Andrew A White
Biographic Data
| ID | 3790893 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Andrew A White |
| GIVEN NAMES | Andrew A |
| FAMILY NAME | White |
| SIGNATURE | WHITE A A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Michigan Ann Arbor MI |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9859-0947 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 27 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 10 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
A First Approximation of Large-Scale, Long-Term Population Changes in the Precontact Wabash River Valley in Illinois
Ideas about how population movements contributed to the large-scale, long-term changes that played out among the precontact American Indian societies of the midcontinent are based largely on archaeological research focused in core occupation areas, such as the valleys of the Mississippi, Ohio, and Illinois Rivers. The less intensively occupied parts of the landscape at the margins of such core areas would have been involved in the push-and-pull d…
A Large-Scale Appraisal of Paleoindian Spatial Demography in the East ern Woodlands
A Critique of the Case for Paleoindian Caribou Hunting on the Submerged Alpena-Amberley Ridge
A series of papers has developed the claim that stone features on the submerged Alpena-Amberley Ridge (AAR) in Lake Huron provides unique insight into the Paleoindian caribou-hunting economies of the Great Lakes. The documented human occupation of the AAR dates to the late Early Holocene (about 9000 calendar years ago): however, a time when glacial ice was far to the north and the region was occupied by hunting-gathering societies with ties to th…
Chaos, Complexity, and a Revitalization of Four-Field Anthropology
Four-field anthropology has always struggled with the problem of how to holistically study human cultural systems that are the products of environment, process, and history. Complexity science offers a set of tools calibrated to the analysis of complex systems like those of human societies, and has the potential to allow us to scientifically understand how history and process affect the physical, cultural, and linguistic components that are entan…
Mortality, fertility, and the OY ratio in a model hunter–gatherer system
An agent‐based model (ABM) is used to explore how the ratio of old to young adults (the OY ratio) in a sample of dead individuals is related to aspects of mortality, fertility, and longevity experienced by the living population from which the sample was drawn. The ABM features representations of rules, behaviors, and constraints that affect person‐ and household‐level decisions about marriage, reproduction, and infant mortality in hunter–gatherer…
Subsistence economics, family size, and the emergence of social complexity in hunter–gatherer systems in eastern North America
Early Paleoindian big-game hunting in North America
Functional and Stylistic Variability in Paleoindian and Early Archaic Projectile Points from Midcontinental North America
Early projectile points from Midcontinental North America vary significantly in size and shape. Understanding the functional and stylistic aspects of this variability on a large spatial scale is a precursor to using this class of artifacts to evaluate and refine models of the social interaction of early hunter-gatherers in this region. Metric data from a sample ( n = 1771) of Early Paleoindian (ca. 11,050-10,800 RCYBP), Late Paleoindian (ca. 10,3…
After the Apology—Coping and Recovery After Errors
After a resident’s diagnostic error has caused permanent harm to a patient's health, three steps should be taken. The resident should disclose the error to his or her supervisor, the supervisor should facilitate an appropriate apology to the patient, and the supervisor and hospital should give the resident emotional support and training to minimize cognitive biases
A developmental perspective on technological change
Generalized processes of technological development have implications for understanding change in prehistoric technologies. Documented cases of development typically follow a pattern where a period of rapid performance increase is followed by a period of more gradual change. This pattern appears to be the result of basic evolutionary search processes. If key variables related to performance can be identified and quantified, patterned changes in th…
Functional and Stylistic Variability in Paleoindian and Early Archaic Projectile Points from Midcontinental North America
Early projectile points from Midcontinental North America vary significantly in size and shape. Understanding the functional and stylistic aspects of this variability on a large spatial scale is a precursor to using this class of artifacts to evaluate and refine models of the social interaction of early hunter-gatherers in this region. Metric data from a sample ( n = 1771) of Early Paleoindian (ca. 11,050-10,800 RCYBP), Late Paleoindian (ca. 10,3…
Mortality, fertility, and the OY ratio in a model hunter–gatherer system
