J F Hoffecker
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 3580 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | J F Hoffecker |
| NOMBRES | J F |
| APELLIDO | Hoffecker |
| FIRMA | HOFFECKER J F |
| AFILIACIONES | Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6132-3012 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 53 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 589 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 52 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 1 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1985 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2023 |
| ÍNDICE H | 10 |
World variation in three-rooted lower second molars and implications for the hominin fossil record
A North American Plains Perspective on the Early Upper Paleolithic of the East European Plain
The East European Plain (EEP), which is the dominant landform on the continent of Europe, exhibits many parallels to the High Plains of North America with respect to landscape and biota. These parallels are reflected in the early prehistoric archaeological record of both regions and a “North American Plains (NAP) perspective” is applied here to the early Upper Paleolithic (EUP) between ~45 000 and ~30 000 cal BP of the EEP. As among First Peoples…
Multiple occurrences of the rare Uto‐Aztecan premolar variant in Hungary point to ancient ties between populations of western Eurasia and the Americas
The Uto‐Aztecan premolar (UAP) is a rare dental morphological variant long thought to be restricted to non‐Arctic Native Americans. The recent discovery of four individuals with this trait in a Hungarian sample invites reassessment of its geographic distribution. Our goal is to assess the variation of this trait on a global level and provide an explanation for its distribution. Observations on over 300 medieval Hungarian dentitions, along with da…
Beringia and the Settlement of the Western Hemisphere
Previously, we addressed the problem of what variable(s) limited widespread human settlement of the Americas before ~15 ka. We concluded that while non-modern human taxa (e. g., Neanderthals) probably did not inhabit high-latitude environments (due to cold climate and/ or low plant and animal productivity) and thus could not disperse in the Western Hemispherevia Beringia, modern humans likely were denied access to mid-latitude North America >15 k…
Radiocarbon Dating Rozhok I, a Middle Paleolithic Open-Air Site in Southern Russia
Samples of bone and teeth from the Middle Paleolithic open-air site of Rozhok I, located on the Gulf of Taganrog, were dated by radiocarbon ( 14 C). We obtained 26 accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) dates on a large sample of nonhuman bone and teeth recovered by N. D. Praslov during 1961–1962 from 5 of the 6 occupation horizons at Rozhok I. Two rigorous pretreatment methods were applied to the samples: ultra-filtration and XAD resin. The 14 C ag…
Peopling the Americas
A widely accepted model for the peopling of the Americas postulates a source population in the Northeast Asian maritime region, which includes northern Japan. The model is based on similarities in stone artifacts (stemmed points) found in North American sites dating as early as 15,000 years ago and those of comparable age in Japan and neighboring regions of Northeast Asia. Here we show, on the basis of data and analyses in biological anthropology…
Radiocarbon Dating the Initial Upper Paleolithic on the East European Plain at Kulychivka (Western Ukraine)
Kostenki
Arctic Beringia and Native American Origins
The central lowland of Beringia (aka the Bering land bridge) has been viewed alternately as a barrier or a refugium to the Native American founder population during the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM). Here we suggest that an equally – if not more – likely LGM home for the founder population is the arctic zone of Beringia. People were drawn to eastern arctic Beringia during the post-LGM Younger Dryas (YD) cold period and occupied western arctic Bering…
Heightened early medieval storminess across the Chukchi Sea, AD 400–1100
The chronology and function of a new circular mammoth-bone structure at Kostenki 11
The Dating of a Middle Paleolithic Blade Industry in Southern Russia and Its Relationship to the Initial Upper Paleolithic
The hunting of horse and the problem of the Aurignacian on the central plain of Eastern Europe
Modern Humans
Modern Humans is a vivid account of the most recent—and perhaps the most important—phase of human evolution: the appearance of Homo sapiens in Africa less than half a million years ago and their spread throughout the world. John F. Hoffecker demonstrates that Homo sapiens represents a major transition in the evolution of living systems
Technological complexity and the global dispersal of modern humans
Anatomically modern humans ( Homo sapiens ) dispersed out of Africa roughly 120,000 years ago and again after 75,000 years ago. The early dispersal was geographically restricted to the Arabian Peninsula, Levant, and possibly parts of southern Asia. The later dispersal was ultimately global in scope, including areas not previously occupied by Homo . One explanation for the contrast between the two out‐of‐Africa dispersals is that the modern humans…
The Structural and Functional Complexity of Hunter-Gatherer Technology
Beringia and the global dispersal of modern humans
