J M Broughton
Biographic Data
| ID | 954 |
|---|---|
| NAME | J M Broughton |
| GIVEN NAMES | J M |
| FAMILY NAME | Broughton |
| SIGNATURE | BROUGHTON J M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Utah |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5886-1503 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 25 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 665 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 25 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1993 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 12 |
Climatic controls and costly signaling
In this paper, we explore and integrate different currencies that may underlie large-game hunting to guide a trans-Holocene analysis of variation in artiodactyl utilization using massive archaeofaunal data-sets from predominantly open-air sites from the Bonneville and Wyoming basins. The available empirical data continue to suggest that artiodactyls yield consistently higher return rates than lagomorphs allowing us to leverage predictions from bo…
Late Holocene tule elk (Cervus canadensis nannodes) resource depression and distant patch use in central California
Previous research has documented declines in the abundance of high-return resources including tule elk (Cervus canadensis nannodes) over the past three millennia in central California, suggesting the occurrence of resource depression. We test the hypothesis that hunting depressed tule elk in this setting by articulating stable isotope analyses from 88 directly dated tule elk specimens with data on the age structure and skeletal part representatio…
More on overkill, the associational critique, and the North American megafaunal record
A foraging theory perspective on the associational critique of North American Pleistocene overkill
El Niño controls Holocene rabbit and hare populations in Baja California
The El Niño/Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is a major source of climatic variation worldwide, with significant impacts on modern human and animal populations. However, few detailed records exist on the long-term effects of ENSO on prehistoric vertebrate populations. Here we examine how lagomorph (rabbit and hare) deposition rate, population age structure and taxonomic composition from Abrigo de los Escorpiones, a well-dated, trans-Holocene vertebrat…
Zooarchaeology
A Late Holocene Population Bottleneck in California Tule Elk (Cervus elaphus nannodes)
Prey Body Size and Ranking in Zooarchaeology
The use of body size as an index of prey rank in zooarchaeology has fostered a widely applied approach to understanding variability in foraging efficiency. This approach has, however, been critiqued-most recently by the suggestion that large prey have high probabilities of failed pursuits. Here, we clarify the logic and history of using body size as a measure of prey rank and summarize empirical data on the body size-return rate relationship. Wit…
Stable isotope chemistry, population histories and Late Prehistoric subsistence change in the Aleutian Islands
Evolutionary Ecology, Resource Depression, and Niche Construction Theory
Did climatic seasonality control late Quaternary artiodactyl densities in western North America?
Camels Back Cave . Dave N. Schmitt , David B. Madsen
Avian resource depression or intertaxonomic variation in bone density? A test with San Francisco Bay avifaunas
Holocene artiodactyl population histories and large game hunting in the Wyoming Basin, USA
Holocene Environmental Change, Artiodactyl Abundances, and Human Hunting Strategies in the Great Basin
Despite a deep Great Basin tradition of incorporating paleoenvironmental change within ecologically oriented analyses of past human lifeways, there has been little attention focused on Holocene variation in artiodactyl abundances and the human hunting strategies dependent upon them. Here, we draw upon recently generated paleontological evidence from Homestead Cave of the Bonneville Basin to document a late Holocene artiodactyl population increase…
Showing off, Foraging Models, and the Ascendance of Large-Game Hunting in the California Middle Archaic
In a recent paper in American Antiquity (2002:231-256), Hildebrandt and McGuire argue that archaeofaunal patterns in California document an ascendance of artiodactyl hunting during the Middle Archaic. They also suggest that such a trend is inconsistent with predictions derived from optimal-foraging models. Given the apparent failure of foraging theory, they advance a 'showing off' model of large-game hunting. While their presentation is intriguin…
Prey spatial structure and behavior affect archaeological tests of optimal foraging models
Foraging theory is increasingly used as a framework to analyze prehistoric resource depression , or declines in prey capture rates that stem from the activities of foragers. Resource depression, with the resulting declines in foraging efficiency, appears to be an important variable underlying many behavioral transitions in human prehistory. And, while two of the primary lines of evidence used to document resource depression archaeologically are t…
Terminal Pleistocene/Early Holocene Environmental Change at the Sunshine Locality, North-Central Nevada, U.S.A.
