J Michael Daniels
Biographic Data
| ID | 6100847 |
|---|---|
| NAME | J Michael Daniels |
| GIVEN NAMES | J Michael |
| FAMILY NAME | Daniels |
| SIGNATURE | DANIELS J M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Denver |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1673-4231 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 13 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Lithic Techno-economics and OSL Chronology of the Later Stone Age at Chessungalane, Save River Valley, Mozambique
Nestled between East and Southern Africa, the Stone Age archaeology of Mozambique offers important insights into Later Stone Age (LSA) behavioral variability across a region pivotal to understanding human adaptations. Here, we present results from technological analysis, refitting and optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) dating of the newly discovered site of Chessungalane (CHE) in south-central Mozambique. OSL dates indicate occupation spanni…
Does Increasing Farm Plot Size Influence the Visual Quality of Everyday Agricultural Landscapes
The increase in farm plot size is one of the most apparent and significant trends that have influenced central and eastern European agricultural landscapes since the 1950s. In many countries where the average plot size in traditional land-use systems did not exceed several hectares, present-day plots reach the size of 200 ha or more. In recent times, efforts have been made to reverse this trend to restore important ecosystem functions and to re-e…
Late Pleistocene Landscape and Settlement Dynamics of Portuguese Estremadura
Here we report the results of an integrated geoarchaeological survey to study Palaeolithic human settlement dynamics in the coastal region of Portuguese Estremadura. The region has been an important focus of human occupation across multiple glacial-interglacial cycles, including periods of well-documented abrupt climate instability during MIS 3 and 2. The pedestrian survey covered a roughly 10 km wide strip of land between São Pedro de Muel and P…
Lake Bonneville
Lake Bonneville, the Pleistocene precursor to contemporary Great Salt Lake, represents an iconic locality in the history of earth science. First identified by G. K. Gilbert in 1872, documented in the 1875 Wheeler Survey report, and later examined in detail in Gilbert's Lake Bonneville (1890), this North American paleolake has continued to generate sustained scientific interest over the past century and a half. The volume under review here, Lake B…
An Upper Palaeolithic Landscape Analysis of Coastal Portugal Using Ground‐penetrating Radar
Ground‐penetrating mapping radar allows for the three‐dimensional reconstruction of ancient landscapes by interpreting geological horizons associated with archaeological sites. When the geological framework of a site can be placed in both time and space, ancient environments and people's usage and adaptation to landscapes can be studied. In coastal Portugal late Ice Age people discarded stone tools within aeolian sands that were deposited directl…
Coastal wetlands and the Neanderthal settlement of Portuguese Estremadura
Coastal wetlands are ecotone settings that offer diverse sets of resources for human exploitation, yet evidence for Pleistocene occupation rarely preserves due to recent postglacial sea‐level rise. During an ongoing geoarchaeological survey of Portuguese Estremadura we identified uplifted Pleistocene sediments that record coastal features including raised beaches, tidal channels, muds, peat, and coastal dunes. Stratified concentrations of Middle …
Alluvial stratigraphic evidence for channel incision during the Mediaeval Warm Period on the central Great Plains, USA
Alluvial valley fills from tributaries to the upper Republican River, southwest Nebraska, USA, provide soil- and morpho-stratigraphic evidence for an episode of channel incision that occurred between c. 1100 and 800 14 C yr BP, based on 11 new radiocarbon ages. This local episode of channel incision correlates with other alluvial stratigraphic studies from the central Great Plains and demonstrates regionally synchronous fluvial behaviour. Proxy r…
An Upper Palaeolithic Landscape Analysis of Coastal Portugal Using Ground‐penetrating Radar
Ground‐penetrating mapping radar allows for the three‐dimensional reconstruction of ancient landscapes by interpreting geological horizons associated with archaeological sites. When the geological framework of a site can be placed in both time and space, ancient environments and people's usage and adaptation to landscapes can be studied. In coastal Portugal late Ice Age people discarded stone tools within aeolian sands that were deposited directl…
Coastal wetlands and the Neanderthal settlement of Portuguese Estremadura
