Simon J Holdaway

Biographic Data

ID174447
NAMESimon J Holdaway
GIVEN NAMESSimon J
FAMILY NAMEHoldaway
SIGNATUREHOLDAWAY S J
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Auckland
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS23
TOTAL CITATIONS387
WORKS AS AUTHOR23
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2002
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2020
H-INDEX11

  • Deflation Archaeology

    Open AccessBenjamin Davies, Simon Holdaway et al.CHAPTEREncyclopedia of Global Archaeology2020

  • Surface Survey

    Open AccessSimon Holdaway, Simon J Holdaway et al.CHAPTEREncyclopedia of Global Archaeology2020

  • Aggregates, Formational Emergence, and the Focus on Practice in Stone Artifact Archaeology

    Open AccessZeljko Rezek, Simon Holdaway et al.ARTICLEJournal of Archaeological Method…2020Cited by: 24References: 176

    The stone artifact record has been one of the major grounds for investigating our evolution. With the predominant focus on their morphological attributes and technological aspects of manufacture, stone artifacts and their assemblages have been analyzed as explicit measures of past behaviors, adaptations, and population histories. This analytical focus on technological and morphological appearance is one of the characteristics of the conventional …

  • Surface Survey

    Open AccessSimon Holdaway, Simon J Holdaway et al.CHAPTEREncyclopedia Of Global Archaeology2018

  • Modeling Relationships Between Space, Movement, and Lithic Geometric Attributes

    Open AccessBenjamin Davies, Simon Holdaway et al.ARTICLEAmerican Antiquity2018Cited by: 16References: 45

    Evidence for changes in human mobility is fundamental to interpretations of transitions in human socioeconomic organization. Showing changes in mobility requires both archaeological proxies that are sensitive to movement and a clear understanding of how different mobility configurations influence their patterning. This study uses computer simulation to explore how different combinations of reduction, selection, transport, and discard of stone art…

  • Archaeological Charcoal Analysis in New Zealand

    Open AccessRod Wallace, Simon Holdaway et al.ARTICLEJournal of Pacific Archaeology2017

    Charcoal is well preserved and abundant in many New Zealand archaeological sites. When identified to species it provides a means of reconstructing past vegetation communities adjacent to occupation sites. However, the way charcoal deposits accumulated needs to be considered before species identifications are converted into vegetation reconstructions. Here a number of examples from New Zealand archaeological sites illustrate how charcoal identific…

  • Early- and middle-Holocene wood exploitation in the Fayum basin, Egypt

    Open AccessJ M Marston, Simon Holdaway et al.ARTICLEThe Holocene2017Cited by: 3References: 33

    The early and middle Holocene of North Africa was a time of dramatic climatic and social change, including rapid shifts in vegetation communities and the introduction of domesticated plants and animals. Recent research from the Fayum basin of Egypt, which holds archaeological evidence for early use of domesticates, aims to place inhabitants of that region within their contemporary environmental setting. We present here results of wood charcoal an…

  • Aboriginal Use of Fire in a Landscape Context

    Simon Holdaway, Simon J Holdaway et al.ARTICLECurrent Anthropology2017Cited by: 11References: 56

    A case study from western New South Wales, Australia, illustrates the age, preservation, and distribution of late Holocene heat-retainer hearths that are abundant in the semiarid archaeological record in the region. These hearths were constructed as underground ovens with stone heat retainers. They appear archaeologically as eroded concentrations of heat-fractured stone sometimes protecting charcoal deposits. We explore geomorphic processes influ…

  • The earliest phase of introduction of Southwest Asian domesticated animals into Africa. New evidence from the Fayum Oasis in Egypt and its implications

    Open AccessVeerle Linseele, Simon J Holdaway et al.ARTICLEQuaternary International2016

  • Geoarchaeology in action

    Open AccessPatricia C Fanning, Patricia Fanning et al.ARTICLEQuaternary International2016Cited by: 3References: 13

  • Major Fallacies Surrounding Stone Artifacts and Assemblages

    Open AccessHarold L Dibble, Simon Holdaway et al.ARTICLEJournal of Archaeological Method…2016Cited by: 91References: 134

  • Modelling the palimpsest

    Open AccessBenjamin Davies, Simon Holdaway et al.ARTICLEThe Holocene2015Cited by: 16References: 56

    Archaeologists make inferences about past human behaviour based on patterned material residues in various depositional contexts, including existing landsurfaces. These deposits are generated by processes that may obscure patterns at some observational scales while highlighting others, and interpretive differences can arise from a lack of explicit models of deposit formation. Here, an exploratory agent-based model based on the concept of the palim…

