C E Downum
Biographic Data
| ID | 3525 |
|---|---|
| NAME | C E Downum |
| GIVEN NAMES | C E |
| FAMILY NAME | Downum |
| SIGNATURE | DOWNUM C E |
| AFFILIATIONS | Northern Arizona University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2380-5851 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 98 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1986 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Applications of deep learning to decorated ceramic typology and classification: A case study using Tusayan White Ware from Northeast Arizona
In this study, we present an alternate approach to archaeological typology, using deep learning to classify digital images of decorated pottery sherds into an existing typological framework. The study focuses on a specific kind of ancient painted pottery from the American Southwest, Tusayan White Ware, but we believe it has broader implications for a wide range of geographical settings and artifact types. Our results show that when properly train…
From Myths to Methods: Intellectual Transitions in Flagstaff Archaeology, 1883-1930
This chapter examines a critical transformation in southwestern archaeology, from an era of intuitive and largely atemporal interpretations of Native American myths and legends to a period of local, temporally-grounded culture histories. Jesse Walter Fewkes&s; goals in southwestern archaeology were relatively simple, and they exemplified the Bureau of American Ethnology program of linking prehistoric ruins with existing Native American groups. Fe…
Refining the Role Ofcerros De Trincherasin Southern Arizona Settlement
Cerros de trincheras in northern Sonora and southern Arizona have traditionally been interpreted as short-term, defensive refuges. This paper reviews recent evidence concerning the functions of such sites by focusing on survey, mapping, and excavation results gained over the past 12 years at several Tucson Basin cerros de trincheras. This evidence suggests that the Tucson Basin sites, and probably other cerros de trincheras as well, were not used…
Applied Archaeology
Non-Boserupian Ecology and Agricultural Risk: Ethnic Politics and Land Control in the Arid Southwest
Numerous cases of increasing population without fallow shortening or intensification without population pressure have been cited as disproof of the Boserup model of agricultural change. In this paper we argue that the model is an efficient explanation for agricultural change but only when certain agroecological conditions are met: higher marginal input costs must be both necessary and sufficient to raise production. Elsewhere, conditions are non-…
The Observer: Julian Hayden at Pueblo Grande
Julian Hayden's archaeological fieldwork at Pueblo Grande from 1936 to 1940 represents one of his finest achievements in Southwestern archaeology. Yet until quite recently this work remained unknown, and for nearly four decades Hayden himself believed that his Pueblo Grande notes, maps, and drawings had been lost or discarded. This paper documents Hayden's remarkable archaeological excavations at Pueblo Grande, and credits him for salvaging Odd H…
Tusayan White Ware Chronology: New Archaeological and Dendrochronological Evidence
Since its publication in 1966, archaeologists have relied heavily on David A. Breternitz's An Appraisal of Tree-Ring Dated Pottery in the Southwest for guidance in the chronological study of ceramic variability. In the northern Southwest, in particular, archaeologists have used Breternitz's production ranges for decorated and undecorated ceramic types to establish approximate periods of occupation for excavated and unexcavated sites. It now seems…
Refining the Role ofCerros de Trincherasin Southern Arizona Settlement
Cerros de trincheras in northern Sonora and southern Arizona have traditionally been interpreted as short-term, defensive refuges. This paper reviews recent evidence concerning the functions of such sites by focusing on survey, mapping, and excavation results gained over the past 12 years at several Tucson Basin cerros de trincheras. This evidence suggests that the Tucson Basin sites, and probably other cerros de triincheras as well, were not use…
Between Desert and River: Hohokam Settlement and Land Use in the Los Robles Community
Evidence of a Clovis Presence at Wupatki National Monument
A complete Clovis point was recently discovered during a U.S. National Park Service surface inventory survey of Wupatki National Monument. The point is described in terms of the location of its discovery, its context, and its attributes. It is suggested that Clovis hunters in the Wupatki area might have pursued either mammoth or bison, perhaps by driving them into the numerous grabens and box canyons in the upland zone, or by ambushing them at pr…
Archeology: Chaco and Hohokam: Prehistoric Regional Systems in the American Southwest . Patricia L. Crown and W. James Judge , eds. School of American Research Advanced Seminar Series
Aridity, activity, and volcanic ash agriculture: A study of short-term prehistoric cultural-ecological dynamics
Archaeologists working in north‐central Arizona have found it an ideal area to test hypotheses about culture and environment relationships because of the region's comparatively high aridity and abundant archaeological sites. One of the most interesting cases involves the reactions of prehistoric farmers to the eruptions of Sunset Crater that began in AD 1064. Previous attempts to interpret post‐eruptive patterns of land‐use were hampered by spott…
Perception and Interpretation in Contemporary Southwestern Archaeology: Comments on Cordell, Upham, and Brock
A recent effort in archaeological critique by Cordell et al. (1987) is undermined by confusion, misunderstanding, and misrepresentation. This comment on their paper illustrates how confusion may arise when the literature of the American Southwest is not read carefully and the causes of variability in the archaeological record are understood incompletely
