Anna Roosevelt
Biographic Data
| ID | 76725 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Anna Roosevelt |
| GIVEN NAMES | Anna |
| FAMILY NAME | Roosevelt |
| SIGNATURE | ROOSEVELT A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Illinois Chicago |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 34 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 419 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 33 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1980 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 8 |
Amazonian Indians from Prehistory to the Present: Anthropological Perspectives
O Papel Do Atlântico No Povoamento Indígena Da América Do Sul
O oceano Atlântico teve um papel fundamental no desenvolvimento da vida humana nas terras baixas da América do Sul. Defnindo paisagens dinâmicas, a oscilação do nível das águas ao longo de milênios propiciou a exploração de recursos aquáticos, por exemplo, pelos grupos sambaquieiros, influenciando, inclusive, a extensão da ocupação dos seus territórios. Estas mesmas águas formaram estuá- rios onde se estabeleceram sociedades complexas como a Mara…
The Sequence of Amazon Prehistory: A Methodology for Ethical Science
This article examines Anna Curtenius Roosevelt's research on the prehistory of the lower Amazon River in Brazil, focusing on ethical challenges encountered during her work. Influenced by 19th-century naturalist research, Roosevelt challenged the prevailing mid-20th-century archaeological view that Amazonian cultural development was short, derivative, and limited by the tropical environment. This dominant perspective attributed Amazonian cultures …
Interpreting Long-Term Human-Environment Interaction in Amazonia
Legacies of space and intangible heritage : archaeology, ethnohistory, and the politics of cultural
Paleoindian Solar and Stellar Pictographic Trail in the Monte Alegre Hills of Brazil: Implications for Pioneering New Landscapes
Journal of Anthropology and Archaeology is a peer-reviewed international journal, which publishes original papers promoting theoretical, methodological and empirical developments in the discipline of socio-cultural anthropology
The Amazon and the Anthropocene: 13,000 Years of Human Influence in a Tropical Rainforest
Nukak: Ethnoarchaeology of an Amazonian People . Gustavo G. Politis
Uma memória histórica da pesquisa arqueológica no Brasil (1981-2007)
This memoir gives a history of my archaeological research in Brazil and especially the theoretical issues, empirical interests, collaborations, and events that motivated it. I begin with my early course and field experiences as a student, my work as a museum curator and university professor, my research in literature, archives, and collections, and my early collaborations and interactions with other students and with scholars. Then I trace the re…
Early Hunter in the Terra Firme Rainforest: Stemmed Projectile Points from the Curuá Goldmines
Achados acidentais de instrumentos líticos em região de terra frme junto ao rio Curuá, no médio curso da Bacia do Xingu, sugere uma ocupação disseminada por caçadores-coletores précerâmicos na região, contrariamente a expectativas de que a foresta tropical teria recursos alimentares insufcientes para a ocupação humana longe da várzea. Os artefatos líticos incluem pontas de projétil de lascamento cuidadoso, possivelmente relacionados a alguns arte…
Geophysical Archaeology in the Lower Amazon: A Research Strategy
San Jacinto 1: An Historical Ecological Approach to an Archaic Site in Colombia
San Jacinto, on the Caribbean mainland of Colombia, is an important early archaeological site. Its location places it at the crossroads between the Northern and Southern Hemispheres and the Atlantic and Pacific coasts. Its date, ca. 5,200 to 5,700 years B.P., puts it in the Archaic, a poorly understood period of cultural and ecological transition between the Ice Age hunter-gatherers and the agricultural societies of the modern climate period. Dur…
Irving Rouse (1913-2006)
Early Inhabitants of the Amazonian Tropical Rain Forest: A Study of Humans and Environmental Dynamics
Early Inhabitants of the Amazonian Tropical Rain Forest:. Study of Humans and Environmental Dynamics. Santiago Mora. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2003. 211 pp
Benefit of foresight: An Archaeologist in Process
Geophysical exploration of Guajará, a prehistoric earth mound in Brazil
An interdisciplinary team studied Guajará, a prehistoric artificial mound in the Brazilian Amazon. The geophysical surveys and excavations were interactive;this interaction furnished more information than either geophysics or excavation alone could have provided. While seven different geophysical methods were applied, the magnetic survey reported here was particularly valuable. A detailed interpretation of this survey quantified the magnetic mate…