Coastal wetlands are ecotone settings that offer diverse sets of resources for human exploitation, yet evidence for Pleistocene occupation rarely preserves due to recent postglacial sea‐level rise. During an ongoing geoarchaeological survey of Portuguese Estremadura we identified uplifted Pleistocene sediments that record coastal features including raised beaches, tidal channels, muds, peat, and coastal dunes. Stratified concentrations of Middle …
Alluvial stratigraphic evidence for channel incision during the Mediaeval Warm Period on the central Great Plains, USA
Alluvial valley fills from tributaries to the upper Republican River, southwest Nebraska, USA, provide soil- and morpho-stratigraphic evidence for an episode of channel incision that occurred between c. 1100 and 800 14 C yr BP, based on 11 new radiocarbon ages. This local episode of channel incision correlates with other alluvial stratigraphic studies from the central Great Plains and demonstrates regionally synchronous fluvial behaviour. Proxy r…
Alluvial stratigraphic evidence for channel incision during the Mediaeval Warm Period on the central Great Plains, USA
Alluvial valley fills from tributaries to the upper Republican River, southwest Nebraska, USA, provide soil- and morpho-stratigraphic evidence for an episode of channel incision that occurred between c. 1100 and 800 14 C yr BP, based on 11 new radiocarbon ages. This local episode of channel incision correlates with other alluvial stratigraphic studies from the central Great Plains and demonstrates regionally synchronous fluvial behaviour. Proxy r…
Coastal wetlands and the Neanderthal settlement of Portuguese Estremadura
Coastal wetlands are ecotone settings that offer diverse sets of resources for human exploitation, yet evidence for Pleistocene occupation rarely preserves due to recent postglacial sea‐level rise. During an ongoing geoarchaeological survey of Portuguese Estremadura we identified uplifted Pleistocene sediments that record coastal features including raised beaches, tidal channels, muds, peat, and coastal dunes. Stratified concentrations of Middle …
An Upper Palaeolithic Landscape Analysis of Coastal Portugal Using Ground‐penetrating Radar
Ground‐penetrating mapping radar allows for the three‐dimensional reconstruction of ancient landscapes by interpreting geological horizons associated with archaeological sites. When the geological framework of a site can be placed in both time and space, ancient environments and people's usage and adaptation to landscapes can be studied. In coastal Portugal late Ice Age people discarded stone tools within aeolian sands that were deposited directl…
Lake Bonneville
Lake Bonneville, the Pleistocene precursor to contemporary Great Salt Lake, represents an iconic locality in the history of earth science. First identified by G. K. Gilbert in 1872, documented in the 1875 Wheeler Survey report, and later examined in detail in Gilbert's Lake Bonneville (1890), this North American paleolake has continued to generate sustained scientific interest over the past century and a half. The volume under review here, Lake B…
Late Pleistocene Landscape and Settlement Dynamics of Portuguese Estremadura
Here we report the results of an integrated geoarchaeological survey to study Palaeolithic human settlement dynamics in the coastal region of Portuguese Estremadura. The region has been an important focus of human occupation across multiple glacial-interglacial cycles, including periods of well-documented abrupt climate instability during MIS 3 and 2. The pedestrian survey covered a roughly 10 km wide strip of land between São Pedro de Muel and P…
Does Increasing Farm Plot Size Influence the Visual Quality of Everyday Agricultural Landscapes
The increase in farm plot size is one of the most apparent and significant trends that have influenced central and eastern European agricultural landscapes since the 1950s. In many countries where the average plot size in traditional land-use systems did not exceed several hectares, present-day plots reach the size of 200 ha or more. In recent times, efforts have been made to reverse this trend to restore important ecosystem functions and to re-e…
Lithic Techno-economics and OSL Chronology of the Later Stone Age at Chessungalane, Save River Valley, Mozambique
Nestled between East and Southern Africa, the Stone Age archaeology of Mozambique offers important insights into Later Stone Age (LSA) behavioral variability across a region pivotal to understanding human adaptations. Here, we present results from technological analysis, refitting and optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) dating of the newly discovered site of Chessungalane (CHE) in south-central Mozambique. OSL dates indicate occupation spanni…
Geography (5 works) · Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (5 works) · Archaeology (4 works) · Geology (4 works) · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (3 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (2 works) · Biology (2 works) · Cartography (2 works) · Ecology (2 works) · Fluvial (2 works)