Sedimentological, faunal, and archaeological investigations at the Sunshine Locality, Long Valley, Nevada reveal a history of human adaptation and environmental change at the last glacial–interglacial transition in North America's north-central Great Basin. The locality contains a suite of lacustrine, alluvial, and eolian deposits associated with fluvially reworked faunal remains and Paleoindian artifacts. Radiocarbon-dated stratigraphy indicates…
Selective Transport of Animal Parts by Ancient Hunters
Fish Remains from Homestead Cave and Lake Levels of the Past 13,000 Years in the Bonneville Basin
A late Quaternary ichthyofauna from Homestead Cave, Utah, provides a new source of information on lake history in the Bonneville basin. The fish, represented by 11 freshwater species, were accumulated between ∼11,200 and ∼1000 14 C yr B.P. by scavenging owls. The 87 Sr/ 86 Sr ratio of Lake Bonneville varied with its elevation; 87 Sr/ 86 Sr values of fish from the lowest stratum of the cave suggest they grew in a lake near the terminal Pleistocene…
On Evolutionary Ecology, Selectionist Archaeology, and Behavioral Archaeology
To promote a dialogue between competing but potentially compatible approaches in American archaeology, Schiffer (1996) examined the relationships between two distinct research programs: 'behavioral' archaeology and evolutionary archaeology. An approach grounded in evolutionary ecology was not included in that analysis. In this paper, we reply to Schiffer's call for dialogue by outlining the relationships, as we see them, between evolutionary ecol…
Widening diet breadth, declining foraging efficiency, and prehistoric harvest pressure
The Emeryville Shellmound is a famous but now destroyed midden once located on the east shore of San Francisco Bay. Analyses of the fish remains from the stratified late Holocene deposits indicate that prehistoric peoples had substantial impacts on the sturgeon populations of the Bay. This calls into question the commonly held belief that native peoples lived in harmony with nature and has important implications for the management of modern verte…
Declines in Mammalian Foraging Efficiency during the Late Holocene, San Francisco Bay, California
Late Holocene Resource Intensification in the Sacramento Valley, California
Diet Breadth, Adaptive Change, and the White Mountains Faunas
Late Holocene Resource Intensification in the Sacramento Valley, California
Prey spatial structure and behavior affect archaeological tests of optimal foraging models
Foraging theory is increasingly used as a framework to analyze prehistoric resource depression , or declines in prey capture rates that stem from the activities of foragers. Resource depression, with the resulting declines in foraging efficiency, appears to be an important variable underlying many behavioral transitions in human prehistory. And, while two of the primary lines of evidence used to document resource depression archaeologically are t…
On Evolutionary Ecology, Selectionist Archaeology, and Behavioral Archaeology
To promote a dialogue between competing but potentially compatible approaches in American archaeology, Schiffer (1996) examined the relationships between two distinct research programs: 'behavioral' archaeology and evolutionary archaeology. An approach grounded in evolutionary ecology was not included in that analysis. In this paper, we reply to Schiffer's call for dialogue by outlining the relationships, as we see them, between evolutionary ecol…
Evolutionary Ecology, Resource Depression, and Niche Construction Theory
Widening diet breadth, declining foraging efficiency, and prehistoric harvest pressure
The Emeryville Shellmound is a famous but now destroyed midden once located on the east shore of San Francisco Bay. Analyses of the fish remains from the stratified late Holocene deposits indicate that prehistoric peoples had substantial impacts on the sturgeon populations of the Bay. This calls into question the commonly held belief that native peoples lived in harmony with nature and has important implications for the management of modern verte…
Prey Body Size and Ranking in Zooarchaeology
The use of body size as an index of prey rank in zooarchaeology has fostered a widely applied approach to understanding variability in foraging efficiency. This approach has, however, been critiqued-most recently by the suggestion that large prey have high probabilities of failed pursuits. Here, we clarify the logic and history of using body size as a measure of prey rank and summarize empirical data on the body size-return rate relationship. Wit…
Diet Breadth, Adaptive Change, and the White Mountains Faunas
