Dr. Daniel E. Pierce

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Education

• PhD (Anthropology), 2017, University of Missouri
• Graduate Certificate (GIS), 2017, University of Missouri
• MA (Anthropology), 2012, University of Missouri
• BA (Anthropology), 2009, University of Missouri- St. Louis
• BA (History), 2009, University of Missouri- St. Louis
• BFA (Studio Art), 2005, University of Missouri- St. Louis

Professional experience

Selected publications

Pierce, Daniel E. (2024) Obsidian Usage and Trade in Post-classic West Mexico. In Reassessing the Aztatlán World: Cultural Dynamics in Postclassic Northwest Mesoamerica. (eds). Michael Mathiowetz and John Pohl. pp: 167-179. University of Utah Press.

Cabadas Báez, Héctor Victor, Daniel E. Pierce, Brigitte Faugére (2023) Petrografía y Geoquímica por Activación Neutrónica de doce muestras cerámicas del Valle de Acámbaro: ¿es posible vincular afinidades con Teotihuacán? In De Chupícuaro a Teotihuacan: Arqueología del valle del Rio Tigre, Guanajuato. (ed.) Brigitte Faugére.

Pierce, Daniel E., and Rachel S. Popelka-Filcoff (2023) Hematite procurement and use in the Prehistoric American Midwest. Journal of Archaeological Science. 51:104191.

Garduño Ambriz, Mauricio and Daniel E. Pierce (2022) Trade, Production, and Cultural Integration at Cerro de Coamiles, Nayarit. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports (43) 103480.

Pierce, Daniel E. (2022) Understanding Aztatlán Material Culture through Archaeometry. In Imagination et construction mentale: La fabrique du discours scientifique. (eds.) Eliza Orellana-González, Océane Spinelli Sanchez, Tom Balbin-Estanguet, Victor Sergues, and Ninon Taffin, pp. 89-102. Ausonius collection : Pessac, France

Pierce, Daniel E. (2021) A Regional Assessment of Obsidian Use in the Postclassic Aztatlán Tradition. Ancient Mesoamerica. 33(2):1-20

Pierce, Daniel E, and Timothy Matisziw (2021) Prehistoric Panopticon: Settlement Visibility at Cahokia. Space and Culture. 24(2):216-239.

Pierce, Daniel E., Anthony Farace, and Dana M. Lewis (2021) America’s Haven of Health: Hydrotherapy and Tourism at Excelsior Springs, Missouri. History and Anthropology 34(4): 698-725.

Pierce, Daniel E., Patti J. Wright, and Rachel S. Popelka-Filcoff (2020) Seeing Red: An analysis of archaeological ochre in East Central Missouri. Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences 12(1):1-20

Ebert, Claire E., Daniel E. Pierce, and Jaime J. Awe (2019) Preclassic Ceramic Economy in Belize: neutron activation analysis at Cahal Pech. Antiquity 93(137): 1266-1283

Callaghan, Michael, Daniel E. Pierce, and William Gilstrap (2018) The First Maya Trade Ware? New Data on Mars Orange Paste Wares from Holtun, Guatemala. Latin American Antiquity. 29(4): 821-827

Pierce, Daniel E. (2017) Finding Class in the Glass: Obsidian source as a costly signal. Journal of Anthropological Archaeology. 48: 217-232.

Pierce, Daniel E. (2016) Volcán las Navajas: The chemical characterization and usage of a West Mexican obsidian source in the Aztatlán Tradition. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports.6: 603-609.

Pierce, Daniel E. (2015) Visual and Geochemical Analyses of Obsidian Source Use at San Felipe Aztatán, Mexico. Journal of Anthropological Archaeology. 40: 266-279.

Research and professional interests

- Raw Material sourcing
- Lithic Analysis
- Ceramic Analysis
- Geospatial Analysis
- The Archaeology of Trade
- Anthropological Theory
- The History of Tourism
- Socioeconomic inequality

Awards and honors

- "Scientist of the Year", Missouri Academy of Sciences (2026)
- Fellowship, Explorers Club (2025)
- Pre-Eminent Postdoctoral Program Award - University of Central Florida (2022)
- Initiative d’Excellence de l’Université de Bordeaux – Université Bourdeaux Montaigne (2020)
- W. Raymond Wood Opportunities for Excellence in Archaeology award, University of Missouri (2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016)