Laura Finsten
Biographic Data
| ID | 213341 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Laura Finsten |
| GIVEN NAMES | Laura |
| FAMILY NAME | Finsten |
| SIGNATURE | FINSTEN L |
| AFFILIATIONS | McMaster University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 148 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1979 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1998 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Schneider Prize in Economic Anthropology
Household Adaptations to Government Housing Designs in Oaxaca, Mexico
The effectiveness of government public housing in providing usable living space for low-middle income households in Oaxaca, Mexico, is assessed in this study through analyses of survey data, ethnographic interviews, and observations conducted in 1987 and 1992 at three different government-sponsored housing developments. The use of household space, and the modifications made by residents of the housing units to achieve a satisfactory allocation of…
Circular Architecture and Symbolic Boundaries in the Mixtec Sierra, Oaxaca
Systematic survey of 1,000 km2in a mountainous zone of the Mixteca Alta in Oaxaca, Mexico, has produced detailed architectural data at a large number of pre-Hispanic settlements. One unusual architectural form, circular stone foundations, apparently dates to the Late Postclassic period. Comparisons to similar architectural forms described in the archaeological and ethnographic literature of Mesoamerica and in the Mixtec codices suggest that they …
Engendering Tomb 7 at Monte Alban: Respinning an Old Yarn [and Comments and Reply]
Ancient Mesoamerica. A Comparison of Change in Three Regions
Monte Albán's Hinterland, Part II: Prehispanic Settlement Patterns in Tlacolula, Etla, and Ocotlan, the Valley of Oaxaca, Mexico, Vols. 1 and 2
This two-volume monograph is the final report and synthesis of the Valley of Oaxaca Settlement Pattern Project's full-coverage surface survey and makes significant theoretical and methodological contributions to the investigation of social evolution, cultural ecology, and regional analysis.
Archeology: Polities and Partitions: Human Boundaries and the Growth of Complex Societies . Kathryn Maurer Trinkaus , ed
Ecological Theory and Cultural Evolution in the Valley of Oaxaca [and Comments and Reply]
Prehispanic colonization of the Valley of Oaxaca, Mexico
Long-Term Demographic Change: A Perspective from the Valley of Oaxaca, Mexico
Based on the findings of more than 10 years of regional archaeological survey, the prehispanic settlement history of the Valley of Oaxaca in Southern Mexico is presented for the 3,OOO-year period prior to Spanish Conquest. The process of long-term demographic change is examined at several analytical scales and discussed in relation to political and economic transitions. Specific emphasis is given to the discussion of those parts of the Valley tha…
On the Economic Systems of Ancient Oaxaca
Boundaries, scale, and internal organization
The Economic Systems of Ancient Oaxaca: A Regional Perspective [and Comments and Reply]
Archaeological data from a regional settlement pattern survey of the Valley of Oaxaca, Mexico, are used to monitor how scarce goods and resources were allocated to members of society through eight phases from 600 B.C. to A.D. 1520. The goal is to determine how distinct historical social structures performed economically in terms of the goods and resources recoverable archaeologically. Measures utilized include land use and settlement characterist…
A Comment on Steponaitis' Determination of Catchment Productivity
Regional Evolution in the Valley of Oaxaca, Mexico
The Valley of Oaxaca, in southern Mexico, is one area in which anthropologists are beginning to achieve a picture of the evolution of a whole society on the regional scale. This has been possible because of a two-pronged research strategy involving excavation of living floors by Kent Flannery and his associates, and, concurrently, a field-by-field surface survey directed by Richard E. Blanton. Here the results of the settlement pattern work compl…
Engendering Tomb 7 at Monte Alban: Respinning an Old Yarn [and Comments and Reply]
Ecological Theory and Cultural Evolution in the Valley of Oaxaca [and Comments and Reply]
Long-Term Demographic Change: A Perspective from the Valley of Oaxaca, Mexico
Based on the findings of more than 10 years of regional archaeological survey, the prehispanic settlement history of the Valley of Oaxaca in Southern Mexico is presented for the 3,OOO-year period prior to Spanish Conquest. The process of long-term demographic change is examined at several analytical scales and discussed in relation to political and economic transitions. Specific emphasis is given to the discussion of those parts of the Valley tha…
Regional Evolution in the Valley of Oaxaca, Mexico
The Valley of Oaxaca, in southern Mexico, is one area in which anthropologists are beginning to achieve a picture of the evolution of a whole society on the regional scale. This has been possible because of a two-pronged research strategy involving excavation of living floors by Kent Flannery and his associates, and, concurrently, a field-by-field surface survey directed by Richard E. Blanton. Here the results of the settlement pattern work compl…
The Economic Systems of Ancient Oaxaca: A Regional Perspective [and Comments and Reply]
