D Bruce Dickson
Biographic Data
| ID | 177666 |
|---|---|
| NAME | D Bruce Dickson |
| GIVEN NAMES | D Bruce |
| FAMILY NAME | Dickson |
| SIGNATURE | DICKSON D B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Texas A&M University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 20 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 39 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 20 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1975 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
After the Ice: A Global Human History, 20,000-5,000 BC
Book Review| July 01 2006 After the Ice: A Global Human History, 20,000-5,000 BC After the Ice: A Global Human History, 20,000-5,000 BC. Steven Mithen. D. Bruce Dickson D. Bruce Dickson Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Agricultural History (2006) 80 (3): 376–378. https://doi.org/10.1215/00021482-80.3.376 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Twitter Permissions Search Site Citation D. Bruce Dickson; After the Ice: A Global Hum…
Public Transcripts Expressed in Theatres of Cruelty: The Royal Graves at Ur in Mesopotamia
The interpretation of the Royal Graves at Ur, Mesopotamia, by their excavator, Sir Leonard Woolley, has long been accepted. Woolley implies that the people sacrificed along with the dynasts went willingly to their deaths out of loyalty, devotion, and faith in the dead monarchs; but other interpretations are plausible. One is that these graves are the remains of dramas portraying a ‘public transcript’ played out in a public theatre of cruelty stag…
Where Do You Go When You Die? A Cross-Cultural Test of the Hypothesis That Infrastructure Predicts Individual Eschatology
Cultural materialism gives priority to infrastructure, that is, to productive and reproductive processes, in explaining sociocultural systems. It predicts that social structures and symbolic-ideational beliefs will be favored or eliminated depending on whether they enhance or impede these processes. The symbolic-ideational sphere of virtually every human sociocultural system contains an "individual eschatology" or theory of the fate of the human …
Geoarchaeology and prehistory of the Kipsing and Tol river watersheds in the Mukogodo Hills region of Central Kenya
An archaeological survey and geomorphological investigation were conducted over a period of three years in the Tol and Kipsing River valleys, both located in the Mukogodo Hills‐Upper Ewaso Ng'iro Plains region of Central Kenya. Eleven alluvial‐stratigraphic sections were studied, and five late‐Quaternary alluvial stratigraphic units were identified on the basis of lithology, chronology, and soil stratigraphy. The locations of 63 archaeological si…
Site Reconnaissance in the Kipsing and Tol River Watersheds of Central Kenya: Implications for Middle and Later Stone Age Land-Use Patterns
Evidence of the Emergence of “Modern” Behavior in the Middle and Later Stone Age Lithic Assemblages at Shurmai Rockshelter (GnJm1) and Kakwa Lelash Rockshelter (GnJm2) in the Mukogodo Hills of North-C…
Public and Hidden Transcripts in the East African Highlands: A Comment on Smith (1998)
Stratigraphy and noncultural site formation at the Shurmai Rockshelter (GnJm1) in the Mukogodo Hills of North-Central Kenya
The Shurmai rockshelter (GnJm1) is located in the semiarid Mukogodo Hills region of north central Kenya. The rockshelter cavity is formed in Precambrian granite gneiss. The site contains a stratified sequence of sediments and archaeological materials that date from the end of the African Middle Stone Age (at or before ca. 45,000 yr B.P.) to modern times. The stratigraphic sequence at the Shurmai rockshelter is described and the principal noncultu…
The Transfer and Transformation of Ideas and Material Culture
The Transfer and Transformation of Ideas and Material Culture
The Transfer and Transformation of Ideas and Material Culture
The Transfer and Transformation of Ideas and Material Culture
The Transfer and Transformation of Ideas and Material Culture
Circumscription by Anthropogenic Environmental Destruction: An Expansion of Carneiro's (1970) Theory of the Origin of the State
Carneiro (1970) asserts that social and environmental 'circumscription' were primary stimuli for the emergence of the archaic state. He presents the environment as an essentially fixed set of natural conditions which impose constraints upon society. However, paleoenvironmental research and contemporary experience indicate that desertification, deforestation, salinization, and other salient environmental conditions confronting early states were ne…
A Response to Adams's Review of “Prehistoric Pueblo Settlement Patterns: The Arroyo Hondo, New Mexico Site Survey”
