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Megaliths And Monumental Architecture At Coal Bed Village, An Ancestral Pueblo Site In Southeastern Utah, James R. Allison, Fumi Arakawa, Marion Forest, Katie K. Richards, David T. Yoder
Megaliths And Monumental Architecture At Coal Bed Village, An Ancestral Pueblo Site In Southeastern Utah, James R. Allison, Fumi Arakawa, Marion Forest, Katie K. Richards, David T. Yoder
Faculty Publications
Worldwide, megaliths are a common form of monumental architecture in Neolithic and later societies. Archaeologists in western Europe, and other parts of the world where megalithic monuments occur, have often discussed the meanings of megalithic features as well as their associations with ritual, territoriality, and social organization. In the Pueblo Southwest, most monumental architecture takes the form of large, unusually tall buildings (“great houses”), oversized ritual architecture (“great kivas”), or landscape features (roads and berms), all of which are most commonly associated with the Chaco system. Ancestral Pueblo people also occasionally built with ostentatiously large rocks, but megalithic features and …
A Model-Based Approach To The Tempo Of “Collapse”: The Case Of Rapa Nui (Easter Island), Robert J. Dinapoli, Timothy M. Reith, Carl P. Lipo, Terry L. Hunt
A Model-Based Approach To The Tempo Of “Collapse”: The Case Of Rapa Nui (Easter Island), Robert J. Dinapoli, Timothy M. Reith, Carl P. Lipo, Terry L. Hunt
Anthropology Faculty Scholarship
Rapa Nui (Easter Island, Chile) presents a quintessential case where the tempo of investment in monumentality is central to debates regarding societal collapse, with the common narrative positing that statue platform (ahu) construction ceased sometime around AD 1600 following an ecological, cultural, and demographic catastrophe. This narrative remains especially popular in fields outside archaeology that treat collapse as historical fact and use Rapa Nui as a model for collapse more generally. Resolving the tempo of “collapse” events, however, is often fraught with ambiguity given a lack of formal modeling, uncritical use of radiocarbon estimates, and inattention to information embedded in …
Supplemental Material For: A Model-Based Approach To The Tempo Of “Collapse”: The Case Of Rapa Nui (Easter Island), Robert J. Dinapoli, Timothy M. Reith, Carl P. Lipo, Terry L. Hunt
Supplemental Material For: A Model-Based Approach To The Tempo Of “Collapse”: The Case Of Rapa Nui (Easter Island), Robert J. Dinapoli, Timothy M. Reith, Carl P. Lipo, Terry L. Hunt
Anthropology Faculty Scholarship
Rapa Nui (Easter Island, Chile) presents a quintessential case where the tempo of investment in monumentality is central to debates regarding societal collapse, with the common narrative positing that statue platform (ahu) construction ceased sometime around AD 1600 following an ecological, cultural, and demographic catastrophe. This narrative remains especially popular in fields outside archaeology that treat collapse as historical fact and use Rapa Nui as a model for collapse more generally. Resolving the tempo of “collapse” events, however, is often fraught with ambiguity given a lack of formal modeling, uncritical use of radiocarbon estimates, and inattention to information embedded in …
Rapa Nui (Easter Island) Monument (Ahu) Locations Explained By Freshwater Sources, Robert J. Dinapoli, Carl P. Lipo, Tanya Brosnan, Terry L. Hunt, Sean W. Hixon, Alex E. Morrison, Matthew Becker
Rapa Nui (Easter Island) Monument (Ahu) Locations Explained By Freshwater Sources, Robert J. Dinapoli, Carl P. Lipo, Tanya Brosnan, Terry L. Hunt, Sean W. Hixon, Alex E. Morrison, Matthew Becker
Carl Lipo
Explaining the processes underlying the emergence of monument construction is a major theme in contemporary anthropological archaeology, and recent studies have employed spatially-explicit modeling to explain these patterns. Rapa Nui (Easter Island, Chile) is famous for its elaborate ritual architecture, particularly numerous monumental platforms (ahu) and statuary (moai). To date, however, we lack explicit modeling to explain spatial and temporal aspects of monument construction. Here, we use spatially-explicit point-process modeling to explore the potential relations between ahu construction locations and subsis- tence resources, namely, rock mulch agricultural gardens, marine resources, and freshwa- ter sources—the three most critical resources on Rapa …
Rapa Nui (Easter Island) Monument (Ahu) Locations Explained By Freshwater Sources, Robert J. Dinapoli, Carl P. Lipo, Tanya Brosnan, Terry L. Hunt, Sean W. Hixon, Alex E. Morrison, Matthew Becker
Rapa Nui (Easter Island) Monument (Ahu) Locations Explained By Freshwater Sources, Robert J. Dinapoli, Carl P. Lipo, Tanya Brosnan, Terry L. Hunt, Sean W. Hixon, Alex E. Morrison, Matthew Becker
Anthropology Faculty Scholarship
Explaining the processes underlying the emergence of monument construction is a major theme in contemporary anthropological archaeology, and recent studies have employed spatially-explicit modeling to explain these patterns. Rapa Nui (Easter Island, Chile) is famous for its elaborate ritual architecture, particularly numerous monumental platforms (ahu) and statuary (moai). To date, however, we lack explicit modeling to explain spatial and temporal aspects of monument construction. Here, we use spatially-explicit point-process modeling to explore the potential relations between ahu construction locations and subsis- tence resources, namely, rock mulch agricultural gardens, marine resources, and freshwa- ter sources—the three most critical resources on Rapa …
Susana Meneses De Alva (1948-2000), Christopher B. Donnan
Susana Meneses De Alva (1948-2000), Christopher B. Donnan
Andean Past
No abstract provided.
