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Kiva Journal @kivaswjournal.bsky.social · 2d

How did ancient Tucson Basin potters make their glittering purple paint? Ownby & Myhrman analyze Broadline Purple-on-red pottery (AD 500–700) to find out. doi.org/10.1080/0023...
#Archaeology #Tucson #Southwest #Ceramic #Hematite

Ownby & Myhrman 2020. Broadline Purple-on-red sherds examined in this study, (a) DVA-6, (b) DVA-9, © DVA-35, (d) III2-1, and (e) SN-1 (Photos taken by M. Ownby).

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Kiva Journal @kivaswjournal.bsky.social · 3d

What did the Fremont people smoke? Searcy et al. analyzed ancient pipes from Wolf Village (AD 1000-1100) in Utah, finding traces of tobacco, maize, and other plants. doi.org/10.1080/0023...
#Archaeology #Fremont #Utah #AncientPipes #BotanicalAnalysis

Searcy et al. 2022. Fremont ceramic pipes analyzed from Wolf Village.

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Kiva Journal @kivaswjournal.bsky.social · 4d

Thanks to increased access to digital collections, Kurota et al. redefine El Paso Polychrome pottery, improving how archaeologists date Jornada Mogollon sites. doi.org/10.1080/0023...
#Archaeology #JornadaMogollon #ElPaso #Southwest #Ceramic

Kurota et al. 2022. EPP, Style 2 bowls with transposed images depicting stylized life forms: (a)
Vessel 111 with opposing fish motif (image courtesy of NMSU University Museum); (b)
Vessel 124 (image courtesy of White Sands Missile Range Museum); (c) Vessel 63 from
Madera Quemada (image courtesy of Myles Miller); (d) Vessel 27 (source: Texas Beyond
History; Miller and Thompson 2015:Figure 4); (e) crenellated bowl Vessel 116 (source: Centennial Museum); (f) reconstructed sketch of Vessel 23 showing transposed birds (source:
Texas Beyond History); (g) Vessel 71 with transposed birds in flight motif (source: Human
Endeavor Foundation); (h) Vessel 36 (image courtesy Maxwell Museum of Anthropology,
University of New Mexico, Catalog No. 62.24.163); (i) reconstructed sketch of Vessel 8
from LA 15044 (image courtesy of Maxwell Museum of Anthropology, University of New
Mexico, Catalog No. 77.42.64); (j) Vessel 49 from LA 2000; (k) shallow
scoop, Vessel 40; and (l) shallow scoop, Vessel
38.

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Kiva Journal @kivaswjournal.bsky.social · 4d

How did gender shape ancient exchange? Bischoff’s Tonto Basin study uses multilayer network analysis of ceramics, architecture, and projectile points to uncover separate social spheres. doi.org/10.1080/0023...
#Archaeology #TontoBasin #Southwest #NetworkAnalysis #MaterialCulture

Bischoff 2023. Graphs showing the networks used in this analysis. Each network is displayed
with the five strongest ties between each node. See Table 1 for site labels.

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Kiva Journal @kivaswjournal.bsky.social · 4d

How did gender shape ancient exchange? Bischoff’s Tonto Basin study uses multilayer network analysis of ceramics, architecture, and projectile points to uncover separate social spheres. doi.org/10.1080/0023...
#Archaeology #TontoBasin #Southwest #NetworkAnalysis #MaterialCulture

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Kiva Journal @kivaswjournal.bsky.social · 5d

What ties the Tewa Basin to Chaco Canyon? Schillaci et al. uses ceramic compositional data to trace movement & interaction in the Late Developmental period (AD 900-1200). doi.org/10.1080/0023...
#Archaeology #NewMexico #ChacoCanyon #TewaBasin #Southwest

Schillaci et al. 2020. Early Kwahe’e Black-on-white olla from site LA 391, recovered during the Santa Fe to Pojoaque Corridor Project. Courtesy of the New Mexico Department of Transportation and the Office of Archaeological Studies. Photo by Carol Price.

