C J H Ames
Biographic Data
| ID | 40654 |
|---|---|
| NAME | C J H Ames |
| GIVEN NAMES | C J H |
| FAMILY NAME | Ames |
| SIGNATURE | AMES C J H |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Wollongong |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8754-2512 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 23 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 162 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 23 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 8 |
Spatial and Temporal Scales of Patterning in Open-Air Surface Scatters Along the Doring River, South Africa
Understanding the Depositional History of the Archaeological Open‐Air Site, Klein Hoek 1, South Africa, Using Geophysical Geoarchaeology
Archaeological field research in South African archaeology has been dominated by rock shelters. While rock shelters provide the advantage of a defined area of investigation and more limited processes of erosion and sediment accumulation, they only capture part of the archaeological, environmental and landscape records. More of the record can be found in open‐air sites; however, these require a different methodological approach within which geophy…
Abrasive wear in heat-treated ostrich eggshell beads: Implications for the Archaeological Record
Middle to Late Quaternary palaeolandscapes of the central Azraq Basin, Jordan: Deciphering discontinuous records of human-environment dynamics at the arid margin of the Levant
Reconstructing Middle Stone Age mobility patterns from raw material transfers in South Africa's Still Bay (77-70 ka) technocomplex
Radiometric Dating of Wadi Zarqa Ma'in 1, a Limestone Sinkhole Natural Faunal Trap near the Dead Sea, Using Data from Test Pitting and a Portable Coring System
Wadi Zarqa Ma’in 1 (WZM-1) is a natural faunal trap sinkhole ten kilometers southwest of the city of Madaba in Jordan, near the Dead Sea. The limestone karst feature measures over thirty meters in maximum depth and is a significant regional source of faunal, microbotanical, and sedimentological data recording climate change and paleoecology. A new method of sampling was tested during summer 2019 involving the use of a backpacksized Shaw Portable …
The Forensic Utility of Photogrammetry in Surface Scene Documentation
Outdoor crime scene documentation needs to be accurate and precise to preserve evidence. Photogrammetry is a potential option. Structure from Motion (SfM) processes photographs into 3D models. As commercial software does not disclose this process, this documentation technique could be legally inappropriate. A potential solution to this problem is open-source software. A series of mock outdoor crime scenes were documented using SfM and total stati…
A Multi-User Mobile GIS Solution for Documenting Large Surface Scatters: An Example from the Doring River, South Africa
This article discusses the development and implementation of a mobile GIS catch-and-release system for documenting large surface artifact scatters along the Doring River in South Africa. An integrated, cloud-based mobile GIS solution was built using a suite of ESRI ArcGIS applications with an aim to maximize the speed and breadth of techno-typological data capture, while minimizing data collection errors and post-processing requirements. The syst…
The effects of heating ostrich eggshell on bead manufacturing: An experimental approach
Robberg Material Procurement and Transport in the Doring River Catchment: Evidence from the Open-Air Locality of Uitspankraal 9, Western Cape, South Africa
Decisions related to the production of lithic technology involve landscape-scale patterns of resource acquisition and transport that are not observable in assemblages from any one single site. In this study, we describe the stone artifacts from a discrete cluster of stone artifacts assigned to the Robberg technocomplex (22-16 ka) at the open-air locality of Uitspankraal 9 ( UPK 9), which is located near two major sources of toolstone in the Dorin…
Chronostratigraphy, Site Formation, and Palaeoenvironmental Context of Late Pleistocene and Holocene Occupations at Grassridge Rock Shelter (Eastern Cape, South Africa)
Grassridge rock shelter is located in the high elevation grassland foothills of the Stormberg Mountains in the Eastern Cape of South Africa. This places Grassridge at an important biogeoclimatic intersection between the Drakensberg Mountains, the South African coastal zone, and the interior arid lands of southern Africa. First excavated in 1979, the approximately 1.5 m stratigraphic sequence was divided into two major occupational components: a 5…
Beads and bead residues as windows to past behaviours and taphonomy: A case study from Grassridge Rockshelter, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Evaluating erosional impacts on open-air archaeological sites along the Doring River, South Africa: Methods and Implications for Research Prioritization
Faunal remains from recent excavations at Shishan Marsh 1 (SM1), a Late Lower Paleolithic open-air site in the Azraq Basin, Jordan
