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Papers by Deborah L Huntley

Research paper thumbnail of Tasks, Knowledge, and Practice: Long-Distance Resource Acquisition at Goat Spring Pueblo (LA285), Central New Mexico

American Antiquity, 2024

We examine provenance data collected from three types of geological resources recovered at Goat S... more We examine provenance data collected from three types of geological resources recovered at Goat Spring Pueblo in central New Mexico. Our goal is to move beyond simply documenting patterns in compositional data; rather, we develop a narrative that explores how people's knowledge and preferences resulted in culturally and materially determined choices as revealed in those patterns. Our analyses provide evidence that residents of Goat Spring Pueblo did not rely primarily on local geological sources for the creation of their glaze paints or obsidian tools. They did, however, utilize a locally available blue-green mineral for creation of their ornaments. We argue that village artisans structured their use of raw materials at least in part according to multiple craft-specific and community-centered ethnomineralogies that likely constituted the sources of these materials as historically or cosmologically meaningful places through their persistent use. Consequently, the surviving material culture at Goat Spring Pueblo reflects day-today beliefs, practices, and social relationships that connected this village to a broader mosaic of interconnected Ancestral Pueblo taskscapes and knowledgescapes.

Research paper thumbnail of Transformation of social networks in the late pre-Hispanic US Southwest

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 110(15):5785-5790, 2013

The late pre-Hispanic period in the US Southwest (A.D. 1200–1450) was characterized by large-scal... more The late pre-Hispanic period in the US Southwest (A.D. 1200–1450) was characterized by large-scale demographic changes, including long-distance migration and population aggregation. To reconstruct how these processes reshaped social networks, we compiled a comprehensive artifact database from major sites dating to this interval in the western Southwest. We combine social network analysis with geographic information systems approaches to reconstruct network dynamics over 250 y. We show how social networks were transformed across the region at previously undocumented spatial, temporal, and social scales. Using well-dated decorated ceramics, we track changes in network topology at 50-y intervals to show a dramatic shift in network density and settlement centrality from the northern to the southern Southwest after A.D. 1300. Both obsidian sourcing and ceramic data demonstrate that long-distance network relationships also shifted from north to south after migration. Surprisingly, social distance does not always correlate with spatial distance because of the presence of network relationships spanning long geographic distances. Our research shows how a large network in the southern Southwest grew and then collapsed, whereas networks became more fragmented in the northern Southwest but persisted. The study also illustrates how formal social network analysis may be applied to large-scale databases of material culture to illustrate multigenerational changes in network structure.

Research paper thumbnail of From Recipe to Identity: Exploring 14th Century Zuni Social Dynamics through Ceramic Compositional Analysis

The Social Life of Pots: Glaze Wares and Cultural …, 2006

Research paper thumbnail of Tracking Movement in the American Southwest

Exploring Cause and Explanation: Historical Ecology, Demography, and Movement in the American Southwest, 2016

Research paper thumbnail of Movement of People and Pots in the Upper Gila Region of the American Southwest

Exploring Cause and Explanation: Historical Ecology, Demography, and Movement in the American Southwest, 2016

Research paper thumbnail of Interaction, boundaries and identities : a multiscalar approach to the organizational scale of Pueblo IV Zuni society /

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Arizona State University, 2004. Includes bibliographical references (leaves [248... more Thesis (Ph. D.)--Arizona State University, 2004. Includes bibliographical references (leaves [248]-275). Photocopy. s

Research paper thumbnail of A combined approach: using NAA and petrography to examine ceramic production and exchange in the American southwest

Journal of Archaeological Science, 2014

ABSTRACT Over the past few decades, ceramic provenance research has seen the increased use of bot... more ABSTRACT Over the past few decades, ceramic provenance research has seen the increased use of both chemical and mineralogical analyses. However, the success of each method is dependent both on the geological environment and the behavioral processes that created the pottery under study. The combination of bulk chemical and petrographic datasets may assist in overcoming the shortcomings of each method and improve the assignment of ceramics to specific production locations. Our research uses a mixed mode approach based on dissimilarity matrices and multidimensional scaling. The resulting combined dataset helps us assess the geographic extent of production and distribution of Maverick Mountain Series and Roosevelt Red Ware pottery found in the Upper Gila and Mimbres valleys of southwestern New Mexico and southeastern Arizona. These pottery types have been connected to northern migrants arriving in these areas during the 13th century AD and subsequent regional scale social changes. This research provides a case study in the advantages of using complementary analytical techniques and combining their results to answer behavioral questions.

