Russell D Greaves
Biographic Data
| ID | 101605 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Russell D Greaves |
| GIVEN NAMES | Russell D |
| FAMILY NAME | Greaves |
| SIGNATURE | GREAVES R D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Harvard University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1413-4187 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 125 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 16 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1997 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 7 |
Left high and dry: The negative impacts of Federal Emergency Management Agency (Fema) home elevation policies on coastal communities in lower Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana
In recent years, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has sought to enforce home elevation policies more strictly across coastal Southeast Louisiana. These policies are meant to protect homes from flooding resulting from tropical storms. Such policies, however, are widely reviled by coastal community residents. This paper presents the results of ethnographic research conducted in Lower Plaquemines Parish investigating the reasons why co…
Mobility and Navigation among the Yucatec Maya: Sex Differences Reflect Parental Investment, Not Mating Competition
Sex differences in range size and navigation are widely reported, with males traveling farther than females, being less spatially anxious, and in many studies navigating more effectively. One explanation holds that these differences are the result of sexual selection, with larger ranges conferring mating benefits on males, while another explanation focuses on greater parenting costs that large ranges impose on reproductive-aged females. We evalua…
Resilience of small-scale societies' livelihoods: A Framework for Studying the Transition From Food Gathering to Food Production
Lancelotti, C., D. Zurro, N. J. Whitehouse, K. L. Kramer, M. Madella, J. J. García-Granero, and R. D. Greaves. 2016. Resilience of small-scale societies’ livelihoods: a framework for studying the transition from food gathering to food production. Ecology and Society 21(4):8.http://dx.doi.org/10.5751/ES-08757-210408
Hunter–gatherer use of wild plants and domesticates: Archaeological implications for mixed economies before agricultural intensification
Living with Kin in Lowland Horticultural Societies
Postmarital residence patterns in traditional human societies figure prominently in models of hominid social evolution with arguments for patrilocal human bands similar in structure to female-dispersal systems in other African apes. However, considerable flexibility in hunter-gatherer cultures has led to their characterization as primarily multilocal. Horticulturalists are associated with larger, more sedentary social groups with more political i…
Infant growth and the thymus: Data from two South American native societies
The thymus plays an important role in the development of the immune system, yet little is known about the patterns and sources of variation in postnatal thymic development. The aim of this study is to contribute cross‐cultural data on thymus size in infants from two South American native populations, the Tsimane of Bolivia and the Pumé of Venezuela. Thymic ultrasonography was performed and standard anthropometric measures collected from 86 Tsiman…
Juvenile Subsistence Effort, Activity Levels, and Growth Patterns: Middle Childhood among Pumé Foragers
Postmarital Residence and Bilateral Kin Associations among Hunter-Gatherers: Pumé Foragers Living in the Best of Both Worlds
Archeological Testing and Data Recovery at 41ZV202, Zavala County, Texas
At the request of the Texas Department of Transportation, Environmental Affairs Division (TxDOT-ENV), the Center for Archaeological Research (CAR) of The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) conducted archeological significance testing at 41ZV202, a prehistoric site located in northwestern Zavala County, in March of 2003. The work, conducted under Texas Antiquities Permit No. 3071 issued to Dr. Steven A. Tomka, was done in anticipation of th…
Synchrony between growth and reproductive patterns in human females: Early investment in growth among Pumé foragers
Life history is an important framework for understanding many aspects of ontogeny and reproduction relative to fitness outcomes. Because growth is a key influence on the timing of reproductive maturity and age at first birth is a critical demographic variable predicting lifetime fertility, it raises questions about the synchrony of growth and reproductive strategies. Among the Pumé, a group of South American foragers, young women give birth to th…
Early reproductive maturity among Pumé foragers: Implications of a pooled energy model to fast life histories
Life history theory places central importance on relationships between ontogeny, reproduction, and mortality. Fast human life histories have been theoretically and empirically associated with high mortality regimes. This relationship, however, poses an unanswered question about energy allocation. In epidemiologically stressful environments, a greater proportion of energy is allocated to immune function. If growth and maintenance are competing ene…
Seasonality and Sex Differences in Travel Distance and Resource Transport in Venezuelan Foragers
The anthropological literature generally describes forager women as less mobile than men because of their child-care responsibilities and the energetic costs of reproduction. Examination of resource transport among the savanna Pumé of southwestern Venezuela reveals, in contrast, that for certain food resources travel distances and resource weights relative to body weights are greater for women than for men. Male foraging is often associated with …
Changing Patterns of Infant Mortality and Maternal Fertility among Pumé Foragers and Horticulturalists
National census data show that the modern demographic transition-the recent trend toward declining mortality and fertility-is well underway in most countries. A different picture emerges when data from small-scale societies in unindustrialized parts of the world are considered. Many of these small-scale societies are also adapting to rapid changes in their subsistence economies. In this article, we examine the relationship between the pace of acc…
