E Williams
Biographic Data
| ID | 47212 |
|---|---|
| NAME | E Williams |
| GIVEN NAMES | E |
| FAMILY NAME | Williams |
| SIGNATURE | WILLIAMS E |
| AFFILIATIONS | Centro Universitario Juana de Asbaje |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9656-0162 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 27 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 71 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 27 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1971 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
The Boundaries of Ancient Trade. Kings, Commoners, and the Aksumite Salt Trade of Ethiopia. Por Helina S. Woldekiros. Denver: University Press of Colorado, 2023, 211 p
Actualmente, la mayora de la gente en todo el mundo tiene fcil acceso a la sal comn (cloruro de sodio), por lo que pocos se dan cuenta de la gran importancia de ese compuesto qumico en la historia mundial.Aparte de su papel indispensable en la dieta, se necesitaron enormes cantidades de este producto en el mundo antiguo (y moderno) para la preservacin de alimentos, para la cra de ganado y para teir textiles, entre muchos otros usos (Williams, 201…
Good for men, but not for me: A qualitative study of factors preventing men from seeking psychological treatment for their binge-spectrum eating disorders
Salt-Making in Mesoamerica: Production Sites and Tool Assemblages
Common salt, or sodium chloride, has always been a strategic resource of primary importance throughout the world. In pre-Hispanic Mesoamerica, salt was used primarily for human consumption, as the native diet had little chloride or sodium, two chemical components that are indispensable for human health and nutrition. Here I discuss the traditional salt industries of Michoacán, Colima, Guerrero, the Basin of Mexico and Puebla, paying special atten…
The “Land of Fish: Reconstructing the Ancient Aquatic Lifeway in Michoacán, Western Mexico
This article deals with the cultural activities linked to subsistence in aquatic environments (fishing, hunting, gathering, and manufacture) in Michoacán from ca. a.d. 1540 to the present. First, I present an ethnohistorical account of aquatic landscapes and resources based on the major written sources from the sixteenth to the nineteenth centuries. Second, I discuss the extant ethnographic information about subsistence activities in the Lake Pát…
Jeffrey R. Parsons and Mesoamerican Ethnoarchaeology
Jeffrey Parsons was a pioneer who expanded the scope of settlement pattern analysis in archaeology. He conducted extensive surveys in Mexico, Peru, and Argentina. Here I discuss Parsons' contributions to ethnographic research with archaeological goals (ethnoarchaeology). His major contributions to the field dealt with Mesoamerican subsistence activities in three broad areas: maguey (Agave sp.) cultivation in the Mexican Highlands; salt-making in …
Ancient West Mexico in the Mesoamerican Ecumene
Ceramic Ethnoarchaeology in Huáncito, Michoacán, Mexico
This study deals with pottery production in Huáncito, a Tarascan or Purepecha community in Michoacán, Mexico. The information I have obtained by direct observation during a quarter-century of ethnoarchaeological fieldwork in this town allows me to generate hypotheses to aid in the interpretation of the archaeological record. The main goal of this study is to assist in the interpretation of the material record of ceramic production by means of eth…
Going for Gold. Craftsmanship and Collecting of Gold Boxes
Journal Article Going for Gold. Craftsmanship and Collecting of Gold Boxes Get access Tessa Murdoch and Heike Zech (eds), Going for Gold. Craftsmanship and Collecting of Gold Boxes. Eastbourne, Sussex Academic Press, 2014. isbn978-1-84519-465-9. 262 pp., 69 col. illus., 97 b. & w. illus. £50. Elizabeth Williams Elizabeth Williams Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of the History of Collections, Volume…
Reconstructing an Ancient Aquatic Lifeway in the Lake Cuitzeo Basin, Michoacan, Mexico
This study of subsistence activities (fishing, hunting, gathering, and manufacture) in the Lake Cuitzeo Basin underscores the value of ethnoarchaeology as a tool for reconstructing the ancient aquatic lifeway in the territory of the ancient Tarascan state, which flourished in an environment dominated by lakes, rivers, marshes, and other wetlands. Mesoamerica was the only civilization in the ancient world that lacked major domesticated sources of …
Forjando patria: Pro-nacionalismo (Forging a Fatherland: For Nationalism) - by Gamio, Manuel
Salt Production and Trade in Ancient Mesoamerica
The Exploitation of Aquatic Resources at Lake Cuitzeo, Michoacán, Mexico: An Ethnoarchaeological Study
The ethnographic, archaeological, and ethnohistorical data discussed in this report help shed light on the cultural processes and the resulting archaeological correlates (i.e., artifacts and features) linked with aquatic subsistence in Lake Cuitzeo, Michoacán, México. This information is vital for interpreting the archaeological record not just in the study area, but also in all those parts of West Mexico and elsewhere in Mesoamerica where lakes,…
