C Roger Nance
Biographic Data
| ID | 235893 |
|---|---|
| NAME | C Roger Nance |
| GIVEN NAMES | C Roger |
| FAMILY NAME | Nance |
| SIGNATURE | NANCE C R |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Alabama at Birmingham |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 20 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 9 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1972 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
The Obsidian Blade Sequence at El Ujuxte, a Late Preclassic Site on the South Coast of Guatemala
Systematic data on about 1,200 blades from this site were summarized in terms of three ceramic phases (defined by Love 2002b) for the same site. That is, we assigned blades to phases based on the ceramic content of each provenience. Regular phase-by-phase decreases occurred in blade dimensions, weights, and length-to-width ratios. We predicted these results based on earlier findings from the site of La Blanca (Nance and Kirk 1991). The trend appe…
Out of Sight, Out of Mind
Cemeteries in southeastern Louisiana are in varying stages of use---from presently in use and maintained to no longer visible on the surface. The abandonment of traditional cemeteries in southeastern Louisiana illustrates evolving settlement patterns. Earlier settlement patterns were dependent on physiographic and cultural landscape features. As settlement patterns evolve, the preferred locations of cemeteries change. As a recent participant in t…
The Archaeology of La Calsada
On a remote mountainside 2,000 meters above sea level in the northern Sierra Madre Oriental, the rockshelter at La Calsada has yielded basic archaeological data for one of the least understood regions of prehistoric North America, the state of Nuevo León in northern Mexico. This comprehensive site report, with detailed information on artifacts and stratigraphy, provides baseline data for further explorations in the region and comparisons with oth…
Guzmán Mound
Salvage excavation of a small mound on the south coast of Guatemala revealed evidence of Late Preclassic salt production. Most potsherds are of a crude, thin-walled utility ware believed to have been used in evaporating salt water over fires. Level-by-level attribute analysis suggests evolution of a more efficient vessel form for this purpose. A typological study of fine ware and radiocarbon dating firmly position the mound chronologically. Charc…
Obsidian Blades from La Blanca, a Changing Lithic Industry on the South Coast of Guatemala
In a study of Middle Preclassic (Conchas phase) ceramics from the site of La Blanca, Love (1989) derived a sequence of four subphases. Here, the focus is on 431 prismatic obsidian blades excavated from the same deposits in order to discern if patterns of change can be discovered in this lithic industry. For each blade, recorded attributes describe blade dimensions and edge wear, as observed through low-power microscopy. Chronological controls wer…
Mortuary Practices and Social Differentiation at Casas Grandes, Chihuahua, Mexico
Mortuary Practices and Social Differentiation at Casas Grandes, Chihuahua, Mexico. John C. Ravesloot. Anthropological Papers of the University of Arizona, No. 49. Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 1988. xii+113 pp. $25.00 (paper). ISBN 0‐8165‐1048‐2
Mortuary Practices and Social Differentiation at Casas Grandes, Chihuahua, Mexico
Fitting the Ethnographic Atlas to the Apple IIe Computer
Cultural Evidence for the Altithermal in Texas and Mexico
This paper summarizes cultural data which support the existence of the Altithermal in Texas and Mexico. Two patterns are described. In central Mexico there is evidence for an economic shift in emphasis from pre-Altithermal hunting, to gathering, and back to hunting at the end of the Altithermal. This pattern may extend north and west to coastal southern California. In central Texas and northeast Mexico, a pattern of Altithermal population decreas…
Guzmán Mound
Salvage excavation of a small mound on the south coast of Guatemala revealed evidence of Late Preclassic salt production. Most potsherds are of a crude, thin-walled utility ware believed to have been used in evaporating salt water over fires. Level-by-level attribute analysis suggests evolution of a more efficient vessel form for this purpose. A typological study of fine ware and radiocarbon dating firmly position the mound chronologically. Charc…
Obsidian Blades from La Blanca, a Changing Lithic Industry on the South Coast of Guatemala
In a study of Middle Preclassic (Conchas phase) ceramics from the site of La Blanca, Love (1989) derived a sequence of four subphases. Here, the focus is on 431 prismatic obsidian blades excavated from the same deposits in order to discern if patterns of change can be discovered in this lithic industry. For each blade, recorded attributes describe blade dimensions and edge wear, as observed through low-power microscopy. Chronological controls wer…
