Faculty research from the Anthropology department at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

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Submissions from 2014

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Resilience and Vulnerability in the Maya Hinterlands, Gyles Iannone, Keith Prufer, and Diane Z. Chase

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The Decline of the Chauvinistic Model of Chinese Masculinity: A Research Report, William R. Jankowiak PhD and Xuan Li

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Human Preferences For Sexually Dimorphic Faces May Be Evolutionary Novel, William R. Jankowiak PhD and Ian Penton-Voak

Chinese Family, William R. Jankowiak PhD and Yuezhu Sun

Submissions from 2013

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Interpreting Form and Context: Ceramic Subcomplexes at Caracol, Nohmul, and Santa Rita Corozal, Belize, Arlen F. Chase and Diane Z. Chase

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Preface, Arlen F. Chase and Diane Z. Chase

Temporal Cycles in the Archaeology of Maya Residential Groups from Caracol, Belize, Arlen F. Chase and Diane Z. Chase

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The Use of LiDAR at the Maya Site of Caracol, Belize, Arlen F. Chase, Diane Z. Chase, and John F. Weishampel

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Forward, Diane Z. Chase and Arlen F. Chase

Examining the Production and Distribution of Shivwits Ware Pottery in the American Southwest, Karen G. Harry, Timothy J. Ferguson, James R. Allison, Brett T. McLaurin, Jeff Ferguson, and Margaret Lyneis

Production and Exchange of Plain Ware Ceramics in the Marana Community, Karen G. Harry, Robert Speakman, Elizabeth Miksa, Sergio F. Castro-Reino, Christophe Descantes, Paul Fish, Suzanne Fish, and Michael D. Glascock

From Courtship to Dating Culture: China’s Emergent Youth, William R. Jankowiak PhD

Urban Chinese Mongols: National Identity, Local Memory, and Frequent Affiliation, William R. Jankowiak PhD

Remote Sensing of Below-Canopy Land Use Features from the Maya Polity of Caracol, John F. Weishampel, Jessica N. Hightower, Arlen F. Chase, and Diane Z. Chase

Submissions from 2012

GC-MS and Attribute Analysis of Intermountain Brownware from the Southern Great Basin of North America, Britt J. Betenson, Karen G. Harry, and Spencer M. Steinberg

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Mesoamerica: Classic Period in Mesoamerica, Arlen F. Chase

Belize Red Ceramics and Their Implications for Trade and Exchange in the Eastern Maya Lowlands, Arlen F. Chase and Diane Z. Chase

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Complex Societies in the Southern Maya Lowlands: Their Development and Florescence in the Archaeological Record, Arlen F. Chase and Diane Z. Chase

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Geospatial Revolution and Remote Sensing LiDAR in Mesoamerican Archaeology, Arlen F. Chase, Diane Z. Chase, Christopher T. Fisher, Stephen J. Lesiz, and John F. Weishampel

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Burials and Tombs, Diane Z. Chase

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Preface, Diane Z. Chase and Arlen F. Chase

Examining the Production and Distribution of Shivwits Ware Pottery, Jeffrey Ferguson and Karen G. Harry

Canadian Arctic Soapstone Cooking Technology, Liam Frink, Dashiell Glazer, and Karen G. Harry

Where are the Hearths? Explaining the Absence of Floor Features on the Shivwits Plateau, Northwestern Arizona, Karen G. Harry

Can You Love More Than One Person at the Same Time? A Research Report, William R. Jankowiak PhD and Helen Gerth

Changing Morality of Dating and What It Says About Youth, China and Modernity., William R. Jankowiak PhD and Robert Moore

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Low Density Urbanism, Sustainability, and IHOPE- Maya: Can the Past Provide more than History?, Vernon L. Scarborough, Arlen F. Chase, and Diane Z. Chase

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Use of Airborne LiDAR to Delineate Canopy Degradation and Encroachment along the Guatemala-Belize Border, John F. Weishampel, Jessica N. Hightower, Arlen F. Chase, and Diane Z. Chase

Submissions from 2011

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We Remember Merle Greene Robertson, Arlen F. Chase

Status and Power: Caracol, Teotihuacan, and the Early Classic Maya World, Arlen F. Chase and Diane Z. Chase

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Airborne LiDAR, Archaeology, and the Ancient Maya Landscape at Caracol, Belize, Arlen F. Chase, Diane Z. Chase, John F. Weishampel, Ramesh L. Shrestha, K. Clint Slatton, Jaime J. Awe, and William E. Carter

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Ghosts amid the Ruins: Analyzing Relationships Between the Living and the Dead Among the Ancient Maya at Caracol, Belize, Diane Z. Chase and Arlen F. Chase

Airborne LiDAR at Caracol, Belize and the Interpretation of Ancient Maya Society and Landscapes, Diane Z. Chase, Arlen F. Chase, Jaime J. Awe, John H. Walker, and John F. Weishampel

Exploratory Studies into Possible Uses of Calcareous Dolostone, Karen G. Harry, Lauren W. Falvey, Brett T. McLaurin, and Jennifer Durk

Ancient Maya Cave Use at Caracol, Belize, Reiko Ishihara-Brito, Jamie J. Awe, and Arlen F. Chase

