P E Siegel
Biographic Data
| ID | 13986 |
|---|---|
| NAME | P E Siegel |
| GIVEN NAMES | P E |
| FAMILY NAME | Siegel |
| SIGNATURE | SIEGEL P E |
| AFFILIATIONS | Montclair State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1260-7646 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 27 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 131 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 27 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1966 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 8 |
Transect Surveys Document Precontact Guaraní Expansion into Southeastern Bolivia
Results of two archaeological surveys in southeastern Bolivia provide substantial information on migration patterns of precontact Guaraní groups into an understudied region of South America. Surveys were conducted within the rights-of-way of two pipelines across the Department of Santa Cruz, Bolivia. The pipeline corridors traversed 917 km of undeveloped areas of southeastern Bolivia, which are among the least understood in South American archaeo…
Source to sink in precolonial Jamaica: Tracing geochemistry and mineralogy from the rocks to the pots in understanding White Marl pottery production and exchange
Plant resource diversity in the ethnobotanical record of precolonial Puerto Rico: Evidence from microbotanical remains
Archaeological History, Memory, and Heritage at the White Marl Site, Central Village, St Catherine Parish, Jamaica
White Marl is the largest, most complexly organized pre-colonial site documented for Jamaica and it is increasingly at risk due to plans for highway improvements. The site is of fundamental importance to overlapping sets of stakeholders: local residents, descendant communities, professional and avocational archaeologists, and heritage managers. We consider concepts of memory and heritage, linking decades of archaeological research at White Marl t…
Archaeology in the Modern World
Archaeologies of African American Life in the Upper Mid-Atlantic
Peter E. Siegel reviewing Richard Veit and Michael Gall's Archaeologies of African American Life in the Upper Mid-Atlantic
Plantation Soilscapes: Initial and Cumulative Impacts of Colonial Agriculture in Antigua, West Indies
This paper examines physical, chemical, and biological properties of soils and sediments from landforms in eastern Antigua, West Indies, to better understand the long-term consequences of colonial plantation agriculture for soil health. Plantation farming played a central role in the history of Caribbean societies, economies, and environments since the seventeenth century. In Antigua, the entire island was variably dedicated to agricultural pursu…
Caribbean Archaeology in Historical Perspective
This article examines the evolutionary trajectory of Caribbean archaeology from two perspectives: the disciplinary context of thought at various times from the mid-nineteenth century to the present and the major interests and research agendas of archaeologists working in the Caribbean over that time span. It situates Caribbean archaeology into historical perspective by considering the changing relations between archaeological interpretation and i…
Confronting Caribbean heritage in an archipelago of diversity: Politics, stakeholders, climate change, natural disasters, tourism, and development
Peter E Siegela*, Corinne L Hofmanb, Benoît Bérardc, Reg Murphyd, Jorge Ulloa Hunge, Roberto Valcárcel Rojasf & Cheryl Whitega Montclair State UniversityMontclair, New Jerseyb Leiden UniversityLeiden, The Netherlandsc Université des Antilles et de la Guyane, Martinique, French West Indiesd Heritage Resources National ParksAntiguae Museo del Hombre DominicanoSanto Domingo, Dominican Republicf Ministerio de Ciencias, Tecnología y Medio Ambiente, Ho…
Continuity and change in the evolution of religion and political organization on pre-Columbian Puerto Rico
Taíno Indian Myth and Practice: The Arrival of the Stranger King
Taino Indian Myth and Practice: The Arrival of the Stranger King. By William F. Keegan. Florida Museum of Natural History Ripley P. Bullen series. University Press of Florida, Gainesville. 2007. IS
Irving Rouse (1913-2006)
Excavations at the Indian Creek Site, Antigua, West Indies . Irving Rouse , Birgit Faber Morse
Contested Places and Places of Contest: The Evolution of Social Power and Ceremonial Space in Prehistoric Puerto Rico
The evolution of social power during the ceramic age of Puerto Rico is investigated. Archaeological site plans, ethnohistoric and ethnographic accounts, and size/spatial distributions of ball courts and ceremonial plazas are investigated as they relate to political organization and leadership roles in prehistoric Puerto Rico. One of the strands linking 14 centuries of ceramicage culture in Puerto Rico is the emphasis on ceremonial space as an ove…
Ideology and Culture Change in Prehistoric Puerto Rico: A View from the Community
Many Native American settlements in lowland South America are physical models of the cosmos. Social behavior, relations of power, and activity organization are structured by how the participants interact with and interpret cosmology. Culture change in the Amazon Basin and the West Indies is rooted in increasingly asymmetrical power relationships and control over ideology. In this paper, I explore linkages between the archaeological record at the …
