B Mcclure
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 12151 |
|---|---|
| NOME | B Mcclure |
| PRENOMES | B |
| SOBRENOME | Mcclure |
| ASSINATURA | MCCLURE B |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Pennsylvania State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0763-5725 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 47 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 175 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 47 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2002 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 7 |
Evaluating Livestock Culling Practices Using Population Projection Models in Neolithic Dalmatia
Mortality profiles derived from age-at-death estimates of archaeological animal remains reveal the outcomes of prehistoric herders slaughtering decisions. Survivorship curves from these data are often interpreted as evidence for herd management strategies optimized for meat, milk, or wool production. Spatial and temporal comparisons can illuminate variation and development in agropastoral economies, but these profiles also carry assumptions. High…
Carbon and nitrogen isotopic analysis of the Middle/Late Bronze individuals from Bezdanjača Cave, Lika region, Croatia
Neolithic cereal cultivation in the Adriatic
The Neolithic in Dalmatia began around 6000 cal BC, marked by the appearance of permanent settlements within the fertile valleys of the region’s karst landscape. Although the archaeobotanical evidence is limited, it indicates the cultivation of a variety of crops, including barley, emmer, einkorn, lentil, and flax, alongside the development of livestock farming, which shifted from a focus on sheep and goat husbandry to cattle farming. This paper …
Animal exploitation by the last hunter-gatherers in the Mediterranean Iberia. New data from the Mesolithic groups from Cocina cave (Valencia, Eastern Iberia)
Mesolithic groups in Mediterranean Iberia lived during a period of bioclimatic and cultural changes. Thus, their economic behaviour and the availability of plant and animal resources show some interesting variation compared to previous periods that indicate changes in mobility patterns and social connectivity networks. This paper presents information on patterns of animal exploitation of the last hunter-gatherers in this region through zooarchaeo…
Cranial variability in North American domestic and wild canids
Mesolithic human remains at Cueva de la Cocina
A series of previously unpublished human remains were found at Cueva de la Cocina (Dos Aguas, Valencia, Spain) in excavations from the 1940s and 1970s. Our analyses indicate a minimum of 5 individuals were present in the archaeological deposit, including both adults and children. AMS radiocarbon dating and osteological analysis document ritual defleshing or skinning during the Late Mesolithic, while δ13C and δ15N stable isotope analysis and compa…
Refining chronologies and typologies
This paper constitutes a narrative view of the diachronic research conducted at Cueva de la Cocina (Dos Aguas, València) and its consequences on the Spanish Mesolithic literature from the middle of the 20th century to current times. Since its discover in 1941, the site has become one of the key sites regarding the sequence of the Late Mesolithic in Mediterranean Iberia. The campaigns conducted by L. Pericot (1941-45) provided the first archaeolog…
A multi-stage Bayesian modelling for building the chronocultural sequence of the Late Mesolithic at Cueva de la Cocina (Valencia, Eastern Iberia)
The Last Hunter-Gatherers on the Iberian Peninsula
Pastoralism, hunting, and coexistence
The interactions between mobile pastoralists and semi-sedentary Nilotic foraging groups in the Middle Nile Valley had long-term implications for the development of social complexity as seen in the ancient African kingdom of Kerma. This study presents the results of the zooarcheological analysis of animal remains from two sites in the 4th cataract of the Nile valley, El Ginefab and Shemkhiya, and compares findings to other published sites in the r…
Cooperation and Cattle Herding in Eighteenth Century Acadia
Anthropological studies of cattle management have frequently used nomadic open-range African pastoralists as models even when examining more sedentary agro-pastoralists relying upon combinations of crops and livestock that prevent or inhibit mobility. The relatively limited number of datasets on more sedentary agro-pastoralists makes it difficult to assess the suitability of this analogy when modeling and understanding herd dynamics in sedentary …
The Zooarchaeology of Neolithic farmers
Archaeofaunal remains (n = 41,081) from six Neolithic villages in northern Dalmatia indicate the intensification of livestock management from 6000 to 4700 cal BC through changes in the demographic and species compositions of livestock herds that coincide with larger cultural and economic developments in the region. The majority of animal bone at each Neolithic site consisted of sheep and goats. Though cattle and pigs were minor contributors to Ea…
A wolf in sheep’s clothing
Investigating Past Livestock Mobility Using δ34S Stable Isotopes
