Arleyn Simon

Arleyn Simon

Associate Research Professor Emeritus, School of Human Evolution and Social Change
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Arleyn Simon is an associate research professor with the School of Human Evolution and Social Change and Center for Archaeology and Society Repository. Her interests include the study of prehistoric social organization and craft production through technological and compositional analysis of ceramics and other artifacts; materials science; and quantitative methods. She currently directs the activities of the CAS Repository, including collection management and research projects. Previously, she was the laboratory director for the Roosevelt Platform Mound Study (1989-1998). She has directed field projects in the U.S. Southwest (Arizona) and Northern Plains (North Dakota, Montana, South Dakota and Wyoming). Simon is a faculty associate of the ASU Center for Solid State Science (CSSS) and the Partnership for Research in Spatial Modeling (PRISM). She past president of the Society for Archaeological Sciences.

Simon's research actively uses compositional and physical analysis of material artifacts, such as ceramics, stone tools and fine goods (turquoise and obsidian) for the purpose of identifying prehistoric exchange networks and production loci on both inter-regional and intra-regional scales using quantitative analysis. She is involved in interdisciplinary research using geology, chemistry and materials science. Most recently, she was a co-PI on an interdisciplinary multi-year NSF grant through PRISM for the development of an artifact digital archive and a visual query interface for shape-based search and classification purposes.

Education

Ph.D. Anthropology, Arizona State University

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Research Interests

SHESC Themes: Culture, Heritage and Identity

Field Specializations: Archaeology, Ceramic Technology, Quantitative Methods, Social Organization

Regional Focus: North America (Southwest)

