Judith F Porcasi
Biographic Data
| ID | 3693309 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Judith F Porcasi |
| GIVEN NAMES | Judith F |
| FAMILY NAME | Porcasi |
| SIGNATURE | PORCASI J F |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of California, Los Angeles |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 69 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1995 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
The Lang Ranch Sites: New Data on the Early to Middle Period Occupation of the Inland Ventureño Chumash in Alta California
A suite of newly obtained archaeometric data broadens the contextual background for a widespread Early to Middle period Ventureño Chumash occupation of the Lang Ranch sites. Combined applications of accelerator mass spectrometry radiocarbon dates, X-ray fluorescence obsidian source evaluations, neutron activation analysis, and lithic and faunal analyses confirm and illuminate an Early to Middle period occupation ranging between 7,526 and 552 BCE …
Late Holocene Occupational Cycles at Toyon Bay, Santa Catalina Island, Alta California
Excavated nearly five decades ago, the Toyon Bay site (CA-SCAI-564) on Catalina Island remained undocumented until recently (Radde 2015 Radde, Hugh D. 2015 Understanding an Island Tongva Village: Results from Toyon Bay (SCAI-564), Santa Catalina Island, California. Unpublished Master's thesis, California State University, Northridge. [Google Scholar]). Now, working with a retained column sample that yielded more than 12,600 vertebrate specimens w…
The Morro Bay Fauna: Evidence for a Medieval Droughts Refugium on the Central California Coast
A robust collection of mammal, bird, fish, and shellfish remains from an 8,000-year residential sequence at Morro Bay, a small, isolated estuary on the central California coast, shows a strong focus on marine species during the Middle-Late Transition cultural phase (950-700 cal B.P.), which largely coincides with the Medieval Climatic Anomaly (MCA). Previous studies have provided modest evidence for increased fishing and rabbit hunting during the…
Persistence of Traditional Lifeways by Early Chinese Immigrants: Faunal Evidence from the High Lung Laundry (CA-SBA-2752H) Santa Barbara, California
Pre-Hispanic-to-Colonial Dietary Transitions at Etzatlan, Jalisco, Mexico
Faunal analysis of subsistence remains from four sites in the Etzatlan Basin in western central Mexico presents important contrasts between pre-Hispanic and colonial dietary patterns. Specific changes in animal remains are well correlated with the transition from pre-Hispanic to colonial occupations tracked along a statistically derived timeline in which ceramic evidence for the onset of colonization is found. Allometry is used to calculate fauna…
More on Mollusks: Trans-Holocene Shellfish Exploitation on the California Coast
Comparing allometrically estimated biomass of shellfish versus vertebrates exploited throughout the Holocene reveals that many coastal Californians relied heavily on readily accessible invertebrates for dietary protein. During the Paleocoastal occupation of the coast, shellfish represented as much as 92% of consumed dietary flesh. Data show that this dependence lessened over time, coinciding with an overall reduction in total quantity of consumed…
Archeological Evidence for Dietary Use of Bigfoot Leopard Frog ( Lithobates megapoda ) in Postclassic and Colonial Central Mexico
Analysis of archaeofaunal remains recovered from several geographically and culturally linked postclassic sites in the Laguna de Magdalena Basin, Jalisco, Mexico, reveals that indigenous agrarian people of this area incorporated substantial quantities of the robust bigfoot leopard frog ( Lithobates megapoda ) (Taylor 1942) in their diet during both prehispanic and colonial occupations. Even though residents of this area combined hunting and fishi…
Meat Yield of Coastal California's Key Prey Species
Cervids and leporids provided the majority of terrestrial animal protein for prehistoric occupants of the west coast of California. Realistic estimation of biomass provided by these key dietary resources is an important element in understanding provisioning behaviors and the nutritional stability of prehistoric societies. Typically, however, analyses of coastal California archaeofaunas rarely include estimates of nutritional biomass, relying inst…
Explaining prehistoric variation in the abundance of large prey: A zooarchaeological analysis of deer and rabbit hunting along the Pecho Coast of Central California
The Diablo Canyon Fauna: A Coarse-Grained Record of Trans-Holocene Foraging from the Central California Mainland Coast
Decades ago the Diablo Canyon site (CA-SLO-2) on the central California mainland revealed one of the oldest and longest sequences (ca. 9400 radiocarbon years ago to contact) of coastal occupation on the shore of the northeastern Pacific. The artifacts from these important deposits were reported in detail by Greenwood (1972), but only a fraction of the site's faunal collections was analyzed in the original site report. Acquisition of 30 additional…
Trans-Holocene Marine Mammal Exploitation on San Clemente Island, California: A Tragedy of the Commons Revisited
The Dolphin Hunters: A Specialized Prehistoric Maritime Adaptation in the Southern California Channel Islands and Baja California