Excavations from 2013 to 2015 at the site of Shishan Marsh 1 (SM1) in the Azraq Basin of eastern Jordan have yielded substantial late middle Pleistocene lithic assemblages in association with faunal remains. Faunal preservation is poor, but multiple taxa have been identified, including cf. Panthera leo , Gazella sp., Bos cf. primigenius , Camelus sp., Equus spp., cf. Stephanorhinus hemitoechus , Palaeoloxodon cf. recki , and Elephas cf. hysudricu…
Exploring Mid-Late Pleistocene lithic procurement strategies at Shishan Marsh 1: Preliminary geochemical characterization of chert sources around the Greater Azraq Oasis Area, Jordan
Middle Pleistocene subsistence in the Azraq Oasis, Jordan: Protein residue and other proxies
Test Excavations at Wadi Zarqa Maʿin 1, a Natural Sinkhole Faunal Trap Site, Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
The site of Wadi Zarqa Maʿin 1 (WZM-1), in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, was test excavated beneath a large fissure that is a frequent roost for barn owls (Tyto alba). The site is located approximately 730 m above mean sea level, and 10 km south-southwest of Madaba, Jordan. This large limestone sinkhole is a natural faunal trap and roosting site for multiple species of raptor, accumulating significant faunal remains from their prey within its …
Middle and Late Pleistocene Landscape Evolution at the Druze Marsh Site in Northeast Jordan: Implications for Population Continuity and Hominin Dispersal
The Druze Marsh is a spring‐fed wetland in northeast Jordan that dried out completely in the late 1980s. This drying and subsequent drop in the water table permitted study of the marsh stratigraphy and a search for prehistoric occupations. In this paper, we combine detailed sedimentological analysis of eight stratigraphic sections in the bed of the former Druze Marsh to reconstruct the landscapes used by hominins since the Middle Pleistocene. The…
Dissecting palimpsests in a Late Lower and Middle Paleolithic flint acquisition site on the Madaba Plateau, Jordan
Paleoenvironmental change and settlement dynamics in the Druze Marsh: Results of recent excavation at an open-air Paleolithic site
Interglacial and glacial desert refugia and the Middle Paleolithic of the Azraq Oasis, Jordan
Geomorphological and Soil Stratigraphic Patterns Associated with The Middle Paleolithic on The Madaba Plateau, Jordan: The case of the Ma'in Site Complex
CARLOS CORDOVA, APRIL NOWELL, MICHAEL BISSON, CHRISTOPHER AMES, REGINA DEWITT, קרול קורדובה, אפריל ניוול, מיכאל ביסון, כריסטופר אימס, רגינה דה-וויט, דפוסים סטרטיגרפיים של גיאומורפולוגיה וקרקע הקשורים לתקופה הפליאוליתית התיכונה ברמת מידבא, ירדן: המקרה של מתחם האתר מאיין / Geomorphological and soil stratigraphic patterns associated with the Middle Paleolithic on the Madaba Plateau, Jordan: The case of the Ma'in Site Complex, Mitekufat Haeven: Journ…
The Day of the Locust: 1939 And 1975
When Nathanael West (1903–1940) completed the manuscript of The Day of the Locust in 1938, he would not have envisioned the novel being adapted into a Hollywood film. Indeed, he consciously maintained a great distance between his screenwriting for Republic and RKO and his Hollywood novel, which focused on disaffected outsiders and drifters. The novel was explicitly an opportunity for him to create the kind of art and express the kind of vision th…
Interglacial and glacial desert refugia and the Middle Paleolithic of the Azraq Oasis, Jordan
Middle Pleistocene subsistence in the Azraq Oasis, Jordan: Protein residue and other proxies
Chronostratigraphy, Site Formation, and Palaeoenvironmental Context of Late Pleistocene and Holocene Occupations at Grassridge Rock Shelter (Eastern Cape, South Africa)
Grassridge rock shelter is located in the high elevation grassland foothills of the Stormberg Mountains in the Eastern Cape of South Africa. This places Grassridge at an important biogeoclimatic intersection between the Drakensberg Mountains, the South African coastal zone, and the interior arid lands of southern Africa. First excavated in 1979, the approximately 1.5 m stratigraphic sequence was divided into two major occupational components: a 5…
Paleoenvironmental change and settlement dynamics in the Druze Marsh: Results of recent excavation at an open-air Paleolithic site
Middle and Late Pleistocene Landscape Evolution at the Druze Marsh Site in Northeast Jordan: Implications for Population Continuity and Hominin Dispersal
The Druze Marsh is a spring‐fed wetland in northeast Jordan that dried out completely in the late 1980s. This drying and subsequent drop in the water table permitted study of the marsh stratigraphy and a search for prehistoric occupations. In this paper, we combine detailed sedimentological analysis of eight stratigraphic sections in the bed of the former Druze Marsh to reconstruct the landscapes used by hominins since the Middle Pleistocene. The…
Dissecting palimpsests in a Late Lower and Middle Paleolithic flint acquisition site on the Madaba Plateau, Jordan
Evaluating erosional impacts on open-air archaeological sites along the Doring River, South Africa: Methods and Implications for Research Prioritization
Beads and bead residues as windows to past behaviours and taphonomy: A case study from Grassridge Rockshelter, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Reconstructing Middle Stone Age mobility patterns from raw material transfers in South Africa's Still Bay (77-70 ka) technocomplex
