Humble Houses to Magnificent Monuments: Papers in Honor of Jerry D. Moore

Part of: Society for American Archaeology 88th Annual Meeting, Portland, OR (2023)

This collection contains the abstracts of the papers presented in the session entitled "Humble Houses to Magnificent Monuments: Papers in Honor of Jerry D. Moore" at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

Dr. Jerry Moore is one of the most geographically and thematically prolific and influential anthropological archaeologists of his generation. His research has spanned from the foraging and subsequent historical societies of Baja California and the western United States, to the prehispanic households and empires of coastal Peru. Perhaps his most influential contributions have explored the lived experience of the built environment—ranging from monumental architecture to everyday houses. In the course of his career, Moore has written more than 35 articles and published seven books, including a widely used textbook on anthropological theories, no small feat for a field archaeologist. This research has inspired archaeologists working in many regions to think about public spaces and domestic places in novel ways. He is also widely recognized for his selfless service to the Institute of Andean Studies and other professional organizations and active mentorship of undergraduate and graduate students. Jerry’s productivity and friendship have inspired many of us to read more, write more, and think more broadly. Session participants, his peers and mentees working across the Americas, present a wide range of research informed and inspired by Dr. Moore’s own work.

Other Keywords
Architecture • Andes: Formative • Andes: Late Intermediate • Andes: Late Horizon • Geoarchaeology • Landscape • Mogollon • Pueblo • Casas Grandes • Monumentality

Geographic Keywords
Republic of Peru (Country) • Republic of Panama (Country) • Republic of Colombia (Country) • Netherlands Antilles (Country) • Aruba (Country) • Republic of Ecuador (Country) • Republic of Chile (Country) • South America (Continent) • South America: Andes • North America (Continent)

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  • Beyond Sunken Courts: Jerry Moore’s Influence on Lake Titicaca Basin Archaeology (2023)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only Scott Smith. Elizabeth Klarich. Andrew Roddick.

    This is an abstract from the "Humble Houses to Magnificent Monuments: Papers in Honor of Jerry D. Moore" session, at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Through both his research and mentorship Jerry Moore has had a profound effect on the development of studies of landscapes and built environments in the Lake Titicaca basin. His own investigations have advanced our understanding of ritual interaction in the paradigmatic public spaces of the region: sunken courts....

  • Ceremonial Spaces and Public Events at the Preclassic Maya Centers of Ceibal, Guatemala, and Aguada Fénix, Mexico (2023)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only Maria Belen Mendez Bauer. Takeshi Inomata.

    This is an abstract from the "Humble Houses to Magnificent Monuments: Papers in Honor of Jerry D. Moore" session, at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Dr. Jerry Moore’s work has been highly influential not only in Andean archaeology but also in the archaeology of Mesoamerica and other parts of the world. Dr. Moore’s pioneering analysis of the lived experience of the built environment has inspired us to examine ceremonial spaces at Maya sites, including plazas...

  • Experiencing Monumentalism in the Late Archaic Cajamarca Highlands of Peru (2023)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only Jason Toohey.

    This is an abstract from the "Humble Houses to Magnificent Monuments: Papers in Honor of Jerry D. Moore" session, at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. A group of people came together in the early third millennium BCE to construct a large circular plaza bounded by concentric walls of free-standing megaliths. This Late Archaic period, 18 m diameter plaza is located near the summit of the site of Callacpuma in the Cajamarca Basin and has been the subject of mapping...

  • Jerry Moore: Aportes a la arqueología en el extremo noroeste peruano (2023)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only Carolina Vilchez Carrasco.

    This is an abstract from the "Humble Houses to Magnificent Monuments: Papers in Honor of Jerry D. Moore" session, at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Jerry Moore, desde el año 1996, ha realizado grandes contribuciones a la prehistoria de Tumbes, lugar con escasa investigación, ubicado en el extremo norte de la costa del Perú, frontera con Ecuador. Entre los años 2003 y 2007, excavó los sitios arqueológicos de El Porvenir (4750-1200 aC), Uña de Gato (2200-800...

  • Jerry Moore’s Influence on North Coast and Far North Archaeology in Peru, Past and Future (2023)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only Alicia Boswell. Carol Mackey.

    This is an abstract from the "Humble Houses to Magnificent Monuments: Papers in Honor of Jerry D. Moore" session, at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Jerry Moore has contributed much to archaeology and specifically to research on Peru’s North Coast. Carol Mackey discusses the originality of Moore’s work on monumental architecture on Peru’s North Coast and working with him. Alicia Boswell shares how Moore’s work on built environments, place, and experience is...

  • A Lifetime of Fieldwork (2023)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only Janine Gasco.

    This is an abstract from the "Humble Houses to Magnificent Monuments: Papers in Honor of Jerry D. Moore" session, at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Although Jerry is best known for his archaeological work in the Andes over the past 40 years, his interest in anthropology and in conducting fieldwork began much earlier as a high school student in Stockton, California. Initially intrigued by visits to museums, he set out to learn about Native Americans in the...

  • Plazas, Proxemics, and Ritual Power: The Main Plaza and Ceremonial Precinct at Paquimé, Chihuahua, and Its Place in a Plaza-Pueblo World (2023)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only Michael Mathiowetz.

    This is an abstract from the "Humble Houses to Magnificent Monuments: Papers in Honor of Jerry D. Moore" session, at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. In his seminal article on Andean plazas, Jerry Moore (1996) characterized plazas as spaces that serve as a setting for diverse public interactions, including as arenas that help to structure verbal and nonverbal ritual communication in the context of ritually infused power dynamics. In the Puebloan and Mogollon...

  • Remembering the “Forgotten Peninsula” (2023)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only Matthew Des Lauriers.

    This is an abstract from the "Humble Houses to Magnificent Monuments: Papers in Honor of Jerry D. Moore" session, at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. While better known for his exceptional work on households and South American archaeology, Jerry Moore’s contribution to sparking a surge in the archaeology of the “Forgotten Peninsula” of Baja California should not go unmentioned. Most importantly, he brought a strong dose of anthropologically informed and...

  • Soil Conservation Past and Present: A Study of Archaeological Raised Fields in North Coastal Peru (2023)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only Seth Price. Carlos Zapata Benites.

    This is an abstract from the "Humble Houses to Magnificent Monuments: Papers in Honor of Jerry D. Moore" session, at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. The Casma Valley, on the central-northern coast of Peru, is home to a relatively unique system of raised agricultural fields. Relicts of prehispanic culture, these fields are unusually well preserved. The most significant research on these fields was completed by Jerry Moore, along with excavations of the nearby...

  • To Build a Mountain and Raise a People: Making and Inhabiting an Inka God’s House (Wanakawre, Cuzco, Peru) (2023)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only Steve Kosiba.

    This is an abstract from the "Humble Houses to Magnificent Monuments: Papers in Honor of Jerry D. Moore" session, at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Over the past three decades, anthropological archaeologists have engaged in a vibrant interdisciplinary conversation about the production of space. Rejecting earlier viewpoints that saw social space as the passive product of cultural worldview or political strategy, archaeologists developed innovative approaches...