Research Reports Andean Past 6, Tamara L. Bray, Cristobal Landazuri, Cesar Veintimilla, Earl H. Lubensky, Allison Paulsen, Hector Neff, Michael Glascock, Ralph Rowlett, Steven Velasquez, Jessica Coats, Pamela J. Hale, Julia Anne Wagner, Gene Keay, Jessica Aberle, Ronald D. Lippi, Izumi Shimada, Julie Farnum, Jack Rossen, Daniel H. Sandweiss, Daniel Belknap, Stacy H. Schafer Rogers, Jeffrey N. Rogers, Kate Pechenkina, Richard L. Burger, Lucy Salazar Burger, Robert A. Benfer Jr., Neil Duncan, Bernardino Ojeda, Deborah Pearsall, Lawrence Kuznar, Joe Vradenburg, Krzysztof Makowski Hanula, Mercedes Delgado Agurto, Donald A. Proulx, Ana Nieves, Henry Falcon Amado, Miriam Gavilan Roayza, David Johnson, Frances A. Riddell, Richard Brooks, Anna Noah, Alina Aparicio, Sheilagh Brooks, Sandra Asmussen, J. Arthur Freed, Marie Cottrell, Lidio Valdez, William Fowlks, Zasha Trivisonno, Frances Durocher, John Schaller, Nathan Parker, Dwight Wallace, Julio Manrique, Grace Katterman, Oscar Bendezu, Catherine Julien, Margaret Enrile, Juan Segura, Harold W. Borns Jr., Sarah Osgood Brooks, Rolando Paredes, Maria Del Carmen Sandweiss, Heather Mcinnis, Trevor Ott, Osvaldo Chozo, Miguel Cabrera, Arturo Santos, Ted Mcclure, Ben Tanner, Fred Andrus, Julissa Ugarte, David Sanger, Dolores Piperno, Elizabeth Reitz, Howard Melville, Bruce Smith, Richard C. Sutter, Christine A. Hastorf, Matt Bandy, Lee Steadman, Kate Moore, William Whitehead, Jose Luis Paz, Melissa Goodman Elgar, Ian Hodder, Donald Johnson, John Southon, Susan D. De France, David W. Steadman, Deborah Blom, Claudia Rivera, Sonia Alconini, Sigrid Arnott, Emily Dean, David Kojan, Rene Ayon, Franz Choque, Mario Montano Aragon
Research Reports Andean Past 6, Tamara L. Bray, Cristobal Landazuri, Cesar Veintimilla, Earl H. Lubensky, Allison Paulsen, Hector Neff, Michael Glascock, Ralph Rowlett, Steven Velasquez, Jessica Coats, Pamela J. Hale, Julia Anne Wagner, Gene Keay, Jessica Aberle, Ronald D. Lippi, Izumi Shimada, Julie Farnum, Jack Rossen, Daniel H. Sandweiss, Daniel Belknap, Stacy H. Schafer Rogers, Jeffrey N. Rogers, Kate Pechenkina, Richard L. Burger, Lucy Salazar Burger, Robert A. Benfer Jr., Neil Duncan, Bernardino Ojeda, Deborah Pearsall, Lawrence Kuznar, Joe Vradenburg, Krzysztof Makowski Hanula, Mercedes Delgado Agurto, Donald A. Proulx, Ana Nieves, Henry Falcon Amado, Miriam Gavilan Roayza, David Johnson, Frances A. Riddell, Richard Brooks, Anna Noah, Alina Aparicio, Sheilagh Brooks, Sandra Asmussen, J. Arthur Freed, Marie Cottrell, Lidio Valdez, William Fowlks, Zasha Trivisonno, Frances Durocher, John Schaller, Nathan Parker, Dwight Wallace, Julio Manrique, Grace Katterman, Oscar Bendezu, Catherine Julien, Margaret Enrile, Juan Segura, Harold W. Borns Jr., Sarah Osgood Brooks, Rolando Paredes, Maria Del Carmen Sandweiss, Heather Mcinnis, Trevor Ott, Osvaldo Chozo, Miguel Cabrera, Arturo Santos, Ted Mcclure, Ben Tanner, Fred Andrus, Julissa Ugarte, David Sanger, Dolores Piperno, Elizabeth Reitz, Howard Melville, Bruce Smith, Richard C. Sutter, Christine A. Hastorf, Matt Bandy, Lee Steadman, Kate Moore, William Whitehead, Jose Luis Paz, Melissa Goodman Elgar, Ian Hodder, Donald Johnson, John Southon, Susan D. De France, David W. Steadman, Deborah Blom, Claudia Rivera, Sonia Alconini, Sigrid Arnott, Emily Dean, David Kojan, Rene Ayon, Franz Choque, Mario Montano Aragon
Andean Past
No abstract provided.
