Alan H Simmons

Biographic Data

ID	160719
NAME	Alan H Simmons
GIVEN NAMES	Alan H
FAMILY NAME	Simmons
SIGNATURE	SIMMONS A H
AFFILIATIONS	University of Nevada, Las Vegas
ORCID	0000-0002-4892-9658
VERIFIED	Yes
TOTAL WORKS	49
TOTAL CITATIONS	170
AUTHOR COUNT	49
EDITOR COUNT	0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR	1975
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR	2024
H-INDEX	8

Ran Barkai and Eyal Halfon. They Were Here Before Us: Stories from our Fairst Million Years (2024)
Alan H SimmonsARTICLEJournal of the Israel Prehistoric…2024
From hippos to cattle: The fragile relationship of early cypriots with their animals
Open AccessAlan H SimmonsARTICLEJournal of Archaeological Science…2023References: 11
Comment on “Population dynamics on Aetokremnos hippos of Cyprus or have Cypriots ever tasted hippo meat? [Quat. Int. 568 (2020) 55–64]”
Open AccessAlan H Simmons, Rolfe D Mandel et al.ARTICLEQuaternary International2022
Autumn/winter births in traditional and Pre-Pottery Neolithic caprine husbandry in Cyprus: Evidence from ethnography and stable isotopes
Open AccessAngelos Hadjikoumis, Jean-Denis Vigne et al.ARTICLEJournal of Anthropological…2019Cited by: 17References: 33
Neolithic Kritou Marottou- Ais Giorkis , Cyprus—Living in the Uplands
Alan H Simmons, Katelyn DiBenedetto et al.ARTICLEBulletin of the American Schools…2018
For many years, the “Neolithic Package” was believed to be a latecomer to the Mediterranean islands. The oldest Neolithic remains were those from the Cypriot aceramic Khirokitia Culture, starting around 7000 cal b.c. Late by mainland standards, the Khirokitia Culture had few parallels with either the Levantine or Anatolian mainland from which it derived. Recent research, however, has revolutionized perspectives on the colonization of these island…
Joint Custody: An Archaeological Park at Neolithic Ghwair I, Jordan
Alan H Simmons, Mohammad NajjarARTICLENear Eastern Archaeology2013Cited by: 2References: 2
Archaeological parks have enjoyed considerable success in both presenting excavation results to the public and, often, in benefiting local communities. While many such parks focus on large and visually impressive sites, smaller sites also can benefit from this approach to archaeological presentation. Here, we present the results of a modest park at the Pre-Pottery Neolithic site of Ghwair I in the remote Wadi Faynan of southern Jordan. The park w…
Ais Giorkis: An unusual early Neolithic settlement in Cyprus
Alan H SimmonsARTICLEJournal of Field Archaeology2012Cited by: 4References: 44
For over a century, archaeologists have been intrigued by the inception of food production and sedentary lifeways, the so-called "Neolithic Revolution." Research focused on the Near Eastern and Anatolian mainlands has documented some of the earliest Neolithic cultures known. The adjacent Mediterranean islands were generally believed to have been late recipients of Neolithic economies. Recent research challenges this by establishing both Late Epip…
Crop introduction and accelerated island evolution: Archaeobotanical evidence from ‘Ais Yiorkis and Pre-Pottery Neolithic Cyprus
Open AccessLeilani Lucas, Sue Colledge et al.ARTICLEVegetation History and…2011Cited by: 9References: 8
Art and Society in Cyprus from the Bronze Age into the Iron Age . Joanna S. Smith
Alan H SimmonsARTICLEJournal of Anthropological Research2011
Moving Heaven and Earth: Landscape, Death and Memory in the Aceramic Neolithic of Cyprus . Paula Louise Jones
Alan H SimmonsARTICLEBulletin of the American Schools…2009
Until the cows come home: Cattle and Early Neolithic Cyprus
Alan Simmons, Alan H SimmonsARTICLEHunter Gatherer Research2009Cited by: 3References: 12