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Kiva Journal @kivaswjournal.bsky.social · 6d

How has technology reshaped our understanding of the past? This week KIVA explores new research insights from innovative ceramic analysis and methods.
#Southwest #Archaeology #Ceramic #SWArch #History

Kiva Journal @kivaswjournal.bsky.social · 9d

Were some at Paquimé sacrificed for the elite? Waller et al. find evidence of ritual violence in a complex burial of 12 individuals. doi.org/10.1080/0023...
#Archaeology #CasasGrandes #Chihuahua #Bioarchaeology #Mesoamerica

Photo of Archaeological Zone of Paquimé, Casas Grandes (Mexico) by Francesco Bandarin from Wikimedia

Kiva Journal @kivaswjournal.bsky.social · 9d

For 2,600 years, Northwest & West Mexico formed a cultural crossroads linking the Southwest to Mesoamerica. Nelson et al. trace these shifting ties. doi.org/10.1080/0023...
#Archaeology #Mexico #Southwest #Mesoamerica #INAH

Nelson et al. 2015. Cultural areas and sites in Northwest Mexico. ©Ben A. Nelson. Sitenames: (1) Cerro Juanaqueña, (2) La Playa, (3) Huatabampo, (4) Cerrode Trincheras, (5) Paquimé, (6) Chaco Canyon, (7) Convento, (8) Ojode Agua, (9) San Jose Baviácora, (10) Buyubampo, (11) Ónavas: El Cementerio.

Kiva Journal @kivaswjournal.bsky.social · 10d

Who are the macaw-headed figures on Paquimé and other Casas Grandes pottery? Mathiowetz (2014) traced the “Sun Youth” deity across Puebloan & Mesoamerican worlds. doi.org/10.1080/0023...
#Archaeology #CasasGrandes #Chihuahua #Mesoamerica #Pueblo

Mathiowetz 2018. The Casas Grandes Sun Youth :(photograph © Justin Kerr, K1548).

Kiva Journal @kivaswjournal.bsky.social · 10d

Turquoise, cacao, shells & macaws—imports that shaped ritual life at Chaco Canyon. Robert Weiner explores their sensory power in Ancestral Puebloan ceremonies. doi.org/10.1080/0023...
#Archaeology #ChacoCanyon #AncestralPueblo #Ritual #Southwest

Weiner 2015. Copper bell excavated at Pueblo Alto, AD 1020 –1140. National Park Service Museum Management Program, Public Domain.

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Kiva Journal @kivaswjournal.bsky.social · 11d

Snaketown’s pyrite mirrors—rare outside Mesoamerica—offer insights into exchange, ritual, & identity. Gallaga’s study from 2014 reveals their cultural value. doi.org/10.1179/0023...
#Archaeology #Snaketown #Mesoamerica #Southwest #AncientTrade

Gallaga 2014. 3. Reflection from the Bonampak pyrite mirror (photo by Emiliano Gallaga).

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Kiva Journal @kivaswjournal.bsky.social · 11d

Curious how collective action shapes community resilience? Discover insights from La Quemada in Dr. Andrea Torvinen’s Oct 20 webinar! aahs1916.org/event/eric-c...
#Archaeology #Mexico #Zacatecas #Mesoamerica #Ceramics

Dr. Andrea Torvinen – The Role of Collective Action in Community Resilience in Northwest Mexico – Arizona Archaeological and Historical Society

Autumn Used Book Sale – November 14th and 15th – On the ASM lawn

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Kiva Journal @kivaswjournal.bsky.social · 12d

This Week KIVA explores Southwest–Mesoamerica connections in honor of Dr. Torvinen’s upcoming webinar.
#Archaeology #Southwest #Mesoamerica #Mexico #SWArch

Kiva Journal @kivaswjournal.bsky.social · 13d

Where does Zuni Mountain Spotted Chert come from? Throgmorton & LeTourneau synthesize 60 years of data to identify its geological sources in western New Mexico. doi.org/10.1080/0023...
#Archaeology #Lithics #NewMexico #Southwest #Chert

Throgmorton and LeTourneau 2025. Images of Zuni Mountain Spotted Chert artifacts from archaeological sites in Cebolla Canyon (photos by Kellam Throgmorton).

