The extensive postglacial mammal losses in the West Indies provide an opportunity to
evaluate extinction dynamics, but limited data have hindered our ability to test hypotheses …

The COVID‐19 pandemic offered humanity a portal through which we could break with the
past and imagine our world anew. This article reviews how over the course of 2020, a series …

Abstract In 2004, the Journal of Anthropological Archaeology published Julie Field's
“Environmental and climatic considerations: a hypothesis for conflict and the emergence of …

The human-mediated movement of species across biogeographic boundaries—whether
intentional or accidental—is dramatically reshaping the modern world. Yet humans have …

The deep-time dynamics of coupled socio-ecological systems at different spatial scales is
viewed as a key framework to understand trends and mechanisms that have led to the …

The tropical forests of the Philippine Archipelago are some of the most threatened in the 21st
century. Among the most prominent threats are the introduction of new plant and animal …

Sea and Land provides an in-depth environmental history of the Caribbean to ca 1850, with
a coda that takes the story into the modern era. It explores the mixing, movement, and …

We present new starch grain and phytolith data from two sites in Puerto Rico: Maisabel and
HU-7. Our findings reveal a strong emphasis on the use of maize, followed by chile pepper …

Within the context of climate change, sea-level rise is threatening not only coastal
communities globally, but also the archaeological record of their history, knowledge, and …

Charles Elton proposed that high species diversity and low levels of disturbance provide a
measure of biotic resistance against invasions by alien species. While there is some …