Matthew Pailes
Biographic Data
| ID | 181933 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Matthew Pailes |
| GIVEN NAMES | Matthew |
| FAMILY NAME | Pailes |
| SIGNATURE | PAILES M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Oklahoma |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9045-5671 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 61 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 17 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Obsidian circulation in the Sierra Madre Occidental of northern México: New source identification and analysis of procurement patterns
Preliminary Insights from Las Chachalacas (SON S): (8:004): A Pleistocene-Holocene Occupation Record from Quiriego, Sonora, Mexico
This article summarizes recent work at the site of Las Chachalacas, located in the Municipio of Quiriego, southern Sonora. Set within the western foothills of the Sierra Madre Occidental, Las Chachalacas was adjacent to an arroyo that periodically became impounded, producing a marsh like environment. Stratigraphic associations and a minimal number of 14C dates suggest the site was regularly utilized from the terminal Pleistocene through the Early…
John Philip Carpenter: June 6, 1957-June 21, 2024
This special issue of Kiva is dedicated to our friend and colleague John Philip Carpenter, who passed away far too early at the age of 67, following a long-term illness exacerbated by COVID. John r
In Search of a Borderland: Material Culture Patterns on the Southern Limits of the North American Southwest
Recent research conducted in southern Sonora, Mexico provides an opportunity to revisit debates about interaction between Mesoamerica and the North American Southwest (NAS). In the borderland between these traditions, communities show few signs of cultural amalgamation, instead exhibiting either an avoidance of overt identity markers or an emphasis on more local connections. This pattern contrasts with most discussions of Mesoamerican influence o…
Spatial and Temporal Limits of the Casas Grandes Tradition: A View from the Fronteras Valley
This article revises the spatial and temporal boundaries of the Casas Grandes tradition associated with northwest Chihuahua, Mexico, based on new data collected in neighboring northeastern Sonora. The Casas Grandes tradition attained its greatest extent during the Medio period (AD 1200-1450/1500) followed by a dramatic demographic and political collapse. Hunter-gatherer groups subsequently occupied most of northwest Chihuahua. Data from the Front…
Borderlands Histories: Ethnographic Observations and Archaeological Interpretations
Northern Mexico is part of the larger Southwest and an under-published area of archaeology/anthropology, generally referred to as borderlands. This volume focuses on the use of historical texts, oral histories, and ethnographic observation as data sources used in archaeological interpretation, in addition to material remains. The manuscript was organized along geographical lines-Puebloan World, Sierra Madre, and Sonoran Desert-to emphasize the di…
Recent Research in the Sahuaripa Region of Sonora, Mexico
This article summarizes research conducted in the Sahuaripa and Bacanora valleys of Sonora, Mexico. Located in the Serrana culture area of the Sierra Madre Occidental, data from this region speaks to several prevalent debates regarding the precolonial era of Northwest Mexico. Radiocarbon dates support demographic reconstructions for sizeable populations post-1000 AD; a time when other regions of the Northwest/Southwest (NW/SW) experienced signifi…
Deep Inequality: Summary and Conclusions
The Role of Future Discounting in Subsistence Decisions: The Case of Hohokam Agave Bajada Cultivation
This article demonstrates the relevance of future discounting behavior to studies of prehistoric subsistence strategies. The case study of Agave spp. bajada cultivation among the Classic Period, a.d. 1150–1450, Hohokam of southern Arizona illustrates how slight discounting of future rewards can significantly alter agriculture investment strategies. Despite a higher kcal/hour return than maize agriculture, agave cultivation lessened or ceased in s…
Greater post-Neolithic wealth disparities in Eurasia than in North America and Mesoamerica
Refining Potential Source Regions via Combined Maize Niche Modeling and Isotopes: A Case Study from Chaco Canyon, NM, USA
Northwest Mexico: The Prehistory of Sonora, Chihuahua, and Neighboring Areas
Exchange economies of late prehistoric eastern Sonora, Mexico: A re-evaluation based on provenance data analyses
This paper presents provenance data on mundane and rare artifact classes from eastern Sonora in order to revise interpretations of the political economy of late prehistoric Northwest Mexico. Previous researchers have argued that long-distance exchange was a predominantly elite activity utilized to generate economic wealth as a means to political ascendance. Data presented in this analysis contradict these previous models and indicate that all seg…