  • Quartz and silcrete raw material use and selection in late Holocene assemblages from semi-arid Australia

    Open AccessMatthew Douglass, Matthew J Douglass et al.ARTICLEQuaternary International2015Cited by: 22References: 28

  • Estimating Core Number in Assemblages

    Open AccessRebecca S Phillipps, Rebecca Phillipps et al.ARTICLEJournal of Archaeological Method…2015Cited by: 25References: 18

  • Human–environment interactions at regional scales

    Open AccessSimon Holdaway, Simon J Holdaway et al.ARTICLEArchaeology in Oceania/Archæology…2015Cited by: 9References: 23

    We match stone artefact distributions and assemblage compositions at the local geographical scale to measures of both complex topography and environmental history, as suggested by the work of Bailey and King. By comparing two study regions that have different topographic complexity measures, one in western New South Wales, Australia, and the other in Oglala National Grassland, North American Great Plains, we show that people created distinct long…

  • Geoarchaeology of Aboriginal Landscapes in Semi-arid Australia

    Simon Holdaway, Patricia C Fanning et al.BOOKGeoarchaeology of Aboriginal…2014

    This book provides readers with a unique understanding of the ways in which Aboriginal people interacted with their environment in the past at one particular location in western New South Wales. It also provides a statement showing how geoarchaeology should be conducted in a wide range of locations throughout Australia. One of the key difficulties faced by all those interested in the interaction between humans and their environment in the past is…

  • Heat-retainer hearth identification as a component of archaeological survey in western NSW, Australia

    Patricia C Fanning, Patricia Fanning et al.CHAPTERNew directions in archaeological…2009

    Concentrationsofheat-fracturedrockarecommoninsomeareasofwesternNewSouthWales,Australia, andarefrequentlyidentifiedduringarchaeologicalsurveysastheerodedremainsofheat-retainerhearths, a type of earth oven used in the past byAboriginal people to cook food. However, it can be difficult to consistentlyidentifythesefeaturessinceheat-fracturedrocks,likeotherclastslyingonthesurface,canbe dispersedorconcentratedbyavarietyofgeomorphicprocesses.Inthispaper…

  • The surface archaeological record in arid Australia

    Open AccessPatricia C Fanning, Patricia Fanning et al.ARTICLEGeoarchaeology2009Cited by: 14References: 17

    The conventional approach to assessing the archaeological record in most parts of the world involves a combination of excavation of stratified deposits and extensive survey of surface deposits. Although widely applied in Australia, in both research‐based and management archaeology, the method does not conform well to the nature of the surface archaeological record here. Over much of semi‐arid and arid Australia, archaeological “sites” are, in fac…

  • The application of 3D laser scanning technology to the assessment of ordinal and mechanical cortex quantification in lithic analysis

    Open AccessC Lin, Sam C H Lin et al.ARTICLEJournal of Archaeological Science2009Cited by: 31References: 15

  • An Assessment and Archaeological Application of Cortex Measurement in Lithic Assemblages

    Open AccessMatthew J Douglas, Matthew Douglass et al.ARTICLEAmerican Antiquity2008Cited by: 75References: 36

    We describe an experimental test and archaeological application of the solid geometry method for the interpretation of cortical surface area in lithic assemblages proposed by Dibble et al. (2005). Experimental results support the method's accuracy while archaeological application to assemblages from western New South Wales, Australia suggests a repeated pattern of the selective removal of artifacts away from their location of manufacture. These f…

  • Artifact Visibility at Open Sites in Western New South Wales, Australia

    Patricia C Fanning, Patricia Fanning et al.ARTICLEJournal of Field Archaeology2004Cited by: 23References: 5

    Surface visibility is a significant constraint in archaeological survey, and estimates of surface visibility are a common addition to cultural resource management reports. Despite this, relatively few studies have attempted to identify the factors affecting visibility and quantify their effects. We report the results of such a study based on analysis of surface stone artifacts deposited by prehistoric hunter-gatherers from the Stud Creek area in …

  • Variability in the Chronology of Late Holocene Aboriginal Occupation on the Arid Margin of Southeastern Australia

    Open AccessSimon Holdaway, Simon J Holdaway et al.ARTICLEJournal of Archaeological Science2002Cited by: 24References: 12

  • Artifact Visibility at Open Sites in Western New South Wales, Australia

    Patricia C Fanning, Patricia Fanning et al.ARTICLEJournal of Field Archaeology2002

    Patricia C. Fanning, Simon J. Holdaway, Artifact Visibility at Open Sites in Western New South Wales, Australia, Journal of Field Archaeology, Vol. 29, No. 3/4 (Autumn, 2002 - Winter, 2004), pp. 255-271