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 PĂ©rez, Alberto Enrique, M. Giesso, M.D. Glascock, J.J. Sauer. . ArqueologĂa Iberoamericana, vol. 52, Dec. 2023.
2023 PĂ©rez, Alberto E., M. Sacchi, G. Lucero, M. Giesso. AnĂĄlisis de obsidianas a partir de tĂ©cnicas no destructivas: Registro occidental cordillerano de obsidiana del grupo quĂmico CP-LL1 en contextos alfareros tempranos del ĂĄrea 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, southâeastern Peru. M. Giesso, H.G. Nami, J.J. Yataco Capcha, M.D. Glascock, B.L. Macdonald. Archaeometry.
2019 Deconstructing a Complex Obsidian âSource-scape': A Geoarchaeological and Geochemical Approach in Northwestern Patagonia. Ramiro Barberena, MarĂa V. FernĂĄndez, Agustina A. Rughini, Karen Borrazzo, Raven Garvey, Gustavo Lucero, Claudia Della Negra, Guadalupe Romero Villanueva, VĂctor DurĂĄn, Valeria Cortegoso, MartĂn Giesso, Catherine Klesner, Brandi L. MacDonald, Michael D. Glascock Geoarchaeology.
2019 Procurement and Circulation of Obsidian in the Province of La Pampa, Argentina. BerĂłn, MĂłnica A., PĂĄez, Florencia N., Carrera Aizpitarte, Manuel P., Giesso, MartĂn & Glascock, Michael D. Journal of Lithic Studies.
2019 Obsidian distribution of the northern Patagonian forest area and neighboring sectors during the late Holocene (Neuquén province, Argentina). Open Archaeology. Alberto E. Pérez; 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 GeografĂa humana y tecnologĂa en el norte de NeuquĂ©n: proyecto de geoquĂmica de obsidianas. In Florencia Gordon, Ramiro Barberena and Valeria Bernal (eds.). El poblamiento humano en el norte del NeuquĂ©n. Estado actual del conocimiento y perspectivas. Coauthored with Ramiro Barberena, M. Victoria FernĂĄndez, Agustina Rughini, Valeria Cortegoso, Gustavo Lucero, VĂctor A. DurĂĄn, 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 Vıctor Duran.
2017. Impacto del volcanismo HolocĂ©nico sobre el poblamiento humano del extreme noroeste de la Patagonia Argentina. MarĂa Fernanda Ugalde (ed.) Volcanes, cenizas y ocupaciones antiguas en perspectiva geoarqueolĂłgica en AmĂ©rica Latina, p. 23-41. Quito, Publicaciones de la Universidad CatĂłlica del Ecuador. Coauthored with Victor Duran, Raul Mikkan, Ramiro Barberena and Gustavo Lucero.
2017 GeografĂa humana y tecnologĂa en el norte de NeuquĂ©n: proyecto de geoquĂmica de obsidianas. In Florencia Gordon, Ramiro Barberena and Valeria Bernal (eds.). El poblamiento humano en el norte del NeuquĂ©n. Estado actual del conocimiento y perspectivas. Coauthored with Ramiro Barberena, M. Victoria FernĂĄndez, Agustina Rughini, Valeria Cortegoso, Gustavo Lucero, VĂctor A. DurĂĄn, Raven Garvey,
Michael D. Glascock, and Guadalupe Romero. Buenos Aires: Aspha.
2015 Fuentes de aprovisionamiento y uso de obsidianas del ĂĄmbito boscoso y lacustre andino norpatagĂłnico (provincia del NeuquĂ©n, Argentina). Special volume, p. 17-26. Intersecciones en AntropologĂa, Universidad del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires. Coauthored with Alberto E. PĂ©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 Vıctor Duran.