Robert L. Carneiro Distinguished Professor of Anthropology; Professor, Anthropology
joymar@umich.eduOffice Information:
phone: 734.763.5164
Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies; LACS Faculty
Education/Degree:
M.A., Harvard University, 1971; Ph.D., Harvard University, 1974
Highlighted Work and Publications
Excavations at San José Mogote 2: The Cognitive Archaeology
Kent V. Flannery, Joyce Marcus
San José Mogote is a 60-70 ha Formative site in the northern Valley of Oaxaca, Mexico. Occupied for a thousand years before the city of Monte Albán was founded, San José Mogote sent most of its population to Monte Albán at 500 BC and was later reborn as a second-level administrative center for the Zapotec state.
The University of Michigan is publishing the final site report on San José Mogote in three volumes: first the household archaeology (published in 2005), then the cognitive archaeology ...
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58. Excavations at San José Mogote 2: The Cognitive Archaeology
Kent V. Flannery, Joyce Marcus
Year of Publication: 2015
The Northern Titicaca Basin Archaeological Research Program, Vol. I: The Huancané-Putina Survey: Memoir 56
Charles Stanish, Cecilia Chávez, Karl LaFavre, Aimée Plourde.
Publisher: Museum of Anthropology, University of Michigan
Year of Publication: 2014
Location: Ann Arbor, MI
Regional Archaeology in the Inca Heartland: Memoir 55
R. Alan Covey
Publisher: Museum of Anthropology, University of Michigan
Year of Publication: 2014
Location: Ann Arbor, MI
# of Pages: 212
The Creation of Inequality: How Our Prehistoric Ancestors Set the Stage for Monarchy, Slavery, and Empire
Joyce Marcus, Kent Flannery
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Year of Publication: 2012
Location: Cambridge, MA
# of Pages: 631
Advances in Titicaca Basin Archaeology-III: Memoir 51
A. Vranich, E. Klarich, C. Stanish.
Publisher: Museum of Anthropology, University of Michigan
Year of Publication: 2012
Location: Ann Arbor, MI
# of Pages: 318
Yuthu: Community and Ritual in an Early Andean Village: Memoir 50
Allison R. Davis
Publisher: Museum of Anthropology, University of Michigan
Year of Publication: 2011
Location: Ann Arbor, MI
# of Pages: 185
Domestic Life in Prehispanic Capitals: Memoir 46
L. Manzanilla, C. Chapdelaine
Publisher: Museum of Anthropology, University of Michigan
Year of Publication: 2009
Location: Ann Arbor, MI
# of Pages: 266
Andean Civilization
Publisher: Cotsen Institute, UCLA
Year of Publication: 2009
Location: Los Angeles, CA
# of Pages: 419
Excavations at Cerro Azul, Peru: The Architecture and Pottery
Joyce Marcus
Publisher: UCLA Cotsen Institute
Year of Publication: 2008
Location: Los Angeles, CA
# of Pages: 332
Monte Albán
Marcus. Joyce
Publisher: El Colegio de México y Fondo de Cultura Económica
Year of Publication: 2008
Location: Mexico
# of Pages: 206
Imperial Transformations in Sixteenth-Century Yucay, Peru: Memoir 41
Publisher: Museum of Anthropology, University of Michigan
Year of Publication: 2008
Location: Ann Arbor, MI
# of Pages: 373
The Ancient City
Publisher: SAR Press
Year of Publication: 2008
Location: Santa Fe, NM
# of Pages: 405
Agricultural Strategies
Publisher: UCLA Cotsen Institute
Year of Publication: 2006
Location: Los Angeles, CA
# of Pages: 428
Excavations at San José Mogote 1: The Household Archaeology: Memoir 40
Joyce Marcus, Kent Flannery
Publisher: Museum of Anthropology, University of Michigan
Year of Publication: 2005
Location: Ann Arbor, MI
# of Pages: 490
The Cloud People: Divergent Evolution of the Zapotec and Mixtec Civilizations
Publisher: Percheron Press
Year of Publication: 2003
Location: Clinton Corners, NY
# of Pages: 391
La Civilización Zapoteca
Joyce Marcus, Kent Flannery
Publisher: Fondo de Cultura Económica
Year of Publication: 2001
Location: Mexico
# of Pages: 324
33. Women's Ritual in Formative Oaxaca: Figure-making, Divination, Death and the Ancestors
Joyce Marcus
This book covers divination, figurine-making, and women's ritual treatment of ancestors in the Valley of Oaxaca, Mexico, from 1600 to 500 B.C. Women's ritual was distinguished from men's through excavation strategy: houses, dooryards, activity areas, features, middens and public buildings were excavated and studied as separate units, and context was used to link artifacts with women's domains. They were then interpreted using ethnographic and ethnohistoric data on women's ritual. Included are illustrations of more than 800 figurines or figurine parts. This monograph is Vol. 11 of the...
