M K Jones
Biographic Data
| ID | 46111 |
|---|---|
| NAME | M K Jones |
| GIVEN NAMES | M K |
| FAMILY NAME | Jones |
| SIGNATURE | JONES M K |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Cambridge |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0930-8012 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 25 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 389 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 24 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1997 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 7 |
Harris, David Russell
An interdisciplinary framework for using archaeology, history and collective action to enhance India’s agricultural resilience and sustainability
South Asia has a deep history of agriculture that includes a range of past farming systems in different climatic zones. Many of these farming systems were resilient to changes in climate and sustainable over long periods of time. India’s present agricultural systems are facing serious challenges, as they have become increasingly reliant on the unsustainable extraction of groundwater for irrigation. This paper outlines an interdisciplinary framewo…
Feeding the herds
Archaeobotanical investigations at the earliest horse herder site of Botai in Kazakhstan
Re-examining millet impressions in Usatovo clay materials from NW Black Sea region, Ukraine
The past decade has witnessed debates on the coherence of trans-Eurasian interaction into a particular episode, either the movement of 'cultural package' circulating around the 2nd millennium BC or a process more dispersed in time and space. Of particular are the very early published records of broomcorn and foxtail millet in Western Eurasia. Records of charred millet in Europe pre-dating the fifth millennium BC have been called into question usi…
Harris, David Russell
Ecology and subsistence at the Mesolithic and Bronze Age site of Aigyrzhal-2, Naryn valley, Kyrgyzstan
From people's commune to household responsibility
Early agriculture in China
The reach of the currently available linguistic evidence on early agriculture also extends back to the middle or the later middle Holocene for the Middle East, India and Mesoamerica. The essential foundation for the linguistic recovery of history is a systematic reconstruction of the relationships and phonological histories of the families of languages spoken in the regions whose human histories one wishes to investigate. Two major originating ce…
The extent of cereal cultivation among the Bronze Age to Turkic period societies of Kazakhstan determined using stable isotope analysis of bone collagen
How ‘Pastoral’ is Pastoralism? Dietary Diversity in B ronze A ge C ommunities in the Central K azakhstan Steppes
Steppe communities have traditionally been viewed as pastoralist groups with similar herd‐based economies. Recent scholarship, however, warns against assumptions of homogeneity and new scientific techniques are providing a more nuanced approach to steppe archaeology, with increasing indications of diversity. This recent evidence further suggests that considering these communities as primarily pastoralist may hide a variety of subsistence strategi…
Stable Isotope Analysis of Human and Animal Remains at the Qijiaping Site in Middle Gansu, China
Intercontinental exchanges between communities living in different parts of Eurasia during the late prehistoric period have become increasingly popular as a topic of archaeological research. The Qijia culture, found in northwest China, is one of the key archaeological cultures that can shed light on trans-Eurasian exchange because a variety of imports are found in this cultural context. These imports include new cereals and animals, which suggest…
DNA evidence for multiple introductions of barley into Europe following dispersed domestications in Western Asia
It has long been recognised that the Neolithic spread across Europe via two separate routes, one along the Mediterranean coasts, the other following the axis of the major rivers. But did these two streams have a common point of origin in south-west Asia, at least with regard to the principal plant and animals species that were involved? This study of barley DNA shows that the domesticated barley grown in Neolithic Europe falls into three separate…
Food globalization in prehistory
Plant sources of starch have been domesticated in several parts of the world. By the second millennium bc in various parts of Eurasia, such starchy crops are encountered, not only around their geographical regions of origin, but also at considerable distances from them. Drawing on evidence from across Eurasia, this paper explores this episode of food globalization in prehistory, comparable in the scale of its impact on global diets to the Columbi…
Moving North
Plant water availability and analytical microscopy of phytoliths
Olive oil production in Hellenistic Greece
Crop processing of Olea europaea L
Beyond cereals
Ancient DNA in pre-Columbian archaeology
Free u and the politics of knowledge
Agricultural origins
The appearance of agriculture is one of the most striking features of Holocene human history, a feature that has long been studied in an interdisciplinary fashion, bringing archaeology together with plant and animal genetics. This paper reviews new developments in that study, consequent upon recent advances in DNA science. Among these advances is the possibility of complementing modern DNA data with fragmentary evidence of ancient DNA. Following …
Lipids as carriers of anthropogenic signals from prehistory