The Neolithic of Cyprus has long been regarded as something of an ‘oddity’ with little relevance to the broader Near Eastern Neolithic world. It was believed that the ‘Neolithic package’ arrived on the island relatively late and, at least in terms of domestic fauna, there was little to distinguish it from the mainland, except for the lack of cattle. Research over the past several years, however, has challenged this perspective, first demonstratin…
A Social Archaeology of Households in Neolithic Greece: An Anthropological Approach . Stella G. Souvatzi
Alan H SimmonsARTICLEJournal of Anthropological Research2009
Civilizing Climate: Social Responses to Climate Change in the Ancient Near East . Arlene Miller Rosen
Alan H SimmonsARTICLEJournal of Anthropological Research2009
American Researchers and the Earliest Cypriots
Alan H SimmonsARTICLENear Eastern Archaeology2008Cited by: 2References: 1
Territories, Boundaries and Cultures in the Neolithic Near East . S. K. Kozlowski and O. Aurenche
Alan H SimmonsARTICLEBulletin of the American Schools…2007
Not such a new light: A response to Ammerman and Noller
Alan Simmons, Alan H Simmons et al.ARTICLEWorld Archaeology2007Cited by: 8References: 2
Ammerman and Noller (2005 Ammerman, A. and Noller, J. 2005. New light on Aetokremnos. World Archaeology, 37(4): 533–543. [Taylor & Francis Online], [Web of Science ®] , [Google Scholar]) question several aspects of investigations at the early Holocene site of Akrotiri Aetokremnos in Cyprus. Here we address their criticisms, paying particular attention to three ambiguities that they noted. We also suggest that their claim to having discovered cont…
An Informal Survey of Distant Education in Anthropology
Open AccessAlan H SimmonsARTICLEAnthropology News2007
Ghwair I: A Small, Complex Neolithic Community in Southern Jordan
Alan H Simmons, Mohammad NajjarARTICLEJournal of Field Archaeology2006Cited by: 14References: 19
The past several years have witnessed exciting developments in defining the transition to food production in the Near East. In particula1; the documentation of large mega-sites has caused considerable revision in our comprehension of the trajectory of early Neolithic village life. At the same time, recent excavations at smaller villages have also provided considerable new data. One such site is Ghwair I, a small but exceptionally preserved Pre-Po…
Archaeology under Dictatorship
Open AccessAlan H SimmonsARTICLEAmerican Anthropologist2006Cited by: 1References: 1
Archaeology under Dictatorship. Michael L. Galaty and Charles Watkinson, eds. New York: Kluwer/Plenum, 2004. 218 pp
The Colonisation and Settlement of Cyprus: Investigations at Kissonerga-Mylouthkia, 1976-1996 . Edgar Peltenburg
Alan H SimmonsARTICLEBulletin of the American Schools…2004
Faunal Extinction in an Island Society: Pygmy Hippopotamus Hunters of Cyprus
Open AccessAlan H SimmonsBOOKFaunal Extinction in an Island…2002
The Dating of Akortiri Aetokremnos
Open AccessPeter E Wigand, Peter Wigand et al.CHAPTERFaunal Extinction in an Island…2002
Wadi Shuʿeib, A Large Neolithic Community in Central Jordan: Final Report of Test Investigations
Alan H Simmons, Gary O Rollefson et al.ARTICLEBulletin of the American Schools…2001
Wadi Shuʿeib is one of the huge Neolithic "mega-sites" that have been investigated in the Levantine Near East in recent years. The site, located in the central Jordanian highlands, was test excavated over two seasons. Although these were only limited excavations, they demonstrated that Wadi Shuʿeib is a large Neolithic settlement that spans the Pre-Pottery Neolithic B (Middle and Late phases), the Pre-Pottery Neolithic C, and the Pottery Neolithi…
Yiftaḥʾel: Salvage and Rescue Excavations at a Prehistoric Village in Lower Galilee, Israel . Eliot Braun
Alan H SimmonsARTICLEBulletin of the American Schools…2000
Prehistoric occupation of Late Quaternary landscapes near Kharga Oasis, Western Desert of Egypt
