Javier Urcid
Biographic Data
| ID | 82504 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Javier Urcid |
| GIVEN NAMES | Javier |
| FAMILY NAME | Urcid |
| SIGNATURE | URCID J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Brandeis University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0960-9309 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 34 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1993 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Bodily Transformation and Sacralization: Human Sacrifice in Southwestern Mesoamerica
Early Transformations of Monte Albán’s Main Plaza and Their Political Implications, 500 BC–AD 200
Two Fragments of an Ancient Mantic Manuscript in San Bartolo Yautepec, Oaxaca
The unexpected discovery of two reused fragments of an ancient mantic manuscript in Oaxaca casts new insights on scribal and divinatory practices at the eve of the Spanish conquest. This paper describes, analyzes, and interprets the faded inscriptions in the two fragments, comparing the structure of the calendrical notations and the painted imagery with those written on the handful of extant pre-Hispanic screenfolds. Although certain patterns all…
Mythical Past and Historied Present: Another Interpretation of a Polychrome Vessel from Nochixtlan, Oaxaca
This study presents an alternative interpretation of one of the most aesthetically charged objects known from southwestern Mesoamerica, a tripod vessel seemingly manufactured in the fifteenth century CE. The analysis links the content of the visual narrative painted on the vessel with the use of the object, a function glyphically described around its neck. I argue that the binary structure of the depicted imagery and of the myth of origin encoded…
Scribal Traditions from Highland Mesoamerica (300–1000 ad)
This article assesses what we presently know of scribal practices between 300 and 1000 ad in “highland Mesoamerica.” Specifically, the focus is on reckonings of time, writing at Teotihuacan, scripts and historicity, and scribal emulations in the context of interregional interaction.
Artifacts from the Craig Mound at Spiro, Oklahoma
Sievert, April K., with J. Daniel Rogers and contribution by Javier Urcid. Artifacts from the Craig Mound at Spiro, Oklahoma. Smithsonian Contributions to Anthropology, number 49, xiv + 231 pages, 163 figures, 11 plates, 48 tables, 2011
Lords of Lambityeco
The Valley of Oaxaca Xoo phase settlements in the Valley of Oaxaca Xoo phase settlements in the Tlacolula arm of the valley Xoo phase monumental architectural complexes at Monte Albán and Lambityeco Products sold in the Tlacolula market Additional products sold in the Tlacolula market Ancient and modern salt production at Lambityeco Xoo phase salt production at Lambityeco Plan and profile of Tomb 9 in Mound 91 at Lambityeco Rim sherd construction…
The Lords of Lambityeco: Political Evolution in the Valley of Oaxaca during the Xoo Phase
The Olmec Legacy: Cultural Continuity and Change in Mexico's Southern Gulf Coast Lowlands
Archaeological research in the southern Gulf lowlands of Mexico has focused on the notable accomplishments of the Formative Period Olmec. Yet, with few exceptions, the spectacular early cultural developments in the region have not been well articulated with local patterns of cultural continuity and change during subsequent Classic and Postclassic times. Research in the Hueyapan region of Veracruz in Mexico's southern Gulf lowlands provides new da…
The Olmec Legacy: Cultural Continuity and Change in Mexico's Southern Gulf Coast Lowlands
Thomas W. Killion, Javier Urcid, The Olmec Legacy: Cultural Continuity and Change in Mexico's Southern Gulf Coast Lowlands, Journal of Field Archaeology, Vol. 28, No. 1/2 (Spring - Summer, 2001), pp. 3-25
Carved Monuments and Calendrical Names: The Rulers of Río Viejo, Oaxaca
This paper describes 15 stone monuments documented until the 1995 field season at Río Viejo, the largest settlement in the alluvial plains of the Río Verde drainage in Coastal Oaxaca from 100 B.C. to A.D. 1100. The monuments, all seemingly dating to the Classic period (A.D. 600–900), include mainly carved stelae that most often depict elaborately dressed human figures accompanied by their calendrical names. The large size of these monuments and t…
On Oaxaca Coast Archaeology: Setting the Record Straight
The Pacific Coast of Oaxaca and Guerrero: The westernmost extent of Zapotec script
Epigraphic and functional comparisons of carved monuments in highland and coastal Oaxaca are used to address questions concerning (1) the origin and development of writing in southwestern Mesoamerica, (2) macroregional interactions, and (3) past linguistic affiliations of coastal groups. Given the scarcity of known inscriptions, particularly along the littoral of Guerrero and Oaxaca, it is concluded that the writing system in the coast is derived…
The Pacific Coast of Oaxaca and Guerrero: The westernmost extent of Zapotec script
Epigraphic and functional comparisons of carved monuments in highland and coastal Oaxaca are used to address questions concerning (1) the origin and development of writing in southwestern Mesoamerica, (2) macroregional interactions, and (3) past linguistic affiliations of coastal groups. Given the scarcity of known inscriptions, particularly along the littoral of Guerrero and Oaxaca, it is concluded that the writing system in the coast is derived…
The Olmec Legacy: Cultural Continuity and Change in Mexico's Southern Gulf Coast Lowlands
Thomas W. Killion, Javier Urcid, The Olmec Legacy: Cultural Continuity and Change in Mexico's Southern Gulf Coast Lowlands, Journal of Field Archaeology, Vol. 28, No. 1/2 (Spring - Summer, 2001), pp. 3-25
Carved Monuments and Calendrical Names: The Rulers of Río Viejo, Oaxaca
