C S Jazwa
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 27844 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | C S Jazwa |
| NOMBRES | C S |
| APELLIDO | Jazwa |
| FIRMA | JAZWA C S |
| AFILIACIONES | University of Nevada, Reno |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0020-2983 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 28 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 77 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 28 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2010 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2025 |
| ÍNDICE H | 5 |
Low population density settlement patterns on California's Northern Channel Islands
Chronological and archaeofaunal data indicate that settlement of the earliest, low-density populations on California's Northern Channel Islands was conditioned by variables other than those affecting later, high-density populations. We use a variant of the Ideal Free Distribution (IFD) with considerations for low population densities to model early settlement on Santa Rosa Island (SRI). Early in time, individuals could have maximized their per-ca…
Dietary habits and subsistence practices at Early Bronze age Karataş-Semayük, southwest Anatolia
Bayesian Analysis of Haskett Projectile Point Radiocarbon Dates in the Intermountain West Demonstrates Contemporaneity with Clovis and Folsom Points
We evaluate existing radiocarbon dates at sites containing Haskett stemmed projectile points, present 12 new dates from 5 components at 4 sites, and model the age of Haskett points in a multiphase Bayesian framework with trapezium boundaries. We present multiple models with variable prior information to explore the impacts of different interpretations of the archaeological record, and ultimately favor a model where Haskett points appeared between…
Middle Holocene residential mobility in western Santa Rosa Island, California
Experimental Observations on Processing Leather, Skin, and Parchment for Radiocarbon Dating
Skin-based samples (leather, skin, and parchment) in archaeological, historic and museum settings are among the most challenging materials to radiocarbon ( 14 C) date in terms of removing exogenous carbon sources—comparable to bone collagen in many respects but with much less empirical study to guide pretreatment approaches. In the case of leather, the 14 C content of materials used in manufacturing the leather can vary greatly. The presence of l…
Using multiple linear regression for estimating total mussel (Mytilus californianus) shell size to accommodate morphological variability related to diverse environments
Settlement Chronology and Subsistence Patterns in Cabo Pulmo, Baja California Sur, Mexico
Cabo Pulmo National Park (CPNP), within the East Cape of Baja California Sur, Mexico, is the location of a highly productive rocky reef ecosystem that was likely attractive to people throughout the Holocene. AMS radiocarbon dates from sites along the coast and faunal data from two excavated sites, D20 and D27, indicate people were present in the region by at least 7120–6755 cal b.p. (D34), but evidence of persistent occupation and possibly higher…
Resource Competition and Settlement Distribution in Bronze Age Greece
Architecture and storage in Mediterranean environments
Human Adaptations in Mediterranean Environments
An ecological model of settlement expansion in northwestern Morocco
Reassessing the Radiocarbon Date from the Buhl Burial from South-Central Idaho and Its Relevance to the Western Stemmed Tradition-Clovis Debate in the Intermountain West
A single radiocarbon date derived from the Buhl burial in south-central Idaho has frequently been used as a data point for the interpretation of the Western Stemmed Tradition (WST) chronology and technology because of the stemmed biface found in situ with the human remains. AMS dating of bone collagen in 1991 produced an age of 10,675 ± 95 14C BP, immediately postdating the most widely accepted age range for Clovis. The Buhl burial has been cited…
The effects of vertical position in the intertidal zone on the δ18O and δ13C composition of Mytilus californianus shell carbonate
Dynamic Modeling of the Effects of Site Placement on Environmental Suitability
This paper offers a new numerical approach to model the effects of archaeological site placement and population density on environmental suitability using two ecological models, the Ideal Free Distribution (IFD) and Ideal Despotic Distribution (IDD), treating the Oued Loukkos in northern Morocco as an example. This method incorporates local resource depletion with increasing population density consistent with the predictions of the IFD. It also i…
Fishing, Subsistence Change, and Foraging Strategies on Western Santa Rosa Island, California
Shifting from shellfish collecting to fishing as a primary coastal foraging strategy can allow hunter-gatherers to obtain more food and settle in larger populations. On California's northern Channel Islands (NCI), after the development of the single-piece shell fishhook around 2500 cal BP, diet expanded from primarily shellfish to include nearshore fishes in greater numbers. During the Medieval Climatic Anomaly (1150-600 cal BP), settlement on th…