The benefit of including sulfur (δ34S) stable isotopes in studies of past human diet and migration is increasingly clear, but δ34S analyses remain underutilized in addressing other patterns of mobility, animal management, and environmental change in the archaeological record. Here we evaluate the ability of δ34S isotope values to act as proxies for prehistoric environments in three distinct regions of Croatia: northern Dalmatia, Lika, and central…
Old finds, new data
I wanna be your dog
The domestic dog ( Canis familiaris ) holds a unique place in human cultures as the first species to be domesticated and has been adapted to a greater diversity of functions requiring far greater morphological variation than any other domesticate. Because of this variability in morphology and pronounced skeletal similarities with other canid species, dog remains are frequently challenging to identify in the archaeological record. Analysts have at…
Rašinovac near Ždrapanj (northern Dalmatia) – An early neolithic site
This paper presents the results from an archaeological excavation at the Neolithic site of Rašinovac, near Ždrapanj in the Piramatovci Valley (in the hinterland of the town of Skradin in Northern Dalmatia). This previously unknown site was test excavated in 2013 when a 2x2-metre trench was opened to determine the site’s stratigraphy and chronology. Excavations suggested that Rašinovac was a single-layer open-air settlement and subsequent analyses…
Paleodiet and health in a mass burial population
This paper presents the results of carbon and nitrogen stable isotope analyses on human remains uncovered from Potočani, a Copper Age (Eneolithic) mass burial site in continental Croatia. The remains of at least 41individuals were uncovered in a pit in 2007 during rescue excavations in Požeško-Slavonska county. Skeletal evidence of violence and the disorganized arrangement of bodies suggest that burial took place over a short period of time. Radi…
The genomic history of the Iberian Peninsula over the past 8000 years
Genomics of the Iberian Peninsula Ancient DNA studies have begun to help us understand the genetic history and movements of people across the globe. Focusing on the Iberian Peninsula, Olalde et al. report genome-wide data from 271 ancient individuals from Iberia (see the Perspective by Vander Linden). The findings provide a comprehensive genetic time transect of the region. Linguistics analysis and genetic analysis of archaeological human remains…
Human Behavioral Ecology, Domestic Animals, and Land Use during the Transition to Agriculture in Valencia, Eastern Spain
9. Human Behavioral Ecology, Domestic Animals, and Land Use during the Transition to Agriculture in Valencia, Eastern Spain was published in Behavioral Ecology and the Transition to Agriculture on page 197
Recalibrating grave-good chronologies
Actuación arqueológica en los depósitos mesolíticos de Cueva de la Cocina (Dos Aguas, Valencia)
Cocina cave revisited
Taphonomic processes inconsistent with indigenous Mesolithic acculturation during the transition to the Neolithic in the Western Mediterranean
Scaling up
Osteological and paleodietary investigation of burials from Cova de la Pastora, Alicante, Spain
The Pastoral Effect
Niche construction theory provides a framework to analyze the environmental effects of changing pastoral practices. In Europe, domesticated herd animals facilitated the expansion of farming by extending the spatial framework of early farming communities, produced milk for caloric security of pioneering farmers, and were partners in coevolutionary relationships that resulted in changes in the human genome and the spread of diseases. Domestic herd …
Radiocarbon dates, climatic events, and social dynamics during the Early Neolithic in Mediterranean Iberia
Neolithic animal management practices and stable isotope studies in the Adriatic
We examine bone samples of known domesticates (sheep, goat, cattle and pig) from five open-air village sites spanning most of the Neolithic period in Dalmatia, Croatia (cal 6000–4700 BC) to characterise diets of domestic animals and address questions of the origin and development of animal husbandry strategies in early farming communities. Carbon and nitrogen stable isotope values are analysed as proxies of diet and local environment that may ind…
Increasing contextual information by merging existing archaeological data with state of the art laser scanning in the prehistoric funerary deposit of Pastora Cave, Eastern Spain
Formative Period Obsidian Exchange along the Pacific Coast of M esoamerica
Long‐distance networks for the transport of exotic goods and the beginnings of specialized craft production first appear in M esoamerica during the Formative Period. The results of portable X ‐ray fluorescence ( pXRF ) analysis of 456 obsidian artefacts imported to the Pacific coast site of L a Z anja ( G uerrero, M exico) indicate that long‐distance exchange of finished obsidian blades along the coast began during the Early Formative ( c .1400–1…
AEA 2012 Conference Reading
The Western Mediterranean, spanning southern Italy to Portugal, can be considered a single archaeological unit where the diagnostic characteristics of Early Neolithic contexts share common elements, marked by the spread of Cardium-Impressed ceramics. Although some consensus exists regarding the origin of these wares in southern Italy, the debate surrounding its process of expansion to the west remains open. Iberia is a key region for the analysis…