Studies performed during the last two decades have shown that lipids are preserved in association with a wide range of artefacts and ecofacts recovered from archaeological sites, e.g. pottery vessels and skeletal remains. The majority of work in this area has focused on the use of molecular structures (‘biomarkers’) and distributions (‘fingerprints’) to assess the nature and origin of commodities associated with past cultural, economic and agricu…
A Simple Method of Extraction of Opal Phytoliths from Sediments Using a Non-Toxic Heavy Liquid
Microstratigraphic traces of site formation processes and human activities
The aim of this paper is to show how micromorphology is able to furnish information with the degree of precision necessary for analysing site formation processes and traces of activities in a variety of settings. Use of large resin-impregnated thin sections allows contextual analysis of taphonomy and depositional relationships between sediments and artefact and bioarchaeological remains. We illustrate this by reference to results from a three-yea…
Microstratigraphic traces of site formation processes and human activities
The aim of this paper is to show how micromorphology is able to furnish information with the degree of precision necessary for analysing site formation processes and traces of activities in a variety of settings. Use of large resin-impregnated thin sections allows contextual analysis of taphonomy and depositional relationships between sediments and artefact and bioarchaeological remains. We illustrate this by reference to results from a three-yea…
Food globalization in prehistory
Plant sources of starch have been domesticated in several parts of the world. By the second millennium bc in various parts of Eurasia, such starchy crops are encountered, not only around their geographical regions of origin, but also at considerable distances from them. Drawing on evidence from across Eurasia, this paper explores this episode of food globalization in prehistory, comparable in the scale of its impact on global diets to the Columbi…
The extent of cereal cultivation among the Bronze Age to Turkic period societies of Kazakhstan determined using stable isotope analysis of bone collagen
A Simple Method of Extraction of Opal Phytoliths from Sediments Using a Non-Toxic Heavy Liquid
Beyond cereals
Olive oil production in Hellenistic Greece
Crop processing of Olea europaea L
How ‘Pastoral’ is Pastoralism? Dietary Diversity in B ronze A ge C ommunities in the Central K azakhstan Steppes
Steppe communities have traditionally been viewed as pastoralist groups with similar herd‐based economies. Recent scholarship, however, warns against assumptions of homogeneity and new scientific techniques are providing a more nuanced approach to steppe archaeology, with increasing indications of diversity. This recent evidence further suggests that considering these communities as primarily pastoralist may hide a variety of subsistence strategi…
Re-examining millet impressions in Usatovo clay materials from NW Black Sea region, Ukraine
The past decade has witnessed debates on the coherence of trans-Eurasian interaction into a particular episode, either the movement of 'cultural package' circulating around the 2nd millennium BC or a process more dispersed in time and space. Of particular are the very early published records of broomcorn and foxtail millet in Western Eurasia. Records of charred millet in Europe pre-dating the fifth millennium BC have been called into question usi…
From people's commune to household responsibility
Stable Isotope Analysis of Human and Animal Remains at the Qijiaping Site in Middle Gansu, China
Intercontinental exchanges between communities living in different parts of Eurasia during the late prehistoric period have become increasingly popular as a topic of archaeological research. The Qijia culture, found in northwest China, is one of the key archaeological cultures that can shed light on trans-Eurasian exchange because a variety of imports are found in this cultural context. These imports include new cereals and animals, which suggest…
Agricultural origins
The appearance of agriculture is one of the most striking features of Holocene human history, a feature that has long been studied in an interdisciplinary fashion, bringing archaeology together with plant and animal genetics. This paper reviews new developments in that study, consequent upon recent advances in DNA science. Among these advances is the possibility of complementing modern DNA data with fragmentary evidence of ancient DNA. Following …
Feeding the herds
Archaeobotanical investigations at the earliest horse herder site of Botai in Kazakhstan
DNA evidence for multiple introductions of barley into Europe following dispersed domestications in Western Asia
It has long been recognised that the Neolithic spread across Europe via two separate routes, one along the Mediterranean coasts, the other following the axis of the major rivers. But did these two streams have a common point of origin in south-west Asia, at least with regard to the principal plant and animals species that were involved? This study of barley DNA shows that the domesticated barley grown in Neolithic Europe falls into three separate…
Microstratigraphic traces of site formation processes and human activities
The aim of this paper is to show how micromorphology is able to furnish information with the degree of precision necessary for analysing site formation processes and traces of activities in a variety of settings. Use of large resin-impregnated thin sections allows contextual analysis of taphonomy and depositional relationships between sediments and artefact and bioarchaeological remains. We illustrate this by reference to results from a three-yea…
A Simple Method of Extraction of Opal Phytoliths from Sediments Using a Non-Toxic Heavy Liquid
Lipids as carriers of anthropogenic signals from prehistory
Studies performed during the last two decades have shown that lipids are preserved in association with a wide range of artefacts and ecofacts recovered from archaeological sites, e.g. pottery vessels and skeletal remains. The majority of work in this area has focused on the use of molecular structures (‘biomarkers’) and distributions (‘fingerprints’) to assess the nature and origin of commodities associated with past cultural, economic and agricu…
Agricultural origins
The appearance of agriculture is one of the most striking features of Holocene human history, a feature that has long been studied in an interdisciplinary fashion, bringing archaeology together with plant and animal genetics. This paper reviews new developments in that study, consequent upon recent advances in DNA science. Among these advances is the possibility of complementing modern DNA data with fragmentary evidence of ancient DNA. Following …
Ancient DNA in pre-Columbian archaeology
Free u and the politics of knowledge
Beyond cereals
Crop processing of Olea europaea L
Olive oil production in Hellenistic Greece
Moving North
Plant water availability and analytical microscopy of phytoliths
Food globalization in prehistory
Plant sources of starch have been domesticated in several parts of the world. By the second millennium bc in various parts of Eurasia, such starchy crops are encountered, not only around their geographical regions of origin, but also at considerable distances from them. Drawing on evidence from across Eurasia, this paper explores this episode of food globalization in prehistory, comparable in the scale of its impact on global diets to the Columbi…
DNA evidence for multiple introductions of barley into Europe following dispersed domestications in Western Asia
It has long been recognised that the Neolithic spread across Europe via two separate routes, one along the Mediterranean coasts, the other following the axis of the major rivers. But did these two streams have a common point of origin in south-west Asia, at least with regard to the principal plant and animals species that were involved? This study of barley DNA shows that the domesticated barley grown in Neolithic Europe falls into three separate…
Early agriculture in China
The reach of the currently available linguistic evidence on early agriculture also extends back to the middle or the later middle Holocene for the Middle East, India and Mesoamerica. The essential foundation for the linguistic recovery of history is a systematic reconstruction of the relationships and phonological histories of the families of languages spoken in the regions whose human histories one wishes to investigate. Two major originating ce…
The extent of cereal cultivation among the Bronze Age to Turkic period societies of Kazakhstan determined using stable isotope analysis of bone collagen
How ‘Pastoral’ is Pastoralism? Dietary Diversity in B ronze A ge C ommunities in the Central K azakhstan Steppes
Steppe communities have traditionally been viewed as pastoralist groups with similar herd‐based economies. Recent scholarship, however, warns against assumptions of homogeneity and new scientific techniques are providing a more nuanced approach to steppe archaeology, with increasing indications of diversity. This recent evidence further suggests that considering these communities as primarily pastoralist may hide a variety of subsistence strategi…
Stable Isotope Analysis of Human and Animal Remains at the Qijiaping Site in Middle Gansu, China
Intercontinental exchanges between communities living in different parts of Eurasia during the late prehistoric period have become increasingly popular as a topic of archaeological research. The Qijia culture, found in northwest China, is one of the key archaeological cultures that can shed light on trans-Eurasian exchange because a variety of imports are found in this cultural context. These imports include new cereals and animals, which suggest…
Ecology and subsistence at the Mesolithic and Bronze Age site of Aigyrzhal-2, Naryn valley, Kyrgyzstan
From people's commune to household responsibility
Harris, David Russell
Archaeobotanical investigations at the earliest horse herder site of Botai in Kazakhstan
Re-examining millet impressions in Usatovo clay materials from NW Black Sea region, Ukraine
The past decade has witnessed debates on the coherence of trans-Eurasian interaction into a particular episode, either the movement of 'cultural package' circulating around the 2nd millennium BC or a process more dispersed in time and space. Of particular are the very early published records of broomcorn and foxtail millet in Western Eurasia. Records of charred millet in Europe pre-dating the fifth millennium BC have been called into question usi…
Harris, David Russell
An interdisciplinary framework for using archaeology, history and collective action to enhance India’s agricultural resilience and sustainability
South Asia has a deep history of agriculture that includes a range of past farming systems in different climatic zones. Many of these farming systems were resilient to changes in climate and sustainable over long periods of time. India’s present agricultural systems are facing serious challenges, as they have become increasingly reliant on the unsustainable extraction of groundwater for irrigation. This paper outlines an interdisciplinary framewo…
Feeding the herds
Archaeology (18 works) · Geography (17 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (16 works) · Biology (14 works) · Ecology (11 works) · Agriculture (10 works) · History (7 works) · Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies (6 works) · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (6 works) · Prehistory (6 works)