- Remote sensing and GIS applications in Landscape Research, State Formation, Anthropology of the State, Prehistoric Technology, Spatial analysis (Archaeology), Remote Sensing (Archaeology), and 26 morePrehistoric agriculture, Classical and Contemporary Social Theory, Sociology of Culture, Chiefdoms, Historical and Comparative Sociology, Sociology of the State, Cultural Policy, Cultural Globalization, Epistemology of the Social Sciences, Sociology of Knowledge, Nationalism, Social Theory, Sociology, Latin American Studies, Archaeological Method & Theory, Latin American and Caribbean History, Social Archaeology, Puerto Rico, Tropical forest, Tropical America (Archaeology), Archaeology of Colonialism, Nationalism and Decolonization, Molecular Archaeology, Caribbean Archaeology, Puerto Rican Studies, and Caribbean Studiesedit
- Anthropologist-Archaeologist. Research in the Caribbean Area and Northwestern South America. Culture History, Identi... moreAnthropologist-Archaeologist. Research in the Caribbean Area and Northwestern South America. Culture History, Identity processes, Development of affordable high tech applications to archaeological research.edit
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The human head was a potent symbol for many South American cultures. Isolated heads were often included in mortuary contexts, representing captured enemies, revered persons, and symbolic “seeds.” At Salango, a ritual complex on the... more
The human head was a potent symbol for many South American cultures. Isolated heads were often included in mortuary contexts, representing captured enemies, revered persons, and symbolic “seeds.” At Salango, a ritual complex on the central coast of Ecuador, excavations revealed two burial mounds dated to approximately 100 BC. Among the 11 identified burials, two infants were interred with “helmets” made from the cranial vaults of other juveniles. The additional crania were placed around the heads of the primary burials, likely at the time of burial. All crania exhibited lesions associated with bodily stress. In this report, we present the only known evidence of using juvenile crania as mortuary headgear, either in South America or globally.
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Results of C-14 measurements from archaeological stratigraphic samples obtained from Las Flores, an Ostionoid-Saladoid site in south-central Puerto Rico. In particular , they place the date for the construction of central plaza and... more
Results of C-14 measurements from archaeological stratigraphic samples obtained from Las Flores, an Ostionoid-Saladoid site in south-central Puerto Rico. In particular , they place the date for the construction of central plaza and possible ball-court, at ca. 700 c.e. making it the earliest scientifically documented structure of that type in the Caribbean archipelago so far.
Research Interests: Latin American and Caribbean History, Caribbean History, Puerto Rico, Caribbean Archaeology, Puerto Rican Studies, and 9 morePuerto Rican History, Historia De Puerto Rico, Bateyes, Arquitectura De Coamo, History of Puerto Rico, Arqueología Del Caribe, Archaeological Chronology, caibbean ballcourts, and Arqueologia de Puerto Rico
Marine resource exploitation is documented for the central coast of Ecuador from 10.000 yr B.P., with a wide range of fishing techniques developing through time. Most recently, dozens of stone fishing structures have been identified at... more
Marine resource exploitation is documented for the central coast of Ecuador from 10.000 yr B.P., with a wide range of fishing techniques developing through time. Most recently, dozens of stone fishing structures have been identified at the Liguiqui archaeological locality, on the Manta Peninsula of Manabí Province. These resemble fish traps such as have been recorded worldwide, though no similar devices have previously been reported on the Pacific coast of tropical or subtropical South America. A preliminary study of the Liguiqui structures is presented here, assessing their geologic, environmental, cultural and chronological context. It is hypothesized that they could have had a double function as fish traps and as fish attractors/containers, and that they were most likely built during the Pre-Hispanic Manteño cultural period.
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An essay on the archaeological work of Dr. Jorge G. Marcos (Revised).
A short, critical biography of the life and contributions of one of the foremost archaeologists from Ecuador.
A short, critical biography of the life and contributions of one of the foremost archaeologists from Ecuador.
Research Interests: Prehistoric Archaeology, Archaeobotany, Environmental Archaeology, State Formation, Ecuador, and 14 moreHistory of Archeology, Maritime Trade Ceramics (Archaeology), South American Archaeology, Anthropology of Ecuador, Ecuadorean Archaeology, Education and Nationalism in Latin America, Long distance Networks, Marcos Jorge, Ancient Long Distance Trade, Cultura Valdivia, Manteño Cultrure, Donald Lathrap, Real Alto, and Pearsall, Deborah
Abstract of paper about discovery of precolumbian cave pictographs found in Mona Island, Caribbean.
