Behavioral EcologyZooarchaeologyPrehistoric BiogeographyPrehistory of CaliforniaPrehistory of the Great BasinHuman Behavioral EcologyCulinary ProcessingNative American-Archaeologist RelationshipsStable Isotope AnalysisWestern North AmericaEvolutionary EcologyCalifornia and Great Basin ArchaeologyHuman impacts on prehistoric environmentsthe AnthropoceneBiogeographyConservation BiologyPaleoecology
Expertise
The use of evolutionary ecology and zooarchaeology to understand temporal changes in social behavior, especially in regards to costly signaling and its effect on sharing, sexual division of labor, and social complexity; resource intensification and management; archaeological applications to biogeography and conservation biology; landscape archaeology; California, Great Basin, and Pacific Northwest regions.
Media Availability
This researcher is available to speak to the media. Contact Lanaya Lewis, public information officer, at lanaya.lewis@csus.edu