James B Petersen
Biographic Data
| ID | 113984 |
|---|---|
| NAME | James B Petersen |
| GIVEN NAMES | James B |
| FAMILY NAME | Petersen |
| SIGNATURE | PETERSEN J B |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Vermont |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 174 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 13 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1984 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Political Economy and Pre-Columbian Landscape Transformations in Central Amazonia
The Timing of Terra Preta Formation in the Central Amazon
Historical and Socio-cultural Origins of Amazonian Dark Earth
Of Lost Civilizations and Primitive Tribes, Amazonia
Meggers's critique of views presented by DeBoer et al. (1996), Wüst and Barreto (1999), and Heckenberger et al. (1999) in Latin American Antiquity misrepresents these authors and others. Her criticisms, largely directed at the present authors, obfuscate fundamental points raised regarding the nature and variability of cultural formations and economic patterns in Amazonia. By conflating indigenous resource management systems, which we discuss, wit…
Who Owns the Past
Who Owns the Past
Who Owns the Past? 2000. 56 minutes, color (and black and white). video by N. Jed Riffe. For more information, contact University of California Extension, Center for Media and Independent Learning, 2000 Center Street, Fourth Floor, Berkeley, CA 94704; [email protected]
Village Size and Permanence in Amazonia
Recent archaeological investigations along the lower Negro and upper Xingu Rivers in the Brazilian Amazon provide important new evidence bearing on long-standing debates about the size and permanence of Amerindian settlements in the region. Preliminary regional surveys and more in-depth study of selected large (30-50 ha) sites, particularly analyses of the associations between structural features, anthropogenically altered soils, and artifact dis…
Long, Rich Cultural Heritage in Anguilla
De onde surgem os modelos? As origens e expansões Tupi na Amazônia Central
Este artigo apresenta subsídios arqueológicos para o debate - revisitado por Franciso Noelli, Eduardo Viveiros de Castro e Greg Urban nas páginas da Revista de Antropologia - sobre a suposta origem das línguas do tronco Tupí na Amazônia central. Apresentamos aqui os resultados preliminares de nossas pesquisas arqueológicas na área de confluência dos rios Negro e Solimões que levantam restrições às premissas arqueológicas desse modelo, primeiramen…
A Most Indispensable Art
Continuity and change in the food habits of the seventeenth‐century English colonists in Plymouth and Massachusetts Bay
This case study uses historical dietary data and archaeological evidence to assess the extent of continuity and change in the diet of the seventeenth‐century English colonists who settled in Plymouth and Massachusetts Bay relative to the traditional English diet. Observations of prominent seventeenth‐century chroniclers suggest that the colonial diet in Massachusetts featured a combination of familiar and novel foods, both domestic and wild, vary…
Afro-Montserratian ceramics from the Harney Site Cemetery, Montserrat, West Indies
A small sample of Afro-Montserratian ceramics was recovered from the Harney site where 1 7 Black slaves were excavated from an unmarked 1 8 th century cemetery on the island of Montserrat, West Indies. The 20 fragmentary sherds, representing eight ceramic vessels, were recovered from the fill above three of the in situ burials and from disturbed contexts. The sherds probably were inadvertent inclusions in the graves rather than purposefully empla…
Early woodland ceramic and perishable fiber industries from the Northeast
The previous recognition of Early Woodland period ceramics and associated perishable fiber industries has been limited and less often well reported in the wide Northeast.This paper offers a summary of Early Woodland ceramics and perishables from the Northeast, including discussion of "Vinette I" ceramics, other related and possibly unrelated ceramic forms, perishables reconstructed from negative impressions, and actual perishables preserved in ra…
Village Size and Permanence in Amazonia
Recent archaeological investigations along the lower Negro and upper Xingu Rivers in the Brazilian Amazon provide important new evidence bearing on long-standing debates about the size and permanence of Amerindian settlements in the region. Preliminary regional surveys and more in-depth study of selected large (30-50 ha) sites, particularly analyses of the associations between structural features, anthropogenically altered soils, and artifact dis…
De onde surgem os modelos? As origens e expansões Tupi na Amazônia Central
Este artigo apresenta subsídios arqueológicos para o debate - revisitado por Franciso Noelli, Eduardo Viveiros de Castro e Greg Urban nas páginas da Revista de Antropologia - sobre a suposta origem das línguas do tronco Tupí na Amazônia central. Apresentamos aqui os resultados preliminares de nossas pesquisas arqueológicas na área de confluência dos rios Negro e Solimões que levantam restrições às premissas arqueológicas desse modelo, primeiramen…
Of Lost Civilizations and Primitive Tribes, Amazonia