Maritime Foundations And Multilinear Evolution: Retrospect And Prospect, Michael E. Moseley
Maritime Foundations And Multilinear Evolution: Retrospect And Prospect, Michael E. Moseley
Andean Past
No abstract provided.
To Fish In The Afternoon: Beyond Subsistence Economies In The Study Of Early Andean Civilization, Jeffrey Quilter
To Fish In The Afternoon: Beyond Subsistence Economies In The Study Of Early Andean Civilization, Jeffrey Quilter
Andean Past
No abstract provided.
Widening The Socio-Economic Foundations Of Andean Civilization: Prototypes Of Early Monumental Architecture, Tom D. Dillehay
Widening The Socio-Economic Foundations Of Andean Civilization: Prototypes Of Early Monumental Architecture, Tom D. Dillehay
Andean Past
No abstract provided.
Perspectives On Andean Prehistory And Protohistory: Papers From The Third Annual Northeast Conference On Andean Archaeology And Ethnohistory, Daniel H. Sandweiss, D. Peter Kvietok, Patricia Netherly, Michael A. Malpass, Dwight T. Wallace, Richard E. Daggett, John R. Topic, Tom D. Dillehay, Lawrence Kaplan, Elizabeth Bonnier, Coreen E. Chiswell, Stuart V. Arnold, Monica Barnes
Perspectives On Andean Prehistory And Protohistory: Papers From The Third Annual Northeast Conference On Andean Archaeology And Ethnohistory, Daniel H. Sandweiss, D. Peter Kvietok, Patricia Netherly, Michael A. Malpass, Dwight T. Wallace, Richard E. Daggett, John R. Topic, Tom D. Dillehay, Lawrence Kaplan, Elizabeth Bonnier, Coreen E. Chiswell, Stuart V. Arnold, Monica Barnes
Andean Past Special Publications
This volume represents eight of the eighteen papers presented at the Third Northeast Conference on Andean Archaeology and Ethnohistory held at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst on October 27 and 28, 1984. It also includes a paper presented at the Second NCAAE held at the American Museum of Natural History on November 19-20, 1983. The papers include: "Wandering Shellfish: New Insights from Southeastern Coastal Ecuador" by Patricia Netherly, "Late Prehistoric Terracing at Chijra in the Collca Valley, Peru: Preliminary Report I" by Michael A. Malpass, "The Topara Tradition: An Overview" by Dwight T. Wallace, "The Peruvian North Central Coast During …
Investigations Of The Andean Past: Papers From The First Annual Northeast Conference On Andean Archaeology And Ethnohistory, Daniel H. Sandweiss, Michael A. Malpass, Thomas C. Patterson, Joan M. Gero, Rebecca R. Stone, Richard E. Daggett, Allison C. Paulsen, Christine C. Brewster-Wray, Lynda E. Spickard, William H. Isbell, Cheryl Daggett, T. Mcgreevy, R. Shaughnessy, Joel Rabinowtiz, Paul Dillon
Investigations Of The Andean Past: Papers From The First Annual Northeast Conference On Andean Archaeology And Ethnohistory, Daniel H. Sandweiss, Michael A. Malpass, Thomas C. Patterson, Joan M. Gero, Rebecca R. Stone, Richard E. Daggett, Allison C. Paulsen, Christine C. Brewster-Wray, Lynda E. Spickard, William H. Isbell, Cheryl Daggett, T. Mcgreevy, R. Shaughnessy, Joel Rabinowtiz, Paul Dillon
Andean Past Special Publications
The papers included in this volume represent fourteen of the twenty-three original papers presented at the First Annual Northeast Conference on Andean Archaeology and Ethnohistory held at Cornell University on November 13th and 14th, 1982. The papers are: "The Preceramic Occupations of the Casma Valley, Peru" by Michael A. Malpass, "The Historical Development of a Coastal Andean Social Formation in Central Peru, 6000 to 500 B.C." by Thomas C. Patterson, "Stone Tools in Ceramic Contexts: Exploring the Unstructured" by Joan M. Gero, "Possible Uses, Roles, and Meanings of Chavin-style Painted Textiles of South Coast Peru" by Rebecca R. Stone, "Megalithic …