Humans modify their environments in ways that significantly transform the earth's
ecosystems. Recent research suggests that such niche‐constructing behaviors are not …

Originally designed to explain causes of increased productivity in agricultural systems, the
concept of intensification has become widely linked to hunter-gatherer archaeology …

Despite the enormous potential of anadromous fish, foragers do not mass extract and store
salmonids until very late in the archaeological record of California. Acorns, by contrast, were …

Global patterns of ethnolinguistic diversity vary tremendously. Some regions show very little
variation even across vast expanses, whereas others exhibit dense mosaics of different …

The influence of Native American land-use practices on vegetation composition and
structure has long been a subject of significant debate. This is particularly true in portions of …

Abstract The Chumash Indians produced shell beads for thousands of years in the Santa
Barbara Channel region, with special bead-manufacturing sites well-documented …

Chemical analysis of residue extracted from stone pipes and pipe fragments excavated at
sites in the southern Pacific Northwest Coast of North America demonstrate that hunter …

This article provides a theoretical treatment of hunter–gatherer diet and physiology. Through
a synthesis of nutritional studies, informed by ethno‐archaeological data, we examine the …

The bulk storage and mass capture of small forage fish has played a primary role in the
cultural traditions and subsistence practices of many ancient and modern indigenous …

Temporal and caloric costs associated with building common hunter-gatherer residential
features–housefloors, housepits, storage pits, rock rings, and various types of wickiups–are …