Clovis in context: New light on the peopling of the Americas
Indigenous South Americans of the Past and Present: An Ecological Perspective . David J. Wilson
The Development of Prehistoric Complex Societies: Amazonia, A Tropical Forest
Early research in Amazonia suggested the possibility that prehistoric complex societies had developed in several regions, despite assumptions that humid tropical conditions would prevent such developments. Under the rubric of cultural ecology, various processes have been hypothesized for the development of these societies: invasion and subsequent devolution of groups from expanding states in temperate regions outside Amazonia, social and ecologic…
The Demise of the Alaka Initial Ceramic Phase Has been Greatly Exaggerated: Response to D. Williams
Denis Williams writes to comment on my article on Archaic shell mound pottery in eastern South America (Roosevelt 1995). He states that he will “correct” my article by putting on record “new facts.” Rather than correct my article, Williams"s comment misstates both the content of my article and that of earlier literature on Guyanese archaeology, and it merely repeats the data included in my article. In addition, Williams's comment presents some in…
Amazonian Indians From Prehistory to the Present: Anthropological Perspectives
Amazonia has long been a focus of debate about the impact of the tropical rain forest environment on indigenous cultural development. This edited volume draws on the subdisciplines of anthropology to present an integrated perspective of Amazonian studies. The contributors address transformations of native societies as a result of their interaction with Western civilization from initial contact to the present day, demonstrating that the pre- and p…
Paleoindian Cave Dwellers in the Amazon: The Peopling of the Americas
A Paleoindian campsite has been uncovered in stratified prehistoric deposits in Caverna da Pedra Pintada at Monte Alegre in the Brazilian Amazon. Fifty-six radiocarbon dates on carbonized plant remains and 13 luminescence dates on lithics and sediment indicate a late Pleistocene age contemporary with North American Paleoindians. Paintings, triangular bifacial spear points, and other tools in the cave document a culture distinct from North America…
Indigenous Peoples and the Future of Amazonia: An Ecological Anthropology of an Endangered World
The Rise and Fall of the Amazon Chiefdoms
Roosevelt Anna Curtenius. The Rise and Fall of the Amazon Chiefdoms. In: L'Homme, 1993, tome 33 n°126-128. La remontée de l'Amazone. pp. 255-283
On Raymond's Review of Moundbuilders of the Amazon: On Raymond's Review of Moundbuilders of the Amazon
On Raymond's Review of Moundbuilders of the Amazon
Parmana: Prehistoric Maize and Manioc Subsistence along the Amazon and Orinoco
This article challenges the prevailing view that the Amazon Basin was a sparsely populated region incapable of supporting complex societies before European contact. Doolittle and Roosevelt present archaeological and paleobotanical evidence from the Parmana site in Venezuela, demonstrating intensive prehistoric cultivation of maize and manioc along the Amazon and Orinoco rivers. Their findings suggest that these crops, along with other indigenous …
The Amazon and the Anthropocene: 13,000 Years of Human Influence in a Tropical Rainforest
The Development of Prehistoric Complex Societies: Amazonia, A Tropical Forest
Early research in Amazonia suggested the possibility that prehistoric complex societies had developed in several regions, despite assumptions that humid tropical conditions would prevent such developments. Under the rubric of cultural ecology, various processes have been hypothesized for the development of these societies: invasion and subsequent devolution of groups from expanding states in temperate regions outside Amazonia, social and ecologic…
Indigenous Peoples and the Future of Amazonia: An Ecological Anthropology of an Endangered World
The Rise and Fall of the Amazon Chiefdoms
Roosevelt Anna Curtenius. The Rise and Fall of the Amazon Chiefdoms. In: L'Homme, 1993, tome 33 n°126-128. La remontée de l'Amazone. pp. 255-283
Amazonian Indians from Prehistory to the Present: Anthropological Perspectives
Moundbuilders of the Amazon: Geophysical Archaeology on Marajo Island, Brazil
Geophysical exploration of Guajará, a prehistoric earth mound in Brazil
