Daniel C Fisher
Biographic Data
| ID | 5626427 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Daniel C Fisher |
| GIVEN NAMES | Daniel C |
| FAMILY NAME | Fisher |
| SIGNATURE | FISHER D C |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Michigan |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5378-0520 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 22 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 86 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 22 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1987 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Forward and inverse methods for extracting climate and diet information from stable isotope profiles in proboscidean molars
Evidence for the diet and habitat of two late Pleistocene mastodons from the Midwest, USA
We analyzed intestinal contents of two late-glacial mastodons preserved in lake sediments in Ohio (Burning Tree mastodon) and Michigan (Heisler mastodon). A multi-proxy suite of macrofossils and microfossils provided unique insights into what these individuals had eaten just before they died and added significantly to knowledge of mastodon diets. We reconstructed the mastodons’ habitats with similar multi-proxy analyses of the embedding lake sedi…
A 130,000-year-old archaeological site in southern California, USA
Tusk pairs in the Ziegler Reservoir mastodon (Mammut americanum) assemblage: Implications for site taphonomy and stratigraphy
First analysis of life history and season of death of a South American gomphothere
A woolly mammoth ( Mammuthus primigenius ) carcass from Maly Lyakhovsky Island (New Siberian Islands, Russian Federation)
A partial carcass of an adult woolly mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius) found in 2012 on Maly Lyakhovsky Island presents a new opportunity to retrieve associated anatomical, morphological, and life history data on this important component of Pleistocene biotas. In addition, we address hematological, histological, and microbiological issues that relate directly to quality of preservation. Recovered by staff from North-Eastern Federal University in Ya…
Disparate Perspectives on Evidence from the Cerutti Mastodon Site: A Reply to Braje et al
The Perspective editorial by Braje, T., T. D. Dillehay, J. M. Erlandson, S. M. Fitzpatrick, D. K. Grayson, V. T. Holliday, R. L. Kelly, R. G. Klein, D. J. Meltzer, and T. C. Rick (2017. “Were Hominins in California ∼130,000 Years Ago?” PaleoAmerica 3 (3): 200–202) takes issue with our argument [Holen, S. R., T. A. Deméré, D. C. Fisher, R. Fullagar, J. B. Paces, G. T. Jefferson, J. M. Beeton, et al. (2017. “A 130,000-Year-Old Archaeological Site i…
Broken Bones and Hammerstones at the Cerutti Mastodon Site: A Reply to Haynes
Haynes [2017 “The Cerutti Mastodon.” PaleoAmerica 3 (3): 196–199] criticizes numerous aspects of our analysis of the Cerutti Mastodon (CM) site, but central among his points is the claim that heavy equipment broke the bones and stones that we interpret as evidence of ancient human activity. This notion can be discounted primarily because most of the relevant CM fragments were found coated in thick crusts of pedogenic carbonate clearly showing tha…
Pre-Clovis occupation 14,550 years ago at the Page-Ladson site, Florida, and the peopling of the Americas
Page-Ladson, Florida, provides evidence of the oldest human occupation in the North American Gulf Coastal Plain at 14,550 B.P.
Final years of life and seasons of death of woolly mammoths from Wrangel Island and mainland Chukotka, Russian Federation
High-elevation late Pleistocene (MIS 6–5) vertebrate faunas from the Ziegler Reservoir fossil site, Snowmass Village, Colorado
The vertebrate record at the Ziegler Reservoir fossil site (ZRFS) near Snowmass Village, Colorado ranges from ~140 to 77 ka, spanning all of Marine Oxygen Isotope Stage (MIS) 5. The site contains at least 52 taxa of macro- and microvertebrates, including one fish, three amphibian, four reptile, ten bird, and 34 mammal taxa. The most common vertebrate is Ambystoma tigrinum (tiger salamander), which is represented by >22,000 elements representing t…
Summary of the Snowmastodon Project Special Volume A high-elevation, multi-proxy biotic and environmental record of MIS 6–4 from the Ziegler Reservoir fossil site, Snowmass Village, Colorado, USA