Research paper thumbnail of Changes in regional organization and mobility in the Zuni region of the American Southwest during the Pueblo III and IV periods: insights from INAA studies

Journal of Archaeological Science, 2011

Research paper thumbnail of Local recipes or distant commodities? Lead isotope and chemical compositional analysis of glaze paints from the Salinas pueblos, New Mexico

Journal of Archaeological Science, 2007

For nearly four hundred years, Pueblo potters in the Rio Grande Valley of New Mexico produced tec... more For nearly four hundred years, Pueblo potters in the Rio Grande Valley of New Mexico produced technologically innovative glaze-decorated bowls and exchanged them widely among different villages. While potential sources of lead ores used to make glaze paints are found throughout the Rio Grande Valley region, researchers have only recently begun to identify which ore sources potters exploited and to understand the social and economic factors underlying patterns of ore resource use. In this paper we use stable lead isotope and electron microprobe analysis of glaze paints on Rio Grande Glaze Ware made at two Salinas pueblos to identify ore sources and glaze recipes used by their potters. Despite some isotopic overlap of ore sources, the lead isotope data point to regular exploitation of ores from the Socorro area of the southern Rio Grande. Salinas potters apparently used other sources as well, and likely mixed ores from different sources. We also identify four local glaze recipes that appear to incorporate multiple ore sources, suggesting that Salinas potters obtained raw ores rather than finished glaze paints.

Research paper thumbnail of A method for chronological apportioning of ceramic assemblages

Journal of Archaeological Science, 2012

Artifact assemblages from long-inhabited sites may include ceramic types and wares from multiple ... more Artifact assemblages from long-inhabited sites may include ceramic types and wares from multiple time periods, making temporal comparisons between sites difficult. This is especially problematic in macroregional data sets compiled from multiple sources with varying degrees of chronological control. We present a method for chronological apportioning of ceramic assemblages that considers site occupation dates, ceramic production dates, and popularity distribution curves. The chronological apportioning can also be adjusted to take into account different population sizes during the site occupation span. Our method is illustrated with ceramic data from late prehispanic sites in the San Pedro Valley and Tonto Basin, Arizona, U.S.A., compiled as part of the Southwest Social Networks Project. The accuracy of the apportioning method is evaluated by comparing apportioned assemblages with those from nearby contemporaneous single component sites.

Research paper thumbnail of High precision isotopic analyses of lead ores from New Mexico by MC-ICP-MS: implications for tracing the production and exchange of Pueblo IV glaze-decorated pottery

Journal of Archaeological Science, 2013

Between ca. 1275 and 1700 CE, Pueblo groups in the northern Southwest United States produced and ... more Between ca. 1275 and 1700 CE, Pueblo groups in the northern Southwest United States produced and exchanged ceramic bowls decorated with lead-based glaze paints. Previous studies of these glazedecorated bowls have used lead isotopic analysis by ICP-MS to identify the sources of lead used by Pueblo potters, and investigate how social or economic factors may have influenced resource use among different Pueblo communities (e.g. . However, interpretations of much of this isotopic data have remained provisional because of overlap among the isotopic ratios of potential sources and because the isotopic composition of many glaze paints do not clearly match any known source. Here, we use multi-collector ICP-MS to re-measure the lead isotopic composition of 48 samples of lead sulfide (galena) and lead carbonate (cerussite) from sources in New Mexico that were potentially utilized by Pueblo potters, including mines within the Cerrillos Hills, Magdalena, Hansonburg, and Joyita Hills mining districts. These results define the isotopic composition of lead ores from these districts with greater precision and accuracy than achieved in previous studies and better distinguish among these mining districts in lead isotope space. Most significantly, we find that galena mineralization within the Cerrillos Hills only has a modest degree of isotopic variation, with 206 Pb/ 204 Pb ratios from 18.508 to 18.753, 207 Pb/ 204 Pb ratios from 15.580 to 15.607, and 208 Pb/ 204 Pb ratios from 38.388 to 38.560. These ranges are far narrower than previously reported, and should supersede previously published values for this district. In total, we conclude that isotopic measurements of both ores and glaze paints made by MC-ICP-MS will provide new information about the provenance of lead in glaze paints and allow for more detailed interpretations about resource procurement and exchange in the Pueblo world.