An Interview With Irving Rouse
The archaeology of community organization in the tropical lowlands: A case study from Puerto Rico
The systematic analysis of prehistoric community organization has been slow to develop in the lowlands of South America and the West Indies. This is a product of two factors: (1) a predominant concern among archaeologists with the origins, spread, and complexity of the populations that inhabited the region; and (2) the logistical constraints on doing archaeology in the tropics. In recent years, archaeologists working in the lowlands have expanded…
The First Documented Prehistoric Gold-Copper Alloy Artefact from the West Indies
The Archaeology of Pacific Nicaragua
The Archaeology of Pacific Nicaragua. Frederick W. Lange, Payson D. Sheets, Anibal Martinez, and Suzanne Abel‐Vidor. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1992. xxi + 323 pp., figures, tables, plates, appendices, references, index. $45.00 (cloth). ISBN 0–8263–1260–8
The Archaeology of Pacific Nicaragua: The Archaeology of Pacific Nicaragua
On the Antilles as a Potential Corridor for Cultigens Into Eastern North America
Demographic and Architectural Retrodiction: An Ethnoarchaeological Case Study in the South American Tropical Lowlands
This paper focuses on the demographic and architectural organization of a South Amerindian tropical-forest community. The household, as the most important social, economic, and behavioral unit in this society, is reflected in the strong quantitative relations between the floor areas of the various structure types and the associated number of occupants. In contrast, floor area/number of occupants relations at the nuclear-family level are quantitat…
More on Functional Variability Within an Assemblage of Endscrapers: A Reply to Hayden and Bamforth
Shipibo archaeo-ethnography: Site formation processes and archaeological interpretation
The structures of two Shipibo house compounds are considered. One described by DeBoer and Lathrap (1979) represents the on‐going ethnographic context. The other was recently abandoned and therefore represents the archaeological record. A k‐means cluster analysis program is used to investigate the spatial structures of both the ethnographic and archaeological contexts. In doing so, the systemic context becomes a model against which the archaeologi…
Edge Angle As A Functional Indicator: A Test
Archaeologists traditionally have relied upon the examination of stone tool edge angles as an efficient method for defining and attributing use categories to the tools. However, this approach has not been adequately tested by researchers. In the present study the results of a low-magnification microwear analysis of 67 morphologically defined end scrapers are presented. Six categories of scraper wear were observed, and the mean edge angle values f…
Contested Places and Places of Contest: The Evolution of Social Power and Ceremonial Space in Prehistoric Puerto Rico
The evolution of social power during the ceramic age of Puerto Rico is investigated. Archaeological site plans, ethnohistoric and ethnographic accounts, and size/spatial distributions of ball courts and ceremonial plazas are investigated as they relate to political organization and leadership roles in prehistoric Puerto Rico. One of the strands linking 14 centuries of ceramicage culture in Puerto Rico is the emphasis on ceremonial space as an ove…
Shipibo archaeo-ethnography: Site formation processes and archaeological interpretation
The structures of two Shipibo house compounds are considered. One described by DeBoer and Lathrap (1979) represents the on‐going ethnographic context. The other was recently abandoned and therefore represents the archaeological record. A k‐means cluster analysis program is used to investigate the spatial structures of both the ethnographic and archaeological contexts. In doing so, the systemic context becomes a model against which the archaeologi…
Ideology and Culture Change in Prehistoric Puerto Rico: A View from the Community
Many Native American settlements in lowland South America are physical models of the cosmos. Social behavior, relations of power, and activity organization are structured by how the participants interact with and interpret cosmology. Culture change in the Amazon Basin and the West Indies is rooted in increasingly asymmetrical power relationships and control over ideology. In this paper, I explore linkages between the archaeological record at the …
Functional Variability Within an Assemblage of Endscrapers
In light of the issue concerning artifact form and function archaeologists recently have been interested in examining patterns of use-wear within and across morphologically discrete types. To this end, assemblages and morphologically distinct artifact types have been shown to display varying degrees of functional specificity. Further, it has been found that the results of analyses pertaining to specific morphological types for a given assemblage …
Confronting Caribbean heritage in an archipelago of diversity: Politics, stakeholders, climate change, natural disasters, tourism, and development