In his review of my monograph, Prehistoric Pueblo Settlement Patterns: The Arroyo Hondo, New Mexico Site Survey, E. Charles Adams makes several misstatements, questions some of my methods of data presentation, and asserts that the site densities reported are too low. An endeavor is made to answer his criticism
Further Simulations of Ancient Agriculture and Population at Tikal, Guatemala
Webster's criticism of my linear programming simulation of the agricultural carrying capacity of the Tikal sustaining area is answered
The Yanomamö of the Mississippi Valley? Some Reflections on Larson (1972), Gibson (1974), and Mississippian Period Warfare in the Southeastern United States
Larson's (1972) hypothesis that warfare during the Mississippian period in the Southeast was primarily a struggle over the fertile silt and sandy loam bottomland soils is summarized. This is then contrasted with Gibson's (1974) thesis that, at least in the Lower Mississippi Valley, warfare was caused by the 'asymmetrical' nature of the kinship systems found there. Such systems led to status decline over several generations and forced individuals …
Ancient Agriculture and Population at Tikal, Guatemala: An Application of Linear Programming to the Simulation of an Archaeological Problem
Population estimated for the Late Classic period at the Lowland Maya site of Tikal, Guatemala, is reviewed. Linear programming is described and suggested as a method for simulating the agricultural carrying capacity of the sustaining area of the site, thereby inferring its potential population. Archaeological data on the estimated size of the Tikal sustaining area is presented along with modern agricultural production and caloric output figures f…
Valdivia, Jomon Fishermen, and the Nature of the North Pacific: Some Nautical Problems with Meggers, Evans, and Estrada's (1965) Transoceanic Contact Thesis
Meggers, Evans, and Estrada's (1965) thesis, that storm-tossed Jomon fishermen drifted across the North Pacific to the coast of Ecuador and introduced pottery-making at the Valdivia site, is presented. The thesis is examined from the standpoint of the mechanics of such a voyage. The nature of the surface current patterns in the North Pacific are discussed, together with the weather conditions found along the presumed route, the types of vessels k…
Settlement Pattern Stability and Change in the Middle Northern Rio Grande Region, New Mexico: A Test of Some Hypotheses
An apparent similarity in settlement pattern change in portions of the Khuzestan region, Iran, and the Middle Northern Rio Grande region, New Mexico, is described. A model is formulated as a series of hypotheses of correlation to test the validity of this supposed change in the Middle Northern Rio Grande region. Test implications of this model dictate the establishment of a survey transect. Site data is gathered from the transect using museum rec…
Public Transcripts Expressed in Theatres of Cruelty: The Royal Graves at Ur in Mesopotamia
The interpretation of the Royal Graves at Ur, Mesopotamia, by their excavator, Sir Leonard Woolley, has long been accepted. Woolley implies that the people sacrificed along with the dynasts went willingly to their deaths out of loyalty, devotion, and faith in the dead monarchs; but other interpretations are plausible. One is that these graves are the remains of dramas portraying a ‘public transcript’ played out in a public theatre of cruelty stag…
Evidence of the Emergence of “Modern” Behavior in the Middle and Later Stone Age Lithic Assemblages at Shurmai Rockshelter (GnJm1) and Kakwa Lelash Rockshelter (GnJm2) in the Mukogodo Hills of North-C…
Ancient Agriculture and Population at Tikal, Guatemala: An Application of Linear Programming to the Simulation of an Archaeological Problem
Population estimated for the Late Classic period at the Lowland Maya site of Tikal, Guatemala, is reviewed. Linear programming is described and suggested as a method for simulating the agricultural carrying capacity of the sustaining area of the site, thereby inferring its potential population. Archaeological data on the estimated size of the Tikal sustaining area is presented along with modern agricultural production and caloric output figures f…
Geoarchaeology and prehistory of the Kipsing and Tol river watersheds in the Mukogodo Hills region of Central Kenya
An archaeological survey and geomorphological investigation were conducted over a period of three years in the Tol and Kipsing River valleys, both located in the Mukogodo Hills‐Upper Ewaso Ng'iro Plains region of Central Kenya. Eleven alluvial‐stratigraphic sections were studied, and five late‐Quaternary alluvial stratigraphic units were identified on the basis of lithology, chronology, and soil stratigraphy. The locations of 63 archaeological si…
Settlement Pattern Stability and Change in the Middle Northern Rio Grande Region, New Mexico: A Test of Some Hypotheses
