J Charles Kelley
Biographic Data
| ID | 117009 |
|---|---|
| NAME | J Charles Kelley |
| GIVEN NAMES | J Charles |
| FAMILY NAME | Kelley |
| SIGNATURE | KELLEY J C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Southern Illinois University Carbondale |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 27 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 92 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 26 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1942 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
The Chronology of the Chalchihuites Culture 1
Archaeological excavations at the Schroeder and La Atalaya sites in Durango and in a number of sites in western Zacatecas have produced considerable chronological data. Firm archaeological evidence for the relation of the two sequences has been obtained. The Suchil branch is early and in terms of Mesoamerican archaeology belongs primarily in the Middle and Late Classic period, whereas the Guadiana branch is later and belongs primarily to the Post…
Handbook of Middle American Indians, Volumes 10 And 11
The Known Archaeological Ballcourts of Durango and Zacatecas, Mexico
Jumano and Patarabueye
Alta Vista (Chalchihuites), Astronomical Implications of a Mesoamerican Ceremonial Outpost at the Tropic of Cancer
We have empirically tested and evaluated several astronomically related hypotheses about the ruins of Alta Vista near the modern town of Chalchihuites, Zacatecas, in Northwest Mexico. We conclude that the site was deliberately located and oriented astronomically by people of the Teotihuacan civilization.As supporting evidence we analyze (a) a double solar alignment incorporating a labyrinthine hallway at the ruins, and (b) a pair of circle-shaped…
The Mesoamerican Southwest
The Meso-American Southwest
Man across the Sea, Problem of Pre-Columbian Contacts
Man Across the Sea
The Classic Southwest
Man Across the Sea
Corn and the Origins of Settled Life in Meso‐America. Filmed and produced in 1963–1964 by Educational Services, Inc. Consultants and and commentators
A Revision of the Archaeological Sequence in Sinaloa, Mexico
An archaeological sequence for the Sinaloa coastal strip of western Mexico had previously been developed by Sauer and Brand, Isabel Kelly, and Gordon Ekholm. Investigations carried out by Southern Illinois University and associates from 1952 to 1958 in Durango, across the Sierra Madre Occidental to the east of Sinaloa, have established an independent archaeological sequence. The presence of trade pottery and other artifacts from Sinaloa in the Du…
The Desert Cultures and the Balcones Phase
The concept of a continent-wide Archaic cultural horizon in North America has been developing for over a decade. Recently, this concept has received considerable reinforcement in publications and in discussions at conferences. It now appears to have fairly general acceptance among American archaeologists who have concerned themselves with the problem. Basic to this concept is the identification of the southwestern Desert cultures as the cultural …
Rejoinder to Krieger, Suhm, and Jelks
In the January issue of American Antiquity (Vol. 22, No. 3, pp. 310–5) Alex D. Krieger, Dee Ann Suhm, and Edward B. Jelks have replied to my critical review of their publication, “An Introductory Handbook of Texas Archaeology” (Bulletin of the Texas Archaeological Society , Vol. 25, Austin, 1954) in very strong and highly personal terms. It is a temptation to reply in similar terms but it is probable that no useful purpose would be served by such…
Archeology
Archeology
The American Southwest
One of the seminar topics scheduled for the summer of 1955 by the Society for American Archaeology was “The American Southwest: A Problem in Cultural Isolation.” The assignment was to “... examine the assumption that these Southwestern cultures resulted from local acceptance and development of generalized and/or specific traits which can be isolated in distant cultural contexts at earlier times than their climactic developments can be observed in…
Archeology
Juan Sabeata and Diffusion in Aboriginal Texas
Ethnology and Ethnography
Factors Involved in the Abandonment of Certain Peripheral Southwestern Settlements
Stephenson and Krieger on 'Culture Chronology in Texas
Stephenson's recent synthesis of Texas archaeology (1950) has evoked a markedly critical commentary from Krieger (1951). Krieger comments on the many inaccuracies which he finds therein. There are without question, mistakes of both omission and commission in Stephenson's paper. Nevertheless, the synthesis provides the general archaeologist with a relatively accurate, helpful and stimulating view of the aboriginal occupation of the entire State. I…
A Bravo Valley Aspect Component of the Lower Rio Conchos Valley, Chihuahua, Mexico
Loma Seca (Chihuahua E7-5) was discovered July 23, 1949. It is an eroding village site located about one kilometer south of the Rio Conchos some eight kilometers southwest of Ojinaga, Chihuahua, Mexico. The site is located at the western edge of a large draw which intersects the valley of the Rio Conchos at this point. Physiographically the site occupies an eroding saddle at the foot of a high mesa which represents an outlier of the high gravel t…
