Bradley J Vierra
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 3790945 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Bradley J Vierra |
| NOMBRES | Bradley J |
| APELLIDO | Vierra |
| FIRMA | VIERRA B J |
| AFILIACIONES | New Mexico State University |
| VERIFICADO | No |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 16 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 48 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 13 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 3 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1996 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 5 |
The La Bajada Site
The Oshara Tradition is the classic culture‐historical framework used for the Archaic period in the American Southwest. It was defined during fieldwork conducted by Cynthia Irwin‐Williams for the Anasazi Origins Project (AOP) in the 1960s and early 1970s. Chapin has provided an overview of many of the excavated sites from the AOP, with the exception of the La Bajada site, which is the Type site for the Bajada phase, though it has never been repor…
Foragers in Transition
Current research on the Southwest Archaic has focused on understanding the origins of agriculture and the transition from foraging to farming economies. This transition varied widely across the region depending on the local setting. However, significantly fewer studies have given their attention to understanding the process leading up to the initial use of cultigens. We present the results of our research on the Middle Archaic occupation in the N…
Diversity in Open-Air Site Structure across the Pleistocene/Holocene Boundary
Climate Change and the Neolithic in the American Southwest
The identification of the Roman Warm Period and the El Niño–Southern Oscillation by geoscientists and climate researchers over the past several decades and recognition of their role in shaping human history elsewhere have offered Southwestern archaeologists new tools for understanding how climatic changes may have contributed to the forager-to-farmer transition. Our study evaluates the possible effects of climate change and severe drought conditi…
Projectile point technology
Another Look at Expedient Technologies, Sedentism, and the Bow and Arrow
The transition from the dart to the arrow, and the commensurate changes in lithic technology is poorly understood in the American Southwest. This transition has often been linked to shifts in sedentism and the increasing use of expedient flake tools. However, the relationship between the use of bifacial and core reduction strategies are conditioned by a variety of factors, and not primarily in response to the use of the bow-and-arrow, or simply s…
Archaic Hunter-Gatherer Archaeology in Northwestern New Mexico
Since the late 1970s and into the 1980s, there has been a marked increase in the amount of research conducted on hunter-gatherer archaeology in the American Southwest. This has in part been related to a renewed interest in general hunter-gatherer studies and to the large number of CRM projects. This chapter reviews the concept of the Archaic and some of the research on Archaic hunter-gatherers in northwestern New Mexico. The traditional view of t…
The Archaic Southwest
Another possible source of archeological maize found in Chaco Canyon, NM
From Mountain Top to Valley Bottom
The Rio Arriba
The northern Rio Grande Valley has a long and rich history of anthropological research (Cordell 1979; Kohler 2004; Martorano et al. 1999; Powers 2005; Riley 1995; Schlanger 2002). From the initial work of Edgar Lee Hewett to recent survey and excavation projects on the Pajarito Plateau, the region has contributed to our understanding of research issues ranging from early agriculture to the process of site aggregation. This volume continues this l…
Foragers and Farmers in the Northern Rio Grande Valley, New Mexico
The dispersal of early agriculture across the American Southwest occurred quite rapidly. However, we do not currently understand intraregional variation in respect to the exact timing, context, and nature of early maize agriculture. It appears that maize was integrated into local foraging economies, being cultivated in both lowland and upland contexts within the northern Rio Grande Valley. The period leading to the dependence on this cultigen was…
The Late Archaic across the Borderlands
Why and when human societies shifted from nomadic hunting and gathering to settled agriculture engages the interest of scholars around the world. One of the most fruitful areas in which to study this issue is the North American Southwest, where Late Archaic inhabitants of the Sonoran and Chihuahuan Deserts of Mexico, Arizona, and New Mexico turned to farming while their counterparts in Trans-Pecos and South Texas continued to forage. By investiga…
Mv120
This report presents the findings of the data recovery program conducted at site 41MV120. The excavation was conducted under a contractual agreement with the Texas Department of Transportation under Texas Antiquities Permit number 1622. A total of 9,147 lithic artifacts, 30,903 g of fire-cracked rock, 1623 g of mussel shells, 457 g of snails, 43 macrobotanical samples, 79 historic artifacts, and 15 bones was recovered from these excavations. 41MV…
Subsistence and Stone Tool Technology
Peer Review
From Mountain Top to Valley Bottom
Subsistence and Stone Tool Technology
Projectile point technology
The Archaic Southwest
Foragers and Farmers in the Northern Rio Grande Valley, New Mexico
The dispersal of early agriculture across the American Southwest occurred quite rapidly. However, we do not currently understand intraregional variation in respect to the exact timing, context, and nature of early maize agriculture. It appears that maize was integrated into local foraging economies, being cultivated in both lowland and upland contexts within the northern Rio Grande Valley. The period leading to the dependence on this cultigen was…
Mv120
This report presents the findings of the data recovery program conducted at site 41MV120. The excavation was conducted under a contractual agreement with the Texas Department of Transportation under Texas Antiquities Permit number 1622. A total of 9,147 lithic artifacts, 30,903 g of fire-cracked rock, 1623 g of mussel shells, 457 g of snails, 43 macrobotanical samples, 79 historic artifacts, and 15 bones was recovered from these excavations. 41MV…