Purépecha Pottery Ethnoarchaeology
Most pottery studies begin with production and end with use. Yet every pot and sherd was discarded to enter the archaeological record, and archaeologists neglect this critical passage. We must know more about how long pots lasted and why they were discarded. For five years we studied the use life of ethnographic Purépecha pottery in Michoacán, Mexico. Use life affects discard rate, which affects assemblage size and composition, which affect infer…
Aztatlán
West Mexican art, Pre-Columbian
Older Americans and Aids: Some Guidelines for Prevention
Social workers provide senior citizens with varied services in diverse settings and are in a position to assume leadership in slowing the spread of AIDS among this age group. Unfortunately older people often do not receive the knowledge needed to protect themselves against infection. Historically, older Americans have been largely ignored by HIV/AIDS prevention programs. The major risk behaviors among senior citizens include sexual activity witho…
Salt Production in the Coastal Area of Michoacan, Mexico: An ethnoarchaeological study
This study of saltmaking in coastal Michoacan underscores the value of ethnoarchaeology as a tool for assessing ancient saltmaking activities. Common salt (sodium chloride) was a strategic resource of great importance for Mesoamerica during pre-Hispanic and Colonial times. This study deals with salt production in La Placita and neighboring areas of coastal Michoacan and Colima, in western Mexico. The primary goals are to document traditional salt…
The Ethnoarchaeology of Salt Production at Lake Cuitzeo, Michoacán, Mexico
Salt has always been a strategic resource of primary importance. In Prehispanic times, salt was used mainly for human consumption, and after the Spanish conquest it became, in addition, an important commodity for silver processing and cattle raising. Salt production and trade in the Lake Cuitzeo basin are analyzed from the perspective of ethnography, archaeology, and ethnohistory. We know that salt from Araró, one of the towns where this research…
Author Responds
Journal Article Author Responds Get access Edith Williams, PhD Edith Williams, PhD Oak Park, IL Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Social Work, Volume 42, Issue 4, July 1997, Pages 407–408, https://doi.org/10.1093/sw/42.4.407-a Published: 01 July 1997
Reading in Two Languages at Year Five in African Primary Schools
This paper investigates how the language in which formal education is conducted affects learners' reading ability Malawi and Zambia offer a suitable context for such an investigation in that in Malawi, Chichewa is the medium of instruction for years 1 to 4, with English a taught subject, whereas in Zambia, English is the medium of instruction from year 1, with one of seven local languages as a taught subject An English language reading test, and …
The spatial organization of pottery production in Huancito, Michoacan, Mexico
This paper contributes to the study of the organization of space in pottery-producing households from the ethnoarchaeological perspective. The ethnoarchaeological approach is based on observation of contemporary cultural patterns to provide data and inferences to help in the interpretation of the archaeological record
Pots, Pans, and People: Ceramic Ecology in West Mexico
Little is known about the interrelationship of environment and ceramic specialization, and many questions still remain to be answered, for example: What factors favor or limit the development of ceramic specialization? Why did pottery apparently arise in some places and not in others? One way to answer these questions is to explore the environmental interrelationships of a modern pottery-making community and apply the results to the prehistory of…
The Stone Sculpture of Ancient West Mexico: Description and Interpretation
Iconographic analysis of the Prehispanic stone sculpture of West Mexico (Jalisco, Colima, Nayarit, and Michoacan) has revealed several iconographic themes, which are interpreted using ethnographic analogy with the Huichol Indians and other groups, as well as ethnohistorical information from West Mexico, central Mexico, and other areas. A total of seven iconographic themes have been identified: (1) human heads, (2) human skulls, (3) double figures…
Huichol Ethnography and Archaeological Interpretation
The Huichol Indians of western Mexico inhabit one of the most isolated and inaccessible areas of Middle America. This isolation has meant that their aboriginal culture has survived with relatively few major modifications since the period of first contact with Western culture. This situation offers a unique opportunity to the anthropologist searching for ways to better understand native culture in the area of Mesoamerica
Appropriateness measurement with polychotomous item response models and standardized indices
