E. CHRISTIAN WELLS

Department of Anthropology

University of South Florida

4202 East Fowler Avenue, SOC 107

Tampa, FL 33620-8100 USA

office:  813/974.2337

lab:      813/974.4795

fax:      813/974.2668

e-mail: cwells@cas.usf.edu

 

 

SUMMARY

 

E. Christian Wells is Associate Professor and Graduate Director in the Department of Anthropology at the University of South Florida. He received his B.A. from Oberlin College and his M.A. and Ph.D. in Anthropology from Arizona State University. He is an archaeologist whose principal scholarly interests include applied archaeology, economic anthropology, theory of ritual economy, cultural and ecological aspects of human/soil dynamics, microscale activity analysis using soil chemistry, and quantitative and formal modeling. Over the past 15 years, he has undertaken archaeological field research in Honduras, Guatemala, and Mexico with funding from the National Science Foundation, the Wenner-Gren Foundation, the National Geographic Society, and other agencies. He is the Editor-in-Chief of the Society for Archaeological Sciences Bulletin, governing board member of the Society for Economic Anthropology, and member of the Committee on Curriculum for the Society for American Archaeology. He has written or edited six books and journal issues, including Dimensions of Ritual Economy (with Patricia A. McAnany), Mesoamerican Ritual Economy (with Karla L. Davis-Salazar), and Advances in Geoarchaeological Approaches to Anthrosol Chemistry (with Richard E. Terry), as well as more than 50 articles, chapters, and reviews.

 

 

EDUCATION

 

2003    Ph.D., Anthropology, Arizona State University. Dissertation: Artisans, Chiefs, and Feasts: Classic Period Social Dynamics at El Coyote, Honduras

1998    M.A., Anthropology, Arizona State University. Thesis: Ceramic Production and Microcosmic Organization: The Residential Structure of La Quemada, Northwest Mexico

1996    B.A., Anthropology, Archaeological Studies (with Honors), and Latin American Studies, Oberlin College. Thesis: A Preliminary Assessment of the Organization of Ceramic Production at La Sierra, Cortés, Honduras: Evidence from the South Group

 

 

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

 

2008+              Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of South Florida

2007-2009       Graduate Director, Department of Anthropology, University of South Florida

2003-2008       Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of South Florida

 

 

TEACHING

 

Associate Professor, University of South Florida

2008    Quantitative Methods in Applied Anthropology [G], Honors College Seminar: Dirt, The Erosion of Civilizations [U]

 

Assistant Professor, University of South Florida

2008    Economic Anthropology [G], Honors College Seminar: Soil and Culture [U], Archaeology [U]

2007    Advanced Quantitative Methods in Applied Anthropology [G], Southwest Archaeology [U/G], Archaeology [U], Mesoamerican Archaeology [U/G]

2006    Foundations of Applied Anthropology [G], Quantitative Methods in Applied Anthropology [G], Quantitative Methods in Applied Anthropology [G], Archaeological Field Methods [U/G], Laboratory Methods in Archaeology [U/G]

2005    Chiefdoms [G], Mesoamerican Archaeology [U/G], Foundations of Applied Anthropology [G], Advanced Quantitative Methods in Applied Anthropology [G], Archaeological Field Methods [U/G], Laboratory Methods in Archaeology [U/G]

2004    Chiefdoms [G], Quantitative Methods in Applied Anthropology [G], Southwest Archaeology [U/G], Archaeology [U]

2003    Archaeology [U], Mesoamerican Archaeology [U/G]

 

Teaching Associate, Arizona State University

2000    Principles of Archaeology [U]

 

Teaching Assistant, Arizona State University

1997    Prehispanic Civilizations of Middle America [U]

1995    Archaeological Field Methods [U]

 

Student Instructor, Oberlin College

1997    Field Methods in Archaeology [U]

1996    Archaeological Excavation (Center for American Archaeology) [U]

1996    Public Education in Cultural and Natural Resources Management [U]

 

 

AWARDS AND CERTIFICATES (*juried)

 

2008    Certificate for Excellence in Mentorship at the Doctoral Level, University of South Florida

2007*  Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award, University of South Florida

2001*  Claude C. Albritton, Jr. Memorial Research Award, Geological Society of America

2000*  Society for Archaeological Sciences Poster Award, 32nd International Symposium on Archaeometry

1999    Certificate of Distinction in Promoting Undergraduate Writing, Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning, Harvard University

1996*  Comfort Starr Award for Excellence in Anthropological Research, Oberlin College

 

 

GRANTS AND CONTRACTS (*refereed)

 

External

2007*  General Research Grant (Gr. 07015). Foundation for the Advancement of Mesoamerican Studies; $3,000

2007    Research Contract. Midwest Archeological Center, National Park Service; $1,000

2007    Research Contract. Institute of Marine Science, University of Alaska-Fairbanks; $360

2005*  Research Grant (Gr. 7851-05). Committee for Research and Exploration, National Geographic Society; $19,360

2005    Research Contract. Southeast Archaeological Center, National Park Service; $780

2004    Research Contract. Southeast Archaeological Center, National Park Service; $3,260

2001*  Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant (Gr. BCS-0108742). National Science Foundation; $11,998

