Nicholas Tripcevich
Biographic Data
| ID | 282917 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Nicholas Tripcevich |
| GIVEN NAMES | Nicholas |
| FAMILY NAME | Tripcevich |
| SIGNATURE | TRIPCEVICH N |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of California, Berkeley |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5990-7238 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 107 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 12 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Geophysical Investigation of Mission San Francisco Solano, Sonoma, California
Late Pleistocene Lithic Procurement and Geochemical Characterization of the Cerro Kaskio Obsidian Source in South‐western Bolivia
Primary questions regarding the foraging behaviour of the first hunter–gatherers who colonized the New World are how they found, procured and utilized high‐quality raw materials for manufacturing stone tools. In this paper, we present evidence from the late Pleistocene site of Cueva Bautista in the highlands of south‐western Bolivia, which demonstrates that a substantial portion of the recovered stone tool assemblage originated in Cerro Kaskio, a…
A Worldwide Network for Comparative Studies on Caravans
Americanae nace como un proyecto conjunto que surge dentro de la Red Europea de Información y Documentación sobre América Latina (REDIAL), y que ha afrontado la Biblioteca de la Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional para el Desarrollo (AECID). Esta nueva biblioteca virtual hace más accesibles los libros digitales de tema americanista a los investigadores y usuarios interesados de cualquier parte del mundo
Quantifying the association of chipped stone crescents with wetlands and paleoshorelines of western North America
In America’s Far West, chipped stone crescents dating between approximately 12,000 to 8000 cal BP are often found associated with Western Stemmed Tradition points. Crescent function is debated, but scholars have suggested that they are closely associated with wetland habitats, an association that has never been systematically investigated. Using a geographic information system-based Euclidean distance analysis, we compared a sample of 100 geoloca…
Correct placement of the most distant source of the A mazon R iver in the M antaro R iver drainage
The A mazon R iver (‘ R ío de las A mazonas’) has the highest discharge of any river in the world and is also the longest or second longest. Its source has therefore intrigued scholars and explorers for centuries. A river's source is often defined as the most distant upstream point in the drainage basin. For the past several decades, the longest upstream extension of the A mazon R iver has been held to be the Nevado M ismi area of the R ío A purí…
Investigaciones en la fuente de la obsidiana tipo Quispisisa, Huancasancos-Ayacucho
Investigaciones en la fuente de la obsidiana tipo Quispisisa, Huancasancos-Ayacucho Daniel A. Contreras Stanford University Nicholas Tripcevich University of California - Berkeley Yuri I. Cavero Palomino Universidad Nacional San Cristobal de Huamanga L geograficas ubicadas a distancias muy lejanas de dichas fuentes geologicas (Burger y Asaro, 1977; Burger y Glascock, 2009; Glascock et al., 2007). El tipo geoquimico de obsidiana llamado Quispi- si…
Mining and quarrying in the ancient Andes
Obsidian hydration at high elevation
Procurement at the Chivay obsidian source, Arequipa, Peru
Results of survey and test excavations at the Chivay obsidian source in highland Peru found evidence of use of the source area throughout much of the prehispanic past. An examination of a quarry pit and workshop suggest that quarrying and workshop production intensified at the end of the Preceramic period in the region. The high elevation Chivay source (71.5355° S, 15.6423° E) lies at 4950 masl and was the geological origin for prehispanic obsidi…
Quarrying Evidence at the Quispisisa Obsidian Source, Ayacucho, Peru
Artifacts made from Quispisisa obsidian are widely disseminated in the Peruvian Andes, but the geological source of the Quispisisa geochemical type was only recently located in southern Ayacucho. Following the positive identification of the source in 1999 by Richard Burger and colleagues, we found evidence of broad quarrying activities in unexplored portions of the source area. We describe 34 quarry pits, some as large as 80 m across, together wi…
On-Site Recording of Excavation Data Using Mobile GIS
Archaeologists have embraced new technologies in many aspects of research, but reliance on paperbased recording has impeded development of excavation recording methods. The digital recording of spatial provenience for artifacts and features, together with complex attributes during excavation, while not problem-free, provides a streamlined recording process. This article describes a digital interface that links precise spatial provenience with dig…
Spatio-temporal patterns in obsidian consumption in the Southern Nasca Region, Peru
Flexibility by Design
