Thomas D Holland
Biographic Data
| ID | 125792 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Thomas D Holland |
| GIVEN NAMES | Thomas D |
| FAMILY NAME | Holland |
| SIGNATURE | HOLLAND T D |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Missouri |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2759-4158 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 138 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 13 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1984 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Grant him quickly to my longing eyes”
The tradition of sepulchre, the recognition that a human body has intrinsic emotional and moral worth to those left behind after death and thus should be handled with dignity and respect, is timeless and knows few cultural boundaries. Its basic tenets are codified in international humanitarian law (IHL) – but codification and interpretation are entirely different things. What does it mean to state that parties to a conflict should ensure that bod…
The Nature and Premise of a Selection-Based Archaeology
On Morning Sickness and the Neolithic Revolution
Parasites, Porotic Hyperostosis, and the Implications of Changing Perspectives
Cribra orbitalia and porotic hyperostosis traditionally have been viewed (at least by archaeologists) as indicators of chronic iron deficiency anemia resulting from a dependency upon maize. Recent interpretations, however, have sought to explain these conditions as an evolutionary, adaptive response to intestinal parasites rather than as a consequence of poor nutrition. Thus diet is eliminated as a contributing factor. This model, however, adopts…
Estimation of adult stature from the calcaneus and talus
Calcanei and tali of 100 skeletons in the Hamann–Todd Collection at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History were measured. The skeletons represented 50 males and 50 females distributed equally by race, i.e., whites and blacks. Linear‐regression equations, with standard errors ranging from 4.09 to 6.11 cm, were derived from these measurements for the purpose of estimating stature. Two independent control samples, including one comprised of remains…
Evolutionary implications of design and performance characteristics of prehistoric pottery
The Role of Adaptation in Archaeological Explanation
Adaptation, a venerable icon in archaeology, often is afforded the vacuous role of being an ex-post-facto argument used to 'explain' the appearance and persistence of traits among prehistoric groups-a position that has seriously impeded development of a selectionist perspective in archaeology. Biological and philosophical definitions of adaptation-and by extension, definitions of adaptedness-vary considerably, but all are far removed from those u…
Sex assessment using the proximal tibia
The proximal end of the human tibia is sexually dimorphic. Tibial condyles from 100 individuals in the Hamann‐Todd Collection were measured. Regression equations retrodicted known sex with 86–95% accuracy. A test sample of 20 individuals also from the Hamann‐Todd Collection was classified with 85–100% accuracy. A sample of 20 prehistoric individuals provisionally sexed by using crania and innominate bones was classified with 85–100% agreement. Th…
Geoarchaeological Evidence for Prairie-Mound Formation in the Mississippi Alluvial Valley, Southeastern Missouri
Archaeological materials in several prairie mounds in the northern Western Lowlands of southeastern Missouri indicate that mounds began forming prior to ca. 5000-3000 yr B.P. The mounds subsequently were inundated and built up to their modern configuration by aggradational and reworking processes. Human use of the mounds may have been tied to exploitation of aquatic animals residing in backwater habitats during periods of prolonged flooding. Prin…
Fertility in the Prehistoric Midwest
Cultivation of starchy seeds must be recognized as a complex of variables upon which selection operates and of which population growth is the inherent measure of success. Early weaning through the use of starchy-seed gruels, though recently proposed as the principal factor in the increase of fertility, is insufficient as a prime mover for population growth in west-central Illinois during the Middle and Late Woodland periods
On Interpretive Competition in the Absence of Appropriate Data
Sex determination of fragmentary crania by analysis of the cranial base
The cranial base can be used to determine the sex of fragmentary or deformed skulls. An initial study used nine measurements taken from 100 crania in the Terry Collection. The sample was divided equally by race and sex. Six regression models were formulated that predicted correctly the sex of the sample with 71–90% accuracy. In a separate test, a control sample of 20 skulls, also drawn from the Terry Collection but not involved with formulating t…
