Patricia A Urban

Biographic Data

ID82494
NAMEPatricia A Urban
GIVEN NAMESPatricia A
FAMILY NAMEUrban
SIGNATUREURBAN P A
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS16
TOTAL CITATIONS262
AUTHOR COUNT15
EDITOR COUNT1
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1979
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX5

  • Archeology and social science theory and method

    Open AccessPatricia A Urban, Patricia Urban et al.CHAPTERReference Module in Social Sciences2025

  • Archaeological Theory in a Nutshell

    Adrian Praetzellis, Edward Schortman et al.BOOKArchaeological Theory in a Nutshell2016Cited by: 2

    Adrian Praetzellis provides a brief, readable introduction to contemporary theoretical models used in archaeology for the undergraduate or beginning graduate student. He demystifies a dozen flavors of contemporary theory for the theory-phobic reader, providing a short history of each, its application in archaeology, and an example of its use in recent work. The book: teaches about different contemporary archaeological theories including postcolon…

  • Materializing Power through Practice in the Late Postclassic Naco Valley, Northwestern Honduras

    Open AccessEdward Mark Schortman, Patricia A Urban et al.ARTICLELatin American Antiquity2014Cited by: 2References: 69

    We contend that political structures emerge in the course of interpersonal dealings conducted by people organized within overlapping social networks. It is through these webs that resources needed to define and achieve goals and exert control over others are mobilized. Elites seeking to construct hierarchies and concentrate power must restructure the preexisting matrix of networks to redirect the flow of assets to their benefit. In doing so, they…

  • Resources, Power, and Interregional Interaction

    Patricia Urban, Edward Mark Schortman et al.BOOKResources, Power, and Interregional…2013

  • Enacting power through networks

    Open AccessEdward Mark Schortman, Patricia A Urban et al.ARTICLEJournal of Anthropological…2012

  • Modeling the Roles of Craft Production in Ancient Political Economies

    Open AccessEdward Mark Schortman, Patricia A Urban et al.ARTICLEJournal of Archaeological Research2004Cited by: 69References: 76

  • Politics with Style: Identity Formation in Prehispanic Southeastern Mesoamerica

    Open AccessEdward Schortman, Edward Mark Schortman et al.ARTICLEAmerican Anthropologist2001Cited by: 64References: 76

    Those seeking to ensconce themselves at the pinnacles of emerging sociopolitical hierarchies must forge alliances with both their immediate subordinates and distant peers. In the first case, allegiance to a polity that transcends extant and emerging sectarian affiliations must be achieved if the realm is to survive the passing of individual charismatic rulers. Cooperation with foreign leaders, in turn, guarantees a steady supply of political valu…

  • Mesoamerican Architecture as Cultural Symbol

    Patricia A Urban, Patricia Urban et al.ARTICLEJournal of Field Archaeology2000

    In this collection, scholars provide interpretations and syntheses of many of the most significant Mesoamerican architectural traditions from the Preclassic to the Postclassic periods. The essays examine the built environment as a carrier of cultural meanings. The many pyramid-temples, palaces, and ballcourts comprising Mesoamerican centres were constructed in the context of hierarchical societies, and provided monumental expressions of elite aut…

  • Playing with Power: Ballcourts and Political Ritual in Southern Mesoamerica [and Comments and Reply]

    John G Fox, Wendy Ashmore et al.ARTICLECurrent Anthropology1996Cited by: 45

  • Late Classic Society in the Rio Ulua Drainage, Honduras

    Edward Mark Schortman, Patricia A Urban et al.ARTICLEJournal of Field Archaeology1995Cited by: 1

  • Late Classic Society in the Rio Ulna Drainage, Honduras

    Edward Mark Schortman, Patricia A Urban et al.ARTICLEJournal of Field Archaeology1995Cited by: 1References: 4

    Reconstructing prehistoric social organization is an important goal of lnuch archaeological research. Consideration of this topic in SE Mesoamerica, along the fringes of the lowland Maya culture-zone, has lagged behind comparable work conducted im1nediately to the west. Both the nature of the archaeological data and paucity of ethnohistorical and ethnographic information relevant to reconstructing ancient behavioral patterns conspire against soci…

  • Living on the Edge: Core/Periphery Relations in Ancient Southeastern Mesoamerica

    Edward Schortman, Edward Mark Schortman et al.ARTICLECurrent Anthropology1994Cited by: 66References: 1

    Archaeological investigations on the margins of "high civilizations" have traditionally been guided by the assumption that polities in such zones were peripheral to core states. This paper argues that this assumption obscures the multiple dimensions along which core/periphery distinctions can be measured and ignores the possibility of mutual influence and interdependence among interacting societies at all size and complexity levels. This confusio…

  • Precolumbian Population History in the Maya Lowlands . T. Patrick Culbert and Don S. Rice

    Open AccessPatricia A Urban, Patricia UrbanARTICLEAmerican Anthropologist1992

  • The Southeast Maya Periphery

    John S Henderson, Patricia A Urban et al.ARTICLEEthnohistory1989

  • The Southeast Maya Periphery

    Anthony Andrews, Patricia A Urban et al.ARTICLEHispanic American Historical Review1987

  • Archaeological Investigations in the Valle de Naco, Northwestern Honduras: A Preliminary Report

    John S Henderson, Ilene Sterns et al.ARTICLEJournal of Field Archaeology1979Cited by: 12

    Cornell University investigations in the Valle de Naco, NW Honduras, are producing new insights into cultural relationships in the eastern Maya frontier zone. Since 1975, survey, mapping, and excavation have produced new data which modify the traditional view of the valley's culture history.By the Late Preclassic period, the Valle de Naco had at least one center — Santo Domingo — with sizable public architecture. During the Late Classic period, L…