M Golitko
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 69806 |
|---|---|
| NOME | M Golitko |
| PRENOMES | M |
| SOBRENOME | Golitko |
| ASSINATURA | GOLITKO M |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Field Museum of Natural History |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3570-9899 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 40 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 311 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 40 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2007 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 10 |
Social networks, language, and material culture on New Guinea
It is common in both the popular imagination and in scientific research to treat humans as members of distinctive ethnolinguistic groups, populations, or races with different histories. How to best model human diversity has reemerged as a significant issue owing to the prominence of ancient genetic evidence now being used to study the human past. The island of New Guinea, where people speak more than 800 languages or dialects, has served as a tes…
Geochemical and petrographic study of archaeological ceramics from Igbo Ukwu (9th – 12th Century CE), southeastern Nigeria
Geochemical analysis identifies chemical groups in the ceramics studied. • Three main petrographic paste groups are identified in the Igbo Ukwu assemblage. • Multiple petrofabrics reflect differences in clay sources and clay processing techniques. • The ceramics are consistent with broadly local geology. • The results from this study refine the understanding of raw material sourcing and ceramic production practices at ancient Igbo Ukwu. The 1st a…
Buffer Zones, Population, Ecology, and Conflict
Buffer zones, areas unoccupied due to conflict between social collectives, have been theorized to indicate the existence of population pressure as a motivator for conflict in small-scale subsistence economies. Using a database of ethnographic and historical buffer zones, we show that buffer zone width is primarily influenced by population density and not by ecology or subsistence mode, suggesting that security concerns primarily account for buffe…
Waking the “sleeping giant?” Mid- to Late-Holocene environment and fire history in the Aitape area, northern Papua New Guinea
The coastlines of the southwestern Pacific are dynamic environments that have been repeatedly reshaped by tectonic forces as well as changing global climate and sea level. It has been theorized that much of the north coast of New Guinea was sparsely inhabited until stabilization of coastal flats fallowing the Mid-Holocene Thermal Maximum and resulting marine high stand. We report on environmental proxy indicators measured in core samples taken ne…
Exploring the limits of the provenience postulate
Determining the provenience of archaeological objects relies on the so-called "provenience postulate," namely, that sources of these objects are more compositionally distinct from each other than they are internally variable. For ceramics, it can be relatively straightforward in geologically heterogeneous environments to determine where vessels were produced, and whether they were traded or not. In geologically homogeneous regions, this can be fa…
Local knowledge and imperial art
A pXRF analysis of historic brick chemical data throughout the lake Michigan Morainic region, United States
Middle Neolithic fluorites in Northern France and Belgium
Altered logics of production and exchange during the colonial encounter
A performance test of archaeological similarity-based network inference using New Guinean ethnographic data
Macroscale Shifts in Obsidian Procurement Networks Across Prehispanic Mesoamerica
Addressing the issue of the Early Neolithic pottery exchange through a combined petrographic and geochemical approach
Archaeometric and archaeological characterization of the fired clay brick production in the Brussels-Capital Region between the XIV and the third quarter of the XVIII centuries (Belgium)
Brick samples from different archaeological sites represent mostly houses in Brussels (Belgium) built between the end of the Middle ages (end of 13th-beginning 14th centuries) and the end of the Modern Period (18th century). The study gives a mineralogical–petrographical–chemical characterization of the brick samples made in the Brussels-Region and sources the raw silty material, the moulding sand and the lime-mortar. Optical microscopy, X-ray po…
"The potential of obsidian "big data
Studies of obsidian provenance have been a core component of the archaeological sciences from the mid-1960s onward. With the growing application of portable X-ray Fluorescence Spectrometers (PXRF) in obsidian research, the number of such studies, and the amount of data generated per study, is rapidly increasing. Obsidian studies are on the verge of a “big data” revolution, and archaeologists should note the issues inherent to using such large dat…
Positive effects of refugee presence on host community nutritional status in Turkana County, Kenya
OBJECTIVES: Refugee camps are often assumed to negatively impact local host communities through resource competition and conflict. We ask instead whether economic resources and trade networks associated with refugees have benefits for host community health and nutrition. To address this question we assess the impacts of Kakuma Refugee Camp in northwest Kenya, comparing anthropometric indicators of nutritional status between Turkana communities in…
