Dorothy Hosler
Biographic Data
| ID | 128998 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Dorothy Hosler |
| GIVEN NAMES | Dorothy |
| FAMILY NAME | Hosler |
| SIGNATURE | HOSLER D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6270-7832 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 84 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1988 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Copper Smelting at the Archaeological Site of El Manchón, Guerrero: From Indigenous Practice to Colonial-Scale Production
We examined copper production at the archaeological site of El Manchón, located in the Sierra Madre del Sur of Guerrero, using archaeological, historical, ethnographic, and materials engineering data. Thirty-six AMS wood charcoal samples from El Manchón, analyzed using Bayseian statistics, date the two domestic sectors of El Manchón from cal AD 1250-1440 (Sector 1) and cal AD 1280-1680 (Sector 3). The smelting sector (Sector 2) contains copper or…
Mercury, Mining, and Empire: The Human and Ecological Cost of Colonial Silver Mining in the Andes by Nicholas A. Robins (review)
Reviewed by: Mercury, Mining, and Empire: The Human and Ecological Cost of Colonial Silver Mining in the Andes by Nicholas A. Robins Dorothy Hosler (bio) Mercury, Mining, and Empire: The Human and Ecological Cost of Colonial Silver Mining in the Andes. By Nicholas A. Robins. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2011. Pp. xiv+298. $45. Mercury, Mining, and Empire examines silver and mercury production in the Andes following the European invasion…
America’s First Polymer Scientists: Rubber Processing, Use and Transport in Mesoamerica
Ancient Mesoamericans were making rubber by at least 1600 B.C, mixing latex from Castilla elastica trees with juice from Ipomoea alba (morning glory) vines. The combination of ethnographic, archaeological and mechanical data presented in this text illustrate that ancient Mesoamericans had fully developed this process, and consciously tailored the mechanical properties of rubber to suit requirements of specific applications by altering the ratio o…
A Mazapa Phase Copper Figurine From Atetelco, Teotihuacan: Data and Speculations
Excavations of the Mazapan phase at the Atetelco complex at Teotihuacan by Ruben Cabrera and colleagues produced a small human copper figurine. Studies of Mesoamerican metallurgy have indicated that metallurgy was introduced to western Mexico arounda.d.700 from Colombia, and Ecuador. This particular figurine is a remarkable find. The dates (a.d.800–900) precede those of copper artifacts in the central Highlands. The manufacturing method (an open-…
West Mexican Metallurgy: Revisited and Revised
Ancient Maritime Trade on Balsa Rafts: An Engineering Analysis
By approximately 100 BC Ecuadorian traders had established maritime commercial routes extending from Chile to Colombia. Historical sources indicate that they transported their merchandise in large, ocean-going sailing rafts made of balsa logs. By about AD 700 the data show that Ecuadorian metalworking technology had reached the west coast of Mexico but remained absent in the region between Guerrero and lower Central America. Archaeologists have a…
The Sounds and Colors of Power: The Sacred Metallurgical Technology of Ancient West Mexico
Technical Choices, Social Categories and Meaning Among the Andean Potters of Las Animas
Las Animas is a northern Andean community where potters have been making copies of archaeological artefacts for the last 30 years. Dual organiz ation characterizes this village. Here, potters live on one side of the com munity, comerciantes (distributors) on the other. Ethnotechnological studies show that two distinct production sequences are used for this pottery. Men in the high-status upper barrio use one, women and men in the lower-status bar…
The Sounds and Colors of Power: The Sacred Metallurgical Technology of Ancient West Mexico
"This major study suggests that prehispanic metallurgy was adopted in western Mexico ca. AD 600 from northern South America. Presents technical analyses and a comprehensive theory for development of Mesoamerican metallurgy. Argues that metals were a ritual and elite material that expressed sacredness and social relations"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.
