Steven A Leblanc
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 72607 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Steven A Leblanc |
| NOMBRES | Steven A |
| APELLIDO | Leblanc |
| FIRMA | LEBLANC S A |
| AFILIACIONES | Harvard University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9201-1070 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 44 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 449 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 44 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1971 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2024 |
| ÍNDICE H | 12 |
Luminescence dating of adobe from monumental architecture in north coastal Peru
High levels of consanguinity in a child from Paquimé, Chihuahua, Mexico
Paquimé (also known as Casas Grandes), situated in northern Chihuahua between Mesoamerican and Ancestral Puebloan groups, was a vibrant multicultural centre during the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries AD. Substantial debate surrounds the social organisation of Paquimé's inhabitants. Here, the authors report on the analysis of ancient DNA from a unique child burial beneath a central support post of a room in the House of the Well. They argue th…
Processualism in Archaeological Theory
Archaeogenomic evidence reveals prehistoric matrilineal dynasty
For societies with writing systems, hereditary leadership is documented as one of the hallmarks of early political complexity and governance. In contrast, it is unknown whether hereditary succession played a role in the early formation of prehistoric complex societies that lacked writing. Here we use an archaeogenomic approach to identify an elite matriline that persisted between 800 and 1130 CE in Chaco Canyon, the centre of an expansive prehist…
Re-evaluating the Mimbres Region Prehispanic Chronometric Record
Many decades of archaeological research in the Mimbres region have resulted in hundreds of chronometric dates obtained from contexts dating prior to A.D. 1450, but until now these data have not been compiled into a single database. Using dendrochronological, radiocarbon, and archaeomagnetic dates, we analyze each of the chronometric data sets to identify patterns and biases that help us better understand the tempo and duration of fundamental tran…
Forager Warfare and Our Evolutionary Past
Great House origins and population stability at Pueblo Bonito, Chaco Canyon, New Mexico
Application of X-ray fluorescence imaging to ceramics from the American Southwest
Nondestructive sampling of human skeletal remains yields ancient nuclear and mitochondrial DNA
Museum curators and living communities are sometimes reluctant to permit ancient DNA (aDNA) studies of human skeletal remains because the extraction of aDNA usually requires the destruction of at least some skeletal material. Whether these views stem from a desire to conserve precious materials or an objection to destroying ancestral remains, they limit the potential of aDNA research. To help address concerns about destructive analysis and to min…
Scale and Time-Space Systematics in the Post-A.D. 1100 Mimbres Region of the North American Southwest
Time-space systematics for the end of the Classic Mimbres period and subsequent developments in southwest New Mexico are outlined, and the variable spatial scale of these processes is emphasized. The regional unity of the Late Pithouse and Classic periods began to break down around a.d. 1130, a time when disparate developments characterize different portions of the region. The Terminal Classic (ca. a.d. 1130 and later) represents the first steps …
Warfare in Neolithic Thessaly
Hesperia: The Journal of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens - Volume 78, Number 2, April-June 2009
Genetic relationships based on discrete dental traits
Investigations of the relationships between culture and biology among prehistoric populations of the southwestern United States can enhance our reconstruction of social interactions. The present study analyses the permanent dentition of Basketmaker II and Mimbres individuals from multiple sites using the Arizona State University dental anthropology system, and compares them with a regional sample. Discrete dental trait analysis provides a useful …
Quids and Aprons
The success of ancient DNA (aDNA) studies rests on the preservation of DNA through time, and can be limited by the availability of skeletal samples from particular times and locations. To help overcome this limitation, we sought to extract, amplify, and type human mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) preserved within 1000- to 2000+-year-old artifacts from the American Southwest. In this study, we successfully typed mtDNA from 21 quids and aprons from Basket…
Why warfare? Lessons from the past
Population Growth, Carrying Capacity, and Conflict
The standard model of population growth and regulation is critiqued. It is argued that any model of population growth and regulation must accommodate ten propositions, and a multitrajectory model that does so is described. This model identifies competition between groups, individual choice in reproductive behavior, the scale for spatial and temporal variation in resource abundance, and the social unit for resource access and ownership as importan…
