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2023

Davis, D. S. (2023). Past, present, and future of complex systems theory in archaeology. Journal of Archaeological Research. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10814-023-09193-z

Davis, D. S., Rasolondrainy, T., Manahira, G., Hixon, S. W., Andriankaja, V., Hubertine, L., Justome, R., Lahiniriko, F., Léonce, H., Roi, R., Victorian, F., Clovis, M. B. J., Voahirana, V., Carina, T. L., Yves, A. J., Chrisostome, Z. M., Manjakahery, B., & Douglass, K. (2023). Social networks as risk-mitigation strategies in south-west Madagascar. Antiquity, 97(395), 1296-1312. https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2023.123

Quintus, S., D. S. Davis, and E. E. Cochrane (2023). Evaluating Mask R-CNN Models to Extract Terracing across Oceanic High Islands: A Case Study from Sāmoa. Archaeological Prospection. https://doi.org/10.1002/arp.1909

Douglass, S. (2023). Fishers of song: Music education and community in Andavadoaka, Madagascar. International Journal of Music Education. https://doi.org/10.1177/02557614231166142

Adeyemo, E. O. & A. J. Ibirogba (2023). Review of "The Yoruba from Prehistory to the Present." Journal of African Archaeology, 20(1), 159-161. https://doi.org/10.1163/21915784-23210101

Davis, D. S. (2023). Review of "Human Behavioral Ecology and Coastal Environments". American Antiquity, 1–2. https://doi.org/10.1017/aaq.2023.31

Ibirogba, A. (2023). On the Edges of Slavery: Preliminary Evidence, Prospects and Futures of an Archaeology of Resistance on the coast of Badagry, Lagos State. Society of Historical Archaeology Newsletter. 56(1): 19-27.

Orijeime, E. A., Ayelagbe, T. O., Diya, A. S., Ibirogba, A. J., Olaleye, E. T. (2023). Paleoenvironmental change and Human Activity at Okomu National park, Nigeria. Past Global Changes (PAGES) Magazine, 31(May): 24-25

Grealy, A., Miller, G. H., Phillips, M. J., Clarke, S. J., Fogel, M., Patalwala, D., Rigby, P., Hubbard, A., Demarchi, B., Collins, M., Mackie, M., Sakalauskaite, J., Stiller, J., Clarke, J. A., Legendre, L. J., Douglass, K., Hansford, J., Haile, J., & Bunce, M. (2023). Molecular exploration of fossil eggshell uncovers hidden lineage of giant extinct bird. Nature Communications, 14(1), Article 1. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-36405-3

Davis, D. S., Manahira, G., Domic, A. I., Lahiniriko, F., Andriankaja, V., Carnat, T. L., Clovis, M. B. J., Colombe, C., Fenomanana, F., Hubertine, L., Justome, R., Léonce, H., Yves, A. J., Roi, R., Victorian, F., Voahirana, V., & Douglass, K. (2023). Evidence of lithic blade technology in southwest Madagascar. The Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology. https://doi.org/10.1080/15564894.2022.2152139

Cook Hale, J. W., Davis, D. S., & Sanger, M. C. (2023). Evaluating the archaeological efficacy of bathymetric LiDAR across oceanographic contexts: A case study from Apalachee Bay, Florida. Heritage, 6(2), 928-945. https://doi.org/10.3390/heritage6020051

2022

Hixon, S. W., Domic, A. I., Douglass, K. G., Roberts, P., Eccles, L., Buckley, M., Ivory, S., Noe, S., & Kennett, D. J. (2022). Cutmarked bone of drought-tolerant extinct megafauna deposited with traces of fire, human foraging, and introduced animals in SW Madagascar. Scientific reports, 12(1), 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-22980-w

Prince, J. A. R., Blackwood, E. M., Brough, J. A., Landázuri, H. A., Leclerc, E. L., Barnes, M., Douglass, K., Gutiérrez, M. A., Herr, S., Maasch, K. A., & Sandweiss, D. H. (2022). An Intersectional Approach to Equity, Inequity, and Archaeology: A Pathway through Community. Advances in Archaeological Practice, 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1017/aap.2022.26

Lehmann, C.E.R., Solofondranohatra, C.L., Morton, J.A., Phelps, L.N., Ralimanana, H., Razantsoa, J., Rakotoarimanana, V., Vorontsova, M.S. (2022). “The grassy ecosystems of Madagascar”. In Goodman, S. M. (ed.), The New Natural History of Madagascar. Princeton: Princeton University Press.