2001*  Dissertation Fieldwork Grant (Gr. 6810). Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research; $10,460

1997*  Grant-in-Aid of Research. Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society; $600

1997    Travel Grant. Archaeology Division, American Anthropological Association; $250

 

Internal

2008*  Summer Research Grant, Humanities Institute, University of South Florida; $4,883

2007*  Faculty Matching International Travel Award. College of Arts and Sciences, University of South Florida; $1,500

2007*  Faculty International Travel Grant. Division of Research Grants, University of South Florida; $2,143

2007*  Publications Grant. University Publications Council, University of South Florida; $1,550

2007    Undergraduate Research Scholars Award Grant. Honors College, University of South Florida; $200

2006*  UR USF Grant. Office of Undergraduate Research, University of South Florida; $10,000

2006*  Research Grant. Institute for the Study of Latin America and the Caribbean, University of South Florida; $1,000

2006*  Faculty Development Grant. Faculty Development Committee, University of South Florida; $900

2006*  Lecture Series Grant. Institute for the Study of Latin America and the Caribbean, University of South Florida; $500

2005*  Program Enhancement Grant. Tampa Library, University of South Florida; $3,000

2005*  Faculty Development Grant. Faculty Development Committee, University of South Florida; $500

2005*  Lecture Series Grant. Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program, University of South Florida; $250

2005    Undergraduate Research Scholars Award Grant. Honors College, University of South Florida; $200

2005    Conference Support Award. Research Office, University of South Florida; $1,000

2005    Conference Support Award. College of Arts and Sciences Office of Research and Scholarship, University of South Florida; $500

2005    Conference Support Award. Humanities Institute, University of South Florida; $500

2005    Conference Support Award. Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program, University of South Florida; $500

2004*  New Researcher Grant. Office of Research and Scholarship, University of South Florida; $9,950

2004*  Teaching Grant. Center for 21st Century Teaching Excellence, University of South Florida; $1,955

2004*  Faculty Development Grant. Faculty Development Committee, University of South Florida; $500

2004*  Faculty International Travel Grant. Division of Research Grants, University of South Florida; $936

2004*  Lecture Series Grant. Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program, University of South Florida; $530

2003*  Research Grant. Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program, University of South Florida; $830

2003*  Program Enhancement Grant. Tampa Library, University of South Florida; $3,500

2003    Undergraduate Research Scholars Award Grant. Honors College, University of South Florida; $200

2003    Research Overhead Start-up Funds, Department of Anthropology, University of South Florida; $47,000

2002*  Travel Grant. Graduate College, Arizona State University; $300

2002*  Travel Grant. Department of Anthropology, Arizona State University; $200

2001*  Research Grant. Department of Anthropology, Arizona State University; $655

2000*  Travel Grant. Department of Anthropology, Arizona State University; $100

1999*  Research Grant. Graduate College, Arizona State University; $800

1999*  Grant-in-Aid of Research. Arizona State University Chapter of Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society; $300

1999*  Travel Grant. Center for Latin American Studies, Arizona State University; $800

1999*  Travel Grant. Department of Anthropology, Arizona State University; $200

1998*  Travel Grant. Department of Anthropology, Arizona State University; $200

1997*  Research Grant. Department of Anthropology, Arizona State University; $500

1997*  Grant-in-Aid of Research. Arizona State University Chapter of Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society; $150

 

 

RESEARCH

 

Project Director

2004+              Palmarejo Community Archaeological Project (Honduras)

2003+              Cultural Soilscapes Research Group, University of South Florida (Florida)

2005-2006       USF Mesoamerican Archaeology Field School (Honduras)

2002-2003       Cultural Resource Management Program, Gila River Indian Community (Arizona)

 

Field Supervisor

2001    Cacaulapa Valley Archaeological Project; Santa Bárbara, Honduras

2000    Cacaulapa Valley Archaeological Project; Santa Bárbara, Honduras

1999    Copán Acropolis Archaeological Project; Copán, Honduras

1999    Piedras Negras Archaeological Project; Petén, Guatemala

1999    Early Copán Acropolis Project; Copán, Honduras

1998    Copán Acropolis Archaeological Project; Copán, Honduras

1998    Piedras Negras Archaeological Project; Petén, Guatemala

1998    Early Copán Acropolis Project; Copán, Honduras

1997    Poggio Colla-Mugello Valley Archaeological Project; Vicchio, Italy

1997    La Quemada-Malpaso Valley Archaeological Project; Zacatecas, Mexico

1996    Center for American Archaeology; Kampsville, Illinois

1995    Upper Little Colorado Archaeological Project; Springerville, Arizona

1995    Naco Valley Archaeological Project; Cortés, Honduras

 

Field Assistant

1994    Upper Little Colorado Archaeological Project; Springerville, Arizona

1994    Ojo Bonito Archaeological Project; St. Johns, Arizona

 

Laboratory Supervisor

2000    La Quemada-Malpaso Valley Archaeological Project, Zacatecas, Mexico, and Tempe, Arizona

 

