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Modul: Methode und Theorien der Archäologie
Sommersemester 2021 Dr. Jaimes Betancourt
Zoom-Meeting: https://uni-
bonn.zoom.us/j/99797753771?pwd=c0Rid21vNnhDeVNtN0V6ejdzUUpmZz09
Meeting-ID: 997 9775 3771
Kenncode: 803965

30.06.2021
14:00 - 15:30 What could the bones tell us? An overview on biological Anthropology
conceptual and methodological tools.
Dr. Lumila Menéndez
Department for Anthropology of the Americas
University of Bonn

Literature:
- Hosek, Lauren and Robb, John (2019) Osteobiography: A Platform for
Bioarchaeological Research. Bioarchaeology International . Volume 3,
Number 1: 1–15 DOI: 10.5744/bi.2019.1005
- Larsen, Clark Spencer (2002) Bioarchaeology: The Lives and Lifestyles of
Past People. Journal of Archaeological Research, Vol. 10, No. 2: 119-165.
15:30 - 14:45 Café-Pause
16:00 - 18:00 Stable isotopes in archaeology: methods and applications in the Amazon
Tiago Hermenegildo
Department of Archaeology and Anthropology
University of Cambridge

Literature:
- Colonese et al. (2020) Stable isotope evidence for dietary diversification in
the pre-Columbian Amazon. Nature Scientific Report.
- T. Hermenegildo et al. (2017) New evidence for subsistence strategies of
late pre-colonial societies of the mouth of the Amazon based on carbon and
nitrogen isotopic data Quaternary International 448: 139-149.
- Katzenberg, A. (2008) Stable isotope analysis: A tool for studying past diet,
demography, and life history. In: Biological Anthropology of the Human
Skeleton, Second Edition. Edited by M. Anne Katzenberg and Shelley R.
Saunders. John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
01.07.2021
10:30 -12:00 ‘What can lake mud teach us about pre-Columbian societies and land use in
Amazonia?’
Dr. Frank Mayle
Professor in Tropical Palaeoecology,
Department of Geography & Environmental Science,
School of Archaeology, Geography and Environmental Science (SAGES),
University of Reading

Literature:
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- Mayle, F.E. and Iriarte, J. (2014). Integrated Palaeoecology and
Archaeology – A powerful approach for understanding Pre-Columbian
Amazonia. Journal of Archaeological Science, 51, 54-64.
- Watling, J., Iriarte, J., Mayle, F.E., Schaan, D., Pessenda, L.C.R., Loader,
N.J., Street-Perrott, F.A., Dickau, R., Damasceno, A., and Ranzi, A.
(2017). Impact of pre-Columbian ‘geoglyph’ builders on Amazonian
forests. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science of the United States of
America, 114(8), 1868-1873.
14:00 - 16:00 Human society - animal relationships through South American zooarchaeology.
Dr. Gabriela Prestes Carneiro
Prof. Universidade Federal do Oeste de Pará

Literature:
- Stahl, P.W. (2014) Perspectival Ontology and Animal Non-Domestication
in the Amazon Basin, in: Rostain, S. (Ed.), Antes de Orellana. Actas Del 3er
Encuentro Internacional de Arqueologia Amazonica. Instituto Francés de
Estudios Andinos, Quito, pp. 221–232.
- Stahl, P.W. (2008) Animal domestication in South America, in: Silverman,
H., Isbell, W. (Eds.). The handbook of South American archaeology.
Springer, New York, pp. 121-130.
16:00 - 18:00 Lithic and Shell Technology in Formative Ecuador.
Dr. Eric Dyrdal
Prof. Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador

Literature:
- Hirth, Kenneth (2008) The Economy of Supply: Modeling Obsidian
Procurement and Craft Provisioning at a Central Mexican Urban Center.
Latin American Antiquity, Vol. 19, No. 4: 435-457.
- Widmer, Randolph (2019) Lapidary craft production at 17:S3e1 and
18:S3e1, The Tlajinga District, Teotihuacan. Ancient Mesoamerica, 30:
181–197.
02.07.2021
10:15 - 12:30 Geoarchaeology in the tropical lowlands.
Dr. Manuel Arroyo-Kalim
Associate Professor
Institute of Archaeology
UCL