Avian resource depression or intertaxonomic variation in bone density? A test with San Francisco Bay avifaunas
Holocene Environmental Change, Artiodactyl Abundances, and Human Hunting Strategies in the Great Basin
Despite a deep Great Basin tradition of incorporating paleoenvironmental change within ecologically oriented analyses of past human lifeways, there has been little attention focused on Holocene variation in artiodactyl abundances and the human hunting strategies dependent upon them. Here, we draw upon recently generated paleontological evidence from Homestead Cave of the Bonneville Basin to document a late Holocene artiodactyl population increase…
Holocene artiodactyl population histories and large game hunting in the Wyoming Basin, USA
Showing off, Foraging Models, and the Ascendance of Large-Game Hunting in the California Middle Archaic
In a recent paper in American Antiquity (2002:231-256), Hildebrandt and McGuire argue that archaeofaunal patterns in California document an ascendance of artiodactyl hunting during the Middle Archaic. They also suggest that such a trend is inconsistent with predictions derived from optimal-foraging models. Given the apparent failure of foraging theory, they advance a 'showing off' model of large-game hunting. While their presentation is intriguin…
Selective Transport of Animal Parts by Ancient Hunters
Stable isotope chemistry, population histories and Late Prehistoric subsistence change in the Aleutian Islands
A foraging theory perspective on the associational critique of North American Pleistocene overkill
A Late Holocene Population Bottleneck in California Tule Elk (Cervus elaphus nannodes)
Late Holocene tule elk (Cervus canadensis nannodes) resource depression and distant patch use in central California
Previous research has documented declines in the abundance of high-return resources including tule elk (Cervus canadensis nannodes) over the past three millennia in central California, suggesting the occurrence of resource depression. We test the hypothesis that hunting depressed tule elk in this setting by articulating stable isotope analyses from 88 directly dated tule elk specimens with data on the age structure and skeletal part representatio…
Climatic controls and costly signaling
In this paper, we explore and integrate different currencies that may underlie large-game hunting to guide a trans-Holocene analysis of variation in artiodactyl utilization using massive archaeofaunal data-sets from predominantly open-air sites from the Bonneville and Wyoming basins. The available empirical data continue to suggest that artiodactyls yield consistently higher return rates than lagomorphs allowing us to leverage predictions from bo…
Diet Breadth, Adaptive Change, and the White Mountains Faunas
Declines in Mammalian Foraging Efficiency during the Late Holocene, San Francisco Bay, California
Late Holocene Resource Intensification in the Sacramento Valley, California
Widening diet breadth, declining foraging efficiency, and prehistoric harvest pressure
The Emeryville Shellmound is a famous but now destroyed midden once located on the east shore of San Francisco Bay. Analyses of the fish remains from the stratified late Holocene deposits indicate that prehistoric peoples had substantial impacts on the sturgeon populations of the Bay. This calls into question the commonly held belief that native peoples lived in harmony with nature and has important implications for the management of modern verte…
On Evolutionary Ecology, Selectionist Archaeology, and Behavioral Archaeology
To promote a dialogue between competing but potentially compatible approaches in American archaeology, Schiffer (1996) examined the relationships between two distinct research programs: 'behavioral' archaeology and evolutionary archaeology. An approach grounded in evolutionary ecology was not included in that analysis. In this paper, we reply to Schiffer's call for dialogue by outlining the relationships, as we see them, between evolutionary ecol…
Fish Remains from Homestead Cave and Lake Levels of the Past 13,000 Years in the Bonneville Basin
A late Quaternary ichthyofauna from Homestead Cave, Utah, provides a new source of information on lake history in the Bonneville basin. The fish, represented by 11 freshwater species, were accumulated between ∼11,200 and ∼1000 14 C yr B.P. by scavenging owls. The 87 Sr/ 86 Sr ratio of Lake Bonneville varied with its elevation; 87 Sr/ 86 Sr values of fish from the lowest stratum of the cave suggest they grew in a lake near the terminal Pleistocene…
Terminal Pleistocene/Early Holocene Environmental Change at the Sunshine Locality, North-Central Nevada, U.S.A.
