Belardi Et Al. 2016-SAA 81 Annual Meeting

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ABSTRACTS OF THE SAA 81ST ANNUAL MEETING 32

A Phase I survey was conducted in Perry Pines, Taylor County, Florida for an expansion of limestone mining of the area. The research aimed at locating
and assessing potential archaeological and historical resources within the project area. Six archaeological resources were identified: a habitational site, a
camp site, a bridge site and three quarry sites for stone tool making. Located in the North Peninsula Gulf Coast archaeological region, the Perry Pines
sites appear to have been intermittently used and their resources extracted for over 2,000 years, spanning from the Archaic to the present. Cultural
artifacts and features ranging from ancient lithic tools, to early twentieth century timber operations, provided insight on past human activity, site function,
and use of the project area’s natural resources over time.

Belardi, Juan Bautista [205] see Nuevo Delaunay, Amalia

Belardi, Juan (Univ Nac de la Patagonia Austral), Flavia Carballo Marina (Universidad Nacional de la Patagonia Austral ), Gustavo Barrientos
(Universidad Nacional de La Plata / CONICET) and Patricia Campan (Universidad Nacional de la Patagonia Austral )
[207] Hunters in the Viedma Lake Basin (Southern Patagonia, Argentina): Differences and Continuities in Landscape use during the Late
Holocene
The Viedma lake basin—connected to the Patagonian Southern Ice Field—has been recently incorporated to the discussion about the human occupation
of southern Patagonia. The distribution of artifacts in different sectors of steppe: 1) plateaus (950–1000 masl), 2) plateaus basis (750 masl), 3) intermediate
pampas (300–700 masl), large open spaces formed by glacial deposits, and 4) the north coast of the lake (255–300 masl) has been surveyed. The study
was complemented with technological artifact analysis, surveys of rock art sites, hunting blinds, and excavations. Chronologies (mainly in relation to the
last 3,500 years B.P.) and archaeofaunal samples of guanaco (Lama guanicoe) were obtained. The archaeological landscape shows variability in logistic
and residential components related to the different landscape sectors. A remarkable reduction of the residential mobility is registered in the archaeological
record of the Cerro Índice Tehuelche-Aonikenk reserve (structures and rubbish areas with high frequency of glass scrapers) during historical times.

Belcher, William (Division of Social Sciences (Anthropology))


[143] Fish Remains in an Early Village Context: Provisioning during the Ravi Phase of the Indus Valley Tradition (Pakistan)
Fish remains from the earliest deposits at the Indus Valley site of Harappa (Punjab Province, Pakistan) appear to have skeletal element distribution and cut
mark patterns that are different from later deposits associated with a more complex social organization related to an urban setting. The earliest village-
level fish assemblages (Ravi Phase) appear to be representative of the types of provisioning associated with direct access to either the fish resources or
the fish mongers; later assemblages (Kot Diji through Harappan Phases) appear to be representative of a combined direct and indirect access to fish
resources. This change is thought to be representative of political changes as villages became larger urban entities and/or were tied into changing
economic associations, moving from more local to a more regional focus in trade and food resources.

Belfer-Cohen, Anna [52] see Goring-Morris, Nigel

Bélisle, Véronique (Millsaps College)


[198] The Development of Inequality in Middle Horizon Cusco: Entheogens and Ritual Ceremonies to the Rescue
The Andean and Amazonian regions are home to numerous plants that can be prepared to induce altered states of consciousness. During the pre-Inka
period in the Cusco area, evidence from the village of Ak'awillay indicates the consumption of alcohol, coca, and hallucinogens in public ceremonies. Some
of the rituals involving entheogens could have corresponded to healing sessions, but the paraphernalia uncovered at the site suggests that most
hallucinogens were consumed to communicate with the supernatural. These activities provided key individuals with a privileged access to followers, spirits,
and deities that could have set them apart from the rest of the population, contributing to increasing inequality in the region during the Middle Horizon (A.D.
600–1000). The procurement of psychoactive substances and other ritual items from the jungle and elsewhere further indicates access to long-distance
trade networks that could have been used to support, display, and justify status at Ak'awillay. Despite the presence of Wari colonists in the region, select
individuals living at Ak'awillay were able to connect to a larger network that not only exchanged goods but also shared beliefs a nd ritual practices during the
Middle Horizon.

Belknap, Daniel [118] see Kelley, Alice

Bellia, Angela (New York University - University of Bologna)


[271] Musics, Cults and Rites of a Greek City in the West: The Case of Selinus
Studies on Ancient Greek music often concentrate on evidence from Athens or Sparta. However, Athenian or Spartan musical acti vity may not be typical of
other areas of the Greek world, particularly the western Greeks, as indeed is evident from other areas of social, artistic, and political activity. This paper will
combine the methods of musicology and archaeology towards the study of the archaeological remains of musical interest, considering their findspot and
context of use, in order to place musical activities in a well-defined space and occasion and to interpret the cultural, religious, and social meaning of
musical performances. The research will bring out a particular musical tradition of the western Greeks and will reconstruct the role of music in the specific
context of Selinus, was one of the most important western Greek settlements during the Archaic and Classical periods, as regards both private and public,
especially religious, life. The survey aims to analyze the musical activities in sacred places, where male and female oriented rituals were performed. Based
on our approach, this paper will provide the opportunity for a reflection on the way in which the western Greeks reworked the musical heritage of the
motherland, and reinforced their cultural identity.

Bello, Charles [159] see Dillian, Carolyn

Bellomia, Valeria (Sapienza, Università di Roma), Ricardo Higelin Ponce de León (Indiana University Bloomington) and Alex El vis Badillo
(Indiana University Bloomington)
[236] Omichicahuaztli: Production, Use, and Transformation Over Space and Time in Mesoamerica
How can changes in production and use of a single class of ancient artifact allow us to understand changes in their meaning through time and space? We
address the reasons behind the cultural practice of making the Omichicahuaztli, or notched human bones, in Mesoamerica, studying the unique histories of

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