Territoriality and the rise of despotic social organization on western Santa Rosa Island, California
Technological change and interior settlement on western Santa Rosa Island, California
Settlement ecology in Bronze Age Messenia
Low-Density Lithic Scatter Sites and the Distribution of Toolstone on Santa Rosa Island, Alta California
Recent surveys on California’s northern Channel Islands have highlighted the ubiquity of small, low-density lithic scatters across coastal terraces and interior ridgelines. These sites typically lack organic materials or diagnostic artifacts and are therefore rarely the subject of archaeological investigation. Here we quantify raw material and flake type for nine representative sites from three distinct parts of Santa Rosa Island. The three regio…
Hydrological Modeling and Prehistoric Settlement on Santa Rosa Island, California, USA
Fresh water availability was an important variable that influenced prehistoric human settlement on California's northern Channel Islands. Previous attempts to understand settlement on the islands use watershed size as a proxy for water at canyon mouths. In semi‐arid regions, this approach has limitations because streams may lose much or all of their flow to groundwater. We developed a distributed hydrological model for Santa Rosa Island that inco…
A Test of Ideal Free Distribution Predictions Using Targeted Survey and Excavation on California’s Northern Channel Islands
Central place foraging and shellfish processing on California's Northern Channel Islands
Archaeological Site or Natural Marine Community? Excavation of a Submerged Shell Mound in Ninigret Pond, Rhode Island
Submerged shell midden sites and natural shell deposits can have similar characteristics and can be difficult to distinguish archaeologically. We excavated two test units from a large (at least 35 m×70 m) submerged shell mound in Fort Neck Cove in southern Rhode Island to assess whether it was natural or cultural in origin. This mound had been recognized as a potential archaeological feature as early as the 1970s. Excavation, radiocarbon dating, …
A High-Precision Chronology for Two House Features at an Early Village Site on Western Santa Cruz Island, California, USA
We establish a high-precision radiocarbon chronology for 2 house depressions at CA-SCRI-333, a large prehistoric village on the western end of Santa Cruz Island, California, USA. SCRI-333 is a large mound composed of a shell midden with more than 50 house depressions evident across its surface. We develop a chronology of occupation and activity for 2 of these depressions (6 and 32) based on a stratified sequence of accelerator mass spectrometry 1…
Intrasite Spatial Analysis of Mobile and Semisedentary Peoples
Central place foraging and shellfish processing on California's Northern Channel Islands
Late Holocene Subsistence Change and Marine Productivity on Western Santa Rosa Island, Alta California
Institutionalized differences in social status developed on California's northern Channel Islands from the Late Middle (A.D. 650-1150) to Late (A.D. 1300-1782) periods. This is associated with the proliferation of sedentary communities along the coasts of these islands and a number of important socioeconomic changes, including a greater emphasis on fishing and the production of non-food craft items. These changes were particularly rapid during th…
Spatial and Temporal Variability in Chert Exploitation on Santa Cruz Island, California
Chert outcrops on eastern Santa Cruz Island were of vital importance to the inhabitants of the Santa Barbara Channel region because of their comparatively limited availablity elsewhere on the California Channel Islands. Temporally diagnostic artifacts and radiocarbon dates from associated shell middens suggest that chert quarries were exploited throughout the Holocene. The importance of these quarries has been well documented in regard to microli…
A Test of Ideal Free Distribution Predictions Using Targeted Survey and Excavation on California’s Northern Channel Islands
Hydrological Modeling and Prehistoric Settlement on Santa Rosa Island, California, USA
Fresh water availability was an important variable that influenced prehistoric human settlement on California's northern Channel Islands. Previous attempts to understand settlement on the islands use watershed size as a proxy for water at canyon mouths. In semi‐arid regions, this approach has limitations because streams may lose much or all of their flow to groundwater. We developed a distributed hydrological model for Santa Rosa Island that inco…
A High-Precision Chronology for Two House Features at an Early Village Site on Western Santa Cruz Island, California, USA
We establish a high-precision radiocarbon chronology for 2 house depressions at CA-SCRI-333, a large prehistoric village on the western end of Santa Cruz Island, California, USA. SCRI-333 is a large mound composed of a shell midden with more than 50 house depressions evident across its surface. We develop a chronology of occupation and activity for 2 of these depressions (6 and 32) based on a stratified sequence of accelerator mass spectrometry 1…
Experimental Observations on Processing Leather, Skin, and Parchment for Radiocarbon Dating
