Dan M Healan
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 168751 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Dan M Healan |
| NOMBRES | Dan M |
| APELLIDO | Healan |
| FIRMA | HEALAN D M |
| AFILIACIONES | Tulane University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3569-1393 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 24 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 234 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 24 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1977 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2023 |
| ÍNDICE H | 10 |
Ceramic Sequence, Chronology, and Cultural Dynamics of the Ucareo-Zinapécuaro, Michoacán Obsidian Source Area
This article presents the ceramic sequence and chronology resulting from a multi-year program of survey, excavation, and analysis of pre-Hispanic settlement and exploitation within the Zinapécuaro-Ucareo (“U-Z”), Michoacan obsidian source area. Pottery analysis and classification aided by seriation analysis identified nine ceramic complexes and seven ceramic phases and sub-phases that both expand and refine the ceramic sequence previously establi…
Salvage and Rescue Archaeology Inside Ancient Tula
This article presents the results of seven archaeological salvage and rescue projects that resulted in new information on settlement at Tula, Hidalgo that includes materials and evidence of activities rarely or never before encountered at Tula. Several localities exhibited evidence of craft activities that included the production of basalt megaliths, human and animal figurines, and the processing of human skulls. One locality was the scene of ela…
Recent Investigations at Tula Chico, Tula, Hidalgo
Recent excavations at Tula Chico, the monumental center for Tula's earliest settlement, revealed a long and complex history of occupation, beginning with its initial settlement in the Middle Classic period by Coyotlatelco peoples, when much of the region was under Teotihuacan's direct control. During the Epiclassic period, a program of monumental construction began that developed the monumental complex seen today over a period of about 200 years.…
Revised Chronology and Settlement History of Tula and the Tula Region
This article offers a revision of the chronology and settlement history of Tula, Hidalgo, synthesizing information obtained from numerous investigations and 68 radiocarbon and seven archaeomagnetic dates. Tula Chico's earliest settlement appeared while the region was under the control of Teotihuacan as one of many hilltop Coyotlatelco settlements in the region. The monumental center at Tula Grande did not appear until after Tula grew to power, pr…
Systematic Investigations in the Core and Periphery of Ancient Tula
This article presents the results of an integrative program of salvage archaeology in response to two comprehensive modern construction projects within the limits of the Early Postclassic city of Tula, Hidalgo. Exploratory excavation at eleven different localities encountered remains of residential compounds and other prehispanic structures in all localities, collectively spanning the Epiclassic through Late Postclassic periods and yielding exten…
Altica's Obsidian Industries and Their Place in Early–middle Formative Obsidian Exploitation in Central Mexico
Survey and excavation conducted by Stoner and Nichols (2019) at Altica, located in the Basin of Mexico, recovered nearly 29,000 pieces of obsidian, most of which apparently came from the nearby Otumba source. Formal classification followed by attribute analysis revealed a number of distinct lithic industries represented in the collection, although most are represented by finished objects that do not appear to have been produced on site. Most of t…
Tula and the Toltecs
Tula, Hidalgo, was one of several sites that rose to prominence during the Epiclassic period after the demise of Teotihuacan, and during the Early Postclassic period it was probably the largest and most influential center in central Mexico. For over a century various scholars have argued that Tula was the legendary Tollan (“place of reeds”), which, according to Aztec and other indigenous sources, was the capital of the Toltec civilization that do…
The Archaeology of Tula, Hidalgo, Mexico
Ground Platform Preparation and the “Banalization” of the Prismatic Blade in Western Mesoamerica
