Gregson Schachner
Biographic Data
| ID | 3616712 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Gregson Schachner |
| GIVEN NAMES | Gregson |
| FAMILY NAME | Schachner |
| SIGNATURE | SCHACHNER G |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of California, Los Angeles |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 19 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 73 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 18 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Research, Education and American Indian Partnerships at the Crow Canyon Archaeological Center
The Bonito Factor: How Unique Was Pueblo Bonito
Pueblo Bonito is the largest and most centrally located great house in Chaco Canyon. One of its most striking attributes is its abundance of “exceptional deposits” of rare and unusual objects. It is unclear, however, whether Pueblo Bonito's assemblage reflects its unique status in the Chaco world or whether it is a product of sampling bias. To answer this question, we use binomial probabilities to interpret the significance of both finding, and o…
Volcanic climate forcing, extreme cold and the Neolithic Transition in the northern US Southwest
The impacts on global climate of the AD 536 and 541 volcanic eruptions are well attested in palaeoclimatic datasets and in Eurasian historical records. Their effects on farmers in the arid uplands of western North America, however, remain poorly understood. The authors investigate whether extreme cold caused by these eruptions influenced the scale, scope and timing of the Neolithic Transition in the northern US Southwest. Archaeological tree-ring…
Large-Scale Patterns in the Agricultural Demographic Transition of Mesoamerica and Southwestern North America
This article examines large-scale spatial and temporal patterns in the agricultural demographic transition (ADT) of Mesoamerica and southwestern North America ('the Southwest'). An analysis of published settlement and subsistence data suggests that the prolonged ADTs of these regions involved two successive eras of rapid population growth. Although both periods of growth were fueled by the introduction or development of more productive domesticat…
Early Pueblo Period Population Aggregation and Dispersal in the Petrified Forest Region, East-Central Arizona
The Western Puerco region of east-central Arizona figured prominently in foundational studies of the Early Pueblo period (AD 650–950) yet remains on the periphery of recent research. This article presents new survey and chronometric data from three communities located in a densely occupied portion of the Western Puerco, the Petrified Forest. These data suggest that the Petrified Forest hosted the earliest known aggregated settlement in the region…
Comparing Near Eastern Neolithic Megasites and Southwestern Pueblos: Population Size, Exceptionalism and Historical Trajectories
Çatalhöyük and other Near Eastern Neolithic ‘megasites’ are commonly interpreted as exceptional because of their large size and early dates. In this paper, we question exceptional claims about the size and social organization of megasites like Çatalhöyük by comparing them to pueblos in the American Southwest. We argue that Çatalhöyük and other Near Eastern Neolithic megasites are better understood as large villages whose size, layout and social o…
The Zuni/Cibola Region
The Zuni/Cibola region of eastern Arizona and western New Mexico was the setting for some of the earliest formal archaeological investigations in the U.S. Southwest. From the outset, research in the region has been regional in scope, focusing in particular on issues of population movement, community organization, and social identity. Importantly, although the Cibola region is often treated as a single unit of analysis, the regional boundaries are…
Migration and Ethnicity in Middle-Range Societies: A View from the Southwest
"Migration and Ethnicity in Middle-Range Societies: A View from the Southwest." KIVA, 81(3-4), pp. 268–269
Ancestral Pueblo Archaeology: The Value of Synthesis
Thermally Modified Rock: The Experimental Study of “Fire-Cracked” Byproducts of Hot Rock Cooking
Despite its ubiquity in residential middens at many North American archaeological sites, thermally modified rock (TMR) is among the least studied elements of the archaeological record. TMR assemblages, however, may provide key insights into routine cooking practices, patterns of refuse disposal, and midden formation processes. This article outlines the results of experimental research aimed at understanding the conditions by which TMR assemblages…
Emergence and Collapse of Early Villages: Models of Central Mesa Verde Archaeology
Crucible of Pueblos: The Early Pueblo Period in the Northern Southwest
Alternative Trajectories during the Early Pueblo Period in the Little Colorado Drainage and Beyond
Refining correspondence analysis-based ceramic seriation of regional data sets
Changes in regional organization and mobility in the Zuni region of the American Southwest during the Pueblo III and IV periods: Insights from Inaa studies
Corporate Group Formation and Differentiation in Early Puebloan Villages of the American Southwest
The development of corporate groups and social differentiation has long been studied by scholars interested in the historic development of Puebloan societies in the American Southwest. Recent discussions of these issues have suggested that corporate group organization and differentiation were formalized during the transition from pithouse to pueblo architecture from A.D. 700 to 1000. In this article, I examine the history and process of the pitho…
