Melissa B Hagstrum
Biographic Data
| ID | 273662 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Melissa B Hagstrum |
| GIVEN NAMES | Melissa B |
| FAMILY NAME | Hagstrum |
| SIGNATURE | HAGSTRUM M B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Museum of New Mexico |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 210 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1985 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Household Production in Chaco Canyon Society
The household is the most basic and flexible component of human social organization. It is through the household that we can understand the Chaco phenomenon from the point of view of agriculture and craft production. Households strive for autonomy and self-sufficiency and they spread themselves thin to meet basic subsistence requirements. As a result, scheduling of agricultural and craft activities is critical to the success of the household. Cra…
Inka Rule in the Northern Calchaquí Valley, Argentina
Inka rule in the northern Calchaquí Valley in NW Argentina employed a varied strategy that drew the region's societies into the empire in the 15th century A.C. Surface survey, site mapping, and excavation, combined with review of historical documents, show that the Inkas applied measures designed to ensure security, intensify production of agropastoral and mineral resources, introduce state ideology, administer state activities, and establish cul…
New Approaches to Ceramic Use and Discard
Ethnoarchaeological data from contemporary Wanka villages in the Mantaro Valley of the Peruvian Andes provide new perspectives on the use and discard of ceramic cooking vessels. We present a regional survey of ceramic vessel use and discard with household consumption as the focus of study. A mathematical model determines vessel uselife from the age distribution of in-use vessels. We examine the number of vessels per household, their volume, their…
Standardization, Labor Investment, Skill, and the Organization of Ceramic Production in Late Prehispanic Highland Peru
Specialization encompasses many ways to organize craft production, ranging from small, household-based work units to large workshops. Distinctive types of specialization develop in response to various social, economic, and environmental factors, including the demand for crafts, the social relations of producers, and the support base for artisans. These factors in turn influence manufacturing technology. Thus, different types of specialization can…
The Two-Curvature Method for Reconstructing Ceramic Morphology
Prehistoric ceramic containers were tools used in culinary and ceremonial activity. The archaeological record preserves fragmentary remains of these ceramic tools, challenging the archaeologist to interpret their use and function from potsherds rather than from whole pots. We introduce the two-curvature method for reconstructing ceramic vessel shape and volume from assemblages of potsherds. Each point on a ceramic vessel or sherd has two dimensio…
Measuring Prehistoric Ceramic Craft Specialization
Standardization and efficiency in pottery decoration are used to measure ceramic specialization in two ceramic wares from the Upper Rio Grande Valley of the American Southwest, Santa Fe/Wiyo Black-on-white from the Coalition period (1200–1325 A.C.) and Bandelier Black-on-gray (Biscuit B) from the Classic period (1325–1600 A.C.). Vessels produced by specialists should exhibit standardized and efficient methods of pottery decoration. Standardizatio…
Standardization, Labor Investment, Skill, and the Organization of Ceramic Production in Late Prehispanic Highland Peru
Specialization encompasses many ways to organize craft production, ranging from small, household-based work units to large workshops. Distinctive types of specialization develop in response to various social, economic, and environmental factors, including the demand for crafts, the social relations of producers, and the support base for artisans. These factors in turn influence manufacturing technology. Thus, different types of specialization can…
Inka Rule in the Northern Calchaquí Valley, Argentina
Inka rule in the northern Calchaquí Valley in NW Argentina employed a varied strategy that drew the region's societies into the empire in the 15th century A.C. Surface survey, site mapping, and excavation, combined with review of historical documents, show that the Inkas applied measures designed to ensure security, intensify production of agropastoral and mineral resources, introduce state ideology, administer state activities, and establish cul…
Household Production in Chaco Canyon Society
The household is the most basic and flexible component of human social organization. It is through the household that we can understand the Chaco phenomenon from the point of view of agriculture and craft production. Households strive for autonomy and self-sufficiency and they spread themselves thin to meet basic subsistence requirements. As a result, scheduling of agricultural and craft activities is critical to the success of the household. Cra…
