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Papers by Sandra L . Lopez Varela

Open journal of archaeometry, Feb 12, 2014

Mexico is a country that requires the construction and expansion of infrastructure to increase th... more Mexico is a country that requires the construction and expansion of infrastructure to increase the competitiveness of its economy. Building this highly competitive logistic platform has had an impact on Mexico's cultural and social heritage. In the State of Morelos, the municipalities of Cuernavaca and Jiutepec considered that sustainable development could be integrated with heritage preservation at the time of land use plans' designing and adoption. Hereby described, a geographic information system-based predictive model, differentiating areas by their potential for different types of resources, is suggested as a solution to protect Mexico's heritage within a uniform permitting and compliance process.

Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory, Jun 22, 2010

Studying human activities requires an examination of the inherent epistemological problems in bui... more Studying human activities requires an examination of the inherent epistemological problems in building arguments about the past based on chemical residues and modern observations. A reflexive approach to the analysis of chemical residues at the San Lucas archaeological site, a Classic Hohokam settlement located in Marana, Arizona, represents a unique opportunity to evaluate current techniques and paradigms for the interpretation of daily life activities. By incorporating an innovative program rooted in satellite remote sensing image analysis and spatial statistics, including new techniques, such as bulk density, loss on ignition, electrical conductivity, and salinity, results suggest that soil chemical analysis will benefit more from learning about structure and agency than from one single activity.

Twelve contributors present the contents of the Terminal Classic (the Mayan Lowlands, Central Ame... more Twelve contributors present the contents of the Terminal Classic (the Mayan Lowlands, Central America) ceramic complexes in their area of study, and discuss them against the complexity and diversity of social processes illuminated by recent investigations. Contents: An Introduction to Geographies of Power (Sandra L. Lopez Varela and Antonia E. Foias); A Survey of Terminal Classic Ceramic Complexes and Their Socioeconomic Implications (Donald W. Forsyth); Fine Paste Wares and the Terminal Classic in the Petexbatun and Pasion Regions, Peten, Guatemala (Antonia E. Foias and Ronald L. Bishop); Dynamics of Engagement in the Usumacinta River Valley and the Coastal Plains of Tabasco: traversing Terminal Classic Hypotheses (Sandra L. Lopez Varela); The communities of the Holmul river drainage at the periphery of Tikal during the terminal classic and the identification of a distinctive micaceous paste component (Vilma Fialko); Contextualizing the Collapse Hegemony and Terminal Classic Ceramics from Caracol, Belize (Arlen F. Chase and Diane Z. Chase); Continuity and Change in the Ceramic Complex of Xunantunich during the Late and Terminal Classic Periods (Lisa J. LeCount); Terminal Classic Pottery Production in the Ulua Valley, Honduras (Jeanne L. Lopiparo, Rosemary A. Joyce, and Julia A. Hendon); Pushing the Limits: Late to Terminal Classic Settlement and Economies on the Northern Belize Coast (Shirley Boteler Mock); Western Puuc Sociopolitical and Community Organization as Viewed through Terminal Classic Ceramics (Lorraine A. Williams-Beck); Late and Terminal Classic Puuc Ceramics as seen from Xkipche (Michael Vallo); Future Directions in the Study of Terminal Classic Ceramics: some brief Comments (Jeremy A. Sabloff).

Estudios del Discurso, 2020

A 50 años de la masacre del 2 de octubre de 1968 en el Conjunto Habitacional Nonoalco Tlatelolco,... more A 50 años de la masacre del 2 de octubre de 1968 en el Conjunto Habitacional Nonoalco Tlatelolco, el jefe de gobierno de la Ciudad de México, José Ramón Amieva, firmó un mandato en el que declaraba Tlatelolco como patrimonio cultural intangible, en reconocimiento a los acontecimientos históricos ocurridos ahí, desde su fundación por los aztecas en 1337. En su discurso Amieva dejó claro que los sucesos del 2 de octubre de 1968 formaban parte de la declaratoria, al enfatizar que no se iba a permitir nunca más que un estudiante fuera víctima de agresión, mucho menos desconocer su paradero. Insertar los eventos de 1968 dentro de una declaratoria de patrimonio cultural intangible articula una nueva verdad nacional de la masacre. Esta incorporación gubernamental del acontecimiento dentro de la ahora historia de la izquierda mexicana triunfante puede difuminar su particularidad y su carácter subversivo; de ahí, que algunas voces han alertado sobre ese peligro y apostado por una concepción ...

