René L Vellanoweth
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 254402 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | René L Vellanoweth |
| NOMBRES | René L |
| APELLIDO | Vellanoweth |
| FIRMA | VELLANOWETH R L |
| AFILIACIONES | California State University Los Angeles |
| VERIFICADO | No |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 33 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 425 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 33 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1999 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 12 |
Trans-Holocene coastal occupations at the Faro Punta Marquez site, Pacific Coast of Baja California Sur (BCS), Mexico
Excavations at the Faro Punta Marquez (FPM) site reveal occupations spanning the Holocene from ∼10,600 cal BP to a couple of hundred years ago. Shellfish remains indicate a reduction of estuary and mangrove habitats associated with climatic shifts and sea-level stabilization during the Early–Middle Holocene transition. Shellfish assemblages demonstrate flexible harvesting strategies as early occupations are marked by bivalves associated with mang…
Morphometric and stable isotope analysis of archaeological Totoaba macdonaldi otoliths, Baja California, México
Spring tides, storm surges, and the destruction of coastal middens
This study used photogrammetry to analyze digital video taken before and after a new moon perigean spring tide that caused extensive damage to archaeological sites along the Upper Gulf of California coastline, south of San Felipe, Baja California, México. We created a 3D digital surface model (DSM) and orthophoto of the Conchero 4 site, a large multicomponent shell midden and sand dune. Results showed mass wasting (∼100 linear meters and ∼1500 m3…
Historical Ecology And Human Impacts On Coastal Ecosystems Of The Santa Barbara Channel Region, California
Material conveyance in the Southern California Bight
Inhabited by Native Americans for at least 13,000 years, California’s Channel Islands were isolated from the adjacent mainland throughout the Quaternary. A rich archaeological record demonstrates that island peoples thrived for millennia, with access to abundant marine and terrestrial resources. Exchange with mainlanders for various goods is well documented, with long-distance material conveyance occurring very early and intensifying later in tim…
The Antiquity of Pearling in the Americas
AMS radiocarbon dating of two modified pearls from the Covacha Babisuri site, Espíritu Santo Island, Baja California Sur, México, corroborates associated midden dates suggesting that traditional indigenous use and modification of pearls as items of adornment began at least 8,500 years ago. To our knowledge, these are the oldest modified pearls found in dated archaeological contexts anywhere in the world. The presence of similarly modified pearls …
Residue analysis, use-wear patterns, and replicative studies indicate that sandstone tools were used as reamers when producing shell fishhooks on San Nicolas Island, California
A Cache Within a Cache
Excavation of a cache feature eroding from a sea cliff on the northwest coast of San Nicolas Island produced two redwood boxes containing more than 200 artifacts of Nicoleño, Native Alaskan, and Euroamerican origin, along with four asphaltum-lined basketry water bottles and other artifacts. An abalone shell “treasure-box” was found inside the western box of the feature that included a large black abalone shell dish containing 20 items and a secon…
Years of Human Predation on Black Turban Snails ( Chlorostoma funebralis ) on Alta California's Northern Channel Islands
Examining the ecology and archaeology of black turban snails (Chlorostoma [Tegula] funebralis), found along North America's Pacific Coast from British Columbia to Baja California, we present evidence for 12,000 years of human predation in Northern Channel Island shell middens. Often viewed as evidence for Late Holocene economic intensification along the southern California Coast, we identified black turban middens dated to the terminal Pleistocen…
Linking the Artifact to the Activity
Tarring pebbles have been used by Native Americans of southern California for thousands of years to melt, apply, and spread asphaltum. Although tarring pebbles are frequently observed in the archaeological record, they are seldom analyzed. In this study, we use size to construct a classification and typology of tarring pebbles found at three archaeological sites on San Nicolas Island, California. Three separate tarring pebble clusters exhibit par…
Sourcing archaeological asphaltum (bitumen) from the California Channel Islands to submarine seeps
Using non-dietary gastropods in coastal shell middens to infer kelp and seagrass harvesting and paleoenvironmental conditions