Research Activity
  • Simon,Arleyn W*. NAGPRA Documentation Project for Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest. USDA-FS(5/26/2015 - 9/30/2016).
  • Simon,Arleyn W*. Rehouse Objects from Acidic Containers at WACC (Year 1) and Inventory Incoming Collections. CP CESU(5/12/2014 - 6/30/2017).
  • Simon,Arleyn W*. NAGPRA Documentation Project for Tonto National Forest Archaeological Collections. USDA-FS(4/15/2014 - 12/31/2015).
  • Simon,Arleyn W*. NAGPRA Documentation Project for Coconino National Forest. USDA-FS-COCONINO NATL FOREST(3/4/2013 - 9/30/2014).
  • Simon,Arleyn W*. Continue Processing Quari Mission Collections Phase 2 (Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument). DOI-NPS(9/15/2012 - 9/30/2014).
  • Simon,Arleyn W*, Collins,Daniel Lee. Conduct 3D Imaging of Prehistoric Rock Art and Historic Inscriptions at Pipe Spring National Monument. DOI-NPS(7/1/2012 - 9/30/2015).
  • Simon,Arleyn W*. YR 3: NAGPRA Documentation Project for Coconino National Forest. USDA-FS-COCONINO NATL FOREST(6/21/2012 - 2/28/2014).
  • Simon,Arleyn W*. Continue Processing Quarai Mission Collections (Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument) (Task Agreement Number P12AC10692). CP CESU(6/15/2012 - 5/30/2014).
  • Simon,Arleyn W*. AZSITE Project: Arizona Cultural Resource Inventory Updating ASU site records for AZSITE database. UNIV OF AZ(8/29/2011 - 12/31/2013).
  • Simon,Arleyn W*. Annual Museum Curatorial Internship: Catalog Archeological Collections from Arizona State University Excavations at Grand Quivira Salinas Pueblo. CP CESU(4/30/2011 - 4/30/2013).
  • Simon,Arleyn W*. Scan and Attach Metadata to Files for Oversized cataloged Map archives. CP CESU(4/30/2011 - 8/31/2012).
  • Simon,Arleyn W*. YR 2: NAGPRA Documentation Project for Coconino National Forest. USDA-FS-COCONINO NATL FOREST(4/7/2011 - 7/31/2012).
  • Simon,Arleyn W*. Prepare and Pack Cataloged Archaeology Collections to Move to the Western Archeological and Conservation Center Storage Facility (WACC), Tucson, AZ. DOI-NPS(1/17/2011 - 8/1/2011).
  • Simon,Arleyn W*. YR 1: NAGPRA Documentation Project for Coconino National Forest. USDA-FS-COCONINO NATL FOREST(6/1/2010 - 9/30/2011).
  • Simon,Arleyn W*. Museum Studies Internship: Continue Processing Salinas Pueblo Missions Collections at ASU. CP CESU(5/5/2010 - 12/31/2012).
  • Simon,Arleyn W*. Condition Survey and Re-housing of YOSE Archeological Collections. CP CESU(9/29/2009 - 1/31/2012).
  • Simon,Arleyn W*. Annual CPCESU Museum Studies Internship: Catalog & Rehouse Collections from Salinas Pueblo Missions (J8100090322). CP CESU(9/1/2009 - 12/31/2012).
  • Redman,Charles L*, Redman,Charles L*, Simon,Arleyn W. Colorado Plateau Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (Cooperative Agreement #H1200-004-0002) (Task Agreement #J1242080104). DOI-NPS-NCPTT(9/30/2008 - 11/30/2011).
  • Simon,Arleyn W*. Finalize Collection Management Plans Casa Grande Ruins Saguaro and Tumacacori National Parks and Correct Documentation Deficiencies. DOI-NPS(9/15/2008 - 5/31/2013).
  • Simon,Arleyn W*. Deer Valley Rock Art Center Projects. DOI-BLM(9/12/2008 - 9/30/2011).
  • Simon,Arleyn W*, Cowgill,George Lewis. Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant: Epiclassic and Early Postclassic Interaction in Central Mexico as Evidenced through Decorated Pottery. NSF-ENG-BCS(11/1/2007 - 10/31/2009).
  • Simon,Arleyn W*. Student Museum Services 2007 Internship: Project ASU-31. DOI-NPS(9/1/2007 - 12/31/2009).
  • Simon,Arleyn W*. Collection Managment Plans Five Parks Phase II. DOI-NPS(9/1/2007 - 5/31/2012).
  • Simon,Arleyn W*. Investigating Social/Political Relations through Chemical Compositional Analysis. FDN ADVANCE MESOAMER(1/1/2007 - 12/31/2007).
  • Simon,Arleyn W*, Riding In,James Thomas. WACC/ASU Museum Studies Internship FY 2011. DOI-NPS(9/30/2006 - 6/1/2011).
  • Simon,Arleyn W*. Student Curatorial Museum Internship for Museum Collections Documentation and Storage: project ASU-27. DOI-NPS(9/15/2006 - 12/31/2009).
  • Nelson,Margaret C*, Abbott,David Ralph, Anderies,John M, Hegmon,Michelle, Janssen,Marcus Alexander, Janssen,Marcus Alexander, Kintigh,Keith William, Kinzig,Ann, Nelson,Ben A, Redman,Charles L, Simon,Arleyn W, Spielmann,Katherine Ann, Van Der Leeuw,Sander. Long-Term Coupled Socioecological Change in Northern Mexico and the American Southwest. NSF-SBE(9/15/2005 - 8/31/2009).
  • Simon,Arleyn W*, Cowgill,George Lewis. Collaborative Research: Radiocarbon Dating of Mesoamerican Lime Mortars and Plasters. NSF-SBE(8/1/2005 - 7/31/2008).
  • Simon,Arleyn W*. Bryce Canyon National Park: Museum Collection Backlog Catalog Project - Project Number ASU-18. DOI-NPS(8/1/2005 - 11/18/2009).
  • Kintigh,Keith William*, Anderies,John M, Baral,Chitta Ranjan, Candan,Kasim Selcuk, Davulcu,Hasan, Hegmon,Michelle, Kambhampati,Subbarao, Kinzig,Ann, Liu,Huan, Mccartney,Peter H, Nelson,Margaret C, Nelson,Margaret C, Redman,Charles L, Simon,Arleyn W, Spielmann,Katherine Ann, Van Der Leeuw,Sander. Enabling the Study of Long-Term Human and Social Dynamics: A Cyberinfrastructure for Archaeology. NSF-SBE(9/15/2004 - 8/31/2006).