Godfrey, L. & K. Douglass. (2022). “New insights into the relationship between human ecological pressures and the vertebrate extinctions”. In Goodman, S. M. (ed.), The New Natural History of Madagascar. Princeton: Princeton University Press.

Phelps, L. N., Andela, N., Gravey, M., Davis, D. S., Kull, C. A., Douglass, K., & Lehmann, C. E. (2022). Madagascar's fire regimes challenge global assumptions about landscape degradation. Global Change Biology. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.16206

Pisor, A. C., Basurto, X., Douglass, K. G., Mach, K. J., Ready, E., Tylianakis, J. M., Hazel, A., Kline, M. A., Kramer, K. L., Lansing, J. S., Moritz, M., Smaldino, P. E., Thornton, T. F., & Jones, J. H. (2022). Effective climate change adaptation means supporting community autonomy. Nature Climate Change, 12(3), 213-215. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-022-01303-x

2021

Douglass, K., D. Gaffney, T. Feo, P. Bulathsinhala, A. Mack, M. Spitzer and G. Summerhayes. (2021). Late Pleistocene/Early Holocene sites in the montane forests of highland of Papua New Guinea yield early record of cassowary hunting. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2100117118

Douglass, K., L. Godfrey and D. Burney. (2021). “The way of the future: new paleosciences research led by Malagasy scientists”. Malagasy Nature, 15, 2-6.

Davis, D., K. Douglass. (2021). Remote Sensing Reveals Lasting Legacies of Land-Use by Small-Scale Communities in the southwestern Indian Ocean. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 9, 689399. https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2021.689399

Davis, D. S., & Sanger, M. C. (2021). Ethical Challenges in the Practice of Remote Sensing and Geophysical Archaeology. Archaeological Prospection, 28(3), 269-276. https://doi.org/10.1002/arp.1837

Douglass, K. T. Feo, P. Bulathsinhala, T. Tighe, S. Whittaker, Z. Brand, H. James and T. Rick. (2021). “Modeling avian eggshell microstructures to predict ontogenetic age and reveal patterns of human-avifauna interaction.” Journal of Archaeological Science, 133(105442), 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2021.105442

Davis, D. S., J. Lundin. (2021). “Locating Charcoal Production Sites in Sweden Using LiDAR, Hydrological Algorithms, and Deep Learning.” Remote Sensing, 13(18), 3680. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs13183680

Hixon, S., J.H Curtis, M. Brenner, K. Douglass, A.I. Domic, B.J. Culleton, D.J. Kennett. (2021). “Drought coincided with, but does not explain Late Holocene megafauna extinctions in SW Madagascar”. Climate, 9(9), 138. https://doi.org/10.3390/cli9090138

Hixon, S., K. Douglass, B. Crowley, L. Rakotozafy, G. Clark, A. Anderson, S. Haberle, J.F. Ranaivoarisoa, M. Buckley, S. Fidiarisoa, B. Mbola, D.J. Kennett. (2021). “Late Holocene spread of pastoralism coincides with endemic megafauna extinction on Madagascar”. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 288(20211204), 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2021.1204

Hixon, S., K. Douglass, L. Godfrey, L. Eccles, B. Crowley, L. Rakotozafy, G. Clarke, S. Haberle, A. Anderson, H. Wright, D. J. Kennett. (2021). “Ecological consequences of a millennium of introduced dogs on Madagascar”. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2021.689559

Davis, D. S., Caspari, G., Lipo, C. P., & Sanger, M. C. (2021). Deep Learning Reveals Extent of Archaic Native American Shell-Ring Building Practices. Journal of Archaeological Science, 132, 105433. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2021.105433

Leppard, T. P., DiNapoli, R. J., Cherry, J. F., Douglass, K., Erlandson, J. M., Hunt, T. L., Kirch, P. V., Lipo, C. P., O’Connor, S., Pilaar Birch, S. E., Rick, T. C., Rieth, T. M., Swift, J. A. (2021). The premise and potential of model-based approaches to island archaeology: A response to Terrell. The Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology. https://doi.org/10.1080/15564894.2021.1904463