Residue analysis links sandstone abraders to shell fishhook production on San Nicolas Island, California
From the Island of the Blue Dolphins
A cache feature salvaged from an eroding sea cliff on San Nicolas Island produced two redwood boxes containing more than 200 artifacts of Nicoleño, Native Alaskan, and Euro-American origin. Outside the boxes were four asphaltum-coated baskets, abalone shells, a sandstone dish, and a hafted stone knife. The boxes, made from split redwood planks, contained a variety of artifacts and numerous unmodified bones and teeth from marine mammals, fish, bir…
Expanding the Chronology for the Extinct Giant Island Deer Mouse ( Peromyscus nesodytes) on San Miguel Island, California, USA
Navy, the University of Oregon, Humboldt State University, and California State University, Los Angeles through various grants and contracts. Radiocarbon dates were funded by the U.S. Navy. Jon M. Erlandson and Torben C. Rick were instrumental in helping form our ideas on these topics. Special thanks to Jennie A. Allen and Emily L. Whistler for the many hours they spent helping to sort through and identify the faunal materials discussed in this a…
Where were the northern elephant seals? Holocene archaeology and biogeography of Mirounga angustirostris
Driven to the brink of extinction during the nineteenth century commercial fur and oil trade, northern elephant seal (NES, Mirounga angustirostris) populations now exceed 100 000 animals in the northeast Pacific from Alaska to Baja California. Because little is known about the biogeography and ecology of NES prior to the mid-nineteenth century, we synthesize and analyze the occurrence of NES remains in North American archaeological sites. Compari…
A Canyon through Time
Trauma and pathology of a buried dog from San Nicolas Island, California, U.S.A
Years of human predation and size changes in the owl limpet (Lottia gigantea) on San Miguel Island, California
Origins and antiquity of the island fox ( Urocyon littoralis ) on California's Channel Islands
The island fox ( Urocyon littoralis ) is one of few reportedly endemic terrestrial mammals on California's Channel Islands. Questions remain about how and when foxes first colonized the islands, with researchers speculating on a natural, human-assisted, or combined dispersal during the late Pleistocene and/or Holocene. A natural dispersal of foxes to the northern Channel Islands has been supported by reports of a few fox bones from late Pleistoce…
Dogs, humans and island ecosystems
Archaeologists have made significant contributions to our understanding of ancient island environments, including the timing and implications of the introduction of non-native animals (pigs, chickens, rats, etc.) by humans. Here, we focus on the historical ecology and biogeography of domestic dogs ( Canis familiaris) on California's Channel Islands during the Holocene. Dogs are the only animal known unequivocally to have been introduced by Native…
Human impacts on ancient shellfish
A double dog burial from San Nicolas Island, California, USA
A 6,000 Year Old Red Abalone Midden from Otter Point, San Miguel Island, California
For decades, researchers have been interested in archaeological sites on California's Channel Islands that contain large concentrations of red abalone ( Haliotis rufescens) shells. Known as red abalone middens and dated to between about 7500 and 3500 years ago, these sites have been used to understand broad subsistence patterns, provide chrono-stratigraphic control, and investigate past environmental changes in the region. Most detailed studies h…
Taphonomy and site formation on California's Channel Islands
Inhabited by humans for over 12,000 calendar years, California's Channel Islands contain thousands of archaeological sites, ranging from dense shell middens and villages to small lithic scatters and camps. Similar to many islands around the world, the Channel Islands have a dearth of burrowing animals and limited historical development leading to generally good preservation of archaeological constituents and relatively high stratigraphic integrit…
From Pleistocene Mariners to Complex Hunter-Gatherers
Human impacts on ancient shellfish
Years of human predation and size changes in the owl limpet (Lottia gigantea) on San Miguel Island, California
Radiocarbon dating and the “old shell” problem
On the Antiquity of the Single-Piece Shell Fishhook
Paleocoastal Marine Fishing on the Pacific Coast of the Americas
Analysis of over 27,000 fish bones from strata at Daisy Cave dated between about 11,500 and 8500 cal B.P. suggests that early Channel Islanders fished relatively intensively in a variety of habitats using a number of distinct technologies, including boats and the earliest evidence for hook-and-line fishing on the Pacific Coast of the Americas. The abundance of fish remains and fishing-related artifacts supports dietary reconstructions that sugges…
