Sharyn Jones
Biographic Data
| ID | 3617690 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sharyn Jones |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sharyn |
| FAMILY NAME | Jones |
| SIGNATURE | JONES S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Alabama at Birmingham |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 82 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Terroir and the Family Farm: Local Food and Raising Heritage Pigs in Northern Kentucky
I argue that the concept of terroir is related to ideas about locally produced foods and health or wellbeing. Consumer demand for local foods and an emerging interest in terroir hold great potential for mobilizing meaningful social change related to food system sustainability, environmental stewardship, and community health. I explore the intersections of food and local agriculture with an emphasis on small-scale farms in Northern Kentucky. I als…
Contesting Terroir: New Anthropological imaginations of the taste of place
Anthropological Archaeology in 2015: Entanglements, Reflection, Reevaluation, and Archaeology beyond Disciplinary Boundaries
Archaeologists in 2015 engaged with critical anthropological topics in our search to understand humanity's story, including conflict and cooperation, materiality, ritual, food, environment, and heritage. New shifts in both our theory and our approaches are emerging; lines between traditional publication outlets and gray literature have blurred; open-source publications are now available; and social networking sites, along with blogs, crowdfunding…
Enculturating Student Anthropologists Through Fieldwork in Fiji
A Case Study of Metabolic Syndrome without Hypertension in a Fijian Coastal Fishing Village
We describe a case study involving obesity, health, and body image on the small island of Nayau, in the Lau Group, Fiji. Nayau is a remote island of Fiji where traditional subsistence activities are practiced. They have only recently had exposure to Western media and television. Traditionally, large body sizes are valued as signs of health and happiness. As such, obesity can be considered a culture bound syndrome. The key aims of our study were t…
Talking Trash
This paper presents a pilot ethnoarchaeological study, exploring Fijian consumption and waste behaviors through the analysis of household garbage. Over two field-seasons, we examined a contemporary Lauan garbage dump-site and interviewed islanders who engage in a subsistence-based economy. We investigated four Fijian households of varying demographics (household make-up, age, and social rank) and collected their rubbish each day over a one-week p…
Dwelling Among the Gods: A Late Pre-Contact Priest’s House in Kahikinui, Maui, Hawaiian Islands
We report on the excavation of an upland habitation site in Kahikinui, Maui, interpreted as the residence of a priest (kahuna) in the traditional Hawaiian religious system. The site, consisting of a large stone terrace and walled house foundation, lies within a ceremonial precinct incorporating several temple (heiau) structures. Six radiocarbon dates bracket the period of occupation between AD 1650 and 1820, although the duration of use was proba…
Considerations for Advancing a Dialogue on Pre-modern Marine Exploitation in the Caribbean and Beyond: Comment on Julio Baisre's “Setting a Baseline for Caribbean Fisheries”
Prehistoric Fijian diet and subsistence: Integration of faunal, ethnographic, and stable isotopic evidence from the Lau Island Group
Archaeological Investigations on the Small Islands of Aiwa Levu and Aiwa Lailai, Lau Group, Fiji
We present archaeological data from the small limestone islands of Aiwa Levu (1.21 km2) and Aiwa Lailai (1.0 km2), Lau Group, Fiji. Surveys revealed prehistoric occupations of a sinkhole cave, rockshelters, and a fortified site. We excavated six sites, all with abundant pottery and faunal materials. Eleven radiocarbon dates from four sites span nearly the entire period of Fijian prehistory, from 2710–2330 cal BP to 430–10 cal BP. From inland site…
Human Impacts on Ancient Marine Environments of Fiji's Lau Group: Current Ethnoarchaeological and Archaeological Research
Throughout the world's oceans, coral reefs are in decline due to pollution, climate change, overfishing, and disease. As archaeologists focused on historical ecology and island and coastal environm