For much of their history, prismatic blades were a relatively scarce item whose restricted occurrence suggested they functioned as prestige or luxury items. Some time prior to the Postclassic period, however, they became a widespread, ubiquitous, and mundane commodity in Mesoamerica, as indicated by ethnohistorical accounts as well as archaeological evidence. This occurred around the same time that blademakers began to prepare core platforms by p…
The Role of Late Pre-Contact Colonial Enclaves in the Development of the Postclassic Ucareo Valley, Michoacan, Mexico
According to ethnohistoric sources, northeastern Michoacan became incorporated into the eastern frontier of the Tarascan empire during the mid-1400s. At that time, the region was multiethnic in character, with enclaves of foreigners living within communities as well as making up whole communities. Recent investigation in the Ucareo-Zinapecuaro source area uncovered evidence of an earlier foreign enclave consisting of two settlements in the Ucareo…
VI. La cerámica Coyotlatelco y la explotación del yacimiento de obsidiana de Ucareo-Zinapécuaro
Antecedentes Durante el periodo Epiclásico aparecieron en el México central muchos elementos culturales nuevos asociados con la tradición llamada “Coyotlatelco”. Fuera del complejo cerámico que la caracteriza, la tradición Coyotlatelco comprende elementos de asentamiento, arquitectura, y otros aspectos tan distintos de sus antecedentes como para sugerir un origen no local. Recientemente, algunos investigadores han notado vínculos fuertes entre la…
Pre-Hispanic Quarrying in the Ucareo-Zinapecuaro Obsidian Source Area
Obsidian artifact sourcing studies performed over the last 25 years have identified obsidian from outcrops around the communities of Zinapecuaro and Ucareo, Michoacan, at sites widely distributed in time and space. Recent data indicate that Zinapecuaro and Ucareo constitute distinct obsidian sources, although their proximity to each other and their similar chemical compositions merit their consideration as collectively comprising part of an obsid…
Identifying Lithic Reduction Loci with Size-Graded Macrodebitage
This paper presents a method of identifying lithic reduction loci based on size-sorted debitage in the macroscopic size range. Multivariate analysis of decremental size classes of debitage derived from the use of nested screening provides a means of investigating the differential operation of size sorting at various size levels, so that size thresholds for distinguishing deposits of probable primary and secondary refuse can be identified on empir…
Perspectives
Local versus non-local obsidian exchange at Tula and its implications for post-formative Mesoamerica
The availability of archaeological data pertaining to a number of contexts of exchange including raw material procurement, production and local and non‐local consumption, permit an integrated examination of obsidian exchange involving the Epiclassic/Early Postclassic site of Tula, Hidalgo, Mexico. These data provide evidence of limited production for local exchange and evidence of what may have been substantial long‐distance exchange involving Tu…
Tula of the Toltecs
"A Comment on Moholy-Nagy's "The Misidentification of Lithic Workshops
Moholy-Nagy"s (1990) discussion of the confusion of lithic-reduction sites (workshops) and workshop refuse dumps included criticism of a statement by Healan et al. (1983) as an example of such confusion. In reality no confusion is implied in the statement. Instead, Moholy-Nagy's criticism and the manner in which she defines her basic units reflect an overly narrow and simplistic conception of workshop and workshop dump
Tula of the Toltecs
Edge Damage Induced by Core Immobilization in Prismatic Blade Manufacture
Error during obsidian prismatic blade manufacture resulted in blades with a distinctive pattern of edge damage. The damage, termed counterflaking, resulted from unintentional contact between blade and core immobilizing device during blade removal. Counterflaking has also been identified on prismatic blades from a prehispanic Mesoamerican core/blade workshop. Fuller understanding of the factors that produce counterflaking and govern its variation …
Errors in Vierra and Carlson's Presentation of Bartlett's Test of Significance
Errors in Vierra and Carlson's (1981) presentation of Bartlett's test for significance of a correlation matrix are discussed and appropriate corrections offered
Excavation and Preliminary Analysis of an Obsidian Workshop in Tula, Hidalgo, Mexico