Encyclopedia of Global Archaeology, 2018

iMex. México Interdisciplinario/Interdisciplinary Mexico, 2020

An archaeology of media approach guides this analysis of the film Coco, a 3D animated fiction mov... more An archaeology of media approach guides this analysis of the film Coco, a 3D animated fiction movie inspired by the Day of the Dead or Dia de los muertos in Mexico, and released by Pixar Animation Studios, a subsidiary of Walt Disney Studios, in 2017. In particular, I explore the tensions and contradictions within Pixar's most successful movie at the box office in taking a stand against Donald Trump's presentation of Mexicans as "rapists and drug-trafficking criminals". I argue that this film, despite its praise by audiences and critics as a 'pro-Mexico' film, does ultimately not vindicate Mexico's "good people". Instead, it promotes an institutionalized nationalist image of Mexico's heritage and identity, which goes back to the nineteenth century. Considering that Disney has the largest global market share in the film industry, Coco's director Lee Unkrich's good intentions to make this film 'right' help to disseminate and ...

iMex. México Interdisciplinario/Interdisciplinary Mexico, 2017

The following discussion addresses the potential of developing a heritage business industry in Me... more The following discussion addresses the potential of developing a heritage business industry in Mexico for the purposes of economic growth. The discussion challenges Mexico's reliance on tourism as a revenue stream in the context of high rates of violence and criminal activity, and examines its failure to promote its rich culture and history. Here, an alternative scenario is offered to create value from Mexico's rich culture and history by introducing cultural resource management (CRM), an industry developed by private firms around the world, for the protection and management of cultural heritage in compliance with environmental and historical laws. In a context of international initiatives, mainly by the World Bank and the Inter-American Development Bank, this contribution identifies those key factors pressuring the Mexican government to introduce CRM in Mexico as well as alternative routes for financing heritage preservation. Mexico's dependency on international institu...

PREFACE A professional and personal view of Charles C. Kolb (Dean E. Arnold). CHAPTER 1. Ceramic ... more PREFACE A professional and personal view of Charles C. Kolb (Dean E. Arnold). CHAPTER 1. Ceramic Ecology XXVII: Celebrating more than a Quarter Century of Ceramic Ecology (Sandra L. Lopez Varela, Dean E. Arnold, and Christopher A. Pool). CHAPTER 2. Cross-Cultural Ceramic Analysis: Albania and Yucatan in the Keck Lab at Millsaps College (Michael L. Galaty, George J. Bey III, and Timothy J. Ward). CHAPTER 3. Pottery, People, and pXRF: Toward the Development of Compositional Profiles for SoutheastMesoamerican Ceramics (David Rafael McCormick and E. Christian Wells). CHAPTER 4. The Conundrum of Volcanic Ash in the Maya Lowlands, an Essay in Honor of Charlie Kolb and International and Interdisciplinary Ceramic Ecology (Anabel Ford). CHAPTER 5. Investigating the Production and Circulation of Pottery Vessels in Peripheral Tikal during the Classic Period (Kirk Damon Straight). CHAPTER 6. Of Polychrome and Politics in Southern Veracruz, Mexico (Philip J. Arnold III). CHAPTER 7. Building Landscapes of Memory with Pots: hermeneutic Expressions of Tlaloc in a Festivity of the Valley of Morelos, Mexico (Sandra L. Lopez Varela and Daniel Aguilar Escobar). CHAPTER 8. Using Traditional Pottery as a Tool for Strengthening Local Cultural Identity in Poland (Aleksandra Wierucka and Magdalena Sacha). CHAPTER 9. Clay Griddles, Analytical Techniques, and Heritage: an ethnoarchaeological Perspective of Economic Development Policies in Mexico (Sandra L. Lopez Varela).

