Gregory Zaro
Biographic Data
| ID | 88004 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Gregory Zaro |
| GIVEN NAMES | Gregory |
| FAMILY NAME | Zaro |
| SIGNATURE | ZARO G |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Maine |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 43 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 12 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Clay and fire
Hearths, ovens, and other thermal structures remain underexplored features in the archaeological landscape of the Liburnian cultural region of the eastern Adriatic. Research at the Iron Age site of Nadin-Gradina in northern Dalmatia (Croatia) addresses this lacuna by exploring its long-term occupational history, built environment, and associated domestic features. Excavations revealed a deeply stratified settlement occupied continuously from the …
Enduring landscapes
Many ancient and historic Mediterranean cities have undergone periods of rapid urban expansion during the past few centuries, often involving the replacement of agricultural landscapes that once surrounded them with industrial, commercial and residential landcover. Despite this transformation, legacies of green heritage—or the traditional agricultural landscapes that supported them—can still be detected within contemporary cityscapes. Here, the a…
Chapter 9. Feral fields of Northern Dalmatia (Croatia)
How do we identify ancient fields and farming systems in areas where the same spaces of cultivation have been used repeatedly over thousands of years? In the limestone karst landscapes of northern Dalmatia, on the Adriatic coast of Croatia, drystone field walls, terraces, and cairns are common features that attest to generations of working the land for agriculture. While confounding archaeological objects due to complex histories of reuse, drysto…
Nadin – Gradina
Tijekom 2015. godine, u suradnji Sveučilišta u Zadru i Sveučilišta u Maineu (SAD), započela su sustavna istraživanja Gradine u Nadinu. Pet probnih sondi istraženo je na različitim položajima unutar areala naselja definiranog tzv. megalitskim bedemom da bi se omogućilo razumijevanje dubine depozita, kronološka sekvencija i integritet arheološkog zapisa. Preliminarni rezultati pokazuju složenu kulturnu stratigrafiju koja u pojedinim sondama prelazi…
On the Edge of Empires
The Ottoman Empire swept across southeastern Europe in the 16th century a.d., testing the boundaries of Venetian-controlled territories in the eastern Adriatic. In an area known as Ravni Kotari along Croatia’s central coast, Ottoman governance lasted about a century, but little is known about the material manifestation of conquest in the area. Here, we summarize the results of recent archaeological work at Nadin-Gradina, a hilltop settlement cent…
The Growth and Decline of the Ancient Maya City of La Milpa, Belize
Construction histories of ancient Maya monumental centers have long been used to interpret the growth and decline of Lowland Maya polities. Changes in the built environment at monumental centers reflect labor appropriation by ruling elites and may indirectly serve to gauge changes in political clout over time. Consequently, the precision and accuracy with which archaeologists measure these changes take on increased importance when assessing the a…
Evidence for Ritual Engineering in the Late/Terminal Classic Site Plan of La Milpa, Belize
Proponents of site-planning studies argue that the Ancient Maya expressed both political and cosmological symbolism in architecture and site plans, while detractors fault site-planning advocates for not being scientifically rigorous in their methods. Recently, the debate between the two sides has focused on whether or not the Maya created cosmograms in the layouts of their sites. Our recent investigations at La Milpa, Belize attempt to redirect s…
Tierras Olvidadas
The Peruvian south coast between the Tambo and Ilo rivers is a deserted wasteland. Yet tracts of abandoned farmland and expanses of desiccated lomas vegetation indicate that it was once vibrant and productive. Scattered habitations and cemeteries also indicate a pronounced resident Chiribaya population between A.D. 1200 and 1400. While river drainages of the western Andes and their canalized extensions are often treated as primary analytical unit…
Landscape Evolution and Human Agency
Landscapes represent a dynamic point of articulation between humans and the environment. While often dichotomized, humans are active participants in the environment and often play a pivotal role in its transformation over time. In this paper, we use case studies from western South America and Australia to illustrate the importance of studying long-term dynamics between humans and the environment. Such investigations can bring significant historic…
Diversity Specialists