Atlatls, Bows and Arrows, Pictographs, and the Pecos River Focus
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The American Southwest
One of the seminar topics scheduled for the summer of 1955 by the Society for American Archaeology was “The American Southwest: A Problem in Cultural Isolation.” The assignment was to “... examine the assumption that these Southwestern cultures resulted from local acceptance and development of generalized and/or specific traits which can be isolated in distant cultural contexts at earlier times than their climactic developments can be observed in…
What Are the Burnt Rock Mounds of Texas
In the Edwards Plateau and Trans-Pecos regions of southwestern Texas are a large number of archaeological sites which have been referred to as 'burnt rock mounds.' Although this name is now well established in the archaeological literature of Texas, one looks in vain for a satisfactory statement concerning the origin and nature of these rather unusual sites. Quite a number have been excavated, but as yet few detailed reports on individual sites h…
Juan Sabeata and Diffusion in Aboriginal Texas
Alta Vista (Chalchihuites), Astronomical Implications of a Mesoamerican Ceremonial Outpost at the Tropic of Cancer
We have empirically tested and evaluated several astronomically related hypotheses about the ruins of Alta Vista near the modern town of Chalchihuites, Zacatecas, in Northwest Mexico. We conclude that the site was deliberately located and oriented astronomically by people of the Teotihuacan civilization.As supporting evidence we analyze (a) a double solar alignment incorporating a labyrinthine hallway at the ruins, and (b) a pair of circle-shaped…
A Revision of the Archaeological Sequence in Sinaloa, Mexico
An archaeological sequence for the Sinaloa coastal strip of western Mexico had previously been developed by Sauer and Brand, Isabel Kelly, and Gordon Ekholm. Investigations carried out by Southern Illinois University and associates from 1952 to 1958 in Durango, across the Sierra Madre Occidental to the east of Sinaloa, have established an independent archaeological sequence. The presence of trade pottery and other artifacts from Sinaloa in the Du…
Factors Involved in the Abandonment of Certain Peripheral Southwestern Settlements
The Cultural Affiliations and Chronological Position of the Clear Fork Focus
The importance of the Clear Fork Focus as a pre-pottery archaeological complex of north-central Texas has become generally known to archaeologists through the industry of its discoverer and principal proponent, Dr. Cyrus N. Ray, of Abilene, Texas. Unfortunately, the relationship of this complex to other and comparable archaeological cultures of Texas has been largely neglected and some regrettable misinformation in regard to its chronological pos…
Atlatls, Bows and Arrows, Pictographs, and the Pecos River Focus
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Man Across the Sea
The Desert Cultures and the Balcones Phase
The concept of a continent-wide Archaic cultural horizon in North America has been developing for over a decade. Recently, this concept has received considerable reinforcement in publications and in discussions at conferences. It now appears to have fairly general acceptance among American archaeologists who have concerned themselves with the problem. Basic to this concept is the identification of the southwestern Desert cultures as the cultural …
A Bravo Valley Aspect Component of the Lower Rio Conchos Valley, Chihuahua, Mexico
Loma Seca (Chihuahua E7-5) was discovered July 23, 1949. It is an eroding village site located about one kilometer south of the Rio Conchos some eight kilometers southwest of Ojinaga, Chihuahua, Mexico. The site is located at the western edge of a large draw which intersects the valley of the Rio Conchos at this point. Physiographically the site occupies an eroding saddle at the foot of a high mesa which represents an outlier of the high gravel t…
The Mesoamerican Southwest
Archeology
Stephenson and Krieger on 'Culture Chronology in Texas
Stephenson's recent synthesis of Texas archaeology (1950) has evoked a markedly critical commentary from Krieger (1951). Krieger comments on the many inaccuracies which he finds therein. There are without question, mistakes of both omission and commission in Stephenson's paper. Nevertheless, the synthesis provides the general archaeologist with a relatively accurate, helpful and stimulating view of the aboriginal occupation of the entire State. I…
What Are the Burnt Rock Mounds of Texas
In the Edwards Plateau and Trans-Pecos regions of southwestern Texas are a large number of archaeological sites which have been referred to as 'burnt rock mounds.' Although this name is now well established in the archaeological literature of Texas, one looks in vain for a satisfactory statement concerning the origin and nature of these rather unusual sites. Quite a number have been excavated, but as yet few detailed reports on individual sites h…
