Lynn Ceci
Biographic Data
| ID | 127362 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Lynn Ceci |
| GIVEN NAMES | Lynn |
| FAMILY NAME | Ceci |
| SIGNATURE | CECI L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Queens College, CUNY |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 131 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1978 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1990 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Squanto and the pilgrims
Archeology: Evolution of the Onondaga Iroquois: Accommodating Change, 1500–1655 . James W. Bradley
Shell midden deposits as coastal resources
This paper presents data on the exploitation of coastal shell middens within the framework of formation and transformation processes for this type archaeological deposit. The extensive use of shell middens worldwide for agricultural, construction, and commercial purposes indicates that the archaeological record for past shellfishing cultures may be distorted by secondary sites or complete loss of evidence
Archaeoastronomy in the Americas
Method and Theory in Coastal New York Archaeology: Paradigms of Settlement Pattern
Settlement pattern research in Coastal New York follows the philosophical structure of advances in method and theory in science. Two alternative paradigms for settlement pattern complexity are currently under debate with the traditional based on maize as the principal factor to promote or “allow” increased sedentism, and the new on the European fur-wampum trade. The history of the two paradigms is presented and five important issues are discussed…
The Value of Wampum among the New York Iroquois: A Case Study in Artifact Analysis
The archeological and documentary evidence for wampum permits the reconstruction of an economic system linking three early historic cultures in the Northeast: Algonquian, colonial, and Iroquois. While the roles of the first two cultures can be outlined, the basis for Iroquois participation, i.e., their desire for wampum, is incompletely understood. Using sources from archeology, history, ethnohistory, ethnography, economics, and anthropological t…
Skywatchers of Ancient Mexico
Symbiosis, Instability, and the Origins and Spread of Agriculture: A New Model [and Comments and Reply]
Section 1 presents evidence that domestication and agriculture are evolutionary phenomena. They may be found in the relationships of many animals with plants. Domestication is the result of coevolved mutualisms between animals and plants. All domesticated plants show characteristics that are evidence of this mutualist relationship. Section 2 is a brief presentation of a model for the origin and spread of agriculture. Agricultural techniques trans…
The First Fiscal Crisis in New York
Maize Cultivation in Coastal New York: The Archaeological, Agronomical, and Documentary Evidence
The traditional model for New York's coastal Algonquians assumes the development of sedentary life based on successful cultivation of maize beginning sometime in the Woodland period. Analyses of the archaeological, agronomical, and documentary evidence for maize, however, strongly suggests that productivity of this important cultigen was poor, limited, and of late most probably post-contact beginnings. It is therefore proposed that year-round vil…
Watchers of the Pleiades: Ethnoastronomy among Native Cultivators in Northeastern North America
Iroquois and Algonquian cultivators of northeastern North America are among the world's varied cultures to observe the bright cluster of stars known as the Pleiades. According to documentary, ethnographic, and archaeological evidence these northeast natives appear to have related the coincidence of the Pleiades' celestial positions in spring and fall with the seasonal limits of the frost-free season. This significant discovery, it is proposed, pr…
Symbiosis, Instability, and the Origins and Spread of Agriculture: A New Model [and Comments and Reply]
Section 1 presents evidence that domestication and agriculture are evolutionary phenomena. They may be found in the relationships of many animals with plants. Domestication is the result of coevolved mutualisms between animals and plants. All domesticated plants show characteristics that are evidence of this mutualist relationship. Section 2 is a brief presentation of a model for the origin and spread of agriculture. Agricultural techniques trans…
Shell midden deposits as coastal resources
This paper presents data on the exploitation of coastal shell middens within the framework of formation and transformation processes for this type archaeological deposit. The extensive use of shell middens worldwide for agricultural, construction, and commercial purposes indicates that the archaeological record for past shellfishing cultures may be distorted by secondary sites or complete loss of evidence
The Value of Wampum among the New York Iroquois: A Case Study in Artifact Analysis
The archeological and documentary evidence for wampum permits the reconstruction of an economic system linking three early historic cultures in the Northeast: Algonquian, colonial, and Iroquois. While the roles of the first two cultures can be outlined, the basis for Iroquois participation, i.e., their desire for wampum, is incompletely understood. Using sources from archeology, history, ethnohistory, ethnography, economics, and anthropological t…
