Susan C Ryan
Biographic Data
| ID | 3790846 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Susan C Ryan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Susan C |
| FAMILY NAME | Ryan |
| SIGNATURE | RYAN S C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Crow Canyon Archaeological Center |
| ORCID | 0009-0000-7480-2469 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 20 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 9 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1997 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Research, Education and American Indian Partnerships at the Crow Canyon Archaeological Center
The University Press of Colorado, including the Utah State University Press imprint, publishes forty to forty-five new titles each year, with the goal of facilitating communication among scholars and providing the peoples of the state and region with a fair assessment of their histories, cultures, a
Desirable Meat
The Albert Porter Pueblo great house, located in the central Mesa Verde region, was surrounded by numerous residential structures during the Pueblo II and Pueblo III periods. Using a variety of exploitation measures of wild game and turkeys, we test three hypotheses to see if there are meaningful similarities or differences in the faunal assemblages from the great house and the domestic households that surrounded it. Although the great house was …
A spatial analysis of civic-ceremonial architecture in the central Mesa Verde Region, United States
How to Make a Polity (In the Central Mesa Verde Region)
The degree to which prehispanic societies in the northern upland Southwest were hierarchical or egalitarian is still debated and seems likely to have changed through time. This paper examines the plausibility of village-spanning polities in the northern Southwest by simulating the coevolution of hierarchy and warfare using extensions to the Village Ecodynamics Project's agent-based model. We additionally compile empirical data on the population s…
The Dynamics of Social Networks in the Late Prehispanic US Southwest
This chapter conducts social network analysis on two case studies from the late prehispanic US Southwest. It takes a diachronic perspective in order to look at network dynamics over a 200-year period (ad 1200 to 1400). The case studies chosen are areas where, through independent data, extensive migration has been demonstrated and is widely accepted. The analyses pertain to three specific topics of archaeological interest: (1) first-comer advantag…
The Potential of Osteometric Data for Comprehensive Studies of Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) Husbandry in the American Southwest
In this paper we highlight the value of taking standardized measurements from fragmented bones of turkeys (Meleagris gallopavo) from ancient sites in the American Southwest. We present turkey measurement data from two sites in the Central Mesa Verde region of southwestern Colorado; Albert Porter and Sand Canyon Pueblos, dating to the Pueblo II and III (AD 920-1280) periods. Our analyses indicate that fragmented bone epiphyses can successfully dis…
The Occupational History of Albert Porter Pueblo During the A.D. 1130–1180 Drought
Relatively little attention has been paid to the impacts of the A.D. 1130–1180 drought in the central Mesa Verde region, despite the fact that this period coincides with the collapse of the Chaco regional system. Were great house communities depopulated during the A.D. 1130–1180 drought? This paper calls into question the use of tree-ring distributions as the sole means of re-creating population history, and offers an alternative approach utilizi…
Native Americans and the Environment
Book Review| January 01 2008 Native Americans and the Environment: Perspectives on the Ecological Indian Native Americans and the Environment: Perspectives on the Ecological Indian, Michael E. Harkin and David Rich Lewis. Susan C. Ryan Susan C. Ryan Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Journal of American Ethnic History (2008) 27 (2): 104–105. https://doi.org/10.2307/40543339 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter …
Obituary
How to Make a Polity (In the Central Mesa Verde Region)
The degree to which prehispanic societies in the northern upland Southwest were hierarchical or egalitarian is still debated and seems likely to have changed through time. This paper examines the plausibility of village-spanning polities in the northern Southwest by simulating the coevolution of hierarchy and warfare using extensions to the Village Ecodynamics Project's agent-based model. We additionally compile empirical data on the population s…
The Potential of Osteometric Data for Comprehensive Studies of Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) Husbandry in the American Southwest
In this paper we highlight the value of taking standardized measurements from fragmented bones of turkeys (Meleagris gallopavo) from ancient sites in the American Southwest. We present turkey measurement data from two sites in the Central Mesa Verde region of southwestern Colorado; Albert Porter and Sand Canyon Pueblos, dating to the Pueblo II and III (AD 920-1280) periods. Our analyses indicate that fragmented bone epiphyses can successfully dis…