Laboratory Assistant

2001    La Quemada-Malpaso Valley Archaeological Project, Department of Anthropology, Arizona State University, Tempe

2000    Roosevelt Platform Mound Study Archaeological Project, Archaeological Research Institute, Arizona State University

2000    La Quemada-Malpaso Valley Archaeological Project, Department of Anthropology, Arizona State University, Tempe

1999    Copán Acropolis Archaeological Project, Department of Anthropology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts

1999    La Quemada-Malpaso Valley Archaeological Project, Department of Anthropology, Arizona State University, Tempe

1998    NSF-Central Arizona/Phoenix Long-Term Ecological Research Project, Center for Environmental Studies, Arizona State University, Tempe

1998    La Quemada-Malpaso Valley Archaeological Project, Department of Anthropology, Arizona State University, Tempe

1997    AZSITE Archaeological Database Project, Archaeological Research Institute, Arizona State University, Tempe

1997    La Quemada-Malpaso Valley Archaeological Project, Department of Anthropology, Arizona State University, Tempe

1996    AZSITE Archaeological Database Project, Archaeological Research Institute, Arizona State University, Tempe

1996    La Quemada-Malpaso Valley Archaeological Project, Department of Anthropology, Arizona State University, Tempe

1996    Mugello Valley Archaeological Project, Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio

1994    Cuello Archaeological Project, Archaeology Laboratory, Department of Archaeology, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts

1994    Solvieu Archaeological Project, Archaeology Laboratory, Department of Anthropology, Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio

1993    Solvieu Archaeological Project, Archaeology Laboratory, Department of Anthropology, Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio

 

Research Fellow

2002    Graduate Research Fellow in Archaeology. Archaeological Research Institute, Department of Anthropology, Arizona State University

2001    Graduate Research Fellow in Archaeometry. Laboratory for Archaeological Chemistry, Department of Anthropology, University of Wisconsin-Madison

 

Research Intern

2001    Department of Landscape Architecture, Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, Washington, DC

1999    Collections Department, Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts

1997    Archaeological Research Institute, Arizona State University, Tempe

1996    Museum Applied Science Center for Archaeology, University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

1993    Archaeology Department, Cleveland Museum of Natural History, Cleveland, Ohio

 

 

PUBLICATIONS (*peer-reviewed)

 

Monographs and Edited Works

2008*  Dimensions of Ritual Economy. Special issue of Research in Economic Anthropology, Volume 27. (E. C. Wells and P. A. McAnany, Guest Editors)

 

2007*  Mesoamerican Ritual Economy: Archaeological and Ethnological Perspectives. University Press of Colorado, Boulder. (E. C. Wells and K. L. Davis-Salazar, Editors)          

 

2007*  Advances in Geoarchaeological Approaches to Anthrosol Chemistry, Part I: Agriculture. Special Issue of Geoarchaeology: An International Journal, Volume 22, Number 3. (E. C. Wells and R. E. Terry, Guest Editors)

 

2007*  Advances in Geoarchaeological Approaches to Anthrosol Chemistry, Part II: Activity Area Analysis. Special Issue of Geoarchaeology: An International Journal, Volume 22, Number 4. (E. C. Wells and R. E. Terry, Guest Editors)

 

2006*  From Hohokam to O’odham: The Protohistoric Occupation of the Middle Gila River Valley, Central Arizona. Anthropological Research Papers No. 3. Cultural Resource Management Program, Gila River Indian Community, Sacaton, Arizona. Distributed by the University of Arizona Press, Tucson.

 

2002    La Quemada, A Monument on the Mesoamerican Frontier. Special Issue of Archaeology Southwest, Volume 16, Number 1. (B. A. Nelson and E. C. Wells, Guest Editors)

 

Journal Articles and Book Chapters

2008*  Toward a Theory of Ritual Economy. Research in Economic Anthropology 27:1-16. (P. A. McAnany and E. C. Wells)

 

2008*  Environmental Worldview and Ritual Economy among the Honduran Lenca. Research in Economic Anthropology 27:189-217. (E. C. Wells and K. L. Davis-Salazar)

 

2008    Teaching Formation Processes of the Archaeological Record. In Strategies in Teaching Anthropology, 5th Edition, edited by P. C. Rice and D. W. McCurdy, pp. 22-27. Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, New Jersey.

 

2007*  Balancing Archaeological Responsibilities and Community Commitments: A Case from Honduras. Journal of Field Archaeology 32(2):196-205. (K. L. Davis-Salazar, E. C. Wells, and J. E. Moreno-Cortés)

 

2007*  Quantitative Modeling of Soil Chemical Data from Inductively Coupled Plasma—Optical Emission Spectroscopy Reveals Evidence for Cooking and Eating in Ancient Mesoamerican Plazas. In Archaeological Chemistry: Analytical Techniques and Archaeological Interpretation, edited by M. D. Glascock, R. J. Speakman, and R. S. Popelka-Filcoff, pp. 210-230. American Chemical Society, Washington, DC. (E. C. Wells, C. Novotny, and J. R. Hawken)

 

2007*  Mesoamerican Ritual Economy: Materialization as Ritual and Economic Process. In Mesoamerican Ritual Economy: Archaeological and Ethnological Perspectives, edited by E. C. Wells and K. L. Davis-Salazar, pp. 1-26. University Press of Colorado, Boulder. (E. C. Wells and K. L. Davis-Salazar)

 

2007*  Faenas, Ferias, and Fiestas: Ritual Finance in Ancient and Modern Honduras. In Mesoamerican Ritual Economy: Archaeological and Ethnological Perspectives, edited by E. C. Wells and K. L. Davis-Salazar, pp. 29-65. University Press of Colorado, Boulder.

