Papers by J. Andrew Darling
Museum Anthropology, Sep 18, 2012
University Press of Florida eBooks, Jun 12, 2011
University of Arizona Press eBooks, May 31, 2022
University Press of Colorado eBooks, Apr 7, 2023
Note: This chapter contains images of artifacts recovered from burial contexts.
The Archaeology of Environmental Change
Archaeometry, 2018
Worldwide applications of ochre analysis continue to develop at a rapid pace, highlighting a numb... more Worldwide applications of ochre analysis continue to develop at a rapid pace, highlighting a number of analytical and interpretative issues. As regional source databases continue to grow, researchers have turned to the thornier issues of source allocation. In this study, we utilize LA–ICP–MS and NAA to examine archaeological pigments, ceramic paints and experimental tiles from geological sources and Hohokam ceramics in central Arizona. Archaeological pigments and paint on sherds are successfully source matched based on trace element content, with implications for understanding paint production, sociocultural relations governing trade in pigment and the use of different resource landscapes over time.
Landscapes of Movement, 2010
Quaternary International, 2010
The Hohokam were a long lived (3001450 AD) agrarian society in the deserts of southern Arizona w... more The Hohokam were a long lived (3001450 AD) agrarian society in the deserts of southern Arizona with an efficient irrigation system and a complex socio-political organization. Dependent on environmental conditions, they coped with hydrological and geomorphic changes, which potentially had ...
Ancient Mesoamerica, 1993
The Arizona Department of Transportation plans to widen State Route 85 to a four-lane freeway in ... more The Arizona Department of Transportation plans to widen State Route 85 to a four-lane freeway in the area between Buckeye and Gila Bend. This report presents the results of archaeological data recovery investigations conducted along State Route (SR) 85 for the Arizona Department of Transportation (Contract No. 02-59) by a research team assembled by the Office of Cultural Resource Management, Department of Anthropology at Arizona State University. The Area of Potential Effect (APE) was located between mileposts 121 and 147 on State Route 85 between the towns of Gila Bend to the south and Buckeye to the north. The Gila River Indian Community (CRMP) provided technical assistance on Traditional Cultural Property (TCP) and treatment, particularly trails, funded in part by the Pima-Maricopa Irrigation Project (P-MIP) and a National Park Service grant to support TCP inventory. The project consisted of the investigation of six sites, five of which were prehistoric and one that was historic....
The Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) initiated preparation of a new Environmental Impa... more The Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) initiated preparation of a new Environmental Impact Statement and Location/Design Concept Report in 2001 to consider alternatives to the findings of the 1988 South Mountain Freeway concept (SMCT 2001). In the summer of 2001, HDR Engineering, Inc. was contracted to provide services in connection with this project. The GRIC-CRMP was subcontracted to provide a Class I cultural resource overview of the study area (Burden 2002) and subsequently to perform a Class III cultural resource survey of any properties requiring archaeological coverage. As an integral part of this effort, the Class III survey was undertaken by the GRIC-CRMP to document cultural resources in the field that might be impacted by future highway construction in the alternative alignments (corridors) and to make management recommendations based on site eligibility.
American Antiquity, 2017
Previous research on agriculture in the American Southwest focuses overwhelmingly on archaeologic... more Previous research on agriculture in the American Southwest focuses overwhelmingly on archaeological survey methods to discern surface agricultural features, which, in combination with climatological, geological, and geographical variables, are used to create models about agricultural productivity in the past. However, with few exceptions, the role of floodplain irrigation and floodwater farming in ancestral Pueblo agriculture is generally downplayed in scholarly discourse. Using a variety of methods, including Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV), satellite imagery, pedestrian survey, and supervised classification of remotely sensed imagery, we examine this issue through a consideration of how ancestral Ohkay Owingeh (Tewa) people solved the challenges of arid land farming in the lower Rio Chama watershed of New Mexico during the Classic period (A.D. 1350–1598). Based on acreage estimates, our results indicate that runoff and rainwater fields in terrace environments would have been insuff...
Journal of Archaeological Science, 2016
While most archaeological measures of population rely on material proxies uncovered through excav... more While most archaeological measures of population rely on material proxies uncovered through excavation (rooms, hearths, etc.), we identify a technique to estimate population at unexcavated sites (the majority of the archaeological record). Our case study focuses on ancestral Tewa Pueblo villages in northern New Mexico. Uninhabited aerial vehicle (UAV) and instrument mapping enables us to quantify the volume of adobe architectural rubble and to construct a decomposition model that estimates numbers of rooms and roofed over space. The resulting metric is applied at ten Pueblo villages in the region to 'rebuild' architecture, and calculate maximum architectural capacity and the maximum extent of population size. While our focus is on population histories for large Classic period (A.D. 1350-1598) pueblos in the American Southwest, the model and method may be applied to a variety of archaeological contexts worldwide and is not limited to building material, site size, or construction technique.
Situating Mongolia in the World from Geologic Time to the Present
Rutas de intercambio en Mesoamerica, III coloquio …, 1998
American Antiquity, 2012
Economic reforms introduced by the Bourbon Monarchy after A.D. 1750 ushered in an Hispanic social... more Economic reforms introduced by the Bourbon Monarchy after A.D. 1750 ushered in an Hispanic social formation in the northern Rio Grande identified as Vecino. Aspects of Vecino gendered economy are examined through a detailed analysis of five ceramic assemblages from the Chama and Taos Valleys of New Mexico. Geochemical (NAA) and stylistic clues identify the ethnic identities of producers and their relationships to Vecino consumers. Evidence for ceramic production by Vecino women during the nineteenth century is evaluated on the basis of detailed paste analysis of plain and micaceous ceramics as well as the occurrence of pottery-producing tools and clay-cleaning debris. Analytical results reveal that Jicarilla women dominated the production of micaceous cook ware to supply Vecino kitchens. Implications for understanding Vecino economics and the constitution of female-based systems of economic value are considered.
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