Blair Boyd
Biographic Data
| ID | 150273 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Blair Boyd |
| GIVEN NAMES | Blair |
| FAMILY NAME | Boyd |
| SIGNATURE | BOYD B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Department of Anthropology Columbia University New York USA |
| ORCID | 0009-0006-3052-7681 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 29 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 125 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 29 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1973 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Chronic Erasure: Eradicating Heritage in Gaza and Ayodhya
The Lancet Commission on the future of care and clinical research in autism
Ecologies of fiber-work: Animal technologies and invisible craft practices in prehistoric Southwest Asia
Does Austen Need Narrators? Does Anyone
Modern literary study tends to accept both as a dogma and as a mark of critical sophistication (or at least a proof of disciplinary initiation) that all narratives must have a narrator distinct from the author. Jane Austen or Lev Tolstoy cannot tell us their stories directly but only via a narrator specific to each of their fictions. In each work, we should hold this non-authorial narrator responsible for selecting, arranging and communicating th…
Archaeology and Human-Animal Relations: Thinking Through Anthropocentrism
Archaeology is a field of research that relies largely on the remains of past humans and nonhuman animals and the traces of their interactions within a range of material conditions. In archaeology, as in sociocultural anthropology, the dominant analytical perspective on human-animal relations is ontologically anthropocentric: the study of the human use of nonhuman animals for the benefit of human beings, and scholarly inquiry that is largely for …
Popper’s World 3: Origins, Progress, and Import
Karl Popper’s world 3 theory proposes that the products of the human mind can be considered a third world, partially autonomous of the mental and physical worlds, and real, because it can produce effects on both. When he first introduced the idea in 1960, he took even his close colleagues and students by surprise. Yet tracing the development of his idea shows a great deal in Popper’s previous work and thought led up to what seemed his startlingly…
Whistles in the wind: The noisy Moche city
Archaeologists have begun in recent years to take seriously the study of sound in past societies. As a contribution to this endeavor we here argue that any nuanced approach to past sound should take into account the entirety of aural experience embodied in the concept of the soundscape. This includes not only the humanly organized sounds of music, but environmental sounds and ‘unwanted’ sounds such as noise. Utilizing a case study of Moche cerami…
Arts, Humanities, Sciences, Uses
We should not define the "uses" of the arts and humanities against the sciences. Nor, in our finite world, should we resist asking what their uses are. The long perspective of science helps us see that art, which might seem the most useless of all major forms of human activity, can reshape minds and societies by its very freedom from immediate use. Fiction in particular has led to an expansion in sympathy and a decline in social harm, and like al…
Do the swans deceive us all
A theoretically nuanced human-animal studies now stands at the forefront of many academic disciplines. The 'theoretical lag' characteristic of archaeology means that a subject largely reliant on the remains of humans and animals, and their associated material residues, lies lacking in theoretical sophistication
IIFor Evocriticism: Minds Shaped to Be Reshaped
On the Origin of Stories: Evolution, Cognition, and Fiction
Nabokov, Time, and Timelessness: A Reply to Martin Hagglund
I respond to the two parts of Martin Hägglund's "Chronophilia: Nabokov and the Time of Desire" in different ways. I note that the second half, on Ada, advances claims for its own original treatment of time in Ada without knowing that much of what it argues has been discussed at length by critics for over twenty years. The first part of Hägglund's essay observes that Nabokov is an avowed chronophiliac, a lover of time, and a chronophobiac, in that…
On 'sedentism' in the Later Epipalaeolithic (Natufian) Levant
A poorly defined notion of ‘sedentism’ continues to feature prominently in archaeological discussions of the Epipalaeolithic/Neolithic transition in Levantine prehistory. While acknowledging the valuable contribution of previous studies on the subject, this article argues that interpretations of the archaeological evidence are being hampered by the continued adherence to ‘sedentism’ as a concept for explaining social transformations in settlement…
Human Paleoecology in the Levantine Corridor
New fieldwork at Shuqba Cave and in Wadi en-Natuf, Western Judea
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
Literature and Discovery
We report photometry and analysis of a previously unknown SU UMa-type dwarf nova in Bootes detected in outburst by the Catalina Real-time Transient Survey on 2009 May 30 with the discovery identifier CSS090530:144011+494734. This apparently stellar object had previously been catalogued by the Sloan Digital Sky survey as SDSS J144011.01+494733.4. We measured its mean superhump period over the first 3 days following detection as 0.06500(4) d at whi…
Common Words in Titus Andronicus: The Presence of Peele
AM - Accepted Manuscript
A Reconsideration of the ‘Ain Sakhri’ Figurine
The calcite figurine of a human couple in coitus said to be from Ain Sakhri in Judea has been interpreted as a symbol of fertility reflecting the economic and social concerns of the Natufian period. This paper presents a critical history surrounding its discovery, an evaluation of its archaeological context and a description of the piece itself, in order to address the broader issues surrounding its interpretation