Open AccessRolfe D Mandel, Alan H SimmonsARTICLEGeoarchaeology2000References: 12
A systematic geoarchaeological survey conducted north of Kharga Oasis in the Western Desert of Egypt recorded all prehistoric sites in eight transects over a total area of 30 km2. The survey focused on the entire range of landscapes along the fringe of the Libyan Plateau, an area previously assumed by researchers to be uninhabitable. Our objective was to determine the distribution and cultural affiliations of prehistoric sites in relation to diff…

Neolithic Cultures at 'Ain Ghazal, Jordan
Gary O Rollefson, Alan H Simmons et al.ARTICLEJournal of Field Archaeology1992Cited by: 45
New Evidence for the Early Use of Cultigens in the American Southwest
Open AccessAlan H SimmonsARTICLEAmerican Antiquity1986Cited by: 19References: 8
Recent excavations near Chaco Canyon in northwestern New Mexico have yielded evidence for the use of cultigens by the early second millennium B.C. and continuing into the first millennium B.C. This information comes from four sites, all of which have been radiocarbon dated. The evidence for the oldest use of a cultigen, maize, is in the form of pollen; however, macrobotanical specimens of maize or squash were also recovered from sites dating to t…
Autumn/winter births in traditional and Pre-Pottery Neolithic caprine husbandry in Cyprus: Evidence from ethnography and stable isotopes
Open AccessAngelos Hadjikoumis, Jean-Denis Vigne et al.ARTICLEJournal of Anthropological…2019Cited by: 17References: 33
Production, Location, and Integration in Bronze Age Cyprus [and Comments and Reply]
A Bernard Knapp, Jan Bouzek et al.ARTICLECurrent Anthropology1990Cited by: 16References: 2
What mean these Bones ? Behavioral implications of gazelles' remains from archaeological sites
Alan H Simmons, Giora IlanyARTICLEPaléorient1975Cited by: 16
The significance of animal behavioral patterns is a factor frequently overlooked by archaeologists attempting to interpret faunal remains from a site. In many Near Eastern sites, gazelle remains form a significant portion of the faunal assemblages. Several authors have generated models to explain this phenomenon but they have largely ignored behavioral parameters. Behavioral data are presented on living gazelle populations from Israel. Topics con…
Ghwair I: A Small, Complex Neolithic Community in Southern Jordan
Alan H Simmons, Mohammad NajjarARTICLEJournal of Field Archaeology2006Cited by: 14References: 19
The past several years have witnessed exciting developments in defining the transition to food production in the Near East. In particula1; the documentation of large mega-sites has caused considerable revision in our comprehension of the trajectory of early Neolithic village life. At the same time, recent excavations at smaller villages have also provided considerable new data. One such site is Ghwair I, a small but exceptionally preserved Pre-Po…
Crop introduction and accelerated island evolution: Archaeobotanical evidence from ‘Ais Yiorkis and Pre-Pottery Neolithic Cyprus
Open AccessLeilani Lucas, Sue Colledge et al.ARTICLEVegetation History and…2011Cited by: 9References: 8
Not such a new light: A response to Ammerman and Noller
Alan Simmons, Alan H Simmons et al.ARTICLEWorld Archaeology2007Cited by: 8References: 2
Ammerman and Noller (2005 Ammerman, A. and Noller, J. 2005. New light on Aetokremnos. World Archaeology, 37(4): 533–543. [Taylor & Francis Online], [Web of Science ®] , [Google Scholar]) question several aspects of investigations at the early Holocene site of Akrotiri Aetokremnos in Cyprus. Here we address their criticisms, paying particular attention to three ambiguities that they noted. We also suggest that their claim to having discovered cont…