The test scores of some examinees on a multiple choice test may not provide satisfactory measures of their abilities. The goal of appropriateness measurement is to identify such individuals. Earlier theoretical and experimental work considered examinees answering all, or almost all, test items. This article reports research that extends appropriateness measurement methods to examinees with moderately high non‐response rates. These methods treat n…
Salt Production in the Coastal Area of Michoacan, Mexico: An ethnoarchaeological study
This study of saltmaking in coastal Michoacan underscores the value of ethnoarchaeology as a tool for assessing ancient saltmaking activities. Common salt (sodium chloride) was a strategic resource of great importance for Mesoamerica during pre-Hispanic and Colonial times. This study deals with salt production in La Placita and neighboring areas of coastal Michoacan and Colima, in western Mexico. The primary goals are to document traditional salt…
The Ethnoarchaeology of Salt Production at Lake Cuitzeo, Michoacán, Mexico
Salt has always been a strategic resource of primary importance. In Prehispanic times, salt was used mainly for human consumption, and after the Spanish conquest it became, in addition, an important commodity for silver processing and cattle raising. Salt production and trade in the Lake Cuitzeo basin are analyzed from the perspective of ethnography, archaeology, and ethnohistory. We know that salt from Araró, one of the towns where this research…
The Exploitation of Aquatic Resources at Lake Cuitzeo, Michoacán, Mexico: An Ethnoarchaeological Study
The ethnographic, archaeological, and ethnohistorical data discussed in this report help shed light on the cultural processes and the resulting archaeological correlates (i.e., artifacts and features) linked with aquatic subsistence in Lake Cuitzeo, Michoacán, México. This information is vital for interpreting the archaeological record not just in the study area, but also in all those parts of West Mexico and elsewhere in Mesoamerica where lakes,…
Ancient West Mexico in the Mesoamerican Ecumene
Ceramic Ethnoarchaeology in Huáncito, Michoacán, Mexico
This study deals with pottery production in Huáncito, a Tarascan or Purepecha community in Michoacán, Mexico. The information I have obtained by direct observation during a quarter-century of ethnoarchaeological fieldwork in this town allows me to generate hypotheses to aid in the interpretation of the archaeological record. The main goal of this study is to assist in the interpretation of the material record of ceramic production by means of eth…
Salt-Making in Mesoamerica: Production Sites and Tool Assemblages
Common salt, or sodium chloride, has always been a strategic resource of primary importance throughout the world. In pre-Hispanic Mesoamerica, salt was used primarily for human consumption, as the native diet had little chloride or sodium, two chemical components that are indispensable for human health and nutrition. Here I discuss the traditional salt industries of Michoacán, Colima, Guerrero, the Basin of Mexico and Puebla, paying special atten…
Reconstructing an Ancient Aquatic Lifeway in the Lake Cuitzeo Basin, Michoacan, Mexico
This study of subsistence activities (fishing, hunting, gathering, and manufacture) in the Lake Cuitzeo Basin underscores the value of ethnoarchaeology as a tool for reconstructing the ancient aquatic lifeway in the territory of the ancient Tarascan state, which flourished in an environment dominated by lakes, rivers, marshes, and other wetlands. Mesoamerica was the only civilization in the ancient world that lacked major domesticated sources of …
Older Americans and Aids: Some Guidelines for Prevention
Social workers provide senior citizens with varied services in diverse settings and are in a position to assume leadership in slowing the spread of AIDS among this age group. Unfortunately older people often do not receive the knowledge needed to protect themselves against infection. Historically, older Americans have been largely ignored by HIV/AIDS prevention programs. The major risk behaviors among senior citizens include sexual activity witho…
Purépecha Pottery Ethnoarchaeology
Most pottery studies begin with production and end with use. Yet every pot and sherd was discarded to enter the archaeological record, and archaeologists neglect this critical passage. We must know more about how long pots lasted and why they were discarded. For five years we studied the use life of ethnographic Purépecha pottery in Michoacán, Mexico. Use life affects discard rate, which affects assemblage size and composition, which affect infer…
The “Land of Fish: Reconstructing the Ancient Aquatic Lifeway in Michoacán, Western Mexico
This article deals with the cultural activities linked to subsistence in aquatic environments (fishing, hunting, gathering, and manufacture) in Michoacán from ca. a.d. 1540 to the present. First, I present an ethnohistorical account of aquatic landscapes and resources based on the major written sources from the sixteenth to the nineteenth centuries. Second, I discuss the extant ethnographic information about subsistence activities in the Lake Pát…
