Mattson, Hannah

UNM archeologist Hannah Mattson steps back into the past to better understand ancient jewelry making in New Mexico.

Dr. Hannah Mattson has been awarded a 2019 Women in STEM Award from UNM ADVANCE for her research on Cibola ceramic production in the Chaco world. Her proposal, “Tracing the Movement of Early Pueblo Pottery across the Southern San Juan Basin: Preliminary Compositional Analysis of Cibola Ceramics from Chaco Canyon,” is a new research project on the trade of pottery vessels between Chaco Canyon and the southern San Juan Basin between the 10th and 12th centuries. “As a new assistant professor, I am grateful for the support to explore new and exciting avenues of research in my field and expand my current skill set,” Dr. Mattson said. “I will use chemical compositional data from both ceramic artifacts and clay deposits to identify which settlements produced pottery exported to the canyon. One of the exciting aspects of this project is that it’s local—it will help us to better understand the socioeconomic organization and integration of New Mexico’s past communities.”

Episodes:
Self-Proclaimed Indiginerd Lee Francis IV, Navajo Architect Tamarah Begay, UNM Archeologist Hannah Mattson
Hannah Mattson, Brett McDanel, “The Bearded Lady Project,” ArtoCade