D A Macdonald
Biographic Data
| ID | 41439 |
|---|---|
| NAME | D A Macdonald |
| GIVEN NAMES | D A |
| FAMILY NAME | Macdonald |
| SIGNATURE | MACDONALD D A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Tulsa |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0061-9343 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 28 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 179 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 28 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 9 |
Assessing Gender Demographics of Paleolithic Researchers in North America
The Paleolithic period encompasses the oldest material in the archaeological record and spans some three million years. Because of its antiquity, competition for the earliest evidence of behaviors or phenomena can be intense. Paleolithic archaeology has therefore been seen as having a competitive atmosphere that was often hostile to female practitioners. In addition, female archaeologists who choose to undertake the role of field director—one of …
What can lithics tell us about hominin technology's ‘primordial soup’? An origin of stone knapping via the emulation of Mother Nature
The use of stone hammers to produce sharp stone flakes—knapping—is thought to represent a significant stage in hominin technological evolution because it facilitated the exploitation of novel resources, including meat obtained from medium‐to‐large‐sized vertebrates. The invention of knapping may have occurred via an additive (i.e., cumulative) process that combined several innovative stages. Here, we propose that one of these stages was the homin…
Quantification of microwear on experimental shell tools
Traces we leave behind
Culturing the body in the context of the neolithisation of the southern Levant
The neolithisation of the southern Levant is characterized by the growing importance of ancestors. • Through the curation of skulls and bodies the dead continue to have social “lives”. • When curated as heirlooms, personal ornaments carry the memories of owners, wearers and makers. • These ornaments served a complementary role in presencing the dead in the lives of the living. The body is a site of lived experience as people engage their social, …
Geometric Morphometric Analyses of Levallois Points from the Levantine Middle Paleolithic do not Support Functional Specialization
Levallois points are a prominent part of many Levantine Middle Paleolithic assemblages. They are either produced intentionally or incidentally by the Levallois core reduction technique and are of a generally similar shape, although the degree to which they were used as specialized tools has been questioned. Here, we examine Levallois points using geometric morphometric analyses to assess the range of shape variation in this artifact type. We then…
Leaving home
Humanity’s relationship with the environment during the Holocene, and into the Anthropocene, is structured around our dependance on agricultural production, which has resulted in risk mitigation strategies that include intensive landscape modifications, among other tactics. However, to understand broader patterns of human resilience and the shifts in human/environment relationships, we need to look further back in time. Through this paper, we exp…
New insights into early paleoindian (Gainey) associations with proboscideans and canids in the niagara peninsula, southern ontario, canada
This paper presents the results of protein residue and use-wear analyses on stone tools recovered during complete salvage excavations of the Mt. Albion West archaeological site, located in the Niagara Peninsula of Southern Ontario, Canada. Mt. Albion West is an Early Paleoindian (Gainey) locality that yielded evidence of four activity foci and dozens of Early Paleoindian stone tools including one complete and several partial fluted bifaces. Organ…
Quantifying Edge Sharpness on Stone Flakes
In line with engineering research focusing on metal tools, techniques to record the attribute of ‘edge sharpness’ on stone tools can include both mechanical and micro-geometric approaches. Mechanically-defined sharpness techniques used in lithic studies are now well established and align with engineering research. The single micro-geometrically-defined technique—tip curvature—is novel relative to approaches used elsewhere, and has not explicitly …
Revisiting lithic edge characterization with microCT
Life, death, and the destruction of architecture
D multiscale curvature analysis of tool edges as an indicator of cereal harvesting intensity
Evaluating the effects of parallax in archaeological geometric morphometric analyses
Testing imaging confocal microscopy, laser scanning confocal microscopy, and focus variation microscopy for microscale measurement of edge cross-sections and calculation of edge curvature on stone too…
Microwear analysis on experimental ground stone earth-working implements and its implication for investigating ancient agricultural practices
Here's the dirt
Meat outside the freezer
Sheltered by reeds and settled on sedges
Replicating surface texture
The use of surface metrology microscopes to quantify surface texture is a powerful tool for the analysis of archaeological materials. Data collected from these microscopes allows for reliable and reproducible measurements of surface characteristics. However, archaeological materials provide some unique challenges for microscopic analysis, including archaeological objects that cannot leave museums or are too large to observe under a microscope. Be…
Exploring the microscale
Technological Change and Economy in the Epipalaeolithic
Epipalaeolithic hunter-gatherer communities in the Southern Levant exhibit numerous complex trends that suggest that the transition to the Neolithic was patchy and protracted. This paper explores the changing nature of occupation at the Epipalaeolithic site Kharaneh IV, Jordan, through an in-depth analysis of the lithic and faunal assemblages. Focusing on the analysis of a single deep sounding (unit AS42), we address how Kharaneh IV occupations l…