Previous survey of the Toltec site of Tula, Hidalgo, Mexico, revealed what is believed to have been a zone of obsidian workshops within the Early Postclassic city. Tulane University conducted excavation of part of one topographic complex within the zone, revealing a workshop complex consisting of a linear arrangement of residential compounds, peripheral refuse dumps, and open work areas, the latter tentatively identified by microscopic analysis o…
The Toltecs Until the Fall of Tula
Architectural implications of daily life in ancient Tollán, Hidalgo, Mexico
Recent archaeological investigations at Tollán, Hidalgo, Mexico have produced evidence of a type of residential compound referred to as a house group. Two of these house groups are described architecturally, and inferences based upon the architectural data are made concerning the nature of the human groups that occupied them. The house groups are clearly domestic in nature and each housed a number of possibly related families; there is also evide…
Excavation and Preliminary Analysis of an Obsidian Workshop in Tula, Hidalgo, Mexico
Pre-Hispanic Quarrying in the Ucareo-Zinapecuaro Obsidian Source Area
Obsidian artifact sourcing studies performed over the last 25 years have identified obsidian from outcrops around the communities of Zinapecuaro and Ucareo, Michoacan, at sites widely distributed in time and space. Recent data indicate that Zinapecuaro and Ucareo constitute distinct obsidian sources, although their proximity to each other and their similar chemical compositions merit their consideration as collectively comprising part of an obsid…
The Archaeology of Tula, Hidalgo, Mexico
Local versus non-local obsidian exchange at Tula and its implications for post-formative Mesoamerica
The availability of archaeological data pertaining to a number of contexts of exchange including raw material procurement, production and local and non‐local consumption, permit an integrated examination of obsidian exchange involving the Epiclassic/Early Postclassic site of Tula, Hidalgo, Mexico. These data provide evidence of limited production for local exchange and evidence of what may have been substantial long‐distance exchange involving Tu…
Identifying Lithic Reduction Loci with Size-Graded Macrodebitage
This paper presents a method of identifying lithic reduction loci based on size-sorted debitage in the macroscopic size range. Multivariate analysis of decremental size classes of debitage derived from the use of nested screening provides a means of investigating the differential operation of size sorting at various size levels, so that size thresholds for distinguishing deposits of probable primary and secondary refuse can be identified on empir…
Tula of the Toltecs
Ground Platform Preparation and the “Banalization” of the Prismatic Blade in Western Mesoamerica
For much of their history, prismatic blades were a relatively scarce item whose restricted occurrence suggested they functioned as prestige or luxury items. Some time prior to the Postclassic period, however, they became a widespread, ubiquitous, and mundane commodity in Mesoamerica, as indicated by ethnohistorical accounts as well as archaeological evidence. This occurred around the same time that blademakers began to prepare core platforms by p…
"A Comment on Moholy-Nagy's "The Misidentification of Lithic Workshops
Moholy-Nagy"s (1990) discussion of the confusion of lithic-reduction sites (workshops) and workshop refuse dumps included criticism of a statement by Healan et al. (1983) as an example of such confusion. In reality no confusion is implied in the statement. Instead, Moholy-Nagy's criticism and the manner in which she defines her basic units reflect an overly narrow and simplistic conception of workshop and workshop dump
Revised Chronology and Settlement History of Tula and the Tula Region
This article offers a revision of the chronology and settlement history of Tula, Hidalgo, synthesizing information obtained from numerous investigations and 68 radiocarbon and seven archaeomagnetic dates. Tula Chico's earliest settlement appeared while the region was under the control of Teotihuacan as one of many hilltop Coyotlatelco settlements in the region. The monumental center at Tula Grande did not appear until after Tula grew to power, pr…
Altica's Obsidian Industries and Their Place in Early–middle Formative Obsidian Exploitation in Central Mexico
Survey and excavation conducted by Stoner and Nichols (2019) at Altica, located in the Basin of Mexico, recovered nearly 29,000 pieces of obsidian, most of which apparently came from the nearby Otumba source. Formal classification followed by attribute analysis revealed a number of distinct lithic industries represented in the collection, although most are represented by finished objects that do not appear to have been produced on site. Most of t…