Climate Change and the Neolithic in the American Southwest
The identification of the Roman Warm Period and the El Niño–Southern Oscillation by geoscientists and climate researchers over the past several decades and recognition of their role in shaping human history elsewhere have offered Southwestern archaeologists new tools for understanding how climatic changes may have contributed to the forager-to-farmer transition. Our study evaluates the possible effects of climate change and severe drought conditi…
Another possible source of archeological maize found in Chaco Canyon, NM
Foragers in Transition
Current research on the Southwest Archaic has focused on understanding the origins of agriculture and the transition from foraging to farming economies. This transition varied widely across the region depending on the local setting. However, significantly fewer studies have given their attention to understanding the process leading up to the initial use of cultigens. We present the results of our research on the Middle Archaic occupation in the N…
Peer Review
Subsistence and Stone Tool Technology
Mv120
This report presents the findings of the data recovery program conducted at site 41MV120. The excavation was conducted under a contractual agreement with the Texas Department of Transportation under Texas Antiquities Permit number 1622. A total of 9,147 lithic artifacts, 30,903 g of fire-cracked rock, 1623 g of mussel shells, 457 g of snails, 43 macrobotanical samples, 79 historic artifacts, and 15 bones was recovered from these excavations. 41MV…
The Late Archaic across the Borderlands
Why and when human societies shifted from nomadic hunting and gathering to settled agriculture engages the interest of scholars around the world. One of the most fruitful areas in which to study this issue is the North American Southwest, where Late Archaic inhabitants of the Sonoran and Chihuahuan Deserts of Mexico, Arizona, and New Mexico turned to farming while their counterparts in Trans-Pecos and South Texas continued to forage. By investiga…
The Rio Arriba
The northern Rio Grande Valley has a long and rich history of anthropological research (Cordell 1979; Kohler 2004; Martorano et al. 1999; Powers 2005; Riley 1995; Schlanger 2002). From the initial work of Edgar Lee Hewett to recent survey and excavation projects on the Pajarito Plateau, the region has contributed to our understanding of research issues ranging from early agriculture to the process of site aggregation. This volume continues this l…
Foragers and Farmers in the Northern Rio Grande Valley, New Mexico
The dispersal of early agriculture across the American Southwest occurred quite rapidly. However, we do not currently understand intraregional variation in respect to the exact timing, context, and nature of early maize agriculture. It appears that maize was integrated into local foraging economies, being cultivated in both lowland and upland contexts within the northern Rio Grande Valley. The period leading to the dependence on this cultigen was…
From Mountain Top to Valley Bottom
Another possible source of archeological maize found in Chaco Canyon, NM
The Archaic Southwest
Archaic Hunter-Gatherer Archaeology in Northwestern New Mexico
Since the late 1970s and into the 1980s, there has been a marked increase in the amount of research conducted on hunter-gatherer archaeology in the American Southwest. This has in part been related to a renewed interest in general hunter-gatherer studies and to the large number of CRM projects. This chapter reviews the concept of the Archaic and some of the research on Archaic hunter-gatherers in northwestern New Mexico. The traditional view of t…
Projectile point technology
Another Look at Expedient Technologies, Sedentism, and the Bow and Arrow
The transition from the dart to the arrow, and the commensurate changes in lithic technology is poorly understood in the American Southwest. This transition has often been linked to shifts in sedentism and the increasing use of expedient flake tools. However, the relationship between the use of bifacial and core reduction strategies are conditioned by a variety of factors, and not primarily in response to the use of the bow-and-arrow, or simply s…
Climate Change and the Neolithic in the American Southwest
The identification of the Roman Warm Period and the El Niño–Southern Oscillation by geoscientists and climate researchers over the past several decades and recognition of their role in shaping human history elsewhere have offered Southwestern archaeologists new tools for understanding how climatic changes may have contributed to the forager-to-farmer transition. Our study evaluates the possible effects of climate change and severe drought conditi…
Foragers in Transition
Current research on the Southwest Archaic has focused on understanding the origins of agriculture and the transition from foraging to farming economies. This transition varied widely across the region depending on the local setting. However, significantly fewer studies have given their attention to understanding the process leading up to the initial use of cultigens. We present the results of our research on the Middle Archaic occupation in the N…
Diversity in Open-Air Site Structure across the Pleistocene/Holocene Boundary
The La Bajada Site
The Oshara Tradition is the classic culture‐historical framework used for the Archaic period in the American Southwest. It was defined during fieldwork conducted by Cynthia Irwin‐Williams for the Anasazi Origins Project (AOP) in the 1960s and early 1970s. Chapin has provided an overview of many of the excavated sites from the AOP, with the exception of the La Bajada site, which is the Type site for the Bajada phase, though it has never been repor…
Archaeology (14 obras) · Geography (13 obras) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (11 obras) · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (8 obras) · Archaeology and Natural History (7 obras) · Biology (6 obras) · Geology (6 obras) · Ecology (5 obras) · History (5 obras) · Computer Science (4 obras)