About Research
Simon has interests in the study of prehistoric social organization and craft production through technological and compositional analysis of ceramics and other artifacts; materials science; and quantitative methods. She currently directs the activities of the Archaeological Research Institute, including collection management and research projects. Previously, she was the laboratory director for the Roosevelt Platform Mound Study (1989-1998). She has directed field projects in the U.S. Southwest (Arizona) and Northern Plains (North Dakota, Montana, South Dakota, and Wyoming). Simon is a faculty associate of the ASU Center for Solid State Science (CSSS) and the Partnership for Research in Spatial Modeling (PRISM). She is a board member (and past president) of the Society for Archaeological Sciences.
Simon's research actively uses compositional and physical analysis of material artifacts, such as ceramics, stone tools, and fine goods, (turquoise and obsidian), for the purpose of identifying prehistoric exchange networks and production loci on both inter-regional and intra-regional scales using quantitative analysis. She is involved in interdisciplinary research using geology, chemistry, and materials science. Most recently, she was a co-PI on an interdisciplinary multi-year NSF grant through PRISM for the development of an artifact digital archive and a visual query interface for shape-based search and classification purposes.
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Select Publications
Simon, Arleyn W., David Van Alfen, Anshuman Razdan, Gerald Farin, Myungsoo Bae, and Jeremy Rowe
(2005)
3D Modeling for Analysis and Archiving of Ceramic Vessel Morphology: A Case Study from the American Southwest. In Proceedings of the 33rd International Symposium on Archaeometry, April 22-26, 2002, Amsterdam, edited by H. Kars and E.Burke, pp. 257-263. Geoarchaeological and Bioarchaeological Studies Volume 3, Institute for Geo- and Bio-archaeology, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, Netherlands. [ISBN 90-77456-03-1].
Kim, Jangsuk, Arleyn W. Simon, Vincent Ripoche, James W. Mayer, Barry Wilkens (2003)
Proton-induced x-ray emission analysis of turquoise artefacts from Salado Platform Mound Sites in the Tonto Basin of central Arizona. Measurement Science and Technology 14 (2003)1579-1589, in Special Feature: Archaeometry, ed. by J.W. Mayer and M. Menu. IOP Publishing, Ltd. (See online version)
Simon, Arleyn W., and Dennis C. Gosser
(2001)
Conflict and Exchange Among the Salado of Tonto Basin: Warfare Motivation or Alleviation? In Deadly Landscapes: Case Studies on Prehistoric Southwest Warfare, edited by Glen E. Rice and Steven LeBlanc, pp. 219-238. The University of Utah Press, Salt Lake City.
Simon, Arleyn W., and David Jacobs
(2000)
Salado Social Dynamics: Networks and Alliances in the Tonto Basin. In Salado, edited by Jeffrey S. Dean, pp. 193-218. University of New Mexico Press, Abuquerque.
Simon, Arleyn W., and James H. Burton, Guest Editors
(1998)
"Anthropological Interpretations from Archaeological Studies in the American Southwest "
Journal of Anthropological Research 54 (4) - Winter (Special Issue).
Simon, Arleyn W., James H. Burton, and David R. Abbott
(1998)
Intraregional Connections in the Development and Distribution of Salado Polychromes in Central Arizona. Journal of Anthropological Research 54(4): 521-550.
Simon, Arleyn W. (editor)
(1998)
Salado Ceramics and Social Organization: Prehistoric Interactions in Tonto Basin: The Roosevelt Archaeology Studies 1989-1998. Roosevelt Monograph Series 11, Anthropological Field Studies 40. Office of Cultural Resource Management, Department of Anthropology, Arizona State University, Tempe.
Simon, Arleyn W.
(1996)
Pottery and Pigments in Arizona: Salado Polychrome. MRS Bulletin 21(12): 38-47. Materials Research Society.
Burton, James H., and Arleyn W. Simon
(1996)
A Pot Is Not A Rock; Reply to Neff, Glascock, Bishop, and Blackman. American Antiquity 61(2):405-413.
Burton, James H., and Arleyn W. Simon
(1993)
Acid Extraction as a Simple and Inexpensive Method for Compositional Characterization of Archaeological Ceramics. American Antiquity 58(1):45-59.
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