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Where were the northern elephant seals? Holocene archaeology and biogeography of Mirounga angustirostris (with Torben C. Rick, Robert L. DeLong, Jon M. Erlandson, Todd J. Braje, Jeanne E. Arnold, Matthew R. Des Lauriers, William R. Hildebrandt, Douglas J. Kennett, Rene L. Vellanoweth, and Thomas A. Wake), The Holocene (2011)

Driven to the brink of extinction during the nineteenth century commercial fur and oil trade,...

 

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Review of Kathleen L. Hull, Pestilence and Persistence: Yosemite Indian Demography and Culture in Colonial California, Current Anthropology (2011)
 

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Explaining Prehistoric Variation in the Abundance of Large Prey: A Zooarchaeological Analysis of Deer and Rabbit Hunting Along the Pecho Coast of Central California (with Brian F. Codding and Judith F. Porcasi), Journal of Anthropological Archaeology (2010)

Three main hypotheses are commonly employed to explain diachronic variation in the relative abundance of...

 

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A Trans-Holocene Archaeological Record of Guadalupe Fur Seals (Arctocephalus Townsendi) on the California Coast (with Torben C. Rick, Robert L. DeLong, Jon M. Erlandson, Todd J. Braje, Douglas J. Kennett, Thomas A. Wake, and Phillip L. Walker), Marine Mammal Science (2009)
 

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California archaeological record consistent with Younger Dryas disruptive event, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (2008)
 

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Wildfire and Abrupt Ecosystem Disruption on California's Northern Channel Islands at the Allerod-Younger Dryas Boundary (13.0-12.9 ka) (with Douglas J. Kennett; James P. Kennett; G. J. West; Jon M. Erlandson; J. R. Johnson; I. L. Hendy; A. West; B. J. Culleton; and Thomas W. Stafford, Jr.), Quaternary Science Reviews (2008)

Sedimentary records from California's Northern Channel Islands and the adjacent Santa Barbara Basin (SBB) indicate...

 

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Archaeological Perspectives on the Effects of Medieval Drought in Prehistoric California (with Al Schwitalla), Quaternary International (2008)

Inspired by Stine's [1994. Extreme and persistent drought in California and Patagonia during Medieval Time....

 

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Seasonal Stability in Late Holocene Shellfish Harvesting on the Central California Coast (with Douglas J. Kennett, James P. Kennett, and Brian F. Codding), Journal of Archaeological Science (2008)

Oxygen isotope determinations from 92 California mussel (Mytilus californianus) shells from ten archaeological sites in...

 

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The Protracted Holocene Extinction of California's Flightless Sea Duck (Chendytes lawi) and its Implications for the Pleistocene Overkill Hypothesis (with Judith F. Porcasi; J. M. Erlandson; H. Dallas, Jr.; T. A. Wake; and R. Schwaderer), Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (2008)

Bones of the flightless sea duck (Chendytes lawi) from 14 archaeological sites along the California...

 

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Diablo Canyon Archaeology: Prehistoric Hunting along California Coast, California Sea Grant College Program (2007)

Anthropologist Terry Jones of Cal Poly San Luis Obispo has evidence suggesting prehistoric human hunters...

 

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Diablo Canyon Archaeology: Trans-Holocene Faunal Exploitation Along the Central California Coast, California Sea Grant College Program (2007)

The objectives of the Diablo Canyon Archaeology project were to (1) refine the dating of...

 

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History and Behavioral Ecology during the Middle-Late Transition on the Central California Coast: Findings from the Coon Creek Site (CA-SLO-9), San Luis Obispo County (with Brian F. Codding), Journal of California and Great Basin Anthropology (2007)

As the focus of intense debate concerning the possible effects of environmental variability on Native...

 

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A Fluted Point from Nipomo, San Luis Obispo County, California (with Wayne W. Millis and Michael F. Rondeau), Journal of California and Great Basin Anthropology (2005)

An isolated fluted projectile point found in Nipomo (San Luis Obispo County, California) about 30...

 

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Ancient Long-Distance Trade in Western North America: New AMS Radiocarbon Dates From Southern California (with Richard T. Fitzgerald and Adella Schroth), Journal of Archaeological Science (2005)

Eleven Olivella biplicata spire-lopped shell beads from six sites located 250–365 km inland from the...

 

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Prehistoric Marine Mammal Overkill in the Northeastern Pacific: A Review of New Evidence (with William R. Hildebrandt, Douglas J. Kennett, and Judith F. Porcasi), Journal of California and Great Basin Anthropology (2004)

A model of prehistoric marine mammal overexploitation advanced by Hildebrandt and Jones (1992) for the...

