Jon C Lohse
Biographic Data
| ID | 93885 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jon C Lohse |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jon C |
| FAMILY NAME | Lohse |
| SIGNATURE | LOHSE J C |
| AFFILIATIONS | The University of Texas at Austin |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7900-7664 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 21 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 207 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 18 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 3 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2000 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 7 |
Early Maize in the Maya Area
The history of maize in Central America and surrounding areas has implications for the slow transition from hunting and gathering to agriculture. The spread of early forms of domesticated maize from southern Mexico across Mesoamerica and into South America has been dated to about 8,700-6,500 years ago on the basis of a handful of studies relying primarily on the analysis of pollen, phytoliths, or starch grains. Recent genomic data from southern B…
Preceramic Mesoamerica
Sitio Chivacabe, An Early Paleoindian Site in Western Highland Guatemala
Paleoindian research in Central America remains a nascent field of study even as significant progress has been made nearby in Mexico and further south in Panama and much of South America. Only a single Paleoindian site, Los Tapiales, has been excavated in Guatemala. This research investigated a previously recorded site that contains Pleistocene megafaunal remains and from which a fluted lanceolate projectile point has been recovered. Although Los…
Early Holocene Cultural Diversity in Central America: Comment on Prufer et al. (2019) “Linking Late Paleoindian Stone Tool Technologies and Populations in North, Central and South America”
A recent publication by Keith Prufer and colleagues based on new data from southern Belize defines a “Lowe complex” and seeks to relate these finds to Late Paleoindian technologies in North and South America. This review corrects some parts of the record as presented by Prufer et al
Controlled Overshot Flaking: A Response to Eren, Patten, O'brien, and Meltzer
A recent article by Eren et al. (2013) is the latest criticism of the hypothesis that some Late Pleistocene Solutrean groups from western Iberia came to the New World and that lasting vestiges of t
Classic Maya Political Ecology: Resource Management, Class Histories, and Political Change in Northwestern Belize
Data Recovery and Analysis at the Texas State University Ticket Kiosk Project, Located at 41HY160, Spring Lake, Hays County, Texas
This report describes the results of data recovery-level archaeological investigations carried out under Texas Antiquities Permit No. 5938 at State Antiquities Landmark 41HY160. The purpose of the project was to offset the impact to cultural deposits at the site stemming from the installation of service utilities for a new restroom facility and ticket kiosk at The Meadows Center for Water and the Environment, (formerly the River Systems Institute…
Alienating Ancient Maya Commoners
Determining whether or how ancient Maya commoners were alienated from the results of their labor first requires that scholars recognize what impediments or biases have hindered a theoretically informed view of commoners and their social roles. Using historical developments in Mesoamerican archaeology as a guide, I examine why Maya archaeology since the mid-1980s has tended to focus so strongly on elites, often to the exclusion of commoners. I the…
Mixtecs, Zapotecs, and Chatinos: Ancient peoples of southern Mexico – By Arthur A. Joyce
Archeological Survey Investigations at Martin Creek Lake State Park, Rusk County, Texas
An intensive cultural resources survey was conducted at Martin Creek Lake State Park by the Center for Archaeological Studies and Archeological & Environmental Consultants, LLC in June 2010 under contract with Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. Although previous investigations had been carried out in the park, no comprehensive survey had been completed that would allow TPWD and park management personnel to appropriately manage the park’s cultur…
Step by Step
Reduction models have a long and significant history in stone tool analysis. This is particularly true for bifacial technologies, but is the case for some other tool forms as well. Recent advances in recognizing learning and skill transmission in stone tool manufacture, however, raise a number of questions about the suitability of previous middle- and high-level approaches for understanding the organization and execution of chipped stone technolo…
Archaic Origins of the Lowland Maya
The earliest Lowland Maya are commonly recognized by permanent architecture and the appearance of pottery. However, when other lines of evidence are considered, strong continuities with late Archaic populations can be seen. Reconciling these views relies on more than simply gathering more data. It is also necessary to consider the effect of decades of scholarship that defines the precolumbian Maya as "civilization" rather than considering the his…
Archaeological Investigations on the Herd Ranch in Western Menard County, Texas