In North America, terrestrial records of biodiversity and climate change that span Marine Oxygen Isotope Stage (MIS) 5 are rare. Where found, they provide insight into how the coupling of the ocean–atmosphere system is manifested in biotic and environmental records and how the biosphere responds to climate change. In 2010–2011, construction at Ziegler Reservoir near Snowmass Village, Colorado (USA) revealed a nearly continuous, lacustrine/wetland…
Taxonomic overview and tusk growth analyses of Ziegler Reservoir proboscideans
At an altitude of 2705 m in the Colorado Rockies (USA), the Ziegler Reservoir fossil site gives a rare look at a high-elevation ecosystem from the late Pleistocene (especially MIS 5) of North America. Remains of more than four mammoths and about 35 mastodons dominate the macrofossil assemblage. Mammoth remains are attributed to Mammuthus columbi , and mastodon remains are referred to the well-known, continent-wide Mammut americanum . Mastodon rem…
Early tooth development, gestation, and season of birth in mammoths
Anatomy, death, and preservation of a woolly mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius) calf, Yamal Peninsula, northwest Siberia
Paleobiology and Extinction of Proboscideans in the Great Lakes Region of North America
Carbon and nitrogen isotope analyses of a juvenile woolly mammoth tusk: Evidence of weaning
Paleoclimatic implications of oxygen isotopic variation in late Pleistocene and Holocene tusks of Mammuthus primigenius from northern Eurasia
Late Pleistocene mammoth remains from Coastal Maine, USA
Remains identified as those of a woolly mammoth ( Mammuthus primigenius ) dated at 12,200 ± 55 14 C yr B.P. were recovered while excavating in a complex sequence of glaciomarine sediments in Scarborough, Maine, USA. The mammoth was found in the top meter of a fossiliferous unit of mud and sand laminites. These sediments were deposited during a marine regressive phase following the transgression that accompanied northward retreat of the margin of …
Discriminating Proboscidean Taxa Using Features of the Schreger Pattern in Tusk Dentin
Intestinal contents of a late Pleistocene mastodont from midcontinental north America
Salvage excavations of a nearly complete and remarkably well-preserved skeleton of an American mastodont ( Mammut americanum ) in Licking County, Ohio, yielded a discrete, cylindrical mass of plant material found in association with articulated vertebrae and associated ribs. This material is interpreted as intestinal contents of the mastodont and paleobotanical analyses indicate that the mastodont diet included significant amounts of low, herbace…
Mastodont Procurement by Paleoindians of the Great Lakes Region: Hunting or Scavenging?
Early tooth development, gestation, and season of birth in mammoths
Anatomy, death, and preservation of a woolly mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius) calf, Yamal Peninsula, northwest Siberia
Paleoclimatic implications of oxygen isotopic variation in late Pleistocene and Holocene tusks of Mammuthus primigenius from northern Eurasia
Discriminating Proboscidean Taxa Using Features of the Schreger Pattern in Tusk Dentin
Forward and inverse methods for extracting climate and diet information from stable isotope profiles in proboscidean molars
Final years of life and seasons of death of woolly mammoths from Wrangel Island and mainland Chukotka, Russian Federation
Broken Bones and Hammerstones at the Cerutti Mastodon Site: A Reply to Haynes
Haynes [2017 “The Cerutti Mastodon.” PaleoAmerica 3 (3): 196–199] criticizes numerous aspects of our analysis of the Cerutti Mastodon (CM) site, but central among his points is the claim that heavy equipment broke the bones and stones that we interpret as evidence of ancient human activity. This notion can be discounted primarily because most of the relevant CM fragments were found coated in thick crusts of pedogenic carbonate clearly showing tha…
Disparate Perspectives on Evidence from the Cerutti Mastodon Site: A Reply to Braje et al
The Perspective editorial by Braje, T., T. D. Dillehay, J. M. Erlandson, S. M. Fitzpatrick, D. K. Grayson, V. T. Holliday, R. L. Kelly, R. G. Klein, D. J. Meltzer, and T. C. Rick (2017. “Were Hominins in California ∼130,000 Years Ago?” PaleoAmerica 3 (3): 200–202) takes issue with our argument [Holen, S. R., T. A. Deméré, D. C. Fisher, R. Fullagar, J. B. Paces, G. T. Jefferson, J. M. Beeton, et al. (2017. “A 130,000-Year-Old Archaeological Site i…
Mastodont Procurement by Paleoindians of the Great Lakes Region: Hunting or Scavenging?
