Material Culture and Archaeology of Citizenship on the United States/Mexico Border

Martha Diaz-Longo

This work is based on my dissertation research which looks at the skeletal, material culture, and ethnographic evidence of structural violence in Latin America, and how this leads to immigration. Structural violence can be seen in these various avenues and used in conjunction with one another in providing a better framework that is not necessarily driven by the researcher’s interpretation but by the individuals who experienced this structural violence firsthand.

M. Steven Shackley

Steve Shackley
Affiliated Faculty emeriti
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Geoarchaeological XRF Lab

The energy-dispersive (EDXRF) x-ray fluorescence laboratory provides access to analyses of archaeological and source standard obsidian and other volcanic rocks on a per-sample basis under the direction of Steven Shackley, who has worked on various archaeological projects worldwide, particularly in the greater North American Southwest for over 30 years.

Region(s): 
US Southwest and Mexico
Research Theme(s): 
Obsidian geochemistry, Geoarchaeology