Until recently, the settlement of the Americas seemed largely divorced from the out‐of‐Africa dispersal of anatomically modern humans, which began at least 50,000 years ago. Native Americans were thought to represent a small subset of the Eurasian population that migrated to the Western Hemisphere less than 15,000 years ago. Archeological discoveries since 2000 reveal, however, that Homo sapiens occupied the high‐latitude region between Northeast…
Evidence of Eurasian metal alloys on the Alaskan coast in prehistory
Archéologie du Cap Espenberg où la question du Birnirk et de l’origine du Thulé dans le nord-ouest de l’Alaska
Le cap Espenberg est une flèche littorale au large de la mer des Tchouktches dans le nord-ouest de l’Alaska contenant les vestiges de 4000 ans d’occupations humaines et de changements climatiques. Les recherches archéologiques et paléo-environnementales, menées depuis 2009 dans le cadre d’un projet pluridisciplinaire, apportent des informations nouvelles sur la chronologie des occupations du dernier millénaire et documentent l’émergence de la cul…
Supra-regional correlations of the most ancient paleosols and Paleolithic layers of Kostenki-Borschevo region (Russian Plain)
Kostenki 1 and the early Upper Paleolithic of Eastern Europe
Geoarchaeological and Bioarchaeological Studies at Mira, an Early Upper Paleolithic Site in the Lower Dnepr Valley, Ukraine
New geoarchaeological and bioarcheological research was undertaken at the open‐air site of Mira, which is buried in deposits of the Second Terrace of the Dnepr River, roughly 15 km downstream from the city of Zaporozhye in Ukraine. Previous excavation of the site revealed two occupation layers dating to ∼32,000 cal BP. The lower layer (II/2) yielded bladelets similar to those of the early Gravettian, while the upper layer (I) contained traces of …
Years of House Change at Cape Espenberg, Alaska
Cape Espenberg is on the farthest southwestern extent of Kotzebue Sound, Alaska, just above the Arctic Circle, and is a peninsula composed of a series of dune-covered beach ridges. As part of a larger research initiative, extensive mapping to record all cultural features and characterize the topography of approximately 1 km2on the southeastern terminus of the cape was undertaken in 2007 and 2010. The primary purpose of this mapping was to explore…
The Information Animal and the Super-brain
The early upper Paleolithic of eastern Europe reconsidered
Artifacts of Paleolithic age were first recognized in eastern Europe during the 1870s. Archeologists have struggled ever since to integrate them into the better known record of western Europe, where the interpretive framework of Paleolithic archeology was originally developed. The essential elements of both the Middle and Upper Paleolithic were recognized quickly in eastern Europe, and a close connection with a major middle Upper Paleolithic indu…
Modern Humans
Modern Humans is a vivid account of the most recent—and perhaps the most important—phase of human evolution: the appearance of Homo sapiens in Africa less than half a million years ago and their spread throughout the world. John F. Hoffecker demonstrates that Homo sapiens represents a major transition in the evolution of living systems
Mezmaiskaya Cave
Late Pleistocene Settlement in the Nenana Valley, Central Alaska
Ongoing research in the Nenana Valley is uncovering a complex record of Late Glacial settlement in the foothills of the Alaska Range. A local eolian sequence provides relatively precise stratigraphic and chronological control, permitting integration with regional paleoclimatic history. Initial occupation seems to have occurred approximately 12,000 years ago, and is represented by several assemblages containing bifacial points. Microblade technolo…
From the Bay of Naples to the River Don
Radiocarbon dating and chronology of the Early Upper Paleolithic at Kostenki
Evidence for kill-butchery events of early Upper Paleolithic age at Kostenki, Russia
Innovation and technological knowledge in the Upper Paleolithic of Northern Eurasia
The technology of modern humans is unique in the animal kingdom with respect to its complexity and capacity for innovation. Evidence of technological complexity and creativity in the archeological record is broadly coincident with and presumably related to traces of creativity in art, music, ritual, and other forms of symbolism. The pattern of modern human technology is part of a larger package of behavior (sometimes referred to as "behavioral mo…
Mousterian Hunters of the NW Caucasus
Recent investigations have produced a group of important new Mousterian sites in the NW Caucasus (Russia). These sites, which range in elevation from 100 to 1350 m above sea level, include Il'skaya II (100 m)) Matuzka Cave (750 m), Barakaevskaya Cave (900 m), and Mezmaiskaya Cave (1350 m). Each contains a large faunal assemblage that, in conjunction with faunal remains excavated earlier from Il'skaya I (100 m) and Dakhovskaya Cave (500 m), consti…
Kostenki 1 and the early Upper Paleolithic of Eastern Europe
Geoarchaeology of the Kostenki–Borshchevo sites, Don River Valley, Russia
The Kostenki–Borshchevo localities include 26 Upper Paleolithic sites on the first and second terraces along the west bank of the Don River, near Voronezh on the central East European Plain. Geoarchaeological research from 2001 through 2004 focused on sites Kostenki 1, 12, and 14, with additional work at Kostenki 11 and 16, and Borshchevo 5. The strata are grouped into three units (bottom up): Unit 1, > 50 ka, consists of coarse alluvium (represe…