Method and Theory in Coastal New York Archaeology: Paradigms of Settlement Pattern
Settlement pattern research in Coastal New York follows the philosophical structure of advances in method and theory in science. Two alternative paradigms for settlement pattern complexity are currently under debate with the traditional based on maize as the principal factor to promote or “allow” increased sedentism, and the new on the European fur-wampum trade. The history of the two paradigms is presented and five important issues are discussed…
Watchers of the Pleiades: Ethnoastronomy among Native Cultivators in Northeastern North America
Iroquois and Algonquian cultivators of northeastern North America are among the world's varied cultures to observe the bright cluster of stars known as the Pleiades. According to documentary, ethnographic, and archaeological evidence these northeast natives appear to have related the coincidence of the Pleiades' celestial positions in spring and fall with the seasonal limits of the frost-free season. This significant discovery, it is proposed, pr…
Maize Cultivation in Coastal New York: The Archaeological, Agronomical, and Documentary Evidence
The traditional model for New York's coastal Algonquians assumes the development of sedentary life based on successful cultivation of maize beginning sometime in the Woodland period. Analyses of the archaeological, agronomical, and documentary evidence for maize, however, strongly suggests that productivity of this important cultigen was poor, limited, and of late most probably post-contact beginnings. It is therefore proposed that year-round vil…
The First Fiscal Crisis in New York
Watchers of the Pleiades: Ethnoastronomy among Native Cultivators in Northeastern North America
Iroquois and Algonquian cultivators of northeastern North America are among the world's varied cultures to observe the bright cluster of stars known as the Pleiades. According to documentary, ethnographic, and archaeological evidence these northeast natives appear to have related the coincidence of the Pleiades' celestial positions in spring and fall with the seasonal limits of the frost-free season. This significant discovery, it is proposed, pr…
Maize Cultivation in Coastal New York: The Archaeological, Agronomical, and Documentary Evidence
The traditional model for New York's coastal Algonquians assumes the development of sedentary life based on successful cultivation of maize beginning sometime in the Woodland period. Analyses of the archaeological, agronomical, and documentary evidence for maize, however, strongly suggests that productivity of this important cultigen was poor, limited, and of late most probably post-contact beginnings. It is therefore proposed that year-round vil…
Symbiosis, Instability, and the Origins and Spread of Agriculture: A New Model [and Comments and Reply]
Section 1 presents evidence that domestication and agriculture are evolutionary phenomena. They may be found in the relationships of many animals with plants. Domestication is the result of coevolved mutualisms between animals and plants. All domesticated plants show characteristics that are evidence of this mutualist relationship. Section 2 is a brief presentation of a model for the origin and spread of agriculture. Agricultural techniques trans…
The First Fiscal Crisis in New York
Method and Theory in Coastal New York Archaeology: Paradigms of Settlement Pattern
Settlement pattern research in Coastal New York follows the philosophical structure of advances in method and theory in science. Two alternative paradigms for settlement pattern complexity are currently under debate with the traditional based on maize as the principal factor to promote or “allow” increased sedentism, and the new on the European fur-wampum trade. The history of the two paradigms is presented and five important issues are discussed…
The Value of Wampum among the New York Iroquois: A Case Study in Artifact Analysis
The archeological and documentary evidence for wampum permits the reconstruction of an economic system linking three early historic cultures in the Northeast: Algonquian, colonial, and Iroquois. While the roles of the first two cultures can be outlined, the basis for Iroquois participation, i.e., their desire for wampum, is incompletely understood. Using sources from archeology, history, ethnohistory, ethnography, economics, and anthropological t…
Skywatchers of Ancient Mexico
Shell midden deposits as coastal resources
This paper presents data on the exploitation of coastal shell middens within the framework of formation and transformation processes for this type archaeological deposit. The extensive use of shell middens worldwide for agricultural, construction, and commercial purposes indicates that the archaeological record for past shellfishing cultures may be distorted by secondary sites or complete loss of evidence
Archaeoastronomy in the Americas
Archeology: Evolution of the Onondaga Iroquois: Accommodating Change, 1500–1655 . James W. Bradley
Squanto and the pilgrims
Archaeology (8 works) · History (8 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (6 works) · Geography (5 works) · History (5 works) · Historical and Cultural Archaeology Studies (4 works) · Political science (3 works) · Ancient history (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Ecology (2 works)