The Role of Late Pre-Contact Colonial Enclaves in the Development of the Postclassic Ucareo Valley, Michoacan, Mexico
According to ethnohistoric sources, northeastern Michoacan became incorporated into the eastern frontier of the Tarascan empire during the mid-1400s. At that time, the region was multiethnic in character, with enclaves of foreigners living within communities as well as making up whole communities. Recent investigation in the Ucareo-Zinapecuaro source area uncovered evidence of an earlier foreign enclave consisting of two settlements in the Ucareo…
Architectural implications of daily life in ancient Tollán, Hidalgo, Mexico
Recent archaeological investigations at Tollán, Hidalgo, Mexico have produced evidence of a type of residential compound referred to as a house group. Two of these house groups are described architecturally, and inferences based upon the architectural data are made concerning the nature of the human groups that occupied them. The house groups are clearly domestic in nature and each housed a number of possibly related families; there is also evide…
Salvage and Rescue Archaeology Inside Ancient Tula
This article presents the results of seven archaeological salvage and rescue projects that resulted in new information on settlement at Tula, Hidalgo that includes materials and evidence of activities rarely or never before encountered at Tula. Several localities exhibited evidence of craft activities that included the production of basalt megaliths, human and animal figurines, and the processing of human skulls. One locality was the scene of ela…
Systematic Investigations in the Core and Periphery of Ancient Tula
This article presents the results of an integrative program of salvage archaeology in response to two comprehensive modern construction projects within the limits of the Early Postclassic city of Tula, Hidalgo. Exploratory excavation at eleven different localities encountered remains of residential compounds and other prehispanic structures in all localities, collectively spanning the Epiclassic through Late Postclassic periods and yielding exten…
Recent Investigations at Tula Chico, Tula, Hidalgo
Recent excavations at Tula Chico, the monumental center for Tula's earliest settlement, revealed a long and complex history of occupation, beginning with its initial settlement in the Middle Classic period by Coyotlatelco peoples, when much of the region was under Teotihuacan's direct control. During the Epiclassic period, a program of monumental construction began that developed the monumental complex seen today over a period of about 200 years.…
Edge Damage Induced by Core Immobilization in Prismatic Blade Manufacture
Error during obsidian prismatic blade manufacture resulted in blades with a distinctive pattern of edge damage. The damage, termed counterflaking, resulted from unintentional contact between blade and core immobilizing device during blade removal. Counterflaking has also been identified on prismatic blades from a prehispanic Mesoamerican core/blade workshop. Fuller understanding of the factors that produce counterflaking and govern its variation …
Errors in Vierra and Carlson's Presentation of Bartlett's Test of Significance
Errors in Vierra and Carlson's (1981) presentation of Bartlett's test for significance of a correlation matrix are discussed and appropriate corrections offered
Ceramic Sequence, Chronology, and Cultural Dynamics of the Ucareo-Zinapécuaro, Michoacán Obsidian Source Area
This article presents the ceramic sequence and chronology resulting from a multi-year program of survey, excavation, and analysis of pre-Hispanic settlement and exploitation within the Zinapécuaro-Ucareo (“U-Z”), Michoacan obsidian source area. Pottery analysis and classification aided by seriation analysis identified nine ceramic complexes and seven ceramic phases and sub-phases that both expand and refine the ceramic sequence previously establi…
Architectural implications of daily life in ancient Tollán, Hidalgo, Mexico
Recent archaeological investigations at Tollán, Hidalgo, Mexico have produced evidence of a type of residential compound referred to as a house group. Two of these house groups are described architecturally, and inferences based upon the architectural data are made concerning the nature of the human groups that occupied them. The house groups are clearly domestic in nature and each housed a number of possibly related families; there is also evide…