Davis, D. S. (2021). Theoretical repositioning of automated remote sensing archaeology: Shifting from features to ephemeral landscapes. Journal of Computer Applications in Archaeology, 4(1), 94-109. http://doi.org/10.5334/jcaa.72

Davis, D. S., Buffa, D., Rasolondrainy, T., Creswell, E., Anyanwu, C., Ibirogba, A., Randolph, C., Ouarghidi, A., Phelps, L. N., Lahiniriko, F., Chrisostome, Z. M., Manahira, G., & Douglass, K. (2021). The aerial panopticon and the ethics of archaeological remote sensing sacred cultural spaces. Archaeological Prospection, 28(3), 305-320. https://doi.org/10.1002/arp.1819

Morrison et al. [incl. L. Phelps]. (2021). Mapping past human land use using archaeological data: A new classification for global land use synthesis and data harmonization. PLoS ONE, 16(4), e0246662. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0246662

Douglass, K & T. Rasolondrainy. (2021). “Social memory and niche construction in a hypervariable environment”. American Journal of Human Biology, e23557. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajhb.23557

Gaffney, D., G. Summerhayes, S. Luu, J. Menzies, K. Douglass, M. Spitzer & S. Bulmer. (2021). “Small game hunting in montane rainforests: specialized capture and broad spectrum foraging in the Late Pleistocene to Holocene New Guinea Highlands.” Quaternary Science Reviews, 253, 106742. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2020.106742

Jones, J., A. Pisor, K. Douglass, R. Bliege Bird, E. Ready, A. Hazel, J. Hackman, K. Kramer, T. Kohler, H. Pontzer & M. Towner. (2021). “How can evolutionary and biological anthropologists engage broader audiences?” American Journal of Human Biology. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajhb.23592

Davis, D. S., K.E. Seeber & M.C. Sanger. (2021). Addressing the problem of disappearing cultural landscapes in archaeological research using multi-scalar survey. Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology. 2-4: 524-540. https://doi.org/10.1080/15564894.2020.1803457

2020

Douglass, K. & J. Cooper (2020). Archaeology, environmental justice and climate change on islands of the Caribbean and Southwestern Indian Ocean. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 117(15), 8254-8262. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1914211117

Douglass, K. (2020). Amy ty lilin-draza’ay: Building archaeological practice on principles of community. African Archaeological Review, 37, 481-485. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10437-020-09404-8

Chevalier, M. et al. [incl. L. Phelps]. (2020). Pollen-based climate reconstruction techniques for late Quaternary studies. Earth-Science Reviews, 210, 103384. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2020.103384

Burney, D., Hume, J., Randalana, R., Andrianaivoarivelo, R., Griffiths, O., Middleton, T., Rasolondrainy, T., Hoerman, R., Ramilisonina, and C. Radimilahy (2020). Rock Art from Andriamamelo Cave in the Beanka Protected Area of Western Madagascar. The Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology, 15, 1–24. https://doi.org/10.1080/15564894.2020.1749735

Phelps, L. N., M. Chevalier, T. M. Shanahan, J. C. Aleman, C. Courney-Mustaphi, C. A. Kiahtipes, O. Broennimann, R. Marchant, J. Shekeine, L. J. Quick, B. A. S. Davis, A. Guisan, K. Manning (2020). Asymmetric response of forest and grassy biomes to climate variability across the African Humid Period: influenced by anthropogenic disturbance? Ecography, 43(7). https://doi.org/10.1111/ecog.04990

Davis, D. S., R. J. DiNapoli & K. Douglass. (2020). Integrating Point Process Models, Evolutionary Ecology and Traditional Knowledge Improves Landscape Archaeology—A Case from Southwest Madagascar. Geosciences, 10 (8), 287. https://doi.org/10.3390/geosciences10080287

Davis, D. S. (2020). Defining what we study: The contribution of machine automation in archaeological research. Digital Applications in Archaeology and Cultural Heritage, 18, e00152. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.daach.2020.e00152