Synthesis of faunal collections from several archaeological sites on the three southernmost California Channel Islands and one in the Cape Region of Baja California reveals a distinctive maritime adaptation more heavily reliant on the capture of pelagic dolphins than on near-shore pinnipeds. Previous reports from other Southern California coastal sites suggest that dolphin hunting may have occurred there but to a lesser extent. While these findin…
Return to Little Harbor, Santa Catalina Island, California: A Critique of the Marine Paleotemperature Model
Marine paleotemperature is a significant factor in the subsistence productivity of many coastal regions and may be an important factor in the evolution of maritime societies. A California paleotemperature model, spanning 8,000 calendar years, correlates periods of high sea surface temperatures with decreased marine subsistence productivity. A recent case study involving this model identified warming conditions between A.D. 1150 to 1300 as a major…
Explaining prehistoric variation in the abundance of large prey: A zooarchaeological analysis of deer and rabbit hunting along the Pecho Coast of Central California
The Diablo Canyon Fauna: A Coarse-Grained Record of Trans-Holocene Foraging from the Central California Mainland Coast
Decades ago the Diablo Canyon site (CA-SLO-2) on the central California mainland revealed one of the oldest and longest sequences (ca. 9400 radiocarbon years ago to contact) of coastal occupation on the shore of the northeastern Pacific. The artifacts from these important deposits were reported in detail by Greenwood (1972), but only a fraction of the site's faunal collections was analyzed in the original site report. Acquisition of 30 additional…
Return to Little Harbor, Santa Catalina Island, California: A Critique of the Marine Paleotemperature Model
Marine paleotemperature is a significant factor in the subsistence productivity of many coastal regions and may be an important factor in the evolution of maritime societies. A California paleotemperature model, spanning 8,000 calendar years, correlates periods of high sea surface temperatures with decreased marine subsistence productivity. A recent case study involving this model identified warming conditions between A.D. 1150 to 1300 as a major…
The Dolphin Hunters: A Specialized Prehistoric Maritime Adaptation in the Southern California Channel Islands and Baja California
Synthesis of faunal collections from several archaeological sites on the three southernmost California Channel Islands and one in the Cape Region of Baja California reveals a distinctive maritime adaptation more heavily reliant on the capture of pelagic dolphins than on near-shore pinnipeds. Previous reports from other Southern California coastal sites suggest that dolphin hunting may have occurred there but to a lesser extent. While these findin…
Late Holocene Occupational Cycles at Toyon Bay, Santa Catalina Island, Alta California
Excavated nearly five decades ago, the Toyon Bay site (CA-SCAI-564) on Catalina Island remained undocumented until recently (Radde 2015 Radde, Hugh D. 2015 Understanding an Island Tongva Village: Results from Toyon Bay (SCAI-564), Santa Catalina Island, California. Unpublished Master's thesis, California State University, Northridge. [Google Scholar]). Now, working with a retained column sample that yielded more than 12,600 vertebrate specimens w…
Persistence of Traditional Lifeways by Early Chinese Immigrants: Faunal Evidence from the High Lung Laundry (CA-SBA-2752H) Santa Barbara, California
More on Mollusks: Trans-Holocene Shellfish Exploitation on the California Coast
Comparing allometrically estimated biomass of shellfish versus vertebrates exploited throughout the Holocene reveals that many coastal Californians relied heavily on readily accessible invertebrates for dietary protein. During the Paleocoastal occupation of the coast, shellfish represented as much as 92% of consumed dietary flesh. Data show that this dependence lessened over time, coinciding with an overall reduction in total quantity of consumed…
The Morro Bay Fauna: Evidence for a Medieval Droughts Refugium on the Central California Coast
A robust collection of mammal, bird, fish, and shellfish remains from an 8,000-year residential sequence at Morro Bay, a small, isolated estuary on the central California coast, shows a strong focus on marine species during the Middle-Late Transition cultural phase (950-700 cal B.P.), which largely coincides with the Medieval Climatic Anomaly (MCA). Previous studies have provided modest evidence for increased fishing and rabbit hunting during the…
Return to Little Harbor, Santa Catalina Island, California: A Critique of the Marine Paleotemperature Model
Marine paleotemperature is a significant factor in the subsistence productivity of many coastal regions and may be an important factor in the evolution of maritime societies. A California paleotemperature model, spanning 8,000 calendar years, correlates periods of high sea surface temperatures with decreased marine subsistence productivity. A recent case study involving this model identified warming conditions between A.D. 1150 to 1300 as a major…
Trans-Holocene Marine Mammal Exploitation on San Clemente Island, California: A Tragedy of the Commons Revisited
The Dolphin Hunters: A Specialized Prehistoric Maritime Adaptation in the Southern California Channel Islands and Baja California