Sedimentological, faunal, and archaeological investigations at the Sunshine Locality, Long Valley, Nevada reveal a history of human adaptation and environmental change at the last glacial–interglacial transition in North America's north-central Great Basin. The locality contains a suite of lacustrine, alluvial, and eolian deposits associated with fluvially reworked faunal remains and Paleoindian artifacts. Radiocarbon-dated stratigraphy indicates…
Selective Transport of Animal Parts by Ancient Hunters
Prey spatial structure and behavior affect archaeological tests of optimal foraging models
Foraging theory is increasingly used as a framework to analyze prehistoric resource depression , or declines in prey capture rates that stem from the activities of foragers. Resource depression, with the resulting declines in foraging efficiency, appears to be an important variable underlying many behavioral transitions in human prehistory. And, while two of the primary lines of evidence used to document resource depression archaeologically are t…
Showing off, Foraging Models, and the Ascendance of Large-Game Hunting in the California Middle Archaic
In a recent paper in American Antiquity (2002:231-256), Hildebrandt and McGuire argue that archaeofaunal patterns in California document an ascendance of artiodactyl hunting during the Middle Archaic. They also suggest that such a trend is inconsistent with predictions derived from optimal-foraging models. Given the apparent failure of foraging theory, they advance a 'showing off' model of large-game hunting. While their presentation is intriguin…
Holocene artiodactyl population histories and large game hunting in the Wyoming Basin, USA
Holocene Environmental Change, Artiodactyl Abundances, and Human Hunting Strategies in the Great Basin
Despite a deep Great Basin tradition of incorporating paleoenvironmental change within ecologically oriented analyses of past human lifeways, there has been little attention focused on Holocene variation in artiodactyl abundances and the human hunting strategies dependent upon them. Here, we draw upon recently generated paleontological evidence from Homestead Cave of the Bonneville Basin to document a late Holocene artiodactyl population increase…
Camels Back Cave . Dave N. Schmitt , David B. Madsen
Avian resource depression or intertaxonomic variation in bone density? A test with San Francisco Bay avifaunas
Did climatic seasonality control late Quaternary artiodactyl densities in western North America?
Stable isotope chemistry, population histories and Late Prehistoric subsistence change in the Aleutian Islands
Evolutionary Ecology, Resource Depression, and Niche Construction Theory
Prey Body Size and Ranking in Zooarchaeology
The use of body size as an index of prey rank in zooarchaeology has fostered a widely applied approach to understanding variability in foraging efficiency. This approach has, however, been critiqued-most recently by the suggestion that large prey have high probabilities of failed pursuits. Here, we clarify the logic and history of using body size as a measure of prey rank and summarize empirical data on the body size-return rate relationship. Wit…
A Late Holocene Population Bottleneck in California Tule Elk (Cervus elaphus nannodes)
El Niño controls Holocene rabbit and hare populations in Baja California
The El Niño/Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is a major source of climatic variation worldwide, with significant impacts on modern human and animal populations. However, few detailed records exist on the long-term effects of ENSO on prehistoric vertebrate populations. Here we examine how lagomorph (rabbit and hare) deposition rate, population age structure and taxonomic composition from Abrigo de los Escorpiones, a well-dated, trans-Holocene vertebrat…
Zooarchaeology
A foraging theory perspective on the associational critique of North American Pleistocene overkill
More on overkill, the associational critique, and the North American megafaunal record
Climatic controls and costly signaling
In this paper, we explore and integrate different currencies that may underlie large-game hunting to guide a trans-Holocene analysis of variation in artiodactyl utilization using massive archaeofaunal data-sets from predominantly open-air sites from the Bonneville and Wyoming basins. The available empirical data continue to suggest that artiodactyls yield consistently higher return rates than lagomorphs allowing us to leverage predictions from bo…
Late Holocene tule elk (Cervus canadensis nannodes) resource depression and distant patch use in central California
Previous research has documented declines in the abundance of high-return resources including tule elk (Cervus canadensis nannodes) over the past three millennia in central California, suggesting the occurrence of resource depression. We test the hypothesis that hunting depressed tule elk in this setting by articulating stable isotope analyses from 88 directly dated tule elk specimens with data on the age structure and skeletal part representatio…
Geography (21 works) · Archaeology (19 works) · Biology (19 works) · Ecology (16 works) · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (16 works) · Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (16 works) · Holocene (14 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (12 works) · Prehistory (11 works) · Foraging (9 works)