Early New World maritime technologies
AMS Radiocarbon Dating and Shell Bead Chronologies
Taphonomy and site formation on California's Channel Islands
Inhabited by humans for over 12,000 calendar years, California's Channel Islands contain thousands of archaeological sites, ranging from dense shell middens and villages to small lithic scatters and camps. Similar to many islands around the world, the Channel Islands have a dearth of burrowing animals and limited historical development leading to generally good preservation of archaeological constituents and relatively high stratigraphic integrit…
A double dog burial from San Nicolas Island, California, USA
Sourcing archaeological asphaltum (bitumen) from the California Channel Islands to submarine seeps
Using non-dietary gastropods in coastal shell middens to infer kelp and seagrass harvesting and paleoenvironmental conditions
Maritime Subsistence at a 9300 Year Old Shell Midden on Santa Rosa Island, California
A deeply buried shell midden (CA-SRI-6) on Santa Rosa Island, California appears to have been a residential campsite occupied about 9300 years ago. Although few artifacts were recovered from this Early Holocene component, faunal remains suggest a heavy reliance on marine resources, probably supplemented by terrestrial plant foods. Dietary reconstructions suggest that shellfish (especially abalone) provided about 85% of the estimated meat yields, …
Where were the northern elephant seals? Holocene archaeology and biogeography of Mirounga angustirostris
Driven to the brink of extinction during the nineteenth century commercial fur and oil trade, northern elephant seal (NES, Mirounga angustirostris) populations now exceed 100 000 animals in the northeast Pacific from Alaska to Baja California. Because little is known about the biogeography and ecology of NES prior to the mid-nineteenth century, we synthesize and analyze the occurrence of NES remains in North American archaeological sites. Compari…
A Canyon through Time
Dogs, humans and island ecosystems
Archaeologists have made significant contributions to our understanding of ancient island environments, including the timing and implications of the introduction of non-native animals (pigs, chickens, rats, etc.) by humans. Here, we focus on the historical ecology and biogeography of domestic dogs ( Canis familiaris) on California's Channel Islands during the Holocene. Dogs are the only animal known unequivocally to have been introduced by Native…
A 6,000 Year Old Red Abalone Midden from Otter Point, San Miguel Island, California
For decades, researchers have been interested in archaeological sites on California's Channel Islands that contain large concentrations of red abalone ( Haliotis rufescens) shells. Known as red abalone middens and dated to between about 7500 and 3500 years ago, these sites have been used to understand broad subsistence patterns, provide chrono-stratigraphic control, and investigate past environmental changes in the region. Most detailed studies h…
The Antiquity of Pearling in the Americas
AMS radiocarbon dating of two modified pearls from the Covacha Babisuri site, Espíritu Santo Island, Baja California Sur, México, corroborates associated midden dates suggesting that traditional indigenous use and modification of pearls as items of adornment began at least 8,500 years ago. To our knowledge, these are the oldest modified pearls found in dated archaeological contexts anywhere in the world. The presence of similarly modified pearls …
Residue analysis links sandstone abraders to shell fishhook production on San Nicolas Island, California
Expanding the Chronology for the Extinct Giant Island Deer Mouse ( Peromyscus nesodytes) on San Miguel Island, California, USA
Navy, the University of Oregon, Humboldt State University, and California State University, Los Angeles through various grants and contracts. Radiocarbon dates were funded by the U.S. Navy. Jon M. Erlandson and Torben C. Rick were instrumental in helping form our ideas on these topics. Special thanks to Jennie A. Allen and Emily L. Whistler for the many hours they spent helping to sort through and identify the faunal materials discussed in this a…
A Cache Within a Cache
Excavation of a cache feature eroding from a sea cliff on the northwest coast of San Nicolas Island produced two redwood boxes containing more than 200 artifacts of Nicoleño, Native Alaskan, and Euroamerican origin, along with four asphaltum-lined basketry water bottles and other artifacts. An abalone shell “treasure-box” was found inside the western box of the feature that included a large black abalone shell dish containing 20 items and a secon…