An apparent similarity in settlement pattern change in portions of the Khuzestan region, Iran, and the Middle Northern Rio Grande region, New Mexico, is described. A model is formulated as a series of hypotheses of correlation to test the validity of this supposed change in the Middle Northern Rio Grande region. Test implications of this model dictate the establishment of a survey transect. Site data is gathered from the transect using museum rec…
Site Reconnaissance in the Kipsing and Tol River Watersheds of Central Kenya: Implications for Middle and Later Stone Age Land-Use Patterns
Valdivia, Jomon Fishermen, and the Nature of the North Pacific: Some Nautical Problems with Meggers, Evans, and Estrada's (1965) Transoceanic Contact Thesis
Meggers, Evans, and Estrada's (1965) thesis, that storm-tossed Jomon fishermen drifted across the North Pacific to the coast of Ecuador and introduced pottery-making at the Valdivia site, is presented. The thesis is examined from the standpoint of the mechanics of such a voyage. The nature of the surface current patterns in the North Pacific are discussed, together with the weather conditions found along the presumed route, the types of vessels k…
Where Do You Go When You Die? A Cross-Cultural Test of the Hypothesis That Infrastructure Predicts Individual Eschatology
Cultural materialism gives priority to infrastructure, that is, to productive and reproductive processes, in explaining sociocultural systems. It predicts that social structures and symbolic-ideational beliefs will be favored or eliminated depending on whether they enhance or impede these processes. The symbolic-ideational sphere of virtually every human sociocultural system contains an "individual eschatology" or theory of the fate of the human …
Further Simulations of Ancient Agriculture and Population at Tikal, Guatemala
Webster's criticism of my linear programming simulation of the agricultural carrying capacity of the Tikal sustaining area is answered
The Yanomamö of the Mississippi Valley? Some Reflections on Larson (1972), Gibson (1974), and Mississippian Period Warfare in the Southeastern United States
Larson's (1972) hypothesis that warfare during the Mississippian period in the Southeast was primarily a struggle over the fertile silt and sandy loam bottomland soils is summarized. This is then contrasted with Gibson's (1974) thesis that, at least in the Lower Mississippi Valley, warfare was caused by the 'asymmetrical' nature of the kinship systems found there. Such systems led to status decline over several generations and forced individuals …
Settlement Pattern Stability and Change in the Middle Northern Rio Grande Region, New Mexico: A Test of Some Hypotheses
An apparent similarity in settlement pattern change in portions of the Khuzestan region, Iran, and the Middle Northern Rio Grande region, New Mexico, is described. A model is formulated as a series of hypotheses of correlation to test the validity of this supposed change in the Middle Northern Rio Grande region. Test implications of this model dictate the establishment of a survey transect. Site data is gathered from the transect using museum rec…
Valdivia, Jomon Fishermen, and the Nature of the North Pacific: Some Nautical Problems with Meggers, Evans, and Estrada's (1965) Transoceanic Contact Thesis
Meggers, Evans, and Estrada's (1965) thesis, that storm-tossed Jomon fishermen drifted across the North Pacific to the coast of Ecuador and introduced pottery-making at the Valdivia site, is presented. The thesis is examined from the standpoint of the mechanics of such a voyage. The nature of the surface current patterns in the North Pacific are discussed, together with the weather conditions found along the presumed route, the types of vessels k…
Ancient Agriculture and Population at Tikal, Guatemala: An Application of Linear Programming to the Simulation of an Archaeological Problem
Population estimated for the Late Classic period at the Lowland Maya site of Tikal, Guatemala, is reviewed. Linear programming is described and suggested as a method for simulating the agricultural carrying capacity of the sustaining area of the site, thereby inferring its potential population. Archaeological data on the estimated size of the Tikal sustaining area is presented along with modern agricultural production and caloric output figures f…
Further Simulations of Ancient Agriculture and Population at Tikal, Guatemala
Webster's criticism of my linear programming simulation of the agricultural carrying capacity of the Tikal sustaining area is answered
The Yanomamö of the Mississippi Valley? Some Reflections on Larson (1972), Gibson (1974), and Mississippian Period Warfare in the Southeastern United States
