John Millhauser

Also known as: John K Millhauser

Archaeology, Anthropology, Aztec, Mesoamerica

Works (28)

Updated: March 13th, 2025 18:06

2024 article

How are you, anthropology? Reflections on well-being and the common good

Millhauser, J. K. (2024, June). ECONOMIC ANTHROPOLOGY, Vol. 11, pp. 159–167.

By: J. Millhauser n

author keywords: anthropologies of the good; common good; hard choices; multiscalar analysis; objective measures; subjective values; well-being
topics (OpenAlex): Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies
Sources: Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries
Added: June 24, 2024

2024 article

Producing communities: salt-making in late Postclassic and early Colonial Mexico

Millhauser, J. K. (2024, December 9). WORLD ARCHAEOLOGY, Vol. 12.

By: J. Millhauser n

author keywords: Mexico; Mesoamerica; historical archaeology; salt; commodification; community
topics (OpenAlex): Historical and Cultural Archaeology Studies; Archaeology and ancient environmental studies; Latin American history and culture
Sources: Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries
Added: December 23, 2024

2023 article

A geospatial and archaeological investigation of an African-American cemetery in Raleigh, North Carolina, USA

Wall, J., Bohnenstiehl, D. W. R., Levine, N. S., Millhauser, J. K., Mcgill, D. E., Wegmann, K. W., & Melomo, V. (2023, December 4). ARCHAEOLOGICAL PROSPECTION, Vol. 12.

By: J. Wall n, D. Bohnenstiehl n, N. Levine*, J. Millhauser n, D. Mcgill n, K. Wegmann n, V. Melomo*

author keywords: community archaeology; GPR; GPS; historic preservation; LiDAR; sunken graves
topics (OpenAlex): Archaeological Research and Protection; Geophysical Methods and Applications; Historical and Cultural Archaeology Studies
UN Sustainable Development Goals Color Wheel
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
11. Sustainable Cities and Communities (OpenAlex)
Sources: Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries
Added: December 18, 2023

2023 article

Slow Violence and Vulnerability in the Basin of Mexico

LEGACIES OF THE BASIN OF MEXICO, pp. 348–366.

By: J. Millhauser*

topics (OpenAlex): Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance; South Asian Studies and Conflicts
Sources: Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries
Added: January 8, 2024

2022 journal article

Biodiversity and the human past: Lessons for conservation biology

BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION, 272.

By: J. Millhauser n & T. Earle*

author keywords: Anthropology; Archaeology; Biodiversity; Cultural evolution
topics (OpenAlex): Archaeology and ancient environmental studies; Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies; Archaeology and Rock Art Studies
Sources: Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries
Added: January 30, 2023

2022 article

Islands in the Lake: Environment and Ethnohistory in Xochimilco, New Spain

Millhauser, J. K. (2022, September 1). JOURNAL OF INTERDISCIPLINARY HISTORY, Vol. 53, pp. 365–366.

By: J. Millhauser n

topics (OpenAlex): Latin American history and culture
Sources: Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries
Added: October 24, 2022

2021 journal article

A place for archaeology in the study of money, finance, and debt

JOURNAL OF ANTHROPOLOGICAL ARCHAEOLOGY, 62.

By: J. Baron* & J. Millhauser n

author keywords: Archaeology; Economic anthropology; Money; Currency; Debt; Credit; Finance
topics (OpenAlex): African studies and sociopolitical issues; Banking stability, regulation, efficiency; Islamic Finance and Banking Studies
Sources: Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries
Added: July 19, 2021

2020 journal article

Commodity Chains in Archaeological Research: Cotton Cloth in the Aztec Economy

JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH, 28(2), 187–240.

By: J. Millhauser n & L. Overholtzer*

Contributors: J. Millhauser n & L. Overholtzer*

author keywords: Commodity chains; Commodity circuits; Commodity networks; Cotton; Textiles; Aztec
topics (OpenAlex): Global trade, sustainability, and social impact; Anthropological Studies and Insights; Historical and Cultural Archaeology Studies
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, NC State University Libraries
Added: June 15, 2020

2020 journal article

Let's get fiscal: The social relations of finance and technological change in Aztec and Colonial Mexico

Journal of Anthropological Archaeology, 60.

By: J. Millhauser n

Contributors: J. Millhauser n

topics (OpenAlex): Housing Market and Economics
UN Sustainable Development Goals Color Wheel
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
8. Decent Work and Economic Growth (OpenAlex)
Source: ORCID
Added: March 20, 2023

2020 journal article

Wealth in people and the value of historic Oberlin Cemetery, Raleigh, North Carolina

ECONOMIC ANTHROPOLOGY, 7(2), 176–189.

By: D. McGill n, J. Millhauser n, A. McGill n, V. Melomo*, D. Bohnenstiehl n & J. Wall n

author keywords: Wealth in People; Cemeteries; Community-Based Research; African American Heritage
topics (OpenAlex): Historical and Cultural Archaeology Studies; Archaeology and ancient environmental studies; Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, NC State University Libraries
Added: March 10, 2020

2020 journal article

Wealth inequality, social stratification, and the built environment in Late Prehispanic Highland Mexico: A comparative analysis with special emphasis on Tlaxcallan

JOURNAL OF ANTHROPOLOGICAL ARCHAEOLOGY, 58.

