Brian R Billman
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 189664 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Brian R Billman |
| NOMBRES | Brian R |
| APELLIDO | Billman |
| FIRMA | BILLMAN B R |
| AFILIACIONES | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7818-7878 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 13 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 172 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 13 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1998 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2023 |
| ÍNDICE H | 5 |
Negotiating Identities
Understanding the complex relationships among social identities, long-distance exchange, and migration has long been an important issue in archaeology. In the central Andes, archaeologists have grappled with these issues to understand highland-coastal interaction. We present a case study of these relationships in the coca-growing zone of the Moche Valley (chaupiyungazone, 200-1,200 m asl) during the Early Intermediate period (400 BC-AD 600). We f…
New Directions in Household Archaeology
La ocupación Salinar en la subcuenca del río Sinsicap, parte alta del valle de Moche
1948) se descubre un estilo muy peculiar de cerámica asociado a nuevas características en el patrón funerario que, por su ubicación, fue denominado como Salinar, correspondiente al «Último Período» de la «Época Evolutiva», en el cuadro cronológico que propone Larco (1963).En términos tecnológicos, iconográficos y estilísticos, Larco (1944Larco ( , 1948) ) señala que la cerámica Salinar fue fabricada en hornos abiertos, se usaron moldes y predomin…
Tracking shifts in coca use in the Moche Valley
In this article we explore the use of coca in the Moche Valley of north costal Perú during the Early Intermediate Period. To do so we examined the dental remains of 173 residents of Cerro Oreja. These remains date to the Salinar and Gallinazo phases and thus provide us with a picture of coca use before the emergence of the Southern Moche state. We find that patterns of oral health and micro-plant remains recovered from dental calculus suggest shi…
Bone Chemistry at Cerro Oreja
In this paper we test the hypothesis that an intensification of maize production preceded the development of a regional Moche political economy in the Moche Valley of north coastal Peru during the Early Intermediate period (400 B.C.-A.D. 600). To do so we analyze stable isotopic signatures of 48 bone apatite and 17 tooth enamel samples from human remains recovered from the site of Cerro Oreja, a large urban and ceremonial center in the Moche Vall…
Geoarchaeological insights gained from surficial geologic mapping, middle Moche Valley, Peru
We present the results of detailed surficial geologic mapping for a 10 km 2 area of alluvial (quebrada) deposits located in the middle Moche Valley of Peru, where archaeological features and deposits provide cross‐cutting relationships and numerical age control for late Holocene erosion and deposition associated with El Niño. Despite surfaces containing clasts that are heavily pitted and cracked due to salt weathering, archaeological and 14 C dat…
Archaic States
Archaic States. Gary M. Feinman and Joyce Marcus. eds. Santa Fe: School for American Research Press, 1998. 427 pp
Irrigation and the Origins of the Southern Moche State on the North Coast of Peru
In this paper, I examine the role that irrigation played in the formation of the Southern Moche state in the Moche Valley, Peru. Specifically, I attempt to test Wittfogel and Steward's hydraulic model, which postulates that in certain arid environments, the managerial requirements of construction and maintenance of irrigation systems played a crucial role in the formation of centralized polities. I formulate and evaluate four hypotheses concernin…
Understanding the Timing and Tempo of the Evolution of Political Centralization on the Central Andean Coastline and Beyond
Explaining variability in mutilated human bone assemblages from the American Southwest
Many scholars interpret assemblages of disarticulated human remains from Anasazi sites as evidence of cannibalism. Other scholars argue that variation in the condition of these assemblages implies that many, if not all, resulted from non-cannibalistic practices. This paper evaluates four well-documented cases of mutilated human bones from a dispersed community on the southern piedmont of Ute Mountain, Colorado. Evidence indicates that all four si…
Cannibalism, Warfare, and Drought in the Mesa Verde Region during the Twelfth Century A.D
The existence of cannibalism has emerged as one of the most controversial issues in the archaeology of the American Southwest. In this paper, we examine this issue by presenting the results of our investigation at 5MT10010, a small early Pueblo III habitation site in southwestern Colorado. Battered, broken bones from seven individuals were discovered in two adjacent pithouses at 5MT10010. Mixed and incomplete remains of four adults and an adolesc…
Response to Critique of the Claim of Cannibalism at Cowboy Wash
The original authors of Billman et al. (2000) are joined by three other analysts from the Cowboy Wash research team to respond to the critique of this article by Dongoske et al. (2000). Dongoske and his coauthors state that Billman et al. (2000) failed to test alternative hypotheses or to consider alternative explanations for the findings at 5MT10010 and similar sites. The original authors point out that alternative hypotheses were examined and r…
