A5073662062- Archaeology and ancient environmental studies
- Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
- Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
- Historical and Cultural Archaeology Studies
- Geographies of human-animal interactions
- Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies
- Culinary Culture and Tourism
- Indigenous Studies and Ecology
- Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock
- Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies
- Tree-ring climate responses
- Isotope Analysis in Ecology
- Comparative Animal Anatomy Studies
- American Environmental and Regional History
- Environmental and Cultural Studies in Latin America and Beyond
- Primate Behavior and Ecology
University of California, Santa Barbara
2020-2024
Sexual division of labor with females as gatherers and males hunters is a major empirical regularity hunter-gatherer ethnography, suggesting an ancestral behavioral pattern. We present archeological discovery meta-analysis that challenge the man-the-hunter hypothesis. Excavations at Andean highland site Wilamaya Patjxa reveal 9000-year-old human burial (WMP6) associated hunting toolkit stone projectile points animal processing tools. Osteological, proteomic, isotopic analyses indicate this...
We investigated how Mississippian residents of the Central Illinois River Valley (CIRV) altered their hunting strategies in response to climate change and warfare 13th 14th centuries. The CIRV, located west-central just north Greater Cahokia, was characterized by optimal climatic conditions 11th 12th centuries, followed centuries drought warfare. integrated paleoclimatic reconstructions evidence violence with bone collagen apatite isotopic analyses on white-tailed deer remains investigate...
Abstract People could have hunted Madagascar’s megafauna to extinction, particularly when introduced taxa and drought exacerbated the effects of predation. However, such explanations are difficult test due scarcity individual sites with unambiguous traces humans, taxa, endemic megaherbivores. We excavated three coastal ponds in arid SW Madagascar present a unique combination human activity (modified pygmy hippo bone, processed estuarine shell fish charcoal), along bones extinct (giant...
This study explores the subsistence strategies and dietary practices of Indigenous people who resided in Mission Santa Clara de Asìs (1777–1836). Through analysis faunal remains from recent archaeological work ranchería, housing location Native families, this research reveals persistence foodways within Clara. While colonization efforts by Spanish impacted both local environments traditional foodways, Californians continued to procure utilize a high diversity wild fauna throughout Period....
Abstract Through the analysis of faunal remains from refuse features associated with Native Californian living quarters at Mission Santa Clara de Asìs, article examines Indigenous diet within this colonial mission settlement. In Alta California, Californians differing sociolinguistic groups were relocated to Spanish missions, creating an ever shifting pluralistic society. Within these settlements, tasked maintaining vast agricultural fields for which they received ingredients two...
The economic, socio-political, and cultural significance of camelids in the Andean region is well-recognized, yet an understanding their management evolution over pre-historical periods remains limited. This study aims to fill this gap by conducting first cross-regional assessment camelid pastoralism Peru from 900 BCE 1470 CE, using stable carbon nitrogen isotopic compositions bone collagen fibers 577archaeological across 21 sites. research investigates spatio-temporal shifts dietary habits,...
This study investigates the impact of intraregional conflict on food security and subsistence practices in Central Illinois River Valley (CIRV) during Mississippian period, particularly between AD 1200 1400, a time characterized by escalations intergroup violence. Utilizing integrated faunal botanical datasets from two critical archaeological sites – Lamb site, representing preconflict phase, C. W. Cooper indicative onset phase this research elucidates how prolonged warfare necessitated...
Abstract This article investigates Indigenous persistence within Mission Santa Clara de Asís in central California through the analysis of animal food remains. The Spanish colonial mission system Alta had a profound social and ecological impact on peoples, altering traditional subsistence strategies foodway patterns. Past research has highlighted continued use precolonial foods alongside daily consumption colonial-style beef stews. expands that literature to consider how residents...