Dedication, Collaboration, and Vision, Part I: Papers in Honor of Tom D. Dillehay

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 "Dedication, Collaboration, and Vision, Part I: Papers in Honor of Tom D. Dillehay" at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

This symposium celebrates the career of Tom D. Dillehay and his impactful contributions to interdisciplinary anthropology and South American archaeology. From meticulously researched archaeological studies that transformed our understanding of early humans in the Americas to interdisciplinary historical investigations of colonialism and commitment to ethical ethnographic research among modern Indigenous communities, Tom’s career is a trailblazing example of an anthropological archaeologist. His broad research addresses issues of settlement, migration, interaction, identity, environmental transformation, agriculture, and development of complex societies in the Indigenous Americas, including in South America, the USA, and Mexico. Moreover, Tom has held professional appointments in 19 institutions across Latin America, where he has not only taught generations of archaeology students but also founded three departments of anthropology. In this two-part session, Tom’s former students and mentees (Part 1) and colleagues and collaborators (Part 2) discuss the influence of his extraordinary career on their scholarship or the discipline at large, as well as showcase regionally and thematically diverse papers that honor his career. All presentations connect to Tom’s tireless and ongoing pursuit of understanding how pre-complex and complex societies emerged, what propels social change, and how archaeology contributes key anthropological insights vis-à-vis interdisciplinary, collaborative, and theoretically grounded research.

Other Keywords
Architecture • Survey • Andes: Formative • andes • Theory • Exchange • Social Boundaries • Landscape Archaeology • Cultural Transmission • Ceramic Analysis

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

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  • Andean Philosophies, Social Theory, and the Use of Analogies in the Interpretation of Andean Built Environments (2023)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only Edward Swenson.

    This is an abstract from the "Dedication, Collaboration, and Vision, Part I: Papers in Honor of Tom D. Dillehay" session, at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Dr. Tom Dillehay has significantly advanced Andean studies and archaeological theory and method, and a short presentation could never do justice to the extraordinary breadth of Tom’s many contributions. In my paper, I focus on Tom’s invaluable investigations of Andean ideologies of space and his pioneering...

  • Circular Worlds: Comparison and Reflections on the Earthen Architecture of Lowland South American Circular Villages (2023)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only Jose Iriarte.

    This is an abstract from the "Dedication, Collaboration, and Vision, Part I: Papers in Honor of Tom D. Dillehay" session, at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. As a mentor, Tom Dillehay has formed and influenced me and archaeologists from the southern cone of South America on a variety of themes, including the peopling of America, plant domestication, and the arrival of monuments. In particular, Dillehay had a significant impact on how we think about the uses,...

  • De la Costa a la Cordillera: Long-Term Cultural Developments in Chile (2023)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only Jacob Sauer. Teresa Franco.

    This is an abstract from the "Dedication, Collaboration, and Vision, Part I: Papers in Honor of Tom D. Dillehay" session, at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Through multiple research projects, collaborations, and university appointments, Tom Dillehay impacted anthropological investigations throughout Chile, from the northern coasts of the Atacama desert south to the temperate forests of Patagonia, and the entire length of the Andes. Though multifaceted in...

  • Dillehay’s Legacy: Modeling Interdisciplinary and International Scholarship in Archaeology of the Americas (2023)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only Kary Stackelbeck. Greg Maggard.

    This is an abstract from the "Dedication, Collaboration, and Vision, Part I: Papers in Honor of Tom D. Dillehay" session, at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. With this paper, we reflect on Tom Dillehay’s contribution to archaeology by highlighting several facets of his approach to interdisciplinary research and scholarship that have heavily influenced our own work and careers, and those of many others. We do so in part by exploring our collective hemispherical...

  • Insights into Central Kentucky Adena Moundbuilding Drawn from Tom Dillehay’s Research on Mapuche Moundbuilders of Southern Chile (2023)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only David Pollack. A. Gwynn Henderson.

    This is an abstract from the "Dedication, Collaboration, and Vision, Part I: Papers in Honor of Tom D. Dillehay" session, at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Upon arriving as a visiting professor at the University of Kentucky in 1980, Tom Dillehay took an immediate interest in the mounds and geometric earthworks that dotted the Bluegrass landscape of central Kentucky. As he drove the country roads and walked the rolling hills around Lexington, Dillehay...

  • Interactions, Geopolitical Mastery, and Empire: What Local-Level Political Machinations Tell Us about Imperial Strategy during the Late Prehispanic Period (2023)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only Kasia Szremski. Carla Hernández Gravito.

    This is an abstract from the "Dedication, Collaboration, and Vision, Part I: Papers in Honor of Tom D. Dillehay" session, at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Tom Dillehay’s early research in the Peruvian Chillon valley integrated archaeological and historical methods to demonstrate that Inka imperialism was not monolithic. Critically engaging with traditional models of verticality among Andean communities, his data-rich research demonstrated that the previous...

  • New Interpretations from the Site of Jatanca (JE-279), Jequetepeque Valley, Peru (2023)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only John Warner.

    This is an abstract from the "Dedication, Collaboration, and Vision, Part I: Papers in Honor of Tom D. Dillehay" session, at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. The Late Formative Period site of Jatanca (JE-279) is located along the North Coast of Peru within the southern bank of the Jequetepeque River Valley. Initially, this site was examined sporadically by a small number of archaeologists who conducted limited surface survey and some small-scale excavations. In...

  • Scale, Interaction, and Society: Constituting Social Boundaries in the Northern Peruvian Andes (2023)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only Rebecca Bria. Brian McCray.

    This is an abstract from the "Dedication, Collaboration, and Vision, Part I: Papers in Honor of Tom D. Dillehay" session, at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Archaeologists often look to certain practices, such as interregional trade, local feasting, or inter-community warfare, as having defined different kinds of social boundaries—between corporate groups, communities, polities, ethnicities, or regions. Tom Dillehay’s interdisciplinary work on a variety of...

  • Tom Dillehay, Texas, and Identity (2023)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only John Arnn.

    This is an abstract from the "Dedication, Collaboration, and Vision, Part I: Papers in Honor of Tom D. Dillehay" session, at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Tom Dillehay is best known for his tremendous contributions to the archaeology of the Americas and rightly so. In terms of quality, impact, and scope, the combined body of his work is phenomenal. His interdisciplinary holistic anthropological approach frequently casts the archaeology of the Western...

  • Two Long-Term Tom Dillehay Projects: Monte Verde, Zana, and the Processes of Archaeological Debate and Criticism (2023)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only Jack Rossen.

    This is an abstract from the "Dedication, Collaboration, and Vision, Part I: Papers in Honor of Tom D. Dillehay" session, at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. The long-term projects of Tom Dillehay led the discipline through quagmires of criticism that exemplify the processes of paradigm freeze and thaw. His innovative archaeology drew criticism both responsible and irresponsible. It was a prolonged and messy process, but the scientific debate played out as...

  • “What Was Our Ancestors’ Pottery Like?” Exploring Ceramic Heritage with the Shawnee Tribe (2023)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only A. Gwynn Henderson. David Pollack. Benjamin Barnes.

    This is an abstract from the "Dedication, Collaboration, and Vision, Part I: Papers in Honor of Tom D. Dillehay" session, at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. A hallmark of Tom Dillehay’s career is his engagement with local and descendant communities. This is exemplified by his tireless work for the Mapuche, the establishment of anthropology departments throughout South America, and the instrumental role he played in creating the Kentucky Archaeological Survey....