Adrian R Whitaker
Biographic Data
| ID | 3790837 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Adrian R Whitaker |
| GIVEN NAMES | Adrian R |
| FAMILY NAME | Whitaker |
| SIGNATURE | WHITAKER A R |
| AFFILIATIONS | American Anthropological Association |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 88 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 18 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Using Assemblage-specific Regression Models to Infer Mussel Harvesting Strategies: Evidence for Stripping at Inland Site CA-SBA-1010
Archaeological shell remains are widely used to reconstruct littoral ecology and human foraging behavior at sites throughout the world, yet most models generally assume that shells are harvested and either consumed, or processed, at or near the shoreline. We present the results of estimated size measurements on California mussels (Mytilus californianus) from 1591 hinges and 210 whole shells recovered from CA-SBA-1010, California, USA, an archaeol…
Bedrock mortars as indicators of territorial behavior in the Sierra Nevada
Territorial behavior and ecology in western North America
Social boundaries, territoriality, and the cultural ecology of artiodactyl hunting in prehistoric central California
Remote Places As Post-Contact Refugia
The arrival of Europeans, and later Americans, to California in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries led to complex social and economic turmoil for Native Americans. Throughout this period, Native Americans found myriad ways of resisting colonial influence and maintaining traditional ways. In this article, we explore how two places considered “remote” by colonial powers (San Clemente Island and the Coso Range in the Mojave Desert) served as id…
Prehistoric Settlement Trends on San Clemente and San Nicolas Islands, Alta California
Analysis of temporal and spatial patterns in settlement between San Clemente and San Nicolas islands suggest that the trajectory of human adaptations differed significantly. On San Clemente, site densities increased dramatically during the latter portion of the late Holocene, including numerous small-sized upland residential sites targeting terrestrial resources. In contrast, occupation of San Nicolas was intensive and constant from the latter ha…
Where the Pavement Ends: An Assessment of the Near Absence of Haliotis rufescens in the Archaeological Record on Alta California's North Coast
Red abalone (Haliotis rufescens) is a common constituent in coastal middens south of San Francisco Bay and was such an important part of the diet there that red abalone middens or pavements are the most common site type in some areas at various periods in prehistory. The record north of San Francisco Bay stands in stark contrast—abalone are all but absent even in rich shell midden deposits. We explore four possible explanations for the lack of re…
The Holocene biogeography of Pinus sabiniana Douglas ex D. Don (gray pine) in California
Social Circumscription, Territoriality, and the Late Holocene Intensification of Small-Bodied Shellfish Along the California Coast
Shellfish eaten by hunter-gatherers, rather than being viewed as a monolithic food type, could more appropriately be divided into species that are more similar in behavior and reproductive biology to animals, and those that are more similar to plants, with the vast majority belonging to the latter category. We present the record of prehistoric gathering of two small shellfish species—bean clam (Donax gouldii) and California hornsnail (Cerithidea …
Global Patterns in the Exploitation of Shellfish
Shellfish are a crucial resource for past and present subsistence-level societies around the world. Despite the diversity of environments in which shellfish are exploited, an examination of the global patterns of shellfish exploitation reveal surprisingly common patterns in the opportunities allowed and constraints imposed by relying on shellfish. These commonalities, linked to the fundamental features of shellfish and their exploitation, can ill…
Hunter-Gatherer Storage, Settlement, and the Opportunity Costs of Women's Foraging
Food storage is a crucial adaptation for hunter-gatherers who face seasonal resource shortfalls, but the extra time that hunter-gatherer s must spend accumulating food surpluses has the potential to conflict with the time they need for other activities during seasons of abundance. Since the activities that conflict with storage may be different for women and men, it is important to consider which gender is responsible for storage. We argue that w…
Boat-based foraging and discontinuous prehistoric red abalone exploitation along the California coast
Economic Foraging at a Distance Is Not a Question Of If but When: A Response to Grimstead
Grimstead (2010) develops a transport model that appears to demonstrate that distant patch hunting is energetically efficient at distances of well over 350 km. However, a close examination of her assumptions raises questions concerning the validity of her approach. Here, we examine the effects of using more ecologically justifiable parameters and consider the cost of time spent away from camp on her model’s outcomes. We find that under revised co…
Modern Oceans, Ancient Sites: Archaeology and Marine Conservation on San Miguel Island, California by Todd J. Braje
California Maritime Archaeology: A San Clemente Island Perspective
Are Deer Really Susceptible to Resource Depression