 

2007*  Pilgrimage and Material Transfers in Prehispanic Northwest Mexico. In Mesoamerican Ritual Economy: Archaeological and Ethnological Perspectives, edited by E. C. Wells and K. L. Davis-Salazar, pp. 137-165. University Press of Colorado, Boulder. (E. C. Wells and B. A. Nelson)

 

2007*  Introduction to the Special Issue: Advances in Geoarchaeological Approaches to Anthrosol Chemistry, Part I: Agriculture. Geoarchaeology: An International Journal 22(3):285-290. (E. C. Wells and R. E. Terry)

 

2007*  Introduction to the Special Issue: Advances in Geoarchaeological Approaches to Anthrosol Chemistry, Part II: Activity Area Analysis. Geoarchaeology: An International Journal 22(4):387-390. (E. C. Wells and R. E. Terry)

 

2006*  Recent Trends in Theorizing Prehispanic Mesoamerican Economies. Journal of Archaeological Research 14(4):265-312.

 

2006*  Cultural Soilscapes. In Function of Soils for Human Societies and the Environment, edited by E. Frossard, W. E. H. Blum, and B. P. Warkentin, pp. 125-132. Geological Society, London.

 

2005    Faenas, ferias, y fiestas: la movilización festiva del trabajo y el caso específico del sitio El Coyote, valle de Cacaulapa. Memoria del VIII Seminario de Antropología de Honduras, edited by C. J. Fajardo. Instituto Hondureño de Antropología e Historia, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.

 

2004*  Peopling Landscapes between Villages in the Middle Gila River Valley of Central Arizona. American Antiquity 69(4):627-652. (E. C. Wells, G. E. Rice, and J. C. Ravesloot)

 

2004*  Investigating Activity Patterns in Prehispanic Plazas: Weak Acid-extraction ICP/AES Analysis of Anthrosols at Classic Period El Coyote, Northwest Honduras. Archaeometry 46(1):67-84.

 

2004*  La cerámica y la concha del periodo epiclásico en el valle de Malpaso, Zacatecas. In Bienes estratégicos del antiguo occidente de México: producción e intercambio, edited by E. Williams, pp. 283-309. El Colegio de Michoacán, Zamora, Michoacán, México. (E. C. Wells and B. A. Nelson)

 

2004    Situational Sacredness: Temporary Ritual Space and Authority in Ancient and Modern Honduras. Cuadernos 1(1):5-18. (E. C. Wells and K. L. Davis-Salazar)

 

2004    La organización de la producción de cerámica en La Sierra y sus implicaciones para la administración local. In Memoria VII Seminario de Antropología de Honduras “Dr. George Hasemann”, edited by C. J. Fajardo and K. R. Ávalos, pp. 231-248. Instituto Hondureño de Antropología e Historia, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.

 

2003    Sagrado por el momento: espacios rituales temporales y el concepto de autoridad en la antigua y moderna Honduras. Yaxkin 22:53-65. (E. C. Wells and K. L. Davis-Salazar)

 

2003    La arqueología y las lecturas químicas de las actividades rituales en la plaza monumental del Sitio El Coyote, Santa Bárbara, Honduras. In XVI Simposio de Investigaciones Arqueológicas en Guatemala, 2002, edited by J. P. Laporte, B. Arroyo, H. L. Escobedo, and H. Mejía, pp. 918-930. Museo Nacional de Arqueología y Etnología, Guatemala City, Guatemala.

 

2002*  An Ethnoarchaeological Perspective on the Material and Chemical Residues of Communal Feasting at El Coyote, Northwest Honduras. In Materials Issues in Art and Archaeology VI, edited by P. Vandiver, M. Goodway, and J. Mass, pp. 193-198. Materials Research Society, Warrendale, Pennsylvania. (E. C. Wells and P. A. Urban)

 

2002*  Chemical, Technological, and Social Aspects of Pottery Manufacture in the La Quemada Region of Northwest Mexico. In Archaeological Chemistry: Materials, Methods, and Meaning, edited by K. A. Jakes, pp. 185-198. American Chemical Society, Washington, DC. (E. C. Wells and B. A. Nelson)

 

2002    Pottery and the Social Microcosm. Archaeology Southwest 16(1):6.

 

2001*  Manufactura de cerámica e innovación tecnológica en el Valle de Malpaso, Zacatecas. In Estudios cerámicos en el occidente y norte de México, edited by E. Williams and P. C. Weigand, pp. 253-287. El Colegio de Michoacán, Zamora, Michoacán, México. (E. C. Wells and B. A. Nelson)

 

2001    Determining Intrasite Variation in the Chemical Composition of Pottery with Scanning-Electron Microscopy: A Case Study from Northwest Mexico. In Archaeometry, Mexico, 2000: Proceedings of the 32nd International Symposium on Archaeometry, edited by L. Barba. Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia, Mexico City, Mexico.

