Sam Holley-Kline
Biographic Data
| ID | 289399 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sam Holley-Kline |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sam |
| FAMILY NAME | Holley-Kline |
| SIGNATURE | HOLLEY-KLINE S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Florida State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2169-2697 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 17 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
How the United Fruit Company Racialized Archaeological Labor in Guatemala, 1910–1953
Foreign archaeologists working in the Maya region collaborated with the United Fruit Company during the first half of the twentieth century. In Guatemala, the Company funded research projects in Quiriguá (1910–1915) and Zaculeu (1946–1949). These collaborations supported the broad objectives of U.S. imperialism in the region, but comparing the projects suggests the fact of collaboration did not determine how they operated in the field. Drawing on…
Introduction: Archaeological Labor in Historical Contexts
The Bulletin of the History of Archaeology (BHA) was inaugurated over 20 years ago as a forum to exchange research, information on on-going projects, and resources devoted to a growing interest in the histories of archaeology. As this interest has grown, BHA has become global in reach, and has taken an increasingly expansive definition of its subject matter and its place within wider historical contexts. To this end, the journal publishes researc…
From Mesoamerican History to the History of Mexican Archaeology
This essay reviews the following works: The Alchemy of Conquest: Science, Religion, and the Secrets of the New World. By Ralph Bauer. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2019. Pp. 670. $79.50 hardcover. ISBN: 9780813942544. On the Lips of Others: Moteuczoma’s Fame in Aztec Monuments and Rituals. By Patrick Thomas Hajovsky. Austin: University of Texas Press, 2015. Pp. vii + 194. $45.00 paperback. ISBN: 9781477307243. Time and the Ancest…
Archaeology, Wage Labor, and Kinship in Rural Mexico, 1934-1974
This article assesses the relationships between archaeology and wage labor in twentieth-century Mexico through an analysis of governmental payroll records from El Tajín, Veracruz. For Indigenous Totonac workers, the long-term presence of archaeological labor provided opportunities for income and social mobility in a context of dispossession and proletarianization while contributing to socioeconomic stratification. In a region where the traditiona…
Archaeology, land tenure, and Indigenous dispossession in Mexico
In this paper, I examine a case of dispossession that made land belonging to Indigenous Totonac residents of San Antonio Ojital part of the archaeological site of El Tajín. To do so, I examine the failure of a 2016 claim made to Mexico's Comisión Nacional de Derechos Humanos. Rather than this being a case of purpose-driven dispossession or an unintended consequence of well-meaning policies, I trace the ultimate causes to multicultural recognition…
Heritage Trekking: Toward an Integrated Heritage Studies Methodology
In this paper, we propose a methodological intervention for the field of heritage studies: heritage trekking. Involving story-trekking, mapping, and data integration, heritage trekking draws from interdisciplinary approaches to develop a methodology with implications for heritage scholarship and management. We employ heritage trekking in two contrasting case studies: the Epiclassic urban center of El Tajín, Mexico and the Areni-1 Cave in Armenia.…
Nationalist archaeology and foreign oil exploration in El Tajín, Mexico, 1935–1940
This article discusses the American Compañía Stanford’s efforts to drill an oil well on the outskirts of the archaeological site of El Tajín, Mexico, during the 1930s. Drawing on recent scholarly efforts to think beyond archaeology and the nation state, this article problematizes the notion of a unitary state behind the concept of nationalist archaeology, the constitution of archaeology and extractive industry as separate spheres, and their appar…
Isabel T. Kelly’s Southern Paiute Ethnographic Field Notes, 1932–1934
El guardián Modesto González y la historiografía de la arqueología mexicana
La historiografía de la arqueología mexicana suele enfocarse en los hallazgos y las interpretaciones de los arqueólogos conocidos; tal ha sido el caso de la zona arqueológica El Tajín, Veracruz. Investigaciones recientes en la historia de arqueología han analizado los contextos sociohistóricos de la disciplina, incluso los papeles de los trabajadores. Este artículo, empleando las herramientas teóricas de Michel-Rolph Trouillot, analiza la vida y …
Contextualizing Archaeology’s “Locals”: A Scalar Approach from El Tajín, Mexico
Nationalist archaeology and foreign oil exploration in El Tajín, Mexico, 1935–1940
This article discusses the American Compañía Stanford’s efforts to drill an oil well on the outskirts of the archaeological site of El Tajín, Mexico, during the 1930s. Drawing on recent scholarly efforts to think beyond archaeology and the nation state, this article problematizes the notion of a unitary state behind the concept of nationalist archaeology, the constitution of archaeology and extractive industry as separate spheres, and their appar…
Introduction: Archaeological Labor in Historical Contexts
The Bulletin of the History of Archaeology (BHA) was inaugurated over 20 years ago as a forum to exchange research, information on on-going projects, and resources devoted to a growing interest in the histories of archaeology. As this interest has grown, BHA has become global in reach, and has taken an increasingly expansive definition of its subject matter and its place within wider historical contexts. To this end, the journal publishes researc…
Archaeology, Wage Labor, and Kinship in Rural Mexico, 1934-1974
This article assesses the relationships between archaeology and wage labor in twentieth-century Mexico through an analysis of governmental payroll records from El Tajín, Veracruz. For Indigenous Totonac workers, the long-term presence of archaeological labor provided opportunities for income and social mobility in a context of dispossession and proletarianization while contributing to socioeconomic stratification. In a region where the traditiona…
