Mark Nathan Cohen
Biographic Data
| ID | 136931 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mark Nathan Cohen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mark Nathan |
| FAMILY NAME | Cohen |
| SIGNATURE | COHEN M N |
| AFFILIATIONS | SUNY Plattsburgh |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 29 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 863 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 29 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1972 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| H-INDEX | 7 |
The youngest meningioma? A historic Maya adolescent from Tipu, Belize
Meningiomas are the most common tumours of the central nervous system. However, few well‐accepted cases have been reported in the palaeopathological literature and usually only when hyperostosis co‐occurs. We present a hyperostotic cranial lesion in an adolescent from the early historic population of Tipu in west central Belize. It fits most clinical and epidemiological patterns of meningeal expression in modern children, and differential diagnos…
Culture of Intolerance
Americans increasingly blame the failures of minority individuals in our society on "racial" inferiority. Anthropologist Mark Nathan Cohen argues cogently that the problems are cultural, not "racial," and that they are rooted in the assumptions of mainstream American culture, not in the biological or cultural failings of "others." By summarizing scientific evidence proving that "races" do not exist and that few biological traits actually correlat…
Introduction
Ethical Guidelines for Class Discussions
Feed or Feedback
A Review Too Kind to Sarich and Miele
Human Diet
The State and Future of Paleoepidemiology
The study of prehistoric pathogens and the evolution of general health (Cohen 1989) calls attention to a long-term pattern of interaction between human behavior and pathogens which demonstrates the profound importance of human social and ecological change on disease organisms.
Droughts, Food and Culture
The Prehistory of Food
Commentary
Politically Correct Red Herring
Gender and Health Among the Colonial Maya of Tipu, Belize
The health of the Colonial-period Maya from Tipu, Belize, was evaluated using a skeletal series to explore differential effects of European contact by sex. Variables addressed were nutrition and disease patterns, reproductive patterns, and occupational stress. Results suggest that females enjoyed fewer childhood health disruptions, likely as a result of greater genetic buffering. No evidence of male preferential treatment was observed. Frequencie…
The Osteological Paradox Reconsidered
The Osteological Paradox
Health and the Rise of Civilization
Health and the rise of civilization
Biosocial Mechanisms of Population Regulation
General and Theoretical
Research and Development in the Stone Age
The transition from Pleistocene to Archaic/Mesolithic is analyzed in broad ecological terms. The trend throughout most of the Pleistocene toward increasing technological diversity is linked to the expectable ecological tendency to increase resource reliability. The advent of culture enabled man to increase resource reliability by diversifying his resource base. Resources were largely of the K-selected type, economical to procure with simple techn…
Biosocial Mechanisms of Population Regulation
Symbiosis, Instability, and the Origins and Spread of Agriculture
Section 1 presents evidence that domestication and agriculture are evolutionary phenomena. They may be found in the relationships of many animals with plants. Domestication is the result of coevolved mutualisms between animals and plants. All domesticated plants show characteristics that are evidence of this mutualist relationship. Section 2 is a brief presentation of a model for the origin and spread of agriculture. Agricultural techniques trans…
Archaeological Plant Remains From the Central Coast of Peru
1978). ARCHAEOLOGICAL PLANT REMAINS FROM THE CENTRAL COAST OF PERU. Nawpa Pacha: Vol. 16, No. 1, pp. 23-50
The Food Crisis in Prehistory
The authors of this monumental work are aiming at a wide audience ranging from the Egyptologist to the inquisitive general reader.For the latter there is a general introduction concerning Ancient Egypt and the sources available, followed by a chapter on the nutritional state ofthe Egyptians.Then each foodstuffin turn, including sweetening agents and salt, together with beverages, spices and herbs, is discussed at length.The book has a multitude o…
Farming in Prehistory
The Osteological Paradox
Research and Development in the Stone Age
The transition from Pleistocene to Archaic/Mesolithic is analyzed in broad ecological terms. The trend throughout most of the Pleistocene toward increasing technological diversity is linked to the expectable ecological tendency to increase resource reliability. The advent of culture enabled man to increase resource reliability by diversifying his resource base. Resources were largely of the K-selected type, economical to procure with simple techn…
Symbiosis, Instability, and the Origins and Spread of Agriculture
Section 1 presents evidence that domestication and agriculture are evolutionary phenomena. They may be found in the relationships of many animals with plants. Domestication is the result of coevolved mutualisms between animals and plants. All domesticated plants show characteristics that are evidence of this mutualist relationship. Section 2 is a brief presentation of a model for the origin and spread of agriculture. Agricultural techniques trans…
Introduction
The Osteological Paradox Reconsidered
Archaeological Plant Remains From the Central Coast of Peru
1978). ARCHAEOLOGICAL PLANT REMAINS FROM THE CENTRAL COAST OF PERU. Nawpa Pacha: Vol. 16, No. 1, pp. 23-50
Archaeological Evidence for Population Pressure in Pre-Agricultural Societies
The intent of this paper is to criticize contemporary methodology in prehistoric demography and to suggest several new types of archaeological evidence which may be indicative of population growth and population pressure. Standard methodologies have tended to underestimate population growth in pre-agricultural societies and to underestimate the role of population pressure in causing economic change. It is argued that with increased sensitivity to…
The Food Crisis in Prehistory
The authors of this monumental work are aiming at a wide audience ranging from the Egyptologist to the inquisitive general reader.For the latter there is a general introduction concerning Ancient Egypt and the sources available, followed by a chapter on the nutritional state ofthe Egyptians.Then each foodstuffin turn, including sweetening agents and salt, together with beverages, spices and herbs, is discussed at length.The book has a multitude o…