Rudd Creek Pueblo: A Late Tularosa Phase Village in East Central Arizona
Rudd Creek Pueblo is a late Tularosa phase (A.D. 1225-1300) village located in the Upper Little Colorado region south of Springerville, Arizona. In 1996, Arizona State University, in cooperation with the Arizona Game and Fish Department, conducted archaeological fieldwork at Rudd Creek. This paper summarizes the results of that field season, which included the clearing of disturbed fill from a number of looted rooms, as well as limited test excav…
Understanding Abandonments in the North American Southwest
Ritual Control and Transformation in Middle-Range Societies: An Example from the American Southwest
Ancestral Pueblo Archaeology: The Value of Synthesis
Refining correspondence analysis-based ceramic seriation of regional data sets
Emergence and Collapse of Early Villages: Models of Central Mesa Verde Archaeology
Corporate Group Formation and Differentiation in Early Puebloan Villages of the American Southwest
The development of corporate groups and social differentiation has long been studied by scholars interested in the historic development of Puebloan societies in the American Southwest. Recent discussions of these issues have suggested that corporate group organization and differentiation were formalized during the transition from pithouse to pueblo architecture from A.D. 700 to 1000. In this article, I examine the history and process of the pitho…
Thermally Modified Rock: The Experimental Study of “Fire-Cracked” Byproducts of Hot Rock Cooking
Despite its ubiquity in residential middens at many North American archaeological sites, thermally modified rock (TMR) is among the least studied elements of the archaeological record. TMR assemblages, however, may provide key insights into routine cooking practices, patterns of refuse disposal, and midden formation processes. This article outlines the results of experimental research aimed at understanding the conditions by which TMR assemblages…
Changes in regional organization and mobility in the Zuni region of the American Southwest during the Pueblo III and IV periods: Insights from Inaa studies
The Bonito Factor: How Unique Was Pueblo Bonito
Pueblo Bonito is the largest and most centrally located great house in Chaco Canyon. One of its most striking attributes is its abundance of “exceptional deposits” of rare and unusual objects. It is unclear, however, whether Pueblo Bonito's assemblage reflects its unique status in the Chaco world or whether it is a product of sampling bias. To answer this question, we use binomial probabilities to interpret the significance of both finding, and o…
Large-Scale Patterns in the Agricultural Demographic Transition of Mesoamerica and Southwestern North America
This article examines large-scale spatial and temporal patterns in the agricultural demographic transition (ADT) of Mesoamerica and southwestern North America ('the Southwest'). An analysis of published settlement and subsistence data suggests that the prolonged ADTs of these regions involved two successive eras of rapid population growth. Although both periods of growth were fueled by the introduction or development of more productive domesticat…
Comparing Near Eastern Neolithic Megasites and Southwestern Pueblos: Population Size, Exceptionalism and Historical Trajectories
Çatalhöyük and other Near Eastern Neolithic ‘megasites’ are commonly interpreted as exceptional because of their large size and early dates. In this paper, we question exceptional claims about the size and social organization of megasites like Çatalhöyük by comparing them to pueblos in the American Southwest. We argue that Çatalhöyük and other Near Eastern Neolithic megasites are better understood as large villages whose size, layout and social o…
Rudd Creek Pueblo: A Late Tularosa Phase Village in East Central Arizona
Rudd Creek Pueblo is a late Tularosa phase (A.D. 1225-1300) village located in the Upper Little Colorado region south of Springerville, Arizona. In 1996, Arizona State University, in cooperation with the Arizona Game and Fish Department, conducted archaeological fieldwork at Rudd Creek. This paper summarizes the results of that field season, which included the clearing of disturbed fill from a number of looted rooms, as well as limited test excav…
Volcanic climate forcing, extreme cold and the Neolithic Transition in the northern US Southwest
The impacts on global climate of the AD 536 and 541 volcanic eruptions are well attested in palaeoclimatic datasets and in Eurasian historical records. Their effects on farmers in the arid uplands of western North America, however, remain poorly understood. The authors investigate whether extreme cold caused by these eruptions influenced the scale, scope and timing of the Neolithic Transition in the northern US Southwest. Archaeological tree-ring…
Ritual Control and Transformation in Middle-Range Societies: An Example from the American Southwest
Understanding Abandonments in the North American Southwest
Rudd Creek Pueblo: A Late Tularosa Phase Village in East Central Arizona
Rudd Creek Pueblo is a late Tularosa phase (A.D. 1225-1300) village located in the Upper Little Colorado region south of Springerville, Arizona. In 1996, Arizona State University, in cooperation with the Arizona Game and Fish Department, conducted archaeological fieldwork at Rudd Creek. This paper summarizes the results of that field season, which included the clearing of disturbed fill from a number of looted rooms, as well as limited test excav…