The Occupational History of Albert Porter Pueblo During the A.D. 1130–1180 Drought
Relatively little attention has been paid to the impacts of the A.D. 1130–1180 drought in the central Mesa Verde region, despite the fact that this period coincides with the collapse of the Chaco regional system. Were great house communities depopulated during the A.D. 1130–1180 drought? This paper calls into question the use of tree-ring distributions as the sole means of re-creating population history, and offers an alternative approach utilizi…
Desirable Meat
The Albert Porter Pueblo great house, located in the central Mesa Verde region, was surrounded by numerous residential structures during the Pueblo II and Pueblo III periods. Using a variety of exploitation measures of wild game and turkeys, we test three hypotheses to see if there are meaningful similarities or differences in the faunal assemblages from the great house and the domestic households that surrounded it. Although the great house was …
Native Americans and the Environment
Book Review| January 01 2008 Native Americans and the Environment: Perspectives on the Ecological Indian Native Americans and the Environment: Perspectives on the Ecological Indian, Michael E. Harkin and David Rich Lewis. Susan C. Ryan Susan C. Ryan Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Journal of American Ethnic History (2008) 27 (2): 104–105. https://doi.org/10.2307/40543339 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter …
Obituary
Native Americans and the Environment
Book Review| January 01 2008 Native Americans and the Environment: Perspectives on the Ecological Indian Native Americans and the Environment: Perspectives on the Ecological Indian, Michael E. Harkin and David Rich Lewis. Susan C. Ryan Susan C. Ryan Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Journal of American Ethnic History (2008) 27 (2): 104–105. https://doi.org/10.2307/40543339 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter …
The Occupational History of Albert Porter Pueblo During the A.D. 1130–1180 Drought
Relatively little attention has been paid to the impacts of the A.D. 1130–1180 drought in the central Mesa Verde region, despite the fact that this period coincides with the collapse of the Chaco regional system. Were great house communities depopulated during the A.D. 1130–1180 drought? This paper calls into question the use of tree-ring distributions as the sole means of re-creating population history, and offers an alternative approach utilizi…
The Potential of Osteometric Data for Comprehensive Studies of Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) Husbandry in the American Southwest
In this paper we highlight the value of taking standardized measurements from fragmented bones of turkeys (Meleagris gallopavo) from ancient sites in the American Southwest. We present turkey measurement data from two sites in the Central Mesa Verde region of southwestern Colorado; Albert Porter and Sand Canyon Pueblos, dating to the Pueblo II and III (AD 920-1280) periods. Our analyses indicate that fragmented bone epiphyses can successfully dis…
The Dynamics of Social Networks in the Late Prehispanic US Southwest
This chapter conducts social network analysis on two case studies from the late prehispanic US Southwest. It takes a diachronic perspective in order to look at network dynamics over a 200-year period (ad 1200 to 1400). The case studies chosen are areas where, through independent data, extensive migration has been demonstrated and is widely accepted. The analyses pertain to three specific topics of archaeological interest: (1) first-comer advantag…
A spatial analysis of civic-ceremonial architecture in the central Mesa Verde Region, United States
How to Make a Polity (In the Central Mesa Verde Region)
The degree to which prehispanic societies in the northern upland Southwest were hierarchical or egalitarian is still debated and seems likely to have changed through time. This paper examines the plausibility of village-spanning polities in the northern Southwest by simulating the coevolution of hierarchy and warfare using extensions to the Village Ecodynamics Project's agent-based model. We additionally compile empirical data on the population s…
Desirable Meat
The Albert Porter Pueblo great house, located in the central Mesa Verde region, was surrounded by numerous residential structures during the Pueblo II and Pueblo III periods. Using a variety of exploitation measures of wild game and turkeys, we test three hypotheses to see if there are meaningful similarities or differences in the faunal assemblages from the great house and the domestic households that surrounded it. Although the great house was …
Research, Education and American Indian Partnerships at the Crow Canyon Archaeological Center
The University Press of Colorado, including the Utah State University Press imprint, publishes forty to forty-five new titles each year, with the goal of facilitating communication among scholars and providing the peoples of the state and region with a fair assessment of their histories, cultures, a
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