presents dr. michael mathiowetz
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The Department of Anthropology
presents
Dr. Michael Mathiowetz Assistant Professor of Anthropology
Riverside City College
Date: Friday, November 18 Time: 12:30-1:30pm
Location: Social Sciences 1, room 261
From the Household to the Continental: Building a Multi-scalar and Transnational Approach to a History of U.S. Southwestern
and Northwest Mesoamerican Cultural Change
Oneofthefundamentalemphasesinrecentapproachestotheexaminationofarchaeologicalculturesisthearticulationoflocal,regional,macroregional,andcontinentalscalesofanalysisasarequirementformoreanalyticallyrobustexplanationsofpastculturalphenomenaandsocialtransformations.Inarecentvolumeentitled“BuildingTransnationalArchaeologies”thatderivedfromthe11thSouthwestSymposium,theeditorscalledforatransnationalarchaeologicalapproachtothehistoryofpre-HispanicU.S.SouthwestandnorthernMexicansocialchange.ThispresentationbuildsuponthiscallbyexaminingspecificlocalandregionalPuebloanandnorthernMexicanculturalphenomenaandmaterialculturechangesthatoccurredbetweenAD900-1450andsituatingthesechangeswithinthecontextofcontinental-scalehistoricalprocesses,particularlyinrelationtothen-contemporarysocietiesinwestMexico.MichaelMathiowetzreceivedhisdoctoraldegreein2011fromtheDepartmentofAnthropologyattheUniversityofCalifornia,RiversideunderthedirectionofDr.KarlTaube.HehasparticipatedinarchaeologicalfieldworkbothintheUnitedStatesandinMexico,includinginCalifornia,Arizona,BajaCalifornia,Sonora,Chihuahua,andChiapasandhasconductedresearchwithnumerousarchaeologicalcollectionshousedinnationalandlocalmuseumsintheUnitedStatesandMexico.CurrentlyheisanAssistantProfessorintheDepartmentofAnthropologyatRiversideCityCollege.HisresearchparticularlyfocusesonthearchaeologyandhistoryofindigenouspeoplespanningtheU.S.Southwest,northernMexico,andwestMexico.Hisongoingresearchexaminesthelong-distanceinteractionthatoccurredbetweenancientMesoamericanandPuebloansocietiesandthepresent-daycontinuities.ThisworkspecificallyexaminestheroleofwestMexicanAztatlánsocietiesintheflorescenceoftheCasasGrandescultureinChihuahuaanditsinfluenceonthesignificantreligiousandsocio-politicalchangesthatoccurredamongPuebloculturesacrosstheU.S.SouthwestafterAD1200.