Search Results - "Prentiss, Anna Marie"

Greater post-Neolithic wealth disparities in Eurasia than in North America and Mesoamerica by Kohler, Timothy A., Smith, Michael E., Bogaard, Amy, Feinman, Gary M., Peterson, Christian E., Betzenhauser, Alleen, Pailes, Matthew, Stone, Elizabeth C., Marie Prentiss, Anna, Dennehy, Timothy J., Ellyson, Laura J., Nicholas, Linda M., Faulseit, Ronald K., Styring, Amy, Whitlam, Jade, Fochesato, Mattia, Foor, Thomas A., Bowles, Samuel

“…Analyses of house-size distributions in the Old and New World showed that wealth disparities increased with the domestication of plants and animals and with…”
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Divergent population dynamics in the middle to late Holocene lower Fraser valley and mid-Fraser canyon, British Columbia by Marie Prentiss, Anna, Edinborough, Kevan, Crema, Enrico R., Kuijt, Ian, Goodale, Nathan, Ryan, Ethan, Edwards, Alysha, Foor, Thomas A.

“…•Demographic ecology offers insights into population stability in village societies.•Summed probability distributions are useful for modeling population…”
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Theoretical plurality, the extended evolutionary synthesis, and archaeology by Prentiss, Anna Marie

“…The study of cultural evolution now includes multiple theoretical frameworks. Despite common influence from Darwinian evolutionary theory, there is…”
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Human intent and cultural lineages: a response to Bentley & O'Brien by Prentiss, Anna Marie

“…I thank Bentley and O'Brien (2024) for their cogent review of issues associated with inheritance and intention in cultural evolution. Intent is, of course,…”
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THE COARSE VOLCANIC ROCK INDUSTRY AT RIO IBÁÑEZ 6 WEST, AISÉN REGION, PATAGONIAN CHILE by Prentiss, Anna Marie, Walsh, Matthew J., Barnett, Kristen D., Murphy, Mary-Margaret, Kuenstle, Justin

“…Excavations at the stratified rockshelter, Rio Ibáñez 6 west (RI-6 west), located in west-central Patagonia, uncovered a previously unrecognized lithic…”
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Protein metabolism and the archaeological record: Implications for ancient subsistence strategies by Prentiss, Anna Marie

“…•Speth and Spielmann’s 1983 article on protein metabolism was a seminal contribution.•The article has influenced archaeological interpretations of…”
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Emergence of persistent institutionalized inequality at the Bridge River site, British Columbia: the roles of managerial mutualism and coercion by Prentiss, Anna Marie, Foor, Thomas A, Hampton, Ashley, Walsh, Matthew J, Denis, Megan, Edwards, Alysha

“…Persistent institutionalized inequality (PII) emerged at the Bridge River site by 1200-1300 years ago. Research confirms that PII developed at a time of…”
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Cultural macroevolution in the middle to late Holocene Arctic of east Siberia and north America by Prentiss, Anna Marie, Walsh, Matthew J., Gjesfjeld, Erik, Denis, Megan, Foor, Thomas A.

“…•Phylogenetic analysis provides insights into the pattern of evolution.•Arctic cultural macroevolution occurred on a species-like scale.•Cultural evolution…”
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Evolutionary household archaeology: Inter-generational cultural transmission at housepit 54, Bridge River site, British Columbia by Prentiss, Anna Marie, Walsh, Matthew J., Foor, Thomas A., Hampton, Ashley, Ryan, Ethan

“…Anthropologists have recognized that households may have diverse histories resulting in patterns of unstable membership, a wide array of tactics for production…”
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Technology as Human Social Tradition: 15 Trait-Based Datasets of Hunter-Gatherer Material Culture (Northwest Siberia, Pacific Northwest Coast, Northern California). Data Paper by Jordan, Peter

“…How are particular material culture traditions passed from one generation to the next? The digital archive supports "Technology as Human Social Tradition:…”
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Evolution of the Okvik/Old Bering Sea culture of the Bering Strait as a major transition by Prentiss, Anna Marie, Laue, Cheyenne, Gjesfjeld, Erik, Walsh, Matthew J, Denis, Megan, Foor, Thomas A

“…Great transitions are thought to embody major shifts in locus of selection, labour diversification and communication systems. Such expectations are relevant…”
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Malthusian cycles among semi-sedentary Fisher-Hunter-Gatherers: The socio-economic and demographic history of Housepit 54, Bridge River site, British Columbia by Prentiss, Anna Marie, Walsh, Matthew J., Foor, Thomas A., Bobolinski, Kathryn, Hampton, Ashley, Ryan, Ethan, O'Brien, Haley

“…•Malthusian demographic models are useful for understanding village history.•Housepit 54, Bridge River site, provides a fine-grained 350-year household…”
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Evolution of Early Thule Material Culture: Cultural Transmission and Terrestrial Ecology by Prentiss, Anna Marie, Walsh, Matthew J., Foor, Thomas A.

“…We investigate how evolution proceeds across multiple scales considering culture as species, hierarchically integrated systems, assemblages of many coherent…”
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The Record of Dogs in Traditional Villages of the Mid-Fraser Canyon, British Columbia: Ethnological and Archaeological Evidence by Prentiss, Anna Marie, Walsh, Matthew J., Foor, Thomas A., O’Brien, Haley, Cail, Hannah S.

“…Dogs ( Canis familiaris ) are ubiquitous in human settlements. A range of studies suggests that uses of dogs vary with ecological context. High seasonality and…”
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THE EVOLUTION OF MATERIAL WEALTH-BASED INEQUALITY: THE RECORD OF HOUSEPIT 54, BRIDGE RIVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA by Prentiss, Anna Marie, Foor, Thomas A., Hampton, Ashley, Ryan, Ethan, Walsh, Matthew J.

“…The evolution of material wealth-based inequality is an important topic in archaeological research. While a number of explanatory models have been proposed,…”
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Testing the Malthusian model: Population and storage at Housepit 54, Bridge River, British Columbia by Prentiss, Anna Marie, Foor, Thomas A., Hampton, Ashley

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Cultural macroevolution among high latitude hunter–gatherers: a phylogenetic study of the Arctic Small Tool tradition by Prentiss, Anna Marie, Walsh, Matthew J., Foor, Thomas A., Barnett, Kristen D.

“…This study tests alternative hypotheses regarding the underlying conditions favoring variation in degree of differentiation between cultures in an evolving…”
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At the Malthusian ceiling: Subsistence and inequality at Bridge River, British Columbia by Prentiss, Anna Marie, Cail, Hannah S., Smith, Lisa M.

“…•Salmon fishing impacts population density in the prehistoric Middle Fraser Canyon.•Malthusian ceilings adversely affect foraging success in constrained…”
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Cultural macroevolution in the Pacific Northwest: a phylogenetic test of the diversification and decimation model by Prentiss, Anna Marie, Chatters, James C., Walsh, Matthew J., Skelton, Randall R.

“…A number of scholars have proposed models of cultural evolution whereby entities defined by socio-economic variables held at group levels evolve in a branching…”
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A multivariate perspective on lithic technological organization at Housepit 54, Bridge River Site (EeRl4), British Columbia by Prentiss, Anna Marie, Foor, Thomas A., Ryan, Ethan, Hampton, Ashley, Walsh, Matthew J.

“…•The sequence of floors at Housepit 54 offers significant data on household history.•The floors of Housepit 54 provide insight into variation in household…”
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