The Geometric Kebaran occupation and lithic assemblage of Wadi Mataha, Southern Jordan
The environmental setting of Epipalaeolithic aggregation site Kharaneh IV
Occupying wide open spaces? Late Pleistocene hunter–gatherer activities in the Eastern Levant
Standardization, calibration and innovation
The application of focus variation microscopy for lithic use-wear quantification
Standardization, calibration and innovation
Revisiting lithic edge characterization with microCT
Here's the dirt
Occupying wide open spaces? Late Pleistocene hunter–gatherer activities in the Eastern Levant
Quantifying Edge Sharpness on Stone Flakes
In line with engineering research focusing on metal tools, techniques to record the attribute of ‘edge sharpness’ on stone tools can include both mechanical and micro-geometric approaches. Mechanically-defined sharpness techniques used in lithic studies are now well established and align with engineering research. The single micro-geometrically-defined technique—tip curvature—is novel relative to approaches used elsewhere, and has not explicitly …
D multiscale curvature analysis of tool edges as an indicator of cereal harvesting intensity
Meat outside the freezer
Replicating surface texture
The use of surface metrology microscopes to quantify surface texture is a powerful tool for the analysis of archaeological materials. Data collected from these microscopes allows for reliable and reproducible measurements of surface characteristics. However, archaeological materials provide some unique challenges for microscopic analysis, including archaeological objects that cannot leave museums or are too large to observe under a microscope. Be…
Evaluating the effects of parallax in archaeological geometric morphometric analyses
Testing imaging confocal microscopy, laser scanning confocal microscopy, and focus variation microscopy for microscale measurement of edge cross-sections and calculation of edge curvature on stone too…
Geometric Morphometric Analyses of Levallois Points from the Levantine Middle Paleolithic do not Support Functional Specialization
Levallois points are a prominent part of many Levantine Middle Paleolithic assemblages. They are either produced intentionally or incidentally by the Levallois core reduction technique and are of a generally similar shape, although the degree to which they were used as specialized tools has been questioned. Here, we examine Levallois points using geometric morphometric analyses to assess the range of shape variation in this artifact type. We then…
Technological Change and Economy in the Epipalaeolithic
Epipalaeolithic hunter-gatherer communities in the Southern Levant exhibit numerous complex trends that suggest that the transition to the Neolithic was patchy and protracted. This paper explores the changing nature of occupation at the Epipalaeolithic site Kharaneh IV, Jordan, through an in-depth analysis of the lithic and faunal assemblages. Focusing on the analysis of a single deep sounding (unit AS42), we address how Kharaneh IV occupations l…
Leaving home
Humanity’s relationship with the environment during the Holocene, and into the Anthropocene, is structured around our dependance on agricultural production, which has resulted in risk mitigation strategies that include intensive landscape modifications, among other tactics. However, to understand broader patterns of human resilience and the shifts in human/environment relationships, we need to look further back in time. Through this paper, we exp…
Two Early Epipalaeolithic Sites in Wadi Taiyiba, Northern Jordan
Deux sites de l’Épipaléolithique ancien, localisés dans le Wadi Taiyiba en Jordanie, se trouvent dans une situation géologique tout à fait différente de celle des sites comparables dans la vallée voisine, le Wadi Ziqlab. En effet, ces deux sites étaient probablement à proximité de l’ancien Lac Lisan : le premier est un site peu profond, sur une pente près de la rive du Lisan, tandis que le second comporte des dépôts stratifiés plus épais à l’avan…
Quantification of microwear on experimental shell tools
Culturing the body in the context of the neolithisation of the southern Levant
The neolithisation of the southern Levant is characterized by the growing importance of ancestors. • Through the curation of skulls and bodies the dead continue to have social “lives”. • When curated as heirlooms, personal ornaments carry the memories of owners, wearers and makers. • These ornaments served a complementary role in presencing the dead in the lives of the living. The body is a site of lived experience as people engage their social, …
Microwear analysis on experimental ground stone earth-working implements and its implication for investigating ancient agricultural practices
Using metrology in early prehistoric stone tool research
Early prehistoric research aims to discover the activities of our ancestors and piece together the process of evolution and sociocultural development. A key element in this process is the study of stone tools, particularly how these tools functioned in prehistory. Currently, there are no established quantitative methods that address stone tool function. This article provides a summary of previous studies using metrological methods in stone tool r…
The application of focus variation microscopy for lithic use-wear quantification
Standardization, calibration and innovation
Two Early Epipalaeolithic Sites in Wadi Taiyiba, Northern Jordan