Research paper thumbnail of Long-Term Settlement History and the Emergence of Towns in the Zuni Area

American Antiquity, 2004

From a regional perspective, the late thirteenth-century aggregation of village populations into ... more From a regional perspective, the late thirteenth-century aggregation of village populations into large towns in the northern Southwest appears to be a brief and dramatic episode of social reorganization. That it is apparent across such a range of cultural and ecological circumstances suggests that a regional perspective will be needed to understand why it occurred.

Research paper thumbnail of Spatializing Social Network Analysis in the Late Precontact U.S. Southwest

In this article we explore the relationship between spatial proximity and indices of social conne... more In this article we explore the relationship between spatial proximity and indices of social connectivity during the A.D. 1200–1450 interval in the United States (U.S.) Southwest. Using geographic information systems (GIS), we develop indices of spatial proximity based on the terrain-adjusted cost distance between sites in a regional settlement and material cultural database focused on the western U.S. Southwest. We evaluate the hypothesis that social interaction is a function of proximity and that interactions will be most intense among near neighbors. We find that this hypothesis is supported in some instances but that the correlation between proximity and interaction is highly variable in the context of late precontact social upheaval. Furthermore, we show important discrepancies between the Puebloan north and the Hohokam south that help to explain differences in community sustainability in the two regions. En este articulo exploramos la relación entre la proximidad espacial y los índices de conectividad social durante el intervalo de 1250–1450 d.C. en el suroeste de los Estados Unidos. Usando Sistemas de Información Geográfica, desarrollamos índices de proximidad espacial basados en el costo ajustado de la distancia del terreno entre sitios, a partir de la base de datos Southwest Social Networks. Evaluamos la hipótesis que sugiere que, la interacción social es una función de proximidad y que las interacciones serán más intensas entre vecinos cercanos. Encontramos que esta hipótesis se sostiene en algunos casos pero que la correlación entre proximidad e interacción es altamente variable en el contexto de la revuelta social del pre-contacto tardío. Además, indicamos las discrepancias importantes existentes entre los Pueblo del norte y los Hohokam del sur, las cuales ayudan a explicar las diferencias en la sostenibilidad comunitaria entre las dos regiones.

Research paper thumbnail of Transformation of social networks in the late pre-Hispanic US Southwest.

The late pre-Hispanic period in the US Southwest (A.D. 1200–1450) was characterized by large-scal... more The late pre-Hispanic period in the US Southwest (A.D. 1200–1450) was characterized by large-scale demographic changes, including long-distance migration and population aggregation. To reconstruct how these processes reshaped social networks, we compiled a comprehensive artifact database from major sites dating to this interval in the western Southwest. We combine social network analysis with geographic information systems approaches to reconstruct network dynamics over 250 y. We show how social networks were transformed across the region at previously undocumented spatial, temporal, and social scales. Using well-dated decorated ceramics, we track changes in network topology at 50-y intervals to show a dramatic shift in network density and settlement centrality from the northern to the southern Southwest after A.D. 1300. Both obsidian sourcing and ceramic data demonstrate that long-distance network relationships also shifted from north to south after migration. Surprisingly, social distance does not always correlate with spatial distance because of the presence of network relationships spanning long geographic distances. Our research shows how a large network in the southern Southwest grew and then collapsed, whereas networks became more fragmented in the northern Southwest but persisted. The study also illustrates how formal social network analysis may be applied to large-scale databases of material culture to illustrate multigenerational changes in network structure.

