Maureen S Meyers
Biographic Data
| ID | 216814 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Maureen S Meyers |
| GIVEN NAMES | Maureen S |
| FAMILY NAME | Meyers |
| SIGNATURE | MEYERS M S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Mississippi |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9415-506X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 45 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Archaeology in a time of climate change
This paper presents an introduction to the special issue from the point of view of a nonexpert on climate change and its impacts on archaeology. I review the history of these effects on Southeastern archaeology and show how different disasters, including hurricanes and sea level rise, have resulted in increased monitoring, the creation of mitigation measures and disaster preparedness plans, and, also, an increase in archaeological knowledge. The …
John G. Douglass (1968–2024)
Economy of production: A theory of household labor organization and material reuse
Household economic studies of preindustrial societies have overlooked one very specific and common material aspect: thrift. This article introduces a theory of economic production for household analysis that focuses on the economic use of materials, space, and labor. This framework is especially integral to understanding emergence of hierarchies. In emerging hierarchies, craft production at the household level can play a key part in the accumulat…
Mind the gap: Modeling Mississippian migration and frontier settlement in southwest Virginia, USA
Bayesian Chronological Modeling leads to new interpretations and understandings of migration events and social processes. • Middle/Late Mississippian period migrations were driven by historically contingent factors. • Wiggle-matching is an effective chronological technique to resolve multimodal calibrated intercepts. Archaeological narratives of migrations in pre-Colonial North America rely on cultural materials, which often only convey relative …
Speculations on the sources of coal associated with thirteenth-century archaeological site, Lee County, southwestern Virginia
Mitigating Chronic Diseases during Archaeological Fieldwork: Lessons from Managing Asthma, Diabetes, and Depression
Chronic diseases and preexisting conditions shape daily life for many archaeologists both in and out of the field. Chronic issues, however, can be overlooked in safety planning, which more often focuses on emergency situations because they are considered mundane, or they are imperceptible to project directors and crews until a serious problem arises. This article focuses on asthma, diabetes, and depression as common medical conditions that impact…
Arsenic and Old Graves: A Method for Testing Arsenic Contamination in Historic Cemeteries
During the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, arsenic was used as an embalming agent in the United States. In 1996, Konefes and McGee brought the potential danger of arsenic poisoning during excavation to the attention of archaeologists. They developed methodology that was later refined by the present authors. This article discusses the history of arsenic as an embalming agent, explores socioeconomic and demographic factors that might…
Osage Women and Empire: Gender and Power
This volume critically examines the history of the Osage Indians, beginning in the eighteenth century and focusing on approximately 150 years of changes in this culture. The author takes as one premise of Osage culture—and therefore, of the book—that spirituality and gender are interwoven and that one cannot fully understand the Osages without an understanding of these facets. After providing a brief overview of Osage origins, she presents a deta…
The Context and Consequences of Sexual Harassment in Southeastern Archaeology
In 2014, the Southeastern Archaeological Conference (SEAC) conducted a sexual harassment survey of its membership. The survey's goal was to investigate whether sexual harassment had occurred among its members, and if so, to document the rate and demographics of harassment. Our findings include a high (66%) level of harassment, primarily among women, with an additional 13% of respondents reporting sexual assault. This article provides an overview …
Social integration at a frontier and the creation of Mississippian social identity in southwestern Virginia
Frontier areas are poor in labor but rich in land. To be successful, frontiers must attract people and socially integrate them using both low- and high-level social integrative mechanisms, which can range from basic work groups to elaborate feasts. Craft production can be a useful means of accomplishing low and high levels of social integration because it can be done as part of a work group but for special purposes, such as exchange. In the proce…
Excavating a Mississippian Frontier: Fieldwork at the Carter Robinson Mound Site
Excavating a Mississippian FrontierFieldwork at the Carter Robinson Mound Site Maureen Meyers (bio) The Mississippian period (AD 900–1550) in the Southern United States is typified by corn agriculture, earthen mound construction, and extensive trade networks.1 Although many of these traits had existed before this time, it was during the Mississippian period that institutionalized hierarchy became part of Southern cultures. Societies now had perma…
The Context and Consequences of Sexual Harassment in Southeastern Archaeology
In 2014, the Southeastern Archaeological Conference (SEAC) conducted a sexual harassment survey of its membership. The survey's goal was to investigate whether sexual harassment had occurred among its members, and if so, to document the rate and demographics of harassment. Our findings include a high (66%) level of harassment, primarily among women, with an additional 13% of respondents reporting sexual assault. This article provides an overview …
Social integration at a frontier and the creation of Mississippian social identity in southwestern Virginia
Frontier areas are poor in labor but rich in land. To be successful, frontiers must attract people and socially integrate them using both low- and high-level social integrative mechanisms, which can range from basic work groups to elaborate feasts. Craft production can be a useful means of accomplishing low and high levels of social integration because it can be done as part of a work group but for special purposes, such as exchange. In the proce…
Mitigating Chronic Diseases during Archaeological Fieldwork: Lessons from Managing Asthma, Diabetes, and Depression
Chronic diseases and preexisting conditions shape daily life for many archaeologists both in and out of the field. Chronic issues, however, can be overlooked in safety planning, which more often focuses on emergency situations because they are considered mundane, or they are imperceptible to project directors and crews until a serious problem arises. This article focuses on asthma, diabetes, and depression as common medical conditions that impact…