The Occupational Use of Hill Space in the Tucson Basin: Evidence from Linda Vista Hill
Recent investigations at the Tucson Basin “trincheras” site of Linda Vista Hill, located adjacent to the large floodplain village site of Los Morteros (AZ AA: 12:57 ASM), have revealed that a substantial number of the rock features there may represent the foundations of habitation structures. Evidence is presented that more than 80 of the Linda Vista trincheras were used as houses, and a mixed residential-agricultural use of the hill is proposed.…
Non-Boserupian Ecology and Agricultural Risk: Ethnic Politics and Land Control in the Arid Southwest
Numerous cases of increasing population without fallow shortening or intensification without population pressure have been cited as disproof of the Boserup model of agricultural change. In this paper we argue that the model is an efficient explanation for agricultural change but only when certain agroecological conditions are met: higher marginal input costs must be both necessary and sufficient to raise production. Elsewhere, conditions are non-…
Applications of deep learning to decorated ceramic typology and classification: A case study using Tusayan White Ware from Northeast Arizona
In this study, we present an alternate approach to archaeological typology, using deep learning to classify digital images of decorated pottery sherds into an existing typological framework. The study focuses on a specific kind of ancient painted pottery from the American Southwest, Tusayan White Ware, but we believe it has broader implications for a wide range of geographical settings and artifact types. Our results show that when properly train…
Aridity, activity, and volcanic ash agriculture: A study of short-term prehistoric cultural-ecological dynamics
Archaeologists working in north‐central Arizona have found it an ideal area to test hypotheses about culture and environment relationships because of the region's comparatively high aridity and abundant archaeological sites. One of the most interesting cases involves the reactions of prehistoric farmers to the eruptions of Sunset Crater that began in AD 1064. Previous attempts to interpret post‐eruptive patterns of land‐use were hampered by spott…
Between Desert and River: Hohokam Settlement and Land Use in the Los Robles Community
Perception and Interpretation in Contemporary Southwestern Archaeology: Comments on Cordell, Upham, and Brock
A recent effort in archaeological critique by Cordell et al. (1987) is undermined by confusion, misunderstanding, and misrepresentation. This comment on their paper illustrates how confusion may arise when the literature of the American Southwest is not read carefully and the causes of variability in the archaeological record are understood incompletely
Evidence of a Clovis Presence at Wupatki National Monument
A complete Clovis point was recently discovered during a U.S. National Park Service surface inventory survey of Wupatki National Monument. The point is described in terms of the location of its discovery, its context, and its attributes. It is suggested that Clovis hunters in the Wupatki area might have pursued either mammoth or bison, perhaps by driving them into the numerous grabens and box canyons in the upland zone, or by ambushing them at pr…
Refining the Role ofCerros de Trincherasin Southern Arizona Settlement
Cerros de trincheras in northern Sonora and southern Arizona have traditionally been interpreted as short-term, defensive refuges. This paper reviews recent evidence concerning the functions of such sites by focusing on survey, mapping, and excavation results gained over the past 12 years at several Tucson Basin cerros de trincheras. This evidence suggests that the Tucson Basin sites, and probably other cerros de triincheras as well, were not use…
The Occupational Use of Hill Space in the Tucson Basin: Evidence from Linda Vista Hill
Recent investigations at the Tucson Basin “trincheras” site of Linda Vista Hill, located adjacent to the large floodplain village site of Los Morteros (AZ AA: 12:57 ASM), have revealed that a substantial number of the rock features there may represent the foundations of habitation structures. Evidence is presented that more than 80 of the Linda Vista trincheras were used as houses, and a mixed residential-agricultural use of the hill is proposed.…
Archeology: Chaco and Hohokam: Prehistoric Regional Systems in the American Southwest . Patricia L. Crown and W. James Judge , eds. School of American Research Advanced Seminar Series
Tusayan White Ware Chronology: New Archaeological and Dendrochronological Evidence
Since its publication in 1966, archaeologists have relied heavily on David A. Breternitz's An Appraisal of Tree-Ring Dated Pottery in the Southwest for guidance in the chronological study of ceramic variability. In the northern Southwest, in particular, archaeologists have used Breternitz's production ranges for decorated and undecorated ceramic types to establish approximate periods of occupation for excavated and unexcavated sites. It now seems…
Refining the Role Ofcerros De Trincherasin Southern Arizona Settlement
Cerros de trincheras in northern Sonora and southern Arizona have traditionally been interpreted as short-term, defensive refuges. This paper reviews recent evidence concerning the functions of such sites by focusing on survey, mapping, and excavation results gained over the past 12 years at several Tucson Basin cerros de trincheras. This evidence suggests that the Tucson Basin sites, and probably other cerros de trincheras as well, were not used…
The Occupational Use of Hill Space in the Tucson Basin: Evidence from Linda Vista Hill
Recent investigations at the Tucson Basin “trincheras” site of Linda Vista Hill, located adjacent to the large floodplain village site of Los Morteros (AZ AA: 12:57 ASM), have revealed that a substantial number of the rock features there may represent the foundations of habitation structures. Evidence is presented that more than 80 of the Linda Vista trincheras were used as houses, and a mixed residential-agricultural use of the hill is proposed.…