Research paper thumbnail of Rudd Creek Pueblo: A Late Tularosa Phase Village in East Central Arizona

KIVA, 2006

Page 1. RUDD CREEK PUEBLO: A LATE TULAROSA PHASE VILLAGE IN EAST CENTRAL ARIZONA TIFFANY C. CLARK... more Page 1. RUDD CREEK PUEBLO: A LATE TULAROSA PHASE VILLAGE IN EAST CENTRAL ARIZONA TIFFANY C. CLARK, GREGSON SCHACHNER, SUZANNE L. ECKERT, TODD L. HOWELL, AND DEBORAH L. HUNTLEY ...

Articles and book chapters by Deborah L Huntley

Research paper thumbnail of Glazed Over: Composition of Northern Rio Grande Glaze Ware Paints from San Marcos Pueblo

Potters and Communities of Practice: Glaze Paint and Polychrome Pottery in the American Southwest, AD 1250 to 1700, 2012

Upcoming Presentations by Deborah L Huntley

Research paper thumbnail of Ceramic Petrographers in the Americas: Promoting the advancement and application of petrography in archaeology

by Andrea Torvinen, Yukiko Tonoike, Mary Ownby, Deborah L Huntley, Kari Schleher, Robin Lyle, Michael Love, Neill Wallis, Ann Cordell, Zackary Gilmore, Kenneth Sassaman, Sarah Striker, and Vince Van Thienen

A marked resurgence in the use of petrography to answer archaeological questions has resulted in ... more A marked resurgence in the use of petrography to answer archaeological questions has resulted in the formation of Ceramic Petrographers in the Americas (CPA), a group that seeks to promote, discuss, and develop ceramic petrography in archaeology. While CPA members physically reside in the Americas, our research spans the globe both temporally and geographically as illustrated by the posters to be presented. The goal of this session is to provide a venue for the discussion and advancement of ceramic petrography and other characterization techniques among petrographers of all skill levels. In this session, ceramic petrography is used in a variety of archaeological cases to investigate social processes (i.e., cultural continuity, identity, migration, and mortuary behavior) by drawing on both qualitative and quantitative data related to raw material selection, ceramic technology, and provenance, as well as highlight additional sourcing techniques (e.g., SEM, EDX, XRF, and INAA) and tools (i.e., digital image analysis, ethnographic interviews, and experimental archaeology) currently used by petrographers.

Research paper thumbnail of Tasks, Knowledge, and Practice: Long-Distance Resource Acquisition at Goat Spring Pueblo (LA285), Central New Mexico

American Antiquity, 2024

We examine provenance data collected from three types of geological resources recovered at Goat S... more We examine provenance data collected from three types of geological resources recovered at Goat Spring Pueblo in central New Mexico. Our goal is to move beyond simply documenting patterns in compositional data; rather, we develop a narrative that explores how people's knowledge and preferences resulted in culturally and materially determined choices as revealed in those patterns. Our analyses provide evidence that residents of Goat Spring Pueblo did not rely primarily on local geological sources for the creation of their glaze paints or obsidian tools. They did, however, utilize a locally available blue-green mineral for creation of their ornaments. We argue that village artisans structured their use of raw materials at least in part according to multiple craft-specific and community-centered ethnomineralogies that likely constituted the sources of these materials as historically or cosmologically meaningful places through their persistent use. Consequently, the surviving material culture at Goat Spring Pueblo reflects day-today beliefs, practices, and social relationships that connected this village to a broader mosaic of interconnected Ancestral Pueblo taskscapes and knowledgescapes.

Research paper thumbnail of Transformation of social networks in the late pre-Hispanic US Southwest

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 110(15):5785-5790, 2013

The late pre-Hispanic period in the US Southwest (A.D. 1200–1450) was characterized by large-scal... more The late pre-Hispanic period in the US Southwest (A.D. 1200–1450) was characterized by large-scale demographic changes, including long-distance migration and population aggregation. To reconstruct how these processes reshaped social networks, we compiled a comprehensive artifact database from major sites dating to this interval in the western Southwest. We combine social network analysis with geographic information systems approaches to reconstruct network dynamics over 250 y. We show how social networks were transformed across the region at previously undocumented spatial, temporal, and social scales. Using well-dated decorated ceramics, we track changes in network topology at 50-y intervals to show a dramatic shift in network density and settlement centrality from the northern to the southern Southwest after A.D. 1300. Both obsidian sourcing and ceramic data demonstrate that long-distance network relationships also shifted from north to south after migration. Surprisingly, social distance does not always correlate with spatial distance because of the presence of network relationships spanning long geographic distances. Our research shows how a large network in the southern Southwest grew and then collapsed, whereas networks became more fragmented in the northern Southwest but persisted. The study also illustrates how formal social network analysis may be applied to large-scale databases of material culture to illustrate multigenerational changes in network structure.

