# overview
Archaeological Theory, Evolutionary Ecology, Foraging and Proto-agricultural Societies

Coastal, North and Central American Archaeology (California, Mexico, Belize, Honduras, Nicaragua)

Isotope Geochemistry, Radiocarbon Dating, ZooMS Collagen Fingerprinting

Archaeobotany, Palynology, Zooarchaeology (specialized expertise in fish & shellfish analysis)

Archaeological Ethics, Rematriation/Repatriation, Curation and Collections Management

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Critical Geography; Texas Freedom Colonies Project; Heritage; Preparedness; Community Archives

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4302 Heritage, Archive And Museum Studies

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5002 History And Philosophy Of Specific Fields

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University of California, Santa Barbara - (Santa Barbara, California, United States)

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Texas Tech University - (Houston, Texas, United States)

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University of California, Santa Barbara - (Santa Barbara, California, United States)

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Early evidence of avocado domestication from El Gigante Rockshelter, Honduras.

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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

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The Gulf Coast Heritage Preparedness Initiative: Proposal to the Texas A&M University President's Excellence Fund

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Archaeological Central American maize genomes suggest ancient gene flow from South America.

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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

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Sites forlorn: dating intervals of abandonment at three shell middens on Santa Cruz Island, California using Bayesian chronological models

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Ancient actions predict modern consequences: Prehistoric lessons in marine shellfish exploitation

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Intensification of shellfish exploitation: evidence of species-specific deviation from traditional expectations

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Red abalone collecting and marine water temperature during the Middle Holocene occupation of Santa Cruz Island, California

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Human Behavioral Ecology and Coastal Environments

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Proxy Measurements of California Mussel Valve Length

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Foraging Ancient Landscapes: Seasonal and Spatial Variation in Prehistoric Exploitation of Plant and Animal Food Resources on Santa Cruz Island, California

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Dating the Tlacuachero Post-Archaic Deposits: Ceramic Analysis

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Fishing further inland? The role of the transition to agriculture on fishing practices in the Soconusco region, Mexico

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Working Ethically with Ancient DNA from Composites in the United States

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The forest and the trees: Small-scale ecological variability and archaeological interpretations of temporal changes in California mussel shell size

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The Tlacuachero Floors: Description and Sampling Methods

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New World Paleoethnobotany in the New Millennium (20002013)

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Reconsidering evidence of human impacts: Implications of within-site variation of growth rates in Mytilus californianus along tidal gradients

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High-precision chronology for Central American maize diversification from El Gigante rockshelter, Honduras.

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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

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Preparation for Meaningful Consultation through Documentation & Inventory of New Discoveries and Collaboration with Tribal Partners

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National Park Service - (Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States)

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Collaborative Research:A Long Term Perspective on Agricultural Development

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National Science Foundation - (Arlington, Virginia, United States)

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Human Input and Coastal Landscape Change

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Directorate for Social, Behavioral & Economic Sciences - (Arlington, Virginia, United States)

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Texas A&M University; Anthropology; MS 4352 TAMU