Archaeological data from a regional settlement pattern survey of the Valley of Oaxaca, Mexico, are used to monitor how scarce goods and resources were allocated to members of society through eight phases from 600 B.C. to A.D. 1520. The goal is to determine how distinct historical social structures performed economically in terms of the goods and resources recoverable archaeologically. Measures utilized include land use and settlement characterist…
Circular Architecture and Symbolic Boundaries in the Mixtec Sierra, Oaxaca
Systematic survey of 1,000 km2in a mountainous zone of the Mixteca Alta in Oaxaca, Mexico, has produced detailed architectural data at a large number of pre-Hispanic settlements. One unusual architectural form, circular stone foundations, apparently dates to the Late Postclassic period. Comparisons to similar architectural forms described in the archaeological and ethnographic literature of Mesoamerica and in the Mixtec codices suggest that they …
A Comment on Steponaitis' Determination of Catchment Productivity
Household Adaptations to Government Housing Designs in Oaxaca, Mexico
The effectiveness of government public housing in providing usable living space for low-middle income households in Oaxaca, Mexico, is assessed in this study through analyses of survey data, ethnographic interviews, and observations conducted in 1987 and 1992 at three different government-sponsored housing developments. The use of household space, and the modifications made by residents of the housing units to achieve a satisfactory allocation of…
Ancient Mesoamerica. A Comparison of Change in Three Regions
Regional Evolution in the Valley of Oaxaca, Mexico
The Valley of Oaxaca, in southern Mexico, is one area in which anthropologists are beginning to achieve a picture of the evolution of a whole society on the regional scale. This has been possible because of a two-pronged research strategy involving excavation of living floors by Kent Flannery and his associates, and, concurrently, a field-by-field surface survey directed by Richard E. Blanton. Here the results of the settlement pattern work compl…
Boundaries, scale, and internal organization
The Economic Systems of Ancient Oaxaca: A Regional Perspective [and Comments and Reply]
Archaeological data from a regional settlement pattern survey of the Valley of Oaxaca, Mexico, are used to monitor how scarce goods and resources were allocated to members of society through eight phases from 600 B.C. to A.D. 1520. The goal is to determine how distinct historical social structures performed economically in terms of the goods and resources recoverable archaeologically. Measures utilized include land use and settlement characterist…
A Comment on Steponaitis' Determination of Catchment Productivity
On the Economic Systems of Ancient Oaxaca
Long-Term Demographic Change: A Perspective from the Valley of Oaxaca, Mexico
Based on the findings of more than 10 years of regional archaeological survey, the prehispanic settlement history of the Valley of Oaxaca in Southern Mexico is presented for the 3,OOO-year period prior to Spanish Conquest. The process of long-term demographic change is examined at several analytical scales and discussed in relation to political and economic transitions. Specific emphasis is given to the discussion of those parts of the Valley tha…
Prehispanic colonization of the Valley of Oaxaca, Mexico
Archeology: Polities and Partitions: Human Boundaries and the Growth of Complex Societies . Kathryn Maurer Trinkaus , ed
Ecological Theory and Cultural Evolution in the Valley of Oaxaca [and Comments and Reply]
Monte Albán's Hinterland, Part II: Prehispanic Settlement Patterns in Tlacolula, Etla, and Ocotlan, the Valley of Oaxaca, Mexico, Vols. 1 and 2
This two-volume monograph is the final report and synthesis of the Valley of Oaxaca Settlement Pattern Project's full-coverage surface survey and makes significant theoretical and methodological contributions to the investigation of social evolution, cultural ecology, and regional analysis.
Engendering Tomb 7 at Monte Alban: Respinning an Old Yarn [and Comments and Reply]
Ancient Mesoamerica. A Comparison of Change in Three Regions
Circular Architecture and Symbolic Boundaries in the Mixtec Sierra, Oaxaca
Systematic survey of 1,000 km2in a mountainous zone of the Mixteca Alta in Oaxaca, Mexico, has produced detailed architectural data at a large number of pre-Hispanic settlements. One unusual architectural form, circular stone foundations, apparently dates to the Late Postclassic period. Comparisons to similar architectural forms described in the archaeological and ethnographic literature of Mesoamerica and in the Mixtec codices suggest that they …
Household Adaptations to Government Housing Designs in Oaxaca, Mexico
The effectiveness of government public housing in providing usable living space for low-middle income households in Oaxaca, Mexico, is assessed in this study through analyses of survey data, ethnographic interviews, and observations conducted in 1987 and 1992 at three different government-sponsored housing developments. The use of household space, and the modifications made by residents of the housing units to achieve a satisfactory allocation of…
Schneider Prize in Economic Anthropology
Geography (10 works) · Archaeology (9 works) · History (8 works) · History (8 works) · Latin American history and culture (8 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (7 works) · Computer Science (7 works) · Library science (5 works) · Anthropology (3 works)