Late Chiribaya agriculture and risk management along the arid Andean coast of southern Perú, A.D. 1200–1400
Recent investigations at the coastal spring site of Wawakiki in southern Perú have identified an intensive, late pre‐Hispanic agricultural production strategy along a sea cliff some 30 km north of the Ilo River. Excavations identified buried stone‐faced agricultural terraces underlying Spanish colonial and post‐colonial furrows, and long irrigation canals that transported water along steep hill slopes from inland springs. Depositional patterns, c…
Agricultural Rhythms and Rituals
Agriculture in prehispanic Mesoamerica necessitated not only a wide range of knowledge regarding soil types, fertility, and the growing cycles of different plants, but also the attendant rituals that firmly situated agrarian production into a shared Mesoamerican worldview. Due primarily to archaeological visibility, those attendant rituals have traditionally been investigated within the context of large centers. Recent investigations at the site …
Agricultural Rhythms and Rituals
Agriculture in prehispanic Mesoamerica necessitated not only a wide range of knowledge regarding soil types, fertility, and the growing cycles of different plants, but also the attendant rituals that firmly situated agrarian production into a shared Mesoamerican worldview. Due primarily to archaeological visibility, those attendant rituals have traditionally been investigated within the context of large centers. Recent investigations at the site …
Diversity Specialists
The Growth and Decline of the Ancient Maya City of La Milpa, Belize
Construction histories of ancient Maya monumental centers have long been used to interpret the growth and decline of Lowland Maya polities. Changes in the built environment at monumental centers reflect labor appropriation by ruling elites and may indirectly serve to gauge changes in political clout over time. Consequently, the precision and accuracy with which archaeologists measure these changes take on increased importance when assessing the a…
Evidence for Ritual Engineering in the Late/Terminal Classic Site Plan of La Milpa, Belize
Proponents of site-planning studies argue that the Ancient Maya expressed both political and cosmological symbolism in architecture and site plans, while detractors fault site-planning advocates for not being scientifically rigorous in their methods. Recently, the debate between the two sides has focused on whether or not the Maya created cosmograms in the layouts of their sites. Our recent investigations at La Milpa, Belize attempt to redirect s…
Tierras Olvidadas
The Peruvian south coast between the Tambo and Ilo rivers is a deserted wasteland. Yet tracts of abandoned farmland and expanses of desiccated lomas vegetation indicate that it was once vibrant and productive. Scattered habitations and cemeteries also indicate a pronounced resident Chiribaya population between A.D. 1200 and 1400. While river drainages of the western Andes and their canalized extensions are often treated as primary analytical unit…
Landscape Evolution and Human Agency
Landscapes represent a dynamic point of articulation between humans and the environment. While often dichotomized, humans are active participants in the environment and often play a pivotal role in its transformation over time. In this paper, we use case studies from western South America and Australia to illustrate the importance of studying long-term dynamics between humans and the environment. Such investigations can bring significant historic…
On the Edge of Empires
The Ottoman Empire swept across southeastern Europe in the 16th century a.d., testing the boundaries of Venetian-controlled territories in the eastern Adriatic. In an area known as Ravni Kotari along Croatia’s central coast, Ottoman governance lasted about a century, but little is known about the material manifestation of conquest in the area. Here, we summarize the results of recent archaeological work at Nadin-Gradina, a hilltop settlement cent…
Late Chiribaya agriculture and risk management along the arid Andean coast of southern Perú, A.D. 1200–1400
Recent investigations at the coastal spring site of Wawakiki in southern Perú have identified an intensive, late pre‐Hispanic agricultural production strategy along a sea cliff some 30 km north of the Ilo River. Excavations identified buried stone‐faced agricultural terraces underlying Spanish colonial and post‐colonial furrows, and long irrigation canals that transported water along steep hill slopes from inland springs. Depositional patterns, c…
Agricultural Rhythms and Rituals
Agriculture in prehispanic Mesoamerica necessitated not only a wide range of knowledge regarding soil types, fertility, and the growing cycles of different plants, but also the attendant rituals that firmly situated agrarian production into a shared Mesoamerican worldview. Due primarily to archaeological visibility, those attendant rituals have traditionally been investigated within the context of large centers. Recent investigations at the site …