The Stone Sculpture of Ancient West Mexico: Description and Interpretation
Iconographic analysis of the Prehispanic stone sculpture of West Mexico (Jalisco, Colima, Nayarit, and Michoacan) has revealed several iconographic themes, which are interpreted using ethnographic analogy with the Huichol Indians and other groups, as well as ethnohistorical information from West Mexico, central Mexico, and other areas. A total of seven iconographic themes have been identified: (1) human heads, (2) human skulls, (3) double figures…
From Columbus to Castro: The history of the Caribbean, 1492-1969
The English School, Its Architecture and Organisation
Appropriateness measurement with polychotomous item response models and standardized indices
The test scores of some examinees on a multiple choice test may not provide satisfactory measures of their abilities. The goal of appropriateness measurement is to identify such individuals. Earlier theoretical and experimental work considered examinees answering all, or almost all, test items. This article reports research that extends appropriateness measurement methods to examinees with moderately high non‐response rates. These methods treat n…
Huichol Ethnography and Archaeological Interpretation
The Huichol Indians of western Mexico inhabit one of the most isolated and inaccessible areas of Middle America. This isolation has meant that their aboriginal culture has survived with relatively few major modifications since the period of first contact with Western culture. This situation offers a unique opportunity to the anthropologist searching for ways to better understand native culture in the area of Mesoamerica
The Stone Sculpture of Ancient West Mexico: Description and Interpretation
Iconographic analysis of the Prehispanic stone sculpture of West Mexico (Jalisco, Colima, Nayarit, and Michoacan) has revealed several iconographic themes, which are interpreted using ethnographic analogy with the Huichol Indians and other groups, as well as ethnohistorical information from West Mexico, central Mexico, and other areas. A total of seven iconographic themes have been identified: (1) human heads, (2) human skulls, (3) double figures…
Pots, Pans, and People: Ceramic Ecology in West Mexico
Little is known about the interrelationship of environment and ceramic specialization, and many questions still remain to be answered, for example: What factors favor or limit the development of ceramic specialization? Why did pottery apparently arise in some places and not in others? One way to answer these questions is to explore the environmental interrelationships of a modern pottery-making community and apply the results to the prehistory of…
The spatial organization of pottery production in Huancito, Michoacan, Mexico
This paper contributes to the study of the organization of space in pottery-producing households from the ethnoarchaeological perspective. The ethnoarchaeological approach is based on observation of contemporary cultural patterns to provide data and inferences to help in the interpretation of the archaeological record
Reading in Two Languages at Year Five in African Primary Schools
This paper investigates how the language in which formal education is conducted affects learners' reading ability Malawi and Zambia offer a suitable context for such an investigation in that in Malawi, Chichewa is the medium of instruction for years 1 to 4, with English a taught subject, whereas in Zambia, English is the medium of instruction from year 1, with one of seven local languages as a taught subject An English language reading test, and …
Author Responds
Journal Article Author Responds Get access Edith Williams, PhD Edith Williams, PhD Oak Park, IL Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Social Work, Volume 42, Issue 4, July 1997, Pages 407–408, https://doi.org/10.1093/sw/42.4.407-a Published: 01 July 1997
The Ethnoarchaeology of Salt Production at Lake Cuitzeo, Michoacán, Mexico
Salt has always been a strategic resource of primary importance. In Prehispanic times, salt was used mainly for human consumption, and after the Spanish conquest it became, in addition, an important commodity for silver processing and cattle raising. Salt production and trade in the Lake Cuitzeo basin are analyzed from the perspective of ethnography, archaeology, and ethnohistory. We know that salt from Araró, one of the towns where this research…
Older Americans and Aids: Some Guidelines for Prevention
Social workers provide senior citizens with varied services in diverse settings and are in a position to assume leadership in slowing the spread of AIDS among this age group. Unfortunately older people often do not receive the knowledge needed to protect themselves against infection. Historically, older Americans have been largely ignored by HIV/AIDS prevention programs. The major risk behaviors among senior citizens include sexual activity witho…
Salt Production in the Coastal Area of Michoacan, Mexico: An ethnoarchaeological study