Synthesis of faunal collections from several archaeological sites on the three southernmost California Channel Islands and one in the Cape Region of Baja California reveals a distinctive maritime adaptation more heavily reliant on the capture of pelagic dolphins than on near-shore pinnipeds. Previous reports from other Southern California coastal sites suggest that dolphin hunting may have occurred there but to a lesser extent. While these findin…
The Diablo Canyon Fauna: A Coarse-Grained Record of Trans-Holocene Foraging from the Central California Mainland Coast
Decades ago the Diablo Canyon site (CA-SLO-2) on the central California mainland revealed one of the oldest and longest sequences (ca. 9400 radiocarbon years ago to contact) of coastal occupation on the shore of the northeastern Pacific. The artifacts from these important deposits were reported in detail by Greenwood (1972), but only a fraction of the site's faunal collections was analyzed in the original site report. Acquisition of 30 additional…
Archeological Evidence for Dietary Use of Bigfoot Leopard Frog ( Lithobates megapoda ) in Postclassic and Colonial Central Mexico
Analysis of archaeofaunal remains recovered from several geographically and culturally linked postclassic sites in the Laguna de Magdalena Basin, Jalisco, Mexico, reveals that indigenous agrarian people of this area incorporated substantial quantities of the robust bigfoot leopard frog ( Lithobates megapoda ) (Taylor 1942) in their diet during both prehispanic and colonial occupations. Even though residents of this area combined hunting and fishi…
Meat Yield of Coastal California's Key Prey Species
Cervids and leporids provided the majority of terrestrial animal protein for prehistoric occupants of the west coast of California. Realistic estimation of biomass provided by these key dietary resources is an important element in understanding provisioning behaviors and the nutritional stability of prehistoric societies. Typically, however, analyses of coastal California archaeofaunas rarely include estimates of nutritional biomass, relying inst…
Explaining prehistoric variation in the abundance of large prey: A zooarchaeological analysis of deer and rabbit hunting along the Pecho Coast of Central California
More on Mollusks: Trans-Holocene Shellfish Exploitation on the California Coast
Comparing allometrically estimated biomass of shellfish versus vertebrates exploited throughout the Holocene reveals that many coastal Californians relied heavily on readily accessible invertebrates for dietary protein. During the Paleocoastal occupation of the coast, shellfish represented as much as 92% of consumed dietary flesh. Data show that this dependence lessened over time, coinciding with an overall reduction in total quantity of consumed…
Pre-Hispanic-to-Colonial Dietary Transitions at Etzatlan, Jalisco, Mexico
Faunal analysis of subsistence remains from four sites in the Etzatlan Basin in western central Mexico presents important contrasts between pre-Hispanic and colonial dietary patterns. Specific changes in animal remains are well correlated with the transition from pre-Hispanic to colonial occupations tracked along a statistically derived timeline in which ceramic evidence for the onset of colonization is found. Allometry is used to calculate fauna…
Persistence of Traditional Lifeways by Early Chinese Immigrants: Faunal Evidence from the High Lung Laundry (CA-SBA-2752H) Santa Barbara, California
Late Holocene Occupational Cycles at Toyon Bay, Santa Catalina Island, Alta California
Excavated nearly five decades ago, the Toyon Bay site (CA-SCAI-564) on Catalina Island remained undocumented until recently (Radde 2015 Radde, Hugh D. 2015 Understanding an Island Tongva Village: Results from Toyon Bay (SCAI-564), Santa Catalina Island, California. Unpublished Master's thesis, California State University, Northridge. [Google Scholar]). Now, working with a retained column sample that yielded more than 12,600 vertebrate specimens w…
The Morro Bay Fauna: Evidence for a Medieval Droughts Refugium on the Central California Coast
A robust collection of mammal, bird, fish, and shellfish remains from an 8,000-year residential sequence at Morro Bay, a small, isolated estuary on the central California coast, shows a strong focus on marine species during the Middle-Late Transition cultural phase (950-700 cal B.P.), which largely coincides with the Medieval Climatic Anomaly (MCA). Previous studies have provided modest evidence for increased fishing and rabbit hunting during the…
The Lang Ranch Sites: New Data on the Early to Middle Period Occupation of the Inland Ventureño Chumash in Alta California
A suite of newly obtained archaeometric data broadens the contextual background for a widespread Early to Middle period Ventureño Chumash occupation of the Lang Ranch sites. Combined applications of accelerator mass spectrometry radiocarbon dates, X-ray fluorescence obsidian source evaluations, neutron activation analysis, and lithic and faunal analyses confirm and illuminate an Early to Middle period occupation ranging between 7,526 and 552 BCE …
Geography (13 works) · Archaeology (12 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (11 works) · Biology (11 works) · Ecology (11 works) · Geology (6 works) · Holocene (6 works) · Fishery (5 works) · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (5 works) · Oceanography (4 works)