Deux sites de l’Épipaléolithique ancien, localisés dans le Wadi Taiyiba en Jordanie, se trouvent dans une situation géologique tout à fait différente de celle des sites comparables dans la vallée voisine, le Wadi Ziqlab. En effet, ces deux sites étaient probablement à proximité de l’ancien Lac Lisan : le premier est un site peu profond, sur une pente près de la rive du Lisan, tandis que le second comporte des dépôts stratifiés plus épais à l’avan…
Occupying wide open spaces? Late Pleistocene hunter–gatherer activities in the Eastern Levant
The Geometric Kebaran occupation and lithic assemblage of Wadi Mataha, Southern Jordan
The environmental setting of Epipalaeolithic aggregation site Kharaneh IV
Sheltered by reeds and settled on sedges
Replicating surface texture
The use of surface metrology microscopes to quantify surface texture is a powerful tool for the analysis of archaeological materials. Data collected from these microscopes allows for reliable and reproducible measurements of surface characteristics. However, archaeological materials provide some unique challenges for microscopic analysis, including archaeological objects that cannot leave museums or are too large to observe under a microscope. Be…
Exploring the microscale
Technological Change and Economy in the Epipalaeolithic
Epipalaeolithic hunter-gatherer communities in the Southern Levant exhibit numerous complex trends that suggest that the transition to the Neolithic was patchy and protracted. This paper explores the changing nature of occupation at the Epipalaeolithic site Kharaneh IV, Jordan, through an in-depth analysis of the lithic and faunal assemblages. Focusing on the analysis of a single deep sounding (unit AS42), we address how Kharaneh IV occupations l…
Testing imaging confocal microscopy, laser scanning confocal microscopy, and focus variation microscopy for microscale measurement of edge cross-sections and calculation of edge curvature on stone too…
Microwear analysis on experimental ground stone earth-working implements and its implication for investigating ancient agricultural practices
Here's the dirt
Meat outside the freezer
D multiscale curvature analysis of tool edges as an indicator of cereal harvesting intensity
Evaluating the effects of parallax in archaeological geometric morphometric analyses
Life, death, and the destruction of architecture
Leaving home
Humanity’s relationship with the environment during the Holocene, and into the Anthropocene, is structured around our dependance on agricultural production, which has resulted in risk mitigation strategies that include intensive landscape modifications, among other tactics. However, to understand broader patterns of human resilience and the shifts in human/environment relationships, we need to look further back in time. Through this paper, we exp…
New insights into early paleoindian (Gainey) associations with proboscideans and canids in the niagara peninsula, southern ontario, canada
This paper presents the results of protein residue and use-wear analyses on stone tools recovered during complete salvage excavations of the Mt. Albion West archaeological site, located in the Niagara Peninsula of Southern Ontario, Canada. Mt. Albion West is an Early Paleoindian (Gainey) locality that yielded evidence of four activity foci and dozens of Early Paleoindian stone tools including one complete and several partial fluted bifaces. Organ…
Quantifying Edge Sharpness on Stone Flakes
In line with engineering research focusing on metal tools, techniques to record the attribute of ‘edge sharpness’ on stone tools can include both mechanical and micro-geometric approaches. Mechanically-defined sharpness techniques used in lithic studies are now well established and align with engineering research. The single micro-geometrically-defined technique—tip curvature—is novel relative to approaches used elsewhere, and has not explicitly …
Revisiting lithic edge characterization with microCT
Geometric Morphometric Analyses of Levallois Points from the Levantine Middle Paleolithic do not Support Functional Specialization
Levallois points are a prominent part of many Levantine Middle Paleolithic assemblages. They are either produced intentionally or incidentally by the Levallois core reduction technique and are of a generally similar shape, although the degree to which they were used as specialized tools has been questioned. Here, we examine Levallois points using geometric morphometric analyses to assess the range of shape variation in this artifact type. We then…
Culturing the body in the context of the neolithisation of the southern Levant
The neolithisation of the southern Levant is characterized by the growing importance of ancestors. • Through the curation of skulls and bodies the dead continue to have social “lives”. • When curated as heirlooms, personal ornaments carry the memories of owners, wearers and makers. • These ornaments served a complementary role in presencing the dead in the lives of the living. The body is a site of lived experience as people engage their social, …
What can lithics tell us about hominin technology's ‘primordial soup’? An origin of stone knapping via the emulation of Mother Nature
The use of stone hammers to produce sharp stone flakes—knapping—is thought to represent a significant stage in hominin technological evolution because it facilitated the exploitation of novel resources, including meat obtained from medium‐to‐large‐sized vertebrates. The invention of knapping may have occurred via an additive (i.e., cumulative) process that combined several innovative stages. Here, we propose that one of these stages was the homin…
Archaeology (19 works) · Geography (18 works) · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (18 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (16 works) · Geology (15 works) · Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies (13 works) · Computer Science (10 works) · Artificial Intelligence (8 works) · Mathematics (7 works) · Geometry (6 works)