An interdisciplinary team studied Guajará, a prehistoric artificial mound in the Brazilian Amazon. The geophysical surveys and excavations were interactive;this interaction furnished more information than either geophysics or excavation alone could have provided. While seven different geophysical methods were applied, the magnetic survey reported here was particularly valuable. A detailed interpretation of this survey quantified the magnetic mate…
Amazonian Indians From Prehistory to the Present: Anthropological Perspectives
Amazonia has long been a focus of debate about the impact of the tropical rain forest environment on indigenous cultural development. This edited volume draws on the subdisciplines of anthropology to present an integrated perspective of Amazonian studies. The contributors address transformations of native societies as a result of their interaction with Western civilization from initial contact to the present day, demonstrating that the pre- and p…
Clovis in context: New light on the peopling of the Americas
The Ancestors: Native Artisans of the Americas
Early Hunter in the Terra Firme Rainforest: Stemmed Projectile Points from the Curuá Goldmines
Achados acidentais de instrumentos líticos em região de terra frme junto ao rio Curuá, no médio curso da Bacia do Xingu, sugere uma ocupação disseminada por caçadores-coletores précerâmicos na região, contrariamente a expectativas de que a foresta tropical teria recursos alimentares insufcientes para a ocupação humana longe da várzea. Os artefatos líticos incluem pontas de projétil de lascamento cuidadoso, possivelmente relacionados a alguns arte…
Uma memória histórica da pesquisa arqueológica no Brasil (1981-2007)
This memoir gives a history of my archaeological research in Brazil and especially the theoretical issues, empirical interests, collaborations, and events that motivated it. I begin with my early course and field experiences as a student, my work as a museum curator and university professor, my research in literature, archives, and collections, and my early collaborations and interactions with other students and with scholars. Then I trace the re…
Early Inhabitants of the Amazonian Tropical Rain Forest: A Study of Humans and Environmental Dynamics
Early Inhabitants of the Amazonian Tropical Rain Forest:. Study of Humans and Environmental Dynamics. Santiago Mora. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2003. 211 pp
The Demise of the Alaka Initial Ceramic Phase Has been Greatly Exaggerated: Response to D. Williams
Denis Williams writes to comment on my article on Archaic shell mound pottery in eastern South America (Roosevelt 1995). He states that he will “correct” my article by putting on record “new facts.” Rather than correct my article, Williams"s comment misstates both the content of my article and that of earlier literature on Guyanese archaeology, and it merely repeats the data included in my article. In addition, Williams's comment presents some in…
Parmana
Parmana: Prehistoric Maize and Manioc Subsistence along the Amazon and Orinoco
This article challenges the prevailing view that the Amazon Basin was a sparsely populated region incapable of supporting complex societies before European contact. Doolittle and Roosevelt present archaeological and paleobotanical evidence from the Parmana site in Venezuela, demonstrating intensive prehistoric cultivation of maize and manioc along the Amazon and Orinoco rivers. Their findings suggest that these crops, along with other indigenous …
The Ancestors: Native Artisans of the Americas
Ethics Column
Travels and Archaeology In South Chile
Travels and Archaeology In South Chile. Junius B. Bird with Margaret Bird (edited by John Hyslop). Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 1988. 278 pp. $27.50 (Cloth). ISBN 0‐87745‐202‐4
Travels and Archaeology In South Chile: Travels and Archaeology In South Chile
Lords of the Tiger Spirit: A History of the Caribs in Colonial Venezuela and Guyana 1498-1820
This article examines the history of the Caribs in colonial Venezuela and Guyana from 1498 to 1820, challenging traditional views of indigenous decline and emphasizing Carib agency and adaptation. Roosevelt and Whitehead argue that Carib societies were not simply passive victims of European colonization but actively shaped their own destinies through complex interactions with colonial powers, including alliances, resistance, and economic strategi…
Eighth Millennium Pottery from a Prehistoric Shell Midden in the Brazilian Amazon
The earliest pottery yet found in the Western Hemisphere has been excavated from a prehistoric shell midden near Santarém in the lower Amazon, Brazil. Calibrated accelerator radiocarbon dates on charcoal, shell, and pottery and a thermoluminescence date on pottery from the site fall from about 8000 to 7000 years before the present. The early fishing village is part of a long prehistoric trajectory that contradicts theories that resource poverty l…
