legacy at Risk (2023)
  51. Barn Owl (Tyto alba) Pellets as Environmental Proxies (2019)
  52. A Barrack, a Stone, and Families in Exile: A Case Study of Historic Obsidian Sourcing (2019)
  53. Barree Forge: A Pennsylvania Forge Town (2023)
  54. Barrios de mulatos in the Izalcos Region of Colonial Guatemala (2018)
  55. Barrow Roads and Bronze Age Wayfaring (2017)
  56. Baseline Remote Sensing Survey of the Mayan Biosphere Reserve (MBR) in Petén Guatemala (2017)
  57. Basement Curation: Adopting an Orphaned Collection from Montserrat (2024)
  58. Bashing Bones – Experimental Archaeology and its Application to the Carter/Kerr-McGee Site (2015)
  59. Basin Enterprise: the Next Generations (2019)
  60. "The Basin of Mexico: Ecological Processes in the Evolution of a Civilization" y nuestras excavaciones en el Sur de la Cuenca de Mexico (2019)
  61. Basin of Mexico: Prehispanic Population History (2021)
  62. Basket Case? Finding Funding for Archaeological Projects—A European Perspective (2017)
  63. Basket Pedagogies and Other Object Lessons (2024)
  64. The Basketmaker Component of Cave Canyon Village, Montezuma Canyon, San Juan County, Utah (2019)
  65. The Basketmaker III and Pueblo I Periods in Southeastern Utah and the Mesa Verde Region: Did the Twain Ever Meet? (2019)
  66. Basketmaker III in the Central Mesa Verde Region: Transitions, Social Dynamics, and Population Growth (2019)
  67. Basketmaker III on the Chuska Slope, Northwest New Mexico (2019)
  68. Bast Fiber Technology in the West Coast of South America: A Study of the Early Coastal Hunter-Gatherer's Fiber Production (2021)
  69. Batacosa, a Río Sonora or Serrana site? (2015)
  70. A Bath for 8,000 Gods: Atij and Similar Expressions on Classic Maya Monuments (2023)
  71. Battle Mountain, Nevada, Annual 6th Grader Presentation by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) (2023)
  72. The Battle of the Boxes: The Importance of Updating Previously Curated Collections to Expand Knowledge and Create Space (2023)
  73. The Battle of the Little Bighorn Gunshot Trauma Analysis: Suicide Prevalence Among the Soldiers of the 7th Cavalry (2018)
  74. Battlefield Archaeology in Ancient Europe and Southeast Asia: The Challenge of Remote Histories and Personification of War Events (2017)
  75. The Battlefield Archaeology of Domestic Sites: Wartime Production during the Pequot War (1636- 1637) (2016)
  76. A Battlefield with a View: Visibility and Weighted Cost Path Modeling of the Battle of the Wabash (2016)
  77. Battlefields of the Pequot War (1636-1637) (2016)
  78. Battling the Rising Sea: Investigation and Protection of Turtle Mound, Castle Windy and Seminole Rest Shell Mound Sites (2015)
  79. Baubles, Bangles and Beads: The Role of Personal Adornments in a 17th Century Spanish Mission Period Community (2018)
  80. Baumgarten’s *Aesthetica and the Rock Art of Northeast Brazil (2021)
  81. Bay of Fundy Provenance for Pre-contact Copper Artifacts from the Maritime Peninsula, Northeastern North America (2018)
  82. Bayamanaco and the Cayman: The Mythic origin of Manioc Cultivation, Amazonia-Antilles (2017)
  83. Bayesian 14C Chronology of Tlajinga, Teotihuacan Compounds 17 & 18 (2018)
  84. Bayesian Analysis and Chronological Revisions in Southern Mesoamerica (2017)
  85. Bayesian Analysis of Radiocarbon Assays from the Late Paleoindian Sentinel Gap Site (2021)
  86. Bayesian Analysis of the Chronology of the Lynch Site (25BD1) and Comparisons to the Central Plains Tradition and Central Plains Oneota (2021)
  87. Bayesian analysis of the uncertainty in the radiocarbon dating measurements (2015)
  88. A Bayesian Approach to the Emergence and Decline of Cahokia (2024)
  89. A Bayesian Approach to the Interpretation of Andean Faunal Assemblages (2017)
  90. A Bayesian Approach to the Paleoindian Colonization of the Northeastern US (2016)
  91. Bayesian Approaches for Attribute Analysis of Lithic Assemblages (2023)
  92. Bayesian Approaches for Chronology-Building in Maya Archaeology: Direct AMS 14C Dating of Burials in the Belize River Valley (2017)
  93. Bayesian Chronological Modeling Parameters for Establishing Initial East Polynesian Colonization (2023)
  94. Bayesian chronological models for Mississippian fortifications with bastions (2016)
  95. Bayesian Demographic Reconstruction in the US Southwest: “Playing” with Priors (2024)
  96. Bayesian Exponential Random Graph Modeling of an Iron Age Burial Network in Northeastern Taiwan (2021)
  97. A Bayesian Framework for Combining Architectural Constraints and Artifact Assemblages in Domestic Spaces (2016)
  98. A Bayesian model sensitivity study of non-static diet-collagen isotope fractionations factors used to assess breastfeeding and weaning practices among fisher-gatherers populations, western Cuba (2017)
  99. A Bayesian Model-Based Comparison of Radiocarbon Chronologies for the Earliest Complex Societies in the Maya Lowlands (2017)
  100. Bayesian Modelling and Refinement of Iroquoian Regional Settlement Histories (2016)