Geochemical Variability in the Paredón Obsidian Source, Puebla and Hidalgo, Mexico
Chemical characterization reveals intra‐source variation in obsidian from the Paredón source area in Puebla and Hidalgo, Mexico. Two chemical sub‐sources of obsidian from Paredón are spatially discrete and cannot be distinguished by visual characteristics. To facilitate future investigations of the prehistoric exploitation of these sub‐sources, an inter‐laboratory comparison of elemental concentrations is presented based on neutron activation ana…
Lawrence H. Keeley
Archaeological and Palaeoenviromental Investigations Near Aitape, Northern Papua New Guinea, 2014
The mid-Holocene period (ca. 7000–3000 BP) in the southwestern Pacific witnessed the activation of wide-ranging networks connecting the north coast of New Guinea and off-shore islands, possibly driven by rising population density as favourable coastal environments developed after the mid-Holocene marine highstand. Yet finding actual evidence for human occupation dating to this period in New Guinea has proven extremely challenging. We report on th…
On graphical representations of similarity in geo-temporal frequency data
Its focus on dependencies and patterns in relational data makes network science a promising addition to the analytic toolbox in archaeology. Despite its tradition in a number of other fields, however, the methodology of network science is only in development and its scope and proper usage are subject to debate. We argue that the historical linkage with graph theory and limitations in commonly available software form an obstacle to leveraging the …
Pottery production, regional exchange, and state collapse during the Middle Horizon ( A.D. 500–1000)
During the Middle Horizon (A.D. 500–1000), the Tiwanaku state dominated the south central Andes. The production and circulation of goods were important components of statecraft. To date, studies of the movement of pottery vessels across the Tiwanaku realm have relied on stylistic analyses. This paper presents results of Laser Ablation Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS) analyses of ceramics from the largest Tiwanaku province …
Basalt source characterization in the highlands of western panama using portable X-ray fluorescence (pXRF) analysis
A new Cambrian black pigment used during the late Middle Palaeolithic discovered at Scladina Cave (Andenne, Belgium)
Sources and semiotics
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Caractérisation de la céramique médiévale d’Autelbas (Arlon, Belgique) et identification de la source de la matière première
La carte d’identité de la céramique tournée médiévale d’Autelbas a été établie par des analyses pétrographiques, granulométiques, géochimiques et diffractométriques. La céramique est constituée par une argile fine, non calcaire, kaolinique et des grains de quartz (dans la gamme granulométrique des silts ou des sables très fins), et sans ajout de dégraissant. La pétrographie conjuguée à la géochimie démontre que les tessons analysés forment un lot…
Procurement and Distribution of Pre-Hispanic Mesoamerican Obsidian 900 BC–AD 1520
Procurement and Distribution of Pre-Hispanic Mesoamerican Obsidian 900 BC–AD 1520
An Analysis of pXRF Obsidian Source Attributions from Tikal, Guatemala
Portable X-ray fluorescence spectrometry (pXRF) was used to obtain source determinations for 2,235 obsidian artifacts. These were supplemented by 48 previously published results made by X-ray fluorescence spectrometry (XRF) and instrumental neutron activation analysis (INAA) to bring the total sample to 2,283. Thirteen geological sources have been identified by instrument to date. Three sources in Highland Guatemala accounted for nearly 98 percen…
Ceramic production during the Middle Horizon
As the only place simultaneously occupied by the Middle Horizon (A.D. 600–1000) Andean states, the Tiwanaku and the Wari, the Moquegua Valley in southern Peru is of critical importance to understanding relations between the two states. Visual studies of Tiwanaku and Wari ceramics in the valley have elucidated differences in form and decoration. The procurement of raw clays was central to the production of these ceramics, and understanding where p…
Complexities of collapse
The authors use a social network analysis to map the changing patterns of obsidian supply among the Maya during the period of Classic to Postclassic transition. The quantity of obsidian received from different sources was calculated for 121 sites and the network analysis showed how the relative abundance of material from different sources shifted over time. A shift from inland to coastal supply routes appears to have contributed to the collapse o…
Chemical characterization of sources of obsidian from the Sepik coast (PNG)
We report here on the chemical analysis by portable x‐ray fluorescence (PXRF) and laser ablation‐inductively coupled plasma‐mass spectrometry (LA‐ICP‐MS) of 438 obsidian flakes recovered from Sepik coastal sites spanning the last two millennia of prehistory. Our results demonstrate the continuous involvement of local people in exchange networks moving obsidian from both the Admiralty Islands and West New Britain to this coast, possibly as far bac…
Beating ploughshares back into swords