A Pilot Study In The Thermal Properties Of Buffalo Chips
To determine the relative efficiency of buffalo chips as a fuel, samples collected from South Dakota were measured and then burned in a Bomb Calorimeter. Information obtained on the caloric content and areal requirements was then compared to 18 selected wood types. The results indicate that to equal the energy potential of an average cord of wood requires almost 2 tons and over 400 cubic feet of buffalo chips
Evolutionary implications of design and performance characteristics of prehistoric pottery
The Role of Adaptation in Archaeological Explanation
Adaptation, a venerable icon in archaeology, often is afforded the vacuous role of being an ex-post-facto argument used to 'explain' the appearance and persistence of traits among prehistoric groups-a position that has seriously impeded development of a selectionist perspective in archaeology. Biological and philosophical definitions of adaptation-and by extension, definitions of adaptedness-vary considerably, but all are far removed from those u…
Parasites, Porotic Hyperostosis, and the Implications of Changing Perspectives
Cribra orbitalia and porotic hyperostosis traditionally have been viewed (at least by archaeologists) as indicators of chronic iron deficiency anemia resulting from a dependency upon maize. Recent interpretations, however, have sought to explain these conditions as an evolutionary, adaptive response to intestinal parasites rather than as a consequence of poor nutrition. Thus diet is eliminated as a contributing factor. This model, however, adopts…
Estimation of adult stature from the calcaneus and talus
Calcanei and tali of 100 skeletons in the Hamann–Todd Collection at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History were measured. The skeletons represented 50 males and 50 females distributed equally by race, i.e., whites and blacks. Linear‐regression equations, with standard errors ranging from 4.09 to 6.11 cm, were derived from these measurements for the purpose of estimating stature. Two independent control samples, including one comprised of remains…
Sex assessment using the proximal tibia
The proximal end of the human tibia is sexually dimorphic. Tibial condyles from 100 individuals in the Hamann‐Todd Collection were measured. Regression equations retrodicted known sex with 86–95% accuracy. A test sample of 20 individuals also from the Hamann‐Todd Collection was classified with 85–100% accuracy. A sample of 20 prehistoric individuals provisionally sexed by using crania and innominate bones was classified with 85–100% agreement. Th…
Sex determination of fragmentary crania by analysis of the cranial base
The cranial base can be used to determine the sex of fragmentary or deformed skulls. An initial study used nine measurements taken from 100 crania in the Terry Collection. The sample was divided equally by race and sex. Six regression models were formulated that predicted correctly the sex of the sample with 71–90% accuracy. In a separate test, a control sample of 20 skulls, also drawn from the Terry Collection but not involved with formulating t…
Fertility in the Prehistoric Midwest
Cultivation of starchy seeds must be recognized as a complex of variables upon which selection operates and of which population growth is the inherent measure of success. Early weaning through the use of starchy-seed gruels, though recently proposed as the principal factor in the increase of fertility, is insufficient as a prime mover for population growth in west-central Illinois during the Middle and Late Woodland periods
On Interpretive Competition in the Absence of Appropriate Data
A Pilot Study In The Thermal Properties Of Buffalo Chips
To determine the relative efficiency of buffalo chips as a fuel, samples collected from South Dakota were measured and then burned in a Bomb Calorimeter. Information obtained on the caloric content and areal requirements was then compared to 18 selected wood types. The results indicate that to equal the energy potential of an average cord of wood requires almost 2 tons and over 400 cubic feet of buffalo chips
On Morning Sickness and the Neolithic Revolution
A Pilot Study In The Thermal Properties Of Buffalo Chips
To determine the relative efficiency of buffalo chips as a fuel, samples collected from South Dakota were measured and then burned in a Bomb Calorimeter. Information obtained on the caloric content and areal requirements was then compared to 18 selected wood types. The results indicate that to equal the energy potential of an average cord of wood requires almost 2 tons and over 400 cubic feet of buffalo chips