This article examines the potential for prehistoric human hunting to adversely affect deer populations. Modern deer behavior and population dynamics are used to create a model of deer populations under predation. The model indicates that it would be difficult to overhunt deer populations. Two factors that might further buffer populations — aboriginal burning and the "perception gap" — are considered and data from an archaeological site at MacKerr…
Linguistic boundaries as barriers to exchange
Incipient aquaculture in prehistoric California: Long-term productivity and sustainability vs. immediate returns for the harvest of marine invertebrates
Incipient aquaculture in prehistoric California: Long-term productivity and sustainability vs. immediate returns for the harvest of marine invertebrates
Social Circumscription, Territoriality, and the Late Holocene Intensification of Small-Bodied Shellfish Along the California Coast
Shellfish eaten by hunter-gatherers, rather than being viewed as a monolithic food type, could more appropriately be divided into species that are more similar in behavior and reproductive biology to animals, and those that are more similar to plants, with the vast majority belonging to the latter category. We present the record of prehistoric gathering of two small shellfish species—bean clam (Donax gouldii) and California hornsnail (Cerithidea …
Hunter-Gatherer Storage, Settlement, and the Opportunity Costs of Women's Foraging
Food storage is a crucial adaptation for hunter-gatherers who face seasonal resource shortfalls, but the extra time that hunter-gatherer s must spend accumulating food surpluses has the potential to conflict with the time they need for other activities during seasons of abundance. Since the activities that conflict with storage may be different for women and men, it is important to consider which gender is responsible for storage. We argue that w…
Are Deer Really Susceptible to Resource Depression
This article examines the potential for prehistoric human hunting to adversely affect deer populations. Modern deer behavior and population dynamics are used to create a model of deer populations under predation. The model indicates that it would be difficult to overhunt deer populations. Two factors that might further buffer populations — aboriginal burning and the "perception gap" — are considered and data from an archaeological site at MacKerr…
Global Patterns in the Exploitation of Shellfish
Shellfish are a crucial resource for past and present subsistence-level societies around the world. Despite the diversity of environments in which shellfish are exploited, an examination of the global patterns of shellfish exploitation reveal surprisingly common patterns in the opportunities allowed and constraints imposed by relying on shellfish. These commonalities, linked to the fundamental features of shellfish and their exploitation, can ill…
Economic Foraging at a Distance Is Not a Question Of If but When: A Response to Grimstead
Grimstead (2010) develops a transport model that appears to demonstrate that distant patch hunting is energetically efficient at distances of well over 350 km. However, a close examination of her assumptions raises questions concerning the validity of her approach. Here, we examine the effects of using more ecologically justifiable parameters and consider the cost of time spent away from camp on her model’s outcomes. We find that under revised co…
Linguistic boundaries as barriers to exchange
California Maritime Archaeology: A San Clemente Island Perspective
Remote Places As Post-Contact Refugia
The arrival of Europeans, and later Americans, to California in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries led to complex social and economic turmoil for Native Americans. Throughout this period, Native Americans found myriad ways of resisting colonial influence and maintaining traditional ways. In this article, we explore how two places considered “remote” by colonial powers (San Clemente Island and the Coso Range in the Mojave Desert) served as id…
Prehistoric Settlement Trends on San Clemente and San Nicolas Islands, Alta California
Analysis of temporal and spatial patterns in settlement between San Clemente and San Nicolas islands suggest that the trajectory of human adaptations differed significantly. On San Clemente, site densities increased dramatically during the latter portion of the late Holocene, including numerous small-sized upland residential sites targeting terrestrial resources. In contrast, occupation of San Nicolas was intensive and constant from the latter ha…
Where the Pavement Ends: An Assessment of the Near Absence of Haliotis rufescens in the Archaeological Record on Alta California's North Coast
Red abalone (Haliotis rufescens) is a common constituent in coastal middens south of San Francisco Bay and was such an important part of the diet there that red abalone middens or pavements are the most common site type in some areas at various periods in prehistory. The record north of San Francisco Bay stands in stark contrast—abalone are all but absent even in rich shell midden deposits. We explore four possible explanations for the lack of re…
Linguistic boundaries as barriers to exchange
Incipient aquaculture in prehistoric California: Long-term productivity and sustainability vs. immediate returns for the harvest of marine invertebrates
Are Deer Really Susceptible to Resource Depression