Palaeontology and Zooarchaeology of Mezmaiskaya Cave (Northwestern Caucasus, Russia)
Evidence of Eurasian metal alloys on the Alaskan coast in prehistory
Geoarchaeological and Bioarchaeological Studies at Mira, an Early Upper Paleolithic Site in the Lower Dnepr Valley, Ukraine
New geoarchaeological and bioarcheological research was undertaken at the open‐air site of Mira, which is buried in deposits of the Second Terrace of the Dnepr River, roughly 15 km downstream from the city of Zaporozhye in Ukraine. Previous excavation of the site revealed two occupation layers dating to ∼32,000 cal BP. The lower layer (II/2) yielded bladelets similar to those of the early Gravettian, while the upper layer (I) contained traces of …
The chronology and function of a new circular mammoth-bone structure at Kostenki 11
Representation and Recursion in the Archaeological Record
Applied geomorphology and archaeological survey strategy for sites of Pleistocene age
Radiocarbon Dating the Initial Upper Paleolithic on the East European Plain at Kulychivka (Western Ukraine)
The Dating of a Middle Paleolithic Blade Industry in Southern Russia and Its Relationship to the Initial Upper Paleolithic
Years of House Change at Cape Espenberg, Alaska
Cape Espenberg is on the farthest southwestern extent of Kotzebue Sound, Alaska, just above the Arctic Circle, and is a peninsula composed of a series of dune-covered beach ridges. As part of a larger research initiative, extensive mapping to record all cultural features and characterize the topography of approximately 1 km2on the southeastern terminus of the cape was undertaken in 2007 and 2010. The primary purpose of this mapping was to explore…
The hunting of horse and the problem of the Aurignacian on the central plain of Eastern Europe
The Structural and Functional Complexity of Hunter-Gatherer Technology
The early upper Paleolithic of eastern Europe reconsidered
Artifacts of Paleolithic age were first recognized in eastern Europe during the 1870s. Archeologists have struggled ever since to integrate them into the better known record of western Europe, where the interpretive framework of Paleolithic archeology was originally developed. The essential elements of both the Middle and Upper Paleolithic were recognized quickly in eastern Europe, and a close connection with a major middle Upper Paleolithic indu…
Siberian Paleolithic Archaeology
This paper examines the approaches and methods of Soviet archaeologists dealing with the Siberian Paleolithic and with the problem of early man in Siberia and the Far East
Multiple occurrences of the rare Uto‐Aztecan premolar variant in Hungary point to ancient ties between populations of western Eurasia and the Americas
The Uto‐Aztecan premolar (UAP) is a rare dental morphological variant long thought to be restricted to non‐Arctic Native Americans. The recent discovery of four individuals with this trait in a Hungarian sample invites reassessment of its geographic distribution. Our goal is to assess the variation of this trait on a global level and provide an explanation for its distribution. Observations on over 300 medieval Hungarian dentitions, along with da…
Beringia and the Settlement of the Western Hemisphere
Previously, we addressed the problem of what variable(s) limited widespread human settlement of the Americas before ~15 ka. We concluded that while non-modern human taxa (e. g., Neanderthals) probably did not inhabit high-latitude environments (due to cold climate and/ or low plant and animal productivity) and thus could not disperse in the Western Hemispherevia Beringia, modern humans likely were denied access to mid-latitude North America >15 k…
Siberian Paleolithic Archaeology
This paper examines the approaches and methods of Soviet archaeologists dealing with the Siberian Paleolithic and with the problem of early man in Siberia and the Far East
Upper pleistocene loess stratigraphy and paleolithic site chronology on the Russian plain
Loess stratigraphy provides the best existing means of establishing an accurate geochronology for the Paleolithic of the Russian Plain, especially for time periods beyond the range of radiocarbon dating. Loess/paleosol sequences in adjoining regions, particularly Central Europe where correlation with oxygen‐isotope stratigraphy has been achieved, represent a useful standard for the correlation and dating of loess deposits on the Russian Plain. Ho…
The Early Upper Paleolithic
Applied geomorphology and archaeological survey strategy for sites of Pleistocene age
Mnogoslojnaya paleoliticheskaya stoyanka molodova V. Lyudi Kamennogo Veka i okruzhayushchaya sreda (The Multi‐layered Paleolithic Site of Molodova V
Late Pleistocene Settlement in the Nenana Valley, Central Alaska
Ongoing research in the Nenana Valley is uncovering a complex record of Late Glacial settlement in the foothills of the Alaska Range. A local eolian sequence provides relatively precise stratigraphic and chronological control, permitting integration with regional paleoclimatic history. Initial occupation seems to have occurred approximately 12,000 years ago, and is represented by several assemblages containing bifacial points. Microblade technolo…
Vertebrate remains from the Mousterian site of Il'skaya I (northern Caucasus, U.S.S.R.)