Research paper thumbnail of From Recipe to Identity: Exploring 14th Century Zuni Social Dynamics through Ceramic Compositional Analysis

The Social Life of Pots: Glaze Wares and Cultural …, 2006

Research paper thumbnail of Tracking Movement in the American Southwest

Exploring Cause and Explanation: Historical Ecology, Demography, and Movement in the American Southwest, 2016

Research paper thumbnail of Movement of People and Pots in the Upper Gila Region of the American Southwest

Exploring Cause and Explanation: Historical Ecology, Demography, and Movement in the American Southwest, 2016

Research paper thumbnail of Interaction, boundaries and identities : a multiscalar approach to the organizational scale of Pueblo IV Zuni society /

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Arizona State University, 2004. Includes bibliographical references (leaves [248... more Thesis (Ph. D.)--Arizona State University, 2004. Includes bibliographical references (leaves [248]-275). Photocopy. s

Research paper thumbnail of A combined approach: using NAA and petrography to examine ceramic production and exchange in the American southwest

Journal of Archaeological Science, 2014

ABSTRACT Over the past few decades, ceramic provenance research has seen the increased use of bot... more ABSTRACT Over the past few decades, ceramic provenance research has seen the increased use of both chemical and mineralogical analyses. However, the success of each method is dependent both on the geological environment and the behavioral processes that created the pottery under study. The combination of bulk chemical and petrographic datasets may assist in overcoming the shortcomings of each method and improve the assignment of ceramics to specific production locations. Our research uses a mixed mode approach based on dissimilarity matrices and multidimensional scaling. The resulting combined dataset helps us assess the geographic extent of production and distribution of Maverick Mountain Series and Roosevelt Red Ware pottery found in the Upper Gila and Mimbres valleys of southwestern New Mexico and southeastern Arizona. These pottery types have been connected to northern migrants arriving in these areas during the 13th century AD and subsequent regional scale social changes. This research provides a case study in the advantages of using complementary analytical techniques and combining their results to answer behavioral questions.

Research paper thumbnail of Changes in regional organization and mobility in the Zuni region of the American Southwest during the Pueblo III and IV periods: insights from INAA studies

Journal of Archaeological Science, 2011

Research paper thumbnail of Local recipes or distant commodities? Lead isotope and chemical compositional analysis of glaze paints from the Salinas pueblos, New Mexico

Journal of Archaeological Science, 2007

For nearly four hundred years, Pueblo potters in the Rio Grande Valley of New Mexico produced tec... more For nearly four hundred years, Pueblo potters in the Rio Grande Valley of New Mexico produced technologically innovative glaze-decorated bowls and exchanged them widely among different villages. While potential sources of lead ores used to make glaze paints are found throughout the Rio Grande Valley region, researchers have only recently begun to identify which ore sources potters exploited and to understand the social and economic factors underlying patterns of ore resource use. In this paper we use stable lead isotope and electron microprobe analysis of glaze paints on Rio Grande Glaze Ware made at two Salinas pueblos to identify ore sources and glaze recipes used by their potters. Despite some isotopic overlap of ore sources, the lead isotope data point to regular exploitation of ores from the Socorro area of the southern Rio Grande. Salinas potters apparently used other sources as well, and likely mixed ores from different sources. We also identify four local glaze recipes that appear to incorporate multiple ore sources, suggesting that Salinas potters obtained raw ores rather than finished glaze paints.

