Spatial technology is integral to how archaeologists collect, store, analyze, and represent
information in digital data sets. Recent advances have improved our ability to look for and …

Artifacts of cold-hammered native gold have been discovered in a secure and undisturbed
Terminal Archaic burial context at Jiskairumoko, a multicomponent Late Archaic–Early …

Recent investigations and reconsideration of households in the Mesoamerican highlands
illustrate the central role of domestic spheres of interaction to the broader cultural dynamics …

Caves were used as ritual venues by the ancient Maya from the Early Preclassic to the
Postclassic period. These sites have been intensively investigated, but little research has …

The history of archaeology's engagement with GIS is well-documented and covered
elsewhere (eg, Lock 2003), so here it is necessary to highlight only a few pivotal moments …

Archaeologists have embraced new technologies in many aspects of research, but reliance
on paperbased recording has impeded development of excavation recording methods. The …

Over the past decade, many archaeologists have lamented over the parlous state of what is
often labeled the “archaeology of religion.” Although much of the problem with the …

Paleoindian archaeology on the Great Plains is often characterized by the investigation of
large mammal kill/butchery bonebeds with relatively high archaeological visibility …

We propose a new method to analyze spatially cohesive sets of artifacts and relate them to
intrasite activity areas using the spatial similarity and cohesion of artifact types. This method …

The following article presents a new approach to the spatial and chemical analysis of
residues left by the cycle of activities that interweave specialized clay griddle production with …