Allison C Paulsen
Biographic Data
| ID | 199208 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Allison C Paulsen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Allison C |
| FAMILY NAME | Paulsen |
| SIGNATURE | PAULSEN A C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Hartwick College |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 76 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 9 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1974 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1984 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
On Climate and Occupation of the Santa Elena Peninsula
The Archaeology of the Absurd
Conrad's discussion bears little relation to the generally accepted outline of Peruvian prehistory. He presents evidence that is not evidence in support of a weak and untestable hypothesis. Since he is apparently unacquainted with a substantial body of recent and current research, he has launched superficial and absurd criticisms at the proposition that changes in climate are reflected in changes in human society and culture. Not only is this the…
Pre-Columbian Old World Coins in America
Does the occasional find of a Roman, Greek, or Hebrew coin in America indicate ancient transoceanic contact? In this study, 40 reports of such coins are analyzed in order to determine whether any can support the diffusionist position. Discovery dates, minting periods, geographical distribution, and the absence of prehistoric context all suggest that the coins were lost very recently. For those who argue that coins found in fields and farmyards ma…
The Alleged Diffusion of Hindu Divine Symbols into Pre-Columbian Mesoamerica
Parallels between certain religous symbols in Hindu and Mesoamerican cultures have been drawn by three modern writers and adduced as evidence suggestive of trans-Pacific diffusion of Hindu influences dating to about the mid-1st millennium A.D. and later. The symbols concerned are those of the deities of the lunar asterisms and the planets-the naksatra and navagrahah series, respectively-of the Hindus as compared with the structural features and s…
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Archaeology
Differential Survival of the Jomon-Valdivia Hypothesis
Environment and empire
Since the end of the Pleistocene, the Santa Elena Peninsula in south‐west coastal Ecuador has undergone a series of climatic fluctuations that are the local manifestation of an Andean pattern of climatic change. The local archaeological record shows that in A.D. 600, and again in A.D. 1400, this region was struck by drought of such severity that the area was abandoned by its inhabitants. A number of specific details of this Ecuadorean sequence of…
The Thorny Oyster and the Voice of God
An exchange network based on long-distance export of Spondylus and Strombus, two mollusks native to coastal Ecuador, united the sierra and coast of both Ecuador and Peru during a long period of Andean prehistory. The gradual expansion of the export area is sketched, using evidence from three successive periods: (A) 2800 to 1100 B.C., (B) 1100 to 100 B.C., and (C) 100 B.C. to A.D. 1532. Each of these periods corresponds not only to an enlargement …
The Thorny Oyster and the Voice of God
An exchange network based on long-distance export of Spondylus and Strombus, two mollusks native to coastal Ecuador, united the sierra and coast of both Ecuador and Peru during a long period of Andean prehistory. The gradual expansion of the export area is sketched, using evidence from three successive periods: (A) 2800 to 1100 B.C., (B) 1100 to 100 B.C., and (C) 100 B.C. to A.D. 1532. Each of these periods corresponds not only to an enlargement …
Environment and empire
Since the end of the Pleistocene, the Santa Elena Peninsula in south‐west coastal Ecuador has undergone a series of climatic fluctuations that are the local manifestation of an Andean pattern of climatic change. The local archaeological record shows that in A.D. 600, and again in A.D. 1400, this region was struck by drought of such severity that the area was abandoned by its inhabitants. A number of specific details of this Ecuadorean sequence of…
The Archaeology of the Absurd
Conrad's discussion bears little relation to the generally accepted outline of Peruvian prehistory. He presents evidence that is not evidence in support of a weak and untestable hypothesis. Since he is apparently unacquainted with a substantial body of recent and current research, he has launched superficial and absurd criticisms at the proposition that changes in climate are reflected in changes in human society and culture. Not only is this the…
Differential Survival of the Jomon-Valdivia Hypothesis
On Climate and Occupation of the Santa Elena Peninsula
Pre-Columbian Old World Coins in America
Does the occasional find of a Roman, Greek, or Hebrew coin in America indicate ancient transoceanic contact? In this study, 40 reports of such coins are analyzed in order to determine whether any can support the diffusionist position. Discovery dates, minting periods, geographical distribution, and the absence of prehistoric context all suggest that the coins were lost very recently. For those who argue that coins found in fields and farmyards ma…
The Alleged Diffusion of Hindu Divine Symbols into Pre-Columbian Mesoamerica
Parallels between certain religous symbols in Hindu and Mesoamerican cultures have been drawn by three modern writers and adduced as evidence suggestive of trans-Pacific diffusion of Hindu influences dating to about the mid-1st millennium A.D. and later. The symbols concerned are those of the deities of the lunar asterisms and the planets-the naksatra and navagrahah series, respectively-of the Hindus as compared with the structural features and s…
The Thorny Oyster and the Voice of God
An exchange network based on long-distance export of Spondylus and Strombus, two mollusks native to coastal Ecuador, united the sierra and coast of both Ecuador and Peru during a long period of Andean prehistory. The gradual expansion of the export area is sketched, using evidence from three successive periods: (A) 2800 to 1100 B.C., (B) 1100 to 100 B.C., and (C) 100 B.C. to A.D. 1532. Each of these periods corresponds not only to an enlargement …
Environment and empire
Since the end of the Pleistocene, the Santa Elena Peninsula in south‐west coastal Ecuador has undergone a series of climatic fluctuations that are the local manifestation of an Andean pattern of climatic change. The local archaeological record shows that in A.D. 600, and again in A.D. 1400, this region was struck by drought of such severity that the area was abandoned by its inhabitants. A number of specific details of this Ecuadorean sequence of…
Archaeology
Differential Survival of the Jomon-Valdivia Hypothesis
The Alleged Diffusion of Hindu Divine Symbols into Pre-Columbian Mesoamerica
Parallels between certain religous symbols in Hindu and Mesoamerican cultures have been drawn by three modern writers and adduced as evidence suggestive of trans-Pacific diffusion of Hindu influences dating to about the mid-1st millennium A.D. and later. The symbols concerned are those of the deities of the lunar asterisms and the planets-the naksatra and navagrahah series, respectively-of the Hindus as compared with the structural features and s…
More on Middle Mississippian Social Organization
Pre-Columbian Old World Coins in America
Does the occasional find of a Roman, Greek, or Hebrew coin in America indicate ancient transoceanic contact? In this study, 40 reports of such coins are analyzed in order to determine whether any can support the diffusionist position. Discovery dates, minting periods, geographical distribution, and the absence of prehistoric context all suggest that the coins were lost very recently. For those who argue that coins found in fields and farmyards ma…
The Archaeology of the Absurd
Conrad's discussion bears little relation to the generally accepted outline of Peruvian prehistory. He presents evidence that is not evidence in support of a weak and untestable hypothesis. Since he is apparently unacquainted with a substantial body of recent and current research, he has launched superficial and absurd criticisms at the proposition that changes in climate are reflected in changes in human society and culture. Not only is this the…
On Climate and Occupation of the Santa Elena Peninsula
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