Isaac Ullah
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 4052773 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Isaac Ullah |
| PRENOMES | Isaac |
| SOBRENOME | Ullah |
| ASSINATURA | ULLAH I |
| AFILIAÇÕES | San Diego State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3533-9421 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 15 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 63 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 15 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2010 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 5 |
Making by Rules—Making by Reflex
This study evaluates whether archaeological ceramic typologies correspond to coherent technological practices by analyzing 334 rim sherds from the Middle Neolithic site of Penitenzeria (Calabria, Italy). Conventional categories—Stentinello, Impressed, and Undecorated—are tested against variation in raw materials, forming, finishing, and firing using systematic attribute analysis, bivariate comparisons, and multidimensional scaling. Results show s…
Sampling Matters
Archaeological sampling is a critical yet inconsistently applied aspect of field methodology. Poorly designed strategies produce biased or irreproducible results, especially when recovery is labor-intensive and research expectations are high. This article addresses that challenge through the lens of spatial microrefuse analysis, using simulation modeling to evaluate current practices and improve sampling design, training, and planning. A review o…
Modeling post-Pleistocene megafauna extinctions as complex social-ecological systems
The role of human hunting behavior versus climate change in the mass extinction of megafauna during the Late Quaternary is much debated. To move beyond monocausal arguments, we treat human–megafauna–environment relationships as social–ecological systems from a complex adaptive systems perspective, to create an agent-based model that tests how human hunting may interact with environmental stress and animal life history to affect the probability of…
Lessons for an invisible future from an invisible past
The interrelated concepts of risk and resilience are inherently future-focused. Two main dimensions of risk are the probability that a harmful event will happen in the future and the probability that such an event will cause a varying degree of loss. Resilience likewise refers to the organization of a biological, societal, or technological system such that it can withstand deleterious consequences of future risks. Although both risk and resilienc…
Paradigm or Practice? Situating GIS in Contemporary Archaeological Method and Theory
Geographic information systems (GIS) has been used in archaeology for four decades, and colloquially appears to have become a main tool in the geospatial aspects of archaeological practice. In this paper, we examine temporal trends in the use and/or mention of GIS in archaeological publications (books and journal articles), conference presentations, and websites. We gathered data through keyword searches and with formal sampling surveys and condu…
Shorelines in the Desert
In the desert of southeastern California, the geological and archaeological remnants of a once massive lake, Lake Cahuilla, are still visible. One of the most distinctive features marking Lake Cahuilla's relic shorelines is a series of rock fish trap features that, in some cases, stretch across thousands of square meters. These fish traps are severely understudied, and systematic archaeological survey can help scientists reconstruct the dynamic h…
Archaeology as Intellectual Service
Laborscapes and Archaeologies of Sustainability
Archaeological research on sustainability enjoys an increasingly high profile in the discipline, with scholars employing a range of methodological and theoretical platforms. We argue that the most successful forays of applied archaeological research into sustainability encompass three major realms: the social foundations and local histories of any human community, the economic resources and practices to support that community, and the environment…
Water, dust, and agro-pastoralism
Jawafat Shaban and the Late Neolithic in Wâdî al-Bîr, Northern Jordan
Au cours du mois d’août 2014, une équipe de l’université de Toronto a effectué des sondages en trois points du bassin de Wadi Quseiba, à l’ouest d’Irbid, en Jordanie. L’un d’eux était un «site candidat » mis au jour lors de la prospection du Wadi Quseiba à Wadi al-Bir, l’un des principaux affluents de Wadi Quseiba, au cours de la saison 2013. Il révéla des traces certaines d’occupation pendant le Néolithique récent (ou Chalcolithique ancien), qui…
Experimental socioecology
Integrating Older Survey Data into Modern Research Paradigms
The data from older archaeological surveys are incredibly important resources, often containing our only information about sites that have been destroyed or that are now inaccessible. These surveys occurred before the advent of GPS technology, however, so their spatial accuracy is often uncertain. Many types of locational errors accumulate in such “legacy” datasets, so using them in modern GIS-based spatial analyses is frequently problematic. Man…
Modernizing Spatial Micro-Refuse Analysis
A GIS method for assessing the zone of human-environmental impact around archaeological sites
Computational Modeling and Neolithic Socioecological Dynamics
Archaeology has an opportunity to offer major contributions to our understanding of the long-term interactions of humans and the environment. To do so, we must elucidate dynamic socioecological processes that generally operate at regional scales. However, the archaeological record is sparse, discontinuous, and static. Recent advances in computational modeling provide the potential for creating experimental laboratories where dynamic processes can…
Modernizing Spatial Micro-Refuse Analysis
A GIS method for assessing the zone of human-environmental impact around archaeological sites
Water, dust, and agro-pastoralism
Experimental socioecology
Computational Modeling and Neolithic Socioecological Dynamics
Archaeology has an opportunity to offer major contributions to our understanding of the long-term interactions of humans and the environment. To do so, we must elucidate dynamic socioecological processes that generally operate at regional scales. However, the archaeological record is sparse, discontinuous, and static. Recent advances in computational modeling provide the potential for creating experimental laboratories where dynamic processes can…
Laborscapes and Archaeologies of Sustainability
Archaeological research on sustainability enjoys an increasingly high profile in the discipline, with scholars employing a range of methodological and theoretical platforms. We argue that the most successful forays of applied archaeological research into sustainability encompass three major realms: the social foundations and local histories of any human community, the economic resources and practices to support that community, and the environment…
