The timing for the evolution of the capacity to inscribe the landscape with rock art has global
relevance. While this was an in-built capacity when Homo sapiens first colonized the …

Large anthropogenic 14C datasets are widely used to generate summed probability
distributions (SPDs) as a proxy for past human population levels. However, SPDs are a poor …

Topics of current interest to anthropological archaeologists include the relationships
between people and place, interactions between people and past environments, and …

Demographic change has recently re-emerged as a key explanation for socio-cultural
changes documented in the prehistoric archaeological record. While the majority of studies …

Building on previous research at smaller scales, in this paper we assemble paleoecological
data and archaeological time-series for deserts located in three latitudinal bands along the …

This article discusses the distribution of radiocarbon age signatures obtained from
archeological sites between 29° and 35° S in Central Chile and Midwest Argentina. The …

Archaeological radiocarbon databases are being increasingly used as a proxy of past
demographic trends. In this paper we compile and analyze an extensive database of …

We reconstruct the Holocene vegetation, climate, and archaeological history for drylands of
northwestern Patagonia, Argentina, based on multiproxy analysis (plant macrofossil, pollen …

Much of western North America saw higher temperatures and lower precipitation during the
middle Holocene. The Great Basin became much drier and warmer than it is today, causing …

Intense aeolian processes in arid and semi-arid environments play an essential role in the
preservation and destruction of archeological sites. This is especially the case in the lower …