Larson's (1972) hypothesis that warfare during the Mississippian period in the Southeast was primarily a struggle over the fertile silt and sandy loam bottomland soils is summarized. This is then contrasted with Gibson's (1974) thesis that, at least in the Lower Mississippi Valley, warfare was caused by the 'asymmetrical' nature of the kinship systems found there. Such systems led to status decline over several generations and forced individuals …
A Response to Adams's Review of “Prehistoric Pueblo Settlement Patterns: The Arroyo Hondo, New Mexico Site Survey”
In his review of my monograph, Prehistoric Pueblo Settlement Patterns: The Arroyo Hondo, New Mexico Site Survey, E. Charles Adams makes several misstatements, questions some of my methods of data presentation, and asserts that the site densities reported are too low. An endeavor is made to answer his criticism
Circumscription by Anthropogenic Environmental Destruction: An Expansion of Carneiro's (1970) Theory of the Origin of the State
Carneiro (1970) asserts that social and environmental 'circumscription' were primary stimuli for the emergence of the archaic state. He presents the environment as an essentially fixed set of natural conditions which impose constraints upon society. However, paleoenvironmental research and contemporary experience indicate that desertification, deforestation, salinization, and other salient environmental conditions confronting early states were ne…
The Transfer and Transformation of Ideas and Material Culture
The Transfer and Transformation of Ideas and Material Culture
The Transfer and Transformation of Ideas and Material Culture
The Transfer and Transformation of Ideas and Material Culture
The Transfer and Transformation of Ideas and Material Culture
Stratigraphy and noncultural site formation at the Shurmai Rockshelter (GnJm1) in the Mukogodo Hills of North-Central Kenya
The Shurmai rockshelter (GnJm1) is located in the semiarid Mukogodo Hills region of north central Kenya. The rockshelter cavity is formed in Precambrian granite gneiss. The site contains a stratified sequence of sediments and archaeological materials that date from the end of the African Middle Stone Age (at or before ca. 45,000 yr B.P.) to modern times. The stratigraphic sequence at the Shurmai rockshelter is described and the principal noncultu…
Public and Hidden Transcripts in the East African Highlands: A Comment on Smith (1998)
Evidence of the Emergence of “Modern” Behavior in the Middle and Later Stone Age Lithic Assemblages at Shurmai Rockshelter (GnJm1) and Kakwa Lelash Rockshelter (GnJm2) in the Mukogodo Hills of North-C…
Geoarchaeology and prehistory of the Kipsing and Tol river watersheds in the Mukogodo Hills region of Central Kenya
An archaeological survey and geomorphological investigation were conducted over a period of three years in the Tol and Kipsing River valleys, both located in the Mukogodo Hills‐Upper Ewaso Ng'iro Plains region of Central Kenya. Eleven alluvial‐stratigraphic sections were studied, and five late‐Quaternary alluvial stratigraphic units were identified on the basis of lithology, chronology, and soil stratigraphy. The locations of 63 archaeological si…
Site Reconnaissance in the Kipsing and Tol River Watersheds of Central Kenya: Implications for Middle and Later Stone Age Land-Use Patterns
Where Do You Go When You Die? A Cross-Cultural Test of the Hypothesis That Infrastructure Predicts Individual Eschatology
Cultural materialism gives priority to infrastructure, that is, to productive and reproductive processes, in explaining sociocultural systems. It predicts that social structures and symbolic-ideational beliefs will be favored or eliminated depending on whether they enhance or impede these processes. The symbolic-ideational sphere of virtually every human sociocultural system contains an "individual eschatology" or theory of the fate of the human …
After the Ice: A Global Human History, 20,000-5,000 BC
Book Review| July 01 2006 After the Ice: A Global Human History, 20,000-5,000 BC After the Ice: A Global Human History, 20,000-5,000 BC. Steven Mithen. D. Bruce Dickson D. Bruce Dickson Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Agricultural History (2006) 80 (3): 376–378. https://doi.org/10.1215/00021482-80.3.376 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Twitter Permissions Search Site Citation D. Bruce Dickson; After the Ice: A Global Hum…
Public Transcripts Expressed in Theatres of Cruelty: The Royal Graves at Ur in Mesopotamia
The interpretation of the Royal Graves at Ur, Mesopotamia, by their excavator, Sir Leonard Woolley, has long been accepted. Woolley implies that the people sacrificed along with the dynasts went willingly to their deaths out of loyalty, devotion, and faith in the dead monarchs; but other interpretations are plausible. One is that these graves are the remains of dramas portraying a ‘public transcript’ played out in a public theatre of cruelty stag…
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