Prehistoric Warfare in the American Southwest
Scale and Time-Space Systematics in the Post-A.D. 1100 Mimbres Region of the North American Southwest
Time-space systematics for the end of the Classic Mimbres period and subsequent developments in southwest New Mexico are outlined, and the variable spatial scale of these processes is emphasized. The regional unity of the Late Pithouse and Classic periods began to break down around A.D. 1130, a time when disparate developments characterize different portions of the region. The Terminal Classic (ca. A.D. 1130 and later) represents the first steps …
Modeling Warfare in Southwestern Prehistory
Warfare was an important behavioral component in the Southwest, and its existence and consequences have not been adequately considered in modeling Southwestern prehistory. Warfare seems to have varied in intensity, importance, and form during the prehistoric record, however, one particular episode seems to be particularly important and usefully dealt with. This was a period of intense warfare lasting from the mid a.d. 1200s, well into the Pueblo …
A Comment on Hegmon and Trevathan's 'Gender, Anatomical Knowledge, and Pottery Production
The concern with the gender and role of Mimbres potters and painters is certainly an important one, and Hegmon and Trevathan (1996) do a good job of reviewing the various arguments about the identity of the bowl painters. Going beyond this review, they add another possible piece of evidence for the role of men in the production of Mimbres art. While I concur that the other arguments they present suggest some role for men in the painting activity,…
Girikihaciyan
This report presents the results of excavations undertaken at the site of Girikihaciyan in southeastern Turkey during 1968 and 1970 by the Joint Prehistoric Project, Istanbul-Chicago under the overal direction of Professor Halet Cambel, University of Istanbul, and Professor Robert J. Braidwood, Oriental Institute, University of Chicago.Series: Monographs 33
Short-Term Sedentism in the American Southwest
Mimbres Pottery
Archeological Explanation
Changing Settlement and Population in the Mimbres Valley, SW New Mexico
Aspects of Zuni Prehistory
Patty Jo Watson, Steven A. LeBlanc, Charles L. Redman, Aspects of Zuni Prehistory: Preliminary Report on Excavations and Survey in the El Morro Valley of New Mexico, Journal of Field Archaeology, Vol. 7, No. 2 (Summer, 1980), pp. 201-218
A Reevaluation of the Mogollon-Mimbres Archaeological Sequence
A new series of radiocarbon and tree-ring dates from the Mimbres area of the Mogollon region has modified the accepted chronology in the area. Recent work in the Mogollon-Mimbres area has firmly established the existence of a plain ware pit house period dated about a.d. 200–550. The dates of phases between a.d. 550–1000 have been modified, and the termination of the Classic period is dated at a.d. 1150. The Mangas phase is dropped, and it is show…
An Addition to Naroll's Suggested Floor Area and Settlement Population Relationship
Floor area and population data from three geographical areas are given. The value of recording the use of each floor area is demonstrated. Because of the large variances among floor areas it is suggested that caution be used in applying this relationship
Changing Settlement and Population in the Mimbres Valley, SW New Mexico
This paper presents a study of the prehistoric settlement patterns and population change in the Mimbres Valley of New Mexico. The first part of the paper describes a judgmental survey methodology used to survey the Mimbres Valley. It was specifically tailored to conditions where neither complete nor probabilistic survey was possible. The methodology involves disproportionate sampling of strata defined during and after the completion of survey, ju…
Population Growth, Carrying Capacity, and Conflict
The standard model of population growth and regulation is critiqued. It is argued that any model of population growth and regulation must accommodate ten propositions, and a multitrajectory model that does so is described. This model identifies competition between groups, individual choice in reproductive behavior, the scale for spatial and temporal variation in resource abundance, and the social unit for resource access and ownership as importan…
Short-Term Sedentism in the American Southwest
The Architectural Evolution of Mogollon-Mimbres Communal Structures
The architectural evolution of communal structures in the Mimbres branch of the Mogollon, from the Early Pit House period, is discussed. The Pit House periods see a steady increase in the size and elaboration of these communal structures. At the beginning of the Classic period they disappear, and it is suggested that open plazas take the place of large communal structures. Small semi-subterranean kivas and large surface rooms, which are probably …
A long term trend in tooth size in the Eastern Mediterranean