The Colonization of Beringia and the Peopling of the New World
The colonization of Beringia appears closely linked to the arrival of the oldest firmly documented archeological tradition in mid-latitude North America (Paleoindian). The discovery of a Paleoindian complex in central Alaska, combined with the recent redating of the Bering Land Bridge and key archeological sites, suggests that Beringia was settled during the final Pleistocene interstadial (12,000 to 11,000 years before present). Its population ex…
Mousterian Hunters of the NW Caucasus
Recent investigations have produced a group of important new Mousterian sites in the NW Caucasus (Russia). These sites, which range in elevation from 100 to 1350 m above sea level, include Il'skaya II (100 m)) Matuzka Cave (750 m), Barakaevskaya Cave (900 m), and Mezmaiskaya Cave (1350 m). Each contains a large faunal assemblage that, in conjunction with faunal remains excavated earlier from Il'skaya I (100 m) and Dakhovskaya Cave (500 m), consti…
Palaeontology and Zooarchaeology of Mezmaiskaya Cave (Northwestern Caucasus, Russia)
Hunters between east and west
Hunters between east and west
Neanderthals and modern humans in eastern europe
Mezmaiskaya Cave
Mousterian hunting patterns in the northwestern Caucasus and the ecology of the Neanderthals
The northwestern Caucasus contains a group of cave and open-air sites occupied by Neanderthals during the early and middle phases of the Last Glacial (OIS 4–3). These sites vary widely in terms of topographic setting, elevation, artifacts, and associated faunal remains. Both medium and large mammals (goat, sheep, and bison) were probably hunted at Mezmaiskaya Cave (1300 m above sea level), as indicated by the number and location of tool marks on …
Mousterian hunting patterns in the northwestern Caucasus and the ecology of the Neanderthals
The northwestern Caucasus contains a group of cave and open-air sites occupied by Neanderthals during the early and middle phases of the Last Glacial (OIS 4–3). These sites vary widely in terms of topographic setting, elevation, artifacts, and associated faunal remains. Both medium and large mammals (goat, sheep, and bison) were probably hunted at Mezmaiskaya Cave (1300 m above sea level), as indicated by the number and location of tool marks on …
Environment and archeology in Beringia
The occupation of Beringia remains one of the most complex problems in human paleoecology. This is because of the wide array of variables that are likely to have affected the timing and character of settlement in the now partially submerged land that lies between the Lena and Mackenzie Rivers. At a minimum, these variables include changing sea levels and coastlines, advancing and retreating glaciers, changing fauna and flora (including trees), an…
Innovation and technological knowledge in the Upper Paleolithic of Northern Eurasia
The technology of modern humans is unique in the animal kingdom with respect to its complexity and capacity for innovation. Evidence of technological complexity and creativity in the archeological record is broadly coincident with and presumably related to traces of creativity in art, music, ritual, and other forms of symbolism. The pattern of modern human technology is part of a larger package of behavior (sometimes referred to as "behavioral mo…
Radiocarbon dating and chronology of the Early Upper Paleolithic at Kostenki
Early Upper Paleolithic in Eastern Europe and Implications for the Dispersal of Modern Humans
Radiocarbon and optically stimulated luminescence dating and magnetic stratigraphy indicate Upper Paleolithic occupation—probably representing modern humans—at archaeological sites on the Don River in Russia 45,000 to 42,000 years ago. The oldest levels at Kostenki underlie a volcanic ash horizon identified as the Campanian Ignimbrite Y5 tephra that is dated elsewhere to about 40,000 years ago. The occupation layers contain bone and ivory artifac…
Representation and Recursion in the Archaeological Record
Geoarchaeology of the Kostenki–Borshchevo sites, Don River Valley, Russia
The Kostenki–Borshchevo localities include 26 Upper Paleolithic sites on the first and second terraces along the west bank of the Don River, near Voronezh on the central East European Plain. Geoarchaeological research from 2001 through 2004 focused on sites Kostenki 1, 12, and 14, with additional work at Kostenki 11 and 16, and Borshchevo 5. The strata are grouped into three units (bottom up): Unit 1, > 50 ka, consists of coarse alluvium (represe…
Taymyr
From the Bay of Naples to the River Don
The spread of modern humans in Europe
The earliest credible evidence of Homo sapiens in Europe is an archaeological proxy in the form of several artifact assemblages (Bohunician) found in South-Central and possibly Eastern Europe, dating to ≤48,000 calibrated radiocarbon years before present (cal BP). They are similar to assemblages probably made by modern humans in the Levant (Emiran) at an earlier date and apparently represent a population movement into the Balkans during a warm cl…
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