Peter E Siegela*, Corinne L Hofmanb, Benoît Bérardc, Reg Murphyd, Jorge Ulloa Hunge, Roberto Valcárcel Rojasf & Cheryl Whitega Montclair State UniversityMontclair, New Jerseyb Leiden UniversityLeiden, The Netherlandsc Université des Antilles et de la Guyane, Martinique, French West Indiesd Heritage Resources National ParksAntiguae Museo del Hombre DominicanoSanto Domingo, Dominican Republicf Ministerio de Ciencias, Tecnología y Medio Ambiente, Ho…
An Interview With Irving Rouse
Demographic and Architectural Retrodiction: An Ethnoarchaeological Case Study in the South American Tropical Lowlands
This paper focuses on the demographic and architectural organization of a South Amerindian tropical-forest community. The household, as the most important social, economic, and behavioral unit in this society, is reflected in the strong quantitative relations between the floor areas of the various structure types and the associated number of occupants. In contrast, floor area/number of occupants relations at the nuclear-family level are quantitat…
Edge Angle As A Functional Indicator: A Test
Archaeologists traditionally have relied upon the examination of stone tool edge angles as an efficient method for defining and attributing use categories to the tools. However, this approach has not been adequately tested by researchers. In the present study the results of a low-magnification microwear analysis of 67 morphologically defined end scrapers are presented. Six categories of scraper wear were observed, and the mean edge angle values f…
The First Documented Prehistoric Gold-Copper Alloy Artefact from the West Indies
Plantation Soilscapes: Initial and Cumulative Impacts of Colonial Agriculture in Antigua, West Indies
This paper examines physical, chemical, and biological properties of soils and sediments from landforms in eastern Antigua, West Indies, to better understand the long-term consequences of colonial plantation agriculture for soil health. Plantation farming played a central role in the history of Caribbean societies, economies, and environments since the seventeenth century. In Antigua, the entire island was variably dedicated to agricultural pursu…
On the Antilles as a Potential Corridor for Cultigens Into Eastern North America
Archaeologies of African American Life in the Upper Mid-Atlantic
Peter E. Siegel reviewing Richard Veit and Michael Gall's Archaeologies of African American Life in the Upper Mid-Atlantic
Source to sink in precolonial Jamaica: Tracing geochemistry and mineralogy from the rocks to the pots in understanding White Marl pottery production and exchange
Taíno Indian Myth and Practice: The Arrival of the Stranger King
Taino Indian Myth and Practice: The Arrival of the Stranger King. By William F. Keegan. Florida Museum of Natural History Ripley P. Bullen series. University Press of Florida, Gainesville. 2007. IS
More on Functional Variability Within an Assemblage of Endscrapers: A Reply to Hayden and Bamforth
Friends of Old Time Music
Functional Variability Within an Assemblage of Endscrapers
In light of the issue concerning artifact form and function archaeologists recently have been interested in examining patterns of use-wear within and across morphologically discrete types. To this end, assemblages and morphologically distinct artifact types have been shown to display varying degrees of functional specificity. Further, it has been found that the results of analyses pertaining to specific morphological types for a given assemblage …
Edge Angle As A Functional Indicator: A Test
Archaeologists traditionally have relied upon the examination of stone tool edge angles as an efficient method for defining and attributing use categories to the tools. However, this approach has not been adequately tested by researchers. In the present study the results of a low-magnification microwear analysis of 67 morphologically defined end scrapers are presented. Six categories of scraper wear were observed, and the mean edge angle values f…
More on Functional Variability Within an Assemblage of Endscrapers: A Reply to Hayden and Bamforth
Shipibo archaeo-ethnography: Site formation processes and archaeological interpretation
The structures of two Shipibo house compounds are considered. One described by DeBoer and Lathrap (1979) represents the on‐going ethnographic context. The other was recently abandoned and therefore represents the archaeological record. A k‐means cluster analysis program is used to investigate the spatial structures of both the ethnographic and archaeological contexts. In doing so, the systemic context becomes a model against which the archaeologi…
Demographic and Architectural Retrodiction: An Ethnoarchaeological Case Study in the South American Tropical Lowlands
This paper focuses on the demographic and architectural organization of a South Amerindian tropical-forest community. The household, as the most important social, economic, and behavioral unit in this society, is reflected in the strong quantitative relations between the floor areas of the various structure types and the associated number of occupants. In contrast, floor area/number of occupants relations at the nuclear-family level are quantitat…
On the Antilles as a Potential Corridor for Cultigens Into Eastern North America
The First Documented Prehistoric Gold-Copper Alloy Artefact from the West Indies
The Archaeology of Pacific Nicaragua