The Toltecs Until the Fall of Tula
Excavation and Preliminary Analysis of an Obsidian Workshop in Tula, Hidalgo, Mexico
Previous survey of the Toltec site of Tula, Hidalgo, Mexico, revealed what is believed to have been a zone of obsidian workshops within the Early Postclassic city. Tulane University conducted excavation of part of one topographic complex within the zone, revealing a workshop complex consisting of a linear arrangement of residential compounds, peripheral refuse dumps, and open work areas, the latter tentatively identified by microscopic analysis o…
Edge Damage Induced by Core Immobilization in Prismatic Blade Manufacture
Error during obsidian prismatic blade manufacture resulted in blades with a distinctive pattern of edge damage. The damage, termed counterflaking, resulted from unintentional contact between blade and core immobilizing device during blade removal. Counterflaking has also been identified on prismatic blades from a prehispanic Mesoamerican core/blade workshop. Fuller understanding of the factors that produce counterflaking and govern its variation …
Errors in Vierra and Carlson's Presentation of Bartlett's Test of Significance
Errors in Vierra and Carlson's (1981) presentation of Bartlett's test for significance of a correlation matrix are discussed and appropriate corrections offered
Tula of the Toltecs
"A Comment on Moholy-Nagy's "The Misidentification of Lithic Workshops
Moholy-Nagy"s (1990) discussion of the confusion of lithic-reduction sites (workshops) and workshop refuse dumps included criticism of a statement by Healan et al. (1983) as an example of such confusion. In reality no confusion is implied in the statement. Instead, Moholy-Nagy's criticism and the manner in which she defines her basic units reflect an overly narrow and simplistic conception of workshop and workshop dump
Tula of the Toltecs
Perspectives
Local versus non-local obsidian exchange at Tula and its implications for post-formative Mesoamerica
The availability of archaeological data pertaining to a number of contexts of exchange including raw material procurement, production and local and non‐local consumption, permit an integrated examination of obsidian exchange involving the Epiclassic/Early Postclassic site of Tula, Hidalgo, Mexico. These data provide evidence of limited production for local exchange and evidence of what may have been substantial long‐distance exchange involving Tu…
Identifying Lithic Reduction Loci with Size-Graded Macrodebitage
This paper presents a method of identifying lithic reduction loci based on size-sorted debitage in the macroscopic size range. Multivariate analysis of decremental size classes of debitage derived from the use of nested screening provides a means of investigating the differential operation of size sorting at various size levels, so that size thresholds for distinguishing deposits of probable primary and secondary refuse can be identified on empir…
Pre-Hispanic Quarrying in the Ucareo-Zinapecuaro Obsidian Source Area
Obsidian artifact sourcing studies performed over the last 25 years have identified obsidian from outcrops around the communities of Zinapecuaro and Ucareo, Michoacan, at sites widely distributed in time and space. Recent data indicate that Zinapecuaro and Ucareo constitute distinct obsidian sources, although their proximity to each other and their similar chemical compositions merit their consideration as collectively comprising part of an obsid…
VI. La cerámica Coyotlatelco y la explotación del yacimiento de obsidiana de Ucareo-Zinapécuaro
Antecedentes Durante el periodo Epiclásico aparecieron en el México central muchos elementos culturales nuevos asociados con la tradición llamada “Coyotlatelco”. Fuera del complejo cerámico que la caracteriza, la tradición Coyotlatelco comprende elementos de asentamiento, arquitectura, y otros aspectos tan distintos de sus antecedentes como para sugerir un origen no local. Recientemente, algunos investigadores han notado vínculos fuertes entre la…
The Role of Late Pre-Contact Colonial Enclaves in the Development of the Postclassic Ucareo Valley, Michoacan, Mexico
According to ethnohistoric sources, northeastern Michoacan became incorporated into the eastern frontier of the Tarascan empire during the mid-1400s. At that time, the region was multiethnic in character, with enclaves of foreigners living within communities as well as making up whole communities. Recent investigation in the Ucareo-Zinapecuaro source area uncovered evidence of an earlier foreign enclave consisting of two settlements in the Ucareo…