In the summer of 2009, the Center for Archaeological Studies at Texas State University (CAS) conducted an archaeological survey and limited testing of portions of the Rafter Z Ranch and Saba Ranch (collectively referred to as the Herd Ranch) in western Menard County, Central Texas. This work was privately funded by the Herd family, who has long maintained a sincere interest in identifying, understanding, and preserving the very many historic and …
Commoner Ritual and Ideology in Ancient Mesoamerica
Commoner Ritual, Commoner Ideology: (Sub-)Alternate Views of Social Complexity in Hispanic Mesoamerica Tradition and Transformation: Village Ritual at Tetimpa as a Template for Early Teotihuacan Commoner Ritual at Teotihuacan, Central Mexico: Methodological Considerations Ritual and Ideology Among Classic Maya Rural Commoners at Copan, Honduras Smoke, Soot, and Censers: A Perspective on Ancient Commoner Household Ritual Behaviour from the Naco Va…
Palaces and Power in the Americas: From Peru to the Northwest Coast. Jessica Joyce Christie , Patricia Joan Sarro
Impacts of the ancient Maya on soils and soil erosion in the central Maya Lowlands
Preceramic Occupations in Belize: Updating the Paleoindian and Archaic Record
Evidence from preceramic Paleoindian and Archaic time periods in Belize has been recorded over the past quarter of a century by a number of projects. This paper summarizes previously published information and presents new archaeological data in bringing the hunting-and-gathering and itinerant horticultural millennia of this region into a more accurate and comprehensive perspective than has been presented to date. The Paleoindian period includes i…
Agricultural Rhythms and Rituals: Ancient Maya Solar Observation in Hinterland Blue Creek, Northwestern Belize
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 …
Ancient Maya Commoners
Much of what we currently know about the ancient Maya concerns the activities of the elites who ruled the societies and left records of their deeds carved on the monumental buildings and sculptures that remain as silent testimony to their power and status. But what do we know of the common folk who labored to build the temple complexes and palaces and grew the food that fed all of Maya society? This pathfinding book marshals a wide array of archa…
Upland Agriculture in the Maya Lowlands: Ancient Maya Soil Conservation in Northwestern Belize
In the 1970s scholars began to accept Maya terracing as the manifestation of ancient intensive agriculture and large populations. We examine many ancient terraces and berms excavated in the Three Rivers region of Belize, synthesize the geography and suggest the intent of terracing across the Maya Lowlands, and analyze the history of terracing and soil erosion. Terraces occur in several slope positions and diverted and slowed runoff, to build up p…
A Classic Maya House-Lot Drainage System in Northwestern Belize
Off-mound excavations at a residential group near the site of Dos Hombres, Belize have revealed a series of unusual modifications to the limestone bedrock. The primary purpose of these modifications appears to have been to facilitate drainage of excess surface and subsurface moisture during periods of heavy rain. By utilizing a variation of lithic mulching in the soil, however, the Maya also may have been able to slow the loss of moisture through…
Upland Agriculture in the Maya Lowlands: Ancient Maya Soil Conservation in Northwestern Belize
In the 1970s scholars began to accept Maya terracing as the manifestation of ancient intensive agriculture and large populations. We examine many ancient terraces and berms excavated in the Three Rivers region of Belize, synthesize the geography and suggest the intent of terracing across the Maya Lowlands, and analyze the history of terracing and soil erosion. Terraces occur in several slope positions and diverted and slowed runoff, to build up p…
Archaic Origins of the Lowland Maya
The earliest Lowland Maya are commonly recognized by permanent architecture and the appearance of pottery. However, when other lines of evidence are considered, strong continuities with late Archaic populations can be seen. Reconciling these views relies on more than simply gathering more data. It is also necessary to consider the effect of decades of scholarship that defines the precolumbian Maya as "civilization" rather than considering the his…
Preceramic Occupations in Belize: Updating the Paleoindian and Archaic Record
Evidence from preceramic Paleoindian and Archaic time periods in Belize has been recorded over the past quarter of a century by a number of projects. This paper summarizes previously published information and presents new archaeological data in bringing the hunting-and-gathering and itinerant horticultural millennia of this region into a more accurate and comprehensive perspective than has been presented to date. The Paleoindian period includes i…
Agricultural Rhythms and Rituals: Ancient Maya Solar Observation in Hinterland Blue Creek, Northwestern Belize
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 …
A Classic Maya House-Lot Drainage System in Northwestern Belize
Off-mound excavations at a residential group near the site of Dos Hombres, Belize have revealed a series of unusual modifications to the limestone bedrock. The primary purpose of these modifications appears to have been to facilitate drainage of excess surface and subsurface moisture during periods of heavy rain. By utilizing a variation of lithic mulching in the soil, however, the Maya also may have been able to slow the loss of moisture through…
Controlled Overshot Flaking: A Response to Eren, Patten, O'brien, and Meltzer
