http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification 720 https://escholarship.org/uc/ucm_ssha_anthro_oapdeposits/rss Recent eScholarship items from Department of Anthropology - Open Access Policy Deposits Sat, 13 Jun 2026 04:34:43 +0000 https://escholarship.org/uc/item/0g90n3m0 This atlas presents a comprehensive cartographic reconstruction of the historical geography of Kham (Eastern Tibet) around 1950, immediately prior to the major political, social, and institutional transformations that followed the incorporation of Tibet into the People's Republic of China. Drawing upon a geospatial database of more than 1,500 Buddhist monasteries, temples, hermitages, and Bonpo religious establishments, the atlas maps the distribution of religious institutions, sectarian affiliations, language regions, trade routes, monastic urban systems, and regional interaction networks across eastern Tibet. The atlas accompanies a broader research project examining the role of monasteries as the principal urban, economic, and organizational institutions of Tibetan society. Using historical GIS methods, terrain-adjusted spatial modeling, and reconstructed monastic population estimates, it visualizes the regional systems and sub-systems that structured social, economic, and... https://escholarship.org/uc/item/0g90n3m0 Mon, 1 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Ryavec, Karl https://escholarship.org/uc/item/1mh2j10s This research investigates the influence of seabird guano on agriculture in the Chincha Valley of southern Peru through multi-isotopic, archaeological, and historical data. We conduct stable carbon, nitrogen, and sulfur analyses of 35 late pre-Hispanic maize (Zea mays) cobs and 11 seabirds from archaeological contexts spanning the late Formative period (c. 200 BCE - 150 CE) to the Colonial period (1532-1825 CE). We report the strongest evidence yet for pre-Inca use of marine fertilizers in Chincha. Isotopic and radiocarbon data corroborate colonial-era records and regional avifauna iconography and assemblages, indicating that Indigenous communities fertilized maize with guano by at least 1250 CE. Maize δ15N values are consistent with archaeological studies on guano manuring in Chile, expanding the known geographical extent of this agricultural practice. Maize δ34S values overlap with experimental field data but are not enriched in 34S, possibly reflecting various environmental... https://escholarship.org/uc/item/1mh2j10s Tue, 17 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Bongers, Jacob Milton, Emily Osborn, Jo Drucker, Dorothée Robinson, Joshua Scaffidi, Beth https://escholarship.org/uc/item/9jz047z2 The ability to taste phenylthiocarbamide (PTC) and 6-n-propylthiouracil (PROP) is a polymorphic trait mediated by the TAS2R38 bitter taste receptor gene. It has long been hypothesized that global genetic diversity at this locus evolved under pervasive pressures from balancing natural selection. However, recent high-resolution population genetic studies of TAS2Rs suggest that demographic events have played a critical role in the evolution of these genes. We here utilized the largest TAS2R38 database yet analyzed, consisting of 5,589 individuals from 105 populations, to examine natural selection, haplotype frequencies and linkage disequilibrium to estimate the effects of both selection and demography on contemporary patterns of variation at this locus. We found signs of an ancient balancing selection acting on this gene but no post Out-Of-Africa departures from neutrality, implying that the current observed patterns of variation can be predominantly explained by demographic, rather... https://escholarship.org/uc/item/9jz047z2 Wed, 17 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0000 Risso, Davide S Mezzavilla, Massimo Pagani, Luca Robino, Antonietta Morini, Gabriella Tofanelli, Sergio Carrai, Maura Campa, Daniele Barale, Roberto Caradonna, Fabio Gasparini, Paolo Luiselli, Donata Wooding, Stephen Drayna, Dennis https://escholarship.org/uc/item/99w6v5n4 CD36 and GNAT3 mediate taste responses, with CD36 acting as a lipid detector and GNAT3 acting as the α subunit of gustducin, a G protein governing sweet, savory, and bitter transduction. Strikingly, the genes encoding CD36 and GNAT3 are genomically superimposed, with CD36 completely encompassing GNAT3. To characterize genetic variation across the CD36-GNAT3 region, its implications for phenotypic diversity, and its recent evolution, we analyzed from ~2,500 worldwide subjects sequenced by the 1000 Genomes Project (1000GP). CD36-GNAT3 harbored extensive diversity including 8,688 single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), 414 indels, and other complex variants. Sliding window analyses revealed that nucleotide diversity and population differentiation across CD36-GNAT3 were consistent with genome-wide trends in the 1000GP (π = 0.10%, P = 0.64; FST = 9.0%, P = 0.57). In addition, functional predictions using SIFT and PolyPhen-2 identified 60 variants likely to alter protein function, and... https://escholarship.org/uc/item/99w6v5n4 Wed, 17 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0000 Ramirez, Vicente A Wooding, Stephen P https://escholarship.org/uc/item/68w0d5rb Taste: Links in the Chain from Tongue to Brain https://escholarship.org/uc/item/68w0d5rb Wed, 17 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0000 Vera, Lucy A Wooding, Stephen P https://escholarship.org/uc/item/60f682cn Yuca (Manihot esculenta esculenta; cassava, manioc) is a native Amazonian crop represented by myriad landraces. To investigate human influences on its diversification, we conducted field observations and analyzed 13 short tandem repeat (STR) loci in 43 landraces in the Peruvian Amazon. We found a different multilocus genotype (MLG) in every landrace. However, tests for Hardy–Weinberg equilibrium found a deficit of heterozygosity at every locus (p &lt; 0.001 for 12 of 13 loci). Further, the fraction of genetic variance due to landrace differences was greater than expected (38.84%; p = 0.001). This suggested that landrace hybridization is restricted, a finding consistent with our field observations. However, we found an excess of within-landrace heterozygosity (p &lt; 0.001) in 39 of 43 landraces, suggesting they originated through hybridization. Mantel tests identified associations between genetic and geographic distances (p &lt; 0.001), but their correlation coefficients were... https://escholarship.org/uc/item/60f682cn Wed, 17 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0000 Wooding, Stephen Park Peña, César Rubén https://escholarship.org/uc/item/4bk4d338 Bitter taste receptors (TAS2Rs) are noted for their role in perception, and mounting evidence suggests that they mediate responses to compounds entering airways, gut, and other tissues. The importance of these roles suggests that <i>TAS2R</i>s have been under pressure from natural selection. To determine the extent of variation in <i>TAS2R</i>s on a global scale and its implications for human evolution and behavior, we analyzed patterns of diversity in the complete 25 gene repertoire of human <i>TAS2R</i>s in ∼2,500 subjects representing worldwide populations. Across the <i>TAS2R</i> family as a whole, we observed 721 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) including 494 nonsynonymous SNPs along with 40 indels and gained and lost start and stop codons. In addition, computational predictions identified 169 variants particularly likely to affect receptor function, making them candidate sources of phenotypic variation. Diversity levels ranged widely among loci, with the number of... https://escholarship.org/uc/item/4bk4d338 Wed, 17 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0000 