This study of saltmaking in coastal Michoacan underscores the value of ethnoarchaeology as a tool for assessing ancient saltmaking activities. Common salt (sodium chloride) was a strategic resource of great importance for Mesoamerica during pre-Hispanic and Colonial times. This study deals with salt production in La Placita and neighboring areas of coastal Michoacan and Colima, in western Mexico. The primary goals are to document traditional salt…
Aztatlán
West Mexican art, Pre-Columbian
Purépecha Pottery Ethnoarchaeology
Most pottery studies begin with production and end with use. Yet every pot and sherd was discarded to enter the archaeological record, and archaeologists neglect this critical passage. We must know more about how long pots lasted and why they were discarded. For five years we studied the use life of ethnographic Purépecha pottery in Michoacán, Mexico. Use life affects discard rate, which affects assemblage size and composition, which affect infer…
Salt Production and Trade in Ancient Mesoamerica
The Exploitation of Aquatic Resources at Lake Cuitzeo, Michoacán, Mexico: An Ethnoarchaeological Study
The ethnographic, archaeological, and ethnohistorical data discussed in this report help shed light on the cultural processes and the resulting archaeological correlates (i.e., artifacts and features) linked with aquatic subsistence in Lake Cuitzeo, Michoacán, México. This information is vital for interpreting the archaeological record not just in the study area, but also in all those parts of West Mexico and elsewhere in Mesoamerica where lakes,…
Forjando patria: Pro-nacionalismo (Forging a Fatherland: For Nationalism) - by Gamio, Manuel
Reconstructing an Ancient Aquatic Lifeway in the Lake Cuitzeo Basin, Michoacan, Mexico
This study of subsistence activities (fishing, hunting, gathering, and manufacture) in the Lake Cuitzeo Basin underscores the value of ethnoarchaeology as a tool for reconstructing the ancient aquatic lifeway in the territory of the ancient Tarascan state, which flourished in an environment dominated by lakes, rivers, marshes, and other wetlands. Mesoamerica was the only civilization in the ancient world that lacked major domesticated sources of …
Going for Gold. Craftsmanship and Collecting of Gold Boxes
Journal Article Going for Gold. Craftsmanship and Collecting of Gold Boxes Get access Tessa Murdoch and Heike Zech (eds), Going for Gold. Craftsmanship and Collecting of Gold Boxes. Eastbourne, Sussex Academic Press, 2014. isbn978-1-84519-465-9. 262 pp., 69 col. illus., 97 b. & w. illus. £50. Elizabeth Williams Elizabeth Williams Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of the History of Collections, Volume…
Ceramic Ethnoarchaeology in Huáncito, Michoacán, Mexico
This study deals with pottery production in Huáncito, a Tarascan or Purepecha community in Michoacán, Mexico. The information I have obtained by direct observation during a quarter-century of ethnoarchaeological fieldwork in this town allows me to generate hypotheses to aid in the interpretation of the archaeological record. The main goal of this study is to assist in the interpretation of the material record of ceramic production by means of eth…
Ancient West Mexico in the Mesoamerican Ecumene
Jeffrey R. Parsons and Mesoamerican Ethnoarchaeology
Jeffrey Parsons was a pioneer who expanded the scope of settlement pattern analysis in archaeology. He conducted extensive surveys in Mexico, Peru, and Argentina. Here I discuss Parsons' contributions to ethnographic research with archaeological goals (ethnoarchaeology). His major contributions to the field dealt with Mesoamerican subsistence activities in three broad areas: maguey (Agave sp.) cultivation in the Mexican Highlands; salt-making in …
The “Land of Fish: Reconstructing the Ancient Aquatic Lifeway in Michoacán, Western Mexico
This article deals with the cultural activities linked to subsistence in aquatic environments (fishing, hunting, gathering, and manufacture) in Michoacán from ca. a.d. 1540 to the present. First, I present an ethnohistorical account of aquatic landscapes and resources based on the major written sources from the sixteenth to the nineteenth centuries. Second, I discuss the extant ethnographic information about subsistence activities in the Lake Pát…
Salt-Making in Mesoamerica: Production Sites and Tool Assemblages
Common salt, or sodium chloride, has always been a strategic resource of primary importance throughout the world. In pre-Hispanic Mesoamerica, salt was used primarily for human consumption, as the native diet had little chloride or sodium, two chemical components that are indispensable for human health and nutrition. Here I discuss the traditional salt industries of Michoacán, Colima, Guerrero, the Basin of Mexico and Puebla, paying special atten…
Geography (16 works) · Archaeology (15 works) · Latin American history and culture (13 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (11 works) · History (8 works) · Mesoamerica (7 works) · Art (6 works) · Ethnography (6 works) · Environmental and Cultural Studies in Latin America and Beyond (5 works) · Ethnoarchaeology (5 works)