Kari Schleher
Assistant Professor
Faculty Curator of Archaeology, Maxwell Museum
Archaeology
- At UNM since
- 2020
- Email:
- kschlehe@unm.edu
- Curriculum vitae
Education:
BA, University of Arizona (1998)
MA, University of New Mexico (2000)
PhD, University of New Mexico (2010)
Dissertation: “The Role of Standardization in Specialization of Ceramic Production at San Marcos Pueblo, New Mexico”
Research:
Southwest US Archaeology (Northern Rio Grande and Mesa Verde regions), pottery analysis, public archaeology and outreach, petrographic analysis.
Recent Publications:
Kari L. Schleher, Alyson Thibodeau, Ryan Mather, and Jonathan Till. 2026. Spheres of Blue: Sourcing Azurite in the Ancestral Pueblo World. Journal of Archaeological Sciences Reports. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2026.106088
Eckert, Suzanne, Kari L. Schleher, and Deborah L. Huntley. 2026. Production Sequence of Rio Grande Glaze Ware as Revealed Through Petrographic Analysis. Geoarchaeology, 2026; 41:e70072. https://doi.org/10.1002/gea.70072
Fladd, Samantha, Katelyn J. Bishop, Kari L. Schleher, and Sarah E. Oas. 2026. Writing Together About the American Southwest: Gendered Coauthorship and Publication Teams. Kiva. https://doi.org/10.1080/00231940.2026.2708411
Fladd, Samantha, Kari L. Schleher, Katelyn J. Bishop, and Sarah E. Oas. 2026. Who Writes About the American Southwest? Gendered Authorship and Publication Trends. Kiva. https://doi.org/10.1080/00231940.2026.2658968
Schleher, Kari L. and Michelle Turner. 2025. Local or Distant?: Items of Personal Adornment as a Reflection of Great House Identity in the Central Mesa Verde Region. Kiva. 91(3):263-291. https://doi.org/10.1080/00231940.2025.2514950
Dobrov, Amanda* and Kari L. Schleher. 2025. A Clean Break: A Departure from Standard Typologies Through an Investigation of Pottery Temper at Joshua Tree National Park. California Archaeology, 17(1):35-59. https://doi.org/10.1080/1947461X.2025.2481351
Schleher, Kari L. and Michelle Turner. 2025. Local or Distant?: Items of Personal Adornment as a Reflection of Great House Identity in the Central Mesa Verde Region. Kiva. 91(3):263-291. https://doi.org/10.1080/00231940.2025.2514950
Dobrov, Amanda* and Kari L. Schleher. 2025. A Clean Break: A Departure from Standard Typologies Through an Investigation of Pottery Temper at Joshua Tree National Park. California Archaeology, 17(1):35-59. https://doi.org/10.1080/1947461X.2025.2481351
Schleher, Kari L., Shanna Diederichs, and Kate Hughes. 2023a. Community Development and Identity in the Basketmaker III Period. In Research, Education, and American Indian Partnerships at the Crow Canyon Archaeological Center, pg. 147-164, edited by Susan Ryan. University Press of Colorado, Denver, CO. https:// doi .org/ 10 .5876/ 9781646424597
Schleher, Kari L., Samantha Linford, Grant Coffey, Kristin Kuckelman, Scott Ortman, Jonathan Till, and Mark Varian.
2023b. Formation and Composition of Communities: Material Culture and Demographics in the Goodman Point and Sand Canyon Communities, In Research, Education, and American Indian Partnerships at the Crow Canyon Archaeological Center, pg. 222-238, edited by Susan Ryan. University Press of Colorado, Denver, CO. https:// doi .org/ 10 .5876/ 9781646424597
Santarelli, Brunella, Sheila Goff, David Killick, Kari Schleher, and David Gonzales. 2019. Lead Isotope Ratios of Pueblo I Lead-glazed Ceramics and Galenas from Colorado and Pueblo II Galenas from Chaco Canyon, New Mexico. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports. 23(2019) 634-645. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2018.11.027
Santarelli, Brunella, Sheila Goff, David Killick, Kari Schleher, and David Gonzales. 2019. Lead Isotope Ratios of Pueblo I Lead-glazed Ceramics and Galenas from Colorado and Pueblo II Galenas from Chaco Canyon, New Mexico. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports. 23(2019) 634-645. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2018.11.027
Schleher, Kari L. 2019. Community Specialization and Standardization in the Galisteo Basin: The View from Pueblo San Marcos. In Reframing the Northern Rio Grande Pueblo Economy, edited by Scott G. Ortman, pp. 119-132. University of Arizona Press, Tucson.
Ramenofsky, Ann F. and Kari L. Schleher, editors. 2017. The Archaeology and History of Pueblo San Marcos, New Mexico. The University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque, NM.
Schleher, Kari L. 2017. Learning and Production: The Northern Rio Grande Glaze Ware Community of Practice at San Marcos Pueblo during the Protohistoric Period. In The Archaeology and History of Pueblo San Marcos, New Mexico. Edited by Ann F. Ramenofsky and Kari L. Schleher, pg. 107-128. The University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque, NM.
Ramenofsky, Ann F. and Kari L. Schleher. 2017. Introducing San Marcos: A Protohistoric Town in North Central New Mexico. In The Archaeology and History of Pueblo San Marcos, New Mexico. Edited by Ann F. Ramenofsky and Kari L. Schleher, pg. 1-7. The University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque, NM.
Ramenofsky, Ann F., Kari L. Schleher and Ariane O. Pinson. 2017. Situating San Marcos: Space, Time, and Tradition. In The Archaeology and History of Pueblo San Marcos, New Mexico. Edited by Ann F. Ramenofsky and Kari L. Schleher, pg. 9-21. The University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque, NM.
Larson, Dorothy, Kari L. Schleher, Ann F. Ramenofsky, Jonathan Van Hoose, and Jennifer Boyd Dyer. 2017. Artifacts at San Marcos Pueblo. In The Archaeology and History of Pueblo San Marcos, New Mexico. Edited by Ann F. Ramenofsky and Kari L. Schleher, pg. 89-105. The University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque, NM.
Ramenofsky, Ann F. and Kari L. Schleher, editors. 2017. The Archaeology and History of Pueblo San Marcos, New Mexico. The University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque, NM.
Schleher, Kari L. 2017. Learning and Production: The Northern Rio Grande Glaze Ware Community of Practice at San Marcos Pueblo during the Protohistoric Period. In The Archaeology and History of Pueblo San Marcos, New Mexico. Edited by Ann F. Ramenofsky and Kari L. Schleher, pg. 107-128. The University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque, NM.
Ramenofsky, Ann F. and Kari L. Schleher. 2017. Introducing San Marcos: A Protohistoric Town in North Central New Mexico. In The Archaeology and History of Pueblo San Marcos, New Mexico. Edited by Ann F. Ramenofsky and Kari L. Schleher, pg. 1-7. The University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque, NM.
Ramenofsky, Ann F., Kari L. Schleher and Ariane O. Pinson. 2017. Situating San Marcos: Space, Time, and Tradition. In The Archaeology and History of Pueblo San Marcos, New Mexico. Edited by Ann F. Ramenofsky and Kari L. Schleher, pg. 9-21. The University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque, NM.
Larson, Dorothy, Kari L. Schleher, Ann F. Ramenofsky, Jonathan Van Hoose, and Jennifer Boyd Dyer. 2017. Artifacts at San Marcos Pueblo. In The Archaeology and History of Pueblo San Marcos, New Mexico. Edited by Ann F. Ramenofsky and Kari L. Schleher, pg. 89-105. The University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque, NM.
