James C Chatters
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 172122 |
|---|---|
| NOME | James C Chatters |
| PRENOMES | James C |
| SOBRENOME | Chatters |
| ASSINATURA | CHATTERS J C |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Central Washington University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8774-1044 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 31 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 314 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 30 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 1 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 1986 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2024 |
| ÍNDICE H | 9 |
Settlement and conflict distribution responses to paleoclimate variation on the Columbia Plateau
Current Understanding of the Earliest Human Occupations in the Americas
Various chronologies of the earliest Native American occupations have been proposed with varying levels of empirical support and conceptual rigor, yet none is widely accepted. A recent survey of pre-Clovis dated sites (Becerra-Valdivia and Higham 2020) concludes a pre-Last Glacial Maximum (>26,500–19,000 cal yr BP) entry of humans in the Americas, in part based on recent work at Chiquihuite Cave, Mexico. We evaluate the evidence used to develop t…
Pioneers from Northern Japan in Idaho 16,000 Years Ago? A Critical Evaluation of the Evidence from Cooper’s Ferry
Davis et al. (2019) recently presented the results of excavations at the Cooper’s Ferry site, located beside the Salmon River in Idaho. They claim that initial occupation of this site dates from ∼16,000 calendar years ago, that the first inhabitants came from northern Japan, and that this site conclusively demonstrates that “humans initially migrated into the Americas along the Pacific coast.” Here, we critically examine the chronological, geoarc…
Dental Morphology of Naia, a Late Pleistocene Human from Mexico and the Sinodont/Sundadont Issue
The dental morphology of the earliest Americans is poorly known, partly because existing data are largely unpublished and partly because dental wear is typically extreme in the few complete dentitions available. The remains of Naia, a 13,000–12,000 year-old young woman from Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula, possess a complete dental record in perfect condition, offering the unique opportunity to record the dental morphology of an early Paleoindian and …
Muknalia is a Collared Peccary (Pecari tajacu)
Several years ago, a new genus and species of peccary, “'Muknalia minima'”, was described from the Pleistocene of Mexico. We previously examined that specimen and concluded that it was synonymous with the extant collared peccary, 'Pecari tajacu', but that taxonomic revision is rejected by the authors of the original study (this volume). Here, we provide further analysis of “'Muknalia'” and expand on previous evidence from both morphology and taph…
Evaluating Claims of Early Human Occupation at Chiquihuite Cave, Mexico
Archaeologists working in Mexico recently claimed evidence for pre-Last Glacial Maximum human occupation in the Americas, based on lithic items excavated from Chiquihuite Cave, Zacatecas. Although they provide extensive array of ancillary studies of the cave's chronostratigraphic and paleoenvironmental record, the data they present do not support their central argument, that these lithic items are anthropogenic and represent a unique lithic indus…
Muknalia minima from the Yucatán of Mexico is synonymous with the collared peccary, Pecari tajacu (Artiodactyla)
Ongoing investigation of peccary remains from fossiliferous deposits in the Yucatán resulted in re-examination of previously identified tayassuid fossils from the region. This included the recently described new genus and species of peccary, Muknalia minima, which is based on a dentary from Muknal Cave near Tulum, Quintana Roo, Mexico. Diagnostic characters of this taxon include a concave notch along the caudal edge of the ascending ramus and a v…
Oral health and diet of a young Late Pleistocene woman from Quintana Roo, Mexico
OBJECTIVES: To increase understanding of the subsistence practices of the first Americans through analysis of the near-complete dentition of a young woman dating to the terminal Pleistocene of the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The skeleton is that of "Naia" a 15 to 17-year-old female from the submerged natural trap of Hoyo Negro found in association with remains of numerous extinct species of megafauna. Superbly preserved rema…
Making archaeological sense of Kennewick Man
Calcined Bone as a Reliable Medium for Radiocarbon Dating
Radiocarbon dating using charcoal and bone collagen, two standards of archaeological chronology, can be difficult to impossible in environments where natural burning is common and bone does not preserve well. In such settings, charcoal ages cannot always be trusted and collagen is unavailable. Calcined bone can be a viable alternative medium in these situations but it has rarely been exploited in the Americas. One area that could benefit from its…
Wild-Type Colonizers and High Levels of Violence among Paleoamericans
This chapter reviews the archaeological evidence for interpersonal violence among the Paleoamericans, occupants of North America between the earliest identifiable arrivals and approximately 9,000 years before present. It considers that record in the light of the morphology, health, and demography of those people; and offer potential explanations for the pattern that emerges. The violence inflicted on the Paleoamericans is primarily frontal, prima…
Late Pleistocene Human Skeleton and mtDNA Link Paleoamericans and Modern Native Americans
American Beauty Modern Native American ancestry traces back to an East Asian migration across Beringia. However, some Native American skeletons from the late Pleistocene show phenotypic characteristics more similar to other, more geographically distant, human populations. Chatters et al. (p. 750 ) describe a skeleton with a Paleoamerican phenotype from the eastern Yucatan, dating to approximately 12 to 13 thousand years ago, with a relatively com…
Taxonomy, paleoecology and taphonomy of ground sloths (Xenarthra) from the Fairmead Landfill locality (Pleistocene
The Fairmead Landfill locality contains a diverse middle Irvingtonian, (0.78–0.55 Ma), vertebrate fauna that includes three sloths, Megalonyx wheatleyi , Nothrotheriops shastensis and Paramylodon harlani . The co-occurrence of these three genera in a single fauna is relatively rare in both the Irvingtonian and Rancholabrean and this is only the fourth documented Irvingtonian fauna to contain all three sloth genera. The presence of the three diffe…
Cultural macroevolution in the Pacific Northwest
A Macroevolutionary Perspective on the Archaeological Record of North America
Macroevolution in human prehistory
The Archaeology of the Plateau of Northwestern North America During the Late Prehistoric Period (3500–200 B.P.)