A Multi-User Mobile GIS Solution for Documenting Large Surface Scatters: An Example from the Doring River, South Africa
This article discusses the development and implementation of a mobile GIS catch-and-release system for documenting large surface artifact scatters along the Doring River in South Africa. An integrated, cloud-based mobile GIS solution was built using a suite of ESRI ArcGIS applications with an aim to maximize the speed and breadth of techno-typological data capture, while minimizing data collection errors and post-processing requirements. The syst…
Robberg Material Procurement and Transport in the Doring River Catchment: Evidence from the Open-Air Locality of Uitspankraal 9, Western Cape, South Africa
Decisions related to the production of lithic technology involve landscape-scale patterns of resource acquisition and transport that are not observable in assemblages from any one single site. In this study, we describe the stone artifacts from a discrete cluster of stone artifacts assigned to the Robberg technocomplex (22-16 ka) at the open-air locality of Uitspankraal 9 ( UPK 9), which is located near two major sources of toolstone in the Dorin…
The effects of heating ostrich eggshell on bead manufacturing: An experimental approach
Abrasive wear in heat-treated ostrich eggshell beads: Implications for the Archaeological Record
Exploring Mid-Late Pleistocene lithic procurement strategies at Shishan Marsh 1: Preliminary geochemical characterization of chert sources around the Greater Azraq Oasis Area, Jordan
Test Excavations at Wadi Zarqa Maʿin 1, a Natural Sinkhole Faunal Trap Site, Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
The site of Wadi Zarqa Maʿin 1 (WZM-1), in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, was test excavated beneath a large fissure that is a frequent roost for barn owls (Tyto alba). The site is located approximately 730 m above mean sea level, and 10 km south-southwest of Madaba, Jordan. This large limestone sinkhole is a natural faunal trap and roosting site for multiple species of raptor, accumulating significant faunal remains from their prey within its …
The Day of the Locust: 1939 And 1975
When Nathanael West (1903–1940) completed the manuscript of The Day of the Locust in 1938, he would not have envisioned the novel being adapted into a Hollywood film. Indeed, he consciously maintained a great distance between his screenwriting for Republic and RKO and his Hollywood novel, which focused on disaffected outsiders and drifters. The novel was explicitly an opportunity for him to create the kind of art and express the kind of vision th…
Geomorphological and Soil Stratigraphic Patterns Associated with The Middle Paleolithic on The Madaba Plateau, Jordan: The case of the Ma'in Site Complex
CARLOS CORDOVA, APRIL NOWELL, MICHAEL BISSON, CHRISTOPHER AMES, REGINA DEWITT, קרול קורדובה, אפריל ניוול, מיכאל ביסון, כריסטופר אימס, רגינה דה-וויט, דפוסים סטרטיגרפיים של גיאומורפולוגיה וקרקע הקשורים לתקופה הפליאוליתית התיכונה ברמת מידבא, ירדן: המקרה של מתחם האתר מאיין / Geomorphological and soil stratigraphic patterns associated with the Middle Paleolithic on the Madaba Plateau, Jordan: The case of the Ma'in Site Complex, Mitekufat Haeven: Journ…
Interglacial and glacial desert refugia and the Middle Paleolithic of the Azraq Oasis, Jordan
Dissecting palimpsests in a Late Lower and Middle Paleolithic flint acquisition site on the Madaba Plateau, Jordan
Paleoenvironmental change and settlement dynamics in the Druze Marsh: Results of recent excavation at an open-air Paleolithic site
Test Excavations at Wadi Zarqa Maʿin 1, a Natural Sinkhole Faunal Trap Site, Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
The site of Wadi Zarqa Maʿin 1 (WZM-1), in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, was test excavated beneath a large fissure that is a frequent roost for barn owls (Tyto alba). The site is located approximately 730 m above mean sea level, and 10 km south-southwest of Madaba, Jordan. This large limestone sinkhole is a natural faunal trap and roosting site for multiple species of raptor, accumulating significant faunal remains from their prey within its …
Middle and Late Pleistocene Landscape Evolution at the Druze Marsh Site in Northeast Jordan: Implications for Population Continuity and Hominin Dispersal
The Druze Marsh is a spring‐fed wetland in northeast Jordan that dried out completely in the late 1980s. This drying and subsequent drop in the water table permitted study of the marsh stratigraphy and a search for prehistoric occupations. In this paper, we combine detailed sedimentological analysis of eight stratigraphic sections in the bed of the former Druze Marsh to reconstruct the landscapes used by hominins since the Middle Pleistocene. The…
Middle Pleistocene subsistence in the Azraq Oasis, Jordan: Protein residue and other proxies
Faunal remains from recent excavations at Shishan Marsh 1 (SM1), a Late Lower Paleolithic open-air site in the Azraq Basin, Jordan