On Raymond's Review of Moundbuilders of the Amazon: On Raymond's Review of Moundbuilders of the Amazon
On Raymond's Review of Moundbuilders of the Amazon
Moundbuilders of the Amazon: Geophysical Archaeology on Marajo Island, Brazil
The Rise and Fall of the Amazon Chiefdoms
Roosevelt Anna Curtenius. The Rise and Fall of the Amazon Chiefdoms. In: L'Homme, 1993, tome 33 n°126-128. La remontée de l'Amazone. pp. 255-283
Paleoindian Cave Dwellers in the Amazon: The Peopling of the Americas
A Paleoindian campsite has been uncovered in stratified prehistoric deposits in Caverna da Pedra Pintada at Monte Alegre in the Brazilian Amazon. Fifty-six radiocarbon dates on carbonized plant remains and 13 luminescence dates on lithics and sediment indicate a late Pleistocene age contemporary with North American Paleoindians. Paintings, triangular bifacial spear points, and other tools in the cave document a culture distinct from North America…
Indigenous Peoples and the Future of Amazonia: An Ecological Anthropology of an Endangered World
The Demise of the Alaka Initial Ceramic Phase Has been Greatly Exaggerated: Response to D. Williams
Denis Williams writes to comment on my article on Archaic shell mound pottery in eastern South America (Roosevelt 1995). He states that he will “correct” my article by putting on record “new facts.” Rather than correct my article, Williams"s comment misstates both the content of my article and that of earlier literature on Guyanese archaeology, and it merely repeats the data included in my article. In addition, Williams's comment presents some in…
Amazonian Indians From Prehistory to the Present: Anthropological Perspectives
Amazonia has long been a focus of debate about the impact of the tropical rain forest environment on indigenous cultural development. This edited volume draws on the subdisciplines of anthropology to present an integrated perspective of Amazonian studies. The contributors address transformations of native societies as a result of their interaction with Western civilization from initial contact to the present day, demonstrating that the pre- and p…
The Development of Prehistoric Complex Societies: Amazonia, A Tropical Forest
Early research in Amazonia suggested the possibility that prehistoric complex societies had developed in several regions, despite assumptions that humid tropical conditions would prevent such developments. Under the rubric of cultural ecology, various processes have been hypothesized for the development of these societies: invasion and subsequent devolution of groups from expanding states in temperate regions outside Amazonia, social and ecologic…
Indigenous South Americans of the Past and Present: An Ecological Perspective . David J. Wilson
Clovis in context: New light on the peopling of the Americas
Benefit of foresight: An Archaeologist in Process
Geophysical exploration of Guajará, a prehistoric earth mound in Brazil
An interdisciplinary team studied Guajará, a prehistoric artificial mound in the Brazilian Amazon. The geophysical surveys and excavations were interactive;this interaction furnished more information than either geophysics or excavation alone could have provided. While seven different geophysical methods were applied, the magnetic survey reported here was particularly valuable. A detailed interpretation of this survey quantified the magnetic mate…
Early Inhabitants of the Amazonian Tropical Rain Forest: A Study of Humans and Environmental Dynamics
Early Inhabitants of the Amazonian Tropical Rain Forest:. Study of Humans and Environmental Dynamics. Santiago Mora. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2003. 211 pp
Geophysical Archaeology in the Lower Amazon: A Research Strategy
San Jacinto 1: An Historical Ecological Approach to an Archaic Site in Colombia
San Jacinto, on the Caribbean mainland of Colombia, is an important early archaeological site. Its location places it at the crossroads between the Northern and Southern Hemispheres and the Atlantic and Pacific coasts. Its date, ca. 5,200 to 5,700 years B.P., puts it in the Archaic, a poorly understood period of cultural and ecological transition between the Ice Age hunter-gatherers and the agricultural societies of the modern climate period. Dur…
Irving Rouse (1913-2006)
Geography (27 works) · Amazonian Archaeology and Ethnohistory (23 works) · Archaeology (18 works) · Amazon rainforest (17 works) · Ecology (16 works) · Biology (13 works) · History (12 works) · Ecology (10 works) · Indigenous Health and Education (10 works) · Prehistory (9 works)