New Approaches to Ceramic Use and Discard
Ethnoarchaeological data from contemporary Wanka villages in the Mantaro Valley of the Peruvian Andes provide new perspectives on the use and discard of ceramic cooking vessels. We present a regional survey of ceramic vessel use and discard with household consumption as the focus of study. A mathematical model determines vessel uselife from the age distribution of in-use vessels. We examine the number of vessels per household, their volume, their…
Measuring Prehistoric Ceramic Craft Specialization
Standardization and efficiency in pottery decoration are used to measure ceramic specialization in two ceramic wares from the Upper Rio Grande Valley of the American Southwest, Santa Fe/Wiyo Black-on-white from the Coalition period (1200–1325 A.C.) and Bandelier Black-on-gray (Biscuit B) from the Classic period (1325–1600 A.C.). Vessels produced by specialists should exhibit standardized and efficient methods of pottery decoration. Standardizatio…
The Two-Curvature Method for Reconstructing Ceramic Morphology
Prehistoric ceramic containers were tools used in culinary and ceremonial activity. The archaeological record preserves fragmentary remains of these ceramic tools, challenging the archaeologist to interpret their use and function from potsherds rather than from whole pots. We introduce the two-curvature method for reconstructing ceramic vessel shape and volume from assemblages of potsherds. Each point on a ceramic vessel or sherd has two dimensio…
Measuring Prehistoric Ceramic Craft Specialization
Standardization and efficiency in pottery decoration are used to measure ceramic specialization in two ceramic wares from the Upper Rio Grande Valley of the American Southwest, Santa Fe/Wiyo Black-on-white from the Coalition period (1200–1325 A.C.) and Bandelier Black-on-gray (Biscuit B) from the Classic period (1325–1600 A.C.). Vessels produced by specialists should exhibit standardized and efficient methods of pottery decoration. Standardizatio…
The Two-Curvature Method for Reconstructing Ceramic Morphology
Prehistoric ceramic containers were tools used in culinary and ceremonial activity. The archaeological record preserves fragmentary remains of these ceramic tools, challenging the archaeologist to interpret their use and function from potsherds rather than from whole pots. We introduce the two-curvature method for reconstructing ceramic vessel shape and volume from assemblages of potsherds. Each point on a ceramic vessel or sherd has two dimensio…
Standardization, Labor Investment, Skill, and the Organization of Ceramic Production in Late Prehispanic Highland Peru
Specialization encompasses many ways to organize craft production, ranging from small, household-based work units to large workshops. Distinctive types of specialization develop in response to various social, economic, and environmental factors, including the demand for crafts, the social relations of producers, and the support base for artisans. These factors in turn influence manufacturing technology. Thus, different types of specialization can…
New Approaches to Ceramic Use and Discard
Ethnoarchaeological data from contemporary Wanka villages in the Mantaro Valley of the Peruvian Andes provide new perspectives on the use and discard of ceramic cooking vessels. We present a regional survey of ceramic vessel use and discard with household consumption as the focus of study. A mathematical model determines vessel uselife from the age distribution of in-use vessels. We examine the number of vessels per household, their volume, their…
Inka Rule in the Northern Calchaquí Valley, Argentina
Inka rule in the northern Calchaquí Valley in NW Argentina employed a varied strategy that drew the region's societies into the empire in the 15th century A.C. Surface survey, site mapping, and excavation, combined with review of historical documents, show that the Inkas applied measures designed to ensure security, intensify production of agropastoral and mineral resources, introduce state ideology, administer state activities, and establish cul…
Household Production in Chaco Canyon Society
The household is the most basic and flexible component of human social organization. It is through the household that we can understand the Chaco phenomenon from the point of view of agriculture and craft production. Households strive for autonomy and self-sufficiency and they spread themselves thin to meet basic subsistence requirements. As a result, scheduling of agricultural and craft activities is critical to the success of the household. Cra…
Archaeology (6 works) · Geography (6 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (5 works) · Pottery (5 works) · Craft (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Business (2 works) · Ceramic (2 works) · Cultural Heritage Materials Analysis (2 works) · Economics (2 works)