The Encyclopedia of Archaeological Sciences, 2018

Advances in Archaeological Practice:
A Journal of the Society for American Archaeology, 2014

This article discusses the effectiveness of Mexico’s national heritage business model within a co... more This article discusses the effectiveness of Mexico’s national heritage business model within a context of economic growth, infrastructure development, and structural shifts that pose risks to the preservation of heritage resources. To meet these challenges, the future heritage professional requires a training profile that most archaeology departments in Mexico are unable to accommodate. Recognizing the importance of cultural resources management (CRM) and heritage business and marketing skills, the BA program in Development and Intercultural Management, offered at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, is exploring new ways to create business models to finance heritage preservation. In an emergent economy, many students lack the opportunity to pursue higher education degrees, joining the labor market at a very early stage in their careers, without much knowledge of how to make heritage a lever for economic growth. Thus, a goal of this article is to encourage the early teaching...

Open Journal of Archaeometry, 2014

Mexico is a country that requires the construction and expansion of infrastructure to increase th... more Mexico is a country that requires the construction and expansion of infrastructure to increase the competitiveness of its economy. Building this highly competitive logistic platform has had an impact on Mexico’s cultural and social heritage. In the State of Morelos, the municipalities of Cuernavaca and Jiutepec considered that sustainable development could be integrated with heritage preservation at the time of land use plans’ designing and adoption. Hereby described, a geographic information system-based predictive model, differentiating areas by their potential for different types of resources, is suggested as a solution to protect Mexico’s heritage within a uniform permitting and compliance process.

Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory, Jul 15, 2010

The following article presents a new approach to the spatial and chemical analysis of residues le... more The following article presents a new approach to the spatial and chemical analysis of residues left by the cycle of activities that interweave specialized clay griddle production with other domestic tasks at two house lots located in the Mexican town of Cuentepec, Morelos. Based upon multivariate spatial statistics and image analysis techniques, this analytical approach allows for a more robust definition of activity areas across multiple data domains. These patterns, and the general approach by which they were created, provide a framework for evaluating the potential of applying social theories in archaeology for the interpretation of chemical residue analysis.

American Anthropologist, 2015

Encyclopaedia of the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine in Non-Western Cultures, 2008

Encyclopedia of Global Archaeology, 2014

Open journal of archaeometry, Feb 12, 2014

Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory, Jun 22, 2010

Estudios del Discurso, 2020

Encyclopedia of Global Archaeology, 2018

iMex. México Interdisciplinario/Interdisciplinary Mexico, 2020

iMex. México Interdisciplinario/Interdisciplinary Mexico, 2017

The Encyclopedia of Archaeological Sciences, 2018

Advances in Archaeological Practice:
A Journal of the Society for American Archaeology, 2014

Open Journal of Archaeometry, 2014

Mexico is a country that requires the construction and expansion of infrastructure to increase th... more Mexico is a country that requires the construction and expansion of infrastructure to increase the competitiveness of its economy. Building this highly competitive logistic platform has had an impact on Mexico’s cultural and social heritage. In the State of Morelos, the municipalities of Cuernavaca and Jiutepec considered that sustainable development could be integrated with heritage preservation at the time of land use plans’ designing and adoption. Hereby described, a geographic information system-based predictive model, differentiating areas by their potential for different types of resources, is suggested as a solution to protect Mexico’s heritage within a uniform permitting and compliance process.

Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory, Jul 15, 2010

American Anthropologist, 2015

Encyclopaedia of the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine in Non-Western Cultures, 2008

Encyclopedia of Global Archaeology, 2014

Women in Archaeology: Intersectionalities in Practice Worldwide, 2023

Women in Archaeology joins The Springer Women in Engineering and Science series at the invitation... more Women in Archaeology joins The Springer Women in Engineering and Science series at the invitation of Jill S. Tietjen, editor of the series. The series aims to raise awareness of the fundamental contributions of women in science and engineering, going deep into their experiences in practicing in an unusual combination of the personal and professional. Women in Archaeology extends the series to the social sciences and the humanities with the support of 43 remarkable female archaeologists working in different socio-economic and political environments in six world regions at all levels of their professional careers. The 29 chapters in this volume introduce their research and experiences in practicing archaeology in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Australia. In uniting this group of dedicated archaeologists, I made sure to represent the concerns and experiences of those women from less privileged areas in the world. Together, they tell the stories of many women worldwide who dedicate themselves to advancing knowledge and human understanding in academia and the private and public sectors. The authors in this volume celebrate women who are no longer with us, reminding us of their contributions to archaeology at a time when women had almost no voice, nor were they credited for their work by their brothers, fathers, husbands, and male colleagues. Thus, this volume demonstrates that women have always been present in the development of archaeology as a profession.