Archaeology, land tenure, and Indigenous dispossession in Mexico
In this paper, I examine a case of dispossession that made land belonging to Indigenous Totonac residents of San Antonio Ojital part of the archaeological site of El Tajín. To do so, I examine the failure of a 2016 claim made to Mexico's Comisión Nacional de Derechos Humanos. Rather than this being a case of purpose-driven dispossession or an unintended consequence of well-meaning policies, I trace the ultimate causes to multicultural recognition…
El guardián Modesto González y la historiografía de la arqueología mexicana
La historiografía de la arqueología mexicana suele enfocarse en los hallazgos y las interpretaciones de los arqueólogos conocidos; tal ha sido el caso de la zona arqueológica El Tajín, Veracruz. Investigaciones recientes en la historia de arqueología han analizado los contextos sociohistóricos de la disciplina, incluso los papeles de los trabajadores. Este artículo, empleando las herramientas teóricas de Michel-Rolph Trouillot, analiza la vida y …
Heritage Trekking: Toward an Integrated Heritage Studies Methodology
In this paper, we propose a methodological intervention for the field of heritage studies: heritage trekking. Involving story-trekking, mapping, and data integration, heritage trekking draws from interdisciplinary approaches to develop a methodology with implications for heritage scholarship and management. We employ heritage trekking in two contrasting case studies: the Epiclassic urban center of El Tajín, Mexico and the Areni-1 Cave in Armenia.…
Contextualizing Archaeology’s “Locals”: A Scalar Approach from El Tajín, Mexico
Contextualizing Archaeology’s “Locals”: A Scalar Approach from El Tajín, Mexico
Isabel T. Kelly’s Southern Paiute Ethnographic Field Notes, 1932–1934
El guardián Modesto González y la historiografía de la arqueología mexicana
La historiografía de la arqueología mexicana suele enfocarse en los hallazgos y las interpretaciones de los arqueólogos conocidos; tal ha sido el caso de la zona arqueológica El Tajín, Veracruz. Investigaciones recientes en la historia de arqueología han analizado los contextos sociohistóricos de la disciplina, incluso los papeles de los trabajadores. Este artículo, empleando las herramientas teóricas de Michel-Rolph Trouillot, analiza la vida y …
Heritage Trekking: Toward an Integrated Heritage Studies Methodology
In this paper, we propose a methodological intervention for the field of heritage studies: heritage trekking. Involving story-trekking, mapping, and data integration, heritage trekking draws from interdisciplinary approaches to develop a methodology with implications for heritage scholarship and management. We employ heritage trekking in two contrasting case studies: the Epiclassic urban center of El Tajín, Mexico and the Areni-1 Cave in Armenia.…
Nationalist archaeology and foreign oil exploration in El Tajín, Mexico, 1935–1940
This article discusses the American Compañía Stanford’s efforts to drill an oil well on the outskirts of the archaeological site of El Tajín, Mexico, during the 1930s. Drawing on recent scholarly efforts to think beyond archaeology and the nation state, this article problematizes the notion of a unitary state behind the concept of nationalist archaeology, the constitution of archaeology and extractive industry as separate spheres, and their appar…
Archaeology, Wage Labor, and Kinship in Rural Mexico, 1934-1974
This article assesses the relationships between archaeology and wage labor in twentieth-century Mexico through an analysis of governmental payroll records from El Tajín, Veracruz. For Indigenous Totonac workers, the long-term presence of archaeological labor provided opportunities for income and social mobility in a context of dispossession and proletarianization while contributing to socioeconomic stratification. In a region where the traditiona…
Archaeology, land tenure, and Indigenous dispossession in Mexico
In this paper, I examine a case of dispossession that made land belonging to Indigenous Totonac residents of San Antonio Ojital part of the archaeological site of El Tajín. To do so, I examine the failure of a 2016 claim made to Mexico's Comisión Nacional de Derechos Humanos. Rather than this being a case of purpose-driven dispossession or an unintended consequence of well-meaning policies, I trace the ultimate causes to multicultural recognition…
From Mesoamerican History to the History of Mexican Archaeology
This essay reviews the following works: The Alchemy of Conquest: Science, Religion, and the Secrets of the New World. By Ralph Bauer. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2019. Pp. 670. $79.50 hardcover. ISBN: 9780813942544. On the Lips of Others: Moteuczoma’s Fame in Aztec Monuments and Rituals. By Patrick Thomas Hajovsky. Austin: University of Texas Press, 2015. Pp. vii + 194. $45.00 paperback. ISBN: 9781477307243. Time and the Ancest…
Introduction: Archaeological Labor in Historical Contexts
The Bulletin of the History of Archaeology (BHA) was inaugurated over 20 years ago as a forum to exchange research, information on on-going projects, and resources devoted to a growing interest in the histories of archaeology. As this interest has grown, BHA has become global in reach, and has taken an increasingly expansive definition of its subject matter and its place within wider historical contexts. To this end, the journal publishes researc…
How the United Fruit Company Racialized Archaeological Labor in Guatemala, 1910–1953
Foreign archaeologists working in the Maya region collaborated with the United Fruit Company during the first half of the twentieth century. In Guatemala, the Company funded research projects in Quiriguá (1910–1915) and Zaculeu (1946–1949). These collaborations supported the broad objectives of U.S. imperialism in the region, but comparing the projects suggests the fact of collaboration did not determine how they operated in the field. Drawing on…
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