A recent article by Eren et al. (2013) is the latest criticism of the hypothesis that some Late Pleistocene Solutrean groups from western Iberia came to the New World and that lasting vestiges of t
Alienating Ancient Maya Commoners
Determining whether or how ancient Maya commoners were alienated from the results of their labor first requires that scholars recognize what impediments or biases have hindered a theoretically informed view of commoners and their social roles. Using historical developments in Mesoamerican archaeology as a guide, I examine why Maya archaeology since the mid-1980s has tended to focus so strongly on elites, often to the exclusion of commoners. I the…
Step by Step
Reduction models have a long and significant history in stone tool analysis. This is particularly true for bifacial technologies, but is the case for some other tool forms as well. Recent advances in recognizing learning and skill transmission in stone tool manufacture, however, raise a number of questions about the suitability of previous middle- and high-level approaches for understanding the organization and execution of chipped stone technolo…
Early Holocene Cultural Diversity in Central America: Comment on Prufer et al. (2019) “Linking Late Paleoindian Stone Tool Technologies and Populations in North, Central and South America”
A recent publication by Keith Prufer and colleagues based on new data from southern Belize defines a “Lowe complex” and seeks to relate these finds to Late Paleoindian technologies in North and South America. This review corrects some parts of the record as presented by Prufer et al
Early Maize in the Maya Area
The history of maize in Central America and surrounding areas has implications for the slow transition from hunting and gathering to agriculture. The spread of early forms of domesticated maize from southern Mexico across Mesoamerica and into South America has been dated to about 8,700-6,500 years ago on the basis of a handful of studies relying primarily on the analysis of pollen, phytoliths, or starch grains. Recent genomic data from southern B…
Archaeological Investigations on the Herd Ranch in Western Menard County, Texas
In the summer of 2009, the Center for Archaeological Studies at Texas State University (CAS) conducted an archaeological survey and limited testing of portions of the Rafter Z Ranch and Saba Ranch (collectively referred to as the Herd Ranch) in western Menard County, Central Texas. This work was privately funded by the Herd family, who has long maintained a sincere interest in identifying, understanding, and preserving the very many historic and …
A Classic Maya House-Lot Drainage System in Northwestern Belize
Off-mound excavations at a residential group near the site of Dos Hombres, Belize have revealed a series of unusual modifications to the limestone bedrock. The primary purpose of these modifications appears to have been to facilitate drainage of excess surface and subsurface moisture during periods of heavy rain. By utilizing a variation of lithic mulching in the soil, however, the Maya also may have been able to slow the loss of moisture through…
Upland Agriculture in the Maya Lowlands: Ancient Maya Soil Conservation in Northwestern Belize
In the 1970s scholars began to accept Maya terracing as the manifestation of ancient intensive agriculture and large populations. We examine many ancient terraces and berms excavated in the Three Rivers region of Belize, synthesize the geography and suggest the intent of terracing across the Maya Lowlands, and analyze the history of terracing and soil erosion. Terraces occur in several slope positions and diverted and slowed runoff, to build up p…
Ancient Maya Commoners
Much of what we currently know about the ancient Maya concerns the activities of the elites who ruled the societies and left records of their deeds carved on the monumental buildings and sculptures that remain as silent testimony to their power and status. But what do we know of the common folk who labored to build the temple complexes and palaces and grew the food that fed all of Maya society? This pathfinding book marshals a wide array of archa…
Agricultural Rhythms and Rituals: Ancient Maya Solar Observation in Hinterland Blue Creek, Northwestern Belize
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 …
Impacts of the ancient Maya on soils and soil erosion in the central Maya Lowlands
Preceramic Occupations in Belize: Updating the Paleoindian and Archaic Record
Evidence from preceramic Paleoindian and Archaic time periods in Belize has been recorded over the past quarter of a century by a number of projects. This paper summarizes previously published information and presents new archaeological data in bringing the hunting-and-gathering and itinerant horticultural millennia of this region into a more accurate and comprehensive perspective than has been presented to date. The Paleoindian period includes i…
Commoner Ritual and Ideology in Ancient Mesoamerica
Commoner Ritual, Commoner Ideology: (Sub-)Alternate Views of Social Complexity in Hispanic Mesoamerica Tradition and Transformation: Village Ritual at Tetimpa as a Template for Early Teotihuacan Commoner Ritual at Teotihuacan, Central Mexico: Methodological Considerations Ritual and Ideology Among Classic Maya Rural Commoners at Copan, Honduras Smoke, Soot, and Censers: A Perspective on Ancient Commoner Household Ritual Behaviour from the Naco Va…