Research paper thumbnail of A method for chronological apportioning of ceramic assemblages

Journal of Archaeological Science, 2012

Artifact assemblages from long-inhabited sites may include ceramic types and wares from multiple ... more Artifact assemblages from long-inhabited sites may include ceramic types and wares from multiple time periods, making temporal comparisons between sites difficult. This is especially problematic in macroregional data sets compiled from multiple sources with varying degrees of chronological control. We present a method for chronological apportioning of ceramic assemblages that considers site occupation dates, ceramic production dates, and popularity distribution curves. The chronological apportioning can also be adjusted to take into account different population sizes during the site occupation span. Our method is illustrated with ceramic data from late prehispanic sites in the San Pedro Valley and Tonto Basin, Arizona, U.S.A., compiled as part of the Southwest Social Networks Project. The accuracy of the apportioning method is evaluated by comparing apportioned assemblages with those from nearby contemporaneous single component sites.

Research paper thumbnail of High precision isotopic analyses of lead ores from New Mexico by MC-ICP-MS: implications for tracing the production and exchange of Pueblo IV glaze-decorated pottery

Journal of Archaeological Science, 2013

Between ca. 1275 and 1700 CE, Pueblo groups in the northern Southwest United States produced and ... more Between ca. 1275 and 1700 CE, Pueblo groups in the northern Southwest United States produced and exchanged ceramic bowls decorated with lead-based glaze paints. Previous studies of these glazedecorated bowls have used lead isotopic analysis by ICP-MS to identify the sources of lead used by Pueblo potters, and investigate how social or economic factors may have influenced resource use among different Pueblo communities (e.g. . However, interpretations of much of this isotopic data have remained provisional because of overlap among the isotopic ratios of potential sources and because the isotopic composition of many glaze paints do not clearly match any known source. Here, we use multi-collector ICP-MS to re-measure the lead isotopic composition of 48 samples of lead sulfide (galena) and lead carbonate (cerussite) from sources in New Mexico that were potentially utilized by Pueblo potters, including mines within the Cerrillos Hills, Magdalena, Hansonburg, and Joyita Hills mining districts. These results define the isotopic composition of lead ores from these districts with greater precision and accuracy than achieved in previous studies and better distinguish among these mining districts in lead isotope space. Most significantly, we find that galena mineralization within the Cerrillos Hills only has a modest degree of isotopic variation, with 206 Pb/ 204 Pb ratios from 18.508 to 18.753, 207 Pb/ 204 Pb ratios from 15.580 to 15.607, and 208 Pb/ 204 Pb ratios from 38.388 to 38.560. These ranges are far narrower than previously reported, and should supersede previously published values for this district. In total, we conclude that isotopic measurements of both ores and glaze paints made by MC-ICP-MS will provide new information about the provenance of lead in glaze paints and allow for more detailed interpretations about resource procurement and exchange in the Pueblo world.

Research paper thumbnail of Long-Term Settlement History and the Emergence of Towns in the Zuni Area

American Antiquity, 2004

From a regional perspective, the late thirteenth-century aggregation of village populations into ... more From a regional perspective, the late thirteenth-century aggregation of village populations into large towns in the northern Southwest appears to be a brief and dramatic episode of social reorganization. That it is apparent across such a range of cultural and ecological circumstances suggests that a regional perspective will be needed to understand why it occurred.

Research paper thumbnail of Spatializing Social Network Analysis in the Late Precontact U.S. Southwest

In this article we explore the relationship between spatial proximity and indices of social conne... more In this article we explore the relationship between spatial proximity and indices of social connectivity during the A.D. 1200–1450 interval in the United States (U.S.) Southwest. Using geographic information systems (GIS), we develop indices of spatial proximity based on the terrain-adjusted cost distance between sites in a regional settlement and material cultural database focused on the western U.S. Southwest. We evaluate the hypothesis that social interaction is a function of proximity and that interactions will be most intense among near neighbors. We find that this hypothesis is supported in some instances but that the correlation between proximity and interaction is highly variable in the context of late precontact social upheaval. Furthermore, we show important discrepancies between the Puebloan north and the Hohokam south that help to explain differences in community sustainability in the two regions. En este articulo exploramos la relación entre la proximidad espacial y los índices de conectividad social durante el intervalo de 1250–1450 d.C. en el suroeste de los Estados Unidos. Usando Sistemas de Información Geográfica, desarrollamos índices de proximidad espacial basados en el costo ajustado de la distancia del terreno entre sitios, a partir de la base de datos Southwest Social Networks. Evaluamos la hipótesis que sugiere que, la interacción social es una función de proximidad y que las interacciones serán más intensas entre vecinos cercanos. Encontramos que esta hipótesis se sostiene en algunos casos pero que la correlación entre proximidad e interacción es altamente variable en el contexto de la revuelta social del pre-contacto tardío. Además, indicamos las discrepancias importantes existentes entre los Pueblo del norte y los Hohokam del sur, las cuales ayudan a explicar las diferencias en la sostenibilidad comunitaria entre las dos regiones.