Human Behavioral Ecology and Climate Change during the Transition to Agriculture in Valencia, Eastern Spain
Using the behavioral ecological model of ideal free distribution (IFD), McClure, Jochim, and Barton (2006) identified the tight linkage between agricultural subsistence strategies, herd management, and long-term dynamics of human land use. Missing from their discussion, however, was placing these changes into a broader environmental context. The IFD provides a useful heuristic device to illustrate cost-benefit decisions within a spatial context. …
Gender, Technology, and Evolution
In this paper I explore the potential of cultural inheritance theory to address the specific social contexts of craft production in prehistoric societies. Proponents of agency theory have criticized the 'techno-science' approach of scholars working with other theoretical paradigms and their unwillingness or inability to focus on human behavior instead of material remains. By emphasizing the social and contextual nature of technological practices,…
A wolf in sheep’s clothing
Macroscopic, petrographic and XRD analysis of Middle Neolithic figulina pottery from central Dalmatia
Testing technological practices
Domesticated animals and biodiversity
Los Cerritos
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Pastoralism, hunting, and coexistence
The interactions between mobile pastoralists and semi-sedentary Nilotic foraging groups in the Middle Nile Valley had long-term implications for the development of social complexity as seen in the ancient African kingdom of Kerma. This study presents the results of the zooarcheological analysis of animal remains from two sites in the 4th cataract of the Nile valley, El Ginefab and Shemkhiya, and compares findings to other published sites in the r…
I wanna be your dog
The domestic dog ( Canis familiaris ) holds a unique place in human cultures as the first species to be domesticated and has been adapted to a greater diversity of functions requiring far greater morphological variation than any other domesticate. Because of this variability in morphology and pronounced skeletal similarities with other canid species, dog remains are frequently challenging to identify in the archaeological record. Analysts have at…
Paleodiet and health in a mass burial population
This paper presents the results of carbon and nitrogen stable isotope analyses on human remains uncovered from Potočani, a Copper Age (Eneolithic) mass burial site in continental Croatia. The remains of at least 41individuals were uncovered in a pit in 2007 during rescue excavations in Požeško-Slavonska county. Skeletal evidence of violence and the disorganized arrangement of bodies suggest that burial took place over a short period of time. Radi…
Scaling up
The Last Hunter-Gatherers on the Iberian Peninsula
Investigating Past Livestock Mobility Using δ34S Stable Isotopes
The benefit of including sulfur (δ34S) stable isotopes in studies of past human diet and migration is increasingly clear, but δ34S analyses remain underutilized in addressing other patterns of mobility, animal management, and environmental change in the archaeological record. Here we evaluate the ability of δ34S isotope values to act as proxies for prehistoric environments in three distinct regions of Croatia: northern Dalmatia, Lika, and central…
Roads and Military Provisioning During the French and Indian War (1754–1763)
Early British generals faced serious challenges in delivering and storing sufficient provisions for 18th British soldiers and colonial militia. This analysis investigates the influence of developed road systems that facilitated delivery of provisions and resulted in distinctive dietary patterning. The comparison of faunal data from forts located on major road systems with frontier garrisons and associated Native American villages like Fort Shirle…
Cranial variability in North American domestic and wild canids
Recalibrating grave-good chronologies
Local Actions in Global Context
The transition from Pleistocene to Holocene remodeled the world in ways strikingly similar to those noted by the frameworks convention for the Kyoto Protocol on global climate change. Hunter-gatherer and early agricultural economies balanced local variables with global environmental change. Iberia is a natural laboratory for understanding these processes. From demographic shifts in the Cantabrian refugium to relative constancy in the Mediterranea…
Los Cerritos
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Testing technological practices
Gender, Technology, and Evolution
In this paper I explore the potential of cultural inheritance theory to address the specific social contexts of craft production in prehistoric societies. Proponents of agency theory have criticized the 'techno-science' approach of scholars working with other theoretical paradigms and their unwillingness or inability to focus on human behavior instead of material remains. By emphasizing the social and contextual nature of technological practices,…
Neolithic rock art in context
Holocene Vegetation Dynamics in Mediterranean Iberia