The Archaeology of Pacific Nicaragua. Frederick W. Lange, Payson D. Sheets, Anibal Martinez, and Suzanne Abel‐Vidor. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1992. xxi + 323 pp., figures, tables, plates, appendices, references, index. $45.00 (cloth). ISBN 0–8263–1260–8
The Archaeology of Pacific Nicaragua: The Archaeology of Pacific Nicaragua
The archaeology of community organization in the tropical lowlands: A case study from Puerto Rico
The systematic analysis of prehistoric community organization has been slow to develop in the lowlands of South America and the West Indies. This is a product of two factors: (1) a predominant concern among archaeologists with the origins, spread, and complexity of the populations that inhabited the region; and (2) the logistical constraints on doing archaeology in the tropics. In recent years, archaeologists working in the lowlands have expanded…
Ideology and Culture Change in Prehistoric Puerto Rico: A View from the Community
Many Native American settlements in lowland South America are physical models of the cosmos. Social behavior, relations of power, and activity organization are structured by how the participants interact with and interpret cosmology. Culture change in the Amazon Basin and the West Indies is rooted in increasingly asymmetrical power relationships and control over ideology. In this paper, I explore linkages between the archaeological record at the …
An Interview With Irving Rouse
Contested Places and Places of Contest: The Evolution of Social Power and Ceremonial Space in Prehistoric Puerto Rico
The evolution of social power during the ceramic age of Puerto Rico is investigated. Archaeological site plans, ethnohistoric and ethnographic accounts, and size/spatial distributions of ball courts and ceremonial plazas are investigated as they relate to political organization and leadership roles in prehistoric Puerto Rico. One of the strands linking 14 centuries of ceramicage culture in Puerto Rico is the emphasis on ceremonial space as an ove…
Excavations at the Indian Creek Site, Antigua, West Indies . Irving Rouse , Birgit Faber Morse
Irving Rouse (1913-2006)
Taíno Indian Myth and Practice: The Arrival of the Stranger King
Taino Indian Myth and Practice: The Arrival of the Stranger King. By William F. Keegan. Florida Museum of Natural History Ripley P. Bullen series. University Press of Florida, Gainesville. 2007. IS
Continuity and change in the evolution of religion and political organization on pre-Columbian Puerto Rico
Caribbean Archaeology in Historical Perspective
This article examines the evolutionary trajectory of Caribbean archaeology from two perspectives: the disciplinary context of thought at various times from the mid-nineteenth century to the present and the major interests and research agendas of archaeologists working in the Caribbean over that time span. It situates Caribbean archaeology into historical perspective by considering the changing relations between archaeological interpretation and i…
Confronting Caribbean heritage in an archipelago of diversity: Politics, stakeholders, climate change, natural disasters, tourism, and development
Peter E Siegela*, Corinne L Hofmanb, Benoît Bérardc, Reg Murphyd, Jorge Ulloa Hunge, Roberto Valcárcel Rojasf & Cheryl Whitega Montclair State UniversityMontclair, New Jerseyb Leiden UniversityLeiden, The Netherlandsc Université des Antilles et de la Guyane, Martinique, French West Indiesd Heritage Resources National ParksAntiguae Museo del Hombre DominicanoSanto Domingo, Dominican Republicf Ministerio de Ciencias, Tecnología y Medio Ambiente, Ho…
Plantation Soilscapes: Initial and Cumulative Impacts of Colonial Agriculture in Antigua, West Indies
This paper examines physical, chemical, and biological properties of soils and sediments from landforms in eastern Antigua, West Indies, to better understand the long-term consequences of colonial plantation agriculture for soil health. Plantation farming played a central role in the history of Caribbean societies, economies, and environments since the seventeenth century. In Antigua, the entire island was variably dedicated to agricultural pursu…
Archaeologies of African American Life in the Upper Mid-Atlantic
Peter E. Siegel reviewing Richard Veit and Michael Gall's Archaeologies of African American Life in the Upper Mid-Atlantic
Archaeology in the Modern World
Archaeological History, Memory, and Heritage at the White Marl Site, Central Village, St Catherine Parish, Jamaica
White Marl is the largest, most complexly organized pre-colonial site documented for Jamaica and it is increasingly at risk due to plans for highway improvements. The site is of fundamental importance to overlapping sets of stakeholders: local residents, descendant communities, professional and avocational archaeologists, and heritage managers. We consider concepts of memory and heritage, linking decades of archaeological research at White Marl t…
Plant resource diversity in the ethnobotanical record of precolonial Puerto Rico: Evidence from microbotanical remains
Archaeology (18 works) · Geography (15 works) · History (15 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (12 works) · Historical and Cultural Archaeology Studies (11 works) · History (11 works) · Ethnology (8 works) · Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies (8 works) · Anthropology (7 works) · Sociology (7 works)