Complementary approaches to the identification of bison processing for storage at the Kutoyis complex, Montana
Diabase Temper as a Marker for Laguna Ceramics
The Western Keresan area consists of the present-day Pueblos of Laguna and Acoma. In the 1950s, Florence Hawley Ellis proposed that a high proportion of Laguna ceramics could be distinguished from the ceramics produced by Acoma and other population centers by the frequent use of diabase temper. We conducted a petrographic analysis of 51 ceramic sherds designed to test the veracity of this association. Historic period sherds from culinary and deco…
The Political Landscapes of Eastern Sonora, Mexico: A Reconsideration of Scale and Organization
The indigenous polities of eastern Sonora, Mexico, play an important role in reconstructions of the late prehispanic political geography of northwest Mexico and the U.S. Southwest. Most interpretations of political organization in the region rely heavily on Spanish conquest accounts from the 1500s augmented by some archaeological data. Researchers have argued that political units in this region were organizationally complex and controlled substan…
Social Network Analysis of Early Classic Hohokam Corporate Group Inequality
Network analysis provides a unique approach for archaeologists to identify structural relationships between the emergent properties of social interactions and the trajectory of corporate groups. This article presents the results of a survey of architectural features and a network analysis of walkways between house clusters at the thirteenth-century Hohokam site of Cerro Prieto, located in the Tucson Basin, Arizona. Statistical measures suggest th…
Identifying the Origin of Southwestern Shell: A Geochemical Application to Mogollon Rim Archaeomolluscs
Archaeological marine shell artifacts moving over long distances may reveal the remnants of social networks, social currency, and the nuances of exchange. For the southwestern United States and northern Mexico, potential sources of marine shell are predominantly the Gulf of California and Pacific Ocean. There exists some taxonomic overlap between molluscan communities of these regions and the Gulf of California, necessitating non-biogeographic me…
Social Network Analysis of Early Classic Hohokam Corporate Group Inequality
Network analysis provides a unique approach for archaeologists to identify structural relationships between the emergent properties of social interactions and the trajectory of corporate groups. This article presents the results of a survey of architectural features and a network analysis of walkways between house clusters at the thirteenth-century Hohokam site of Cerro Prieto, located in the Tucson Basin, Arizona. Statistical measures suggest th…
The Political Landscapes of Eastern Sonora, Mexico: A Reconsideration of Scale and Organization
The indigenous polities of eastern Sonora, Mexico, play an important role in reconstructions of the late prehispanic political geography of northwest Mexico and the U.S. Southwest. Most interpretations of political organization in the region rely heavily on Spanish conquest accounts from the 1500s augmented by some archaeological data. Researchers have argued that political units in this region were organizationally complex and controlled substan…
Northwest Mexico: The Prehistory of Sonora, Chihuahua, and Neighboring Areas
Complementary approaches to the identification of bison processing for storage at the Kutoyis complex, Montana
Identifying the Origin of Southwestern Shell: A Geochemical Application to Mogollon Rim Archaeomolluscs
Archaeological marine shell artifacts moving over long distances may reveal the remnants of social networks, social currency, and the nuances of exchange. For the southwestern United States and northern Mexico, potential sources of marine shell are predominantly the Gulf of California and Pacific Ocean. There exists some taxonomic overlap between molluscan communities of these regions and the Gulf of California, necessitating non-biogeographic me…
Exchange economies of late prehistoric eastern Sonora, Mexico: A re-evaluation based on provenance data analyses
This paper presents provenance data on mundane and rare artifact classes from eastern Sonora in order to revise interpretations of the political economy of late prehistoric Northwest Mexico. Previous researchers have argued that long-distance exchange was a predominantly elite activity utilized to generate economic wealth as a means to political ascendance. Data presented in this analysis contradict these previous models and indicate that all seg…
In Search of a Borderland: Material Culture Patterns on the Southern Limits of the North American Southwest