Armed with a number of powerful arguments, the authors invite us to face up to the evidence for violence in early Neolithic Europe.Linearbandkeramik(LBK) people first attacked the hunter-gatherers they encountered and then entered a period of increasingly violent warfare against each other, culminating in an intense struggle in the area of central and western Germany. The building of fortifications, physical mutilation and cannibalism, while no d…
A new Cambrian black pigment used during the late Middle Palaeolithic discovered at Scladina Cave (Andenne, Belgium)
Trade and Early State Formation in the Northern Titicaca Basin, Peru
Recent theoretical work has underscored the importance of multiple strategies in the dynamic political and economic landscapes in which archaic states developed. This research emphasizes how the interaction among various non-state polities drives the growth of political centers within a region. It is in this context that numerous intermediate peer-polities emerged, and, on rare occasions in a few places around the world, it is the context of stat…
Mapping prehistoric social fields on the Sepik coast of Papua New Guinea
A provenance study of archaeological obsidian from the Andahuaylas region of southern Peru
A performance test of archaeological similarity-based network inference using New Guinean ethnographic data
On graphical representations of similarity in geo-temporal frequency data
Its focus on dependencies and patterns in relational data makes network science a promising addition to the analytic toolbox in archaeology. Despite its tradition in a number of other fields, however, the methodology of network science is only in development and its scope and proper usage are subject to debate. We argue that the historical linkage with graph theory and limitations in commonly available software form an obstacle to leveraging the …
Identification of Post‐depositional Chemical Alteration of Ceramics From the North Coast of Papua New Guinea (Sanduan Province) by Time‐of‐flight–laser Ablation–inductively Coupled Plasma–mass Spectro…
The measured chemical composition of archaeological ceramics can result from a variety of geological, cultural and taphonomic factors. In the present study, we evaluate the likelihood that elevated barium concentrations in ceramics from the archaeological site of Wom/Aiser, located on the northern coast of Papua New Guinea, result from post‐depositional enrichment. Using time‐of‐flight–laser ablation–inductively coupled plasma–mass spectrometry, …
Identification of Fergusson Island obsidian on the Sepik coast of northern Papua New Guinea
During PXRF analysis of obsidian recovered from sites on the Sepik coast of northern Papua New Guinea, seven pieces were identified exhibiting a chemical signature inconsistent with sources in the Bismarck Archipelago previously identified on the coast. Comparative chemical analysis of obsidian from sources in the western Pacific confirms that these pieces originated on western Fergusson Island in the D'Entrecasteaux group. Our results represent …
Geochemical Variability in the Paredón Obsidian Source, Puebla and Hidalgo, Mexico
Chemical characterization reveals intra‐source variation in obsidian from the Paredón source area in Puebla and Hidalgo, Mexico. Two chemical sub‐sources of obsidian from Paredón are spatially discrete and cannot be distinguished by visual characteristics. To facilitate future investigations of the prehistoric exploitation of these sub‐sources, an inter‐laboratory comparison of elemental concentrations is presented based on neutron activation ana…
Exploring the limits of the provenience postulate
Determining the provenience of archaeological objects relies on the so-called "provenience postulate," namely, that sources of these objects are more compositionally distinct from each other than they are internally variable. For ceramics, it can be relatively straightforward in geologically heterogeneous environments to determine where vessels were produced, and whether they were traded or not. In geologically homogeneous regions, this can be fa…
Local knowledge and imperial art
Altered logics of production and exchange during the colonial encounter
Archaeometric and archaeological characterization of the fired clay brick production in the Brussels-Capital Region between the XIV and the third quarter of the XVIII centuries (Belgium)
Brick samples from different archaeological sites represent mostly houses in Brussels (Belgium) built between the end of the Middle ages (end of 13th-beginning 14th centuries) and the end of the Modern Period (18th century). The study gives a mineralogical–petrographical–chemical characterization of the brick samples made in the Brussels-Region and sources the raw silty material, the moulding sand and the lime-mortar. Optical microscopy, X-ray po…
"The potential of obsidian "big data
Studies of obsidian provenance have been a core component of the archaeological sciences from the mid-1960s onward. With the growing application of portable X-ray Fluorescence Spectrometers (PXRF) in obsidian research, the number of such studies, and the amount of data generated per study, is rapidly increasing. Obsidian studies are on the verge of a “big data” revolution, and archaeologists should note the issues inherent to using such large dat…