 

2000*  Pottery Production and Microcosmic Organization: The Residential Structure of La Quemada, Zacatecas. Latin American Antiquity 11(1):21-42.

 

2000*  Chemical Analyses of Ancient Anthrosols in Residential Areas at Piedras Negras, Guatemala. Journal of Archaeological Science 27(5):449-462. (E. C. Wells, R. E. Terry, P. J. Hardin, J. J. Parnell, S. D. Houston, and M. W. Jackson)

 

1999    Unidades residenciales en Piedras Negras: resultados de las investigaciones realizadas en las temporadas de campo de 1997 y 1998. In XII Simposio de Investigaciones Arqueológicas en Guatemala, 1998, edited by J. P. Laporte and H. L. Escobedo, pp. 255-273. Museo Nacional de Arqueología y Etnología, Guatemala City, Guatemala. (M. Urquizú, E. C. Wells, I. Aguirre, N. Monterroso, E. Arredondo, and A. Román)

 

1998    La organización de la producción de cerámica en La Sierra y sus implicaciones para la administración local. Yaxkin 17:37-59.

 

1997*  The Fires Without and the Fires Within: Evidence for Ceramic Production Facilities at the Late Classic Site of La Sierra, Naco Valley, Northwestern Honduras, and in Its Environs. In The Prehistory and History of Ceramic Kilns, edited by P. M. Rice, pp. 173-194. American Ceramic Society, Westerville, Ohio. (P. A. Urban, E. C. Wells, and M. T. Ausec)

 

Works under Review

n.d.      Agua y arqueología en el valle de Palmarejo: Haciendo uso del pasado para mejorar el presente. In Arqueología y Participación Comunitaria en Honduras, edited by A. Figueroa. Instituto Hondureño de Antropología e Historia, Tegucigalpa, Honduras, under review. (K. L. Davis-Salazar, E. C. Wells, and J. E. Moreno-Cortés)

 

n.d.*    Sampling Design and Inferential Bias in Archaeological Soil Chemistry. Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory, under review.

 

n.d.      El rescate del pasado antiguo de Palmarejo: Las recompensas de una investigación arqueológica participativa. In Arqueología y Participación Comunitaria en Honduras, edited by A. Figueroa. Instituto Hondureño de Antropología e Historia, Tegucigalpa, Honduras, under review. (E. C. Wells, K. L. Davis-Salazar, and J. E. Moreno-Cortés)

 

n.d.*    Ancient Maya Perceptions of Pedogenesis and Human/Soilscape Interaction. In Soil and Culture, edited by E. Landa and C. Feller. Springer, New York, under review. (E. C. Wells and L. D. Mihok)

 

Book Reviews and Professional Comments

2008    Letter to the Editor, Locations in Need of More CRM Training: Comment on ‘Identifying the Geographic Locations in Need of More CRM Training’ by G. Loffler. The SAA Archaeological Record, The Magazine of the Society for American Archaeology 8(1):3-4.

 

2007    Review of “A Catalyst for Ideas: Anthropological Archaeology and the Legacy of Douglas W. Schwartz,” edited by V. L. Scarborough, School of American Research Press, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 2005. American Anthropologist 109(2):418.

 

2007    Review of “Local Religion in Colonial Mexico,” edited by M. A. Nesvig, University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque, 2006. The Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology 12(1):297-298.

 

2006    Review of “Mind and Religion: Psychological and Cognitive Foundations of Religiosity,” edited by H. Whitehouse and R. N. McCauley, AltaMira Press, Walnut Creek, California, 2005. Antiquity 80(309):734-735.

 

2006    Review of “Archaeology and Ethnohistory of Iximché,” by C. R. Nance, S. L. Whittington, and B. E. Borg, University Press of Florida, Gainesville, 2003. The Florida Anthropologist 59(3-4):265-266.

 

2005    Review of “Surveying the Archaeology of Northwest Mexico,” edited by G. E. Newell and E. Gallaga, University of Utah Press, Salt Lake City, 2004. New Mexico Historical Review 80(4):448-449.

 

2005    Review of “Soils in Archaeological Research,” by V. T. Holliday, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2004. SAS Bulletin, Newsletter of the Society for Archaeological Sciences 28(3):16-18.

 

2004    Review of “Settlement Archaeology and Political Economy at Tres Zapotes, Veracruz, Mexico,” by C. A. Pool, The Cotsen Institute of Archaeology, University of California Press, Los Angeles, 2003. Latin American Antiquity 15(2):243-244.

 

2004    Review of “Salado Archaeology of the Upper Gila, New Mexico,” by S. H. Lekson, University of Arizona Press, Tucson, 2002. Geoarchaeology 19(2):181-183.

