Search Results - "WATSON, James T"

Stable isotope chemistry reveals plant-dominant diet among early foragers on the Andean Altiplano, 9.0-6.5 cal. ka by Chen, Jennifer C, Aldenderfer, Mark S, Eerkens, Jelmer W, Langlie, BrieAnna S, Viviano Llave, Carlos, Watson, James T, Haas, Randall

“…Current models of early human subsistence economies suggest a focus on large mammal hunting. To evaluate this hypothesis, we examine human bone stable isotope…”
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Humans permanently occupied the Andean highlands by at least 7 ka by Haas, Randall, Stefanescu, Ioana C., Garcia-Putnam, Alexander, Aldenderfer, Mark S., Clementz, Mark T., Murphy, Melissa S., Llave, Carlos Viviano, Watson, James T.

“…High-elevation environments above 2500 metres above sea level (m.a.s.l.) were among the planet's last frontiers of human colonization. Research on the speed…”
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Introduction of agriculture and its effects on women's oral health by Watson, James T., Fields, Misty, Martin, Debra L.

“…This study explores the dynamic relationship between the introduction of agriculture and its effects on women's oral health by testing the hypothesis that…”
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Dental evidence for wild tuber processing among Titicaca Basin foragers 7000 ybp by Watson, James T., Haas, Randall

“…Objectives The objective of this work is to characterize dental wear in a skeletal sample dating to the Middle/Late Archaic period transition (8,000‐6,700 cal…”
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The genetic prehistory of the Andean highlands 7000 years BP though European contact by Lindo, John, Haas, Randall, Hofman, Courtney, Apata, Mario, Moraga, Mauricio, Verdugo, Ricardo A, Watson, James T, Viviano Llave, Carlos, Witonsky, David, Beall, Cynthia, Warinner, Christina, Novembre, John, Aldenderfer, Mark, Di Rienzo, Anna

“…The peopling of the Andean highlands above 2500 m in elevation was a complex process that included cultural, biological, and genetic adaptations. Here, we…”
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Transformation by Fire: Changes in Funerary Customs from the Early Agricultural to Early Preclassic Period among Prehispanic Populations of Southern Arizona by Cerezo-Román, Jessica I., Watson, James T.

“…We examine the changes in funerary rituals from the Early Agricultural period (2100 BC–AD 50) to the Early Preclassic period (AD 475–750) and how these changes…”
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Changes in food processing and occlusal dental wear during the early agricultural period in northwest Mexico by Watson, James T.

“…Crown dimensions and occlusal surface wear rate and wear plane were evaluated using paired first and second mandibular molars from a sample of 84 Early…”
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Ultra low-dose naloxone and tramadol/acetaminophen in elderly patients undergoing joint replacement surgery: a pilot study by Imasogie, Ngozi N, Singh, Sudha, Watson, James T, Hurley, Debbie, Morley-Forster, Patricia

“…A pilot study was conducted to assess whether both the rationale and feasibility exist for future randomized clinical trials to evaluate the combined use of…”
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Sex differences in age‐related bone loss and antemortem tooth loss in East‐Central Arizona (AD 1200–1450) by Mountain, Rebecca V., Wilson, Jordan A., McPherson, Cait B., Blew, Robert M., Watson, James T.

“…Previous archaeological research on dental health in the New World has documented significant sex differences in antemortem tooth loss (AMTL), with a much…”
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Violence and Perimortem Signaling among Early Irrigation Communities in the Sonoran Desert by Watson, James T., Phelps, Danielle O., Aspöck, Edeltraud, Goldstein, Lynne, Gordón, Florencia, Lambert, Patricia M., Więckowski, Wiesław

“…Violence is common among small-scale societies and often stems from a combination of exogenous and endogenous factors. We suggest that socialization for…”
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Stratigraphy and geochronology of La Playa archaeological site, Sonora, Mexico by Copeland, Audrey, Quade, Jay, Watson, James T., McLaurin, Brett T., Villalpando, Elisa

“…La Playa archaeological site in northern Sonora, Mexico contains a long record of human activity that includes the Paleoindian period (terminal Pleistocene)…”
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Gendered Logistic Mobility Among the Earliest Farmers in the Sonoran Desert by Watson, James T., Stoll, Marijke

“…Archaeological evidence suggests that early farmers in the Sonoran Desert practiced a mixed subsistence strategy that likely involved logistical foraging by a…”
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Exploring the thrifty genotype's food-shortage assumptions: A cross-cultural comparison of ethnographic accounts of food security among foraging and agricultural societies by Benyshek, Daniel C., Watson, James T.

“…The “thrifty genotype hypothesis” has become firmly entrenched as one of the orienting concepts in biomedical anthropology, since first being proposed by Neel…”
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CHANGES IN REMEMBRANCE OF AN URNFIELD CREMATION CEMETERY, CERRO DE TRINCHERAS, SONORA, MEXICO by Cerezo-Román, Jessica I., Maldonado, Silvia I. Nava, Guzmán, Carlos Cruz, Watson, James T., Villalpando, M. Elisa

“…We explore the transformation of a site into a place of remembrance by evaluating the life history of an urnfield at Cerro de Trincheras, Sonora, Mexico…”
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Control of obstacle climbing in the cockroach, Blaberus discoidalis. I. Kinematics by Watson, James T, Ritzmann, Roy E, Zill, Sasha N, Pollack, Alan J

“…An advantage of legged locomotion is the ability to climb over obstacles. We studied deathhead cockroaches as they climbed over plastic blocks in order to…”
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Animal Resource Exploitation among the Virgin River Puebloans in the American Southwest by Watson, James T.

“…A review of the literature documenting faunal remains recovered from 16 archaeological sites attributed to the Virjin River Puebloan (VRP) tradition (ca. 300…”
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Control of climbing behavior in the cockroach, Blaberus discoidalis. II. Motor activities associated with joint movement by Watson, James T, Ritzmann, Roy E, Pollack, Alan J

“…Deathhead cockroaches employ characteristic postural strategies for surmounting barriers. These include rotation of middle legs to re-direct leg extension and…”
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Insect Walking and Biorobotics: A Relationship with Mutual Benefits by Ritzmann, Roy E, Quinn, Roger D, Watson, James T, Zill, Sasha N

“…Biorobotics represents a synergistic relationship between engineers attempting to design better robots and biologists attempting to understand principles of…”
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MP40-07 CLAIMS-BASED APPROACH TO DEFINING EPISODES OF CARE ASSOCIATED WITH ACUTE RENAL COLIC by Pate, Wesley R., Li, Lang, Scales, Charles D., Watson, James T., Kavee, Andrew, Friedlander, David F.

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Optimal unbiased filtering via linear matrix inequalities by Watson, Jr, James T., Grigoriadis, Karolos M.

“…Solutions to the optimal H ∞ and L 2− L ∞ unbiased reduced-order filtering problems are obtained in terms of linear matrix inequalities (LMIs). The order of…”
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