Publications written by the University of Nevada, Las Vegas Anthropology department.
Submissions from 2018
3D 360° Surface Morphometric Analysis of Pounding Stone Tools used by Hadza Foragers of Tanzania: A New Methodological Approach for Studying Percussive Stone Artefacts, Alfonso Benito-Calvo, Alyssa N. Crittenden, Sarah V. Livengood, Laura Sánchez-Romero, Adrián Martínez-Fernández, Ignacio de la Torre, and Michael Pante
Placentophagy Among Women Planning Community Births in the United States: Frequency, Rationale, and Associated Neonatal Outcomes, Daniel C. Benyshek PhD; Melissa Cheyney Phd, CPM, LDM; Jennifer Brown; and Marit L. Bovbjerg
Communities of Weavers: A Methodology for Analyzing Textile and Cloth Production, Jacob L. Bongers, Colleen O'Shea, and Alan Farahani
Infant Co-sleeping Patterns and Maternal Sleep Quality among Hadza Hunter-gatherers, Alyssa N. Crittenden PhD, David R. Samson PhD, Kristen N. Herlosky MA, Ibrahim A. Mabulla MA, Audax Z. P. Mabulla PhD, and James J. McKenna PhD
A 2500-year Historical Ecology of Agricultural Production under Empire in Dhiban, Jordan, Alan Farahani
Review of Steve Stewart-Williams’s The Ape That Understood the Universe: How the Mind and Culture Evolve, Peter B. Gray
Patterns and Predictors of Depressive Symptoms among Jamaican Fathers of Newborns, Peter B. Gray, Jody-Ann Reece, Charlene Coore-Desai, Twana Dinnall-Johnson, Sydonnie Pellington, Andre Bateman, and Maureen Samms-Vaughan
Testing Men's Hormone Responses to Playing League of Legends: No Changes in Testosterone, Cortisol, DHEA or Androstenedione but Decreases in Aldosterone, Peter B. Gray, Jimmy Vuong, David Zava, and Timothy McHale
History Meets Palaeoscience: Consilience and Collaboration in Studying Past Societal Responses to Environmental Change, John Haldon, Lee Mordechai, Timothy P. Newfield, Arlen F. Chase, Adam Izdebski, Piotr Guzowski, Inga Labuhn, and Neil Roberts
History Meets Palaeoscience: Consilience and Collaboration in Studying Past Societal Responses to Environmental Change, John Haldon, Lee Mordechai, Timothy P. Newfield, Arlen F. Chase, Adam Izdebski, Piotr Guzowski, Inga Labuhn, and Neil Roberts
History Meets Palaeoscience: Consilience and Collaboration in Studying Past Societal Responses to Environmental Change, John Haldon, Lee Mordechai, Timothy P. Newfield, Arlen F. Chase, Adam Izdebski, Piotr Guzowski, Inga Labuhn, and Neil Roberts
Changing Patterns of Interaction and Identity in Puebloan Settlements of Southern Nevada, Karen G. Harry
Interaction and Connectivity in the Greater Southwest, Karen G. Harry
A Content Analysis Of Testosterone Websites: Sex, Muscle, And Male Age-related Thematic Differences, N Ivanov, J Vuong, and P B. Gray
Coalitional Physical Competition: Acute Salivary Steroid Hormone Responses among Juvenile Male Soccer Players in Hong Kong, Timothy S. McHale, Wai-chi Chee, Ka-chun Chan, David T. Zava, and Peter B. Gray
Salivary Steroid Hormone Responses to Dyadic Table Tennis Competitions among Hong Kongese Juvenile Boys, Timothy S. McHale, Peter B. Gray, Ka-chun Chan, David T. Zava, and Wai-chi Chee
Acute Salivary Steroid Hormone Responses In Juvenile Boys And Girls To Non-physical Team Competition, T S. McHale, P B. Gray, K C. Chan, D T. Zava, and W C. Chee
Moral Judgments Of In-group And Out-group Harm In Post-conflict Urban And Rural Croatian Communities, M A. Moncrieff and P Lienard
Cultural Grammar and the Cultural Linguistics Heritage from the Pre-Millennials an Argument for Scenarios, Gary B. Palmer
Primate Modularity And Evolution: First Anatomical Network Analysis Of Primate Head And Neck Musculoskeletal System, V Powell, B Esteve-Altava, J Molnar, B Villmoare, A Pettit, and R Diogo