This article examines the potential for prehistoric human hunting to adversely affect deer populations. Modern deer behavior and population dynamics are used to create a model of deer populations under predation. The model indicates that it would be difficult to overhunt deer populations. Two factors that might further buffer populations — aboriginal burning and the "perception gap" — are considered and data from an archaeological site at MacKerr…
California Maritime Archaeology: A San Clemente Island Perspective
Modern Oceans, Ancient Sites: Archaeology and Marine Conservation on San Miguel Island, California by Todd J. Braje
Boat-based foraging and discontinuous prehistoric red abalone exploitation along the California coast
Economic Foraging at a Distance Is Not a Question Of If but When: A Response to Grimstead
Grimstead (2010) develops a transport model that appears to demonstrate that distant patch hunting is energetically efficient at distances of well over 350 km. However, a close examination of her assumptions raises questions concerning the validity of her approach. Here, we examine the effects of using more ecologically justifiable parameters and consider the cost of time spent away from camp on her model’s outcomes. We find that under revised co…
Hunter-Gatherer Storage, Settlement, and the Opportunity Costs of Women's Foraging
Food storage is a crucial adaptation for hunter-gatherers who face seasonal resource shortfalls, but the extra time that hunter-gatherer s must spend accumulating food surpluses has the potential to conflict with the time they need for other activities during seasons of abundance. Since the activities that conflict with storage may be different for women and men, it is important to consider which gender is responsible for storage. We argue that w…
The Holocene biogeography of Pinus sabiniana Douglas ex D. Don (gray pine) in California
Social Circumscription, Territoriality, and the Late Holocene Intensification of Small-Bodied Shellfish Along the California Coast
Shellfish eaten by hunter-gatherers, rather than being viewed as a monolithic food type, could more appropriately be divided into species that are more similar in behavior and reproductive biology to animals, and those that are more similar to plants, with the vast majority belonging to the latter category. We present the record of prehistoric gathering of two small shellfish species—bean clam (Donax gouldii) and California hornsnail (Cerithidea …
Global Patterns in the Exploitation of Shellfish
Shellfish are a crucial resource for past and present subsistence-level societies around the world. Despite the diversity of environments in which shellfish are exploited, an examination of the global patterns of shellfish exploitation reveal surprisingly common patterns in the opportunities allowed and constraints imposed by relying on shellfish. These commonalities, linked to the fundamental features of shellfish and their exploitation, can ill…
Prehistoric Settlement Trends on San Clemente and San Nicolas Islands, Alta California
Analysis of temporal and spatial patterns in settlement between San Clemente and San Nicolas islands suggest that the trajectory of human adaptations differed significantly. On San Clemente, site densities increased dramatically during the latter portion of the late Holocene, including numerous small-sized upland residential sites targeting terrestrial resources. In contrast, occupation of San Nicolas was intensive and constant from the latter ha…
Where the Pavement Ends: An Assessment of the Near Absence of Haliotis rufescens in the Archaeological Record on Alta California's North Coast
Red abalone (Haliotis rufescens) is a common constituent in coastal middens south of San Francisco Bay and was such an important part of the diet there that red abalone middens or pavements are the most common site type in some areas at various periods in prehistory. The record north of San Francisco Bay stands in stark contrast—abalone are all but absent even in rich shell midden deposits. We explore four possible explanations for the lack of re…
Bedrock mortars as indicators of territorial behavior in the Sierra Nevada
Territorial behavior and ecology in western North America
Social boundaries, territoriality, and the cultural ecology of artiodactyl hunting in prehistoric central California
Remote Places As Post-Contact Refugia
The arrival of Europeans, and later Americans, to California in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries led to complex social and economic turmoil for Native Americans. Throughout this period, Native Americans found myriad ways of resisting colonial influence and maintaining traditional ways. In this article, we explore how two places considered “remote” by colonial powers (San Clemente Island and the Coso Range in the Mojave Desert) served as id…
Using Assemblage-specific Regression Models to Infer Mussel Harvesting Strategies: Evidence for Stripping at Inland Site CA-SBA-1010
Archaeological shell remains are widely used to reconstruct littoral ecology and human foraging behavior at sites throughout the world, yet most models generally assume that shells are harvested and either consumed, or processed, at or near the shoreline. We present the results of estimated size measurements on California mussels (Mytilus californianus) from 1591 hinges and 210 whole shells recovered from CA-SBA-1010, California, USA, an archaeol…
Geography (17 works) · Archaeology (15 works) · Biology (13 works) · Ecology (13 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (10 works) · Prehistory (6 works) · Fishery (5 works) · Foraging (5 works) · Archaeology and Natural History (4 works) · Geology (4 works)