Meggers's critique of views presented by DeBoer et al. (1996), Wüst and Barreto (1999), and Heckenberger et al. (1999) in Latin American Antiquity misrepresents these authors and others. Her criticisms, largely directed at the present authors, obfuscate fundamental points raised regarding the nature and variability of cultural formations and economic patterns in Amazonia. By conflating indigenous resource management systems, which we discuss, wit…
Early woodland ceramic and perishable fiber industries from the Northeast
The previous recognition of Early Woodland period ceramics and associated perishable fiber industries has been limited and less often well reported in the wide Northeast.This paper offers a summary of Early Woodland ceramics and perishables from the Northeast, including discussion of "Vinette I" ceramics, other related and possibly unrelated ceramic forms, perishables reconstructed from negative impressions, and actual perishables preserved in ra…
Afro-Montserratian ceramics from the Harney Site Cemetery, Montserrat, West Indies
A small sample of Afro-Montserratian ceramics was recovered from the Harney site where 1 7 Black slaves were excavated from an unmarked 1 8 th century cemetery on the island of Montserrat, West Indies. The 20 fragmentary sherds, representing eight ceramic vessels, were recovered from the fill above three of the in situ burials and from disturbed contexts. The sherds probably were inadvertent inclusions in the graves rather than purposefully empla…
Early woodland ceramic and perishable fiber industries from the Northeast
The previous recognition of Early Woodland period ceramics and associated perishable fiber industries has been limited and less often well reported in the wide Northeast.This paper offers a summary of Early Woodland ceramics and perishables from the Northeast, including discussion of "Vinette I" ceramics, other related and possibly unrelated ceramic forms, perishables reconstructed from negative impressions, and actual perishables preserved in ra…
Afro-Montserratian ceramics from the Harney Site Cemetery, Montserrat, West Indies
A small sample of Afro-Montserratian ceramics was recovered from the Harney site where 1 7 Black slaves were excavated from an unmarked 1 8 th century cemetery on the island of Montserrat, West Indies. The 20 fragmentary sherds, representing eight ceramic vessels, were recovered from the fill above three of the in situ burials and from disturbed contexts. The sherds probably were inadvertent inclusions in the graves rather than purposefully empla…
Continuity and change in the food habits of the seventeenth‐century English colonists in Plymouth and Massachusetts Bay
This case study uses historical dietary data and archaeological evidence to assess the extent of continuity and change in the diet of the seventeenth‐century English colonists who settled in Plymouth and Massachusetts Bay relative to the traditional English diet. Observations of prominent seventeenth‐century chroniclers suggest that the colonial diet in Massachusetts featured a combination of familiar and novel foods, both domestic and wild, vary…
Long, Rich Cultural Heritage in Anguilla
De onde surgem os modelos? As origens e expansões Tupi na Amazônia Central
Este artigo apresenta subsídios arqueológicos para o debate - revisitado por Franciso Noelli, Eduardo Viveiros de Castro e Greg Urban nas páginas da Revista de Antropologia - sobre a suposta origem das línguas do tronco Tupí na Amazônia central. Apresentamos aqui os resultados preliminares de nossas pesquisas arqueológicas na área de confluência dos rios Negro e Solimões que levantam restrições às premissas arqueológicas desse modelo, primeiramen…
A Most Indispensable Art
Village Size and Permanence in Amazonia
Recent archaeological investigations along the lower Negro and upper Xingu Rivers in the Brazilian Amazon provide important new evidence bearing on long-standing debates about the size and permanence of Amerindian settlements in the region. Preliminary regional surveys and more in-depth study of selected large (30-50 ha) sites, particularly analyses of the associations between structural features, anthropogenically altered soils, and artifact dis…
Of Lost Civilizations and Primitive Tribes, Amazonia
Meggers's critique of views presented by DeBoer et al. (1996), Wüst and Barreto (1999), and Heckenberger et al. (1999) in Latin American Antiquity misrepresents these authors and others. Her criticisms, largely directed at the present authors, obfuscate fundamental points raised regarding the nature and variability of cultural formations and economic patterns in Amazonia. By conflating indigenous resource management systems, which we discuss, wit…
Who Owns the Past
Who Owns the Past
Who Owns the Past? 2000. 56 minutes, color (and black and white). video by N. Jed Riffe. For more information, contact University of California Extension, Center for Media and Independent Learning, 2000 Center Street, Fourth Floor, Berkeley, CA 94704; [email protected]
Historical and Socio-cultural Origins of Amazonian Dark Earth
The Timing of Terra Preta Formation in the Central Amazon
Political Economy and Pre-Columbian Landscape Transformations in Central Amazonia
Geography (10 works) · Archaeology (7 works) · History (7 works) · Biology (6 works) · Amazon rainforest (5 works) · Amazonian Archaeology and Ethnohistory (5 works) · Ecology (5 works) · History (5 works) · Indigenous Health and Education (4 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (3 works)