Wooding, Stephen P Ramirez, Vicente A https://escholarship.org/uc/item/3f7086t5 Cassava is a key tropical crop that serves as a major source of nutrition throughout equatorial South America, Africa, and Asia. Genetic and paleoethnobotanical findings indicate that it was first domesticated on the southern margin of Amazonia ~10,000 years ago. However, anthropogenic processes underlying its subsequent diversification remain unclear. To shed light on them, we investigated agricultural practices and phenotypic variation in cassava on the upper Amazon River, in Loreto, Perú. We interviewed subsistence growers on five Amazon tributaries and collected data on the husbandry, morphology, and nutritional composition of their crops. We found 45 distinct cultivars. Many of their morphological features, such as stature and leaf dimensions, exhibited expected phenotype–phenotype associations. However, starch content showed no association with any other phenotype (mean p = 0.57), suggesting it has been under selective pressure exerted by growers. In addition, all cultivars’... https://escholarship.org/uc/item/3f7086t5 Wed, 17 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0000 Wooding, Stephen P Payahua, Christian Nolorbe https://escholarship.org/uc/item/2tv422qk Bitter taste perception plays vital roles in animal behavior and fitness. By signaling the presence of toxins in foods, particularly noxious defense compounds found in plants, it enables animals to avoid exposure. In vertebrates, bitter perception is initiated by TAS2Rs, a family of G protein-coupled receptors expressed on the surface of taste buds. There, oriented toward the interior of the mouth, they monitor the contents of foods, drinks and other substances as they are ingested. When bitter compounds are encountered, TAS2Rs respond by triggering neural pathways leading to sensation. The importance of this role placed TAS2Rs under selective pressures in the course of their evolution, leaving signatures in patterns of gene gain and loss, sequence polymorphism, and population structure consistent with vertebrates' diverse feeding ecologies. The protective value of bitter taste is reduced in modern humans because contemporary food supplies are safe and abundant. However, this... https://escholarship.org/uc/item/2tv422qk Wed, 17 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0000 Wooding, Stephen P Ramirez, Vicente A Behrens, Maik https://escholarship.org/uc/item/2886836g Common TAS2R38 taste receptor gene variants specify the ability to taste phenylthiocarbamide (PTC), 6-n-propylthiouracil (PROP) and structurally related compounds. Tobacco smoke contains a complex mixture of chemical substances of varying structure and functionality, some of which activate different taste receptors. Accordingly, it has been suggested that non-taster individuals may be more likely to smoke because of their inability to taste bitter compounds present in tobacco smoke, but results to date have been conflicting. We studied three cohorts: 237 European-Americans from the state of Georgia, 1,353 European-Americans and 2,363 African-Americans from the Dallas Heart Study (DHS), and 4,973 African-Americans from the Dallas Biobank. Tobacco use data was collected and TAS2R38 polymorphisms were genotyped for all participants, and PTC taste sensitivity was assessed in the Georgia population. In the Georgia group, PTC tasters were less common among those who smoke: 71.5% of... https://escholarship.org/uc/item/2886836g Wed, 17 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0000 Risso, Davide S Kozlitina, Julia Sainz, Eduardo Gutierrez, Joanne Wooding, Stephen Getachew, Betelihem Luiselli, Donata Berg, Carla J Drayna, Dennis https://escholarship.org/uc/item/1s05835x Mutations in odorant receptor genes predict olfactory perception of common compounds in foods and flowers. Through recombination they can generate extensive combinatorial variation in sensory ability among individuals. https://escholarship.org/uc/item/1s05835x Wed, 17 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0000 Wooding, Stephen https://escholarship.org/uc/item/13j2n064 Ability to perceive the bitter compound phenylthiocarbamide (PTC) is inherited via a dominant "taster" allele of the TAS2R38 gene, whereas inability is inherited via a recessive "non-taster" allele. This raises a question: Is the non-taster allele functionless, or does it mediate perception of compounds other than PTC? New evidence supports speculation that it is indeed functional. Associations between TAS2R38 mutations and bitter sensitivity to the tropical berry Antidesma bunius are the inverse of those PTC, suggesting that the non-taster allele enables perception to compounds in the fruit. https://escholarship.org/uc/item/13j2n064 Wed, 17 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0000 Wooding, Stephen P https://escholarship.org/uc/item/87d8v7gj Maps only from "A Historical Atlas of Tibet". I retained the publishing rights to the maps I made for my historical atlas of Tibet, and here I am making them freely available to all. https://escholarship.org/uc/item/87d8v7gj Sun, 3 Sep 2023 00:00:00 +0000 Ryavec, Karl https://escholarship.org/uc/item/2q59t1p5 Bitter taste receptor genes (TAS2Rs) harbor extensive diversity, which is broadly distributed across human populations and strongly associated with taste response phenotypes. The majority of TAS2R variation is composed of single-nucleotide polymorphisms. However, 2 closely positioned loci at 12p13, TAS2R43 and -45, harbor high-frequency deletion (Δ) alleles in which genomic segments are absent, resulting in copy number variation (CNV). To resolve their chromosomal structure and organization, we generated maps using long-range contig alignments and local sequencing across the TAS2R43-45 region. These revealed that the deletion alleles (43Δ and 45Δ) are 37.8 and 32.2kb in length, respectively and span the complete coding region of each gene (~1kb) along with extensive up- and downstream flanking sequence, producing separate CNVs at the 2 loci. Comparisons with a chimpanzee genome, which contained intact homologs of TAS2R43, -45, and nearby TAS2Rs, indicated that the deletions evolved... https://escholarship.org/uc/item/2q59t1p5 Thu, 4 May 2023 00:00:00 +0000 Roudnitzky, Natacha Risso, Davide Drayna, Dennis Behrens, Maik Meyerhof, Wolfgang Wooding, Stephen P https://escholarship.org/uc/item/74n936vh The high-altitude transverse valleys [&gt;3,000 m above sea level (masl)] of the Himalayan arc from Arunachal Pradesh to Ladahk were among the last habitable places permanently colonized by prehistoric humans due to the challenges of resource scarcity, cold stress, and hypoxia. The modern populations of these valleys, who share cultural and linguistic affinities with peoples found today on the Tibetan plateau, are commonly assumed to be the descendants of the earliest inhabitants of the Himalayan arc. However, this assumption has been challenged by archaeological and osteological evidence suggesting that these valleys may have been originally populated from areas other than the Tibetan plateau, including those at low elevation. To investigate the peopling and early population history of this dynamic high-altitude contact zone, we sequenced the genomes (0.04×-7.25×, mean 2.16×) and mitochondrial genomes (20.8×-1,311.0×, mean 482.1×) of eight individuals dating to three periods... https://escholarship.org/uc/item/74n936vh Wed, 3 May 2023 00:00:00 +0000 Jeong, Choongwon Ozga, Andrew T Witonsky, David B Malmström, Helena Edlund, Hanna Hofman, Courtney A Hagan, Richard W Jakobsson, Mattias Lewis, Cecil M Aldenderfer, Mark S Di Rienzo, Anna Warinner, Christina https://escholarship.org/uc/item/9r73473c This article focuses on a novel