Archeology: Pottery Function: A Use‐Alteration Perspective . James M. Skibo
Axe-Monies and Their Relatives
Ancient West Mexican Metallurgy: A Technological Chronology
Data from laboratory studies of chemical composition and fabrication techniques of some 400 prehispanic metal artifacts from the Museo Regional de Guadalajara collections were used to identify two primary artifact groups. One consists of objects made from copper, the other of subtypes of the same artifact types made from copper-arsenic, copper-tin, and other alloys. The studies showed that these artifact subtype/materials associations were often …
Ancient West Mexican Metallurgy: South and Central American Origins and West Mexican Transformations
Metallurgy first appeared in Mesoamerica at about A.D. 800, introduced via a maritime route from Central and South America into West Mexico. During the initial period of the establishment of the technology (approximately A.D. 800 to between A.D. 1200 and 1300) technical links were closest with the metallurgies of Ecuador, Colombia, and lower Central America. During the second period of West Mexican metallurgy (A.D. 1200-1300 to the Spanish invasi…
Ancient West Mexican Metallurgy: South and Central American Origins and West Mexican Transformations
Metallurgy first appeared in Mesoamerica at about A.D. 800, introduced via a maritime route from Central and South America into West Mexico. During the initial period of the establishment of the technology (approximately A.D. 800 to between A.D. 1200 and 1300) technical links were closest with the metallurgies of Ecuador, Colombia, and lower Central America. During the second period of West Mexican metallurgy (A.D. 1200-1300 to the Spanish invasi…
Technical Choices, Social Categories and Meaning Among the Andean Potters of Las Animas
Las Animas is a northern Andean community where potters have been making copies of archaeological artefacts for the last 30 years. Dual organiz ation characterizes this village. Here, potters live on one side of the com munity, comerciantes (distributors) on the other. Ethnotechnological studies show that two distinct production sequences are used for this pottery. Men in the high-status upper barrio use one, women and men in the lower-status bar…
West Mexican Metallurgy: Revisited and Revised
Ancient West Mexican Metallurgy: A Technological Chronology
Data from laboratory studies of chemical composition and fabrication techniques of some 400 prehispanic metal artifacts from the Museo Regional de Guadalajara collections were used to identify two primary artifact groups. One consists of objects made from copper, the other of subtypes of the same artifact types made from copper-arsenic, copper-tin, and other alloys. The studies showed that these artifact subtype/materials associations were often …
Ancient Maritime Trade on Balsa Rafts: An Engineering Analysis
By approximately 100 BC Ecuadorian traders had established maritime commercial routes extending from Chile to Colombia. Historical sources indicate that they transported their merchandise in large, ocean-going sailing rafts made of balsa logs. By about AD 700 the data show that Ecuadorian metalworking technology had reached the west coast of Mexico but remained absent in the region between Guerrero and lower Central America. Archaeologists have a…
Copper Smelting at the Archaeological Site of El Manchón, Guerrero: From Indigenous Practice to Colonial-Scale Production
We examined copper production at the archaeological site of El Manchón, located in the Sierra Madre del Sur of Guerrero, using archaeological, historical, ethnographic, and materials engineering data. Thirty-six AMS wood charcoal samples from El Manchón, analyzed using Bayseian statistics, date the two domestic sectors of El Manchón from cal AD 1250-1440 (Sector 1) and cal AD 1280-1680 (Sector 3). The smelting sector (Sector 2) contains copper or…
Ancient West Mexican Metallurgy: A Technological Chronology
Data from laboratory studies of chemical composition and fabrication techniques of some 400 prehispanic metal artifacts from the Museo Regional de Guadalajara collections were used to identify two primary artifact groups. One consists of objects made from copper, the other of subtypes of the same artifact types made from copper-arsenic, copper-tin, and other alloys. The studies showed that these artifact subtype/materials associations were often …
Ancient West Mexican Metallurgy: South and Central American Origins and West Mexican Transformations
Metallurgy first appeared in Mesoamerica at about A.D. 800, introduced via a maritime route from Central and South America into West Mexico. During the initial period of the establishment of the technology (approximately A.D. 800 to between A.D. 1200 and 1300) technical links were closest with the metallurgies of Ecuador, Colombia, and lower Central America. During the second period of West Mexican metallurgy (A.D. 1200-1300 to the Spanish invasi…
Archeology: Pottery Function: A Use‐Alteration Perspective . James M. Skibo
Axe-Monies and Their Relatives
The Sounds and Colors of Power: The Sacred Metallurgical Technology of Ancient West Mexico
"This major study suggests that prehispanic metallurgy was adopted in western Mexico ca. AD 600 from northern South America. Presents technical analyses and a comprehensive theory for development of Mesoamerican metallurgy. Argues that metals were a ritual and elite material that expressed sacredness and social relations"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.
