Branden Cesare Rizzuto
Biographic Data
| ID | 95112 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Branden Cesare Rizzuto |
| GIVEN NAMES | Branden Cesare |
| FAMILY NAME | Rizzuto |
| SIGNATURE | RIZZUTO B C |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Toronto |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4312-4858 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 14 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Seafarers and the seashore
Water worn pebbles were dedicated at many later Bronze Age peak sanctuaries of Minoan Crete and the Minoanized Aegean, including Stelida on Naxos (Cyclades). While most of this assemblage (n = 10,713) is comprised of locally available quartzites and granodiorites, it also included a few obsidian pebbles, a raw material foreign to Naxos. This study used portable XRF spectrometry [pXRF] to elementally characterize and source six of these artifacts,…
Reflections on the Circulation of Extraordinary Items in Early Chalcolithic Southwest Asia
The 6th-millennium b.c. obsidian mirror and giant blade core from Kabri, northern Israel, have long been considered epitomes of Southwest Asian Early Chalcolithic technical and artistic virtuosity. Nevertheless, even almost 70 years after their discovery, they are yet to be integrated into the growing body of research on obsidian circulation from Anatolian sources to prehistoric communities of the southern Levant. This paper presents for the firs…
In‐depth study of a speiss/matte sample from Castillo de Huarmey, North Coast of Peru, and its implications for the pre‐Columbian production of arsenic bronze in the Central Andes
This study aims to characterize the phase composition and chemistry of the speiss/matte sample from the Metallurgist's Burial at Castillo de Huarmey and to use the information derived from these analyses to infer the temperatures, furnace conditions, and ores associated with the smelting processes, which created the speiss/matte sample. For this purpose, a number of geochemical analyses were performed on the spies/matte fragment: analysis of the …
Moche chronology of ancient Peru
In the last decade Bayesian analysis of radiocarbon dates has become commonplace for archaeologists grappling with regional chronologies. Here we present Bayesian analysis for radiocarbon dates from Moche cultural contexts from the north coast of Peru with the aim to understand the duration of the phenomenon and to compile all known dates in a single location for future analysis and use. The analysis demonstrates that the long-standing Moche cera…
The obsidian beads from Middle Chalcolithic Tel Tsaf (ca. 5,200–4,700 cal. BC), Jordan Valley, Israel
Quilcapampa’s Stone Tools and Placas Pintadas
Late Intermediate Period Funerary Traditions, Population Aggregation, and the Ayllu in the Sihuas Valley, Peru
The Late Intermediate period in the south-central Andes is known for the widespread use of open sepulchres called chullpas by descent-based ayllus to claim rights to resources and express idealized notions of how society should be organized. Chullpas, however, were rarer on the coast, with the dead often buried individually in closed tombs. This article documents conditions under which these closed tombs were used at the site of Quilcapampa on th…
A new aerial photogrammetric survey method for recording inaccessible rock art
A new aerial photogrammetric survey method for recording inaccessible rock art
Late Intermediate Period Funerary Traditions, Population Aggregation, and the Ayllu in the Sihuas Valley, Peru
The Late Intermediate period in the south-central Andes is known for the widespread use of open sepulchres called chullpas by descent-based ayllus to claim rights to resources and express idealized notions of how society should be organized. Chullpas, however, were rarer on the coast, with the dead often buried individually in closed tombs. This article documents conditions under which these closed tombs were used at the site of Quilcapampa on th…
A new aerial photogrammetric survey method for recording inaccessible rock art
Quilcapampa’s Stone Tools and Placas Pintadas
Late Intermediate Period Funerary Traditions, Population Aggregation, and the Ayllu in the Sihuas Valley, Peru
The Late Intermediate period in the south-central Andes is known for the widespread use of open sepulchres called chullpas by descent-based ayllus to claim rights to resources and express idealized notions of how society should be organized. Chullpas, however, were rarer on the coast, with the dead often buried individually in closed tombs. This article documents conditions under which these closed tombs were used at the site of Quilcapampa on th…
The obsidian beads from Middle Chalcolithic Tel Tsaf (ca. 5,200–4,700 cal. BC), Jordan Valley, Israel
Moche chronology of ancient Peru
In the last decade Bayesian analysis of radiocarbon dates has become commonplace for archaeologists grappling with regional chronologies. Here we present Bayesian analysis for radiocarbon dates from Moche cultural contexts from the north coast of Peru with the aim to understand the duration of the phenomenon and to compile all known dates in a single location for future analysis and use. The analysis demonstrates that the long-standing Moche cera…
Reflections on the Circulation of Extraordinary Items in Early Chalcolithic Southwest Asia
The 6th-millennium b.c. obsidian mirror and giant blade core from Kabri, northern Israel, have long been considered epitomes of Southwest Asian Early Chalcolithic technical and artistic virtuosity. Nevertheless, even almost 70 years after their discovery, they are yet to be integrated into the growing body of research on obsidian circulation from Anatolian sources to prehistoric communities of the southern Levant. This paper presents for the firs…
In‐depth study of a speiss/matte sample from Castillo de Huarmey, North Coast of Peru, and its implications for the pre‐Columbian production of arsenic bronze in the Central Andes
This study aims to characterize the phase composition and chemistry of the speiss/matte sample from the Metallurgist's Burial at Castillo de Huarmey and to use the information derived from these analyses to infer the temperatures, furnace conditions, and ores associated with the smelting processes, which created the speiss/matte sample. For this purpose, a number of geochemical analyses were performed on the spies/matte fragment: analysis of the …
Seafarers and the seashore
Water worn pebbles were dedicated at many later Bronze Age peak sanctuaries of Minoan Crete and the Minoanized Aegean, including Stelida on Naxos (Cyclades). While most of this assemblage (n = 10,713) is comprised of locally available quartzites and granodiorites, it also included a few obsidian pebbles, a raw material foreign to Naxos. This study used portable XRF spectrometry [pXRF] to elementally characterize and source six of these artifacts,…
Archaeology (4 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (4 works) · Geography (4 works) · Ancient history (3 works) · Bronze Age (3 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Geology (3 works) · History (3 works) · Ancient Near East History (2 works) · Chalcolithic (2 works)