A Darwinian macro-evolutionary perspective on the development of hunter-gatherer systems in Northwestern North America
The archaeological record of western North American hunter-gatherers is characterized by long periods of socio-economic homogeneity interrupted by short bursts of variation. This pattern of punctuated equilibrium is best understood using a macro-evolutionary model like that employed in paleontology. We offer such a Darwinian framework, focusing on methods for recognizing distinct socioeconomic systems archaeologically and addressing processes tha…
Patterns of mtDNA Diversity in Northwestern North America
The mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) haplogroups of 54 full-blooded modern and 64 ancient Native Americans from northwestern North America were determined. The control regions of 10 modern and 30 ancient individuals were sequenced and compared. Within the Northwest, the frequency distribution for haplogroup A is geographically structured, with haplogroup A decreasing with distance from the Pacific Coast. The haplogroup A distribution suggests that a pre…
Cultural Diversification and Decimation in the Prehistoric Record
The history of human cultures is frequently marked by a distinctive pattern of evolution that paleobiologists term diversification and decimation. Under this process, fundamentally new socioeconomic systems appear during periods of dramatic cultural diversification, typically through cultural cladogenesis. Significant diversification episodes come about under conditions that favor group economic success under effective or geographic isolation. Ty…
The Recovery and First Analysis of an Early Holocene Human Skeleton from Kennewick, Washington
The nearly-complete, well-preserved skeleton of a Paleoamerican male was found by chance near Kennewick, Washington, in 1996. Although analysis was quickly suspended by the U.S. government, initial osteological, archaeological, and geological studies provide a glimpse into the age and life of this individual. A radiocarbon age of 8410 ± 60 B.P., stratigraphic position in a widely-dated alluvial terrace, and an early-Cascade style projectile point…
Human Biological History, Not Race
Response from chatters
Encounter with an Ancestor
The evolution of collector systems on the Pacific Coast of Northwest North America
The AA. offer a new model for the evolution of hunting and gathering during the Middle Holocene period relying on taxic macroevolutionary theory. The model suggests that cultural diversification occurred during the period of 4000 to 5000 B.P. under optimal environmental conditions. A wide range of different hunter-gatherer systems emerged, including a variety of foraging systems not reliant upon storage or any complex forms of logistical mobility…
Hunter-gatherer adaptations and assemblage structure
The Role of Bone Density in Structuring Prehistoric Salmon Bone Assemblages
Population growth, climatic cooling, and the development of collector strategies on the Southern Plateau, western North America
Cultural Diversification and Decimation in the Prehistoric Record
The history of human cultures is frequently marked by a distinctive pattern of evolution that paleobiologists term diversification and decimation. Under this process, fundamentally new socioeconomic systems appear during periods of dramatic cultural diversification, typically through cultural cladogenesis. Significant diversification episodes come about under conditions that favor group economic success under effective or geographic isolation. Ty…
A Darwinian macro-evolutionary perspective on the development of hunter-gatherer systems in Northwestern North America
The archaeological record of western North American hunter-gatherers is characterized by long periods of socio-economic homogeneity interrupted by short bursts of variation. This pattern of punctuated equilibrium is best understood using a macro-evolutionary model like that employed in paleontology. We offer such a Darwinian framework, focusing on methods for recognizing distinct socioeconomic systems archaeologically and addressing processes tha…
Macroevolution in human prehistory
The Archaeology of the Plateau of Northwestern North America During the Late Prehistoric Period (3500–200 B.P.)