Skin-based samples (leather, skin, and parchment) in archaeological, historic and museum settings are among the most challenging materials to radiocarbon ( 14 C) date in terms of removing exogenous carbon sources—comparable to bone collagen in many respects but with much less empirical study to guide pretreatment approaches. In the case of leather, the 14 C content of materials used in manufacturing the leather can vary greatly. The presence of l…
Reassessing the Radiocarbon Date from the Buhl Burial from South-Central Idaho and Its Relevance to the Western Stemmed Tradition-Clovis Debate in the Intermountain West
A single radiocarbon date derived from the Buhl burial in south-central Idaho has frequently been used as a data point for the interpretation of the Western Stemmed Tradition (WST) chronology and technology because of the stemmed biface found in situ with the human remains. AMS dating of bone collagen in 1991 produced an age of 10,675 ± 95 14C BP, immediately postdating the most widely accepted age range for Clovis. The Buhl burial has been cited…
Low-Density Lithic Scatter Sites and the Distribution of Toolstone on Santa Rosa Island, Alta California
Recent surveys on California’s northern Channel Islands have highlighted the ubiquity of small, low-density lithic scatters across coastal terraces and interior ridgelines. These sites typically lack organic materials or diagnostic artifacts and are therefore rarely the subject of archaeological investigation. Here we quantify raw material and flake type for nine representative sites from three distinct parts of Santa Rosa Island. The three regio…
Dynamic Modeling of the Effects of Site Placement on Environmental Suitability
This paper offers a new numerical approach to model the effects of archaeological site placement and population density on environmental suitability using two ecological models, the Ideal Free Distribution (IFD) and Ideal Despotic Distribution (IDD), treating the Oued Loukkos in northern Morocco as an example. This method incorporates local resource depletion with increasing population density consistent with the predictions of the IFD. It also i…
Technological change and interior settlement on western Santa Rosa Island, California
Spatial and Temporal Variability in Chert Exploitation on Santa Cruz Island, California
Chert outcrops on eastern Santa Cruz Island were of vital importance to the inhabitants of the Santa Barbara Channel region because of their comparatively limited availablity elsewhere on the California Channel Islands. Temporally diagnostic artifacts and radiocarbon dates from associated shell middens suggest that chert quarries were exploited throughout the Holocene. The importance of these quarries has been well documented in regard to microli…
Development and Disintegration of Maya Political Systems in Response to Climate Change
Maya and Climate Climate has affected the vitality of many different societies in the past, as shown by numerous records across the globe and throughout human history. One of the most obvious and spectacular examples of this is from the Classic Maya civilization, whose advanced culture left highly detailed records of all aspects of their existence between 300 and 1000 C.E. Kennett et al. (p. 788 ; see the cover) present a detailed climate record …
Late Holocene Subsistence Change and Marine Productivity on Western Santa Rosa Island, Alta California
Institutionalized differences in social status developed on California's northern Channel Islands from the Late Middle (A.D. 650-1150) to Late (A.D. 1300-1782) periods. This is associated with the proliferation of sedentary communities along the coasts of these islands and a number of important socioeconomic changes, including a greater emphasis on fishing and the production of non-food craft items. These changes were particularly rapid during th…
A High-Precision Chronology for Two House Features at an Early Village Site on Western Santa Cruz Island, California, USA
We establish a high-precision radiocarbon chronology for 2 house depressions at CA-SCRI-333, a large prehistoric village on the western end of Santa Cruz Island, California, USA. SCRI-333 is a large mound composed of a shell midden with more than 50 house depressions evident across its surface. We develop a chronology of occupation and activity for 2 of these depressions (6 and 32) based on a stratified sequence of accelerator mass spectrometry 1…
Archaeological Site or Natural Marine Community? Excavation of a Submerged Shell Mound in Ninigret Pond, Rhode Island
Submerged shell midden sites and natural shell deposits can have similar characteristics and can be difficult to distinguish archaeologically. We excavated two test units from a large (at least 35 m×70 m) submerged shell mound in Fort Neck Cove in southern Rhode Island to assess whether it was natural or cultural in origin. This mound had been recognized as a potential archaeological feature as early as the 1970s. Excavation, radiocarbon dating, …
A Test of Ideal Free Distribution Predictions Using Targeted Survey and Excavation on California’s Northern Channel Islands
Central place foraging and shellfish processing on California's Northern Channel Islands