This paper describes 15 stone monuments documented until the 1995 field season at Río Viejo, the largest settlement in the alluvial plains of the Río Verde drainage in Coastal Oaxaca from 100 B.C. to A.D. 1100. The monuments, all seemingly dating to the Classic period (A.D. 600–900), include mainly carved stelae that most often depict elaborately dressed human figures accompanied by their calendrical names. The large size of these monuments and t…
The Olmec Legacy: Cultural Continuity and Change in Mexico's Southern Gulf Coast Lowlands
Archaeological research in the southern Gulf lowlands of Mexico has focused on the notable accomplishments of the Formative Period Olmec. Yet, with few exceptions, the spectacular early cultural developments in the region have not been well articulated with local patterns of cultural continuity and change during subsequent Classic and Postclassic times. Research in the Hueyapan region of Veracruz in Mexico's southern Gulf lowlands provides new da…
Artifacts from the Craig Mound at Spiro, Oklahoma
Sievert, April K., with J. Daniel Rogers and contribution by Javier Urcid. Artifacts from the Craig Mound at Spiro, Oklahoma. Smithsonian Contributions to Anthropology, number 49, xiv + 231 pages, 163 figures, 11 plates, 48 tables, 2011
The Pacific Coast of Oaxaca and Guerrero: The westernmost extent of Zapotec script
Epigraphic and functional comparisons of carved monuments in highland and coastal Oaxaca are used to address questions concerning (1) the origin and development of writing in southwestern Mesoamerica, (2) macroregional interactions, and (3) past linguistic affiliations of coastal groups. Given the scarcity of known inscriptions, particularly along the littoral of Guerrero and Oaxaca, it is concluded that the writing system in the coast is derived…
On Oaxaca Coast Archaeology: Setting the Record Straight
The Olmec Legacy: Cultural Continuity and Change in Mexico's Southern Gulf Coast Lowlands
Archaeological research in the southern Gulf lowlands of Mexico has focused on the notable accomplishments of the Formative Period Olmec. Yet, with few exceptions, the spectacular early cultural developments in the region have not been well articulated with local patterns of cultural continuity and change during subsequent Classic and Postclassic times. Research in the Hueyapan region of Veracruz in Mexico's southern Gulf lowlands provides new da…
The Olmec Legacy: Cultural Continuity and Change in Mexico's Southern Gulf Coast Lowlands
Thomas W. Killion, Javier Urcid, The Olmec Legacy: Cultural Continuity and Change in Mexico's Southern Gulf Coast Lowlands, Journal of Field Archaeology, Vol. 28, No. 1/2 (Spring - Summer, 2001), pp. 3-25
Carved Monuments and Calendrical Names: The Rulers of Río Viejo, Oaxaca
This paper describes 15 stone monuments documented until the 1995 field season at Río Viejo, the largest settlement in the alluvial plains of the Río Verde drainage in Coastal Oaxaca from 100 B.C. to A.D. 1100. The monuments, all seemingly dating to the Classic period (A.D. 600–900), include mainly carved stelae that most often depict elaborately dressed human figures accompanied by their calendrical names. The large size of these monuments and t…
The Lords of Lambityeco: Political Evolution in the Valley of Oaxaca during the Xoo Phase
Lords of Lambityeco
The Valley of Oaxaca Xoo phase settlements in the Valley of Oaxaca Xoo phase settlements in the Tlacolula arm of the valley Xoo phase monumental architectural complexes at Monte Albán and Lambityeco Products sold in the Tlacolula market Additional products sold in the Tlacolula market Ancient and modern salt production at Lambityeco Xoo phase salt production at Lambityeco Plan and profile of Tomb 9 in Mound 91 at Lambityeco Rim sherd construction…
Artifacts from the Craig Mound at Spiro, Oklahoma
Sievert, April K., with J. Daniel Rogers and contribution by Javier Urcid. Artifacts from the Craig Mound at Spiro, Oklahoma. Smithsonian Contributions to Anthropology, number 49, xiv + 231 pages, 163 figures, 11 plates, 48 tables, 2011
Scribal Traditions from Highland Mesoamerica (300–1000 ad)
This article assesses what we presently know of scribal practices between 300 and 1000 ad in “highland Mesoamerica.” Specifically, the focus is on reckonings of time, writing at Teotihuacan, scripts and historicity, and scribal emulations in the context of interregional interaction.
Mythical Past and Historied Present: Another Interpretation of a Polychrome Vessel from Nochixtlan, Oaxaca
This study presents an alternative interpretation of one of the most aesthetically charged objects known from southwestern Mesoamerica, a tripod vessel seemingly manufactured in the fifteenth century CE. The analysis links the content of the visual narrative painted on the vessel with the use of the object, a function glyphically described around its neck. I argue that the binary structure of the depicted imagery and of the myth of origin encoded…
Early Transformations of Monte Albán’s Main Plaza and Their Political Implications, 500 BC–AD 200
Two Fragments of an Ancient Mantic Manuscript in San Bartolo Yautepec, Oaxaca
The unexpected discovery of two reused fragments of an ancient mantic manuscript in Oaxaca casts new insights on scribal and divinatory practices at the eve of the Spanish conquest. This paper describes, analyzes, and interprets the faded inscriptions in the two fragments, comparing the structure of the calendrical notations and the painted imagery with those written on the handful of extant pre-Hispanic screenfolds. Although certain patterns all…
Bodily Transformation and Sacralization: Human Sacrifice in Southwestern Mesoamerica
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