Cathryn M Meegan
Biographic Data
| ID | 215031 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Cathryn M Meegan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Cathryn M |
| FAMILY NAME | Meegan |
| SIGNATURE | MEEGAN C M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Arizona State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6490-5376 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 73 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Social Transformation and Its Human Costs in the Prehispanic U.S. Southwest
Change is inevitable, but some changes and transformations are more dramatic and fraught with suffering than others. Resilience theory suggests the concept of a “rigidity trap” as an explanation for these differences. In rigidity traps, a high degree of connectivity and the suppression of innovation prolong an increasingly rigid state, with the result that the eventual transformation is harsh. Three archaeological cases from the U.S. Southwest (M…
Archaeology and Archaeobotany of Southern Paiute Horticulture in the St. George Basin, Southwestern Utah
Although ethnographic descriptions of the Southern Paiute usually portray them as hunter-gatherers who only dabbled with farming, historic records demonstrate that Paiutes were growing maize prior to the arrival of the first Spanish explorers. These records further suggest that in the St. George Basin of southwestern Utah, Southern Paiute farming was relatively intensive in the decades before the arrival of Mormon settlers. Numerous Late Prehisto…
The Upper Tigris Archaeological Research Project (Utarp)
Introduction During the summer of 2005 members of the Upper Tigris Archaeological Research Project (UTARP) undertook a sixth season of archaeological field work at the site of Kenan Tepe in the Upper Tigris River region of southeastern Turkey. This research took place between May 13 and July 4, 2005. Research was funded by generous grants from the Curtiss T. and Mary G. Brennan Foundation in collaboration with the University of Utah and the Unite…
Social Transformation and Its Human Costs in the Prehispanic U.S. Southwest
Change is inevitable, but some changes and transformations are more dramatic and fraught with suffering than others. Resilience theory suggests the concept of a “rigidity trap” as an explanation for these differences. In rigidity traps, a high degree of connectivity and the suppression of innovation prolong an increasingly rigid state, with the result that the eventual transformation is harsh. Three archaeological cases from the U.S. Southwest (M…
Archaeology and Archaeobotany of Southern Paiute Horticulture in the St. George Basin, Southwestern Utah
Although ethnographic descriptions of the Southern Paiute usually portray them as hunter-gatherers who only dabbled with farming, historic records demonstrate that Paiutes were growing maize prior to the arrival of the first Spanish explorers. These records further suggest that in the St. George Basin of southwestern Utah, Southern Paiute farming was relatively intensive in the decades before the arrival of Mormon settlers. Numerous Late Prehisto…
The Upper Tigris Archaeological Research Project (Utarp)
Introduction During the summer of 2005 members of the Upper Tigris Archaeological Research Project (UTARP) undertook a sixth season of archaeological field work at the site of Kenan Tepe in the Upper Tigris River region of southeastern Turkey. This research took place between May 13 and July 4, 2005. Research was funded by generous grants from the Curtiss T. and Mary G. Brennan Foundation in collaboration with the University of Utah and the Unite…
Social Transformation and Its Human Costs in the Prehispanic U.S. Southwest
Change is inevitable, but some changes and transformations are more dramatic and fraught with suffering than others. Resilience theory suggests the concept of a “rigidity trap” as an explanation for these differences. In rigidity traps, a high degree of connectivity and the suppression of innovation prolong an increasingly rigid state, with the result that the eventual transformation is harsh. Three archaeological cases from the U.S. Southwest (M…
Archaeology and Archaeobotany of Southern Paiute Horticulture in the St. George Basin, Southwestern Utah
Although ethnographic descriptions of the Southern Paiute usually portray them as hunter-gatherers who only dabbled with farming, historic records demonstrate that Paiutes were growing maize prior to the arrival of the first Spanish explorers. These records further suggest that in the St. George Basin of southwestern Utah, Southern Paiute farming was relatively intensive in the decades before the arrival of Mormon settlers. Numerous Late Prehisto…
Geography (3 works) · History (3 works) · Archaeology (2 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (2 works) · History (2 works) · Agriculture (1 work) · American Environmental and Regional History (1 work) · Ancient Near East History (1 work) · Archaeological record (1 work) · Archaeology and Natural History (1 work)