The Recovery and First Analysis of an Early Holocene Human Skeleton from Kennewick, Washington
The nearly-complete, well-preserved skeleton of a Paleoamerican male was found by chance near Kennewick, Washington, in 1996. Although analysis was quickly suspended by the U.S. government, initial osteological, archaeological, and geological studies provide a glimpse into the age and life of this individual. A radiocarbon age of 8410 ± 60 B.P., stratigraphic position in a widely-dated alluvial terrace, and an early-Cascade style projectile point…
Patterns of mtDNA Diversity in Northwestern North America
The mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) haplogroups of 54 full-blooded modern and 64 ancient Native Americans from northwestern North America were determined. The control regions of 10 modern and 30 ancient individuals were sequenced and compared. Within the Northwest, the frequency distribution for haplogroup A is geographically structured, with haplogroup A decreasing with distance from the Pacific Coast. The haplogroup A distribution suggests that a pre…
Evaluating Claims of Early Human Occupation at Chiquihuite Cave, Mexico
Archaeologists working in Mexico recently claimed evidence for pre-Last Glacial Maximum human occupation in the Americas, based on lithic items excavated from Chiquihuite Cave, Zacatecas. Although they provide extensive array of ancillary studies of the cave's chronostratigraphic and paleoenvironmental record, the data they present do not support their central argument, that these lithic items are anthropogenic and represent a unique lithic indus…
Bison Procurement in the Far West
Bison bones are found in Columbia Plateau archaeological sites from throughout the Holocene, yet no information on people's tactics for procuring them has yet been reported. The discovery of the Tsulim Site, a 2,100-year-old bison kill near the Columbia River in central Washington, has provided the opportunity to investigate those tactics. Despite the deteriorated state of the evidence, analysis of stone artifacts, faunal remains, and site geolog…
Calcined Bone as a Reliable Medium for Radiocarbon Dating
Radiocarbon dating using charcoal and bone collagen, two standards of archaeological chronology, can be difficult to impossible in environments where natural burning is common and bone does not preserve well. In such settings, charcoal ages cannot always be trusted and collagen is unavailable. Calcined bone can be a viable alternative medium in these situations but it has rarely been exploited in the Americas. One area that could benefit from its…
Cultural macroevolution in the Pacific Northwest
Human Biological History, Not Race
Oral health and diet of a young Late Pleistocene woman from Quintana Roo, Mexico
OBJECTIVES: To increase understanding of the subsistence practices of the first Americans through analysis of the near-complete dentition of a young woman dating to the terminal Pleistocene of the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The skeleton is that of "Naia" a 15 to 17-year-old female from the submerged natural trap of Hoyo Negro found in association with remains of numerous extinct species of megafauna. Superbly preserved rema…
Changing Late Holocene Flooding Frequencies on the Columbia River, Washington
Data from prehistoric fluvial deposits can be used to extend the flood history of a river valley beyond historical records, thus increasing our understanding of variability in large, low-frequency flood events and providing a valuable means for paleoenvironmental reconstruction. We have applied this form of analysis to fluvial deposits from an archaeological site on the upper Columbia River in the state of Washington dating from 120 A.D. ∗ to 194…
Hunter-gatherer adaptations and assemblage structure
Response of the Columbia River Fluvial System to Holocene Climatic Change
An understanding of the response of a fluvial system to past climatic changes is useful for predicting its response to future shifts in temperature and precipitation. To determine the response of the Columbia River system to previous climatic conditions and transitions, a well-dated sequence of floodplain development in the Wells Reservoir region was compared with the paleoenvironmental history of the Columbia River Basin. Results of this compari…
The Role of Bone Density in Structuring Prehistoric Salmon Bone Assemblages
Population growth, climatic cooling, and the development of collector strategies on the Southern Plateau, western North America
Bison Procurement in the Far West
Bison bones are found in Columbia Plateau archaeological sites from throughout the Holocene, yet no information on people's tactics for procuring them has yet been reported. The discovery of the Tsulim Site, a 2,100-year-old bison kill near the Columbia River in central Washington, has provided the opportunity to investigate those tactics. Despite the deteriorated state of the evidence, analysis of stone artifacts, faunal remains, and site geolog…
Response from chatters
Encounter with an Ancestor
Human Biological History, Not Race
The Recovery and First Analysis of an Early Holocene Human Skeleton from Kennewick, Washington
The nearly-complete, well-preserved skeleton of a Paleoamerican male was found by chance near Kennewick, Washington, in 1996. Although analysis was quickly suspended by the U.S. government, initial osteological, archaeological, and geological studies provide a glimpse into the age and life of this individual. A radiocarbon age of 8410 ± 60 B.P., stratigraphic position in a widely-dated alluvial terrace, and an early-Cascade style projectile point…
Cultural Diversification and Decimation in the Prehistoric Record
The history of human cultures is frequently marked by a distinctive pattern of evolution that paleobiologists term diversification and decimation. Under this process, fundamentally new socioeconomic systems appear during periods of dramatic cultural diversification, typically through cultural cladogenesis. Significant diversification episodes come about under conditions that favor group economic success under effective or geographic isolation. Ty…
Patterns of mtDNA Diversity in Northwestern North America
The mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) haplogroups of 54 full-blooded modern and 64 ancient Native Americans from northwestern North America were determined. The control regions of 10 modern and 30 ancient individuals were sequenced and compared. Within the Northwest, the frequency distribution for haplogroup A is geographically structured, with haplogroup A decreasing with distance from the Pacific Coast. The haplogroup A distribution suggests that a pre…
The Archaeology of the Plateau of Northwestern North America During the Late Prehistoric Period (3500–200 B.P.)