The Han Chinese Family: The Realignment of Parenting Ideals, Sentiments, and Practices, William R. Jankowiak PhD

One Vision: The Making, Unmaking and Remaking of an American Polygamous Community, William R. Jankowiak PhD and Heber Hammon

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What Observation Studies Can Tell Us About Single Child Play Patterns, Gender, and Changes in Chinese Society, William R. Jankowiak PhD, Amber Joiner, and Cynthia Klabia

Growing up in an Emergent Market Economy: China’s Young Men, William R. Jankowiak PhD and Robert Moore

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Detection and Morphologic Analysis of Potential Below-Canopy Cave Openings in the Karst Landscape around the Maya Polity of Caracol using AirborneLidar, John F. Weishampel, Jessica N. Hightower, Arlen F. Chase, Diane Z. Chase, and Ryan Patrick

Submissions from 2010

Review of "The Monuments of Piedras Negras, An Ancient Maya City" by F. S. Clancy, Arlen F. Chase

The Context of Ritual: Examining the Archaeological Record at Caracol, Belize, Arlen F. Chase and Diane Z. Chase

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Lasers in the Jungle: Airborne sensors reveal a vast Maya Landscape, Arlen F. Chase, Diane Z. Chase, and John F. Weishampel

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Rituales Mezclados: Analizando Comportamientos Públicos y Privados en el Registro Arqueológico de Caracol, Diane Z. Chase and Arlen F. Chase

Exploring the Puebloan Occupation of the Mt. Dellenbaugh Region of the Arizona Strip, Karen G. Harry

NAGPRA—Two Decades Later, Karen G. Harry

Understanding Ceramic Manufacturing Technology: The Role of Experimental Archaeology, Karen G. Harry

An Experimental Approach to Understanding Thule Pottery Technology, Karen G. Harry, Liam Frink, Clint Swink, and Cory Dangerfield

Households, Gender, and Specialized Pottery Production: Exploring the Nature, Causes, and Consequences of a Prehistoric Cottage Industry for Women at the West Branch Settlement, Karen G. Harry and Fred Huntington

The Archeology of Pueblo Grande de Nevada, Karen G. Harry and James T. Watson

Cultural Resources Archaeology: An Introduction, Thomas W. Neumann, Robert M. Sanford, and Karen G. Harry

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Remote Sensing of Ancient Maya Land Use Features at Caracol, Belize related to Tropical Rainforest Structure, John F. Weishampel, Arlen F. Chase, Diane Z. Chase, Jason B. Drake, Ramesh L. Shrestha, Clint K. Slatton, Jaime J. Awe, Jessica Hightower, and James Angelo

Ancient Maya Underworld Iconography:Traveling Between Worlds, Dianna L. Wilson-Mosley, Arlen F. Chase, and Diane Z. Chase

Submissions from 2008

Methodological Issues in the Archaeological Identification of the Terminal Classic and Postclassic Transition in the Maya Area, Arlen F. Chase and Diane Z. Chase

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Jeroglíficos y Arqueología Maya ¿Colusión o Colisión?, Arlen F. Chase, Diane Z. Chase, and Rafael Cobos

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Textiles and the Maya Archaeological Record: Gender, Power, and Status in Classic Period Caracol, Belize, Arlen F. Chase, Diane Z. Chase, Elayne Zorn, and Wendy Teeter

Late Postclassic Ritual at Santa Rita Corozal, Belize: Understanding the Archaeology of a Maya Capital City, Diane Z. Chase and Arlen F. Chase

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¿Qué Nos Cuentan los Jeroglíficos? Arqueología e Historia en Caracol, Belice, Diane Z. Chase and Arlen F. Chase

Archaeological Myths of the Postclassic Period: Belizean Archaeology as 'Dragonslayer', Diane Z. Chase, Arlen F. Chase, and John M. Morris

The Beauty of "Ugly" Eskimo Cooking Pots, Karen G. Harry and Liam Frink

The Shivwits Research Project: Exploring Virgin Anasazi Settlement and Subsistence Patterns on the Arizona, Karen G. Harry and James Watson

Co-wives Desires and Conflicts in a USA Polygamous Community, William R. Jankowiak PhD

Desiring Sex, Longing for Love: A Tripartite Conundrum, William R. Jankowiak

Ethnicity and Chinese Identity, William R. Jankowiak

Practicing Connectiveness as Kinship in Urban China, William R. Jankowiak PhD

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The Collapse of the Market and the Transformation of Moral Involvement in Urban China, William R. Jankowiak

Well Being, Cultural Pathology, and Personal Rejuvenation in a Chinese City: 1981- 2005, William R. Jankowiak

Introduction: Privilege Disguises Torment, William R. Jankowiak PhD and Jiemin Bao

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Globalizing Evolution: Female Choice, Nationality, and Perception of “Sexual Beauty” in China, William R. Jankowiak PhD, Peter B. Gray PhD, and Kelly Hattman MA

"I Have His Heart, Swinging Is Just Sex": The Ritualization of Sex and the Rejuvenation of the Love Bond in an American Spouse Exchange Community, William R. Jankowiak and Laura Hicks Mixson