Humans, island colonization and Pleistocene extinctions in the Mediterranean: The view from AkrotiriAetokremnos, Cyprus
Open AccessAlan H SimmonsARTICLEAntiquity1991Cited by: 5References: 26
The rôle played by humans in the extinction of late Pleistocene vertebrate fauna is a controversial topic (Diamond 1989; Grayson 1989; Martin & Klein 1984), and actual archaeological data for a human factor are quite rare. Recent multidisciplinary excavations in Cyprus, however, suggest that people were at least partially responsible for the extinction of local endemics, primarily pygmy hippopotamus (Phanourios minutus
Ais Giorkis: An unusual early Neolithic settlement in Cyprus
Alan H SimmonsARTICLEJournal of Field Archaeology2012Cited by: 4References: 44
For over a century, archaeologists have been intrigued by the inception of food production and sedentary lifeways, the so-called "Neolithic Revolution." Research focused on the Near Eastern and Anatolian mainlands has documented some of the earliest Neolithic cultures known. The adjacent Mediterranean islands were generally believed to have been late recipients of Neolithic economies. Recent research challenges this by establishing both Late Epip…
Of Tiny Hippos, Large Cows and Early Colonists in Cyprus
Alan H SimmonsARTICLEJournal of Mediterranean…1999Cited by: 4
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Until the cows come home: Cattle and Early Neolithic Cyprus
Alan Simmons, Alan H SimmonsARTICLEHunter Gatherer Research2009Cited by: 3References: 12
The Neolithic of Cyprus has long been regarded as something of an ‘oddity’ with little relevance to the broader Near Eastern Neolithic world. It was believed that the ‘Neolithic package’ arrived on the island relatively late and, at least in terms of domestic fauna, there was little to distinguish it from the mainland, except for the lack of cattle. Research over the past several years, however, has challenged this perspective, first demonstratin…
Excavations at Prehistoric Sites on the Navajo Indian Irrigation Project, Northwestern New Mexico
Alan H SimmonsARTICLEJournal of Field Archaeology1983Cited by: 3
Joint Custody: An Archaeological Park at Neolithic Ghwair I, Jordan
Alan H Simmons, Mohammad NajjarARTICLENear Eastern Archaeology2013Cited by: 2References: 2
Archaeological parks have enjoyed considerable success in both presenting excavation results to the public and, often, in benefiting local communities. While many such parks focus on large and visually impressive sites, smaller sites also can benefit from this approach to archaeological presentation. Here, we present the results of a modest park at the Pre-Pottery Neolithic site of Ghwair I in the remote Wadi Faynan of southern Jordan. The park w…
American Researchers and the Earliest Cypriots
Alan H SimmonsARTICLENear Eastern Archaeology2008Cited by: 2References: 1
Archaeology under Dictatorship
Open AccessAlan H SimmonsARTICLEAmerican Anthropologist2006Cited by: 1References: 1
Archaeology under Dictatorship. Michael L. Galaty and Charles Watkinson, eds. New York: Kluwer/Plenum, 2004. 218 pp
Whose Myth? Archaeological Data, Interpretations, and Implications for the Human Association with Extinct Pleistocene Fauna at Akrotiri Aetokremnos, Greece
Alan H SimmonsARTICLEJournal of Mediterranean…1996Cited by: 1
Field Report: A Plastered Human Skull from Neolithic 'Ain Ghazal, Jordan
Alan H Simmons, Ann Boulton et al.ARTICLEJournal of Field Archaeology1990Cited by: 1References: 3
Excavations in 1988 at Neolithic 'Ain Ghazal in central Jordan have recovered a well-preserved specimen of a plastered human cranium. This conforms to other examples known from Levantine Neolithic sites, notably Jericho. The 'Ain Ghazal skull adds to a very limited assemblage of comparanda, and allows rare insight into both ritual and artistic behaviors