Diversity Specialists
Landscape Evolution and Human Agency
Landscapes represent a dynamic point of articulation between humans and the environment. While often dichotomized, humans are active participants in the environment and often play a pivotal role in its transformation over time. In this paper, we use case studies from western South America and Australia to illustrate the importance of studying long-term dynamics between humans and the environment. Such investigations can bring significant historic…
Tierras Olvidadas
The Peruvian south coast between the Tambo and Ilo rivers is a deserted wasteland. Yet tracts of abandoned farmland and expanses of desiccated lomas vegetation indicate that it was once vibrant and productive. Scattered habitations and cemeteries also indicate a pronounced resident Chiribaya population between A.D. 1200 and 1400. While river drainages of the western Andes and their canalized extensions are often treated as primary analytical unit…
Evidence for Ritual Engineering in the Late/Terminal Classic Site Plan of La Milpa, Belize
Proponents of site-planning studies argue that the Ancient Maya expressed both political and cosmological symbolism in architecture and site plans, while detractors fault site-planning advocates for not being scientifically rigorous in their methods. Recently, the debate between the two sides has focused on whether or not the Maya created cosmograms in the layouts of their sites. Our recent investigations at La Milpa, Belize attempt to redirect s…
The Growth and Decline of the Ancient Maya City of La Milpa, Belize
Construction histories of ancient Maya monumental centers have long been used to interpret the growth and decline of Lowland Maya polities. Changes in the built environment at monumental centers reflect labor appropriation by ruling elites and may indirectly serve to gauge changes in political clout over time. Consequently, the precision and accuracy with which archaeologists measure these changes take on increased importance when assessing the a…
On the Edge of Empires
The Ottoman Empire swept across southeastern Europe in the 16th century a.d., testing the boundaries of Venetian-controlled territories in the eastern Adriatic. In an area known as Ravni Kotari along Croatia’s central coast, Ottoman governance lasted about a century, but little is known about the material manifestation of conquest in the area. Here, we summarize the results of recent archaeological work at Nadin-Gradina, a hilltop settlement cent…
Nadin – Gradina
Tijekom 2015. godine, u suradnji Sveučilišta u Zadru i Sveučilišta u Maineu (SAD), započela su sustavna istraživanja Gradine u Nadinu. Pet probnih sondi istraženo je na različitim položajima unutar areala naselja definiranog tzv. megalitskim bedemom da bi se omogućilo razumijevanje dubine depozita, kronološka sekvencija i integritet arheološkog zapisa. Preliminarni rezultati pokazuju složenu kulturnu stratigrafiju koja u pojedinim sondama prelazi…
Chapter 9. Feral fields of Northern Dalmatia (Croatia)
How do we identify ancient fields and farming systems in areas where the same spaces of cultivation have been used repeatedly over thousands of years? In the limestone karst landscapes of northern Dalmatia, on the Adriatic coast of Croatia, drystone field walls, terraces, and cairns are common features that attest to generations of working the land for agriculture. While confounding archaeological objects due to complex histories of reuse, drysto…
Clay and fire
Hearths, ovens, and other thermal structures remain underexplored features in the archaeological landscape of the Liburnian cultural region of the eastern Adriatic. Research at the Iron Age site of Nadin-Gradina in northern Dalmatia (Croatia) addresses this lacuna by exploring its long-term occupational history, built environment, and associated domestic features. Excavations revealed a deeply stratified settlement occupied continuously from the …
Enduring landscapes
Many ancient and historic Mediterranean cities have undergone periods of rapid urban expansion during the past few centuries, often involving the replacement of agricultural landscapes that once surrounded them with industrial, commercial and residential landcover. Despite this transformation, legacies of green heritage—or the traditional agricultural landscapes that supported them—can still be detected within contemporary cityscapes. Here, the a…
Archaeology (8 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (8 works) · Geography (7 works) · Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Agriculture (3 works) · Art (3 works) · Ecology (3 works) · History (3 works) · Maritime and Coastal Archaeology (3 works)