Age, Sex, and Resource Transport in Venezuelan Foragers
Archeological Survey and Testing of Selected Prehistoric Sites along FM 481, Zavala County, Texas
Between April 1981 and December 1982, Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) personnel conducted archeological fieldwork along an approximately 13-km segment of FM 481 in northwest Zavala County. The work was part of an evaluation of the impacts of road improvements to a series of sites along the right-of-way. All of the sites but one (41ZV202) were found not to be eligible for listing on the National Register of Historic Places and not to wa…
Hunting and Multifunctional Use of Bows and Arrows
Changing Patterns of Infant Mortality and Maternal Fertility among Pumé Foragers and Horticulturalists
National census data show that the modern demographic transition-the recent trend toward declining mortality and fertility-is well underway in most countries. A different picture emerges when data from small-scale societies in unindustrialized parts of the world are considered. Many of these small-scale societies are also adapting to rapid changes in their subsistence economies. In this article, we examine the relationship between the pace of acc…
Living with Kin in Lowland Horticultural Societies
Postmarital residence patterns in traditional human societies figure prominently in models of hominid social evolution with arguments for patrilocal human bands similar in structure to female-dispersal systems in other African apes. However, considerable flexibility in hunter-gatherer cultures has led to their characterization as primarily multilocal. Horticulturalists are associated with larger, more sedentary social groups with more political i…
Hunter–gatherer use of wild plants and domesticates: Archaeological implications for mixed economies before agricultural intensification
Postmarital Residence and Bilateral Kin Associations among Hunter-Gatherers: Pumé Foragers Living in the Best of Both Worlds
Juvenile Subsistence Effort, Activity Levels, and Growth Patterns: Middle Childhood among Pumé Foragers
Seasonality and Sex Differences in Travel Distance and Resource Transport in Venezuelan Foragers
The anthropological literature generally describes forager women as less mobile than men because of their child-care responsibilities and the energetic costs of reproduction. Examination of resource transport among the savanna Pumé of southwestern Venezuela reveals, in contrast, that for certain food resources travel distances and resource weights relative to body weights are greater for women than for men. Male foraging is often associated with …
Synchrony between growth and reproductive patterns in human females: Early investment in growth among Pumé foragers
Life history is an important framework for understanding many aspects of ontogeny and reproduction relative to fitness outcomes. Because growth is a key influence on the timing of reproductive maturity and age at first birth is a critical demographic variable predicting lifetime fertility, it raises questions about the synchrony of growth and reproductive strategies. Among the Pumé, a group of South American foragers, young women give birth to th…
Mobility and Navigation among the Yucatec Maya: Sex Differences Reflect Parental Investment, Not Mating Competition
Sex differences in range size and navigation are widely reported, with males traveling farther than females, being less spatially anxious, and in many studies navigating more effectively. One explanation holds that these differences are the result of sexual selection, with larger ranges conferring mating benefits on males, while another explanation focuses on greater parenting costs that large ranges impose on reproductive-aged females. We evalua…
Resilience of small-scale societies' livelihoods: A Framework for Studying the Transition From Food Gathering to Food Production
Lancelotti, C., D. Zurro, N. J. Whitehouse, K. L. Kramer, M. Madella, J. J. García-Granero, and R. D. Greaves. 2016. Resilience of small-scale societies’ livelihoods: a framework for studying the transition from food gathering to food production. Ecology and Society 21(4):8.http://dx.doi.org/10.5751/ES-08757-210408
Left high and dry: The negative impacts of Federal Emergency Management Agency (Fema) home elevation policies on coastal communities in lower Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana
In recent years, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has sought to enforce home elevation policies more strictly across coastal Southeast Louisiana. These policies are meant to protect homes from flooding resulting from tropical storms. Such policies, however, are widely reviled by coastal community residents. This paper presents the results of ethnographic research conducted in Lower Plaquemines Parish investigating the reasons why co…
Archeological Testing and Data Recovery at 41ZV202, Zavala County, Texas
At the request of the Texas Department of Transportation, Environmental Affairs Division (TxDOT-ENV), the Center for Archaeological Research (CAR) of The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) conducted archeological significance testing at 41ZV202, a prehistoric site located in northwestern Zavala County, in March of 2003. The work, conducted under Texas Antiquities Permit No. 3071 issued to Dr. Steven A. Tomka, was done in anticipation of th…
Archeological Survey and Testing of Selected Prehistoric Sites along FM 481, Zavala County, Texas
Between April 1981 and December 1982, Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) personnel conducted archeological fieldwork along an approximately 13-km segment of FM 481 in northwest Zavala County. The work was part of an evaluation of the impacts of road improvements to a series of sites along the right-of-way. All of the sites but one (41ZV202) were found not to be eligible for listing on the National Register of Historic Places and not to wa…
Hunting and Multifunctional Use of Bows and Arrows
Age, Sex, and Resource Transport in Venezuelan Foragers
Archeological Survey and Testing of Selected Prehistoric Sites along FM 481, Zavala County, Texas