Posterior occlusal tooth areas were measured for a sample of Greek and Turkish populations spanning a 8500 year period. Rates of reduction of 2% per 1000 years for maxillary teeth and 1% per 1000 years for the mandibulary teeth were found. These rates are shown to be greater than those for earlier populations from Western Europe
Aspects of Zuni Prehistory
Preliminary assessment of survey and excavation data suggest that major shifts occurred regionally in settlement patterns within El Morro Valley during the last half of the 13th century A.C. Clusters of small masonry pueblos on ridge tops are replaced by a few, large, defensible pueblos; then the valley is abandoned early in the 14th century. Intensification of intercommunity warfare is postulated in attempting to explain these shifts, and our re…
Re-evaluating the Mimbres Region Prehispanic Chronometric Record
Many decades of archaeological research in the Mimbres region have resulted in hundreds of chronometric dates obtained from contexts dating prior to A.D. 1450, but until now these data have not been compiled into a single database. Using dendrochronological, radiocarbon, and archaeomagnetic dates, we analyze each of the chronometric data sets to identify patterns and biases that help us better understand the tempo and duration of fundamental tran…
A Comparative Statistical Analysis of Painted Pottery from Seven Halafian Sites
Examen de la poterie peinte de sept sites halafiens. La similitude des motifs a été étudiée selon la méthode statistique Sj de Sokal et Sneath. Ces résultats statistiques ont donné lieu à des diagrammes rassemblant en faisceaux les sites dont la poterie est la plus semblable puis en réunissant ces résultats en une seule figure. Celle-ci a montré que la similitude des motifs d'un site à l'autre est dépendante de leur distance géographique. Il n'a …
Scale and Time-Space Systematics in the Post-A.D. 1100 Mimbres Region of the North American Southwest
Time-space systematics for the end of the Classic Mimbres period and subsequent developments in southwest New Mexico are outlined, and the variable spatial scale of these processes is emphasized. The regional unity of the Late Pithouse and Classic periods began to break down around A.D. 1130, a time when disparate developments characterize different portions of the region. The Terminal Classic (ca. A.D. 1130 and later) represents the first steps …
Genetic relationships based on discrete dental traits
Investigations of the relationships between culture and biology among prehistoric populations of the southwestern United States can enhance our reconstruction of social interactions. The present study analyses the permanent dentition of Basketmaker II and Mimbres individuals from multiple sites using the Arizona State University dental anthropology system, and compares them with a regional sample. Discrete dental trait analysis provides a useful …
The Dating of Casas Grandes
The dating of Casas Grandes is re-evaluated, and new relevant dates for southwestern New Mexico are presented. It is suggested that Casas Grandes dates from ca. A.D. 1150-A.D. 1300. This would make the site's florescence postdate the Bonito phase of Chaco Canyon and the Mimbres phase. Furthermore, it appears that Casas Grandes did not overlap the Civano phase of the Hohokam
Quids and Aprons
The success of ancient DNA (aDNA) studies rests on the preservation of DNA through time, and can be limited by the availability of skeletal samples from particular times and locations. To help overcome this limitation, we sought to extract, amplify, and type human mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) preserved within 1000- to 2000+-year-old artifacts from the American Southwest. In this study, we successfully typed mtDNA from 21 quids and aprons from Basket…
Modeling Warfare in Southwestern Prehistory
Warfare was an important behavioral component in the Southwest, and its existence and consequences have not been adequately considered in modeling Southwestern prehistory. Warfare seems to have varied in intensity, importance, and form during the prehistoric record, however, one particular episode seems to be particularly important and usefully dealt with. This was a period of intense warfare lasting from the mid a.d. 1200s, well into the Pueblo …
Nondestructive sampling of human skeletal remains yields ancient nuclear and mitochondrial DNA
Museum curators and living communities are sometimes reluctant to permit ancient DNA (aDNA) studies of human skeletal remains because the extraction of aDNA usually requires the destruction of at least some skeletal material. Whether these views stem from a desire to conserve precious materials or an objection to destroying ancestral remains, they limit the potential of aDNA research. To help address concerns about destructive analysis and to min…
Mimbres Pottery
An Efficient, Inexpensive Arid Lands Flotation System
A basic, effective, water-conserving flotation system is described. Reference to this procedure's adaptability to various research goals and suggestions concerning the presentation of the material to the analyst are discussed
The covering law model in archaeology