Gender and Health Among the Colonial Maya of Tipu, Belize
The health of the Colonial-period Maya from Tipu, Belize, was evaluated using a skeletal series to explore differential effects of European contact by sex. Variables addressed were nutrition and disease patterns, reproductive patterns, and occupational stress. Results suggest that females enjoyed fewer childhood health disruptions, likely as a result of greater genetic buffering. No evidence of male preferential treatment was observed. Frequencie…
Some Problems in the Quantitative Analysis of Vegetable Refuse Illustrated by a Late Horizon Site on the Peruvian Coast
As archaeologists have shifted their attention from the identification of prehistoric events to an analysis of prehistoric processes, there has been a concomitant shift in refuse analysis away from the mere identification of animal and plant taxa toward an identification of the implications of preserved remains in terms of prehistoric diet and economic activity. Among the most significant such trends has been the recent stress on the quantitative…
The youngest meningioma? A historic Maya adolescent from Tipu, Belize
Meningiomas are the most common tumours of the central nervous system. However, few well‐accepted cases have been reported in the palaeopathological literature and usually only when hyperostosis co‐occurs. We present a hyperostotic cranial lesion in an adolescent from the early historic population of Tipu in west central Belize. It fits most clinical and epidemiological patterns of meningeal expression in modern children, and differential diagnos…
Some Problems in the Quantitative Analysis of Vegetable Refuse Illustrated by a Late Horizon Site on the Peruvian Coast
As archaeologists have shifted their attention from the identification of prehistoric events to an analysis of prehistoric processes, there has been a concomitant shift in refuse analysis away from the mere identification of animal and plant taxa toward an identification of the implications of preserved remains in terms of prehistoric diet and economic activity. Among the most significant such trends has been the recent stress on the quantitative…
Archaeological Evidence for Population Pressure in Pre-Agricultural Societies
The intent of this paper is to criticize contemporary methodology in prehistoric demography and to suggest several new types of archaeological evidence which may be indicative of population growth and population pressure. Standard methodologies have tended to underestimate population growth in pre-agricultural societies and to underestimate the role of population pressure in causing economic change. It is argued that with increased sensitivity to…
The food crisis in prehistory
Archaeological Plant Remains From the Central Coast of Peru
1978). ARCHAEOLOGICAL PLANT REMAINS FROM THE CENTRAL COAST OF PERU. Nawpa Pacha: Vol. 16, No. 1, pp. 23-50
The Food Crisis in Prehistory
The authors of this monumental work are aiming at a wide audience ranging from the Egyptologist to the inquisitive general reader.For the latter there is a general introduction concerning Ancient Egypt and the sources available, followed by a chapter on the nutritional state ofthe Egyptians.Then each foodstuffin turn, including sweetening agents and salt, together with beverages, spices and herbs, is discussed at length.The book has a multitude o…
Farming in Prehistory
The Food Crisis in Prehistory. Overpopulation and the Origins of Agriculture
The authors of this monumental work are aiming at a wide audience ranging from the Egyptologist to the inquisitive general reader.For the latter there is a general introduction concerning Ancient Egypt and the sources available, followed by a chapter on the nutritional state ofthe Egyptians.Then each foodstuffin turn, including sweetening agents and salt, together with beverages, spices and herbs, is discussed at length.The book has a multitude o…
Symbiosis, Instability, and the Origins and Spread of Agriculture
Section 1 presents evidence that domestication and agriculture are evolutionary phenomena. They may be found in the relationships of many animals with plants. Domestication is the result of coevolved mutualisms between animals and plants. All domesticated plants show characteristics that are evidence of this mutualist relationship. Section 2 is a brief presentation of a model for the origin and spread of agriculture. Agricultural techniques trans…
General and Theoretical
Research and Development in the Stone Age
The transition from Pleistocene to Archaic/Mesolithic is analyzed in broad ecological terms. The trend throughout most of the Pleistocene toward increasing technological diversity is linked to the expectable ecological tendency to increase resource reliability. The advent of culture enabled man to increase resource reliability by diversifying his resource base. Resources were largely of the K-selected type, economical to procure with simple techn…
Biosocial Mechanisms of Population Regulation
Biosocial Mechanisms of Population Regulation
Health and the rise of civilization
Health and the Rise of Civilization
The Osteological Paradox
The Osteological Paradox Reconsidered
Gender and Health Among the Colonial Maya of Tipu, Belize
The health of the Colonial-period Maya from Tipu, Belize, was evaluated using a skeletal series to explore differential effects of European contact by sex. Variables addressed were nutrition and disease patterns, reproductive patterns, and occupational stress. Results suggest that females enjoyed fewer childhood health disruptions, likely as a result of greater genetic buffering. No evidence of male preferential treatment was observed. Frequencie…
Politically Correct Red Herring
Commentary
The Prehistory of Food
The State and Future of Paleoepidemiology
The study of prehistoric pathogens and the evolution of general health (Cohen 1989) calls attention to a long-term pattern of interaction between human behavior and pathogens which demonstrates the profound importance of human social and ecological change on disease organisms.
Droughts, Food and Culture
Human Diet
A Review Too Kind to Sarich and Miele
Feed or Feedback
Sociology (17 works) · Geography (15 works) · Archaeology (14 works) · Biology (10 works) · Demography (10 works) · Population (10 works) · Prehistory (9 works) · Agriculture (8 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (8 works) · Computer Science (8 works)