Cultural Evidence for the Altithermal in Texas and Mexico
This paper summarizes cultural data which support the existence of the Altithermal in Texas and Mexico. Two patterns are described. In central Mexico there is evidence for an economic shift in emphasis from pre-Altithermal hunting, to gathering, and back to hunting at the end of the Altithermal. This pattern may extend north and west to coastal southern California. In central Texas and northeast Mexico, a pattern of Altithermal population decreas…
Mortuary Practices and Social Differentiation at Casas Grandes, Chihuahua, Mexico
Mortuary Practices and Social Differentiation at Casas Grandes, Chihuahua, Mexico. John C. Ravesloot. Anthropological Papers of the University of Arizona, No. 49. Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 1988. xii+113 pp. $25.00 (paper). ISBN 0‐8165‐1048‐2
Cultural Evidence for the Altithermal in Texas and Mexico
This paper summarizes cultural data which support the existence of the Altithermal in Texas and Mexico. Two patterns are described. In central Mexico there is evidence for an economic shift in emphasis from pre-Altithermal hunting, to gathering, and back to hunting at the end of the Altithermal. This pattern may extend north and west to coastal southern California. In central Texas and northeast Mexico, a pattern of Altithermal population decreas…
Fitting the Ethnographic Atlas to the Apple IIe Computer
Mortuary Practices and Social Differentiation at Casas Grandes, Chihuahua, Mexico
Mortuary Practices and Social Differentiation at Casas Grandes, Chihuahua, Mexico. John C. Ravesloot. Anthropological Papers of the University of Arizona, No. 49. Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 1988. xii+113 pp. $25.00 (paper). ISBN 0‐8165‐1048‐2
Mortuary Practices and Social Differentiation at Casas Grandes, Chihuahua, Mexico
Obsidian Blades from La Blanca, a Changing Lithic Industry on the South Coast of Guatemala
In a study of Middle Preclassic (Conchas phase) ceramics from the site of La Blanca, Love (1989) derived a sequence of four subphases. Here, the focus is on 431 prismatic obsidian blades excavated from the same deposits in order to discern if patterns of change can be discovered in this lithic industry. For each blade, recorded attributes describe blade dimensions and edge wear, as observed through low-power microscopy. Chronological controls wer…
The Archaeology of La Calsada
On a remote mountainside 2,000 meters above sea level in the northern Sierra Madre Oriental, the rockshelter at La Calsada has yielded basic archaeological data for one of the least understood regions of prehistoric North America, the state of Nuevo León in northern Mexico. This comprehensive site report, with detailed information on artifacts and stratigraphy, provides baseline data for further explorations in the region and comparisons with oth…
Guzmán Mound
Salvage excavation of a small mound on the south coast of Guatemala revealed evidence of Late Preclassic salt production. Most potsherds are of a crude, thin-walled utility ware believed to have been used in evaporating salt water over fires. Level-by-level attribute analysis suggests evolution of a more efficient vessel form for this purpose. A typological study of fine ware and radiocarbon dating firmly position the mound chronologically. Charc…
Out of Sight, Out of Mind
Cemeteries in southeastern Louisiana are in varying stages of use---from presently in use and maintained to no longer visible on the surface. The abandonment of traditional cemeteries in southeastern Louisiana illustrates evolving settlement patterns. Earlier settlement patterns were dependent on physiographic and cultural landscape features. As settlement patterns evolve, the preferred locations of cemeteries change. As a recent participant in t…
The Obsidian Blade Sequence at El Ujuxte, a Late Preclassic Site on the South Coast of Guatemala
Systematic data on about 1,200 blades from this site were summarized in terms of three ceramic phases (defined by Love 2002b) for the same site. That is, we assigned blades to phases based on the ceramic content of each provenience. Regular phase-by-phase decreases occurred in blade dimensions, weights, and length-to-width ratios. We predicted these results based on earlier findings from the site of La Blanca (Nance and Kirk 1991). The trend appe…
Archaeology (8 works) · Geography (8 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (6 works) · Archaeology and Natural History (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Art (3 works) · Biology (3 works) · Geology (3 works) · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (3 works) · Differentiation (2 works)