Basalt source characterization in the highlands of western panama using portable X-ray fluorescence (pXRF) analysis
Caractérisation de la céramique médiévale d’Autelbas (Arlon, Belgique) et identification de la source de la matière première
La carte d’identité de la céramique tournée médiévale d’Autelbas a été établie par des analyses pétrographiques, granulométiques, géochimiques et diffractométriques. La céramique est constituée par une argile fine, non calcaire, kaolinique et des grains de quartz (dans la gamme granulométrique des silts ou des sables très fins), et sans ajout de dégraissant. La pétrographie conjuguée à la géochimie démontre que les tessons analysés forment un lot…
Discerning geological and geographical sources of Belgian Upper Paleolithic fluorites by rare earth elements and Sr-isotopic geochemistry
Beating ploughshares back into swords
Armed with a number of powerful arguments, the authors invite us to face up to the evidence for violence in early Neolithic Europe.Linearbandkeramik(LBK) people first attacked the hunter-gatherers they encountered and then entered a period of increasingly violent warfare against each other, culminating in an intense struggle in the area of central and western Germany. The building of fortifications, physical mutilation and cannibalism, while no d…
Ceramic production during the Middle Horizon
As the only place simultaneously occupied by the Middle Horizon (A.D. 600–1000) Andean states, the Tiwanaku and the Wari, the Moquegua Valley in southern Peru is of critical importance to understanding relations between the two states. Visual studies of Tiwanaku and Wari ceramics in the valley have elucidated differences in form and decoration. The procurement of raw clays was central to the production of these ceramics, and understanding where p…
Chronological Signification of Lbk Waste Assemblages
Considerations on the chronological signification of Linearbandkeramik (LBK) waste assemblages are presented in this study based on data from anthracology, ceramic seriation and vertical distribution of pottery in pits. Interesting evidence concerning the occupation chronology is provided and a more complex vision of LBK refuse disposal is proposed than that generally accepted. In particular, it is argued that pits, as they appear today to archae…
Signification chronologique des assemblages détritiques rubanes
Nous proposons une réflexion sur la signification chronologique des assemblages détritiques rubanés à travers l’intégration des données issues de l’analyse anthracologique et de l’étude de la céramique décorée. Elle aboutit à une vision plus complexe de la gestion des déchets par les Néolithiques que celle faisant généralement consensus et apporte des éléments de réflexion sur la chronologie des occupations. Il apparaît notamment que les fosses t…
Chemical characterization of sources of obsidian from the Sepik coast (PNG)
We report here on the chemical analysis by portable x‐ray fluorescence (PXRF) and laser ablation‐inductively coupled plasma‐mass spectrometry (LA‐ICP‐MS) of 438 obsidian flakes recovered from Sepik coastal sites spanning the last two millennia of prehistory. Our results demonstrate the continuous involvement of local people in exchange networks moving obsidian from both the Admiralty Islands and West New Britain to this coast, possibly as far bac…
Chapter 15
The investigations described in this monograph have shown us that the Sepik coast is an appealing place where people have devised strikingly effective ways of handling the challenges of living in such a hazardous and changing environment. Contrary to the expectations of some before our fieldwork began on this coast in 1990, we have recovered no evidence linking Lapita pottery in the Bismarck Archipelago directly with early ceramics in mainland So…
Chapter 13
Explaining the modern cultural and linguistic diversity present on the Sepik coast requires an understanding of long-term interaction on both a regional and a broader Melanesian scale. To assess the nature of prehistoric social networks, 438 obsidian specimens and 326 ceramic sherds collected from the coast and brought to the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago were subjected to chemical analysis by either laser ablation inductively couple…
Mapping prehistoric social fields on the Sepik coast of Papua New Guinea
A provenance study of archaeological obsidian from the Andahuaylas region of southern Peru
Identification of Post‐depositional Chemical Alteration of Ceramics From the North Coast of Papua New Guinea (Sanduan Province) by Time‐of‐flight–laser Ablation–inductively Coupled Plasma–mass Spectro…
The measured chemical composition of archaeological ceramics can result from a variety of geological, cultural and taphonomic factors. In the present study, we evaluate the likelihood that elevated barium concentrations in ceramics from the archaeological site of Wom/Aiser, located on the northern coast of Papua New Guinea, result from post‐depositional enrichment. Using time‐of‐flight–laser ablation–inductively coupled plasma–mass spectrometry, …
Identification of Fergusson Island obsidian on the Sepik coast of northern Papua New Guinea
During PXRF analysis of obsidian recovered from sites on the Sepik coast of northern Papua New Guinea, seven pieces were identified exhibiting a chemical signature inconsistent with sources in the Bismarck Archipelago previously identified on the coast. Comparative chemical analysis of obsidian from sources in the western Pacific confirms that these pieces originated on western Fergusson Island in the D'Entrecasteaux group. Our results represent …