Vladimir Nabokov: The American Years
The second of a two-volume biography of Vladimir Nabokov, one of the great writers of the 20th century, this book continues with his arrival in the United States in 1940. It describes both his anguish at having to abandon his native Russian language and his relief at finding a home in America after years of exile. In 1955 Lolita, Nabokov's best-known work, was published to worldwide acclaim - and censure. An intensely private man, he was bemused …
Vladimir Nabokov: The Russian Years
Vladimir Nabokov: The American Years
Vladimir Nabokov: The Russian Years
This first major critical biography of Vladimir Nabokov, one of the greatest of 20th-century writers, finally allows us full access to the dramatic details of his life and the depths of his art. An intensely private man, Nabokov was uprooted first by the Russian Revolution and then by World War II. Transformed into a permanent wanderer, he did not achieve fame until late in life, with the success of Lolita. In this first of two volumes, Brian Boy…
Vladimir Nabokov: The American Years
Vladimir Nabokov: The Russian Years
Vladimir Nabokov: The Russian Years
Archaeology and Human-Animal Relations: Thinking Through Anthropocentrism
Archaeology is a field of research that relies largely on the remains of past humans and nonhuman animals and the traces of their interactions within a range of material conditions. In archaeology, as in sociocultural anthropology, the dominant analytical perspective on human-animal relations is ontologically anthropocentric: the study of the human use of nonhuman animals for the benefit of human beings, and scholarly inquiry that is largely for …
On 'sedentism' in the Later Epipalaeolithic (Natufian) Levant
A poorly defined notion of ‘sedentism’ continues to feature prominently in archaeological discussions of the Epipalaeolithic/Neolithic transition in Levantine prehistory. While acknowledging the valuable contribution of previous studies on the subject, this article argues that interpretations of the archaeological evidence are being hampered by the continued adherence to ‘sedentism’ as a concept for explaining social transformations in settlement…
Whistles in the wind: The noisy Moche city
Archaeologists have begun in recent years to take seriously the study of sound in past societies. As a contribution to this endeavor we here argue that any nuanced approach to past sound should take into account the entirety of aural experience embodied in the concept of the soundscape. This includes not only the humanly organized sounds of music, but environmental sounds and ‘unwanted’ sounds such as noise. Utilizing a case study of Moche cerami…
Vladimir Nabokov: The Russian Years
This first major critical biography of Vladimir Nabokov, one of the greatest of 20th-century writers, finally allows us full access to the dramatic details of his life and the depths of his art. An intensely private man, Nabokov was uprooted first by the Russian Revolution and then by World War II. Transformed into a permanent wanderer, he did not achieve fame until late in life, with the success of Lolita. In this first of two volumes, Brian Boy…
Chronic Erasure: Eradicating Heritage in Gaza and Ayodhya
Popper’s World 3: Origins, Progress, and Import
Karl Popper’s world 3 theory proposes that the products of the human mind can be considered a third world, partially autonomous of the mental and physical worlds, and real, because it can produce effects on both. When he first introduced the idea in 1960, he took even his close colleagues and students by surprise. Yet tracing the development of his idea shows a great deal in Popper’s previous work and thought led up to what seemed his startlingly…
Arts, Humanities, Sciences, Uses
We should not define the "uses" of the arts and humanities against the sciences. Nor, in our finite world, should we resist asking what their uses are. The long perspective of science helps us see that art, which might seem the most useless of all major forms of human activity, can reshape minds and societies by its very freedom from immediate use. Fiction in particular has led to an expansion in sympathy and a decline in social harm, and like al…
New fieldwork at Shuqba Cave and in Wadi en-Natuf, Western Judea
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
A Reconsideration of the ‘Ain Sakhri’ Figurine
The calcite figurine of a human couple in coitus said to be from Ain Sakhri in Judea has been interpreted as a symbol of fertility reflecting the economic and social concerns of the Natufian period. This paper presents a critical history surrounding its discovery, an evaluation of its archaeological context and a description of the piece itself, in order to address the broader issues surrounding its interpretation
Vladimir Nabokov: The American Years
The second of a two-volume biography of Vladimir Nabokov, one of the great writers of the 20th century, this book continues with his arrival in the United States in 1940. It describes both his anguish at having to abandon his native Russian language and his relief at finding a home in America after years of exile. In 1955 Lolita, Nabokov's best-known work, was published to worldwide acclaim - and censure. An intensely private man, he was bemused …
Holy Ghost People
They Shall Take up Serpents
A World Awakening: Petersburg 1899-1904 (Pages From a Nabokov Biography)
Nabokov's Ada: The Place of Consciousness
Vladimir Nabokov: The Russian Years
Vladimir Nabokov: The Russian Years
Vladimir Nabokov: The Russian Years
Vladimir Nabokov: The American Years
Vladimir Nabokov: The Russian Years
