Linda M. Nicholas

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Linda M. Nicholas

Linda M. Nicholas is an adjunct curator of anthropology at the Negaunee Integrative Research Center at the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago, Illinois.

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An Ancient Recipe for Social Success

The Mesoamerican city of Monte Albán is a powerful case study that early investments in public infrastructure and goods foster longer-term sustainability.

Human Bridges | Independent Media Institute | English

Linda M. Nicholas is an adjunct curator of anthropology at the Negaunee Integrative Research Center at the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago, Illinois.

Linda M. Nicholas has done extensive archaeological work in Oaxaca, Mexico over four decades. Linda’s early work focused on studies of land use and agriculture in the Valley of Oaxaca, and she also helped supervise 10 years of excavations at El Palmillo, a large hilltop terrace site in the eastern Valley of Oaxaca. A talented cartographer and photographer, Linda is responsible for the expedition's digital images and maps.

Mexico's Wonder Plant

Archaeological Institute of America, Volume 55, Number 5. September/October 2002.

Household Craft Specialization and Shell Ornament Manufacture in Ejutla, Mexico

Expedition Magazine, Volume 37, Issue 2. 1995.

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Fang, Hui, Anne P. Underhill, Gary M. Feinman, Linda M. Nicholas, Fengshi Luan, and Haiguang Yu. Development of Complex Societies in Southeastern Shandong, China: Settlement Patterns from the Neolithic to the Han Period. The Yale Peabody Museum, 2022.

Lapham, Heather A., Gary M. Feinman, and Linda M. Nicholas. "From Subsistence to Sacrifice:: Dogs for Dinner and Ritual in Classic Period Zapotec Communities." Ancient Foodways, 2022, pp.131-151. 10.2307/j.ctv33jb42g.11.

Feinman, Gary M. and Linda M. Nicholas. "Household Production and the Regional Economy in Ancient Oaxaca:: CLASSIC PERIOD PERSPECTIVES FROM HILLTOP EL PALMILLO AND VALLEY-FLOOR EJUTLA." Pottery Economics in Mesoamerica, 2022, pp.184-211. 10.2307/j.ctv2vt03p4.10.

Nicholas, Linda M. and Gary M. Feinman. "The Foundation of Monte Albán, Intensification, and Growth: Coactive Processes and Joint Production." Frontiers in Political Science, vol. 4, 2022, pp.1-19. 10.3389/fpos.2022.805047.

Blanton, Richard E., Gary M. Feinman, Stephen A. Kowalewski, and Linda M. Nicholas. Ancient Oaxaca (Case Studies in Early Societies, Series Number 2). Cambridge University Press, 1st ed., 1999.

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