Sex determination of fragmentary crania by analysis of the cranial base
The cranial base can be used to determine the sex of fragmentary or deformed skulls. An initial study used nine measurements taken from 100 crania in the Terry Collection. The sample was divided equally by race and sex. Six regression models were formulated that predicted correctly the sex of the sample with 71–90% accuracy. In a separate test, a control sample of 20 skulls, also drawn from the Terry Collection but not involved with formulating t…
Geoarchaeological Evidence for Prairie-Mound Formation in the Mississippi Alluvial Valley, Southeastern Missouri
Archaeological materials in several prairie mounds in the northern Western Lowlands of southeastern Missouri indicate that mounds began forming prior to ca. 5000-3000 yr B.P. The mounds subsequently were inundated and built up to their modern configuration by aggradational and reworking processes. Human use of the mounds may have been tied to exploitation of aquatic animals residing in backwater habitats during periods of prolonged flooding. Prin…
Fertility in the Prehistoric Midwest
Cultivation of starchy seeds must be recognized as a complex of variables upon which selection operates and of which population growth is the inherent measure of success. Early weaning through the use of starchy-seed gruels, though recently proposed as the principal factor in the increase of fertility, is insufficient as a prime mover for population growth in west-central Illinois during the Middle and Late Woodland periods
On Interpretive Competition in the Absence of Appropriate Data
Sex assessment using the proximal tibia
The proximal end of the human tibia is sexually dimorphic. Tibial condyles from 100 individuals in the Hamann‐Todd Collection were measured. Regression equations retrodicted known sex with 86–95% accuracy. A test sample of 20 individuals also from the Hamann‐Todd Collection was classified with 85–100% accuracy. A sample of 20 prehistoric individuals provisionally sexed by using crania and innominate bones was classified with 85–100% agreement. Th…
The Role of Adaptation in Archaeological Explanation
Adaptation, a venerable icon in archaeology, often is afforded the vacuous role of being an ex-post-facto argument used to 'explain' the appearance and persistence of traits among prehistoric groups-a position that has seriously impeded development of a selectionist perspective in archaeology. Biological and philosophical definitions of adaptation-and by extension, definitions of adaptedness-vary considerably, but all are far removed from those u…
Evolutionary implications of design and performance characteristics of prehistoric pottery
Estimation of adult stature from the calcaneus and talus
Calcanei and tali of 100 skeletons in the Hamann–Todd Collection at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History were measured. The skeletons represented 50 males and 50 females distributed equally by race, i.e., whites and blacks. Linear‐regression equations, with standard errors ranging from 4.09 to 6.11 cm, were derived from these measurements for the purpose of estimating stature. Two independent control samples, including one comprised of remains…
Parasites, Porotic Hyperostosis, and the Implications of Changing Perspectives
Cribra orbitalia and porotic hyperostosis traditionally have been viewed (at least by archaeologists) as indicators of chronic iron deficiency anemia resulting from a dependency upon maize. Recent interpretations, however, have sought to explain these conditions as an evolutionary, adaptive response to intestinal parasites rather than as a consequence of poor nutrition. Thus diet is eliminated as a contributing factor. This model, however, adopts…
On Morning Sickness and the Neolithic Revolution
The Nature and Premise of a Selection-Based Archaeology
Grant him quickly to my longing eyes”
The tradition of sepulchre, the recognition that a human body has intrinsic emotional and moral worth to those left behind after death and thus should be handled with dignity and respect, is timeless and knows few cultural boundaries. Its basic tenets are codified in international humanitarian law (IHL) – but codification and interpretation are entirely different things. What does it mean to state that parties to a conflict should ensure that bod…
Archaeology (10 works) · Geography (8 works) · Biology (7 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (6 works) · History (6 works) · Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies (4 works) · History (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Anatomy (3 works) · Anatomy (3 works)