Corporate Group Formation and Differentiation in Early Puebloan Villages of the American Southwest
The development of corporate groups and social differentiation has long been studied by scholars interested in the historic development of Puebloan societies in the American Southwest. Recent discussions of these issues have suggested that corporate group organization and differentiation were formalized during the transition from pithouse to pueblo architecture from A.D. 700 to 1000. In this article, I examine the history and process of the pitho…
Changes in regional organization and mobility in the Zuni region of the American Southwest during the Pueblo III and IV periods: Insights from Inaa studies
Crucible of Pueblos: The Early Pueblo Period in the Northern Southwest
Alternative Trajectories during the Early Pueblo Period in the Little Colorado Drainage and Beyond
Refining correspondence analysis-based ceramic seriation of regional data sets
Ancestral Pueblo Archaeology: The Value of Synthesis
Thermally Modified Rock: The Experimental Study of “Fire-Cracked” Byproducts of Hot Rock Cooking
Despite its ubiquity in residential middens at many North American archaeological sites, thermally modified rock (TMR) is among the least studied elements of the archaeological record. TMR assemblages, however, may provide key insights into routine cooking practices, patterns of refuse disposal, and midden formation processes. This article outlines the results of experimental research aimed at understanding the conditions by which TMR assemblages…
Emergence and Collapse of Early Villages: Models of Central Mesa Verde Archaeology
Migration and Ethnicity in Middle-Range Societies: A View from the Southwest
"Migration and Ethnicity in Middle-Range Societies: A View from the Southwest." KIVA, 81(3-4), pp. 268–269
The Zuni/Cibola Region
The Zuni/Cibola region of eastern Arizona and western New Mexico was the setting for some of the earliest formal archaeological investigations in the U.S. Southwest. From the outset, research in the region has been regional in scope, focusing in particular on issues of population movement, community organization, and social identity. Importantly, although the Cibola region is often treated as a single unit of analysis, the regional boundaries are…
Comparing Near Eastern Neolithic Megasites and Southwestern Pueblos: Population Size, Exceptionalism and Historical Trajectories
Çatalhöyük and other Near Eastern Neolithic ‘megasites’ are commonly interpreted as exceptional because of their large size and early dates. In this paper, we question exceptional claims about the size and social organization of megasites like Çatalhöyük by comparing them to pueblos in the American Southwest. We argue that Çatalhöyük and other Near Eastern Neolithic megasites are better understood as large villages whose size, layout and social o…
Early Pueblo Period Population Aggregation and Dispersal in the Petrified Forest Region, East-Central Arizona
The Western Puerco region of east-central Arizona figured prominently in foundational studies of the Early Pueblo period (AD 650–950) yet remains on the periphery of recent research. This article presents new survey and chronometric data from three communities located in a densely occupied portion of the Western Puerco, the Petrified Forest. These data suggest that the Petrified Forest hosted the earliest known aggregated settlement in the region…
Large-Scale Patterns in the Agricultural Demographic Transition of Mesoamerica and Southwestern North America
This article examines large-scale spatial and temporal patterns in the agricultural demographic transition (ADT) of Mesoamerica and southwestern North America ('the Southwest'). An analysis of published settlement and subsistence data suggests that the prolonged ADTs of these regions involved two successive eras of rapid population growth. Although both periods of growth were fueled by the introduction or development of more productive domesticat…
The Bonito Factor: How Unique Was Pueblo Bonito
Pueblo Bonito is the largest and most centrally located great house in Chaco Canyon. One of its most striking attributes is its abundance of “exceptional deposits” of rare and unusual objects. It is unclear, however, whether Pueblo Bonito's assemblage reflects its unique status in the Chaco world or whether it is a product of sampling bias. To answer this question, we use binomial probabilities to interpret the significance of both finding, and o…
Volcanic climate forcing, extreme cold and the Neolithic Transition in the northern US Southwest
The impacts on global climate of the AD 536 and 541 volcanic eruptions are well attested in palaeoclimatic datasets and in Eurasian historical records. Their effects on farmers in the arid uplands of western North America, however, remain poorly understood. The authors investigate whether extreme cold caused by these eruptions influenced the scale, scope and timing of the Neolithic Transition in the northern US Southwest. Archaeological tree-ring…
Research, Education and American Indian Partnerships at the Crow Canyon Archaeological Center
Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (18 works) · Geography (18 works) · Archaeology (17 works) · History (10 works) · Archaeology and Rock Art Studies (9 works) · Sociology (9 works) · Archaeology and Natural History (7 works) · Anthropology (6 works) · Demography (6 works) · Cartography (5 works)