Michael Mathiowetz
Biographic Data
| ID | 4974294 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Michael Mathiowetz |
| GIVEN NAMES | Michael |
| FAMILY NAME | Mathiowetz |
| SIGNATURE | MATHIOWETZ M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Film Independent |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 15 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
The Keepers of Tradition: Clown Societies in the Casas Grandes and Puebloan Worlds
Often simply characterized as buffoons, Puebloan clowns are complex beings with integral relations to governance, katsina ritualism, medicine societies, and the agricultural cycle. Archaeological, ethnohistorical, and ethnological data from the U.S. Southwest and northwest Mexico indicate that clown societies among the Casas Grandes culture centered in Chihuahua, Mexico, were present during the Medio Period (AD 1200–1450) and may have influenced …
A History of Cacao in West Mexico: Implications for Mesoamerica and U.S. Southwest Connections
From This Day Forward I Am Your Way of Life: The Capitan Icon on Rio Grande Glaze Wares in the Southwestern United States (AD 1300–1700)
From This Day Forward I Am Your Way of Life:The Capitan Icon on Rio Grande Glaze Wares in the Southwestern United States (AD 1300–1700) Michael Mathiowetz (bio) For now, let me simply suggest that the resilience of Pueblo cultural institutions has been profoundly underappreciated by ethnologists and archaeologists alike, in part because of the secrecy that surrounds these institutions but also because of assumptions about European dominance and t…
The Sun Youth of the Casas Grandes Culture, Chihuahua, Mexico (AD 1200-1450)
Paquimé, the paramount Casas Grandes site in northern Chihuahua, Mexico, was arguably the most socially complex and hierarchical pueblo in US Southwest and northwest Mexican history and its complex mixture of Puebloan and Mesoamerican material culture and iconography revealed it to be highly syncretic. The present study examines recent conceptualizations of Casas Grandes religion in comparison to Pueblo and Mesoamerican ethnographic and archaeolo…
A History of Cacao in West Mexico: Implications for Mesoamerica and U.S. Southwest Connections
The Sun Youth of the Casas Grandes Culture, Chihuahua, Mexico (AD 1200-1450)
Paquimé, the paramount Casas Grandes site in northern Chihuahua, Mexico, was arguably the most socially complex and hierarchical pueblo in US Southwest and northwest Mexican history and its complex mixture of Puebloan and Mesoamerican material culture and iconography revealed it to be highly syncretic. The present study examines recent conceptualizations of Casas Grandes religion in comparison to Pueblo and Mesoamerican ethnographic and archaeolo…
From This Day Forward I Am Your Way of Life: The Capitan Icon on Rio Grande Glaze Wares in the Southwestern United States (AD 1300–1700)
From This Day Forward I Am Your Way of Life:The Capitan Icon on Rio Grande Glaze Wares in the Southwestern United States (AD 1300–1700) Michael Mathiowetz (bio) For now, let me simply suggest that the resilience of Pueblo cultural institutions has been profoundly underappreciated by ethnologists and archaeologists alike, in part because of the secrecy that surrounds these institutions but also because of assumptions about European dominance and t…
A History of Cacao in West Mexico: Implications for Mesoamerica and U.S. Southwest Connections
From This Day Forward I Am Your Way of Life: The Capitan Icon on Rio Grande Glaze Wares in the Southwestern United States (AD 1300–1700)
From This Day Forward I Am Your Way of Life:The Capitan Icon on Rio Grande Glaze Wares in the Southwestern United States (AD 1300–1700) Michael Mathiowetz (bio) For now, let me simply suggest that the resilience of Pueblo cultural institutions has been profoundly underappreciated by ethnologists and archaeologists alike, in part because of the secrecy that surrounds these institutions but also because of assumptions about European dominance and t…
The Sun Youth of the Casas Grandes Culture, Chihuahua, Mexico (AD 1200-1450)
Paquimé, the paramount Casas Grandes site in northern Chihuahua, Mexico, was arguably the most socially complex and hierarchical pueblo in US Southwest and northwest Mexican history and its complex mixture of Puebloan and Mesoamerican material culture and iconography revealed it to be highly syncretic. The present study examines recent conceptualizations of Casas Grandes religion in comparison to Pueblo and Mesoamerican ethnographic and archaeolo…
The Keepers of Tradition: Clown Societies in the Casas Grandes and Puebloan Worlds
Often simply characterized as buffoons, Puebloan clowns are complex beings with integral relations to governance, katsina ritualism, medicine societies, and the agricultural cycle. Archaeological, ethnohistorical, and ethnological data from the U.S. Southwest and northwest Mexico indicate that clown societies among the Casas Grandes culture centered in Chihuahua, Mexico, were present during the Medio Period (AD 1200–1450) and may have influenced …
Archaeology (3 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (3 works) · Archaeology and Natural History (3 works) · Art (3 works) · Latin American history and culture (3 works) · Ancient history (2 works) · Geography (2 works) · History (2 works) · Mesoamerica (2 works) · Political science (2 works)