 

2003    Review of “Bronze Age Economics: The Beginnings of Political Economies,” by T. K. Earle, Westview Press, Boulder, Colorado, 2002. American Antiquity 68(1):204-205.

 

2003    Letter to the Editor, West Mexico Ceramics: Comment on ‘The Ancient Ceramics of West Mexico’ by R. B. Pickering and E. Cuevas. American Scientist 91(5):386.

 

2001    Comment on “The Power and Ideology of Artistic Creation: Elite Craft Specialists in Classic Maya Society,” by T. Inomata. Current Anthropology 42(3):340-341. (P. A. Urban, B. P. Carter, E. C. Wells, and M. T. Ausec)

 

2000    Review of “Ceramics and Community Organization among the Hohokam,” by D. R. Abbott, University of Arizona Press, Tucson, 2000. SAS Bulletin, Newsletter of the Society for Archaeological Sciences 23(2):26-27.

 

2000    Letter to the Editor, Comment on L. Sebastian’s Letter to the Editor Concerning ‘Archaeology as a Way of Life: Advice from the Sages’ by E. C. Wells. SAA Bulletin, Newsletter of the Society for American Archaeology 18(1):3. (E. C. Wells, J. Baxter, C. Berg, G. Rakita, H. Van Wormer, V. Vargas, D. Pippin, and M. Woodward)

 

Encyclopedia Essays and Newsletter Articles

2007    Toward a Ritual Economy: The 5th Cotsen Advanced Seminar. Backdirt Spring(2007):26. (E. C. Wells and P. A. McAnany)

 

2006    Production Scale and Organization of a Late Classic Pottery Workshop at La Sierra, Honduras. La Tinaja 18(1):2-6.

 

2006    Pedology and Archaeology: A Conversation with Vance T. Holliday, University of Arizona. Newsletter of the Commission on the History, Philosophy, and Sociology of Soil Science, International Union of Soil Sciences 13(1):21-25.

 

2005    Aztec Agriculture. In Encyclopedia of Anthropology, edited by H. J. Birx, pp. 320-322. Sage Publications, Thousand Oaks, California.

 

2005    Fried, Morton H. In Encyclopedia of Anthropology, edited by H. J. Birx, pp. 1008-1009. Sage Publications, Thousand Oaks, California.

 

2005    Tenochtitlan. In Encyclopedia of Anthropology, edited by H. J. Birx, pp. 2175-2178. Sage Publications, Thousand Oaks, California.

 

2005    Honduras. In The Greenwood Encyclopedia of African American Folklore, edited by A. Prahlad, pp. 626-629. Greenwood Press, Westport, Connecticut.

 

2004    Archaeology. In Encyclopedia of Social Measurement, edited by K. Kempf-Leonard. Elsevier Science, New York. (P. A. Urban and E. C. Wells)

 

2004    Academic Archaeology is Public Archaeology. The SAA Archaeological Record, The Magazine of the Society for American Archaeology 4(2):26-29. (N. M. White, B. R. Weisman, R. H. Tykot, E. C. Wells, K. L. Davis-Salazar, J. W. Arthur, and K. Weedman)

 

2004    A Brief History of Archaeological Soil Chemistry. Newsletter of the Commission on the History, Philosophy, and Sociology of Soil Science, International Union of Soil Sciences 11(1):2-4.

 

2004    R. E. Taylor Poster Award Recipients at the 2004 SAA Meeting. SAS Bulletin, Newsletter of the Society for Archaeological Sciences 27(1/2):5.

 

2003    Report on Membership, 2002. SAS Bulletin, Newsletter of the Society for Archaeological Sciences 26(3/4):2-3.

 

2001    Archaeology as a Way of Life: Graduate Studies in Cultural Resources Management. The SAA Archaeological Record, The Magazine of the Society for American Archaeology 1(2):13-14, 44.

 

2000    The Art of Crafting Dissertation Research Abroad. SAA Bulletin, Newsletter of the Society for American Archaeology, 18(2):11, 27. (E. C. Wells and M. Woodward)

 

1999    In Honor of Dr. George E. Hasemann: Proceedings of the 1999 VII Seminario de Antropología de Honduras. Anthropology News, Newsletter of the American Anthropological Association, 40(9):47-48.

 

1999    Kaminaljuyú and its External Relations: Proceedings of the 1999 XIII Simposio de Investigaciones Arqueológicas en Guatemala. Anthropology News, Newsletter of the American Anthropological Association, 40(9):57-58.

 

1999    Archaeology as a Way of Life: Advice from the Sages. SAA Bulletin, Newsletter of the Society for American Archaeology, 17(3):26-28.

 

Technical Manuscripts and Analytical Reports

2007*  Scientific Report: Forensic Soil Analysis for TTPD File No. 06-0000030. Report submitted to the Temple Terrace Police Department, Temple Terrace, Florida. (E. C. Wells and E. H. Kimmerle)

 

2007    Proyecto Arqueológico Comunidad Palmarejo: informe preliminar, cuarta temporada. Report submitted to the Instituto Hondureño de Antropología e Historia, Tegucigalpa, Honduras. (K. L. Davis-Salazar, J. E. Moreno-Cortés, and E. C. Wells)

 

2007    Final Report for Grant 07015, “Determining the Chronological Significance of an Ulúa-style Marble Vase from Northwest Honduras.” Report submitted to the Foundation for the Advancement of Mesoamerican Studies, Inc., Crystal River, Florida.