Perception and Interpretation in Contemporary Southwestern Archaeology: Comments on Cordell, Upham, and Brock
A recent effort in archaeological critique by Cordell et al. (1987) is undermined by confusion, misunderstanding, and misrepresentation. This comment on their paper illustrates how confusion may arise when the literature of the American Southwest is not read carefully and the causes of variability in the archaeological record are understood incompletely
Aridity, activity, and volcanic ash agriculture: A study of short-term prehistoric cultural-ecological dynamics
Archaeologists working in north‐central Arizona have found it an ideal area to test hypotheses about culture and environment relationships because of the region's comparatively high aridity and abundant archaeological sites. One of the most interesting cases involves the reactions of prehistoric farmers to the eruptions of Sunset Crater that began in AD 1064. Previous attempts to interpret post‐eruptive patterns of land‐use were hampered by spott…
Archeology: Chaco and Hohokam: Prehistoric Regional Systems in the American Southwest . Patricia L. Crown and W. James Judge , eds. School of American Research Advanced Seminar Series
Evidence of a Clovis Presence at Wupatki National Monument
A complete Clovis point was recently discovered during a U.S. National Park Service surface inventory survey of Wupatki National Monument. The point is described in terms of the location of its discovery, its context, and its attributes. It is suggested that Clovis hunters in the Wupatki area might have pursued either mammoth or bison, perhaps by driving them into the numerous grabens and box canyons in the upland zone, or by ambushing them at pr…
Refining the Role ofCerros de Trincherasin Southern Arizona Settlement
Cerros de trincheras in northern Sonora and southern Arizona have traditionally been interpreted as short-term, defensive refuges. This paper reviews recent evidence concerning the functions of such sites by focusing on survey, mapping, and excavation results gained over the past 12 years at several Tucson Basin cerros de trincheras. This evidence suggests that the Tucson Basin sites, and probably other cerros de triincheras as well, were not use…
Between Desert and River: Hohokam Settlement and Land Use in the Los Robles Community
Tusayan White Ware Chronology: New Archaeological and Dendrochronological Evidence
Since its publication in 1966, archaeologists have relied heavily on David A. Breternitz's An Appraisal of Tree-Ring Dated Pottery in the Southwest for guidance in the chronological study of ceramic variability. In the northern Southwest, in particular, archaeologists have used Breternitz's production ranges for decorated and undecorated ceramic types to establish approximate periods of occupation for excavated and unexcavated sites. It now seems…
The Observer: Julian Hayden at Pueblo Grande
Julian Hayden's archaeological fieldwork at Pueblo Grande from 1936 to 1940 represents one of his finest achievements in Southwestern archaeology. Yet until quite recently this work remained unknown, and for nearly four decades Hayden himself believed that his Pueblo Grande notes, maps, and drawings had been lost or discarded. This paper documents Hayden's remarkable archaeological excavations at Pueblo Grande, and credits him for salvaging Odd H…
Applied Archaeology
Non-Boserupian Ecology and Agricultural Risk: Ethnic Politics and Land Control in the Arid Southwest
Numerous cases of increasing population without fallow shortening or intensification without population pressure have been cited as disproof of the Boserup model of agricultural change. In this paper we argue that the model is an efficient explanation for agricultural change but only when certain agroecological conditions are met: higher marginal input costs must be both necessary and sufficient to raise production. Elsewhere, conditions are non-…
Refining the Role Ofcerros De Trincherasin Southern Arizona Settlement
Cerros de trincheras in northern Sonora and southern Arizona have traditionally been interpreted as short-term, defensive refuges. This paper reviews recent evidence concerning the functions of such sites by focusing on survey, mapping, and excavation results gained over the past 12 years at several Tucson Basin cerros de trincheras. This evidence suggests that the Tucson Basin sites, and probably other cerros de trincheras as well, were not used…
From Myths to Methods: Intellectual Transitions in Flagstaff Archaeology, 1883-1930
This chapter examines a critical transformation in southwestern archaeology, from an era of intuitive and largely atemporal interpretations of Native American myths and legends to a period of local, temporally-grounded culture histories. Jesse Walter Fewkes&s; goals in southwestern archaeology were relatively simple, and they exemplified the Bureau of American Ethnology program of linking prehistoric ruins with existing Native American groups. Fe…
Applications of deep learning to decorated ceramic typology and classification: A case study using Tusayan White Ware from Northeast Arizona
In this study, we present an alternate approach to archaeological typology, using deep learning to classify digital images of decorated pottery sherds into an existing typological framework. The study focuses on a specific kind of ancient painted pottery from the American Southwest, Tusayan White Ware, but we believe it has broader implications for a wide range of geographical settings and artifact types. Our results show that when properly train…
Archaeology (14 works) · Geography (10 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (9 works) · History (6 works) · Geology (4 works) · Geology (4 works) · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Archaeology and Natural History (3 works) · Archaeology and Rock Art Studies (3 works)