three-dimensional reconstruction system that maps large archeological caves using data collected by a small unmanned aircraft system with red, green, and blue-depth cameras. Cave sites often contain the best-preserved material in the archeological record. Yet few sites are fully mapped. Large caves environment usually contains complex geometric structures and objects, which must be scanned with long overlapped camera trajectories for better coverage. Due to the error in camera tracking of such scanning, reconstruction results often contain flaws and mismatches. To solve this problem, we propose a framework for surface loop closure, where loops are detected with a compute unified device architecture accelerated point cloud registration algorithm. After a loop is detected, a novel surface loop filtering method is proposed for robust loop optimization. This loop filtering method is robust to different scan patterns and can cope with tracking failure... https://escholarship.org/uc/item/9r73473c Tue, 1 Nov 2022 00:00:00 +0000 Zhang, Guoxiang Moyes, Holley Chen, YangQuan https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7422-5988 https://escholarship.org/uc/item/9w01g0bp This article presents outcomes from a Workshop entitled "Bioarchaeology: Taking Stock and Moving Forward," which was held at Arizona State University (ASU) on March 6-8, 2020. Funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF), the School of Human Evolution and Social Change (ASU), and the Center for Bioarchaeological Research (CBR, ASU), the Workshop's overall goal was to explore reasons why research proposals submitted by bioarchaeologists, both graduate students and established scholars, fared disproportionately poorly within recent NSF Anthropology Program competitions and to offer advice for increasing success. Therefore, this Workshop comprised 43 international scholars and four advanced graduate students with a history of successful grant acquisition, primarily from the United States. Ultimately, we focused on two related aims: (1) best practices for improving research designs and training and (2) evaluating topics of contemporary significance that reverberate through history... https://escholarship.org/uc/item/9w01g0bp Thu, 4 Aug 2022 00:00:00 +0000 Buikstra, Jane E DeWitte, Sharon N Agarwal, Sabrina C Baker, Brenda J Bartelink, Eric J Berger, Elizabeth Blevins, Kelly E Bolhofner, Katelyn Boutin, Alexis T Brickley, Megan B Buzon, Michele R de la Cova, Carlina Goldstein, Lynne Gowland, Rebecca Grauer, Anne L Gregoricka, Lesley A Halcrow, Siân E Hall, Sarah A Hillson, Simon Kakaliouras, Ann M Klaus, Haagen D Knudson, Kelly J Knüsel, Christopher J Larsen, Clark Spencer Martin, Debra L Milner, George R Novak, Mario Nystrom, Kenneth C Pacheco‐Forés, Sofía I Prowse, Tracy L Schug, Gwen Robbins Roberts, Charlotte A Rothwell, Jessica E Santos, Ana Luisa Stojanowski, Christopher Stone, Anne C Stull, Kyra E Temple, Daniel H Torres, Christina M https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6759-2977 Toyne, J Marla Tung, Tiffiny A Ullinger, Jaime Wiltschke‐Schrotta, Karin Zakrzewski, Sonia R https://escholarship.org/uc/item/8zr6396v Present-day Tibetans have adapted both genetically and culturally to the high altitude environment of the Tibetan Plateau, but fundamental questions about their origins remain unanswered. Recent archaeological and genetic research suggests the presence of an early population on the Plateau within the past 40 thousand years, followed by the arrival of subsequent groups within the past 10 thousand years. Here, we obtain new genome-wide data for 33 ancient individuals from high elevation sites on the southern fringe of the Tibetan Plateau in Nepal, who we show are most closely related to present-day Tibetans. They derive most of their ancestry from groups related to Late Neolithic populations at the northeastern edge of the Tibetan Plateau but also harbor a minor genetic component from a distinct and deep Paleolithic Eurasian ancestry. In contrast to their Tibetan neighbors, present-day non-Tibetan Tibeto-Burman speakers living at mid-elevations along the southern and eastern margins... https://escholarship.org/uc/item/8zr6396v Mon, 28 Mar 2022 00:00:00 +0000 Liu, Chi-Chun Witonsky, David Gosling, Anna Lee, Ju Hyeon Ringbauer, Harald Hagan, Richard Patel, Nisha Stahl, Raphaela Novembre, John Aldenderfer, Mark Warinner, Christina Di Rienzo, Anna Jeong, Choongwon https://escholarship.org/uc/item/52k98338 In the American West, wildfires and earthquakes are increasingly threatening the archaeological, historical, and tribal resources that define the collective identity and connection with the past for millions of Americans. The loss of said resources diminishes societal understanding of the role cultural heritage plays in shaping our present and future. This paper examines the viability of employing stationary and SLAM-based terrestrial laser scanning, close-range photogrammetry, automated surface change detection, GIS, and WebGL visualization techniques to enhance the preservation of cultural resources in California. Our datafication approach combines multi-temporal remote sensing monitoring of historic features with legacy data and collaborative visualization to document and evaluate how environmental threats affect built heritage. We tested our methodology in response to recent environmental threats from wildfire and earthquakes at Bodie, an iconic Gold Rush-era boom town located... https://escholarship.org/uc/item/52k98338 Mon, 1 Nov 2021 00:00:00 +0000 Lercari, Nicola https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8122-1440 Jaffke, Denise Campiani, Arianna Guillem, Anaïs McAvoy, Scott Delgado, Gerardo Jiménez Neeb, Alexandra Bevk https://escholarship.org/uc/item/07t1309s AbstractThe Temple of the Inscriptions at Palenque, Mexico, is an outstanding example of Classic Maya architecture erected in the seventh century as the funerary building for ruler K'inich Janab Pakal. For decades, scholars have speculated on its construction sequence and the potential existence of hidden rooms on either side of Pakal's mortuary chamber. This article aims to advance understanding of the Temple's architectural context in light of new 3D data. After reviewing the application of drone-based photogrammetry and terrestrial Light Detection and Ranging in the Maya area, we argue that these techniques are capable of enhancing the architectural analysis of the Temple of the Inscriptions and showing that this structure was part of a larger architectural project, encompassing the adjacent Temple XIII, and the connecting stepped building platform. Our findings demonstrate that the basal platforms for the Temple of the Inscriptions and Temple XIII were erected contemporaneously... https://escholarship.org/uc/item/07t1309s Mon, 1 Nov 2021 00:00:00 +0000 Campiani, Arianna Stuardo, Rodrigo Liendo Lercari, Nicola https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8122-1440 https://escholarship.org/uc/item/8jt574sx Indigenous Tourism Movements . Alexis C. Bunten and Nelson H. H. Graburn, eds. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2018, 288 pp. $32.95, paper. ISBN 9781442628298. https://escholarship.org/uc/item/8jt574sx Thu, 2 Sep 2021 00:00:00 +0000 Delugan, Robin Maria https://escholarship.org/uc/item/7w04v6vf Leisure and Death: An Anthropological Tour of Risk, Death, and Dying , Adam Kaul and Jonathan Skinner, eds. Boulder: University Press of Colorado, 2018, 328 pp. $36.95, paper. ISBN 978-1-60732-728-8. https://escholarship.org/uc/item/7w04v6vf Thu, 2 Sep 2021 00:00:00 +0000 Delugan, Robin Maria https://escholarship.org/uc/item/2fz3d8rh Este artículo traza algunas ideas fundamentales que pueden orientar la forma de enfocar la memoria colectiva o social de la guerra civil de El Salvador y su conexión con la experiencia y la identidad nacional. Considera los temas de las memorias de grupo, las memorias como discurso, la memoria nacional, la historia versus la memoria, y el papel del silencio y el olvido. Realidad: Revista de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades No. 153, 2019: 9-21 https://escholarship.org/uc/item/2fz3d8rh Thu, 2 Sep 2021 00:00:00 +0000 DeLugan, Robin Maria https://escholarship.org/uc/item/69p65633 To explore the possible emergence and lived consequences of social inequality in the Atacama, we analyzed a large set (n = 288) of incredibly well preserved and contextualized human skeletons from the broad Middle Period (AD 500-1000) of the San Pedro de Atacama (Chile) oases. In this work, we explore model-based paleodietary reconstruction of the results of stable isotope analysis of human bone collagen and hydroxyapatite. The results of this modeling are used to explore local phenomena, the nature of the Middle Period, and the interaction between local situations and the larger world in which the oases were enmeshed by identifying the temporal, spatial, and biocultural correlates and dimensions of dietary difference. Our analyses revealed that: 1) over the 600-year period represented by our sample, there were significant changes in consumption patterns that may evince broad diachronic changes in the structure of Atacameño society, and 2) at/near 600 calAD, there was a possible... https://escholarship.org/uc/item/69p65633 Thu, 19 Aug 2021 00:00:00 +0000 Pestle, William J Hubbe, Mark Torres-Rouff, Christina https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6759-2977 Pimentel, Gonzalo https://escholarship.org/uc/item/2w71b5jv Camelid pastoralism, agriculture, sedentism, surplus production, increasing cultural complexity, and interregional interaction during northern Chile's Late Formative period (AD 100–400) are seen in the flow of goods and people over expanses of desert. Consolidating evidence of material culture from these interactions with a bioarchaeological dimension allows us to provide details about individual lives and patterns in the Late Formative more generally. Here, we integrate a variety of skeletal, chemical, and archaeological data to explore the life and death of a small child (Calate-3N.7). By taking a multiscalar approach, we present a narrative that considers not only the varied materiality that accompanies this child but also what the child's life experience was and how this reflects and shapes our understanding of the Late Formative period in northern Chile. This evidence hints at the profound mobility of their youth. The complex mortuary context reflects numerous interactions... https://escholarship.org/uc/item/2w71b5jv Thu, 19 Aug 2021 00:00:00 +0000 Torres-Rouff, Christina https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6759-2977 Pimentel, Gonzalo Pestle, William J Ugarte, Mariana Knudson, Kelly J https://escholarship.org/uc/item/85r0c3nx Drinking Locally: A Water 87Sr/86Sr Isoscape for Geolocation of Archeological Samples in the Peruvian Andes https://escholarship.org/uc/item/85r0c3nx Tue, 15 Dec 2020 00:00:00 +0000 Scaffidi, Beth K https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0852-2829 Tung, Tiffiny A Gordon, Gwyneth Alaica, Aleksa K La Rosa, Luis Manuel González Marsteller, Sara J Dahlstedt, Allisen Schach, Emily Knudson, Kelly J https://escholarship.org/uc/item/8cd7370v The inhabitants of Çatalhöyük, a 13.5-hectare Neolithic site (ca. 7100–5900 BCE) located in central Anatolia, Turkey created material links between themselves and their past by repetitively constructing and maintaining mudbrick houses and actively retrieving skeletal remains from buried buildings. We argue that archaeological visualization is a viable tool to aid interpretation of this habituated behavior and commemorative links to the past, also known as “history making.” This study employed widely adopted methods to ensure reliability, scientific rigor, and tracking of knowledge provenance in the implementation of multi-temporal 3D reconstructions of the Shrine 10 sequence, a series of superimposed buildings spanning a significant part of the site’s chronology. Our results facilitate analysis of the history-making practices documented in the Shrine 10 sequence by providing unambiguous visual representations of its complex archaeological record and enabling users to visualize... https://escholarship.org/uc/item/8cd7370v Mon, 2 Nov 2020 00:00:00 +0000 Lercari, Nicola Busacca, Gesualdo https://escholarship.org/uc/item/2dn187bf Implementing Participatory Site Stewardship through Citizen Science and Mobile Apps https://escholarship.org/uc/item/2dn187bf Mon, 2 Nov 2020 00:00:00 +0000 Lercari, Nicola Jaffke, Denise https://escholarship.org/uc/item/0bj8s969 Maps of Histoplasma capsulatum infection prevalence were created 50 years ago; since then, the environment, climate, and anthropogenic land use have changed drastically. Recent outbreaks of acute disease in Montana and Nebraska, USA, suggest shifts in geographic distribution, necessitating updated prevalence maps. To create a weighted overlay geographic suitability model for Histoplasma, we used a geographic information system to combine satellite imagery integrating land cover use (70%), distance to water (20%), and soil pH (10%). We used logistic regression modeling to compare our map with state-level histoplasmosis incidence data from a 5% sample from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. When compared with the state-based Centers data, the predictive accuracy of the suitability score-predicted states with high and mid-to-high histoplasmosis incidence was moderate. Preferred soil environments for Histoplasma have migrated into the upper Missouri River basin. Suitability... https://escholarship.org/uc/item/0bj8s969 Mon, 24 Aug 2020 00:00:00 +0000 Maiga, Amelia W Deppen, Stephen Scaffidi, Beth Koontz https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0852-2829 Baddley, John Aldrich, Melinda C Dittus, Robert S Grogan, Eric L https://escholarship.org/uc/item/62k2k1g3 To understand how migrations affect human securities, look to the past https://escholarship.org/uc/item/62k2k1g3 Tue, 18 Aug 2020 00:00:00 +0000 Altschul, Jeffrey H Kintigh, Keith W Aldenderfer, Mark Alonzi, Elise Armit, Ian Barceló, Juan Antonio Beekman, Christopher S Bickle, Penny Bird, Douglas W Ingram, Scott E Isayev, Elena Kandel, Andrew W Kiddey, Rachael Kienon-Kaboré, Hélène Timpoko Niccolucci, Franco Ragsdale, Corey S Scaffidi, Beth K https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0852-2829 Ortman, Scott G https://escholarship.org/uc/item/3pt9v7fp This article addresses the intersection of ‘homeland’ politics and diaspora identities by assessing whether geopolitical changes in Ethiopia affect ethno-national identifications among Ethiopian-origin populations living abroad. Officials in Ethiopia’s largest ethnically-defined states recently began working to improve diaspora-homeland relations, historically characterised by ethnically-mobilized support for opposition and insurgency. The emergence of an ‘Ethiopian-Somali’ identity indicated in recent research, previously regarded as a contradiction in terms, is the most striking of a series of realignments between ethnicity and nationality. Such realignments reflect new orientations towards the homeland that impact diaspora engagement in politics and development. While diaspora returnees constitute a visible presence in some formerly marginalized areas of Ethiopia—including the historically disputed Somali region—large-sample data on ethnicity and nationality from Canadian censuses... https://escholarship.org/uc/item/3pt9v7fp Mon, 