Recent research conducted in southern Sonora, Mexico provides an opportunity to revisit debates about interaction between Mesoamerica and the North American Southwest (NAS). In the borderland between these traditions, communities show few signs of cultural amalgamation, instead exhibiting either an avoidance of overt identity markers or an emphasis on more local connections. This pattern contrasts with most discussions of Mesoamerican influence o…
Spatial and Temporal Limits of the Casas Grandes Tradition: A View from the Fronteras Valley
This article revises the spatial and temporal boundaries of the Casas Grandes tradition associated with northwest Chihuahua, Mexico, based on new data collected in neighboring northeastern Sonora. The Casas Grandes tradition attained its greatest extent during the Medio period (AD 1200-1450/1500) followed by a dramatic demographic and political collapse. Hunter-gatherer groups subsequently occupied most of northwest Chihuahua. Data from the Front…
Recent Research in the Sahuaripa Region of Sonora, Mexico
This article summarizes research conducted in the Sahuaripa and Bacanora valleys of Sonora, Mexico. Located in the Serrana culture area of the Sierra Madre Occidental, data from this region speaks to several prevalent debates regarding the precolonial era of Northwest Mexico. Radiocarbon dates support demographic reconstructions for sizeable populations post-1000 AD; a time when other regions of the Northwest/Southwest (NW/SW) experienced signifi…
The Role of Future Discounting in Subsistence Decisions: The Case of Hohokam Agave Bajada Cultivation
This article demonstrates the relevance of future discounting behavior to studies of prehistoric subsistence strategies. The case study of Agave spp. bajada cultivation among the Classic Period, a.d. 1150–1450, Hohokam of southern Arizona illustrates how slight discounting of future rewards can significantly alter agriculture investment strategies. Despite a higher kcal/hour return than maize agriculture, agave cultivation lessened or ceased in s…
Refining Potential Source Regions via Combined Maize Niche Modeling and Isotopes: A Case Study from Chaco Canyon, NM, USA
Borderlands Histories: Ethnographic Observations and Archaeological Interpretations
Northern Mexico is part of the larger Southwest and an under-published area of archaeology/anthropology, generally referred to as borderlands. This volume focuses on the use of historical texts, oral histories, and ethnographic observation as data sources used in archaeological interpretation, in addition to material remains. The manuscript was organized along geographical lines-Puebloan World, Sierra Madre, and Sonoran Desert-to emphasize the di…
Identifying the Origin of Southwestern Shell: A Geochemical Application to Mogollon Rim Archaeomolluscs
Archaeological marine shell artifacts moving over long distances may reveal the remnants of social networks, social currency, and the nuances of exchange. For the southwestern United States and northern Mexico, potential sources of marine shell are predominantly the Gulf of California and Pacific Ocean. There exists some taxonomic overlap between molluscan communities of these regions and the Gulf of California, necessitating non-biogeographic me…
Social Network Analysis of Early Classic Hohokam Corporate Group Inequality
Network analysis provides a unique approach for archaeologists to identify structural relationships between the emergent properties of social interactions and the trajectory of corporate groups. This article presents the results of a survey of architectural features and a network analysis of walkways between house clusters at the thirteenth-century Hohokam site of Cerro Prieto, located in the Tucson Basin, Arizona. Statistical measures suggest th…
Diabase Temper as a Marker for Laguna Ceramics
The Western Keresan area consists of the present-day Pueblos of Laguna and Acoma. In the 1950s, Florence Hawley Ellis proposed that a high proportion of Laguna ceramics could be distinguished from the ceramics produced by Acoma and other population centers by the frequent use of diabase temper. We conducted a petrographic analysis of 51 ceramic sherds designed to test the veracity of this association. Historic period sherds from culinary and deco…
The Political Landscapes of Eastern Sonora, Mexico: A Reconsideration of Scale and Organization
The indigenous polities of eastern Sonora, Mexico, play an important role in reconstructions of the late prehispanic political geography of northwest Mexico and the U.S. Southwest. Most interpretations of political organization in the region rely heavily on Spanish conquest accounts from the 1500s augmented by some archaeological data. Researchers have argued that political units in this region were organizationally complex and controlled substan…
Exchange economies of late prehistoric eastern Sonora, Mexico: A re-evaluation based on provenance data analyses