Palaces and Power in the Americas: From Peru to the Northwest Coast. Jessica Joyce Christie , Patricia Joan Sarro
Archaeological Investigations on the Herd Ranch in Western Menard County, Texas
In the summer of 2009, the Center for Archaeological Studies at Texas State University (CAS) conducted an archaeological survey and limited testing of portions of the Rafter Z Ranch and Saba Ranch (collectively referred to as the Herd Ranch) in western Menard County, Central Texas. This work was privately funded by the Herd family, who has long maintained a sincere interest in identifying, understanding, and preserving the very many historic and …
Archaic Origins of the Lowland Maya
The earliest Lowland Maya are commonly recognized by permanent architecture and the appearance of pottery. However, when other lines of evidence are considered, strong continuities with late Archaic populations can be seen. Reconciling these views relies on more than simply gathering more data. It is also necessary to consider the effect of decades of scholarship that defines the precolumbian Maya as "civilization" rather than considering the his…
Mixtecs, Zapotecs, and Chatinos: Ancient peoples of southern Mexico – By Arthur A. Joyce
Archeological Survey Investigations at Martin Creek Lake State Park, Rusk County, Texas
An intensive cultural resources survey was conducted at Martin Creek Lake State Park by the Center for Archaeological Studies and Archeological & Environmental Consultants, LLC in June 2010 under contract with Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. Although previous investigations had been carried out in the park, no comprehensive survey had been completed that would allow TPWD and park management personnel to appropriately manage the park’s cultur…
Step by Step
Reduction models have a long and significant history in stone tool analysis. This is particularly true for bifacial technologies, but is the case for some other tool forms as well. Recent advances in recognizing learning and skill transmission in stone tool manufacture, however, raise a number of questions about the suitability of previous middle- and high-level approaches for understanding the organization and execution of chipped stone technolo…
Classic Maya Political Ecology: Resource Management, Class Histories, and Political Change in Northwestern Belize
Data Recovery and Analysis at the Texas State University Ticket Kiosk Project, Located at 41HY160, Spring Lake, Hays County, Texas
This report describes the results of data recovery-level archaeological investigations carried out under Texas Antiquities Permit No. 5938 at State Antiquities Landmark 41HY160. The purpose of the project was to offset the impact to cultural deposits at the site stemming from the installation of service utilities for a new restroom facility and ticket kiosk at The Meadows Center for Water and the Environment, (formerly the River Systems Institute…
Alienating Ancient Maya Commoners
Determining whether or how ancient Maya commoners were alienated from the results of their labor first requires that scholars recognize what impediments or biases have hindered a theoretically informed view of commoners and their social roles. Using historical developments in Mesoamerican archaeology as a guide, I examine why Maya archaeology since the mid-1980s has tended to focus so strongly on elites, often to the exclusion of commoners. I the…
Controlled Overshot Flaking: A Response to Eren, Patten, O'brien, and Meltzer
A recent article by Eren et al. (2013) is the latest criticism of the hypothesis that some Late Pleistocene Solutrean groups from western Iberia came to the New World and that lasting vestiges of t
Early Holocene Cultural Diversity in Central America: Comment on Prufer et al. (2019) “Linking Late Paleoindian Stone Tool Technologies and Populations in North, Central and South America”
A recent publication by Keith Prufer and colleagues based on new data from southern Belize defines a “Lowe complex” and seeks to relate these finds to Late Paleoindian technologies in North and South America. This review corrects some parts of the record as presented by Prufer et al
Preceramic Mesoamerica
Sitio Chivacabe, An Early Paleoindian Site in Western Highland Guatemala
Paleoindian research in Central America remains a nascent field of study even as significant progress has been made nearby in Mexico and further south in Panama and much of South America. Only a single Paleoindian site, Los Tapiales, has been excavated in Guatemala. This research investigated a previously recorded site that contains Pleistocene megafaunal remains and from which a fluted lanceolate projectile point has been recovered. Although Los…
Early Maize in the Maya Area
The history of maize in Central America and surrounding areas has implications for the slow transition from hunting and gathering to agriculture. The spread of early forms of domesticated maize from southern Mexico across Mesoamerica and into South America has been dated to about 8,700-6,500 years ago on the basis of a handful of studies relying primarily on the analysis of pollen, phytoliths, or starch grains. Recent genomic data from southern B…
Archaeology (18 works) · Geography (15 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (13 works) · Maya (10 works) · Ecology (6 works) · History (5 works) · History (5 works) · Latin American history and culture (5 works) · Mesoamerica (5 works) · Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies (5 works)