10 Aug 2020 00:00:00 +0000 Thompson, Daniel K https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8396-6879 https://escholarship.org/uc/item/6t55h6xm Capital of the imperial borderlands: urbanism, markets, and power on the Ethiopia-British Somaliland boundary, ca. 1890–1935 https://escholarship.org/uc/item/6t55h6xm Tue, 4 Aug 2020 00:00:00 +0000 Thompson, Daniel K https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8396-6879 https://escholarship.org/uc/item/80m224x4 Reimagining the Strange and Familiar in National Belonging Memory, Heritage, and Exclusion in the Dominican Republic https://escholarship.org/uc/item/80m224x4 Tue, 10 Dec 2019 00:00:00 +0000 DeLugan, Robin Maria https://escholarship.org/uc/item/7xt318df This broad literature review considers advances in the study of cranial vault modification with an emphasis on investigations of Andean skeletal remains over the last two decades. I delimit three broad categories of research, building on Verano's synthesis of the state of Andean paleopathology in 1997. These are associations with skeletal pathological conditions, classification and morphology, and social identity. Progress is noted in each of these areas with a particular emphasis on methodological advances in studying morphology as well as the growth of contextualized bioarchaeology and the incorporation of social theory in the consideration of cranial modification as a cultural practice. The article concludes with avenues for future research on head shaping in the Andes specifically and paleopathology more broadly. https://escholarship.org/uc/item/7xt318df Tue, 3 Sep 2019 00:00:00 +0000 Torres-Rouff, Christina https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6759-2977 https://escholarship.org/uc/item/4bm5d3kh Integrating Identities: An Innovative Bioarchaeological and Biogeochemical Approach to Analyzing the Multiplicity of Identities in the Mortuary Record Reply https://escholarship.org/uc/item/4bm5d3kh Tue, 3 Sep 2019 00:00:00 +0000 Torres-Rouff, Christina https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6759-2977 Knudson, Kelly J https://escholarship.org/uc/item/3x72m4nc The San Pedro de Atacama oases have been permanently occupied since ca. 2500 B.P. and over this time developed a rich culture that was intertwined with social developments in the south-central Andes. However, despite decades of archaeological research, the region still lacks a strong chronological framework based on absolute dates. Here we present 53 new AMS ,14C dates from osteological remains from San Pedro de Atacama, in order to contribute to an understanding of the Atacameno cultural sequence. These dates suggest that some cemeteries were occupied for long periods, frequently transcending cultural phases, and that in fact a number of cemeteries within the same ayllu were in use concurrently. We also show that, not surprisingly, population displacement through time primarily follows oscillations in the sources of water. The new information presented here suggests that future work in the region should emphasize detailed analyses that consider intra-ayllu variability, given... https://escholarship.org/uc/item/3x72m4nc Tue, 3 Sep 2019 00:00:00 +0000 Torres-Rouff, Christina https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6759-2977 Hubbe, Mark https://escholarship.org/uc/item/35c3v00j Calate is one of the spaces in the Atacama desert that has passed unnoticed in archaeological research, most likely because it appears to be a wasteland, devoid of basic resources and therefore of no apparent interest for humans. However, as we elaborate here, this view is very far removed from the actual archaeological potential afforded by the zone, which has revealed itself as a privileged place to study human mobility and pre-Hispanic social relations. We have chosen it as a case study following a research strategy that initially hypothesized Calate as a space of socially dense mobility and today stands out as a true archaeological laboratory for understanding the archaeology of internodal movement in the southern Andes. https://escholarship.org/uc/item/35c3v00j Tue, 3 Sep 2019 00:00:00 +0000 G., Gonzalo Pimentel F., Mariana Ugarte Blanco, Jos F Torres-Rouff, Christina Pestle, William J https://escholarship.org/uc/item/29q8m09r Numerous bioarchaeological studies emphasize an increase in dental lesions associated with the transition to agricultural subsistence. Over the years, this diachronic trend has led to the conflation and oversimplification of specific dental indicators of oral health with broad subsistence strategies, emphasizing intergroup variation at the expense of intragroup variation. In order to explore such hidden variation, this metastudy uses published data from 185 archaeological sites to test the hypothesis that the prevalence of dental lesions (carious lesions, antemortem tooth loss, and periapical abscesses) among classified agricultural groups is higher than among hunter-gatherers. As a secondary hypothesis, this study also tests the association between climatic variables (temperature variation, altitude, and precipitation) and dental lesion prevalence. Our results show that, despite significant differences in the average prevalence of carious lesions between agricultural and hunter-gatherer... https://escholarship.org/uc/item/29q8m09r Tue, 3 Sep 2019 00:00:00 +0000 Marklein, Kathryn E Torres-Rouff, Christina https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6759-2977 King, Laura M Hubbe, Mark https://escholarship.org/uc/item/29d0q074 OBJECTIVES: To characterize the paleodiet of individuals from Formative Period (1500 B.C.-A.D. 400) Atacama Desert sites of Ancachi and Quillagua as a means of understanding the dietary and cultural impacts of regional systems of exchange. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Thirty-one bone samples recovered from the cemetery of Ancachi (02QU175) and in/around the nearby town of Quillagua were the subject of carbon and nitrogen stable isotope analysis of bone collagen and hydroxyapatite and multisource mixture modeling (FRUITS, food reconstruction using isotopic transferred signals) of paleodiet. These individuals were compared with nearly 200 other Formative Period individuals from throughout the region to identify differences in dietary behaviors. RESULTS: 80.6% (25/31) of the samples yielded sufficient well-preserved collagen and were included in the multisource mixture model. The FRUITS model, which compared individuals with a robust database of available foods from the region, identified... https://escholarship.org/uc/item/29d0q074 Tue, 3 Sep 2019 00:00:00 +0000 Pinder, Danielle M Gallardo, Francisco Cabello, Gloria Torres‐Rouff, Christina Pestle, William J https://escholarship.org/uc/item/6sh001nd Il fine di questa ricerca è lo studio e la realizzazione di una pipeline di lavoro che per- metta la comunicazione al pubblico di massa dei dati storici relativi a un’area di vitale importanza per Bologna tardomedievale. Tenendo a mente quest’obiettivo si è tentato di conferire all’iniziativa di virtual heritage caratteristiche di unicità e di originalità che non si limitassero alla sola dimensione metodologica della ricerca storica. La prospettiva tec- nologica adottata è, infatti, un ottimo esempio dell’innovazione che le tecnologie digitali possono portare nel settore dei beni culturali e di come un progetto di musealizzazione possa diventare sostenibile, anche se viene sviluppato in contesti privi di considerevoli risorse economiche e umane. L’attività di ricerca svolta tra il 2008 e il 2010 ha permesso a Nu.M.E. di andare oltre la mera rielaborazione di contenuti storici per il pubblico di massa. Il risultato raggiunto è, infatti, la realizzazione di un complesso