This paper presents provenance data on mundane and rare artifact classes from eastern Sonora in order to revise interpretations of the political economy of late prehistoric Northwest Mexico. Previous researchers have argued that long-distance exchange was a predominantly elite activity utilized to generate economic wealth as a means to political ascendance. Data presented in this analysis contradict these previous models and indicate that all seg…
Complementary approaches to the identification of bison processing for storage at the Kutoyis complex, Montana
Greater post-Neolithic wealth disparities in Eurasia than in North America and Mesoamerica
Refining Potential Source Regions via Combined Maize Niche Modeling and Isotopes: A Case Study from Chaco Canyon, NM, USA
Northwest Mexico: The Prehistory of Sonora, Chihuahua, and Neighboring Areas
Deep Inequality: Summary and Conclusions
The Role of Future Discounting in Subsistence Decisions: The Case of Hohokam Agave Bajada Cultivation
This article demonstrates the relevance of future discounting behavior to studies of prehistoric subsistence strategies. The case study of Agave spp. bajada cultivation among the Classic Period, a.d. 1150–1450, Hohokam of southern Arizona illustrates how slight discounting of future rewards can significantly alter agriculture investment strategies. Despite a higher kcal/hour return than maize agriculture, agave cultivation lessened or ceased in s…
Recent Research in the Sahuaripa Region of Sonora, Mexico
This article summarizes research conducted in the Sahuaripa and Bacanora valleys of Sonora, Mexico. Located in the Serrana culture area of the Sierra Madre Occidental, data from this region speaks to several prevalent debates regarding the precolonial era of Northwest Mexico. Radiocarbon dates support demographic reconstructions for sizeable populations post-1000 AD; a time when other regions of the Northwest/Southwest (NW/SW) experienced signifi…
Borderlands Histories: Ethnographic Observations and Archaeological Interpretations
Northern Mexico is part of the larger Southwest and an under-published area of archaeology/anthropology, generally referred to as borderlands. This volume focuses on the use of historical texts, oral histories, and ethnographic observation as data sources used in archaeological interpretation, in addition to material remains. The manuscript was organized along geographical lines-Puebloan World, Sierra Madre, and Sonoran Desert-to emphasize the di…
In Search of a Borderland: Material Culture Patterns on the Southern Limits of the North American Southwest
Recent research conducted in southern Sonora, Mexico provides an opportunity to revisit debates about interaction between Mesoamerica and the North American Southwest (NAS). In the borderland between these traditions, communities show few signs of cultural amalgamation, instead exhibiting either an avoidance of overt identity markers or an emphasis on more local connections. This pattern contrasts with most discussions of Mesoamerican influence o…
Spatial and Temporal Limits of the Casas Grandes Tradition: A View from the Fronteras Valley
This article revises the spatial and temporal boundaries of the Casas Grandes tradition associated with northwest Chihuahua, Mexico, based on new data collected in neighboring northeastern Sonora. The Casas Grandes tradition attained its greatest extent during the Medio period (AD 1200-1450/1500) followed by a dramatic demographic and political collapse. Hunter-gatherer groups subsequently occupied most of northwest Chihuahua. Data from the Front…
Obsidian circulation in the Sierra Madre Occidental of northern México: New source identification and analysis of procurement patterns
Preliminary Insights from Las Chachalacas (SON S): (8:004): A Pleistocene-Holocene Occupation Record from Quiriego, Sonora, Mexico
This article summarizes recent work at the site of Las Chachalacas, located in the Municipio of Quiriego, southern Sonora. Set within the western foothills of the Sierra Madre Occidental, Las Chachalacas was adjacent to an arroyo that periodically became impounded, producing a marsh like environment. Stratigraphic associations and a minimal number of 14C dates suggest the site was regularly utilized from the terminal Pleistocene through the Early…
John Philip Carpenter: June 6, 1957-June 21, 2024
This special issue of Kiva is dedicated to our friend and colleague John Philip Carpenter, who passed away far too early at the age of 67, following a long-term illness exacerbated by COVID. John r
Geography (17 works) · Archaeology (15 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (14 works) · Archaeology and Natural History (8 works) · History (8 works) · History (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Latin American history and culture (5 works) · Anthropology (4 works) · Cartography (4 works)