Using Residue Analysis to Explore Household Activities at the Harris Site, Mimbres Valley, New Mexico, Barbara Roth, Aaron Woods, Danielle Romero, Malka McNeely, and Mary Malainey
Does the Moon Influence Sleep in Small-scale Societies?, David R. Samson PhD, Alyssa N. Crittenden PhD, Ibrahim A. Mabulla MS, Audax Z. P. Mabulla PhD, and Charles L. Nunn PhD
The Consequences of Human Land-Use Strategies during the PPNB-LN Transition: A Simulation Modelling Approach, Alan H. Simmons
Early Homo And The Role Of The Genus In Paleoanthropology, B Villmoare
Negotiated Bonds: The Practice of Childfree Pet Parenting, Shelly Volsche
Submissions from 2017
Re-evaluating the Mimbres Region Prehispanic Chronometric Record, Roger Anyon, Darrell Creel, Patricia A. Gilman, Steven A. LeBlanc, Myles R. Miller, Stephen E. Nash, Margaret C. Nelson, Kathryn J. Putsavage, Barbara J. Roth, Karen Gust Schollmeyer, Jakob W. Sedig, and Christopher A. Turnbow
Spread of Domestic Animals across Neolithic Western Anatolia: New Zooarchaeological Evidence from Uğurlu Höyük, the Island of Gökçeada, Turkey, Levent Atici, Suzanne E. Pilaar Birch, and Burçin Erdoğu
Aerial Rotation Effects on Vertical Jump Performance among Highly Skilled Collegiate Soccer Players, Leland A. Barker, John R. Harry, Janet S. Dufek, and John A. Mercer
Patterns of Animal Exploitation in Western Turkey from Palaeolithic Molluscs to Byzantine Elephants, Canan Cakirlar and Levent Atici
Maya E Groups: Calendars, Astronomy, and Urbanism in the Maya Lowlands, Arlen F. Chase
The Origins of Maya States, Arlen F. Chase
E Groups and the Rise of Complexity in the Southeastern Maya Lowlands, Arlen F. Chase and Diane Z. Chase
The Distribution and Significance of E Groups: A Historical Background and Introduction, Arlen F. Chase, A. S. Dowd, and D A. Freidel
Epilogue: E Groups and Their Significance to the Ancient Maya, Diane Z. Chase, P. A. McAnany, and J. A. Sabloff
Current Views on Hunter-gatherer Nutrition, Alyssa N. Crittenden and Stephanie L. Schnorr
Current Views on Hunter-gatherer Nutrition and the Evolution of the Human Diet, Alyssa N. Crittenden and Stephanie L. Schnorr
Oral Health in Transition: The Hadza Foragers of Tanzania, Alyssa N. Crittenden, John Sorrentino, Sheniz A. Moonie, Mika Peterson, Audax Mabulla, and Peter S. Ungar
Sex Differences: Mate Preferences after Having Children, Michelle Escasa-Dorne, Carol Franco, and Peter B. Gray
Women Express a Preference for Feminized Male Faces after Giving Birth, Michelle J. Escasa Dorne, Heidi Manlove, and Peter B. Gray
Do Step- and Biological Grandparents Show Differences in Investment and Emotional Closeness with Their Grandchildren?, Peter B. Gray and Elizabeth Brogdon
A Review of Ruman Male Field Studies of Hormones and Behavioral Reproductive Effort, Peter B. Gray, Timothy S. McHale, and Justin M. Carré
Development of Human Sociosexual Behavior, Peter B. Gray and Matthew H. McIntyre
Testosterone and Jamaican Fathers: Exploring Links to Relationship Dynamics and Paternal Care, Peter B. Gray, Jody Reece, Charlene Coore Desai, Twana Dinall, Sydonnie Pellington, and Maureen Samms Vaughan
A Distribution Analysis of the Central Maya lowlands Ecoinformation Network: Its Rises, Falls, and Changes, Joel D. Gunn, Vernon L. Scarborough, William J. Folan, Christian Isendahl, Arlen F. Chase, Jeremy A. Sabloff, and Beniamino Volta
Shaping Identity in the Prehispanic Southwest, Karen Harry and James Watson
Hominin Track Assemblages from Okote Member Deposits near Ileret, Kenya, and Their Implications for Understanding Fossil Hominin Paleobiology at 1.5 Ma, Kevin G. Hatala, Neil T. Roach, Kelly R. Ostrofsky, Roshna E. Wunderlich, Heather L. Dingwall, Brain A. Villmoare, David J. Green, David R. Braun, John W.K. Harris, Anna K. Behrensmeyer, and Brian G. Richmond