sistema... https://escholarship.org/uc/item/6sh001nd Wed, 5 Jun 2019 00:00:00 +0000 Lercari, Nicola https://escholarship.org/uc/item/1rf113kq A 3D reconstruction of part of the Çatalhöyük ‘Shrine’ 10 sequence has been developed with the aim to analyze, visualize, and interpret a number of buildings rebuilt multiple times in the same place. More than twenty years of excavations on the East Mound at Çatalhöyük have produced comprehensive interpretations of the repetition of architectural elements and buildings over time, providing thorough understanding of social organization, property, power, and religion in early settled life. Current visualization technologies allow us to simulate the tridimensional context, shared material culture, and experiential aspects of the unique urban environment at Çatalhöyük. However, these modern applications require archaeologists to address methodological questions such as: “what is the significance of virtually rebuilding Çatalhöyük history houses?” and “Can a 3D visualization of a sequence of buildings tell us more about the religious rituals, social organization, and history making... https://escholarship.org/uc/item/1rf113kq Wed, 5 Jun 2019 00:00:00 +0000 Lercari, Nicola Hodder, Ian https://escholarship.org/uc/item/05d97871 Between 1812 and 1841, Fort Ross was a Russian fur trading outpost and multi-cultural colony located in the Northern California coast. Current Fort Ross is a popular California State Historic Park visited every year by over 100,000 visitors from all over the world. In March 2011, California State Parks and the University of California Merced started the Fort Ross Virtual Warehouse project— a digital scholarship initiative aimed to enhance a pilot serious game on Fort Ross developed by California State Parks Staff in the early 2000s— with the goal to explore novel ways for archiving, disseminating, and teaching cultural and historical information. After twenty-four months of development, Fort Ross Virtual Warehouse serious game is ready to be tested in a user study with elementary school students. This paper exposes key features, design solutions and game mechanics of Fort Ross Virtual Warehouse along with preliminary assessments of the game performed as an expert evaluation by... https://escholarship.org/uc/item/05d97871 Wed, 5 Jun 2019 00:00:00 +0000 Lercari, Nicola Mortara, Michela Forte, Maurizio De Gloria, Alessandro https://escholarship.org/uc/item/51k6684q This article presents the results of the Historic Coulterville Digital Preservation Project, an important digital humanities research collaboration which started in the Fall 2015 between the University of California Merced Resource Center for Community Engaged Scholarship, the John Muir Geotourism Center, the Northern Mariposa County History Center, and faculty and graduate students of the Interdisciplinary Humanities Graduate Program at UC Merced. Dictated by the needs and goals of the community members of the gold rush town of Coulterville, in the Sierra Foothills of California, who are invested in the preservation of their cultural heritage, the project focused on digital historic preservation in four areas of focus: i) the archives and photographs at the Northern Mariposa County History Center, ii) the Coulterville cemeteries, iii) oral histories of Coulterville, and iv) the digital documentation of Coulterville Main Street Historic District. Combined, these four areas of... https://escholarship.org/uc/item/51k6684q Tue, 4 Jun 2019 00:00:00 +0000 Lercari, Nicola Arksey, Marieka Caskey, Christopher Thornburg, Monty DeLugan, Robin https://escholarship.org/uc/item/34b4w1rq Terrestrial laser scanning (TLS) is a three-dimensional survey technique proven successful for in-field stratigraphic and site-wide documentation or damage assessment of archaeological heritage. This study explores the potential utility of TLS and the Multiscale Model to Model Cloud Comparison (M3C2) surface change detection method for monitoring and preserving ancient earthen architecture, and for creating comprehensive site monitoring programs in compliance with UNESCO periodic reporting guidelines. The proposed methodology was tested using 3-D TLS datasets spanning a period of six years to assess the decay of mud brick structures at Çatalhöyük, Turkey in order to understand material loss in walls and buildings, identify potential underlying causes, and create a plan for physical interventions. This paper explains how a multi-temporal laser scanning workflow using the M3C2 method can be leveraged successfully to quantify—with millimeter-level accuracy—the decay of large earthen... https://escholarship.org/uc/item/34b4w1rq Tue, 4 Jun 2019 00:00:00 +0000 Lercari, Nicola https://escholarship.org/uc/item/1gw6p68f Nu.M.E. (New Electronic Museum of the city of Bologna) is a multidisciplinary project involving historiography, museum studies, and computer science. Since the late 1990’s it has been answering complex methodological questions with the aim to concentrate, on a single digital platform, the results of many years of research in the field of urban history. The case study of Nu.M.E. is the city of Bologna, in Italy, and its millenary tradition of urbanization. In its 2009 release, the project strives for the definition of new methodologies of cultural transmission for the general public. Nu.M.E. 2009 also adopts a new perspective based on cutting edge, open source technologies. Such choices make it possible to demonstrate that 3D graphics, real-time engines, and interactive storytelling can be useful tools for philological representations of ancient urban landscapes. At the same time, our research evidences that these technologies are fundamental resources for contemporary museology.... https://escholarship.org/uc/item/1gw6p68f Tue, 4 Jun 2019 00:00:00 +0000 Lercari, Nicola https://escholarship.org/uc/item/33p4q5cr This paper discusses new advances in heritage site monitoring using a geo-spatial method for assessing the state of preservation of earthen architecture overtime as a preventive conservation measure. The proposed method leverages a comprehensive (quantitative-qualitative) approach that gathers multi-temporal data including environmental information collected by means of environmental loggers, qualitative vulnerability assessment of mud-brick walls, and surface change detection information obtained by comparing terrestrial laser scanning point cloud capturing the decay of building’s wall features over time. Producing a detailed spatial understanding of the conservation issues that affect mud-brick walls in large earthen sites, this method can be used by conservators to rapidly identify which buildings require immediate intervention and lay the basis for future evaluation of the conservation actions undertaken. To test the effectiveness of the proposed geospatial model in producing... https://escholarship.org/uc/item/33p4q5cr Tue, 26 Mar 2019 00:00:00 +0000 Campiani, Arianna Lingle, Ashley M Lercari, Nicola https://escholarship.org/uc/item/2gq5s92f The ability to taste bitterness evolved to safeguard most animals, including humans, against potentially toxic substances, thereby leading to food rejection. Nonetheless, bitter perception is subject to individual variations due to the presence of genetic functional polymorphisms in bitter taste receptor (TAS2R) genes, such as the long-known association between genetic polymorphisms in TAS2R38 and bitter taste perception of phenylthiocarbamide. Yet, due to overlaps in specificities across receptors, such associations with a single TAS2R locus are uncommon. Therefore, to investigate more complex associations, we examined taste responses to six structurally diverse compounds (absinthin, amarogentin, cascarillin, grosheimin, quassin, and