Excavating a Mississippian Frontier: Fieldwork at the Carter Robinson Mound Site
Excavating a Mississippian FrontierFieldwork at the Carter Robinson Mound Site Maureen Meyers (bio) The Mississippian period (AD 900–1550) in the Southern United States is typified by corn agriculture, earthen mound construction, and extensive trade networks.1 Although many of these traits had existed before this time, it was during the Mississippian period that institutionalized hierarchy became part of Southern cultures. Societies now had perma…
Economy of production: A theory of household labor organization and material reuse
Household economic studies of preindustrial societies have overlooked one very specific and common material aspect: thrift. This article introduces a theory of economic production for household analysis that focuses on the economic use of materials, space, and labor. This framework is especially integral to understanding emergence of hierarchies. In emerging hierarchies, craft production at the household level can play a key part in the accumulat…
Mind the gap: Modeling Mississippian migration and frontier settlement in southwest Virginia, USA
Bayesian Chronological Modeling leads to new interpretations and understandings of migration events and social processes. • Middle/Late Mississippian period migrations were driven by historically contingent factors. • Wiggle-matching is an effective chronological technique to resolve multimodal calibrated intercepts. Archaeological narratives of migrations in pre-Colonial North America rely on cultural materials, which often only convey relative …
Excavating a Mississippian Frontier: Fieldwork at the Carter Robinson Mound Site
Excavating a Mississippian FrontierFieldwork at the Carter Robinson Mound Site Maureen Meyers (bio) The Mississippian period (AD 900–1550) in the Southern United States is typified by corn agriculture, earthen mound construction, and extensive trade networks.1 Although many of these traits had existed before this time, it was during the Mississippian period that institutionalized hierarchy became part of Southern cultures. Societies now had perma…
Social integration at a frontier and the creation of Mississippian social identity in southwestern Virginia
Frontier areas are poor in labor but rich in land. To be successful, frontiers must attract people and socially integrate them using both low- and high-level social integrative mechanisms, which can range from basic work groups to elaborate feasts. Craft production can be a useful means of accomplishing low and high levels of social integration because it can be done as part of a work group but for special purposes, such as exchange. In the proce…
The Context and Consequences of Sexual Harassment in Southeastern Archaeology
In 2014, the Southeastern Archaeological Conference (SEAC) conducted a sexual harassment survey of its membership. The survey's goal was to investigate whether sexual harassment had occurred among its members, and if so, to document the rate and demographics of harassment. Our findings include a high (66%) level of harassment, primarily among women, with an additional 13% of respondents reporting sexual assault. This article provides an overview …
Arsenic and Old Graves: A Method for Testing Arsenic Contamination in Historic Cemeteries
During the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, arsenic was used as an embalming agent in the United States. In 1996, Konefes and McGee brought the potential danger of arsenic poisoning during excavation to the attention of archaeologists. They developed methodology that was later refined by the present authors. This article discusses the history of arsenic as an embalming agent, explores socioeconomic and demographic factors that might…
Osage Women and Empire: Gender and Power
This volume critically examines the history of the Osage Indians, beginning in the eighteenth century and focusing on approximately 150 years of changes in this culture. The author takes as one premise of Osage culture—and therefore, of the book—that spirituality and gender are interwoven and that one cannot fully understand the Osages without an understanding of these facets. After providing a brief overview of Osage origins, she presents a deta…
Mitigating Chronic Diseases during Archaeological Fieldwork: Lessons from Managing Asthma, Diabetes, and Depression
Chronic diseases and preexisting conditions shape daily life for many archaeologists both in and out of the field. Chronic issues, however, can be overlooked in safety planning, which more often focuses on emergency situations because they are considered mundane, or they are imperceptible to project directors and crews until a serious problem arises. This article focuses on asthma, diabetes, and depression as common medical conditions that impact…
Speculations on the sources of coal associated with thirteenth-century archaeological site, Lee County, southwestern Virginia
John G. Douglass (1968–2024)
Economy of production: A theory of household labor organization and material reuse
Household economic studies of preindustrial societies have overlooked one very specific and common material aspect: thrift. This article introduces a theory of economic production for household analysis that focuses on the economic use of materials, space, and labor. This framework is especially integral to understanding emergence of hierarchies. In emerging hierarchies, craft production at the household level can play a key part in the accumulat…
Mind the gap: Modeling Mississippian migration and frontier settlement in southwest Virginia, USA
Bayesian Chronological Modeling leads to new interpretations and understandings of migration events and social processes. • Middle/Late Mississippian period migrations were driven by historically contingent factors. • Wiggle-matching is an effective chronological technique to resolve multimodal calibrated intercepts. Archaeological narratives of migrations in pre-Colonial North America rely on cultural materials, which often only convey relative …
Archaeology in a time of climate change
This paper presents an introduction to the special issue from the point of view of a nonexpert on climate change and its impacts on archaeology. I review the history of these effects on Southeastern archaeology and show how different disasters, including hurricanes and sea level rise, have resulted in increased monitoring, the creation of mitigation measures and disaster preparedness plans, and, also, an increase in archaeological knowledge. The …
Archaeology (6 works) · History (6 works) · Geography (5 works) · History (5 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (4 works) · Historical and Cultural Archaeology Studies (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Archaeology and Natural History (3 works) · Frontier (3 works) · Political science (3 works)