Between April 1981 and December 1982, Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) personnel conducted archeological fieldwork along an approximately 13-km segment of FM 481 in northwest Zavala County. The work was part of an evaluation of the impacts of road improvements to a series of sites along the right-of-way. All of the sites but one (41ZV202) were found not to be eligible for listing on the National Register of Historic Places and not to wa…
Changing Patterns of Infant Mortality and Maternal Fertility among Pumé Foragers and Horticulturalists
National census data show that the modern demographic transition-the recent trend toward declining mortality and fertility-is well underway in most countries. A different picture emerges when data from small-scale societies in unindustrialized parts of the world are considered. Many of these small-scale societies are also adapting to rapid changes in their subsistence economies. In this article, we examine the relationship between the pace of acc…
Seasonality and Sex Differences in Travel Distance and Resource Transport in Venezuelan Foragers
The anthropological literature generally describes forager women as less mobile than men because of their child-care responsibilities and the energetic costs of reproduction. Examination of resource transport among the savanna Pumé of southwestern Venezuela reveals, in contrast, that for certain food resources travel distances and resource weights relative to body weights are greater for women than for men. Male foraging is often associated with …
Early reproductive maturity among Pumé foragers: Implications of a pooled energy model to fast life histories
Life history theory places central importance on relationships between ontogeny, reproduction, and mortality. Fast human life histories have been theoretically and empirically associated with high mortality regimes. This relationship, however, poses an unanswered question about energy allocation. In epidemiologically stressful environments, a greater proportion of energy is allocated to immune function. If growth and maintenance are competing ene…
Archeological Testing and Data Recovery at 41ZV202, Zavala County, Texas
At the request of the Texas Department of Transportation, Environmental Affairs Division (TxDOT-ENV), the Center for Archaeological Research (CAR) of The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) conducted archeological significance testing at 41ZV202, a prehistoric site located in northwestern Zavala County, in March of 2003. The work, conducted under Texas Antiquities Permit No. 3071 issued to Dr. Steven A. Tomka, was done in anticipation of th…
Synchrony between growth and reproductive patterns in human females: Early investment in growth among Pumé foragers
Life history is an important framework for understanding many aspects of ontogeny and reproduction relative to fitness outcomes. Because growth is a key influence on the timing of reproductive maturity and age at first birth is a critical demographic variable predicting lifetime fertility, it raises questions about the synchrony of growth and reproductive strategies. Among the Pumé, a group of South American foragers, young women give birth to th…
Juvenile Subsistence Effort, Activity Levels, and Growth Patterns: Middle Childhood among Pumé Foragers
Postmarital Residence and Bilateral Kin Associations among Hunter-Gatherers: Pumé Foragers Living in the Best of Both Worlds
Infant growth and the thymus: Data from two South American native societies
The thymus plays an important role in the development of the immune system, yet little is known about the patterns and sources of variation in postnatal thymic development. The aim of this study is to contribute cross‐cultural data on thymus size in infants from two South American native populations, the Tsimane of Bolivia and the Pumé of Venezuela. Thymic ultrasonography was performed and standard anthropometric measures collected from 86 Tsiman…
Hunter–gatherer use of wild plants and domesticates: Archaeological implications for mixed economies before agricultural intensification
Living with Kin in Lowland Horticultural Societies
Postmarital residence patterns in traditional human societies figure prominently in models of hominid social evolution with arguments for patrilocal human bands similar in structure to female-dispersal systems in other African apes. However, considerable flexibility in hunter-gatherer cultures has led to their characterization as primarily multilocal. Horticulturalists are associated with larger, more sedentary social groups with more political i…
Mobility and Navigation among the Yucatec Maya: Sex Differences Reflect Parental Investment, Not Mating Competition
Sex differences in range size and navigation are widely reported, with males traveling farther than females, being less spatially anxious, and in many studies navigating more effectively. One explanation holds that these differences are the result of sexual selection, with larger ranges conferring mating benefits on males, while another explanation focuses on greater parenting costs that large ranges impose on reproductive-aged females. We evalua…
Resilience of small-scale societies' livelihoods: A Framework for Studying the Transition From Food Gathering to Food Production
Lancelotti, C., D. Zurro, N. J. Whitehouse, K. L. Kramer, M. Madella, J. J. García-Granero, and R. D. Greaves. 2016. Resilience of small-scale societies’ livelihoods: a framework for studying the transition from food gathering to food production. Ecology and Society 21(4):8.http://dx.doi.org/10.5751/ES-08757-210408
Left high and dry: The negative impacts of Federal Emergency Management Agency (Fema) home elevation policies on coastal communities in lower Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana
In recent years, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has sought to enforce home elevation policies more strictly across coastal Southeast Louisiana. These policies are meant to protect homes from flooding resulting from tropical storms. Such policies, however, are widely reviled by coastal community residents. This paper presents the results of ethnographic research conducted in Lower Plaquemines Parish investigating the reasons why co…
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