Long-Term Trends in Prehistoric Fishing and Hunting on Tobago, West Indies
We compare the bone assemblages of Milford 1 (TOB-3) and Golden Grove (TOB-13) in Tobago, West Indies. Milford 1 is a small preceramic occupation (ca. 3000-2800 cal B.P.), whereas Golden Grove is a large ceramic-period village (ca. 1700-900 cal B.P.). Species richness at TOB-13 is greater than at TOB-3, both in marine (67 vs. 39 fishes) and terrestrial (32 vs. 9) taxa. Major shifts in marine exploitation from the preceramic to ceramic periods can…
Prehistoric Fijian diet and subsistence: Integration of faunal, ethnographic, and stable isotopic evidence from the Lau Island Group
Long-Term Trends in Prehistoric Fishing and Hunting on Tobago, West Indies
We compare the bone assemblages of Milford 1 (TOB-3) and Golden Grove (TOB-13) in Tobago, West Indies. Milford 1 is a small preceramic occupation (ca. 3000-2800 cal B.P.), whereas Golden Grove is a large ceramic-period village (ca. 1700-900 cal B.P.). Species richness at TOB-13 is greater than at TOB-3, both in marine (67 vs. 39 fishes) and terrestrial (32 vs. 9) taxa. Major shifts in marine exploitation from the preceramic to ceramic periods can…
Archaeological Investigations on the Small Islands of Aiwa Levu and Aiwa Lailai, Lau Group, Fiji
We present archaeological data from the small limestone islands of Aiwa Levu (1.21 km2) and Aiwa Lailai (1.0 km2), Lau Group, Fiji. Surveys revealed prehistoric occupations of a sinkhole cave, rockshelters, and a fortified site. We excavated six sites, all with abundant pottery and faunal materials. Eleven radiocarbon dates from four sites span nearly the entire period of Fijian prehistory, from 2710–2330 cal BP to 430–10 cal BP. From inland site…
Human Impacts on Ancient Marine Environments of Fiji's Lau Group: Current Ethnoarchaeological and Archaeological Research
Throughout the world's oceans, coral reefs are in decline due to pollution, climate change, overfishing, and disease. As archaeologists focused on historical ecology and island and coastal environm
Talking Trash
This paper presents a pilot ethnoarchaeological study, exploring Fijian consumption and waste behaviors through the analysis of household garbage. Over two field-seasons, we examined a contemporary Lauan garbage dump-site and interviewed islanders who engage in a subsistence-based economy. We investigated four Fijian households of varying demographics (household make-up, age, and social rank) and collected their rubbish each day over a one-week p…
Considerations for Advancing a Dialogue on Pre-modern Marine Exploitation in the Caribbean and Beyond: Comment on Julio Baisre's “Setting a Baseline for Caribbean Fisheries”
Terroir and the Family Farm: Local Food and Raising Heritage Pigs in Northern Kentucky
I argue that the concept of terroir is related to ideas about locally produced foods and health or wellbeing. Consumer demand for local foods and an emerging interest in terroir hold great potential for mobilizing meaningful social change related to food system sustainability, environmental stewardship, and community health. I explore the intersections of food and local agriculture with an emphasis on small-scale farms in Northern Kentucky. I als…
A Case Study of Metabolic Syndrome without Hypertension in a Fijian Coastal Fishing Village
We describe a case study involving obesity, health, and body image on the small island of Nayau, in the Lau Group, Fiji. Nayau is a remote island of Fiji where traditional subsistence activities are practiced. They have only recently had exposure to Western media and television. Traditionally, large body sizes are valued as signs of health and happiness. As such, obesity can be considered a culture bound syndrome. The key aims of our study were t…
Long-Term Trends in Prehistoric Fishing and Hunting on Tobago, West Indies
We compare the bone assemblages of Milford 1 (TOB-3) and Golden Grove (TOB-13) in Tobago, West Indies. Milford 1 is a small preceramic occupation (ca. 3000-2800 cal B.P.), whereas Golden Grove is a large ceramic-period village (ca. 1700-900 cal B.P.). Species richness at TOB-13 is greater than at TOB-3, both in marine (67 vs. 39 fishes) and terrestrial (32 vs. 9) taxa. Major shifts in marine exploitation from the preceramic to ceramic periods can…