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Summary results for archaeological research in: BOIS NEUF, Haiti; CUCHARAL-TECLA, Puerto Rico; LAS FLORES, Puerto Rico; and LAS PLANÁS, Puerto Rico.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Haiti, Puerto Rico, Caribbean Archaeology, Caribbean, and 11 morePuerto Rican History, Agricultural Terraces, Bateyes, Saladoïde, Archaeology and Ethnohistory Arawak Cultures and Ancient Caribbean, ostionoid ceramics, Froelich Rainey, Caribbean Ball Courts, caibbean ballcourts, pre columbian plazas, and preceramic Caribbean
El estudio de los cambios que sufrió el paisaje costero manabita en el occidente ecuatoriano a lo largo de milenios permite interpretar su fisonomía actual, así como comprender su evolución y el uso que le dieron las poblaciones humanas... more
El estudio de los cambios que sufrió el paisaje costero manabita en el occidente ecuatoriano a lo largo de milenios permite interpretar su fisonomía actual, así como comprender su evolución y el uso que le dieron las poblaciones humanas desde tiempos prehispánicos. La Costa es un ambiente muy dinámico, cuyos procesos modeladores no dejan de actuar, lo que hace necesario abandonar aquella perspectiva estática que a veces se tiene del paisaje litoral, que no evalúa sus transformaciones y subestima potenciales cambios e incluso riesgos.
Research Interests: Geoarchaeology, Coastal Geomorphology, Ecuador, Ecuadorian history, Holocene sea level change, and 12 moreCoastal geoarchaeology, Sea level rise, Ecuadorean Archaeology, Geoarchaeology and Paleoenvironmental Reconstructions, Volcanic ash, Environmental/coastal erosion/Sea Level Rise, Holocene ecology and environmental change, Archaeology and Volcanoes, Holoceno Medio Y Tadío, Historia Del Ecuador, Niveles Del Mar, and Arqueología del Ecuador
A short, critical biography of the life and contributions of one of the foremost archaeologists from Ecuador.
Research Interests: Prehistoric Archaeology, Archaeobotany, Environmental Archaeology, State Formation, Ceramic Analysis (Archaeology), and 11 moreEcuador, Maritime Trade Ceramics (Archaeology), Ceramic Petrography, History of Archaeology, Ceramics, South American Archaeology, Teaching Ancient History and Archaeology in the post-Information Age, Teaching Adults and Working Professionals, Second Chance Education, Long distance Networks, Valdivia, Ancient Long Distance Trade, and Manteño Cultrure
This study used archival and field methods (sediment cores) to investigate the paleoenvironment during the earliest known human occupation of Vieques Island and address questions of site location, adaptation, and subsistence during the... more
This study used archival and field methods (sediment cores) to investigate the paleoenvironment during the earliest known human occupation of Vieques Island and address questions of site location, adaptation, and subsistence during the early period. Results show evidence of human impact during Caribbean preceramic occupation that could suggest a much more aggressive subsistence strategy being used than was previously thought.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Geoarchaeology, Landscape Archaeology, Archaeological Method & Theory, Caribbean History, and 15 morePaleoenvironment, Caribbean Studies, Palinology, Puerto Rico, Paleoenvironmental Change, Caribbean Archaeology, Puerto Rican Studies, Vieques, Puerto Rican History, Pollen analysis, Precolumbian archaelogy, Historia De Puerto Rico, Palinología, Preceramic agriculturalists, and Archaeology and Ethnohistory Arawak Cultures and Ancient Caribbean
Research Interests: Latin American and Caribbean History, Puerto Rico, Caribbean Archaeology, Intensive Agriculture in Developing Countries, Tropical Agriculture, and 5 morePrehistoric agriculture, Agricultural Terraces, Agricultural Terraced Landscape, Archaeology and Ethnohistory Arawak Cultures and Ancient Caribbean, and Prehispanic intensive agriculture
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Research Interests: Latin American Studies, Latin American and Caribbean History, Archaeology of Colonialisms, Colonialism, Post-Colonialism, and 9 moreSocial Archaeology, Puerto Rico, Caribbean Archaeology, History of Archaeology, Colonial Discourse, Archaeology of Colonialism, High Tech and Archaeology, Third World Archaeology, and Archaeology and Ethnohistory Arawak Cultures and Ancient Caribbean
Una discusión informal sobre los objetivos de la investigación arqueológica, y en particular sobre la misma en los países del 3er Mundo.