Life Beyond the Boundaries, Sarah Herr and Karen G. Harry
A Natural History of the Drag Queen Phenomenon, Michael Moncrieff and Pierre Lienard
Chronotype Variation Drives Night-time Sentinel-like Behaviour in Hunter – gatherers, David R. Samson, Alyssa N. Crittenden, Ibrahim A. Mabulla, Audax Z.P. Mabulla, and Charles L. Nunn
Hadza Sleep Biology: Evidence for Flexible Sleep-wake Patterns in Hunter-gatherers, David R. Samson, Alyssa N. Crittenden, Ibrahim A. Mabulla, Audax Z.P. Mabulla, and Charles L. Nunn
The Evolution of Human Sleep: Technological and Cultural Innovation Associated with Sleep-wake Regulation among Hadza Hunter-gatherers, David R. Samson, Alyssa N. Crittenden, Ibrahim A. Mabulla, Audax Z.P. Mabulla, and P
Applying the Index of Care to the Case Study of a Bronze Age Teenager Who Lived with Paralysis, Alecia Schrenk and Debra L. Martin
Toddlers in Transition: Linear Enamel Hypoplasias in the Hadza of Tanzania, P. S. Ungar, Alyssa N. Crittenden, and J. C. Rose
Australopithecus Africanus, Brian A. Villmoare
A Comparison of Mothers and Childfree Women on the Common Characteristics of Romantic Love, Shelly Volsche
Submissions from 2016
Hunter-gatherer Males are More Risk-seeking than Females, Even in Late Childhood, C L. Apicella, Alyssa Crittenden, and V A. Tobolsky
Small-scale Societies Exhibit Fundamental Variation in the Role of Intentions in Moral Judgment, H C. Barrett, A Bolyanatz, Alyssa Crittenden, D MT Fessler, S Fitzpatrick, M Gurven, J Henrich, M Kanovsky, G Kushnick, A Pisor, B A. Scelza, S Stich, C Von Rueden, W Zhao, and S Laurence
Eat First, Share Later: Hadza Hunter-gatherer Men Consume More while Foraging than in Central Places, J. Colette Berbesque, Brian M. Wood, Alyssa N. Crittenden, Audax Z.P. Mabulla, and Frank W. Marlowe
Caracol, Arlen F. Chase and Diane Z. Chase
Caracol - Dynastic History, Arlen F. Chase and Diane Z. Chase
Caracol-dynastic History, Arlen F. Chase and Diane Z. Chase
Ground Survey Techniques, Arlen F. Chase and Diane Z. Chase
LIDAR, Arlen F. Chase and Diane Z. Chase
The Ancient Maya City: Anthropogenic Landscapes, Settlement Archaeology, and Caracol, Belize, Arlen F. Chase and Diane Z. Chase
Urbanism and Anthropogenic Landscapes, Arlen F. Chase and Diane Z. Chase
Progression and Issues in the Mesoamerican Geospatial Revolution: An Introduction, Arlen F. Chase, Kathryn Reese-Taylor, Juan C. Fernandez-Diaz, and Diane Z. Chase
Caracol, Belize, and Changing Perceptions of Ancient Maya Society, Diane Z. Chase and Arlen F. Chase
Ethnobotany in Evolutionary Perspective: Wild Plants in Diet Composition and Daily Use among Hadza Hunter-gatherers, Alyssa N. Crittenden
Multiple Perspectives on the Evolution of Childhood, Alyssa N. Crittenden
Childhood: Origins, Evolution, and Implications, Alyssa N. Crittenden
Emerging Issues in the Evolution of Human Childhood:, Alyssa N. Crittenden
To Share or Not to Share? Social Processes of Learning to Share Food among Hadza Hunter-gatherer Children, Alyssa N. Crittenden
Review: The Shape of Thought: How Mental Adaptations Evolve by H. Clark Barrett, Peter B. Gray
Review: Why Sex Matters: A Darwinian Look at Human Behavior, Revised Edition, Peter B. Gray
Romantic and Dating Behaviors among Single Parents in the United States, Peter B Gray, C Y. Franco, J R. Garcia, A N. Gesselman, and H E. Fisher
Effects of Human Maternal Placentophagy on Maternal Postpartum Iron Status: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Pilot Study, Laura K. Gryder, Sharon M. Young, David Zava, Wendy Norris, Chad L. Cross, and Daniel C. Benyshek
Footprints Reveal Direct Evidence of Group Behavior and Locomotion in Homo erectus, K G. Hatala, N T. Roach, K R. Ostrofsky, R E. Wunderlich, H L. Dingwall, Brian Villmoare, D J. Green, J W.K. Harris, D R. Braun, and B G. Richmond