Intestinal contents of a late Pleistocene mastodont from midcontinental north America
Salvage excavations of a nearly complete and remarkably well-preserved skeleton of an American mastodont ( Mammut americanum ) in Licking County, Ohio, yielded a discrete, cylindrical mass of plant material found in association with articulated vertebrae and associated ribs. This material is interpreted as intestinal contents of the mastodont and paleobotanical analyses indicate that the mastodont diet included significant amounts of low, herbace…
Discriminating Proboscidean Taxa Using Features of the Schreger Pattern in Tusk Dentin
Late Pleistocene mammoth remains from Coastal Maine, USA
Remains identified as those of a woolly mammoth ( Mammuthus primigenius ) dated at 12,200 ± 55 14 C yr B.P. were recovered while excavating in a complex sequence of glaciomarine sediments in Scarborough, Maine, USA. The mammoth was found in the top meter of a fossiliferous unit of mud and sand laminites. These sediments were deposited during a marine regressive phase following the transgression that accompanied northward retreat of the margin of …
Paleoclimatic implications of oxygen isotopic variation in late Pleistocene and Holocene tusks of Mammuthus primigenius from northern Eurasia
Carbon and nitrogen isotope analyses of a juvenile woolly mammoth tusk: Evidence of weaning
Paleobiology and Extinction of Proboscideans in the Great Lakes Region of North America
Early tooth development, gestation, and season of birth in mammoths
Anatomy, death, and preservation of a woolly mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius) calf, Yamal Peninsula, northwest Siberia
High-elevation late Pleistocene (MIS 6–5) vertebrate faunas from the Ziegler Reservoir fossil site, Snowmass Village, Colorado
The vertebrate record at the Ziegler Reservoir fossil site (ZRFS) near Snowmass Village, Colorado ranges from ~140 to 77 ka, spanning all of Marine Oxygen Isotope Stage (MIS) 5. The site contains at least 52 taxa of macro- and microvertebrates, including one fish, three amphibian, four reptile, ten bird, and 34 mammal taxa. The most common vertebrate is Ambystoma tigrinum (tiger salamander), which is represented by >22,000 elements representing t…
Summary of the Snowmastodon Project Special Volume A high-elevation, multi-proxy biotic and environmental record of MIS 6–4 from the Ziegler Reservoir fossil site, Snowmass Village, Colorado, USA
In North America, terrestrial records of biodiversity and climate change that span Marine Oxygen Isotope Stage (MIS) 5 are rare. Where found, they provide insight into how the coupling of the ocean–atmosphere system is manifested in biotic and environmental records and how the biosphere responds to climate change. In 2010–2011, construction at Ziegler Reservoir near Snowmass Village, Colorado (USA) revealed a nearly continuous, lacustrine/wetland…
Taxonomic overview and tusk growth analyses of Ziegler Reservoir proboscideans
At an altitude of 2705 m in the Colorado Rockies (USA), the Ziegler Reservoir fossil site gives a rare look at a high-elevation ecosystem from the late Pleistocene (especially MIS 5) of North America. Remains of more than four mammoths and about 35 mastodons dominate the macrofossil assemblage. Mammoth remains are attributed to Mammuthus columbi , and mastodon remains are referred to the well-known, continent-wide Mammut americanum . Mastodon rem…
Pre-Clovis occupation 14,550 years ago at the Page-Ladson site, Florida, and the peopling of the Americas
Page-Ladson, Florida, provides evidence of the oldest human occupation in the North American Gulf Coastal Plain at 14,550 B.P.
Final years of life and seasons of death of woolly mammoths from Wrangel Island and mainland Chukotka, Russian Federation
A 130,000-year-old archaeological site in southern California, USA
Tusk pairs in the Ziegler Reservoir mastodon (Mammut americanum) assemblage: Implications for site taphonomy and stratigraphy
First analysis of life history and season of death of a South American gomphothere
A woolly mammoth ( Mammuthus primigenius ) carcass from Maly Lyakhovsky Island (New Siberian Islands, Russian Federation)
A partial carcass of an adult woolly mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius) found in 2012 on Maly Lyakhovsky Island presents a new opportunity to retrieve associated anatomical, morphological, and life history data on this important component of Pleistocene biotas. In addition, we address hematological, histological, and microbiological issues that relate directly to quality of preservation. Recovered by staff from North-Eastern Federal University in Ya…
Disparate Perspectives on Evidence from the Cerutti Mastodon Site: A Reply to Braje et al
The Perspective editorial by Braje, T., T. D. Dillehay, J. M. Erlandson, S. M. Fitzpatrick, D. K. Grayson, V. T. Holliday, R. L. Kelly, R. G. Klein, D. J. Meltzer, and T. C. Rick (2017. “Were Hominins in California ∼130,000 Years Ago?” PaleoAmerica 3 (3): 200–202) takes issue with our argument [Holen, S. R., T. A. Deméré, D. C. Fisher, R. Fullagar, J. B. Paces, G. T. Jefferson, J. M. Beeton, et al. (2017. “A 130,000-Year-Old Archaeological Site i…
Broken Bones and Hammerstones at the Cerutti Mastodon Site: A Reply to Haynes
Haynes [2017 “The Cerutti Mastodon.” PaleoAmerica 3 (3): 196–199] criticizes numerous aspects of our analysis of the Cerutti Mastodon (CM) site, but central among his points is the claim that heavy equipment broke the bones and stones that we interpret as evidence of ancient human activity. This notion can be discounted primarily because most of the relevant CM fragments were found coated in thick crusts of pedogenic carbonate clearly showing tha…
Evidence for the diet and habitat of two late Pleistocene mastodons from the Midwest, USA
We analyzed intestinal contents of two late-glacial mastodons preserved in lake sediments in Ohio (Burning Tree mastodon) and Michigan (Heisler mastodon). A multi-proxy suite of macrofossils and microfossils provided unique insights into what these individuals had eaten just before they died and added significantly to knowledge of mastodon diets. We reconstructed the mastodons’ habitats with similar multi-proxy analyses of the embedding lake sedi…
Forward and inverse methods for extracting climate and diet information from stable isotope profiles in proboscidean molars
Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (21 works) · Biology (14 works) · Archaeology (13 works) · Geography (13 works) · Paleontology (10 works) · Pleistocene (9 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (8 works) · Geology (8 works) · Geology (7 works) · Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (7 works)