 

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Reliability Assessment of Season-of-Capture Determination from Archaeological Otoliths (with Allen H. Andrews and Kenneth W. Gobalet), Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences (2003)

A technique involving microscopic examination of otolith growth zones has been commonly used by archaeologists...

 

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Trans-Holocene Marine Mammal Exploitation on San Clemente Island, California: A Tragedy of the Commons Revisited (with Judith F. Porcasi and L. Mark Raab), Journal of Anthropological Archaeology (2000)

Occupied from ca. 7040 B.C. to AD. 1400, the Eel Point Site (CA-SCLI-43) on San...

 

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An Addendum to Harrington's Northern Salinan Place Names (with Betty Rivers, Andrea M. Maliarik, Terry L. Joslin, and Douglas Alger), Journal of California and Great Basin Anthropology (2000)

Rivers and Jones (1993) reported the locations of 21 place names in the upper San...

 

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Review of Michael A. Glassow, Purisimeno Chumash Prehistory: Maritime Adaptations Along the Southern California Coast, Journal of California and Great Basin Anthropology (2000)
 

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Environmental Imperatives Reconsidered (with Gary M. Brown, L. Mark Raab, Janet L. McVickar, W. Geoffrey Spaulding, Douglas J. Kennett, Andrew York, and Phillip L. Walker), Current Anthropology (1999)

Review of late Holocene paleoenvironmental and cultural sequences from four regions of western North America...

 

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Late Holocene Sea Temperatures along the Cental California Coast (with Douglas J. Kennett), Quaternary Research (1999)

Mussel shells from central California coastal archaeological sites record changes in sea surface temperatures in...

 

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The Milling Stone Horizon Revisited: New Perspectives from Northern and Central California (with Richard T. Fitzgerald), Journal of California and Great Basin Anthropology (1999)

For nearly half a century, the Milling Stone Horizon has been recognized as an integral...

 

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Lakes and Estuaries Reconsidered: A Comment on Lacustrine Resource Intensification in the Southern Santa Clara Valley, California, Journal of California and Great Basin Anthropology (1997)
 

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Prehistoric Native American Fisheries of the Central California Coast (with Kenneth W. Gobalet), Transactions of the American Fisheries Society (1995)

Over 77,000 fish remains from 51 archaeological sites on the central California coast between San...

 

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Reasserting a Prehistoric Tragedy of the Commons: Reply to Lyman (with William R. Hilderbrandt), Journal of Anthropological Archaeology (1995)

R. Lee Lyman has challenged our assertion that prehistoric hunting of marine mammals along the...

 

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Walking Along Deer Trails: A Contribution to Salinan Ethnogeography Based on the Field Notes of John Peabody Harrington (with Betty Rivers), Journal of California and Great Basin Anthropology (1993)
 

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Evolution of Marine Mammal Hunting: A View from the California and Oregon Coasts (with William R. Hildebrandt), Journal of Anthropological Archaeology (1992)
 

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Elkhorn Slough Revisited: Reassessing the Chronology of CA-MNT-229 (with Deborah A. Jones), Journal of California and Great Basin Anthropology (1992)
 

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A Shell Projectile Point from the Big Sur Coast, California, Journal of California and Great Basin Anthropology (1988)
 

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Two Proposed Projectile Point Types for the Monterey Bay Area: Año Nuevo Long-stemmed and Rossi Square-stemmed (with Mark Hylkema), Journal of California and Great Basin Anthropology (1988)
 

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Paleoenvironmental Change at Elkhorn Slough: Implications for Human Adaptive Strategies (with Dorothy Patch), Journal of California and Great Basin Anthropology (1984)
 

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Temporal and Spatial Distribution of Concave Base Projectile Points from the North Coast Ranges, California (with Greg White, James Roscoe, and Lawrence Weigel), Journal of California and Great Basin Anthropology (1982)
 

Book Chapters

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Toward a Prehistory of the Southern Sea Otter (Enhydra lutis nereis) (with Brendan J. Culleton, Shawn Larson, Sarah Mellinger, and Judith F. Porcasi), Human Impacts on Seals, Sea Lions, and Sea Otters: Integrating Archaeology and Ecology in the Northeast Pacific (2011)
 

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Culture or Adaptation: Milling Stone Reconsidered, Monographs in California and Great Basin Anthropology - Avocados to Millingstones: Papers in Honor of D.L. True (2008)

Of interest to D. L. True throughout his career was the California Milling Stone Horizon,...

 

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The Prehistory of Big Creek, Views of a Coastal Wilderness: Twenty Years of Research at Big Creek Reserve (2001)

Archaeological research began at Big Creek in 1983 with the first of four summer field...