Technical Choices, Social Categories and Meaning Among the Andean Potters of Las Animas
Las Animas is a northern Andean community where potters have been making copies of archaeological artefacts for the last 30 years. Dual organiz ation characterizes this village. Here, potters live on one side of the com munity, comerciantes (distributors) on the other. Ethnotechnological studies show that two distinct production sequences are used for this pottery. Men in the high-status upper barrio use one, women and men in the lower-status bar…
The Sounds and Colors of Power: The Sacred Metallurgical Technology of Ancient West Mexico
Ancient Maritime Trade on Balsa Rafts: An Engineering Analysis
By approximately 100 BC Ecuadorian traders had established maritime commercial routes extending from Chile to Colombia. Historical sources indicate that they transported their merchandise in large, ocean-going sailing rafts made of balsa logs. By about AD 700 the data show that Ecuadorian metalworking technology had reached the west coast of Mexico but remained absent in the region between Guerrero and lower Central America. Archaeologists have a…
West Mexican Metallurgy: Revisited and Revised
A Mazapa Phase Copper Figurine From Atetelco, Teotihuacan: Data and Speculations
Excavations of the Mazapan phase at the Atetelco complex at Teotihuacan by Ruben Cabrera and colleagues produced a small human copper figurine. Studies of Mesoamerican metallurgy have indicated that metallurgy was introduced to western Mexico arounda.d.700 from Colombia, and Ecuador. This particular figurine is a remarkable find. The dates (a.d.800–900) precede those of copper artifacts in the central Highlands. The manufacturing method (an open-…
America’s First Polymer Scientists: Rubber Processing, Use and Transport in Mesoamerica
Ancient Mesoamericans were making rubber by at least 1600 B.C, mixing latex from Castilla elastica trees with juice from Ipomoea alba (morning glory) vines. The combination of ethnographic, archaeological and mechanical data presented in this text illustrate that ancient Mesoamericans had fully developed this process, and consciously tailored the mechanical properties of rubber to suit requirements of specific applications by altering the ratio o…
Mercury, Mining, and Empire: The Human and Ecological Cost of Colonial Silver Mining in the Andes by Nicholas A. Robins (review)
Reviewed by: Mercury, Mining, and Empire: The Human and Ecological Cost of Colonial Silver Mining in the Andes by Nicholas A. Robins Dorothy Hosler (bio) Mercury, Mining, and Empire: The Human and Ecological Cost of Colonial Silver Mining in the Andes. By Nicholas A. Robins. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2011. Pp. xiv+298. $45. Mercury, Mining, and Empire examines silver and mercury production in the Andes following the European invasion…
Copper Smelting at the Archaeological Site of El Manchón, Guerrero: From Indigenous Practice to Colonial-Scale Production
We examined copper production at the archaeological site of El Manchón, located in the Sierra Madre del Sur of Guerrero, using archaeological, historical, ethnographic, and materials engineering data. Thirty-six AMS wood charcoal samples from El Manchón, analyzed using Bayseian statistics, date the two domestic sectors of El Manchón from cal AD 1250-1440 (Sector 1) and cal AD 1280-1680 (Sector 3). The smelting sector (Sector 2) contains copper or…
Archaeology (11 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (8 works) · History (7 works) · Geography (6 works) · Latin American history and culture (5 works) · Materials Science (4 works) · Art (3 works) · Cultural Heritage Materials Analysis (3 works) · Geology (3 works) · History (3 works)