In a recent issue of World Archaeology, Charles Morgan criticized our book, Explanation in Archaeology. We find much of his discussion to be not only unfair but wrong because: (1) He attacks us as though we were advocating the adoption of a formalist version of the Covering Law (CL) model by archaeologists, which we are not
Great House origins and population stability at Pueblo Bonito, Chaco Canyon, New Mexico
Descriptive Statements, Covering Laws, and Theories in Archaeology [and Comments and Reply]
The paradigm for explanation in archaeology presented by the "new archaeologists" is reviewed and shown to need further elaboration. It is argued that that presentation has overemphasized the form of explanatory arguments and insufficiently considered their content. Not all explanatory arguments provide intuitively satisfactory explanations of particular observations. Instead, intuitively satisfactory explanations require general theories which s…
Scale and Time-Space Systematics in the Post-A.D. 1100 Mimbres Region of the North American Southwest
Time-space systematics for the end of the Classic Mimbres period and subsequent developments in southwest New Mexico are outlined, and the variable spatial scale of these processes is emphasized. The regional unity of the Late Pithouse and Classic periods began to break down around a.d. 1130, a time when disparate developments characterize different portions of the region. The Terminal Classic (ca. a.d. 1130 and later) represents the first steps …
Warfare in Neolithic Thessaly
Hesperia: The Journal of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens - Volume 78, Number 2, April-June 2009
Flare-Rimmed Bowls
Mimbres Classic Black-on-white bowls are shown to be divisible into two classes on the basis of shape and design layouts. It is demonstrated that flare-rimmed bowls have different patterns of design layout than do hemispherical bowls. The similarity of these design canons to those found on Gila Polychrome is discussed. Implications from this study concerning the analysis of Southwestern pottery are also considered
Changing Settlement and Population in the Mimbres Valley, SW New Mexico
An Addition to Naroll's Suggested Floor Area and Settlement Population Relationship
Floor area and population data from three geographical areas are given. The value of recording the use of each floor area is demonstrated. Because of the large variances among floor areas it is suggested that caution be used in applying this relationship
Explanation in Archaeology
A Comparative Statistical Analysis of Painted Pottery from Seven Halafian Sites
Examen de la poterie peinte de sept sites halafiens. La similitude des motifs a été étudiée selon la méthode statistique Sj de Sokal et Sneath. Ces résultats statistiques ont donné lieu à des diagrammes rassemblant en faisceaux les sites dont la poterie est la plus semblable puis en réunissant ces résultats en une seule figure. Celle-ci a montré que la similitude des motifs d'un site à l'autre est dépendante de leur distance géographique. Il n'a …
A long term trend in tooth size in the Eastern Mediterranean
Posterior occlusal tooth areas were measured for a sample of Greek and Turkish populations spanning a 8500 year period. Rates of reduction of 2% per 1000 years for maxillary teeth and 1% per 1000 years for the mandibulary teeth were found. These rates are shown to be greater than those for earlier populations from Western Europe
The covering law model in archaeology
In a recent issue of World Archaeology, Charles Morgan criticized our book, Explanation in Archaeology. We find much of his discussion to be not only unfair but wrong because: (1) He attacks us as though we were advocating the adoption of a formalist version of the Covering Law (CL) model by archaeologists, which we are not
Models in Archaeology . David L. CLARKE
Archeological Recording Systems
The labeling of artifacts and other collections is considered in the light of archeological needs at the present time. It is suggested that labeling systems be evaluated by four criteria: information content, accuracy, efficiency, and computer compatibility. There is a discussion of a labeling system and how it might be adapted to various circumstances
The Salado in Southwestern New Mexico
The late prehistory of southwest New Mexico is outlined. The long Mogollon-Mimbres sequence is seen as having no significant relationship to the Salado. The Animas phase, which immediately follows the Mimbres sequence, contains Gila Polychrome, but this phase is seen as related to Casas Grandes and not to the Arizona Salado. The last occupation in the area at about A.D. 1400 is the Cliff phase. Gila Polychrome is the dominant painted ware and is …
Flare-Rimmed Bowls
Mimbres Classic Black-on-white bowls are shown to be divisible into two classes on the basis of shape and design layouts. It is demonstrated that flare-rimmed bowls have different patterns of design layout than do hemispherical bowls. The similarity of these design canons to those found on Gila Polychrome is discussed. Implications from this study concerning the analysis of Southwestern pottery are also considered
An Efficient, Inexpensive Arid Lands Flotation System
