Browsing ANTH Research Publications by Issue Date
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Evaluating residence patterns among prehistoric populations: clues from dental enamel composition
(Wayne State University Press, 1990-02)We determined enamel composition (Ca, P, Mg, Cu, Mn, Se, Zn, Al, Sr, Pb) for the mandibular canines of 94 individuals from 4 prehistoric Arikara cemetery populations, collecting the compositional data using scanning electron ... -
The Roger Mills expansion project: An archaeological investigation
(Wichita State University, 1990-11-01)Archaeological investigations of a 150 foot right of way in the Texas Panhandle and Oklahoma produced information on 13 previously unrecorded sites and isolates in Texas and 31 sites and isolates in Oklahoma. The majority ... -
Archeological survey of the proposed El Dorado Wastewater Treatment Plant, Butler County, Kansas
(Wichita State University, 2005-06-08)Pursuant to an agreement between the City of El Dorado, Professional Engineering Consultants, P.A., and Wichita State University for the performance of a cultural resources investigation of the area of impact of the ... -
On the Trail(s) with Lewis and Clark: Native American Beliefs Revealed
(Wichita State University Libraries, 2008-02-21)The incredible journey of the Corps of Discovery led by Lewis and Clark generated a gold mine of information for the anthropologist and historian. Most of the information lies in their journals, but there are some wonderful ... -
Book review: Take me to my paradise: tourism and nationalism in the British Virgin Islands by Colleen Ballerino Cohen, 2010
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Chapter 26 -- Caves and related sites in the Great Plains of North America
(Univ of Colorado Press, 2012)The Great Plains are not known for spectacular caves, but caves and especially rockshelters are present. Many have been excavated, usually without regard to the possibility of ritual. In this chapter, I discuss ethnographic ... -
Sexual dimorphism in the 12th thoracic vertebra in human skeletal remains
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Lines that connect: Rethinking pattern and mind in the Pacific
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Age change in the adult human scapula
(Elsevier, 2012-08)This paper illustrates how the generalized age changes of the scapula reported by [Graves, 1921], [Graves, 1922] and [Graves, 1939] are not universally applicable across sex or ancestral groups, and should therefore be ... -
The Windom pipe: a chaine operatoire analysis
(Plains Anthropological Society, 2012-11)This paper defines the Windom pipe, an L-shaped smoking pipe with a tall bowl set at a slightly acute angle to a short stem. This form of pipe is found in sites of the Great Bend aspect and related phases that are the ... -
The genetic impact of aztec imperialism: Ancient mitochondrial DNA evidence from Xaltocan, Mexico
(Wiley-Blackwell, 2012-12)In AD 1428, the city-states of Tenochtitlan, Texcoco, and Tlacopan formed the Triple Alliance, laying the foundations of the Aztec empire. Although it is well documented that the Aztecs annexed numerous polities in the ... -
Archaeological interpretation and the rewriting of history: deimperializing and decolonizing the past at Xaltocan, Mexico
(American Anthropological Association, 2013-09)In this case study of the Aztec imperial transition at Xaltocan, Mexico, I argue that the same rewriting of history and misrepresentation of subjugated peoples that postcolonial scholars attribute to Western colonialism ... -
Book review: Research methods in human skeletal biology
(Wiley-Blackwell, 2013-12)Textbooks or readers in skeletal biology, particularly instructional materials providing insight into the study of the biological attributes of human variation in the context of varied social and ecological circumstances, ... -
A New Bayesian Chronology for Postclassic and colonial occupation at Xaltocan, Mexico
(University of Arizona, 2014)This article proposes a new four-phase chronology for Postclassic and colonial occupation at Xaltocan, Mexico, using Bayesian statistical modeling of a suite of 54 radiometric dates. Of these, 46 samples come from recent ... -
Book review: Ritual, media, and conflict
(Koninklijke Brill NV, 2014)The edited volume Ritual, Media, and Conflict consists of nine contributions. Two of them -- the introduction and conclusion -- theoretically frame the themes and topics at issue. The remaining contributions are comprised ... -
Book review: "Came men on horses: the conquistador expeditions of Francisco Vasquez de Coronado and Don Juan de Onate"
(Center for Great Plains Studies, 2014)This is likely to be the last work we are apt to see from the journalist and historian Stan Hoig, who died in 2009, four years before this book was published. I mention this because it is clear that his manuscript was ... -
Everyday action and the rise and decline of ancient polities: household strategy and political change in postclassic Xaltocan, Mexico
(Cambridge University Press, 2014)Household archaeology conducted at the site of Xaltocan, an important regional center in the northern Basin of Mexico, illustrates how the everyday actions of ordinary people contribute to the rise and decline of ancient ... -
Book review: The Oxford handbook of mesoamerican archaeology
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Determining architectural function using human skeletons buried therein
(Wiley Periodicals, INC, 2014-03)Located 3,886 m above sea-level, Achanchi, built in the 10th-12th century, AD, is one of the largest Chanka sites in the highland region of Andahuaylas, Peru and host to more than 300 stone buildings on over 15 ha. ... -
Assessing the demographic effects of Aztec imperialism: ancient mitochondrial and nuclear DNA evidence from Xaltocan, Mexico
(Wiley-Blackwell, 2014-03)Between AD 1428 and 1521, the Aztec empire conquered numerous polities in the Basin of Mexico. At Xaltocan, an influential Otomi town, historical and archaeological evidence provide conflicting accounts of the ...