This first major critical biography of Vladimir Nabokov, one of the greatest of 20th-century writers, finally allows us full access to the dramatic details of his life and the depths of his art. An intensely private man, Nabokov was uprooted first by the Russian Revolution and then by World War II. Transformed into a permanent wanderer, he did not achieve fame until late in life, with the success of Lolita. In this first of two volumes, Brian Boy…
Vladimir Nabokov: The American Years
A Reconsideration of the ‘Ain Sakhri’ Figurine
The calcite figurine of a human couple in coitus said to be from Ain Sakhri in Judea has been interpreted as a symbol of fertility reflecting the economic and social concerns of the Natufian period. This paper presents a critical history surrounding its discovery, an evaluation of its archaeological context and a description of the piece itself, in order to address the broader issues surrounding its interpretation
Vladimir Nabokov: The American Years
The second of a two-volume biography of Vladimir Nabokov, one of the great writers of the 20th century, this book continues with his arrival in the United States in 1940. It describes both his anguish at having to abandon his native Russian language and his relief at finding a home in America after years of exile. In 1955 Lolita, Nabokov's best-known work, was published to worldwide acclaim - and censure. An intensely private man, he was bemused …
Common Words in Titus Andronicus: The Presence of Peele
AM - Accepted Manuscript
Literature and Discovery
We report photometry and analysis of a previously unknown SU UMa-type dwarf nova in Bootes detected in outburst by the Catalina Real-time Transient Survey on 2009 May 30 with the discovery identifier CSS090530:144011+494734. This apparently stellar object had previously been catalogued by the Sloan Digital Sky survey as SDSS J144011.01+494733.4. We measured its mean superhump period over the first 3 days following detection as 0.06500(4) d at whi…
New fieldwork at Shuqba Cave and in Wadi en-Natuf, Western Judea
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
Human Paleoecology in the Levantine Corridor
Nabokov, Time, and Timelessness: A Reply to Martin Hagglund
I respond to the two parts of Martin Hägglund's "Chronophilia: Nabokov and the Time of Desire" in different ways. I note that the second half, on Ada, advances claims for its own original treatment of time in Ada without knowing that much of what it argues has been discussed at length by critics for over twenty years. The first part of Hägglund's essay observes that Nabokov is an avowed chronophiliac, a lover of time, and a chronophobiac, in that…
On 'sedentism' in the Later Epipalaeolithic (Natufian) Levant
A poorly defined notion of ‘sedentism’ continues to feature prominently in archaeological discussions of the Epipalaeolithic/Neolithic transition in Levantine prehistory. While acknowledging the valuable contribution of previous studies on the subject, this article argues that interpretations of the archaeological evidence are being hampered by the continued adherence to ‘sedentism’ as a concept for explaining social transformations in settlement…
On the Origin of Stories: Evolution, Cognition, and Fiction
IIFor Evocriticism: Minds Shaped to Be Reshaped
Arts, Humanities, Sciences, Uses
We should not define the "uses" of the arts and humanities against the sciences. Nor, in our finite world, should we resist asking what their uses are. The long perspective of science helps us see that art, which might seem the most useless of all major forms of human activity, can reshape minds and societies by its very freedom from immediate use. Fiction in particular has led to an expansion in sympathy and a decline in social harm, and like al…
Do the swans deceive us all
A theoretically nuanced human-animal studies now stands at the forefront of many academic disciplines. The 'theoretical lag' characteristic of archaeology means that a subject largely reliant on the remains of humans and animals, and their associated material residues, lies lacking in theoretical sophistication
Whistles in the wind: The noisy Moche city
Archaeologists have begun in recent years to take seriously the study of sound in past societies. As a contribution to this endeavor we here argue that any nuanced approach to past sound should take into account the entirety of aural experience embodied in the concept of the soundscape. This includes not only the humanly organized sounds of music, but environmental sounds and ‘unwanted’ sounds such as noise. Utilizing a case study of Moche cerami…
Popper’s World 3: Origins, Progress, and Import
Karl Popper’s world 3 theory proposes that the products of the human mind can be considered a third world, partially autonomous of the mental and physical worlds, and real, because it can produce effects on both. When he first introduced the idea in 1960, he took even his close colleagues and students by surprise. Yet tracing the development of his idea shows a great deal in Popper’s previous work and thought led up to what seemed his startlingly…
Does Austen Need Narrators? Does Anyone
Modern literary study tends to accept both as a dogma and as a mark of critical sophistication (or at least a proof of disciplinary initiation) that all narratives must have a narrator distinct from the author. Jane Austen or Lev Tolstoy cannot tell us their stories directly but only via a narrator specific to each of their fictions. In each work, we should hold this non-authorial narrator responsible for selecting, arranging and communicating th…
Art (20 works) · History (19 works) · Vladimir Nabokov Literary Studies (10 works) · Philosophy (9 works) · Russian Literature and Bakhtin Studies (9 works) · Archaeology (8 works) · History (8 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (6 works) · Computer Science (5 works) · Epistemology (5 works)