An agent‐based model (ABM) is used to explore how the ratio of old to young adults (the OY ratio) in a sample of dead individuals is related to aspects of mortality, fertility, and longevity experienced by the living population from which the sample was drawn. The ABM features representations of rules, behaviors, and constraints that affect person‐ and household‐level decisions about marriage, reproduction, and infant mortality in hunter–gatherer…
A developmental perspective on technological change
Generalized processes of technological development have implications for understanding change in prehistoric technologies. Documented cases of development typically follow a pattern where a period of rapid performance increase is followed by a period of more gradual change. This pattern appears to be the result of basic evolutionary search processes. If key variables related to performance can be identified and quantified, patterned changes in th…
A developmental perspective on technological change
Generalized processes of technological development have implications for understanding change in prehistoric technologies. Documented cases of development typically follow a pattern where a period of rapid performance increase is followed by a period of more gradual change. This pattern appears to be the result of basic evolutionary search processes. If key variables related to performance can be identified and quantified, patterned changes in th…
After the Apology—Coping and Recovery After Errors
After a resident’s diagnostic error has caused permanent harm to a patient's health, three steps should be taken. The resident should disclose the error to his or her supervisor, the supervisor should facilitate an appropriate apology to the patient, and the supervisor and hospital should give the resident emotional support and training to minimize cognitive biases
Subsistence economics, family size, and the emergence of social complexity in hunter–gatherer systems in eastern North America
Early Paleoindian big-game hunting in North America
Functional and Stylistic Variability in Paleoindian and Early Archaic Projectile Points from Midcontinental North America
Early projectile points from Midcontinental North America vary significantly in size and shape. Understanding the functional and stylistic aspects of this variability on a large spatial scale is a precursor to using this class of artifacts to evaluate and refine models of the social interaction of early hunter-gatherers in this region. Metric data from a sample ( n = 1771) of Early Paleoindian (ca. 11,050-10,800 RCYBP), Late Paleoindian (ca. 10,3…
Mortality, fertility, and the OY ratio in a model hunter–gatherer system
An agent‐based model (ABM) is used to explore how the ratio of old to young adults (the OY ratio) in a sample of dead individuals is related to aspects of mortality, fertility, and longevity experienced by the living population from which the sample was drawn. The ABM features representations of rules, behaviors, and constraints that affect person‐ and household‐level decisions about marriage, reproduction, and infant mortality in hunter–gatherer…
Chaos, Complexity, and a Revitalization of Four-Field Anthropology
Four-field anthropology has always struggled with the problem of how to holistically study human cultural systems that are the products of environment, process, and history. Complexity science offers a set of tools calibrated to the analysis of complex systems like those of human societies, and has the potential to allow us to scientifically understand how history and process affect the physical, cultural, and linguistic components that are entan…
A Critique of the Case for Paleoindian Caribou Hunting on the Submerged Alpena-Amberley Ridge
A series of papers has developed the claim that stone features on the submerged Alpena-Amberley Ridge (AAR) in Lake Huron provides unique insight into the Paleoindian caribou-hunting economies of the Great Lakes. The documented human occupation of the AAR dates to the late Early Holocene (about 9000 calendar years ago): however, a time when glacial ice was far to the north and the region was occupied by hunting-gathering societies with ties to th…
A Large-Scale Appraisal of Paleoindian Spatial Demography in the East ern Woodlands
A First Approximation of Large-Scale, Long-Term Population Changes in the Precontact Wabash River Valley in Illinois
Ideas about how population movements contributed to the large-scale, long-term changes that played out among the precontact American Indian societies of the midcontinent are based largely on archaeological research focused in core occupation areas, such as the valleys of the Mississippi, Ohio, and Illinois Rivers. The less intensively occupied parts of the landscape at the margins of such core areas would have been involved in the push-and-pull d…
Archaeology (7 works) · Geography (7 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (5 works) · Ecology (5 works) · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (5 works) · Biology (4 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Demography (4 works) · Cartography (3 works)