 

2007    Final Report for Grant 7851-05, “Palmarejo Community Archaeological Project.” Report submitted to the National Geographic Society, Washington, DC. (E. C. Wells and K. L. Davis-Salazar)

 

2006    Proyecto Arqueológico Comunidad Palmarejo: informe preliminar, tercera temporada. Report submitted to the Instituto Hondureño de Antropología e Historia, Tegucigalpa, Honduras. (E. C. Wells, J. E. Moreno-Cortés, and K. L. Davis-Salazar)

 

2005    Proyecto Arqueológico Comunidad Palmarejo: informe preliminar, segunda temporada. Report submitted to the Instituto Hondureño de Antropología e Historia, Tegucigalpa, Honduras. (K. L. Davis-Salazar, E. C. Wells, and J. E. Moreno-Cortés)

 

2005*  Soil Chemical Analysis of Mound A, Shiloh Mound Complex, Tennessee. Report submitted to the Southeast Archaeological Center, National Park Service, Tallahassee, Florida.

 

2005    Palmarejo Community Archaeological Project Field School Manual. Unpublished report on file, Department of Anthropology, University of South Florida, Tampa. (E. C. Wells and K. L. Davis-Salazar)

 

2004    Proyecto Arqueológico Comunidad Palmarejo: informe preliminar, primera temporada. Report submitted to the Instituto Hondureño de Antropología e Historia, Tegucigalpa, Honduras. (E. C. Wells, K. L. Davis-Salazar, and J. E. Moreno-Cortés)

 

2003*  The Archaeology of Dry-Farming Agrosystems in the Middle Gila River Basin, Central Arizona. Pima-Maricopa Irrigation Project Technical Report No. 2001-07. Cultural Resource Management Program, Gila River Indian Community, Sacaton, Arizona.

 

2003*  Toward Understanding the Use, Management, and Meaning of Landscapes between Villages in the Middle Gila River Valley, Arizona. Pima-Maricopa Irrigation Project Technical Report No. 2003-06. Cultural Resource Management Program, Gila River Indian Community, Sacaton, Arizona. (E. C. Wells, G. E. Rice, and J. C. Ravesloot)

 

2003*  A Chronology Research Context for Archaeological Materials on the Gila River Indian Community, Arizona. Pima-Maricopa Irrigation Project Technical Report No. 2003-02. Cultural Resource Management Program, Gila River Indian Community, Sacaton, Arizona. (B. S. Eiselt and E. C. Wells)

 

2003*  Public Outreach Implementation Plan for the Gila River Indian Community-Cultural Resource Management Program. Pima-Maricopa Irrigation Project Technical Report No. 2003-07. Cultural Resource Management Program, Gila River Indian Community, Sacaton, Arizona. (B. L. Shears, D. Y. Begay, and E. C. Wells)

 

2003*  A Cultural Resources Monitoring and Data Recovery Plan for Proposed Water Line Replacement in District 3, Gila River Indian Community, Pinal County, Arizona. Cultural Resource Management Program Technical Report No. 2003-02. Cultural Resource Management Program, Gila River Indian Community, Sacaton, Arizona.

 

2002    Final Report of Archaeological Investigations at GR-904, A Soho Phase Hohokam Site in the Casa Blanca Settlement Complex, Gila River Indian Community, Pinal County, Arizona. Cultural Resource Management Program Technical Report  No. 2002-21. Cultural Resource Management Program, Gila River Indian Community, Sacaton, Arizona. (D. Burden and E. C. Wells)

 

2002*  National Register of Historic Places Eligibility Assessment of 62 Sites in the Santan Management Area, Pima-Maricopa Irrigation Project, Gila River Indian Community, Pinal County, Arizona. Pima-Maricopa Irrigation Project Technical Report No. 2002-15. Cultural Resource Management Program, Gila River Indian Community, Sacaton, Arizona.

 

2002*  Protohistoric Settlement in the Gila River Indian Community, Arizona. Pima-Maricopa Irrigation Project Technical Report No. 2002-14. Cultural Resource Management Program, Gila River Indian Community, Sacaton, Arizona.

 

2002*  A Cultural Resources Assessment of the Lone Butte Management Area, Pima-Maricopa Irrigation Project, Gila River Indian Community, Arizona.  Pima-Maricopa Irrigation Project Report No. 12. Cultural Resource Management Program, Gila River Indian Community, Sacaton, Arizona. (E. C. Wells and R. L. Greenspan)

 

2002    Material and Chemical Residues of Prehispanic Plaza Activities at El Coyote, Northwest Honduras. HTML publication submitted to A. W. Simon for the 2002 Graduate Research Fellowship in Archaeology, Archaeological Research Institute, Arizona State University, Tempe.

