Publications and Presentations

Publications

Martín, Alexander J. and Ricardo Felipe Sol
(2021) Variation in the Structure and Role of Religious Institutions: Examples from pre-Columbian America. Current Anthropology 62(6):692–716.

Martín, Alexander J.
(2017) Population Nucleation and Functional Interdependence in Prehistoric Coastal Ecuador. Social Evolution & History 16(2):20-51.

Murillo Herrera, Mauricio and Alexander J. Martín
(2017) La Relación entre Estructura Comunitaria y Economía Doméstica en Cacicazgos del Centro y Sur de América. Boletín de Antropología (Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín) 54:101-125.

Martín, Alexander J. and Mauricio Murillo Herrera
(2014) Networks of Interaction and Functional Interdependence in Societies Across the Intermediate Area. Journal of Anthropological Archaeology 36:60-71.

Martín, Alexander J.
(2010) The Domestic Economy and Its Implications for Social Complexity: Spondylus Craft Production in Coastal Ecuador. Research in Economic Anthropology 30:111-155.

Martín, Alexander J.
(2010) Trade and Social Complexity in Coastal Ecuador from Formative Times to European Contact. Journal of Field Archaeology 35:40-57.

Cutright, Robyn E., Enrique López-Hurtado, and Alexander J. Martín
(2010) Comparative Perspectives on the Archaeology of Coastal South America. University of Pittsburgh Center for Comparative Archaeology, Pittsburgh.

Martín, Alexander J., Enrique López–Hurtado, and Robyn E. Cutright
(2010) Comparative Perspectives: An Introduction. In Comparative Perspectives on the Archaeology of Coastal South America. R.E. Cutright, E. López–Hurtado, and A. Martín, eds. Pp. 1-25. University of Pittsburgh Center for Comparative Archaeology, Pittsburgh.

Martín, Alexander J.
(2010) Comparing the Role of the Export Sector in Prehistoric Economies: The Importance of Shell Manufacture to the Livelihood of Coastal Ecuadorian Populations. In Comparative Perspectives on the Archaeology of Coastal South America. R.E. Cutright, E. López–Hurtado, and A. Martín, eds. Pp. 77-100. University of Pittsburgh Center for Comparative Archaeology, Pittsburgh.

Martín, Alexander J., and Catherine Lara
(2009) La Trayectoria del Desarrollo Social Precolombino en el Sur de Manabí. Antropología: Cuadernos de Investigación PUCE 8:121-147.

Martín, Alexander J.
(2009) Machalilla Settlement Dataset. Comparative Archaeology Database, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh. URL: <http://www.cadb.pitt.edu>.

Martín, Alexander J., and Catherine Lara
(2009) Las Sociedades Precolombinas del Sur de Manabí y el Papel de la Exportación de Moluscos. Technical report presented to the Instituto Nacional de Patrimonio Cultural (Litoral Branch), Guayaquil, Ecuador.

Martín, Alexander J.
(2009) The Domestic Mode of Production and the Development of Sociopolitical Complexity: Evidence from the Spondylus Industry of Coastal Ecuador. Ph.D. Dissertation. University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh.

Martín, Alexander J.
(2008) El Modo de Producción Doméstica y la Complejidad Sociopolítica. In II Latin-American Congress of Anthropology, San José. Costa Rica Conference Proceedings, Mauricio Murillo Herrera and Adam C.J. Menzies (symposium editors), p. 32-40. Asociación Latinoamericana de Antropología and Universidad de Costa Rica: San José, Costa Rica.

Salazar, Ernesto and Alexander J. Martín (Archaeology Section)
(2007) II Congreso Ecuatoriano de Antropología y Arqueología, Volumen I. Fernando García (volume editor). Abya Yala, Quito.

Martín, Alexander J.
(2007) El Intercambio de Spondylus a lo largo de la Costa Sudamericana de Acuerdo al Registro Arqueológico. In II Congreso Ecuatoriano de Antropología y Arqueología, Volumen I. Fernando García (volume editor). Pp. 433-462. Abya Yala, Quito.

Martín, Alexander J.
(2007) Lo Sobrenatural en la Consolidación del Poder Político: Por qué la Tolita No Es un Buen Ejemplo. Apachita 10:3-5.

Martín, Alexander J.
(2001) The Dynamics of Precolumbian Spondylus Trade Across the South American Central Pacific Coast. MA Thesis. Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton.

Credited Book Translations

(2011) Obsidian and the Teotihuacan State: Weaponry and Ritual Production at the Moon Pyramid by David Carballo. (English to Spanish) University of Pittsburgh Center for Comparative Archaeology, Pittsburgh.

(2011) Comparative Perspectives on the Archaeology of Coastal South America by (Robyn E. Cutright, Enrique López-Hurtado and Alexander J. Martín. (English to Spanish) University of Pittsburgh Center for Comparative Archaeology, Pittsburgh.

Presentations

Martín, Alexander J. and Felipe Sol Castillo
(2016) Preliminary Results from "The Role of Religious Institutions in Pre-Columbian America Data Analysis Project." Society for American Archaeology Annual Meetings, Orlando.

Martín, Alexander J.
(2013) "Demografía y Complejidad Social en la Prehistoria: Tres Ejemplos de Centro y Sudamérica" March 15, 2013, Universidad de San Francisco de Quito, Quito, Ecuador.

Mauricio Murillo Herrera and Alexander J. Martín
(2009) "Looking at the Variation of Pre-Columbian Communities at the Regional Scale in Southern Central America and Northern South America: San Ramón, Costa Rica and Manabí, Ecuador." Society for American Archaeology Annual Meetings, Atlanta.

Martín, Alexander J.
(2009) "Prehistoric Economic Reactions to Macro Economic Changes: Evidence from the Spondylus Industry of Coastal South Amrica." SAA Annual Meetings, Atlanta.

Martín, Alexander J.
(2008) "The Domestic Mode of Production and Sociopolitical Complexity." II Latin-American Congress of Anthropology, San Jose.

Martín, Alexander J.
(2007) "Comparing the Role of the Export Sector in Prehistoric Economies: The Importance of Shell Manufacture to the Livelihood of Coastal Ecuadorian Populations." Comparative Perspectives on the Archaeology of Coastal South America. Lima.

Martín, Alexander J.
(2006) "El Intercambio de Spondylus a lo largo de la Costa Sudamericana de acuerdo al Registro Arqueológico." II Congress of Ecuadorian Anthropology and Archaeology. Quito.

Martínez, Valentina and Alexander J. Martín
(2002) "Spondylus Trade in Prehistoric South America: Establishing Archaeological Criteria to Evaluate the Movements of Valuables." SAA Annual Meetings, Denver.

Smiling God,
Chavín de Huantar, Peru