quinine) in a sample of the Caucasian population. By sequencing all bitter receptor loci, inferring long-range haplotypes, mapping their effects on phenotype variation, and characterizing functionally causal allelic variants, we deciphered at the... https://escholarship.org/uc/item/2gq5s92f Tue, 31 Jul 2018 00:00:00 +0000 Roudnitzky, Natacha Behrens, Maik Engel, Anika Kohl, Susann Thalmann, Sophie Hübner, Sandra Lossow, Kristina Wooding, Stephen P Meyerhof, Wolfgang https://escholarship.org/uc/item/6sw296d0 Despite our instinctive understanding of the importance of “identity,” archaeologists and bioarchaeologists continue to struggle to rigorously investigate this complex phenomenon. Here, we present a contextualized multiscalar bioarchaeological approach to studying identities in the past—individual and group, mutable and immutable—through the mortuary record. We argue that, while many scholars have moved beyond the single-focus study, archaeological individuals themselves are still neglected. A contextualized bioarchaeological approach brings together a variety of methods to investigate aspects of individual and group identities, provides a means of accessing biological facets of identity, and allows for more nuanced understanding of the complexities of social identities. We illustrate the utility of our model with a case study using archaeological, bioarchaeological, and biogeochemical data from northern Chile, stressing both the fixed and the dynamic aspects of different identities.... https://escholarship.org/uc/item/6sw296d0 Wed, 20 Jun 2018 00:00:00 +0000 Torres-Rouff, Christina https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6759-2977 Knudson, Kelly J https://escholarship.org/uc/item/1n42j2m0 American Association of Physical Anthropologists (AAPA) membership surveys from 1996 and 1998 revealed significant gender disparities in academic status. A 2014 follow-up survey showed that gender equality had improved, particularly with respect to the number of women in tenure-stream positions. However, although women comprised 70% of AAPA membership at that time, the percentage of women full professors remained low. Here, we continue to consider the status of women in biological anthropology by examining the representation of women through a quantitative analysis of their participation in annual meetings of the AAPA during the past 20 years. We also review the programmatic goals of the AAPA Committee on Diversity Women's Initiative (COD-WIN) and provide survey results of women who participated in COD-WIN professional development workshops. Finally, we examine the diversity of women's career paths through the personal narratives of 14 women biological anthropologists spanning... https://escholarship.org/uc/item/1n42j2m0 Wed, 20 Jun 2018 00:00:00 +0000 Turner, Trudy R Bernstein, Robin M Taylor, Andrea B Asangba, Abigail Bekelman, Traci Cramer, Jennifer Danzy Elton, Sarah Harvati, Katerina Williams‐Hatala, Erin Marie Kauffman, Laurie Middleton, Emily Richtsmeier, Joan Szathmáry, Emőke Torres‐Rouff, Christina Thayer, Zaneta Villaseñor, Amelia Vogel, Erin https://escholarship.org/uc/item/98k0w8mg A Primer of Regional Systems Theory and Methods for the Study of Historical Economies, Societies and Polities, and their Integration into the Modern World System. Example of Urban Systems in 19th Century China. https://escholarship.org/uc/item/98k0w8mg Mon, 25 Dec 2017 00:00:00 +0000 Ryavec, KE Henderson, M https://escholarship.org/uc/item/78h641r7 A Primer of Regional Systems Theory and Methods for the Study of Historical Economies, Societies and Polities, and their Integration into the Modern World System. Example of Cities in relation to Navigable Waterways in 19th Century France. https://escholarship.org/uc/item/78h641r7 Mon, 25 Dec 2017 00:00:00 +0000 Ryavec, KE Henderson, M https://escholarship.org/uc/item/5q24s27q A Primer of Regional Systems Theory and Methods for the Study of Historical Economies, Societies and Polities, and their Integration into the Modern World System. Presents a methodology for mapping and comparing 19th Century Urban Population Densities between China and France. https://escholarship.org/uc/item/5q24s27q Mon, 25 Dec 2017 00:00:00 +0000 Ryavec, KE Henderson, M https://escholarship.org/uc/item/5gh6f7fb A Primer of Regional Systems Theory and Methods for the Study of Historical Economies, Societies and Polities, and their Integration into the Modern World System. Example of France in the 19th century. https://escholarship.org/uc/item/5gh6f7fb Mon, 25 Dec 2017 00:00:00 +0000 Ryavec, KE Henderson, M https://escholarship.org/uc/item/9z85r8hx Advanced data capture techniques, cost-effective data processing, and visualization technologies provide viable solutions for the documentation and curation of archaeological heritage and material culture. Work at the UNESCO World Heritage site of Çatalhöyük has demonstrated that new digital approaches for capturing, processing, analyzing, and curating stratigraphic data in 3D are now feasible. Real-time visualization engines allow us to simulate the stratigraphy of a site, the three-dimensional surfaces of ancient buildings, as well as the ever-changing morphology of cultural landscapes. Nonetheless, more work needs to be done to address methodological questions such as: can three-dimensional models and stratigraphic relationships, based on 3D surfaces and volumes, be used to perform archaeological interpretation? How can a 3D virtual scenario become the interface to cultural data and metadata stored in external online databases? How can we foster a sense of presence and user... https://escholarship.org/uc/item/9z85r8hx Wed, 29 Nov 2017 00:00:00 +0000 Lercari, Nicola Shiferaw, Emmanuel Forte, Maurizio Kopper, Regis https://escholarship.org/uc/item/1g3317fn The Middle Period of the Atacama oases, North Chile, has been characterized as a time of peace, uniform abundance, and widespread access to exotic materials. In the present work, we test this notion through a comparison of Middle Period human isotopic data (δ13Cco, δ15Nco, and δ13Cap) representing two distinct ayllus, Solcor and Tchecar, in the San Pedro de Atacama oases. We employ Bayesian mixture modeling of individual-level isotopic data to quantify and compare dietary composition within and between the cemetery populations of these two contemporary locales. Ultimately, our research shows that dietary diversity, which we take as a proxy for differential levels of participation in long-distance exchange or the access to the products thereof, was unequally distributed, and that the supposedly uniform richness of the Middle Period was similarly discontinuous. While average isotopic values for the two ayllus were similar, variance within each differed significantly, as did variance... https://escholarship.org/uc/item/1g3317fn Wed, 11 Oct 2017 00:00:00 +0000 Pestle, William J Torres-Rouff, Christina https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6759-2977 Hubbe, Mark Smith, Erin K https://escholarship.org/uc/item/8mh50313 Exposing Gendercide in India and China<i>It’s a Girl—the Three Deadliest Words in the World</i>. Directed, photographed, and edited by Evan Grae Davis, produced by, Andrew Brown, original music by, Charles David Denier, 2012. https://escholarship.org/uc/item/8mh50313 Tue, 19 Sep 2017 00:00:00 +0000 DeLugan, Robin Maria https://escholarship.org/uc/item/6qc8c1mk American Value: Migrants, Money, and Meaning in El Salvador and the United States by David Pedersen. https://escholarship.org/uc/item/6qc8c1mk Tue, 19 Sep 2017 00:00:00 +0000 DeLugan, Robin Maria https://escholarship.org/uc/item/3gh0q1n1 How can social indicator research improve understanding of community health as well as inform