From the Island of the Blue Dolphins
A cache feature salvaged from an eroding sea cliff on San Nicolas Island produced two redwood boxes containing more than 200 artifacts of Nicoleño, Native Alaskan, and Euro-American origin. Outside the boxes were four asphaltum-coated baskets, abalone shells, a sandstone dish, and a hafted stone knife. The boxes, made from split redwood planks, contained a variety of artifacts and numerous unmodified bones and teeth from marine mammals, fish, bir…
Material conveyance in the Southern California Bight
Inhabited by Native Americans for at least 13,000 years, California’s Channel Islands were isolated from the adjacent mainland throughout the Quaternary. A rich archaeological record demonstrates that island peoples thrived for millennia, with access to abundant marine and terrestrial resources. Exchange with mainlanders for various goods is well documented, with long-distance material conveyance occurring very early and intensifying later in tim…
Years of Human Predation on Black Turban Snails ( Chlorostoma funebralis ) on Alta California's Northern Channel Islands
Examining the ecology and archaeology of black turban snails (Chlorostoma [Tegula] funebralis), found along North America's Pacific Coast from British Columbia to Baja California, we present evidence for 12,000 years of human predation in Northern Channel Island shell middens. Often viewed as evidence for Late Holocene economic intensification along the southern California Coast, we identified black turban middens dated to the terminal Pleistocen…
Linking the Artifact to the Activity
Tarring pebbles have been used by Native Americans of southern California for thousands of years to melt, apply, and spread asphaltum. Although tarring pebbles are frequently observed in the archaeological record, they are seldom analyzed. In this study, we use size to construct a classification and typology of tarring pebbles found at three archaeological sites on San Nicolas Island, California. Three separate tarring pebble clusters exhibit par…
Maritime Subsistence at a 9300 Year Old Shell Midden on Santa Rosa Island, California
A deeply buried shell midden (CA-SRI-6) on Santa Rosa Island, California appears to have been a residential campsite occupied about 9300 years ago. Although few artifacts were recovered from this Early Holocene component, faunal remains suggest a heavy reliance on marine resources, probably supplemented by terrestrial plant foods. Dietary reconstructions suggest that shellfish (especially abalone) provided about 85% of the estimated meat yields, …
AMS Radiocarbon Dating and Shell Bead Chronologies
Paleocoastal Marine Fishing on the Pacific Coast of the Americas
Analysis of over 27,000 fish bones from strata at Daisy Cave dated between about 11,500 and 8500 cal B.P. suggests that early Channel Islanders fished relatively intensively in a variety of habitats using a number of distinct technologies, including boats and the earliest evidence for hook-and-line fishing on the Pacific Coast of the Americas. The abundance of fish remains and fishing-related artifacts supports dietary reconstructions that sugges…
On the Antiquity of the Single-Piece Shell Fishhook
Early New World maritime technologies
Coastal paleogeography and human land use at Tecolote Canyon, southern California, U.S.A
A buried archaeological site at Tecolote Canyon provides an ideal case study for relating past human land use patterns to changes in coastal paleogeography. Postglacial sea level transgression, erosion, and other marine and fluvial processes form the context for examining two deeply buried archaeological components excavated at CA‐SBA‐72. Archaeological shellfish assemblages provide proxy data for evaluating the evolution of local marine environm…
Radiocarbon dating and the “old shell” problem
From Pleistocene Mariners to Complex Hunter-Gatherers
A 6,000 Year Old Red Abalone Midden from Otter Point, San Miguel Island, California
For decades, researchers have been interested in archaeological sites on California's Channel Islands that contain large concentrations of red abalone ( Haliotis rufescens) shells. Known as red abalone middens and dated to between about 7500 and 3500 years ago, these sites have been used to understand broad subsistence patterns, provide chrono-stratigraphic control, and investigate past environmental changes in the region. Most detailed studies h…
Taphonomy and site formation on California's Channel Islands
Inhabited by humans for over 12,000 calendar years, California's Channel Islands contain thousands of archaeological sites, ranging from dense shell middens and villages to small lithic scatters and camps. Similar to many islands around the world, the Channel Islands have a dearth of burrowing animals and limited historical development leading to generally good preservation of archaeological constituents and relatively high stratigraphic integrit…