Hydrological Modeling and Prehistoric Settlement on Santa Rosa Island, California, USA
Fresh water availability was an important variable that influenced prehistoric human settlement on California's northern Channel Islands. Previous attempts to understand settlement on the islands use watershed size as a proxy for water at canyon mouths. In semi‐arid regions, this approach has limitations because streams may lose much or all of their flow to groundwater. We developed a distributed hydrological model for Santa Rosa Island that inco…
Settlement ecology in Bronze Age Messenia
Low-Density Lithic Scatter Sites and the Distribution of Toolstone on Santa Rosa Island, Alta California
Recent surveys on California’s northern Channel Islands have highlighted the ubiquity of small, low-density lithic scatters across coastal terraces and interior ridgelines. These sites typically lack organic materials or diagnostic artifacts and are therefore rarely the subject of archaeological investigation. Here we quantify raw material and flake type for nine representative sites from three distinct parts of Santa Rosa Island. The three regio…
Territoriality and the rise of despotic social organization on western Santa Rosa Island, California
Technological change and interior settlement on western Santa Rosa Island, California
The effects of vertical position in the intertidal zone on the δ18O and δ13C composition of Mytilus californianus shell carbonate
Dynamic Modeling of the Effects of Site Placement on Environmental Suitability
This paper offers a new numerical approach to model the effects of archaeological site placement and population density on environmental suitability using two ecological models, the Ideal Free Distribution (IFD) and Ideal Despotic Distribution (IDD), treating the Oued Loukkos in northern Morocco as an example. This method incorporates local resource depletion with increasing population density consistent with the predictions of the IFD. It also i…
Fishing, Subsistence Change, and Foraging Strategies on Western Santa Rosa Island, California
Shifting from shellfish collecting to fishing as a primary coastal foraging strategy can allow hunter-gatherers to obtain more food and settle in larger populations. On California's northern Channel Islands (NCI), after the development of the single-piece shell fishhook around 2500 cal BP, diet expanded from primarily shellfish to include nearshore fishes in greater numbers. During the Medieval Climatic Anomaly (1150-600 cal BP), settlement on th…
Architecture and storage in Mediterranean environments
Human Adaptations in Mediterranean Environments
An ecological model of settlement expansion in northwestern Morocco
Reassessing the Radiocarbon Date from the Buhl Burial from South-Central Idaho and Its Relevance to the Western Stemmed Tradition-Clovis Debate in the Intermountain West
A single radiocarbon date derived from the Buhl burial in south-central Idaho has frequently been used as a data point for the interpretation of the Western Stemmed Tradition (WST) chronology and technology because of the stemmed biface found in situ with the human remains. AMS dating of bone collagen in 1991 produced an age of 10,675 ± 95 14C BP, immediately postdating the most widely accepted age range for Clovis. The Buhl burial has been cited…
Resource Competition and Settlement Distribution in Bronze Age Greece
Using multiple linear regression for estimating total mussel (Mytilus californianus) shell size to accommodate morphological variability related to diverse environments
Settlement Chronology and Subsistence Patterns in Cabo Pulmo, Baja California Sur, Mexico
Cabo Pulmo National Park (CPNP), within the East Cape of Baja California Sur, Mexico, is the location of a highly productive rocky reef ecosystem that was likely attractive to people throughout the Holocene. AMS radiocarbon dates from sites along the coast and faunal data from two excavated sites, D20 and D27, indicate people were present in the region by at least 7120–6755 cal b.p. (D34), but evidence of persistent occupation and possibly higher…
Bayesian Analysis of Haskett Projectile Point Radiocarbon Dates in the Intermountain West Demonstrates Contemporaneity with Clovis and Folsom Points
We evaluate existing radiocarbon dates at sites containing Haskett stemmed projectile points, present 12 new dates from 5 components at 4 sites, and model the age of Haskett points in a multiphase Bayesian framework with trapezium boundaries. We present multiple models with variable prior information to explore the impacts of different interpretations of the archaeological record, and ultimately favor a model where Haskett points appeared between…
Middle Holocene residential mobility in western Santa Rosa Island, California
Intrasite Spatial Analysis of Mobile and Semisedentary Peoples
Geography (24 obras) · Archaeology (23 obras) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (23 obras) · Biology (12 obras) · Ecology (12 obras) · Geology (12 obras) · Population (10 obras) · Radiocarbon dating (10 obras) · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (9 obras) · Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (8 obras)