The Cultural Affiliations and Chronological Position of the Clear Fork Focus
The importance of the Clear Fork Focus as a pre-pottery archaeological complex of north-central Texas has become generally known to archaeologists through the industry of its discoverer and principal proponent, Dr. Cyrus N. Ray, of Abilene, Texas. Unfortunately, the relationship of this complex to other and comparable archaeological cultures of Texas has been largely neglected and some regrettable misinformation in regard to its chronological pos…
Atlatls, Bows and Arrows, Pictographs, and the Pecos River Focus
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Stephenson and Krieger on 'Culture Chronology in Texas
Stephenson's recent synthesis of Texas archaeology (1950) has evoked a markedly critical commentary from Krieger (1951). Krieger comments on the many inaccuracies which he finds therein. There are without question, mistakes of both omission and commission in Stephenson's paper. Nevertheless, the synthesis provides the general archaeologist with a relatively accurate, helpful and stimulating view of the aboriginal occupation of the entire State. I…
A Bravo Valley Aspect Component of the Lower Rio Conchos Valley, Chihuahua, Mexico
Loma Seca (Chihuahua E7-5) was discovered July 23, 1949. It is an eroding village site located about one kilometer south of the Rio Conchos some eight kilometers southwest of Ojinaga, Chihuahua, Mexico. The site is located at the western edge of a large draw which intersects the valley of the Rio Conchos at this point. Physiographically the site occupies an eroding saddle at the foot of a high mesa which represents an outlier of the high gravel t…
Factors Involved in the Abandonment of Certain Peripheral Southwestern Settlements
Ethnology and Ethnography
The American Southwest
One of the seminar topics scheduled for the summer of 1955 by the Society for American Archaeology was “The American Southwest: A Problem in Cultural Isolation.” The assignment was to “... examine the assumption that these Southwestern cultures resulted from local acceptance and development of generalized and/or specific traits which can be isolated in distant cultural contexts at earlier times than their climactic developments can be observed in…
Archeology
Juan Sabeata and Diffusion in Aboriginal Texas
Archeology
Archeology
Rejoinder to Krieger, Suhm, and Jelks
In the January issue of American Antiquity (Vol. 22, No. 3, pp. 310–5) Alex D. Krieger, Dee Ann Suhm, and Edward B. Jelks have replied to my critical review of their publication, “An Introductory Handbook of Texas Archaeology” (Bulletin of the Texas Archaeological Society , Vol. 25, Austin, 1954) in very strong and highly personal terms. It is a temptation to reply in similar terms but it is probable that no useful purpose would be served by such…
The Desert Cultures and the Balcones Phase
The concept of a continent-wide Archaic cultural horizon in North America has been developing for over a decade. Recently, this concept has received considerable reinforcement in publications and in discussions at conferences. It now appears to have fairly general acceptance among American archaeologists who have concerned themselves with the problem. Basic to this concept is the identification of the southwestern Desert cultures as the cultural …
A Revision of the Archaeological Sequence in Sinaloa, Mexico
An archaeological sequence for the Sinaloa coastal strip of western Mexico had previously been developed by Sauer and Brand, Isabel Kelly, and Gordon Ekholm. Investigations carried out by Southern Illinois University and associates from 1952 to 1958 in Durango, across the Sierra Madre Occidental to the east of Sinaloa, have established an independent archaeological sequence. The presence of trade pottery and other artifacts from Sinaloa in the Du…
Corn and the Origins of Settled Life in Meso‐America. Filmed and produced in 1963–1964 by Educational Services, Inc. Consultants and and commentators
Man Across the Sea
Man across the Sea, Problem of Pre-Columbian Contacts
Man Across the Sea
The Classic Southwest
The Meso-American Southwest
The Mesoamerican Southwest
Alta Vista (Chalchihuites), Astronomical Implications of a Mesoamerican Ceremonial Outpost at the Tropic of Cancer
We have empirically tested and evaluated several astronomically related hypotheses about the ruins of Alta Vista near the modern town of Chalchihuites, Zacatecas, in Northwest Mexico. We conclude that the site was deliberately located and oriented astronomically by people of the Teotihuacan civilization.As supporting evidence we analyze (a) a double solar alignment incorporating a labyrinthine hallway at the ruins, and (b) a pair of circle-shaped…
Jumano and Patarabueye
The Known Archaeological Ballcourts of Durango and Zacatecas, Mexico
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