About
Nelson is Professor of Anthropology at Arizona State University. He previously taught at the University of New Mexico and at the State University of New York at Buffalo (Ph.D. Southern Illinois University 1980). His research focuses on cycles of social complexity and connectivity among the ancient cultures of northwestern Mexico and the American Southwest, especially from A.D. 200-1540, on human roles in and responses to the desertification of grasslands in those regions, and on relating archaeology to indigenous cultures of the present day.
His national service includes work for professional associations and agencies such as the American Anthropological Association, the Society for American Archaeology, and the National Science Foundation; he currently serves as Associate Director of the School of Human Evolution and Social Change.
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Martin, Debra L., Ben A. Nelson and Ventura Perez (2004)
Patrones de Modificación en Huesos Humanos de La Quemada, Zacatecas: Hallazgos Preliminares. In Perspectiva Tafonómica: Evidencias de Alteraciones en Restos Óseos del México Prehispánico., edited by C. M. Pijoan Aguadé and X. Lizarraga Cruchaga, pp. 155-172. Serie Antropología Física. Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia, México, D.F.
Nelson, Ben A. (2005)
Mesoamerican Objects and Symbols in Chaco Canyon Contexts. In The Archaeology of Chaco Canyon: An 11th Century Pueblo Regional Center, edited by S. H. Lekson. SAR Press, Santa Fe, New Mexico, in press.
Nelson, Ben A. (2004)
Elite Residences in West Mexico. In Ancient Palaces of the New World: Form, Function, and Meaning, edited by J. Pillsbury and S. T. Evans, pp. 60-81. Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, Washington, D.C.
Nelson, Ben A. (2003)
A Place of Continued Importance: The Abandonment of Epiclassic La Quemada. In The Archaeology of Settlement Abandonment in Middle America, edited by T. Inomata and R. W. Webb, pp. 77-89. University of Utah Press, Salt Lake City.
Nelson, Ben A. (1997)
Chronology and Stratigraphy at La Quemada, Zacatecas, Mexico. Journal of Field Archaeology 24(1):85-109.
Nelson, Ben A. (1995)
Complexity, Hierarchy, and Scale: A Controlled Comparison Between Chaco Canyon, New Mexico, and La Quemada, Zacatecas. American Antiquity 60(4):597-618.
Nelson, Ben A. (1981)
Ethnoarchaeology and Paleodemography: A Test of Turner and Lofgren's Hypothesis. Journal of Anthropological Research 37(2):107-129.
Nelson, Ben A., J. Andrew Darling and David A. Kice (1992)
Mortuary Patterns and the Social Order at La Quemada, Zacatecas. Latin American Antiquity 3(4):298-315.
Nelson, Ben A. and Steven A. LeBlanc (1986)
Short-Term Sedentism in the American Southwest:The Mimbres Valley Salado. University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque.
Wells, E. Christian and Ben A. Nelson (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, D.C.
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