I am an archaeologist interested in the material and evolutionary bases of conspicuous consumption and wealth inequality, particularly in relation to the problem of environmental sustainability. My 1980 PhD in Anthropology is from Binghamton University (formerly SUNY-Binghamton). My area and time period interests are eclectic and range from cross-cultural studies of middle-range village economies to rural settlement systems associated with states and empires in Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages in Europe and North Africa.
Economia y Trabajo: Las bases materiales de la vida en al-Andalus. , 2019
Este capítulo intenta explicar cambios en la cultura material de poblaciones rurales en el Bajo A... more Este capítulo intenta explicar cambios en la cultura material de poblaciones rurales en el Bajo Alentejo de Portugal durante los siglos ix-xi d. C. con la incorporación de la región en el califato de Córdoba. El argumento se centra en los cambios de la distribución de asentamientos y en la organización espacial de las casas, así como en las transformaciones experimentadas en la producción y distribución de tejas, y en la cerámica común fabricada localmente junto a las importaciones de cerámica de mesa vidriada.
Social complexity in coastal and terrestrial environments both emerge as forms of subsistence int... more Social complexity in coastal and terrestrial environments both emerge as forms of subsistence intensification on previous foraging patterns but take different trajectories because of differences in the spatial and temporal structure and density of harvestable biomass between the two ecozones. Norms and values surrounding standards of living motivate households to intensify production above what is needed for mere survival (i.e., surplus), which in turn has the effect of providing a buffer against unpredictable shortfalls and longer-term population resource imbalances caused by population growth. Economies of scale introduced by increasing labor group size and differentiation as well as technology fund the production and consumption of surplus and drive the emergence
of social complexity among foragers and cultivators alike.
Arqueologia En El Entorno Del Bajo Guadiana Actas Del Encuentro Internacional De Arqueologia Del Suroeste Huelva Y Niebla 25 a 27 De Febrero De 1993 1994 Isbn 84 604 9615 5 Pags 527 544, 1994
Page 1. Subsistence strategies and early human population history: an evolutionary ecological per... more Page 1. Subsistence strategies and early human population history: an evolutionary ecological perspective James L. Boone Abstract One of the keystones of the evolutionary ecological approach is the concept of energy budget ...
1. Curr Anthropol. 1999 Dec;40(5):719-726. Population History and the Islamization of the Iberian... more 1. Curr Anthropol. 1999 Dec;40(5):719-726. Population History and the Islamization of the Iberian Peninsula: Skeletal Evidence from the Lower Alentejo of Portugal. McMillan GP, Boone JL. PMID: 10539950 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher].
Economia y Trabajo: Las bases materiales de la vida en al-Andalus. , 2019
Este capítulo intenta explicar cambios en la cultura material de poblaciones rurales en el Bajo A... more Este capítulo intenta explicar cambios en la cultura material de poblaciones rurales en el Bajo Alentejo de Portugal durante los siglos ix-xi d. C. con la incorporación de la región en el califato de Córdoba. El argumento se centra en los cambios de la distribución de asentamientos y en la organización espacial de las casas, así como en las transformaciones experimentadas en la producción y distribución de tejas, y en la cerámica común fabricada localmente junto a las importaciones de cerámica de mesa vidriada.
Social complexity in coastal and terrestrial environments both emerge as forms of subsistence int... more Social complexity in coastal and terrestrial environments both emerge as forms of subsistence intensification on previous foraging patterns but take different trajectories because of differences in the spatial and temporal structure and density of harvestable biomass between the two ecozones. Norms and values surrounding standards of living motivate households to intensify production above what is needed for mere survival (i.e., surplus), which in turn has the effect of providing a buffer against unpredictable shortfalls and longer-term population resource imbalances caused by population growth. Economies of scale introduced by increasing labor group size and differentiation as well as technology fund the production and consumption of surplus and drive the emergence
of social complexity among foragers and cultivators alike.
Arqueologia En El Entorno Del Bajo Guadiana Actas Del Encuentro Internacional De Arqueologia Del Suroeste Huelva Y Niebla 25 a 27 De Febrero De 1993 1994 Isbn 84 604 9615 5 Pags 527 544, 1994
Page 1. Subsistence strategies and early human population history: an evolutionary ecological per... more Page 1. Subsistence strategies and early human population history: an evolutionary ecological perspective James L. Boone Abstract One of the keystones of the evolutionary ecological approach is the concept of energy budget ...
1. Curr Anthropol. 1999 Dec;40(5):719-726. Population History and the Islamization of the Iberian... more 1. Curr Anthropol. 1999 Dec;40(5):719-726. Population History and the Islamization of the Iberian Peninsula: Skeletal Evidence from the Lower Alentejo of Portugal. McMillan GP, Boone JL. PMID: 10539950 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher].
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of social complexity among foragers and cultivators alike.
of social complexity among foragers and cultivators alike.