By: L. Fargher*, R. Antorcha-Pedemonte*, V. Heredia Espinoza*, R. Blanton*, A. Lopez Corral*, R. Cook*, J. Millhauser n, M. Marino* ...

Contributors: L. Fargher*, R. Antorcha-Pedemonte*, V. Heredia Espinoza*, R. Blanton*, A. López Corral*, R. Cook*, J. Millhauser n, M. Marino* ...

author keywords: Wealth; Palaces; Collective action; Prehispanic Mesoamerica; Central Mexico; Oaxaca
topics (OpenAlex): Archaeology and ancient environmental studies; Latin American history and culture; Archaeology and Rock Art Studies
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, NC State University Libraries
Added: June 15, 2020

2019 article

City, Craft, and Residence in Mesoamerica: Research Papers Presented in Honor of Dan M. Healan

Millhauser, J. (2019, December). LATIN AMERICAN ANTIQUITY, Vol. 30, pp. 870–872.

By: J. Millhauser n

topics (OpenAlex): Latin American history and culture; Higher Education in Latin America; Mexican Socioeconomic and Environmental Dynamics
UN Sustainable Development Goals Color Wheel
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
11. Sustainable Cities and Communities (OpenAlex)
Sources: Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries
Added: February 10, 2020

2019 article

Modes of Production and Archaeology

Millhauser, J. K. (2019, August). CAMBRIDGE ARCHAEOLOGICAL JOURNAL, Vol. 29, pp. 546–548.

By: J. Millhauser n

topics (OpenAlex): History of Science and Medicine
Sources: Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries
Added: July 29, 2019

2018 book

8 Sustainability as a Relative Process: A Long-Term Perspective on Sustainability in the Northern Basin of Mexico

In Archeological Papers of the American Anthropological Association (Vol. 29, pp. 134–156).

By: J. Millhauser n & C. Morehart*

Contributors: J. Millhauser n & C. Morehart*

topics (OpenAlex): Archaeology and ancient environmental studies; Amazonian Archaeology and Ethnohistory; Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation
Source: ORCID
Added: March 20, 2023

2018 book

Archaeologies of Political Ecology – Genealogies, Problems, and Orientations

In Archeological Papers of the American Anthropological Association (Vol. 29, pp. 5–29).

By: C. Morehart*, J. Millhauser n & S. Juarez*

Contributors: C. Morehart*, J. Millhauser n & S. Juarez*

topics (OpenAlex): Water Governance and Infrastructure; Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management; Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development
Source: ORCID
Added: March 20, 2023

2018 journal article

Geochemical Variability in the Paredon Obsidian Source, Puebla and Hidalgo, Mexico: A Preliminary Assessment and Inter-Laboratory Comparison

ARCHAEOMETRY, 60(3), 453–470.

author keywords: obsidian; Mesoamerica; Mexico; Paredon; XRF; INAA
topics (OpenAlex): Archaeology and ancient environmental studies; Cultural Heritage Materials Analysis; Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018

2017 journal article

Debt as a double-edged risk: A historical case from Nahua (Aztec) Mexico

ECONOMIC ANTHROPOLOGY, 4(2), 263–275.

By: J. Millhauser n

author keywords: Debt; Aztec; Nahua; Slavery; Risk
topics (OpenAlex): Historical Economic and Social Studies
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018

2016 chapter

Aztec Use of Lake Resources in the Basin of Mexico

In The Oxford Handbook of the Aztecs.

By: D. Nichols, E. Rodríguez-Alegría & J. Milhauser

topics (OpenAlex):
Source: ORCID
Added: March 20, 2023

2016 journal article

Monitoring cultural landscapes from space: Evaluating archaeological sites in the Basin of Mexico using very high resolution satellite imagery

Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 10, 363–376.

By: C. Morehart* & J. Millhauser n

Contributors: C. Morehart* & J. Millhauser n

author keywords: Remote sensing; Satellite data; Site monitoring; Landscape archaeology; Survey; Mexico; Mesoamerica
topics (OpenAlex): Archaeological Research and Protection; Archaeology and ancient environmental studies; Conservation Techniques and Studies
Sources: Crossref, ORCID, NC State University Libraries
Added: February 24, 2020

2016 article

The Ambivalence of Maps: A Historical Perspective on Sensing and Representing Space in Mesoamerica

Digital Methods and Remote Sensing in Archaeology, pp. 247–268.

By: J. Millhauser n & C. Morehart*

topics (OpenAlex): Archaeology and ancient environmental studies; Archaeological Research and Protection; Conservation Techniques and Studies
Source: ORCID
Added: March 20, 2023

2015 journal article

The geopolitics of obsidian supply in Postclassic Tlaxcallan: A portable X-ray fluorescence study

JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SCIENCE, 58, 133–146.