Excavations from 2013 to 2015 at the site of Shishan Marsh 1 (SM1) in the Azraq Basin of eastern Jordan have yielded substantial late middle Pleistocene lithic assemblages in association with faunal remains. Faunal preservation is poor, but multiple taxa have been identified, including cf. Panthera leo , Gazella sp., Bos cf. primigenius , Camelus sp., Equus spp., cf. Stephanorhinus hemitoechus , Palaeoloxodon cf. recki , and Elephas cf. hysudricu…
Exploring Mid-Late Pleistocene lithic procurement strategies at Shishan Marsh 1: Preliminary geochemical characterization of chert sources around the Greater Azraq Oasis Area, Jordan
A Multi-User Mobile GIS Solution for Documenting Large Surface Scatters: An Example from the Doring River, South Africa
This article discusses the development and implementation of a mobile GIS catch-and-release system for documenting large surface artifact scatters along the Doring River in South Africa. An integrated, cloud-based mobile GIS solution was built using a suite of ESRI ArcGIS applications with an aim to maximize the speed and breadth of techno-typological data capture, while minimizing data collection errors and post-processing requirements. The syst…
The effects of heating ostrich eggshell on bead manufacturing: An experimental approach
Robberg Material Procurement and Transport in the Doring River Catchment: Evidence from the Open-Air Locality of Uitspankraal 9, Western Cape, South Africa
Decisions related to the production of lithic technology involve landscape-scale patterns of resource acquisition and transport that are not observable in assemblages from any one single site. In this study, we describe the stone artifacts from a discrete cluster of stone artifacts assigned to the Robberg technocomplex (22-16 ka) at the open-air locality of Uitspankraal 9 ( UPK 9), which is located near two major sources of toolstone in the Dorin…
Chronostratigraphy, Site Formation, and Palaeoenvironmental Context of Late Pleistocene and Holocene Occupations at Grassridge Rock Shelter (Eastern Cape, South Africa)
Grassridge rock shelter is located in the high elevation grassland foothills of the Stormberg Mountains in the Eastern Cape of South Africa. This places Grassridge at an important biogeoclimatic intersection between the Drakensberg Mountains, the South African coastal zone, and the interior arid lands of southern Africa. First excavated in 1979, the approximately 1.5 m stratigraphic sequence was divided into two major occupational components: a 5…
Beads and bead residues as windows to past behaviours and taphonomy: A case study from Grassridge Rockshelter, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Evaluating erosional impacts on open-air archaeological sites along the Doring River, South Africa: Methods and Implications for Research Prioritization
The Forensic Utility of Photogrammetry in Surface Scene Documentation
Outdoor crime scene documentation needs to be accurate and precise to preserve evidence. Photogrammetry is a potential option. Structure from Motion (SfM) processes photographs into 3D models. As commercial software does not disclose this process, this documentation technique could be legally inappropriate. A potential solution to this problem is open-source software. A series of mock outdoor crime scenes were documented using SfM and total stati…
Middle to Late Quaternary palaeolandscapes of the central Azraq Basin, Jordan: Deciphering discontinuous records of human-environment dynamics at the arid margin of the Levant
Reconstructing Middle Stone Age mobility patterns from raw material transfers in South Africa's Still Bay (77-70 ka) technocomplex
Radiometric Dating of Wadi Zarqa Ma'in 1, a Limestone Sinkhole Natural Faunal Trap near the Dead Sea, Using Data from Test Pitting and a Portable Coring System
Wadi Zarqa Ma’in 1 (WZM-1) is a natural faunal trap sinkhole ten kilometers southwest of the city of Madaba in Jordan, near the Dead Sea. The limestone karst feature measures over thirty meters in maximum depth and is a significant regional source of faunal, microbotanical, and sedimentological data recording climate change and paleoecology. A new method of sampling was tested during summer 2019 involving the use of a backpacksized Shaw Portable …
Abrasive wear in heat-treated ostrich eggshell beads: Implications for the Archaeological Record
Spatial and Temporal Scales of Patterning in Open-Air Surface Scatters Along the Doring River, South Africa
Understanding the Depositional History of the Archaeological Open‐Air Site, Klein Hoek 1, South Africa, Using Geophysical Geoarchaeology
Archaeological field research in South African archaeology has been dominated by rock shelters. While rock shelters provide the advantage of a defined area of investigation and more limited processes of erosion and sediment accumulation, they only capture part of the archaeological, environmental and landscape records. More of the record can be found in open‐air sites; however, these require a different methodological approach within which geophy…
Geography (22 works) · Archaeology (21 works) · Geology (18 works) · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (18 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (14 works) · Paleontology (13 works) · Pleistocene (10 works) · Ecology (9 works) · Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies (8 works) · Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (8 works)