  • Simon,Arleyn W*. Catalog Historic Photo Collection at Pipe Spring National Monument and Zion National Park. DOI-NPS(6/1/2004 - 1/15/2005).
  • Simon,Arleyn W*, Redman,Charles L. PRESERVATION TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH CONSORTIUM (PTRC). DOI-NPS(9/30/2002 - 9/29/2007).
  • Rice,Glen Eugene*, Simon,Arleyn W. SR 85, GILA BEND TO BUCKEYE ARCHAEOLOGICAL DATA RECOVERY PROJECT. AZ DEPT OF TRANSPORTATION(3/11/2002 - 10/30/2009).
  • Rice,Glen Eugene*, Simon,Arleyn W. LEHI COMMUNITY CENTER ARCHAEOLOGICAL TEST. SALT RIVER PIMA-MARICOPA INDIA(2/14/2000 - 6/21/2000).
  • Razdan,Anshuman*, Behrens,John Thomas, Capco,David George, Collins,Daniel Lee, Farin,Gerald E, Henderson,Mark Richard, Marzke,Mary, Mccartney,Peter H, Nielson,Gregory M, Panchanathan,Sethuraman, Ramakrishna,B L, Rowe,Jeremy, Simon,Arleyn W. 3D KNOWLEDGE: ACQUISITION REPRESENTATION & ANALYSIS IN A DISTRIBUTED ENVIRONMENT. NSF-CISE(9/1/1999 - 2/29/2004).
Courses
2022 Fall
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ASB 792 Research
2021 Fall
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ASB 792 Research
2020 Fall
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ASB 792 Research
2019 Fall
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ASB 799 Dissertation
ASB 792 Research
ASB 590 Reading and Conference
ASB 492 Honors Directed Study
ASB 493 Honors Thesis
ASB 592 Research
2019 Spring
Course Number Course Title
ASB 799 Dissertation
ASB 792 Research
ASB 592 Research
ASB 590 Reading and Conference
ASB 790 Reading and Conference
Presentations
  • Arleyn W. Simon. Competition and Conflict: A Reassessment of the Role of Warfare among Salado Platform Mound Communities in Central Arizona. Society for American Archaeology, 79th Annual Meeting (Apr 2014).
  • Arleyn Simon. Managing Archaeological Information: the Central Arizona Project Legacy & Current Efforts (Panel discussion). Arizona Historic Preservation Conference (Jun 2013).
  • Arleyn W. Simon. Archaeological Discoveries on the ASU Campus: History, Heritage, and Diverse Communities. Arizona Centennial Conference (Apr 2012).
  • Arleyn W. Simon. The Current and Future Status of Ceramic Studies, Part III (Invited Discussant), in Symposium: Ceramic Ecology 25: Current Research on Ceramics 2011. American Anthropological Association (Nov 2011).
  • Arleyn W. Simon. An Overview of the BLM – ASU DVRAC Rock Art Recording Partnership: The Baby Canyon Surveys And The Perry Tank Canyon Project. Perry Mesa Symposium (Sep 2011).
  • Arleyn W. Simon, Destiny L. Crider, Tatsuya Murakami, Barry Wilkens. Provenance studies of turquoise artifacts from central Arizona Salado Sites and comparison to regional sources using PIXE and XRD. Technology and Provenance I (stone, pigments, and plaster), 38th International Symposium on Archaeom (May 2010).
  • Simon, Arleyn W., Jennifer K. Huang, and Tina Carpenter. Demarcation of the Landscape; Rock Art Evidence for Alliance, Conflict, and Subsistence at Perry Mesa, Arizona. Society for American Archaeology, Thursday, April 15, 2011, St. Louis, MO (Apr 2010).
  • Ossa, Alanna, Simon, Arleyn. Developing a Database Pedagogy for Archaeology. Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology (CAA) (Apr 2006).
  • Simon, Arleyn, Swanson, Steve, Crider, Destiny. EVIDENCE FOR PREHISTORIC AGAVE FERMENTATION IN THE GREATER SOUTHWEST. Society for American Archaeology (SAA) Annual Meeting (Apr 2006).
  • Simon, Arleyn, Van Alfen, David, Farin, Gerald, Razdan, Anshuman, Collins, Dan, Rowe, Jeremy. ADVANCES IN DIGITAL LIBRARIES FOR ARCHAEOLOGICAL CERAMIC COLLECTIONS USING 2D AND 3D DATA. Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology (CAA) (Apr 2006).
  • Simon, Arleyn, Indruszewski, George, Lübke, Christian, Farin, Gerald, Razdan, Anshuman, Rowe, Jeremy. Ceramic Technologies Digital Library: A Classificatory Digital Library for Germania-Slavica. Internationale Tagung "Kulturelles Erbe und Neue Technologien", Workshop 10 "Archäologie & Computer" (Nov 2005).
  • Simon, Arleyn, Van Alfen, David, Razdan, Anshuman, Farin, Gerald, Femiani, John. Shape Classification of Salado Ceramic Vessels: Modeling and Morphological Analysis. 70th Annual Meeting, Society for American Archaeology (Mar 2005).
Service
  • Barry M. Goldwater Center for Science and Engineering Steering Committee, member (2006 - 2006)
  • LeRoy Eyring Center for Solid State Science, committee member (2006 - 2006)
  • SHESC Museum Committee, member (2006 - 2006)
  • Center for Solid State Science, Science Advisory Committee, member (2006 - 2006)
  • SHESC Research Support Committee, member (2006 - 2006)
  • SHESC Museum Studies Committee, member (2005 - 2006)
  • SEE ASU, Public Outreach (2005 - 2005)
  • Mellon grant sponsored Planning Workshops on Center for Digital Archaeology, Invited Participant (2004 - 2004)
Expertise Areas
Archaeology
Ceramics
Materials Science
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