Floodwater Farming, Discontinuous Ephemeral Streams, and Puebloan Abandonment in Southwestern Colorado
Geoarchaeological study on the southern piedmont of Sleeping Ute Mountain in southwestern Colorado indicates the presence of discontinuous ephemeral streams that were the foci of episodic Puebloan occupation between A.D. 600s and 1280. Characterized by arroyos, discontinuous ephemeral streams contain alternating aggrading and degrading reaches and are well suited for ak chin floodwater agriculture. Episodic Puebloan abandonment of the southern pi…
Irrigation and the Origins of the Southern Moche State on the North Coast of Peru
In this paper, I examine the role that irrigation played in the formation of the Southern Moche state in the Moche Valley, Peru. Specifically, I attempt to test Wittfogel and Steward's hydraulic model, which postulates that in certain arid environments, the managerial requirements of construction and maintenance of irrigation systems played a crucial role in the formation of centralized polities. I formulate and evaluate four hypotheses concernin…
Cannibalism, Warfare, and Drought in the Mesa Verde Region during the Twelfth Century A.D
The existence of cannibalism has emerged as one of the most controversial issues in the archaeology of the American Southwest. In this paper, we examine this issue by presenting the results of our investigation at 5MT10010, a small early Pueblo III habitation site in southwestern Colorado. Battered, broken bones from seven individuals were discovered in two adjacent pithouses at 5MT10010. Mixed and incomplete remains of four adults and an adolesc…
Bone Chemistry at Cerro Oreja
In this paper we test the hypothesis that an intensification of maize production preceded the development of a regional Moche political economy in the Moche Valley of north coastal Peru during the Early Intermediate period (400 B.C.-A.D. 600). To do so we analyze stable isotopic signatures of 48 bone apatite and 17 tooth enamel samples from human remains recovered from the site of Cerro Oreja, a large urban and ceremonial center in the Moche Vall…
Floodwater Farming, Discontinuous Ephemeral Streams, and Puebloan Abandonment in Southwestern Colorado
Geoarchaeological study on the southern piedmont of Sleeping Ute Mountain in southwestern Colorado indicates the presence of discontinuous ephemeral streams that were the foci of episodic Puebloan occupation between A.D. 600s and 1280. Characterized by arroyos, discontinuous ephemeral streams contain alternating aggrading and degrading reaches and are well suited for ak chin floodwater agriculture. Episodic Puebloan abandonment of the southern pi…
Geoarchaeological insights gained from surficial geologic mapping, middle Moche Valley, Peru
We present the results of detailed surficial geologic mapping for a 10 km 2 area of alluvial (quebrada) deposits located in the middle Moche Valley of Peru, where archaeological features and deposits provide cross‐cutting relationships and numerical age control for late Holocene erosion and deposition associated with El Niño. Despite surfaces containing clasts that are heavily pitted and cracked due to salt weathering, archaeological and 14 C dat…
La ocupación Salinar en la subcuenca del río Sinsicap, parte alta del valle de Moche
1948) se descubre un estilo muy peculiar de cerámica asociado a nuevas características en el patrón funerario que, por su ubicación, fue denominado como Salinar, correspondiente al «Último Período» de la «Época Evolutiva», en el cuadro cronológico que propone Larco (1963).En términos tecnológicos, iconográficos y estilísticos, Larco (1944Larco ( , 1948) ) señala que la cerámica Salinar fue fabricada en hornos abiertos, se usaron moldes y predomin…
Response to Critique of the Claim of Cannibalism at Cowboy Wash
The original authors of Billman et al. (2000) are joined by three other analysts from the Cowboy Wash research team to respond to the critique of this article by Dongoske et al. (2000). Dongoske and his coauthors state that Billman et al. (2000) failed to test alternative hypotheses or to consider alternative explanations for the findings at 5MT10010 and similar sites. The original authors point out that alternative hypotheses were examined and r…
Negotiating Identities
Understanding the complex relationships among social identities, long-distance exchange, and migration has long been an important issue in archaeology. In the central Andes, archaeologists have grappled with these issues to understand highland-coastal interaction. We present a case study of these relationships in the coca-growing zone of the Moche Valley (chaupiyungazone, 200-1,200 m asl) during the Early Intermediate period (400 BC-AD 600). We f…
Tracking shifts in coca use in the Moche Valley
In this article we explore the use of coca in the Moche Valley of north costal Perú during the Early Intermediate Period. To do so we examined the dental remains of 173 residents of Cerro Oreja. These remains date to the Salinar and Gallinazo phases and thus provide us with a picture of coca use before the emergence of the Southern Moche state. We find that patterns of oral health and micro-plant remains recovered from dental calculus suggest shi…
Archaic States
Archaic States. Gary M. Feinman and Joyce Marcus. eds. Santa Fe: School for American Research Press, 1998. 427 pp
Floodwater Farming, Discontinuous Ephemeral Streams, and Puebloan Abandonment in Southwestern Colorado