Research paper thumbnail of Transformation of social networks in the late pre-Hispanic US Southwest.

The late pre-Hispanic period in the US Southwest (A.D. 1200–1450) was characterized by large-scal... more The late pre-Hispanic period in the US Southwest (A.D. 1200–1450) was characterized by large-scale demographic changes, including long-distance migration and population aggregation. To reconstruct how these processes reshaped social networks, we compiled a comprehensive artifact database from major sites dating to this interval in the western Southwest. We combine social network analysis with geographic information systems approaches to reconstruct network dynamics over 250 y. We show how social networks were transformed across the region at previously undocumented spatial, temporal, and social scales. Using well-dated decorated ceramics, we track changes in network topology at 50-y intervals to show a dramatic shift in network density and settlement centrality from the northern to the southern Southwest after A.D. 1300. Both obsidian sourcing and ceramic data demonstrate that long-distance network relationships also shifted from north to south after migration. Surprisingly, social distance does not always correlate with spatial distance because of the presence of network relationships spanning long geographic distances. Our research shows how a large network in the southern Southwest grew and then collapsed, whereas networks became more fragmented in the northern Southwest but persisted. The study also illustrates how formal social network analysis may be applied to large-scale databases of material culture to illustrate multigenerational changes in network structure.

Research paper thumbnail of Rudd Creek Pueblo: A Late Tularosa Phase Village in East Central Arizona

KIVA, 2006

Page 1. RUDD CREEK PUEBLO: A LATE TULAROSA PHASE VILLAGE IN EAST CENTRAL ARIZONA TIFFANY C. CLARK... more Page 1. RUDD CREEK PUEBLO: A LATE TULAROSA PHASE VILLAGE IN EAST CENTRAL ARIZONA TIFFANY C. CLARK, GREGSON SCHACHNER, SUZANNE L. ECKERT, TODD L. HOWELL, AND DEBORAH L. HUNTLEY ...

Research paper thumbnail of Glazed Over: Composition of Northern Rio Grande Glaze Ware Paints from San Marcos Pueblo

Potters and Communities of Practice: Glaze Paint and Polychrome Pottery in the American Southwest, AD 1250 to 1700, 2012

Research paper thumbnail of Ceramic Petrographers in the Americas: Promoting the advancement and application of petrography in archaeology

by Andrea Torvinen, Yukiko Tonoike, Mary Ownby, Deborah L Huntley, Kari Schleher, Robin Lyle, Michael Love, Neill Wallis, Ann Cordell, Zackary Gilmore, Kenneth Sassaman, Sarah Striker, and Vince Van Thienen

A marked resurgence in the use of petrography to answer archaeological questions has resulted in ... more A marked resurgence in the use of petrography to answer archaeological questions has resulted in the formation of Ceramic Petrographers in the Americas (CPA), a group that seeks to promote, discuss, and develop ceramic petrography in archaeology. While CPA members physically reside in the Americas, our research spans the globe both temporally and geographically as illustrated by the posters to be presented. The goal of this session is to provide a venue for the discussion and advancement of ceramic petrography and other characterization techniques among petrographers of all skill levels. In this session, ceramic petrography is used in a variety of archaeological cases to investigate social processes (i.e., cultural continuity, identity, migration, and mortuary behavior) by drawing on both qualitative and quantitative data related to raw material selection, ceramic technology, and provenance, as well as highlight additional sourcing techniques (e.g., SEM, EDX, XRF, and INAA) and tools (i.e., digital image analysis, ethnographic interviews, and experimental archaeology) currently used by petrographers.