Complexities of collapse
The authors use a social network analysis to map the changing patterns of obsidian supply among the Maya during the period of Classic to Postclassic transition. The quantity of obsidian received from different sources was calculated for 121 sites and the network analysis showed how the relative abundance of material from different sources shifted over time. A shift from inland to coastal supply routes appears to have contributed to the collapse o…
Discerning geological and geographical sources of Belgian Upper Paleolithic fluorites by rare earth elements and Sr-isotopic geochemistry
Trade and Early State Formation in the Northern Titicaca Basin, Peru
Recent theoretical work has underscored the importance of multiple strategies in the dynamic political and economic landscapes in which archaic states developed. This research emphasizes how the interaction among various non-state polities drives the growth of political centers within a region. It is in this context that numerous intermediate peer-polities emerged, and, on rare occasions in a few places around the world, it is the context of stat…
An Analysis of pXRF Obsidian Source Attributions from Tikal, Guatemala
Portable X-ray fluorescence spectrometry (pXRF) was used to obtain source determinations for 2,235 obsidian artifacts. These were supplemented by 48 previously published results made by X-ray fluorescence spectrometry (XRF) and instrumental neutron activation analysis (INAA) to bring the total sample to 2,283. Thirteen geological sources have been identified by instrument to date. Three sources in Highland Guatemala accounted for nearly 98 percen…
Caractérisation de la céramique médiévale d’Autelbas (Arlon, Belgique) et identification de la source de la matière première
La carte d’identité de la céramique tournée médiévale d’Autelbas a été établie par des analyses pétrographiques, granulométiques, géochimiques et diffractométriques. La céramique est constituée par une argile fine, non calcaire, kaolinique et des grains de quartz (dans la gamme granulométrique des silts ou des sables très fins), et sans ajout de dégraissant. La pétrographie conjuguée à la géochimie démontre que les tessons analysés forment un lot…
Procurement and Distribution of Pre-Hispanic Mesoamerican Obsidian 900 BC–AD 1520
Pottery production, regional exchange, and state collapse during the Middle Horizon ( A.D. 500–1000)
During the Middle Horizon (A.D. 500–1000), the Tiwanaku state dominated the south central Andes. The production and circulation of goods were important components of statecraft. To date, studies of the movement of pottery vessels across the Tiwanaku realm have relied on stylistic analyses. This paper presents results of Laser Ablation Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS) analyses of ceramics from the largest Tiwanaku province …
Basalt source characterization in the highlands of western panama using portable X-ray fluorescence (pXRF) analysis
A new Cambrian black pigment used during the late Middle Palaeolithic discovered at Scladina Cave (Andenne, Belgium)
Sources and semiotics
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Archaeological and Palaeoenviromental Investigations Near Aitape, Northern Papua New Guinea, 2014
The mid-Holocene period (ca. 7000–3000 BP) in the southwestern Pacific witnessed the activation of wide-ranging networks connecting the north coast of New Guinea and off-shore islands, possibly driven by rising population density as favourable coastal environments developed after the mid-Holocene marine highstand. Yet finding actual evidence for human occupation dating to this period in New Guinea has proven extremely challenging. We report on th…
On graphical representations of similarity in geo-temporal frequency data
Its focus on dependencies and patterns in relational data makes network science a promising addition to the analytic toolbox in archaeology. Despite its tradition in a number of other fields, however, the methodology of network science is only in development and its scope and proper usage are subject to debate. We argue that the historical linkage with graph theory and limitations in commonly available software form an obstacle to leveraging the …
Lawrence H. Keeley
Positive effects of refugee presence on host community nutritional status in Turkana County, Kenya
OBJECTIVES: Refugee camps are often assumed to negatively impact local host communities through resource competition and conflict. We ask instead whether economic resources and trade networks associated with refugees have benefits for host community health and nutrition. To address this question we assess the impacts of Kakuma Refugee Camp in northwest Kenya, comparing anthropometric indicators of nutritional status between Turkana communities in…
Archaeology (33 obras) · Geography (30 obras) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (25 obras) · Geology (18 obras) · Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies (16 obras) · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (15 obras) · History (12 obras) · Geochemistry (9 obras) · Cultural Heritage Materials Analysis (7 obras) · History (7 obras)