Dogs, humans and island ecosystems
Archaeologists have made significant contributions to our understanding of ancient island environments, including the timing and implications of the introduction of non-native animals (pigs, chickens, rats, etc.) by humans. Here, we focus on the historical ecology and biogeography of domestic dogs ( Canis familiaris) on California's Channel Islands during the Holocene. Dogs are the only animal known unequivocally to have been introduced by Native…
Human impacts on ancient shellfish
A double dog burial from San Nicolas Island, California, USA
Origins and antiquity of the island fox ( Urocyon littoralis ) on California's Channel Islands
The island fox ( Urocyon littoralis ) is one of few reportedly endemic terrestrial mammals on California's Channel Islands. Questions remain about how and when foxes first colonized the islands, with researchers speculating on a natural, human-assisted, or combined dispersal during the late Pleistocene and/or Holocene. A natural dispersal of foxes to the northern Channel Islands has been supported by reports of a few fox bones from late Pleistoce…
Trauma and pathology of a buried dog from San Nicolas Island, California, U.S.A
Years of human predation and size changes in the owl limpet (Lottia gigantea) on San Miguel Island, California
Where were the northern elephant seals? Holocene archaeology and biogeography of Mirounga angustirostris
Driven to the brink of extinction during the nineteenth century commercial fur and oil trade, northern elephant seal (NES, Mirounga angustirostris) populations now exceed 100 000 animals in the northeast Pacific from Alaska to Baja California. Because little is known about the biogeography and ecology of NES prior to the mid-nineteenth century, we synthesize and analyze the occurrence of NES remains in North American archaeological sites. Compari…
A Canyon through Time
Expanding the Chronology for the Extinct Giant Island Deer Mouse ( Peromyscus nesodytes) on San Miguel Island, California, USA
Navy, the University of Oregon, Humboldt State University, and California State University, Los Angeles through various grants and contracts. Radiocarbon dates were funded by the U.S. Navy. Jon M. Erlandson and Torben C. Rick were instrumental in helping form our ideas on these topics. Special thanks to Jennie A. Allen and Emily L. Whistler for the many hours they spent helping to sort through and identify the faunal materials discussed in this a…
From the Island of the Blue Dolphins
A cache feature salvaged from an eroding sea cliff on San Nicolas Island produced two redwood boxes containing more than 200 artifacts of Nicoleño, Native Alaskan, and Euro-American origin. Outside the boxes were four asphaltum-coated baskets, abalone shells, a sandstone dish, and a hafted stone knife. The boxes, made from split redwood planks, contained a variety of artifacts and numerous unmodified bones and teeth from marine mammals, fish, bir…
Linking the Artifact to the Activity
Tarring pebbles have been used by Native Americans of southern California for thousands of years to melt, apply, and spread asphaltum. Although tarring pebbles are frequently observed in the archaeological record, they are seldom analyzed. In this study, we use size to construct a classification and typology of tarring pebbles found at three archaeological sites on San Nicolas Island, California. Three separate tarring pebble clusters exhibit par…
Sourcing archaeological asphaltum (bitumen) from the California Channel Islands to submarine seeps
Using non-dietary gastropods in coastal shell middens to infer kelp and seagrass harvesting and paleoenvironmental conditions
Residue analysis links sandstone abraders to shell fishhook production on San Nicolas Island, California
Years of Human Predation on Black Turban Snails ( Chlorostoma funebralis ) on Alta California's Northern Channel Islands
Examining the ecology and archaeology of black turban snails (Chlorostoma [Tegula] funebralis), found along North America's Pacific Coast from British Columbia to Baja California, we present evidence for 12,000 years of human predation in Northern Channel Island shell middens. Often viewed as evidence for Late Holocene economic intensification along the southern California Coast, we identified black turban middens dated to the terminal Pleistocen…
Geography (30 obras) · Archaeology (28 obras) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (23 obras) · Geology (20 obras) · Biology (16 obras) · Ecology (16 obras) · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (14 obras) · Holocene (12 obras) · Oceanography (11 obras) · Fishery (9 obras)