Research
Interests:
Production and specialization: Identifying production locations
through geological analysis of archaeological ceramics is the key
to mapping exchange networks and understanding changes in human
interaction patterns. In the pursuit of this interest I have done
extensive course work in geology and mineralogy and hope to be able
to conduct my own petrographic and chemical analyses.
Social
complexity: The dynamic relationship between exchange networks
and social boundary development and maintenance requires understanding
not only how people produce goods, but what the meaning of those
goods is to them, which ones they choose to exchange and who they
choose to exchange them with.
Social
landscapes: The relationship between ideology and the persistence
use of places identifi ed in the archaeological record is a continuing
one for modern Pueblo people. Scientific study of places and material
goods requires understanding how people of another culture view
the land and its resources; maintaining sensitivity to the differences
between cultures means constantly learni ng, communicating, and
being open to different points of view.
Dissertation
topic: “Exchange and Social Complexity in the Northern Rio Grande:
Changes in Culinary Ware Production between the Coalition (A.D.
1150-1325) and Classic Periods (A.D. 1325-1600)”
Peer-reviewed
Publications:
2004
Changing Ceramic Technology at Tyuonyi, New Mexico. Kiva 70:6988.
2001 High Elevation Land Use on the Northern Wasatch Plateau, Manti-La Sal
National Forest, Utah. Journal of California and Great Basin
Anthropology 23(2):249272.
Reports:
2002 Chapter 7: Ceramic Analysis. In Excavations at a Coalition Period Pueblo
(LA 4624) on Mesita del Buey, Los Alamos National Laboratory, edited by B.
J. Vierra, J. E. Nisengard, B. C. Harmon, B. M. Larson, D. C. Curewitz, K.
M. Schmidt, P. J. McBride, S. J. Smith, and T. L. Binzen. Cultural
Resource Report No. 213, LA-UR-02-5929, NMCRIS No. 80127. Los Alamos National Laboratory,
Los Alamos, New Mexico. First author with Brian C. Harmon.