 

2002    Final Report for Award No. 0108742, Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant in Archaeology: “Communal Feasting and the Social Order at Late Classic El Coyote, Northwestern Honduras”. Report submitted to the National Science Foundation, Arlington, Virginia.

 

2002    Final Report for GR. 6810, Individual Research Grant in Archaeology: “Communal Feasting and the Social Order at El Coyote, Northwestern Honduras.” Report submitted to the Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research, New York, New York.

 

2001    Proyecto Arqueológico Valle de Cacaulapa: Preliminary Report, 2001 Season. Unpublished manuscript on file, Department of Anthropology, Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio; and Instituto Hondureño de Antropología e Historia, Tegucigalpa, Honduras. (P. A. Urban, E. M. Schortman, and E. C. Wells)

 

2000    Proyecto Arqueológico Valle de Cacaulapa: Preliminary Report, 2000 Season. Unpublished manuscript on file, Department of Anthropology, Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio; and Instituto Hondureño de Antropología e Historia, Tegucigalpa, Honduras. (P. A. Urban, M. T. Ausec, E. M. Schortman, W. McFarlane, E. C. Wells, and M. Stockett)

 

2000    Ceramic Fabrics of the Decorated Pottery from the Malpaso Valley, Northwest Mexico. Report submitted to B. A. Nelson, Director, La Quemada-Malpaso Valley Archaeological Project.

 

1999    Excavations in Margarita Structure and Margarita Tomb, Copán, 1999. Report submitted to R. J. Sharer, Director, Early Copán Acropolis Project.

 

1999    PN33: investigaciones en el conjunto residencial urbano, Cuadrante U. In Proyecto Arqueológico Piedras Negras: Informe preliminar No. 3, tercera temporarda, 1999, edited by H. L. Escobedo and S. D. Houston, pp.65-104. Report submitted to the Instituto de Antropología e Historia, Guatemala.

 

1999    Las investigaciones en la estructura “Híjole,” 10L-26, Copán: informe preliminar de la temporada del campo, 1999. Report submitted to W. L. Fash, Director, Proyecto Arqueológico Acrópolis Copán. (E. C. Wells and E. Plant)

 

1998    Excavations of “Estructura Hap” and “Piso Cab,” 10L-16, Copán, 1998. Report submitted to R. J. Sharer, Director, Early Copán Acropolis Project.

 

1998    PN 26: excavaciones en el área habitacional de la plaza del Grupo Noroeste, Estructura F-2. In Proyecto Arqueológico Piedras Negras: Informe preliminar No. 2, segunda temporarda, 1998, edited by H. L. Escobedo and S. D. Houston, pp.143-156. Report submitted to the Instituto de Antropología e Historia, Guatemala.

 

1998    PN 33: excavaciones en el área habitacional del Cuadrante U. In Proyecto Arqueológico Piedras Negras: Informe preliminar No.2, segunda temporarda, 1998, edited by H. L. Escobedo and S. D. Houston, pp.197-241. Report submitted to the Instituto de Antropología e Historia, Guatemala.

 

1997    Informe parcial del Proyecto Valle de Malpaso-La Quemada, temporada 1997. Report submitted to the Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia, Mexico. (B. A. Nelson, I. G. Robertson, J. K. Millhauser, E. C. Wells, D. To, S. Dvorak, and R. Ortiz)

 

1997    Mimbres: Lives and Landscapes, Teacher Resource Materials. Education Outreach Program, Eastern Mimbres Archaeological Project. (B. L. Shears, V. D. Vargas, E. C. Wells, S. A. Lewis, M. C. Nelson, M. Hegmon, and M. Lindauer)

 

1997    Excavations in Unit 8, Poggio Colla, Mugello Valley, Vicchio, Italy. Report submitted to G. Warden and S. Kane, Directors, Poggio Colla-Mugello Valley Archaeological Project.

 

1996    A Maze of Maize: The Intensification of Resource Exploitation in the Lower Illinois River Valley and the American Bottom: Site Catchment Analysis and Excavations at the Evie Site, Illinois. Report submitted to J. E. Buikstra, Director, Center for American Archaeology. (E. C. Wells, D. Totten, S. Yaqubi, and M. Kaveler)

 

1995    Excavations in Operations 14 and 43 at La Sierra, Cortés, Honduras. Report submitted to E. M. Schortman and P. A. Urban, Directors, Naco Valley Archaeological Project.

 

 

PRESENTATIONS (*invited)

 

Presentations at Professional Meetings

2008*  Cultivated Landscapes as Inalienable Wealth in Ancient Mesoamerica. Paper presented in the symposium, “Inalienable Possessions in the Archaeology of Mesoamerica,” at the 73rd Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

 

2008*  Applying Archaeology to Hydroecological and Agroecological Development in Honduras. Paper presented in the symposium, “Archaeological Contributions to Understanding Socio-ecological Systems: Emerging Collaborations between Ecology and Archaeology,” at the 73rd Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. (J. E. Moreno-Cortés, E. C. Wells, and K. L. Davis-Salazar)

 

2008*  The Archaeology of Cultural Soilscapes. Paper presented in the symposium, “Soils and Maya Archaeology,” at the 73rd Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeo