Abigail Buffington
Biographic Data
| ID | 83590 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Abigail Buffington |
| GIVEN NAMES | Abigail |
| FAMILY NAME | Buffington |
| SIGNATURE | BUFFINGTON A |
| AFFILIATIONS | The Ohio State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6192-3373 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Methodological Advances in Understanding Environmental Constraints on Sustainability and Industrial Periodicity of Ancient Copper Smelting in Southeast Arabia
Industrial periodicity is a hallmark of modern and ancient extractive economies. In Southeast Arabia, current evidence demonstrates that intensive periods of copper production are bracketed by century- to millennia-scale periods of little to no production. Explanations for this periodicity range from environmental degradation (e.g., deforestation related to unsustainable fuelwood provisioning) to shifts in local and distant trade networks to inte…
Cultural and Human Ecological Resilience at Early Bronze Age Bat
The Bat landscape of northwestern Oman is one of intermittent archaeological remains and varied ecological conditions. The site has been a center for human activity since the Neolithic, most famously attested by the Early Bronze Age tombs, towers, and settlement of the UNESCO World Heritage zone. This paper presents recent research conducted by the Bat Archaeological Project in reconstructing the site’s third millennium BC cultural landscape and …
Coupled Demographic Dynamics of Herds and Households Constrain Livestock Population Growth in Pastoral Systems
Mitigating the potential contamination risk incurred in sampling herbarium specimens for phytolith reference collection
Pastoralist refugee crisis tests the resilience of open property regime in the Logone Floodplain, Cameroon
Wood exploitation patterns and pastoralist–environment relationships
What is Your “Phytolith Load”? An Examination of the Potential for Cross-Contamination During Phytolith Extraction
Phytoliths—amorphous opal silica bodies that form in living plant tissues—are assumed to be stable components of a soil matrix, minimally impacted by normal physical forces. This stability enables archaeologists to access an archive of prior vegetative landscapes when discrete horizons are recovered. However, there is a small chance of phytoliths moving in a laboratory setting via aeolian forces, especially after they have been isolated from othe…
No Magic Number
Pastoralist refugee crisis tests the resilience of open property regime in the Logone Floodplain, Cameroon
Wood exploitation patterns and pastoralist–environment relationships
Methodological Advances in Understanding Environmental Constraints on Sustainability and Industrial Periodicity of Ancient Copper Smelting in Southeast Arabia
Industrial periodicity is a hallmark of modern and ancient extractive economies. In Southeast Arabia, current evidence demonstrates that intensive periods of copper production are bracketed by century- to millennia-scale periods of little to no production. Explanations for this periodicity range from environmental degradation (e.g., deforestation related to unsustainable fuelwood provisioning) to shifts in local and distant trade networks to inte…
Cultural and Human Ecological Resilience at Early Bronze Age Bat
The Bat landscape of northwestern Oman is one of intermittent archaeological remains and varied ecological conditions. The site has been a center for human activity since the Neolithic, most famously attested by the Early Bronze Age tombs, towers, and settlement of the UNESCO World Heritage zone. This paper presents recent research conducted by the Bat Archaeological Project in reconstructing the site’s third millennium BC cultural landscape and …
What is Your “Phytolith Load”? An Examination of the Potential for Cross-Contamination During Phytolith Extraction
Phytoliths—amorphous opal silica bodies that form in living plant tissues—are assumed to be stable components of a soil matrix, minimally impacted by normal physical forces. This stability enables archaeologists to access an archive of prior vegetative landscapes when discrete horizons are recovered. However, there is a small chance of phytoliths moving in a laboratory setting via aeolian forces, especially after they have been isolated from othe…
No Magic Number
Wood exploitation patterns and pastoralist–environment relationships
What is Your “Phytolith Load”? An Examination of the Potential for Cross-Contamination During Phytolith Extraction
Phytoliths—amorphous opal silica bodies that form in living plant tissues—are assumed to be stable components of a soil matrix, minimally impacted by normal physical forces. This stability enables archaeologists to access an archive of prior vegetative landscapes when discrete horizons are recovered. However, there is a small chance of phytoliths moving in a laboratory setting via aeolian forces, especially after they have been isolated from othe…
Pastoralist refugee crisis tests the resilience of open property regime in the Logone Floodplain, Cameroon
Mitigating the potential contamination risk incurred in sampling herbarium specimens for phytolith reference collection
Coupled Demographic Dynamics of Herds and Households Constrain Livestock Population Growth in Pastoral Systems
Cultural and Human Ecological Resilience at Early Bronze Age Bat
The Bat landscape of northwestern Oman is one of intermittent archaeological remains and varied ecological conditions. The site has been a center for human activity since the Neolithic, most famously attested by the Early Bronze Age tombs, towers, and settlement of the UNESCO World Heritage zone. This paper presents recent research conducted by the Bat Archaeological Project in reconstructing the site’s third millennium BC cultural landscape and …
Methodological Advances in Understanding Environmental Constraints on Sustainability and Industrial Periodicity of Ancient Copper Smelting in Southeast Arabia
Industrial periodicity is a hallmark of modern and ancient extractive economies. In Southeast Arabia, current evidence demonstrates that intensive periods of copper production are bracketed by century- to millennia-scale periods of little to no production. Explanations for this periodicity range from environmental degradation (e.g., deforestation related to unsustainable fuelwood provisioning) to shifts in local and distant trade networks to inte…
Biology (7 works) · Ecology (7 works) · Geography (5 works) · Archaeology (4 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (4 works) · Livestock (4 works) · Pastoralism (4 works) · Animal Diversity and Health Studies (3 works) · Environmental Science (3 works) · Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology (3 works)