Archaeological Investigations on the Small Islands of Aiwa Levu and Aiwa Lailai, Lau Group, Fiji
We present archaeological data from the small limestone islands of Aiwa Levu (1.21 km2) and Aiwa Lailai (1.0 km2), Lau Group, Fiji. Surveys revealed prehistoric occupations of a sinkhole cave, rockshelters, and a fortified site. We excavated six sites, all with abundant pottery and faunal materials. Eleven radiocarbon dates from four sites span nearly the entire period of Fijian prehistory, from 2710–2330 cal BP to 430–10 cal BP. From inland site…
Human Impacts on Ancient Marine Environments of Fiji's Lau Group: Current Ethnoarchaeological and Archaeological Research
Throughout the world's oceans, coral reefs are in decline due to pollution, climate change, overfishing, and disease. As archaeologists focused on historical ecology and island and coastal environm
Prehistoric Fijian diet and subsistence: Integration of faunal, ethnographic, and stable isotopic evidence from the Lau Island Group
Dwelling Among the Gods: A Late Pre-Contact Priest’s House in Kahikinui, Maui, Hawaiian Islands
We report on the excavation of an upland habitation site in Kahikinui, Maui, interpreted as the residence of a priest (kahuna) in the traditional Hawaiian religious system. The site, consisting of a large stone terrace and walled house foundation, lies within a ceremonial precinct incorporating several temple (heiau) structures. Six radiocarbon dates bracket the period of occupation between AD 1650 and 1820, although the duration of use was proba…
Considerations for Advancing a Dialogue on Pre-modern Marine Exploitation in the Caribbean and Beyond: Comment on Julio Baisre's “Setting a Baseline for Caribbean Fisheries”
Enculturating Student Anthropologists Through Fieldwork in Fiji
A Case Study of Metabolic Syndrome without Hypertension in a Fijian Coastal Fishing Village
We describe a case study involving obesity, health, and body image on the small island of Nayau, in the Lau Group, Fiji. Nayau is a remote island of Fiji where traditional subsistence activities are practiced. They have only recently had exposure to Western media and television. Traditionally, large body sizes are valued as signs of health and happiness. As such, obesity can be considered a culture bound syndrome. The key aims of our study were t…
Talking Trash
This paper presents a pilot ethnoarchaeological study, exploring Fijian consumption and waste behaviors through the analysis of household garbage. Over two field-seasons, we examined a contemporary Lauan garbage dump-site and interviewed islanders who engage in a subsistence-based economy. We investigated four Fijian households of varying demographics (household make-up, age, and social rank) and collected their rubbish each day over a one-week p…
Anthropological Archaeology in 2015: Entanglements, Reflection, Reevaluation, and Archaeology beyond Disciplinary Boundaries
Archaeologists in 2015 engaged with critical anthropological topics in our search to understand humanity's story, including conflict and cooperation, materiality, ritual, food, environment, and heritage. New shifts in both our theory and our approaches are emerging; lines between traditional publication outlets and gray literature have blurred; open-source publications are now available; and social networking sites, along with blogs, crowdfunding…
Terroir and the Family Farm: Local Food and Raising Heritage Pigs in Northern Kentucky
I argue that the concept of terroir is related to ideas about locally produced foods and health or wellbeing. Consumer demand for local foods and an emerging interest in terroir hold great potential for mobilizing meaningful social change related to food system sustainability, environmental stewardship, and community health. I explore the intersections of food and local agriculture with an emphasis on small-scale farms in Northern Kentucky. I als…
Contesting Terroir: New Anthropological imaginations of the taste of place
Geography (9 works) · Archaeology (8 works) · Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies (7 works) · Ecology (5 works) · Biology (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (3 works) · History (3 works) · Agriculture (2 works) · Anthropology (2 works)