Martin Giesso
College of Arts and Sciences, Anthropology
Senior Instructor
Office:
Room BBH 140
Phone:
(773) 442-5794
Email:
mgiesso@neiu.edu
Office Hours:
Spring 2024Tuesday and Thursday: 11:00-11:45 a.m.Monday and Wednesday: 3:30-4:15 p.m. in person at El Centro in the classroomor by appointment
ANTH 212 - Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
ANTH 213 - Introduction to Archaeology
ANTH 250 - Latin American Archaeology
ANTH 306 - The Rise of Complex Societies: The Archaeology of State Formation and Urbanization
ANTH 350r - South American Archaeology
Research Interests
Andean archaeology, archaeometry, lithic analysis
Education
Ph.D., Anthropology, University of Chicago, 2000
M.A., Anthropology, University of Chicago, 1990
Lic, Anthropology, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, 1981
Selected Publications
2023 P茅rez, Alberto Enrique, M. Giesso, M.D. Glascock, J.J. Sauer. . Arqueolog铆a Iberoamericana, vol. 52, Dec. 2023.
2023 P茅rez, Alberto E., M. Sacchi, G. Lucero, M. Giesso. An谩lisis de obsidianas a partir de t茅cnicas no destructivas: Registro occidental cordillerano de obsidiana del grupo qu铆mico CP-LL1 en contextos alfareros tempranos del 谩rea centro sur de Chile. Latin American Antiquity, vol. 34 nr.2, June 2023
2021 Sanhueza, Lorena, L. Cornejo, V. Duran, V. Cortegoso, L. Yebra, M.D. Glascock, B L. MacDonald, M. Giesso. Sources, circulation, and use of obsidian in central Chile. Quaternary International vol 574, 10 February 2021, Pages 13-26.
2019 XRF obsidian analysis from Ayacucho Basin in Huamanga province, south鈥恊astern Peru. M. Giesso, H.G. Nami, J.J. Yataco Capcha, M.D. Glascock, B.L. Macdonald. Archaeometry.
2019 Deconstructing a Complex Obsidian 鈥楽ource-scape': A Geoarchaeological and Geochemical Approach in Northwestern Patagonia. Ramiro Barberena, Mar铆a V. Fern谩ndez, Agustina A. Rughini, Karen Borrazzo, Raven Garvey, Gustavo Lucero, Claudia Della Negra, Guadalupe Romero Villanueva, V铆ctor Dur谩n, Valeria Cortegoso, Mart铆n Giesso, Catherine Klesner, Brandi L. MacDonald, Michael D. Glascock Geoarchaeology.
2019 Procurement and Circulation of Obsidian in the Province of La Pampa, Argentina. Ber贸n, M贸nica A., P谩ez, Florencia N., Carrera Aizpitarte, Manuel P., Giesso, Mart铆n & Glascock, Michael D. Journal of Lithic Studies.
2019 Obsidian distribution of the northern Patagonian forest area and neighboring sectors during the late Holocene (Neuqu茅n province, Argentina). Open Archaeology. Alberto E. P茅rez; Martin Giesso; Michael D. Glascock
The second edition of the Historical Dictionary of Ancient South America was included in Choice's list of 2018 Outstanding Academic Titles:
Hugo G. Nami, Martin Giesso, Alicia Castro, Michael D. Glascock
New Analyses of Late Holocene Obsidians from Southern Patagonia
(Santa Cruz Province, Argentina)
Bulletin of the International Association of Obsidian Studies 57: 13-25, Summer 2017.
2018 Historical Dictionary of Ancient South America. Second edition. Rowman and Littlefield eds.
2017 Geograf铆a humana y tecnolog铆a en el norte de Neuqu茅n: proyecto de geoqu铆mica de obsidianas. In Florencia Gordon, Ramiro Barberena and Valeria Bernal (eds.). El poblamiento humano en el norte del Neuqu茅n. Estado actual del conocimiento y perspectivas. Coauthored with Ramiro Barberena, M. Victoria Fern谩ndez, Agustina Rughini, Valeria Cortegoso, Gustavo Lucero, V铆ctor A. Dur谩n, Raven Garvey, Michael D. Glascock, and Guadalupe Romero. Buenos Aires: Aspha.
2015 Las Cargas: Characterization and Prehistoric Use of a Southern Andean Obsidian Source.Geoarchaeology 30(2); 139-150. Coauthored with Laura Salgan, Raven Garvey, Gustavo Neme, Adolfo Gil, Michael D. Glascock, and V谋ctor Duran.
2017. Impacto del volcanismo Holoc茅nico sobre el poblamiento humano del extreme noroeste de la Patagonia Argentina. Mar铆a Fernanda Ugalde (ed.) Volcanes, cenizas y ocupaciones antiguas en perspectiva geoarqueol贸gica en Am茅rica Latina, p. 23-41. Quito, Publicaciones de la Universidad Cat贸lica del Ecuador. Coauthored with Victor Duran, Raul Mikkan, Ramiro Barberena and Gustavo Lucero.
2017 Geograf铆a humana y tecnolog铆a en el norte de Neuqu茅n: proyecto de geoqu铆mica de obsidianas. In Florencia Gordon, Ramiro Barberena and Valeria Bernal (eds.). El poblamiento humano en el norte del Neuqu茅n. Estado actual del conocimiento y perspectivas. Coauthored with Ramiro Barberena, M. Victoria Fern谩ndez, Agustina Rughini, Valeria Cortegoso, Gustavo Lucero, V铆ctor A. Dur谩n, Raven Garvey,
Michael D. Glascock, and Guadalupe Romero. Buenos Aires: Aspha.
2015 Fuentes de aprovisionamiento y uso de obsidianas del 谩mbito boscoso y lacustre andino norpatag贸nico (provincia del Neuqu茅n, Argentina). Special volume, p. 17-26. Intersecciones en Antropolog铆a, Universidad del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires. Coauthored with Alberto E. P茅rez and Michael D. Glascock,
2015 Las Cargas: Characterization and Prehistoric Use of a Southern Andean Obsidian Source.Geoarchaeology 30(2); 139-150. Coauthored with Laura Salgan, Raven Garvey, Gustavo Neme, Adolfo Gil, Michael D. Glascock, and V谋ctor Duran.