Literature:
- Silva, L.C.R., Corrêa, R.S., Wright, J.L. et al. (2021). A new hypothesis for
the origin of Amazonian Dark Earths. Nat Commun 12, 127
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-20184-2.
- Lombardo, U. et al. (2021) Evidence confirms an anthropic origin of
Amazonian Dark Earths (Comment to Silva, L. C. R. et al. 2021)
07.07.2021
09:00 - 10:15 Written sources and their relationship to landscape analysis.
Dr. Caterina Mantilla.
Department for Anthropology of the Americas
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University of Bonn

Literature:
- Dan Hicks (2016): The Temporality of the Landscape Revisited,
Norwegian Archaeological Review, DOI:
10.1080/00293652.2016.1151458
15:00 - 17:00 Whose past is it? Reflections on stewardship of archaeological landscapes and
things in Brazilian Amazonia.
Dr. Bruna Rocha
Prof. Universidade Federal do Oeste de Pará

Literature:
- Rocha, B.C. (2020) ‘Rescuing’ the ground from under their feet? Contract
archaeology and human rights violations in the Brazilian Amazon. In: V.
Apaydin, (ed.), Critical Perspectives on Cultural Memory and Heritage:
Construction, Transformation and Destruction. London: UCL Press, p.
169-188.
- Bezerra, Marcia (2014) Signifying Heritage in Amazon: A Public
Archaeology Project at Vila De Joanes, Marajó Island, Brazil. Chungara
Volumen 44, Nº 3, 2012. Páginas 533-542.
08.07.2021
09:00 - 10:45 Epigraphy and its role in Maya archaeology.
Alejandro Garay
Department for Anthropology of the Americas
University of Bonn

Literature:
- Houston, Stephen & Martin, Simon (2016) Through seeins stones: Maya
ephigraphy as a nature discipline. Antiquity 90 (350): 443–455.
doi:10.15184/aqy.2016.33
- Zender, Marc (2017) Theory and Method in Maya Decipherment. The
PARI Journal 18(2):1-48.
14:00 - 16:00 Geoarchaeology: from micro to macro
Dr. Umberto Lombardo
Post Doc Paläo- Geoökologie
Geographisches Institut
Universität Bern

Literature:
- Lombardo U, Szabo K, Capriles JM, May J-H, Amelung W, et al. (2013)
Early and Middle Holocene Hunter-Gatherer Occupations in Western
Amazonia: The Hidden Shell Middens. PLoS ONE 8(8): e72746.
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0072746
- Lombardo, U. Rodrigues, L. Veit, H. (2018) Alluvial plain dynamics and
human occupation in SW Amazonia during the Holocene: A paleosol-
based reconstruction. Quaternary Science Reviews 180: 30-41.
16:00 - 18:00 Macrobotanical remains and their analysis: South American cases studies.
Dr. Mythel Schok
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Prof. Universidade Federal do Oeste de Pará
Membro do Laboratório de Arqueologia dos Trópicos

Literature:
- Wright, Patti (2010) Methodological Issues in Paleoethnobotany: A
Consideration of Issues, Methods, and Cases.
- Watling J, Shock MP, Mongelo GZ, Almeida FO, Kater T, De Oliveira
PE, et al. (2018) Direct archaeological evidence for Southwestern
Amazonia as an early plant domestication and food production centre.
PLoS ONE 13(7): e0199868.
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0199868
09.07.2021
09:00 - 10:00 Introduction to Radiocarbon Dating: Archaeological Applications
Dr. Lorena Becerra
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Oxford Radiocarbon Accelerator Unit
School of Archaeology

Literature:
- Wood, Rachel (2015) Introduction to Radiocarbon Dating. Journal of
Archaeological Science 56 (2015) 61-72
- Deviese et al., (2017): Direct dating of Neanderthal remains from the site
of Vindija Cave and implications for the Middle to Upper Paleolithic
transition. PNAS | vol. 114 | no. 40: 10607-10711.
- Becerra-Valdivia & Higham (2020) The timing and effect of the earliest
human arrivals in North America. Nature | Vol 584: 93-97.