By: J. Millhauser n, L. Fargher*, V. Heredia Espinoza* & R. Blanton*

Contributors: J. Millhauser n, L. Fargher*, V. Heredia Espinoza* & R. Blanton*

author keywords: Obsidian; Portable X-ray fluorescence; Tlaxcallan; Postclassic; Mesoamerica
topics (OpenAlex): Archaeology and ancient environmental studies; Latin American history and culture; Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018

2014 journal article

Representing tenochtitlan: Understanding urban life by collecting material culture

Museum Anthropology, 37(1), 6–16.

By: E. Brumfiel* & J. Millhauser n

Contributors: E. Brumfiel* & J. Millhauser n

topics (OpenAlex): Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation; Conservation Techniques and Studies; Museums and Cultural Heritage
UN Sustainable Development Goals Color Wheel
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
11. Sustainable Cities and Communities (OpenAlex)
Source: ORCID
Added: March 20, 2023

2014 journal article

Taken with a Grain of Salt: Experimentation and the Chemistry of Archaeological Ceramics from Xaltocan, Mexico

JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL METHOD AND THEORY, 21(4), 862–898.

By: W. Stoner*, J. Millhauser n, E. Rodriguez-Alegria*, L. Overholtzer* & M. Glascock*

Contributors: W. Stoner*, J. Millhauser n, E. Rodríguez-Alegría*, L. Overholtzer* & M. Glascock*

author keywords: Experimental archaeology; Ceramics; Exchange; Chemical analysis; Mesoamerica; Technological choice
topics (OpenAlex): Cultural Heritage Materials Analysis; Archaeology and ancient environmental studies; Conservation Techniques and Studies
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018

2013 journal article

Trade, tribute, and neutron activation: The colonial political economy of Xaltocan, Mexico

JOURNAL OF ANTHROPOLOGICAL ARCHAEOLOGY, 32(4), 397–414.

By: E. Rodriguez-Alegria*, J. Millhauser n & W. Stoner*

Contributors: E. Rodríguez-Alegría*, J. Millhauser n & W. Stoner*

author keywords: Colonial Mexico; Xaltocan; INAA; Ceramics; Obsidian; Trade; pXRF; Aztec; Spanish; Empires
topics (OpenAlex): Archaeology and ancient environmental studies; Latin American history and culture; Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018

2011 journal article

Testing the accuracy of portable X-ray fluorescence to study Aztec and Colonial obsidian supply at Xaltocan, Mexico

Journal of Archaeological Science, 38(11), 3141–3152.

By: J. Millhauser*, E. Rodríguez-Alegría* & M. Glascock*

Contributors: J. Millhauser*, E. Rodríguez-Alegría* & M. Glascock*

author keywords: Obsidian; Central Mexico; Aztec; Colonial New Spain; Portable X-ray fluorescence
topics (OpenAlex): Archaeology and ancient environmental studies; Cultural Heritage Materials Analysis; Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies
Sources: Crossref, ORCID, NC State University Libraries
Added: August 28, 2020

2011 journal article

Tlaxcallan: the archaeology of an ancient republic in the New World

Antiquity, 85(327), 172–186.

By: L. Fargher*, R. Blanton*, V. Espinoza*, J. Millhauser*, N. Xiuhtecutli* & L. Overholtzer*

Contributors: L. Fargher*, R. Blanton*, V. Espinoza Heredia, J. Millhauser*, N. Xiuhtecutli* & L. Overholtzer*

author keywords: Mesoamerica; Tlaxcallan; Late Postclassic (AD 1250-1519); republic; urbanism; governance
topics (OpenAlex): Latin American history and culture; Archaeology and ancient environmental studies; Mexican Socioeconomic and Environmental Dynamics
UN Sustainable Development Goals Color Wheel
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
11. Sustainable Cities and Communities (OpenAlex)
Sources: Crossref, ORCID
Added: August 28, 2020

2005 chapter

Classic and postclassic chipped stone at Xaltocan

In Production and Power at Postclassic Xaltocan (pp. 267–318).

By: J. Millhauser

Source: ORCID
Added: March 20, 2023

Employment

Updated: May 8th, 2020 12:20

2012 - present

North Carolina State University Raleigh, NC, US
Associate Professor Sociology and Anthropology

Education

Updated: October 11th, 2017 11:31

Northwestern University Evanston, IL, US
PhD Anthropology

Arizona State University Tempe, AZ, US
MA Anthropology

Brown University Providence, RI, US
BA Anthropology

Funding History

Funding history based on the linked ORCID record. Updated: May 11th, 2018 10:13

grant April 1, 2015 - March 31, 2017
The Relationship Between Household Organization And Governance
National Science Foundation - Directorate for Social, Behavioral & Economic Sciences
grant December 1, 2010 - December 1, 2011
Salt of the Earth: Community and craft production at San Bartolome Salinas, a Postclassic and early Colonial salt-making village in Mexico
Sigma Xi
grant September 15, 2010 - August 31, 2012
Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant: Salt-making, Craft, and Community at Postclassic and Early Colonial San Bartolome Salinas, Mexico
National Science Foundation
grant August 1, 2010 - August 1, 2011
Salt of the earth: Craft and community at Postclassic and Colonial San Bartolome Salinas, Mexico
Wenner-Gren Foundation

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