Janine Gasco

College of Natural and Behavioral Sciences

Department of Anthropology

Professor Emerita

EDUCATION

Ph.D., 1987, University of California, Santa Barbara (Anthropology)
M.A., 1982, University of California, Santa Barbara
B.A., 1977, University of California, Santa Barbara

COURSES

ANT 101 Introduction to Biological Anthropology
ANT 102 Ancient Civilizations
ANT 330 North American Indians
ANT 333 Ancient Civilizations of Mexico and Guatemala
ANT 339 Native Cultures of Mexico and Central America
ANT 490 Proseminar in Anthropology

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Historical Anthropology of Latin America
Ethnohistory
Mesoamerican Prehistory
Historical Archaeology
Ethnobotany
Historical Demography
Economic Anthropology
Ethnoecology
History of Native America

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Books

2011	Prehistoric Settlement on the South Pacific Coast of Chiapas, Mexico.听 Co-authored with Barbara Voorhies and Paul Cackler.听 Papers of the New World Archaeological Foundation, Provo.
2007	The Legacy of Mesoamerica:听 History and Culture of a Native American Civilization, 2ndedition.听 Co-听 edited with Robert M. Carmack and Gary H. Gossen.听听 Prentice-Hall.
2004	Postclassic Soconusco Society:听 The Late Prehistory of the Coast of Chiapas, Mexico.听 Co-authored with Barbara Voorhies.听 Institute for Mesoamerican Studies, State University of New York
1997	Approaches to Historical Archaeology in Middle and South America.听 Co-edited with Greg Smith and Patricia Fournier-Garc铆a.听听 Institute of Archaeology, UCLA. 听

Articles

2012	El Paisaje del Soconusco desde el Poscl谩sico Tard铆o hasta el siglo XX. In Arqueolog铆a Reciente de Chiapas: Contribuciones del Encuentro Celebrado en el 60掳 Aniversario de la Fundaci贸n Arqueol贸gica Nuevo Mundo. Lynneth Lowe y Mary Pye, Editoras, pp. 295-312. Papers of the New World Archaeological Foundation, #72, Brigham Young University, Provo.
2012	Cacao and Commerce in Postclassic Mesoamerica. In Children of the Plumed Serpent: The Legacy of Quetzalcoatl in Ancient Mexico. Virginia M. Fields, John. M.D. Pohl, and Victoria L. Lyall, eds., pp. 78-79. Los Angeles County Museum of Art and Scala Publishers, Los Angeles.
2008	鈥楲e da alegr铆a tener flores鈥�: Homegardens in the Soconusco Region of Chiapas, Mexico.听Journal of Ethnobiology听28(2):259-277.
2006	Beyond the Indio-Ladino Dichotomy: Shifting Identities in Colonial Chiapas. In听NewWorld, First Nations: Native Peoples of Mesoamerica and the Andes under Colonial Rule.D.Cahil听 and B. Tovias, eds.听Sussex Academic Press.
2006	Soconusco Cacao Farmers Past and Present.听 In听The Origins of Chocolate: Cacao in the听听Americas.听听C. McNeil, ed. University of Florida Press.
2005	Spanish Colonialism and Processes of Social Change in Mesoamerica. In听The Archaeology听of Colonial Encounters: Comparative Perspectives.听 G. Stein, ed. School of American Research Advanced Seminar Series.
2005	The Consequences of Spanish Colonial Rule for the Indigenous Peoples of Chiapas, Mexico. In听The Transformation from Postclassic to Colonial Periods in Mesoamerica, R. Alexander and S.听 Kepecs, eds.听 University of New Mexico Press.
2003	Soconusco.听 In听The Postclassic Mesoamerican World.听 Michael E. Smith and Frances F. Berdan, eds.听 University of Utah Press, Salt Lake City.
2001	Mixe and Maya: A Comparative Demographic History of the Native Populations of Soconusco and Suchitepequez.听 In听The Past and Present Maya: Essays in Honor of Robert听听M. Carmack, J. Weeks, ed. Labyrinthos Press, Lancaster, CA.
1997	Consolidation of the Colonial Regime:听 Native Society in Western Central America.听Historical Archaeology听31(1):55-63.
1996	Cacao and Economic Inequality in Colonial Soconusco, Chiapas, Mexico.听听Journal ofAnthropological Research听Vol. 52(4):385-409.
1993	Socioeconomic Change within Native Society in Colonial Soconusco, New Spain.听 In听Ethnohistory and Archaeology:听 Approaches to Postcontact Change in the Americas, D. Rogers and S. Wilson, eds.听 Plenum Press, New York.
1992	Material Culture and Colonial Indian Society in Southern Mesoamerica:听 The View from Coastal Chiapas, Mexico.听听Historical Archaeology听Vol. 26:67-74.
1990	Mexico's Crown Colony of Cacao.听Archaeology听Vol 43. No. 5:62-64.听 (co-authored with Jerry D. Moore).
1990	Perishable Structures and Serial Dwellings from Coastal Chiapas:听 Implications for the Archaeology of Households.听Ancient Mesoamerica听Vol. 1 No. 2:205-212 (co-authored with Jerry D. Moore).
1989	Economic History of Ocelocalco, a Colonial Soconusco Town.听 In听Ancient Trade and听听Tribute:Economies of the Soconusco Region of Mesoamerica, B. Voorhies, ed. University of Utah Press.
1987	Economic Organization in Colonial Soconusco, New Spain:听 Local and External Influences.听Research in Economic Anthropology, Vol. 8.听 B. Isaac, ed.

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Professional Affiliations

American Anthropological Association
Society for Applied Anthropology
Society for American Archaeology
American Society for Ethnohistory