stakeholders about the assets disadvantaged communities have for coping with disparities? This paper describes the development and evolution of the Partnership for Assessment of Communities (PAC) and its best practices for social indicator research. The PAC will be of interest to researchers across multiple disciplines for a number of reasons. First, PAC is a working model of best practices for multidisciplinary scholarly inquiry. Second, it has developed an integrated model of quantitative and qualitative methodology to define and measure community health as compared to traditional quality-of-life indicators. Third, it serves as an example of "action research," in that the findings have the potential to make an impact on community stakeholders and policy outcomes in the greater Central San Joaquin Valley of California, a region characterized by deep social and economic disparities. ©... https://escholarship.org/uc/item/3gh0q1n1 Tue, 19 Sep 2017 00:00:00 +0000 DeLugan, RM Hernandez, MD Sylvester, DE Weffer, SE https://escholarship.org/uc/item/1tr2g607 Recent public commemorations in the US and El Salvador for the 1932 state-sanctioned killing of thousands of indigenous Nahuat in western El Salvador involve Native communities and diasporic Salvadorans who thereby bring attention to the continued marginalization of Native people and cultures. Salvadorans in the US express personal and collective indi-geneity while contributing to memory and justice efforts in Izalco, the epicenter of the 1932 violence. Multi-sited ethnography illustrates how Native populations and diasporic others, two publics at the margins of the nation-state, engage popular social memory to acknowledge and commemorate a national tragedy in a process that reconfigures and remakes the meaning of national belonging. © 2013 by the Institute for Ethnographic Research (IFER) a part of the George Washington University. All rights reserved. https://escholarship.org/uc/item/1tr2g607 Tue, 19 Sep 2017 00:00:00 +0000 DeLugan, Robin Maria https://escholarship.org/uc/item/1mz0m2m0 Seeking Peace in El Salvador: The Struggle to Reconstruct a Nation at the End of the Cold War by Diana Villiers Negroponte (review) https://escholarship.org/uc/item/1mz0m2m0 Tue, 19 Sep 2017 00:00:00 +0000 DeLugan, Robin Maria https://escholarship.org/uc/item/5sj8q51w Interpretation Process at Çatalhöyük using 3D https://escholarship.org/uc/item/5sj8q51w Fri, 2 Jun 2017 00:00:00 +0000 Forte, Maurizio Dell'Unto, Niccolo Jonsson, Kristina Lercari, Nicola https://escholarship.org/uc/item/5hr109f9 Excavations atC¸ atalh¨oy¨uk have been ongoingfor over 20 years and have involvedmulti-national teams, a diverse range ofarchaeological specialists and a vast archiveof records. The task of marshalling this dataso that it can be useful not only at thepost-excavation stage, but also while makingdecisions in the field, is challenging. Here,members of the team reflect on the useof digital technology on-site to promote areflexive engagement with the archaeology.They explore how digital data in a fieldworkcontext can break down communicationbarriers between specialists, foster an inclusiveapproach to the excavation process andfacilitate reflexive engagement with recording and interpretation. https://escholarship.org/uc/item/5hr109f9 Fri, 2 Jun 2017 00:00:00 +0000 Berggren, Åsa Dell'Unto, Nicoló Forte, Maurizio Haddow, Scott Hodder, Ian Issavi, Justine Lercari, Nicola Mazzuccato, Camilla Mickel, Allison Taylor, James S https://escholarship.org/uc/item/4kn6h3t9 3D visualization and reflexive archaeology: A virtual reconstruction of Çatalhöyük&nbsp;history houses https://escholarship.org/uc/item/4kn6h3t9 Fri, 2 Jun 2017 00:00:00 +0000 Lercari, Nicola https://escholarship.org/uc/item/2td912bt Terrestrial Laser Scanning in the Age of Sensing https://escholarship.org/uc/item/2td912bt Fri, 2 Jun 2017 00:00:00 +0000 Lercari, Nicola https://escholarship.org/uc/item/2km129t7 Simulating History in Virtual Worlds https://escholarship.org/uc/item/2km129t7 Fri, 2 Jun 2017 00:00:00 +0000 Lercari, Nicola https://escholarship.org/uc/item/178307tg The project “3D-Digging at Çatalhöyük” began in 2010 thanks to collaboration between Stanford University (Archaeological Center) and the University of California Merced with the scope to record, document (with different digital technologies) and visualize in virtual reality all the phases of archaeological excavation. Phase I (2010excavation season) of the project was mainly oriented to test different technologies during the excavation (time of flight and optical laser scanners). In phase II (2011 excavation season) the UCMerced team initiated the excavation of a Neolithic house (building 89), recording all the layers by time phase-shift scanners andcomputer vision techniques. The recording of the excavation process through the use of digital technologies gave the team the ability to generate 3D models of layers and micro-stratigraphies in stereovision during the excavation (using stereo projectors), so as to stimulate a new digital hermeneutics in archaeology. At the end of the... https://escholarship.org/uc/item/178307tg Tue, 31 Jan 2017 00:00:00 +0000 Forte, Maurizio Dell'Unto, Niccolo Issavi, Justine Onsurez, Llonel Lercari, Nicola https://escholarship.org/uc/item/0975t17s Recent current events have dramatically highlighted the vulnerability of the world's material cultural heritage. The 3-D Digital Preservation of At-Risk Global Cultural Heritage project, led by Thomas Levy at UC San Diego, catalyzes a collaborative research effort by four University of California campuses (San Diego, Berkeley, Los Angeles and Merced) to use cyberarchaeology and computer graphics for cultural heritage to document and safeguard virtually some of the most at-risk heritage objects and places. Faculty and students involved in this project are conducting path-breaking archaeological research - covering more than 10,000 years of culture and architecture - in Cyprus, Greece, Egypt, Ethiopia, Israel, Jordan, Morocco, Turkey, and the United States. This project uses the 3-D archaeological data collected in numerous at-risk heritage places to study, forecast, and model the effects of human conflict, climate change, natural disasters and technological and cultural changes... https://escholarship.org/uc/item/0975t17s Wed, 16 Nov 2016 00:00:00 +0000 Lercari, Nicola Shulze, Jurgen Wendrich, Willeke Porter, Benjamin Burton, Margie Levy, Thomas E. https://escholarship.org/uc/item/95x7w4f9 Revisiting reflexive archaeology at Çatalhöyük: integrating digital and 3D technologies at the trowel's edge https://escholarship.org/uc/item/95x7w4f9 Wed, 18 Nov 2015 00:00:00 +0000 Lercari, Nicola Berggren, Åsa Hodder, Ian Dell’Unto, Nicolo Forte, Maurizio Haddow, Scott Issavi, Justine Mazzucato, Camilla Mickel, Allison Taylor, James https://escholarship.org/uc/item/9n14p1w3 Transcript &amp; Video https://escholarship.org/uc/item/9n14p1w3 Wed, 18 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000 Marcus, George M. https://escholarship.org/uc/item/4h10c8r5 Participants (in order of speaking) https://escholarship.org/uc/item/4h10c8r5 Wed, 18 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000 Kang, Sung-Mo "Steve" Yudof, Mark G. Marcus, George M. Kantor, Shawn Whalley, Alex https://escholarship.org/uc/item/3vm3g4qm Participants (in order of speaking) https://escholarship.org/uc/item/3vm3g4qm Wed, 18 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000 Kantor, Shawn Conklin, Martha Drake, Michael Wright, Jeff Hull, Kathleen Van Dyke, Nella Traina, Sam https://escholarship.org/uc/item/0hb8f1k0 Transcript &amp; Video https://escholarship.org/uc/item/0hb8f1k0 Wed, 18 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000 Hull, Kathleen