A basic, effective, water-conserving flotation system is described. Reference to this procedure's adaptability to various research goals and suggestions concerning the presentation of the material to the analyst are discussed
Proceedings of the 1973 Hohokam Conference . Donald E. Weaver, Jr. , Susan S. Burton , Minnabell Laughlin
Descriptive Statements, Covering Laws, and Theories in Archaeology [and Comments and Reply]
The paradigm for explanation in archaeology presented by the "new archaeologists" is reviewed and shown to need further elaboration. It is argued that that presentation has overemphasized the form of explanatory arguments and insufficiently considered their content. Not all explanatory arguments provide intuitively satisfactory explanations of particular observations. Instead, intuitively satisfactory explanations require general theories which s…
Archaeology
Aspects of Zuni Prehistory
Preliminary assessment of survey and excavation data suggest that major shifts occurred regionally in settlement patterns within El Morro Valley during the last half of the 13th century A.C. Clusters of small masonry pueblos on ridge tops are replaced by a few, large, defensible pueblos; then the valley is abandoned early in the 14th century. Intensification of intercommunity warfare is postulated in attempting to explain these shifts, and our re…
The Architectural Evolution of Mogollon-Mimbres Communal Structures
The architectural evolution of communal structures in the Mimbres branch of the Mogollon, from the Early Pit House period, is discussed. The Pit House periods see a steady increase in the size and elaboration of these communal structures. At the beginning of the Classic period they disappear, and it is suggested that open plazas take the place of large communal structures. Small semi-subterranean kivas and large surface rooms, which are probably …
The Dating of Casas Grandes
The dating of Casas Grandes is re-evaluated, and new relevant dates for southwestern New Mexico are presented. It is suggested that Casas Grandes dates from ca. A.D. 1150-A.D. 1300. This would make the site's florescence postdate the Bonito phase of Chaco Canyon and the Mimbres phase. Furthermore, it appears that Casas Grandes did not overlap the Civano phase of the Hohokam
A Reevaluation of the Mogollon-Mimbres Archaeological Sequence
A new series of radiocarbon and tree-ring dates from the Mimbres area of the Mogollon region has modified the accepted chronology in the area. Recent work in the Mogollon-Mimbres area has firmly established the existence of a plain ware pit house period dated about a.d. 200–550. The dates of phases between a.d. 550–1000 have been modified, and the termination of the Classic period is dated at a.d. 1150. The Mangas phase is dropped, and it is show…
On the Importance of the National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is important to the preservation of prehistoric sites in ways that are not fully appreciated by archaeologists. The advantages of having a site on the Register are discussed. Archaeologists have a responsibility toward site preservation, and the use of the Register is one means to fulfill that responsibility
Changing Settlement and Population in the Mimbres Valley, SW New Mexico
This paper presents a study of the prehistoric settlement patterns and population change in the Mimbres Valley of New Mexico. The first part of the paper describes a judgmental survey methodology used to survey the Mimbres Valley. It was specifically tailored to conditions where neither complete nor probabilistic survey was possible. The methodology involves disproportionate sampling of strata defined during and after the completion of survey, ju…
Mimbres Pottery
Archeological Explanation
Short-Term Sedentism in the American Southwest
Girikihaciyan
This report presents the results of excavations undertaken at the site of Girikihaciyan in southeastern Turkey during 1968 and 1970 by the Joint Prehistoric Project, Istanbul-Chicago under the overal direction of Professor Halet Cambel, University of Istanbul, and Professor Robert J. Braidwood, Oriental Institute, University of Chicago.Series: Monographs 33
A Comment on Hegmon and Trevathan's 'Gender, Anatomical Knowledge, and Pottery Production
The concern with the gender and role of Mimbres potters and painters is certainly an important one, and Hegmon and Trevathan (1996) do a good job of reviewing the various arguments about the identity of the bowl painters. Going beyond this review, they add another possible piece of evidence for the role of men in the production of Mimbres art. While I concur that the other arguments they present suggest some role for men in the painting activity,…
Modeling Warfare in Southwestern Prehistory
Warfare was an important behavioral component in the Southwest, and its existence and consequences have not been adequately considered in modeling Southwestern prehistory. Warfare seems to have varied in intensity, importance, and form during the prehistoric record, however, one particular episode seems to be particularly important and usefully dealt with. This was a period of intense warfare lasting from the mid a.d. 1200s, well into the Pueblo …
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