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Kiva Journal @kivaswjournal.bsky.social · 15d

Want to publish but don’t know where to start? KIVA is looking for research on archaeology, anthropology & history of the Southwest. Submit your paper today!
#Archaeology #Southwest #History #SouthwestArchaeology #SWArch

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Kiva Journal @kivaswjournal.bsky.social · 16d

What can ceramic patterns tell us about community, identity & politics? A new study by Vivero-Miranda of Rio Sonora/Serrana ceramics styles offers fresh insights on social organization. doi.org/10.1080/0023...
#Archaeology #Sonora #Southwest #History #Ceramics

Vivero-Miranda 2025. Examples of ceramic sherds analyzed. The applied hierarchical approach allows us to deconstruct the decorative attributes in useful analytical units to understand the role and relationship between attributes. The combination of “Approach, treatment, and variants”, results in “styles”. However, this analysis targets approach and treatment, as the most communicative to address inquiries of identity at the inter-valley scale. Noteworthy, is the potential that some typological distinctions (decorative attributes) may be the result of small fragments of other styles.

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Kiva Journal @kivaswjournal.bsky.social · 16d

What's for dinner? New Research by Roth & Lauzon highlights the Late Pithouse period (AD 550-1000) food processing and cooking technology from the Mimbres Mogollon region. doi.org/10.1080/0023...
#Archaeology #Mimbres #Southwest #Foodways #NewMexico

Roth & Lauzon 2025. Utah metate with red ochre and compatible mano from Pithouse 38 rooffall (photo by Lauren Falvey).

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Kiva Journal @kivaswjournal.bsky.social · 17d

Were Classic Period (A.D. 1125/1150-1300) Hohokam ceremonies controlled by elites? Caseldine’s new study of platform mounds & ritual items reveals a more dispersed ceremonial landscape. doi.org/10.1080/0023...
#Archaeology #Hohokam #Southwest #Ceremonialism #Arizona

Caseldine 2025. Location of ritual items at AZ U:9:56 (ASM). Polygons represent adobe compounds. Redrawn from Haury.

Kiva Journal @kivaswjournal.bsky.social · 17d

Curious about what KIVA has been up to? This week we are highlighting some of our most recent articles. Stay tuned!
#Archaeology #Southwest #History #SouthwestArchaeology #SWArch

Kiva Journal @kivaswjournal.bsky.social · 24d

How did indigenous peoples shape the Southwest through art and architecture? Danielle Romero reviews Art in the Pre-Hispanic Southwest by Radoslaw Polanka. Check it out now! doi.org/10.1080/0023...
#Archaeology #Southwest #IndigenousHistory #Anthropology #BookReview

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Kiva Journal @kivaswjournal.bsky.social · 24d

Myles Miller highlights People in a Sea of Grass edited by Matthew Hill and Lauren Ritterbush, a groundbreaking volume on Indigenous lifeways in the Central Great Plains. Discover why this book matters. doi.org/10.1080/0023...
#Archaeology #GreatPlains #IndigenousHistory #Anthropology #BookReview

Book cover of "People in a Sea of Grass" edited by Hill and Ritterbush

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Kiva Journal @kivaswjournal.bsky.social · 25d

Food or ritual? At Homol’ovi I, rabbit & hare bones show how deeply interconnected the sacred and the everyday were for ancestral Puebloans according to new research by Sheets. doi.org/10.1080/0023...
#Archaeology #Homolovi #PuebloanHistory #Zooarchaeology #SouthwestArchaeology

Sheets 2025. Homol’ovi I (map courtesy of HRP-ASM)

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Kiva Journal @kivaswjournal.bsky.social · 25d

New isotopic evidence by Sharpe et al. shows bison roamed New Mexico’s San Agustin plains, far beyond today’s ranges—living alongside humans for centuries. doi.org/10.1080/0023...
#Archaeology #SouthwestHistory #Bison #Zooarchaeology #NewMexico

Photo of Bison by Andy Witchger Bison Badlands National Park.jpg on Wikimedia.org

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Kiva Journal @kivaswjournal.bsky.social · 26d

This week, KIVA highlights articles from our latest volume! Explore new insights into Indigenous cultures of the Southwest through archaeology, anthropology & history.
#Archaeology #Southwest #Anthropology #SWarch

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