Growing the Maya Social-Ecological System from the Bottom Up, Scott Heckbert, Christian Isendahl, Joel Gunn, Simon Brewer, Vernon Scarborough, Arlen F. Chase, Diane Z. Chase Robert, Costanza, Nicholas Dunning, Timothy Beach Sheryl, Luzzader-Beach, David Lentz, and Paul Sinclair
Growing the Ancient Maya Social-Ecological System from the Bottom Up, Scott Heckbert, Christian Isendahl, Joel D. Gunn, Simon Brewer, Vernon L. Scarborough, Arlen F. Chase, Diane Z. Chase, Robert Costanza, Nicholas Dunning, Timothy Beach, Sheryl Luzzadder-Beach, David Lentz, and Paul Sinclair
Examining Style in Virgin Branch Corrugated Ceramics, Shannon Horton and Karen Harry
The State of Research on Urban Chinese Ethnicity: Urban Mongols, William Jankowiak and B Shurentana
Modelling the Diffusion of Pottery Technologies across Afro-Eurasia: Emerging Insights and Future Research, P Jordan, Kevin Gibbs, P Hommel, H Piezonka, F Silva, and J Steele
From Australopithecus to Homo: The Transition that Wasn’t, W H. Kimbel and Brian Villmoare
Natural Theology, Verification, and Growth of Knowledge, Pierre Lienard
Hard Times in Dry Lands: Making Meaning of Violence in the Ancient Southwest, Debra L. Martin
New Directions in Biocultural Anthropology, Debra L. Martin
Introduction, Debra L. Martin and Molly Zuckerman
Broken Bodies and Broken Bones: Biocultural Approaches to Ancient Slavery and Torture, Debra Martin and Anna Osterholtz
The Next Generation, Debra Martin and Molly Zuckerman
Pleistocene Footprints Show Intensive Use of Lake Margin Habitats by Homo erectus Groups, N T. Roach, K G. Hatala, K R. Ostrofsky, Brian Villmoare, J S. Reeves, A Du, D R. Braun, J W.K. Harris, A K. Behrensmeyer, and B G. Richmond
The Significance of "Persistent Places" in Shaping Regional Settlement History: The Case of the Mimbres Mogollon, Barbara Roth
What is Segmented Sleep? Actigraphy Field Validation for Daytime Sleep and Nighttime Wake, D R. Samson, G M. Yetish, Alyssa Crittenden, I A. Mabulla, A Z.P. Mabulla, and C L. Nunn
Impact of Brief Roasting on Starch Gelatinization in Whole Foods and Implications for Plant Food Nutritional Ecology in Human Evolution, Stephanie L. Schnorr, Alyssa N. Crittenden, and Amanda G. Henry
Differential Diagnosis of a Progressive Neuromuscular Disorder using Bioarchaeological and Biogeochemical Evidence from a Bronze Age Skeleton in the UAE, Alecia Schrenk, L A. Gregoricka, Debra Martin, and D T. Potts
The Evolutionary Origin and Population History of the Grauer Gorilla, M W. Tocheri, R Dommain, S C. McFarlin, S E. Burnett, D Troy-Case, C M. Orr, N T. Roach, Brian Villmoare, A B. Eriksen, D C. Kalthoff, S Senck, Z Assefa, C P. Groves, and W L. Jungers
Fecal Metabolome of the Hadza Hunter-gatherers: A Host-microbiome Integrative View, S Turroni, J Fiori, S Rampelli, S L. Schnorr, C Consolandi, M Barone, E Biagi, F Fanelli, M Mezzullo, Alyssa Crittenden, A G. Henry, P Brigidi, and M Candela
Enterocyte Associated Microbiome of the Hadza Hunter-gatherers, Silvia Turroni, Simone Rampelli, Manuela Centanni, Stephanie L. Schnorr, Clarissa Consolandi, Marco Severgnini, Clelia Peano Matteo, Soverini, Mirella Falconi, Alyssa N. Crittenden Amanda, G. Henry, Patrizia Brigidi, and Marco Candela
Enterocyte-associated Microbiome of the Hadza Hunter-gatherers, S Turroni, S Rampelli, M Centanni, S L. Schnorr, C Consolandi, M Severgnini, C Peano, M Soverini, M Falconi, Alyssa Crittenden, A G. Henry, P Brigidi, and M Candela
Presence and Concentration of 17 Hormones in Human Placenta Processed for Encapsulation and Consumption, Sharon M. Young, Laura K. Gryder, David Zava, David W. Kimball, and Daniel C. Benyshek
A Biocultural Tribute to a Biocultural Scholar, Molly Zuckerman and Debra Martin