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Publisher: SAR Press
Year of Publication: 1998
Location: Santa Fe
# of Pages: 427
Women's Ritual in Formative Oaxaca: Figurine-making, divination, death and the ancestors: Memoir 33
Joyce Marcus
Publisher: Museum of Anthropology, University of Michigan
Year of Publication: 1998
Location: Ann Arbor, MI
# of Pages: 333
Zapotec Civilization
Joyce Marcus
Publisher: Thames & Hudson, London
Year of Publication: 1996
Location: London
# of Pages: 255
Caciques and their People: Anthropological Paper 89
Publisher: Museum of Anthropology, University of Michigan
Year of Publication: 1994
Location: Ann Arbor, MI
# of Pages: 300
Early Formative Pottery of the Valley of Oaxaca, Mexico: Memoir 27
Marcus. Joyce, Kent Flannery
Publisher: Museum of Anthropology University of Michigan
Year of Publication: 1994
Location: Ann Arbor, MI
# of Pages: 400
89. Caciques and Their People: A Volume in Honor of Ronald Spores
Joyce Marcus, Judith Francis Zeitlin (editors)
A volume of essays by Mesoamerican scholars on topics ranging from Zapotec archaeology to Cuicatec irrigation, Mixtec codices to Aztec ethnohistory. Authors use direct historical approach, the comparative method, or develop models that contribute to ethnological and archaeological theory. Contributors: J. Chance, G. Feinman, K.V. Flannery, F. Hicks, R. Hunt, M. Lind, J. Marcus, J. Monaghan, J. Paddock, E. Redmond, M. Romero Frizzi, M.E. Smith, C. Spencer, and J. Zeitlin.
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Joyce Marcus
Publisher: Princeton U Press
Year of Publication: 1992
Location: Princeton, NJ
# of Pages: 500
Debating Oaxaca Archaeology: Anthropological Paper 84
Publisher: Museum of Anthropology, University of Michigan
Year of Publication: 1990
Location: Ann Arbor, MI
# of Pages: 275
84. Debating Oaxaca Archaeology
Joyce Marcus (editor)
Based on the 1987 meeting of the Northeast Mesoamericanists Society.
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Publisher: Museum of Anthropology
Month of Publication: January
Year of Publication: 1990
Location: Ann Arbor, MI
See MoreThe Flocks of the Wamani: A Study of Llama Herders on the Punas of Ayacucho, Peru
Joyce Marcus, KV Flannery, RG Reynolds
Publisher: Academic Press
Year of Publication: 1989
Location: New York
# of Pages: 240
The Inscriptions of Calakmul. Royal Marriage at a Maya City in Campeche, Mexico: Technical Report 20
Joyce Marcus
Publisher: Museum of Anthropology, University of Michigan
Year of Publication: 1987
Location: Ann Arbor, MI
# of Pages: 205
Late Intermediate Occupation at Cerro Azul, Perú: Technical Report 20
Marcus. Joyce
Publisher: Museum of Anthropology, University of Michigan
Year of Publication: 1987
Location: Ann Arbor, MI
# of Pages: 112
20. Late Intermediate Occupation at Cerro Azul, Perú: A Preliminary Report
Joyce Marcus
Preliminary report of an interdisciplinary project carried out at Cerro Azul, a late prehistoric fishing community on the south-central coast of Peru.
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Publisher: Museum of Anthropology
Month of Publication: January
Year of Publication: 1987...
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Joyce Marcus, KV Flannery
Publisher: Academic Press
Year of Publication: 1983
Location: New York
# of Pages: 391
Emblem and State in the Classic Maya Lowlands: an epigraphic approach to territorial organization
Marcus. Joyce
Publisher: Dumbarton Oaks
Year of Publication: 1976
Location: Washington DC
# of Pages: 203
