Ray T Matheny

Biographic Data

ID237188
NAMERay T Matheny
GIVEN NAMESRay T
FAMILY NAMEMatheny
SIGNATUREMATHENY R T
AFFILIATIONSBrigham Young University
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS7
TOTAL CITATIONS30
AUTHOR COUNT7
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1962
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2008
H-INDEX3

  • Huevecillos De Anthropophthirus Capitis en Momias De La Tradición Chinchorro, Camarones 15-D, Norte De Chile

    Open AccessMario A Rivera, Kosta Y Mumcuoglu et al.ARTICLEChungara2008

    Muestras de cabello de siete momias del sitio Camarones 15-D, Chile, fechadas por radiocarbono alrededor de 2.000 a.C. fueron examinadas para verificar la presencia de piojos. En seis muestras de cabello se encontr huevos del piojo Anthropophthirus capitis. Se obtuvo un total de 460 huevos de los que 108 (30,7%) estaban operculados, tratndose de huevos que no haban sido eclosionados antes que el husped muriera. En una muestra de cabello, se aisla…

  • Climate-Change Studies in the Maya Area

    Open AccessJ D Gunn, Ray T Matheny et al.ARTICLEAncient Mesoamerica2002Cited by: 4

    The series of papers on climate change published in this issue are the result of the symposium “Environmental Change in Mesoamerica: Physical Forces and Cultural Paradigms in the Preclassic to Postclassic,” held at the 63rd Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology in March 2000 in Philadelphia. The authors bring their expertise in paleoclimatological studies to bear on the Maya Lowlands and Highlands from the beginning of the Holoce…

  • Variation in Prehistoric Agricultural Systems of The New World

    Ray T Matheny, Deanne L GurrARTICLEAnnual Review of Anthropology1983Cited by: 10References: 20

    Infrastructures are material forms that allow for the possibility of exchange over space. They are the physical networks through which goods, ideas, waste, power, people, and finance are trafficked. In this article I trace the range of anthropological ...Read More

  • Preliminary Studies of the Trace Element Composition of Obsidian Artifacts from Northern Campeche, Mexico

    Open AccessFred W Nelson, Kirk K Nielson et al.ARTICLEAmerican Antiquity1977Cited by: 10References: 16

    Obsidian artifacts from Edzna, Dzibilnocac, and Santa Rosa Xtampak in northern Campeche, Mexico, have been analyzed by means of X-ray fluorescence in order to determine their trace element composition. The results are compared to the trace element composition of obsidian sources in Guatemala and Mexico. It is postulated that the obsidian from the three sites in northern Campeche came from highland Guatemala, mostly from El Chayal. Our data are co…

  • The Meso-American Southwest

    Ray T Matheny, Basil C Hedrich et al.ARTICLEEthnohistory1974

  • Modern Chultun Construction in Western Campeche, Mexico

    Open AccessRay T MathenyARTICLEAmerican Antiquity1971Cited by: 3

    Test excavations at Aguacatal, located on the Xicalango peninsula, western Campeche, revealed chultuns (water cisterns) of the Late Classic period. Modern chultun construction by Chontal Indians, as late as the 1940's, followed the Late Classic period methods and style. First hand descriptions of the construction and use of chultuns by the Chontol is an aid in archaeological interpretation

  • Value of Aerial Photography in Surveying Archaeological Sites in Coastal Jungle Regions

    Open AccessRay T MathenyARTICLEAmerican Antiquity1962Cited by: 3

    Heavy jungle growth prevented economical surveying of Aguacatal (Campeche, Mexico) and the adjacent area despite the efforts of two brief seasons in the field. Aerial photography was used to supplement and expeditiously complete the ground survey work. The operation was inexpensive and utilized readily available equipment such as the K-20 aerial camera. Super-XX, infrared, and color films were used on an experimental basis to determine which film…