Hector Neff

California State University Long Beach, Department of Anthropology and IIIRMES, Faculty Member

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About the Use of Lead and Strontium Isotopes as Tracers in Pottery Provenance Studies

GSA Annual Meeting in Seattle, Washington, USA - 2017, 2017

Instrumental neutron activation analysis of postclassic and historic-period pottery from Soconusco, Chiapas, Mexico [abstract]

Lead and strontium isotopes as tracers for Early Formative pottery exchange in ancient Mexico

Journal of Archaeological Science, Feb 1, 2021

The sourcing of ceramics contributes to resolve questions about the nature of interactions betwee... more The sourcing of ceramics contributes to resolve questions about the nature of interactions between ancient societies. One such question concerns the primacy of the Olmec center of San Lorenzo in the development of the first unified iconographic style and its role in the early evolution of Mesoamerican civilization. Applying a combination of the isotopic systems of lead and strontium to a selection of ceramics dating to Early Formative period (1500-1000 BCE), this research evaluates the isotopic approach as an independent tool to address previously debated questions. The results demonstrate the capacity of isotopic analyses to discriminate between production centers, identify imports, relate unassigned samples to their production center and ceramics to raw material, and produce insights into production strategies (ceramics used locally versus exports). It subsequently shows how this approach can help solving existing hypotheses relying on ceramic provenance in the Early Formative period in Ancient Mexico. The findings discussed in this study more largely demonstrate that the isotopic approach constitutes a powerful tool to source ceramics and should be considered where contradictory hypotheses exist on their provenance.

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Instrumental Neutron Activation Analysis and Multivariate Statistics for Pottery Provenance

Hyperfine Interactions, 2004

Neutron Activation Analysis of Chadron Formation Cryptocrystalline Silicates From Flattop Butte, Northeastern Colorado, Nelson Butte / West Horse Creek, Southwestern South Dakota, and the Eckles Clovis Site In North Central Kansas

Compositional characterization of pottery and clays from Guam by NAA

Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, Aug 1, 2023

Lead and strontium isotopes to source ceramics in ancient Mexico

The 81st Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, 2016

Chemical Characterization of Woodland Pottery and Clays from Northwest Indiana

Ceramics of the Indigenous Cultures of South America: Studies of Production and Exchange through Compositional Analysis

Aztec Otumba, AD 1200-1600

Pottery Economics in Mesoamerica

Prestige ceramics in Inca Qollasuyu : Production and distribution of imperial and regional ceramics in the southern Andes

Ceramics of the indigenous cultures of south America: studies of production and exchange through compositional analysis, 2019

Among the hundreds of polities in the pre- European Americas, the Inca realm stood out for its s... more Among the hundreds of polities in the pre- European Americas, the Inca realm stood out for its scale and organizational capacities. By AD 1532, the Incas had created the most sophisticated administration of any indigenous American polity. Built on a pyramid of Inca overlords and provincial ethnic elites, Tawantinsuyu (“The Four Parts United”) encompassed 10–12 million closely tabulated inhabitants from hundreds of distinct ethnic groups (Figure 18.1). Together, they occupied a territory that covered about 1,000,000 km2 in Andean South America.Fil: Williams, Veronica Isabel. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Saavedra 15. Instituto de las Culturas. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Instituto de las Culturas; ArgentinaFil: D'Altroy, Terrence N.. Columbia University; Estados UnidosFil: Neff, Hector. California State University Long Beach. Department of Anthropology; Estados UnidosFil: Speakman, Robert J.. University of Georgia; Estados UnidosFil: Glascock, Michael D.. University of Missouri; Estados Unido

La producción de sal en el sitio Gallo encantado (GE1), Chiapas, México: análisis de la tecnología cerámica desde la arqueología evolutiva

Revista Pueblos y fronteras digital, 2021

La investigación se enfoca en la producción de sal de los periodos Preclásico y Posclásico Tardío... more La investigación se enfoca en la producción de sal de los periodos Preclásico y Posclásico Tardío, en el sitio Gallo encantado (GE1). Al usar la teoría de la evolución cerámica se modeló una propuesta que toma en cuenta los atributos estilísticos y funcionales de la cerámica para determinar las diferencias entre los dos periodos. Los resultados de la comparación directa de frecuencias indican que los atributos de estas cerámicas estuvieron presentes en ambos periodos y habrían contribuido a mejorar el proceso de producción de sal. Estas mejoras funcionales permiten interpretar que la especialización estuvo presente tanto en el Preclásico como en el Posclásico Tardío. A partir de ello, se infiere que la mayor demanda observada durante el Preclásico y la intensificación del comercio en el periodo Posclásico Tardío fueron las fuerzas impulsoras de esta especialización cerámica.

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The Manufacture and Content of Pottery Vessels in early Formative Mazatán

Settlement and Subsistence in Early Formative Soconusco, 2010

Late Formative Through Early Classic Occupation History in Eastern Soconusco

Redes de producción e intercambio en el horizonte tardío: caracterización conLA-TOF-ICP-MS e INAA de arcillas y estilos cerámicos en la costa central el Perú

Jemez Mountains Chronology Study

Estudios en la zona oriental del Soconusco, Chiapas

Arqueología Mexicana, 2018

Los antiguos pobladores de Mesoamerica fueron grandes maestros artesanos, cuya tradicion se conse... more Los antiguos pobladores de Mesoamerica fueron grandes maestros artesanos, cuya tradicion se conserva hasta nuestros dias entre las poblaciones indigenas. En el siguiente texto se presentan evidencias de que en el Soconusco se elaboraba la ceramica Plomiza, una de las mas importantes durante el Clasico Tardio

PIN7, a diachronic study of a specialized production in Eastern Soconusco

Exploring the Use of Red Ochre at Midnight Terror Cave, Belize

Source Analysis of Obsidian from the Late Olmec Site of Los Soldados

About the Use of Lead and Strontium Isotopes as Tracers in Pottery Provenance Studies

GSA Annual Meeting in Seattle, Washington, USA - 2017, 2017

Instrumental neutron activation analysis of postclassic and historic-period pottery from Soconusco, Chiapas, Mexico [abstract]

Lead and strontium isotopes as tracers for Early Formative pottery exchange in ancient Mexico

Journal of Archaeological Science, Feb 1, 2021

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Instrumental Neutron Activation Analysis and Multivariate Statistics for Pottery Provenance

Hyperfine Interactions, 2004