Archaeology as Intellectual Service
Jawafat Shaban and the Late Neolithic in Wâdî al-Bîr, Northern Jordan
Au cours du mois d’août 2014, une équipe de l’université de Toronto a effectué des sondages en trois points du bassin de Wadi Quseiba, à l’ouest d’Irbid, en Jordanie. L’un d’eux était un «site candidat » mis au jour lors de la prospection du Wadi Quseiba à Wadi al-Bir, l’un des principaux affluents de Wadi Quseiba, au cours de la saison 2013. Il révéla des traces certaines d’occupation pendant le Néolithique récent (ou Chalcolithique ancien), qui…
Integrating Older Survey Data into Modern Research Paradigms
The data from older archaeological surveys are incredibly important resources, often containing our only information about sites that have been destroyed or that are now inaccessible. These surveys occurred before the advent of GPS technology, however, so their spatial accuracy is often uncertain. Many types of locational errors accumulate in such “legacy” datasets, so using them in modern GIS-based spatial analyses is frequently problematic. Man…
A GIS method for assessing the zone of human-environmental impact around archaeological sites
Computational Modeling and Neolithic Socioecological Dynamics
Archaeology has an opportunity to offer major contributions to our understanding of the long-term interactions of humans and the environment. To do so, we must elucidate dynamic socioecological processes that generally operate at regional scales. However, the archaeological record is sparse, discontinuous, and static. Recent advances in computational modeling provide the potential for creating experimental laboratories where dynamic processes can…
Modernizing Spatial Micro-Refuse Analysis
Integrating Older Survey Data into Modern Research Paradigms
The data from older archaeological surveys are incredibly important resources, often containing our only information about sites that have been destroyed or that are now inaccessible. These surveys occurred before the advent of GPS technology, however, so their spatial accuracy is often uncertain. Many types of locational errors accumulate in such “legacy” datasets, so using them in modern GIS-based spatial analyses is frequently problematic. Man…
Experimental socioecology
Jawafat Shaban and the Late Neolithic in Wâdî al-Bîr, Northern Jordan
Au cours du mois d’août 2014, une équipe de l’université de Toronto a effectué des sondages en trois points du bassin de Wadi Quseiba, à l’ouest d’Irbid, en Jordanie. L’un d’eux était un «site candidat » mis au jour lors de la prospection du Wadi Quseiba à Wadi al-Bir, l’un des principaux affluents de Wadi Quseiba, au cours de la saison 2013. Il révéla des traces certaines d’occupation pendant le Néolithique récent (ou Chalcolithique ancien), qui…
Shorelines in the Desert
In the desert of southeastern California, the geological and archaeological remnants of a once massive lake, Lake Cahuilla, are still visible. One of the most distinctive features marking Lake Cahuilla's relic shorelines is a series of rock fish trap features that, in some cases, stretch across thousands of square meters. These fish traps are severely understudied, and systematic archaeological survey can help scientists reconstruct the dynamic h…
Archaeology as Intellectual Service
Laborscapes and Archaeologies of Sustainability
Archaeological research on sustainability enjoys an increasingly high profile in the discipline, with scholars employing a range of methodological and theoretical platforms. We argue that the most successful forays of applied archaeological research into sustainability encompass three major realms: the social foundations and local histories of any human community, the economic resources and practices to support that community, and the environment…
Water, dust, and agro-pastoralism
Paradigm or Practice? Situating GIS in Contemporary Archaeological Method and Theory
Geographic information systems (GIS) has been used in archaeology for four decades, and colloquially appears to have become a main tool in the geospatial aspects of archaeological practice. In this paper, we examine temporal trends in the use and/or mention of GIS in archaeological publications (books and journal articles), conference presentations, and websites. We gathered data through keyword searches and with formal sampling surveys and condu…
Modeling post-Pleistocene megafauna extinctions as complex social-ecological systems
The role of human hunting behavior versus climate change in the mass extinction of megafauna during the Late Quaternary is much debated. To move beyond monocausal arguments, we treat human–megafauna–environment relationships as social–ecological systems from a complex adaptive systems perspective, to create an agent-based model that tests how human hunting may interact with environmental stress and animal life history to affect the probability of…
Lessons for an invisible future from an invisible past
The interrelated concepts of risk and resilience are inherently future-focused. Two main dimensions of risk are the probability that a harmful event will happen in the future and the probability that such an event will cause a varying degree of loss. Resilience likewise refers to the organization of a biological, societal, or technological system such that it can withstand deleterious consequences of future risks. Although both risk and resilienc…
Making by Rules—Making by Reflex
This study evaluates whether archaeological ceramic typologies correspond to coherent technological practices by analyzing 334 rim sherds from the Middle Neolithic site of Penitenzeria (Calabria, Italy). Conventional categories—Stentinello, Impressed, and Undecorated—are tested against variation in raw materials, forming, finishing, and firing using systematic attribute analysis, bivariate comparisons, and multidimensional scaling. Results show s…
Sampling Matters
Archaeological sampling is a critical yet inconsistently applied aspect of field methodology. Poorly designed strategies produce biased or irreproducible results, especially when recovery is labor-intensive and research expectations are high. This article addresses that challenge through the lens of spatial microrefuse analysis, using simulation modeling to evaluate current practices and improve sampling design, training, and planning. A review o…
Geography (10 obras) · Archaeology (9 obras) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (7 obras) · Ecology (6 obras) · Computer Science (5 obras) · History (5 obras) · History (5 obras) · 3D Surveying and Cultural Heritage (4 obras) · Archaeological Research and Protection (4 obras) · Cartography (4 obras)