Ground Platform Preparation and the “Banalization” of the Prismatic Blade in Western Mesoamerica
For much of their history, prismatic blades were a relatively scarce item whose restricted occurrence suggested they functioned as prestige or luxury items. Some time prior to the Postclassic period, however, they became a widespread, ubiquitous, and mundane commodity in Mesoamerica, as indicated by ethnohistorical accounts as well as archaeological evidence. This occurred around the same time that blademakers began to prepare core platforms by p…
The Archaeology of Tula, Hidalgo, Mexico
Tula and the Toltecs
Tula, Hidalgo, was one of several sites that rose to prominence during the Epiclassic period after the demise of Teotihuacan, and during the Early Postclassic period it was probably the largest and most influential center in central Mexico. For over a century various scholars have argued that Tula was the legendary Tollan (“place of reeds”), which, according to Aztec and other indigenous sources, was the capital of the Toltec civilization that do…
Altica's Obsidian Industries and Their Place in Early–middle Formative Obsidian Exploitation in Central Mexico
Survey and excavation conducted by Stoner and Nichols (2019) at Altica, located in the Basin of Mexico, recovered nearly 29,000 pieces of obsidian, most of which apparently came from the nearby Otumba source. Formal classification followed by attribute analysis revealed a number of distinct lithic industries represented in the collection, although most are represented by finished objects that do not appear to have been produced on site. Most of t…
Salvage and Rescue Archaeology Inside Ancient Tula
This article presents the results of seven archaeological salvage and rescue projects that resulted in new information on settlement at Tula, Hidalgo that includes materials and evidence of activities rarely or never before encountered at Tula. Several localities exhibited evidence of craft activities that included the production of basalt megaliths, human and animal figurines, and the processing of human skulls. One locality was the scene of ela…
Recent Investigations at Tula Chico, Tula, Hidalgo
Recent excavations at Tula Chico, the monumental center for Tula's earliest settlement, revealed a long and complex history of occupation, beginning with its initial settlement in the Middle Classic period by Coyotlatelco peoples, when much of the region was under Teotihuacan's direct control. During the Epiclassic period, a program of monumental construction began that developed the monumental complex seen today over a period of about 200 years.…
Revised Chronology and Settlement History of Tula and the Tula Region
This article offers a revision of the chronology and settlement history of Tula, Hidalgo, synthesizing information obtained from numerous investigations and 68 radiocarbon and seven archaeomagnetic dates. Tula Chico's earliest settlement appeared while the region was under the control of Teotihuacan as one of many hilltop Coyotlatelco settlements in the region. The monumental center at Tula Grande did not appear until after Tula grew to power, pr…
Systematic Investigations in the Core and Periphery of Ancient Tula
This article presents the results of an integrative program of salvage archaeology in response to two comprehensive modern construction projects within the limits of the Early Postclassic city of Tula, Hidalgo. Exploratory excavation at eleven different localities encountered remains of residential compounds and other prehispanic structures in all localities, collectively spanning the Epiclassic through Late Postclassic periods and yielding exten…
Ceramic Sequence, Chronology, and Cultural Dynamics of the Ucareo-Zinapécuaro, Michoacán Obsidian Source Area
This article presents the ceramic sequence and chronology resulting from a multi-year program of survey, excavation, and analysis of pre-Hispanic settlement and exploitation within the Zinapécuaro-Ucareo (“U-Z”), Michoacan obsidian source area. Pottery analysis and classification aided by seriation analysis identified nine ceramic complexes and seven ceramic phases and sub-phases that both expand and refine the ceramic sequence previously establi…
Excavation and Preliminary Analysis of an Obsidian Workshop in Tula, Hidalgo, Mexico
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