A Darwinian macro-evolutionary perspective on the development of hunter-gatherer systems in Northwestern North America
The archaeological record of western North American hunter-gatherers is characterized by long periods of socio-economic homogeneity interrupted by short bursts of variation. This pattern of punctuated equilibrium is best understood using a macro-evolutionary model like that employed in paleontology. We offer such a Darwinian framework, focusing on methods for recognizing distinct socioeconomic systems archaeologically and addressing processes tha…
A Macroevolutionary Perspective on the Archaeological Record of North America
Macroevolution in human prehistory
Taxonomy, paleoecology and taphonomy of ground sloths (Xenarthra) from the Fairmead Landfill locality (Pleistocene
The Fairmead Landfill locality contains a diverse middle Irvingtonian, (0.78–0.55 Ma), vertebrate fauna that includes three sloths, Megalonyx wheatleyi , Nothrotheriops shastensis and Paramylodon harlani . The co-occurrence of these three genera in a single fauna is relatively rare in both the Irvingtonian and Rancholabrean and this is only the fourth documented Irvingtonian fauna to contain all three sloth genera. The presence of the three diffe…
Cultural macroevolution in the Pacific Northwest
Late Pleistocene Human Skeleton and mtDNA Link Paleoamericans and Modern Native Americans
American Beauty Modern Native American ancestry traces back to an East Asian migration across Beringia. However, some Native American skeletons from the late Pleistocene show phenotypic characteristics more similar to other, more geographically distant, human populations. Chatters et al. (p. 750 ) describe a skeleton with a Paleoamerican phenotype from the eastern Yucatan, dating to approximately 12 to 13 thousand years ago, with a relatively com…
Wild-Type Colonizers and High Levels of Violence among Paleoamericans
This chapter reviews the archaeological evidence for interpersonal violence among the Paleoamericans, occupants of North America between the earliest identifiable arrivals and approximately 9,000 years before present. It considers that record in the light of the morphology, health, and demography of those people; and offer potential explanations for the pattern that emerges. The violence inflicted on the Paleoamericans is primarily frontal, prima…
Making archaeological sense of Kennewick Man
Calcined Bone as a Reliable Medium for Radiocarbon Dating
Radiocarbon dating using charcoal and bone collagen, two standards of archaeological chronology, can be difficult to impossible in environments where natural burning is common and bone does not preserve well. In such settings, charcoal ages cannot always be trusted and collagen is unavailable. Calcined bone can be a viable alternative medium in these situations but it has rarely been exploited in the Americas. One area that could benefit from its…
Oral health and diet of a young Late Pleistocene woman from Quintana Roo, Mexico
OBJECTIVES: To increase understanding of the subsistence practices of the first Americans through analysis of the near-complete dentition of a young woman dating to the terminal Pleistocene of the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The skeleton is that of "Naia" a 15 to 17-year-old female from the submerged natural trap of Hoyo Negro found in association with remains of numerous extinct species of megafauna. Superbly preserved rema…
Muknalia minima from the Yucatán of Mexico is synonymous with the collared peccary, Pecari tajacu (Artiodactyla)
Ongoing investigation of peccary remains from fossiliferous deposits in the Yucatán resulted in re-examination of previously identified tayassuid fossils from the region. This included the recently described new genus and species of peccary, Muknalia minima, which is based on a dentary from Muknal Cave near Tulum, Quintana Roo, Mexico. Diagnostic characters of this taxon include a concave notch along the caudal edge of the ascending ramus and a v…
Pioneers from Northern Japan in Idaho 16,000 Years Ago? A Critical Evaluation of the Evidence from Cooper’s Ferry
Davis et al. (2019) recently presented the results of excavations at the Cooper’s Ferry site, located beside the Salmon River in Idaho. They claim that initial occupation of this site dates from ∼16,000 calendar years ago, that the first inhabitants came from northern Japan, and that this site conclusively demonstrates that “humans initially migrated into the Americas along the Pacific coast.” Here, we critically examine the chronological, geoarc…
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