Geoarchaeological study on the southern piedmont of Sleeping Ute Mountain in southwestern Colorado indicates the presence of discontinuous ephemeral streams that were the foci of episodic Puebloan occupation between A.D. 600s and 1280. Characterized by arroyos, discontinuous ephemeral streams contain alternating aggrading and degrading reaches and are well suited for ak chin floodwater agriculture. Episodic Puebloan abandonment of the southern pi…
Explaining variability in mutilated human bone assemblages from the American Southwest
Many scholars interpret assemblages of disarticulated human remains from Anasazi sites as evidence of cannibalism. Other scholars argue that variation in the condition of these assemblages implies that many, if not all, resulted from non-cannibalistic practices. This paper evaluates four well-documented cases of mutilated human bones from a dispersed community on the southern piedmont of Ute Mountain, Colorado. Evidence indicates that all four si…
Cannibalism, Warfare, and Drought in the Mesa Verde Region during the Twelfth Century A.D
The existence of cannibalism has emerged as one of the most controversial issues in the archaeology of the American Southwest. In this paper, we examine this issue by presenting the results of our investigation at 5MT10010, a small early Pueblo III habitation site in southwestern Colorado. Battered, broken bones from seven individuals were discovered in two adjacent pithouses at 5MT10010. Mixed and incomplete remains of four adults and an adolesc…
Response to Critique of the Claim of Cannibalism at Cowboy Wash
The original authors of Billman et al. (2000) are joined by three other analysts from the Cowboy Wash research team to respond to the critique of this article by Dongoske et al. (2000). Dongoske and his coauthors state that Billman et al. (2000) failed to test alternative hypotheses or to consider alternative explanations for the findings at 5MT10010 and similar sites. The original authors point out that alternative hypotheses were examined and r…
Understanding the Timing and Tempo of the Evolution of Political Centralization on the Central Andean Coastline and Beyond
Irrigation and the Origins of the Southern Moche State on the North Coast of Peru
In this paper, I examine the role that irrigation played in the formation of the Southern Moche state in the Moche Valley, Peru. Specifically, I attempt to test Wittfogel and Steward's hydraulic model, which postulates that in certain arid environments, the managerial requirements of construction and maintenance of irrigation systems played a crucial role in the formation of centralized polities. I formulate and evaluate four hypotheses concernin…
Geoarchaeological insights gained from surficial geologic mapping, middle Moche Valley, Peru
We present the results of detailed surficial geologic mapping for a 10 km 2 area of alluvial (quebrada) deposits located in the middle Moche Valley of Peru, where archaeological features and deposits provide cross‐cutting relationships and numerical age control for late Holocene erosion and deposition associated with El Niño. Despite surfaces containing clasts that are heavily pitted and cracked due to salt weathering, archaeological and 14 C dat…
Archaic States
Archaic States. Gary M. Feinman and Joyce Marcus. eds. Santa Fe: School for American Research Press, 1998. 427 pp
Bone Chemistry at Cerro Oreja
In this paper we test the hypothesis that an intensification of maize production preceded the development of a regional Moche political economy in the Moche Valley of north coastal Peru during the Early Intermediate period (400 B.C.-A.D. 600). To do so we analyze stable isotopic signatures of 48 bone apatite and 17 tooth enamel samples from human remains recovered from the site of Cerro Oreja, a large urban and ceremonial center in the Moche Vall…
Tracking shifts in coca use in the Moche Valley
In this article we explore the use of coca in the Moche Valley of north costal Perú during the Early Intermediate Period. To do so we examined the dental remains of 173 residents of Cerro Oreja. These remains date to the Salinar and Gallinazo phases and thus provide us with a picture of coca use before the emergence of the Southern Moche state. We find that patterns of oral health and micro-plant remains recovered from dental calculus suggest shi…
La ocupación Salinar en la subcuenca del río Sinsicap, parte alta del valle de Moche
1948) se descubre un estilo muy peculiar de cerámica asociado a nuevas características en el patrón funerario que, por su ubicación, fue denominado como Salinar, correspondiente al «Último Período» de la «Época Evolutiva», en el cuadro cronológico que propone Larco (1963).En términos tecnológicos, iconográficos y estilísticos, Larco (1944Larco ( , 1948) ) señala que la cerámica Salinar fue fabricada en hornos abiertos, se usaron moldes y predomin…
New Directions in Household Archaeology
Negotiating Identities
Understanding the complex relationships among social identities, long-distance exchange, and migration has long been an important issue in archaeology. In the central Andes, archaeologists have grappled with these issues to understand highland-coastal interaction. We present a case study of these relationships in the coca-growing zone of the Moche Valley (chaupiyungazone, 200-1,200 m asl) during the Early Intermediate period (400 BC-AD 600). We f…
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