Handheld computers have become capable of more than data storage and precision measurement; they have begun to contribute to scientific studies conducted in demanding field research settings. Recent versions of mobile GIS software allow researchers with limited programming skills to tailor the software to the priorities and theoretical needs of individual research projects. Depending on the research needs in a given situation, data recording can …
Quarrying Evidence at the Quispisisa Obsidian Source, Ayacucho, Peru
Artifacts made from Quispisisa obsidian are widely disseminated in the Peruvian Andes, but the geological source of the Quispisisa geochemical type was only recently located in southern Ayacucho. Following the positive identification of the source in 1999 by Richard Burger and colleagues, we found evidence of broad quarrying activities in unexplored portions of the source area. We describe 34 quarry pits, some as large as 80 m across, together wi…
Procurement at the Chivay obsidian source, Arequipa, Peru
Results of survey and test excavations at the Chivay obsidian source in highland Peru found evidence of use of the source area throughout much of the prehispanic past. An examination of a quarry pit and workshop suggest that quarrying and workshop production intensified at the end of the Preceramic period in the region. The high elevation Chivay source (71.5355° S, 15.6423° E) lies at 4950 masl and was the geological origin for prehispanic obsidi…
Spatio-temporal patterns in obsidian consumption in the Southern Nasca Region, Peru
Quantifying the association of chipped stone crescents with wetlands and paleoshorelines of western North America
In America’s Far West, chipped stone crescents dating between approximately 12,000 to 8000 cal BP are often found associated with Western Stemmed Tradition points. Crescent function is debated, but scholars have suggested that they are closely associated with wetland habitats, an association that has never been systematically investigated. Using a geographic information system-based Euclidean distance analysis, we compared a sample of 100 geoloca…
Flexibility by Design
Handheld computers have become capable of more than data storage and precision measurement; they have begun to contribute to scientific studies conducted in demanding field research settings. Recent versions of mobile GIS software allow researchers with limited programming skills to tailor the software to the priorities and theoretical needs of individual research projects. Depending on the research needs in a given situation, data recording can …
Late Pleistocene Lithic Procurement and Geochemical Characterization of the Cerro Kaskio Obsidian Source in South‐western Bolivia
Primary questions regarding the foraging behaviour of the first hunter–gatherers who colonized the New World are how they found, procured and utilized high‐quality raw materials for manufacturing stone tools. In this paper, we present evidence from the late Pleistocene site of Cueva Bautista in the highlands of south‐western Bolivia, which demonstrates that a substantial portion of the recovered stone tool assemblage originated in Cerro Kaskio, a…
Mining and quarrying in the ancient Andes
On-Site Recording of Excavation Data Using Mobile GIS
Archaeologists have embraced new technologies in many aspects of research, but reliance on paperbased recording has impeded development of excavation recording methods. The digital recording of spatial provenience for artifacts and features, together with complex attributes during excavation, while not problem-free, provides a streamlined recording process. This article describes a digital interface that links precise spatial provenience with dig…
Geophysical Investigation of Mission San Francisco Solano, Sonoma, California
Obsidian hydration at high elevation
A Worldwide Network for Comparative Studies on Caravans
Americanae nace como un proyecto conjunto que surge dentro de la Red Europea de Información y Documentación sobre América Latina (REDIAL), y que ha afrontado la Biblioteca de la Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional para el Desarrollo (AECID). Esta nueva biblioteca virtual hace más accesibles los libros digitales de tema americanista a los investigadores y usuarios interesados de cualquier parte del mundo
Correct placement of the most distant source of the A mazon R iver in the M antaro R iver drainage
The A mazon R iver (‘ R ío de las A mazonas’) has the highest discharge of any river in the world and is also the longest or second longest. Its source has therefore intrigued scholars and explorers for centuries. A river's source is often defined as the most distant upstream point in the drainage basin. For the past several decades, the longest upstream extension of the A mazon R iver has been held to be the Nevado M ismi area of the R ío A purí…
Investigaciones en la fuente de la obsidiana tipo Quispisisa, Huancasancos-Ayacucho
Investigaciones en la fuente de la obsidiana tipo Quispisisa, Huancasancos-Ayacucho Daniel A. Contreras Stanford University Nicholas Tripcevich University of California - Berkeley Yuri I. Cavero Palomino Universidad Nacional San Cristobal de Huamanga L geograficas ubicadas a distancias muy lejanas de dichas fuentes geologicas (Burger y Asaro, 1977; Burger y Glascock, 2009; Glascock et al., 2007). El tipo geoquimico de obsidiana llamado Quispi- si…
Flexibility by Design