In this paper we illustrate how different internal and external forcings conditioned postglacial vegetation in southern Mediterranean areas. By comparing seven Holocene sequences, we emphasize the role of glacial refugia as postglacial vegetation dispersal centers. We also identify the importance of the system's inertia in the time lags observed for vegetation response to climate change and human pressure. Finally, we explore the cascade of effec…
Human Behavioral Ecology and Climate Change during the Transition to Agriculture in Valencia, Eastern Spain
Using the behavioral ecological model of ideal free distribution (IFD), McClure, Jochim, and Barton (2006) identified the tight linkage between agricultural subsistence strategies, herd management, and long-term dynamics of human land use. Missing from their discussion, however, was placing these changes into a broader environmental context. The IFD provides a useful heuristic device to illustrate cost-benefit decisions within a spatial context. …
Local Actions in Global Context
The transition from Pleistocene to Holocene remodeled the world in ways strikingly similar to those noted by the frameworks convention for the Kyoto Protocol on global climate change. Hunter-gatherer and early agricultural economies balanced local variables with global environmental change. Iberia is a natural laboratory for understanding these processes. From demographic shifts in the Cantabrian refugium to relative constancy in the Mediterranea…
Osteological and paleodietary investigation of burials from Cova de la Pastora, Alicante, Spain
Increasing contextual information by merging existing archaeological data with state of the art laser scanning in the prehistoric funerary deposit of Pastora Cave, Eastern Spain
Domesticated animals and biodiversity
Neolithic animal management practices and stable isotope studies in the Adriatic
We examine bone samples of known domesticates (sheep, goat, cattle and pig) from five open-air village sites spanning most of the Neolithic period in Dalmatia, Croatia (cal 6000–4700 BC) to characterise diets of domestic animals and address questions of the origin and development of animal husbandry strategies in early farming communities. Carbon and nitrogen stable isotope values are analysed as proxies of diet and local environment that may ind…
AEA 2012 Conference Reading
The Western Mediterranean, spanning southern Italy to Portugal, can be considered a single archaeological unit where the diagnostic characteristics of Early Neolithic contexts share common elements, marked by the spread of Cardium-Impressed ceramics. Although some consensus exists regarding the origin of these wares in southern Italy, the debate surrounding its process of expansion to the west remains open. Iberia is a key region for the analysis…
Macroscopic, petrographic and XRD analysis of Middle Neolithic figulina pottery from central Dalmatia
Avance de resultados de los nuevos trabajos arqueológicos en Cueva de la Cocina (Dos Aguas, Valencia). Campaña de 2015
Identifying Neolithic animal management practices in the Adriatic using stable isotopes
We synthesise reported stable isotope values for domesticates and wild herbivores from sites spanning the Neolithic in coastal Croatia, Slovenia, and Italy (6000–3500 calBC). Carbon and nitrogen stable isotope values are analyzed as proxies of diet and environment, with differences between species possibly indicating anthropogenic influence. Results are used to characterise diets and address questions of the origin and development of husbandry st…
AEA 2012 Conference Reading
This article refers to:AEA 2012 Conference Reading: Socioecological dynamics at the time of Neolithic transition in Iberia
Radiocarbon dates, climatic events, and social dynamics during the Early Neolithic in Mediterranean Iberia
Formative Period Obsidian Exchange along the Pacific Coast of M esoamerica
Long‐distance networks for the transport of exotic goods and the beginnings of specialized craft production first appear in M esoamerica during the Formative Period. The results of portable X ‐ray fluorescence ( pXRF ) analysis of 456 obsidian artefacts imported to the Pacific coast site of L a Z anja ( G uerrero, M exico) indicate that long‐distance exchange of finished obsidian blades along the coast began during the Early Formative ( c .1400–1…
The Pastoral Effect
Niche construction theory provides a framework to analyze the environmental effects of changing pastoral practices. In Europe, domesticated herd animals facilitated the expansion of farming by extending the spatial framework of early farming communities, produced milk for caloric security of pioneering farmers, and were partners in coevolutionary relationships that resulted in changes in the human genome and the spread of diseases. Domestic herd …
Cueva de la Cocina (Dos Aguas, Valencia) 2016
Minimizing risk on the margins
Actuación arqueológica en los depósitos mesolíticos de Cueva de la Cocina (Dos Aguas, Valencia)
Cocina cave revisited
Taphonomic processes inconsistent with indigenous Mesolithic acculturation during the transition to the Neolithic in the Western Mediterranean
Scaling up
Geography (42 obras) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (38 obras) · Archaeology (36 obras) · Biology (23 obras) · Ecology (19 obras) · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (19 obras) · Agriculture (16 obras) · Archaeological and Geological Studies (12 obras) · Geology (11 obras) · Radiocarbon dating (11 obras)