Handheld computers have become capable of more than data storage and precision measurement; they have begun to contribute to scientific studies conducted in demanding field research settings. Recent versions of mobile GIS software allow researchers with limited programming skills to tailor the software to the priorities and theoretical needs of individual research projects. Depending on the research needs in a given situation, data recording can …
Spatio-temporal patterns in obsidian consumption in the Southern Nasca Region, Peru
On-Site Recording of Excavation Data Using Mobile GIS
Archaeologists have embraced new technologies in many aspects of research, but reliance on paperbased recording has impeded development of excavation recording methods. The digital recording of spatial provenience for artifacts and features, together with complex attributes during excavation, while not problem-free, provides a streamlined recording process. This article describes a digital interface that links precise spatial provenience with dig…
Obsidian hydration at high elevation
Procurement at the Chivay obsidian source, Arequipa, Peru
Results of survey and test excavations at the Chivay obsidian source in highland Peru found evidence of use of the source area throughout much of the prehispanic past. An examination of a quarry pit and workshop suggest that quarrying and workshop production intensified at the end of the Preceramic period in the region. The high elevation Chivay source (71.5355° S, 15.6423° E) lies at 4950 masl and was the geological origin for prehispanic obsidi…
Quarrying Evidence at the Quispisisa Obsidian Source, Ayacucho, Peru
Artifacts made from Quispisisa obsidian are widely disseminated in the Peruvian Andes, but the geological source of the Quispisisa geochemical type was only recently located in southern Ayacucho. Following the positive identification of the source in 1999 by Richard Burger and colleagues, we found evidence of broad quarrying activities in unexplored portions of the source area. We describe 34 quarry pits, some as large as 80 m across, together wi…
Mining and quarrying in the ancient Andes
Correct placement of the most distant source of the A mazon R iver in the M antaro R iver drainage
The A mazon R iver (‘ R ío de las A mazonas’) has the highest discharge of any river in the world and is also the longest or second longest. Its source has therefore intrigued scholars and explorers for centuries. A river's source is often defined as the most distant upstream point in the drainage basin. For the past several decades, the longest upstream extension of the A mazon R iver has been held to be the Nevado M ismi area of the R ío A purí…
Investigaciones en la fuente de la obsidiana tipo Quispisisa, Huancasancos-Ayacucho
Investigaciones en la fuente de la obsidiana tipo Quispisisa, Huancasancos-Ayacucho Daniel A. Contreras Stanford University Nicholas Tripcevich University of California - Berkeley Yuri I. Cavero Palomino Universidad Nacional San Cristobal de Huamanga L geograficas ubicadas a distancias muy lejanas de dichas fuentes geologicas (Burger y Asaro, 1977; Burger y Glascock, 2009; Glascock et al., 2007). El tipo geoquimico de obsidiana llamado Quispi- si…
Quantifying the association of chipped stone crescents with wetlands and paleoshorelines of western North America
In America’s Far West, chipped stone crescents dating between approximately 12,000 to 8000 cal BP are often found associated with Western Stemmed Tradition points. Crescent function is debated, but scholars have suggested that they are closely associated with wetland habitats, an association that has never been systematically investigated. Using a geographic information system-based Euclidean distance analysis, we compared a sample of 100 geoloca…
A Worldwide Network for Comparative Studies on Caravans
Americanae nace como un proyecto conjunto que surge dentro de la Red Europea de Información y Documentación sobre América Latina (REDIAL), y que ha afrontado la Biblioteca de la Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional para el Desarrollo (AECID). Esta nueva biblioteca virtual hace más accesibles los libros digitales de tema americanista a los investigadores y usuarios interesados de cualquier parte del mundo
Geophysical Investigation of Mission San Francisco Solano, Sonoma, California
Late Pleistocene Lithic Procurement and Geochemical Characterization of the Cerro Kaskio Obsidian Source in South‐western Bolivia
Primary questions regarding the foraging behaviour of the first hunter–gatherers who colonized the New World are how they found, procured and utilized high‐quality raw materials for manufacturing stone tools. In this paper, we present evidence from the late Pleistocene site of Cueva Bautista in the highlands of south‐western Bolivia, which demonstrates that a substantial portion of the recovered stone tool assemblage originated in Cerro Kaskio, a…
Geography (10 works) · Geology (10 works) · Archaeology (9 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (8 works) · Geology (5 works) · Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies (5 works) · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (5 works) · Plucking (4 works) · Biology (3 works) · Geomorphology (3 works)