Davis, D. S., R. J.DiNapoli, M. C. Sanger & C. P. Lipo. (2020). The integration of lidar and legacy datasets provides improved explanations for the spatial patterning of shell rings in the American Southeast. Advances in Archaeological Practice. 8(4): 361-375. https://doi.org/10.1017/aap.2020.18

Buffa, D. (2020). Review of "The Archaeology of Human–Environmental Dynamics on the North American Atlantic Coast." The Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology. 15(3): 455-456. https://doi.org/10.1080/15564894.2020.1774447

Davis, D. S., D. C. Buffa & A. C. Wrobleski. (2020). Assessing the utility of open-access bathymetric data for shipwreck detection in the United States. Heritage, 3(2), 364–383. https://doi.org/10.3390/heritage3020022

Davis, D. S. (2020). Geographic disparity in machine intelligence approaches for archaeological remote sensing research. Remote Sensing, 12(1), 921. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs12060921

Davis, B.A.S., Chevalier, M., Sommer, P., Carter, V.A., Finsinger, W., Mauri, A., Phelps, L.N….Zimny, M. (2020). The Eurasian Modern Pollen Database (EMPD), version2. ESSD 12: 2423-2445. https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-12-2423-2020

Davis, D. S., V. Andriankaja, T. L. Carnat, Z. M. Chrisostome, C. Colombe, F. Fenomanana, L. Hubertine, R. Justome, F. Lahiniriko, H. Léonce, G. Manahira, B. V. Pierre, R. Roi, P. Soafiavy, F. Victorian, V. Voahirana, B. Manjakahery & K. Douglass. (2020). Satellite-based remote sensing rapidly reveals extensive record of Holocene coastal settlement on Madagascar. Journal of Archaeological Science, 115,105097. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2020.105097

Davis, D. S., & K. Douglass. (2020). Aerial and Spaceborne Remote Sensing in African Archaeology: A Review of Current Research and Potential Future Avenues. African Archaeological Review, 37(1), 9-24. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10437-020-09373-y

Phelps, L. N., O. Broennimann, K. Manning, A. Timpson, H. Jousse, G. Mariethoz, D. A. Fordham, T. M. Shanahan, B. A. S. Davis, A. Guisan (2020). Reconstructing the niche breadth of land use for animal production during the African Holocene, Global Ecology & Biogeography, 29(1). https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.13015

Davis, D. S. (2020). Studying human responses to environmental change: Trends and trajectories of archaeological research. Environmental Archaeology, 25(4), 367–380. https://doi.org/10.1080/14614103.2019.1639338

2019

Archaeoglobe Project [incl. K. Douglass] (2019). Archaeological assessment reveals Earth’s early transformation through land use. Science 365 (6456):897-902. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aax1192

Davis, D. S. (2019). Object-based image analysis: a review of developments and future directions of automated feature detection in landscape archaeology. Archaeological Prospection, 26(2), 155-163. https://doi.org/10.1002/arp.1730

Davis, D. S., C. P. Lipo & M. C. Sanger. (2019). A comparison of automated object extraction methods for mound and shell-ring identification in coastal South Carolina. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 23, 166–177. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2018.10.035

Davis, D. S., M. C. Sanger & C. P. Lipo. (2019). Automated mound detection using lidar and object-based image analysis in Beaufort County, SC. Southeastern Archaeology, 38(1), 23–37. https://doi.org/10.1080/0734578X.2018.1482186

Douglass, K., S. Hixon, H. T. Wright, L. R. Godfrey, B. E. Crowley, B. Manjakahery, T. V. R. Rasolondrainy, Z. Crossland & C. Radimilahy. (2019). “A critical review of radiocarbon dates clarifies the human settlement of Madagascar.” Quaternary Science Reviews 221 (105878):1-11. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2019.105878

Douglass, K., E. Quintana Morales, G. Manahira, F. Fenomanana, R. Samba, F. Lahiniriko, Z. M. Chrisostome, V. Vavisoa, P. Soafiavy, R. Justome, H. Leonce, L. Hubertine, B. V. Pierre, C. Tahirisoa, C. S. Colomb, F. S. Lovanirina, V. Andriankaja & R. Robison. (2019). Toward a just and inclusive environmental archaeology of southwest Madagascar. Journal of Social Archaeology 19(3), 307-332. https://doi.org/10.1177%2F1469605319862072

Douglass, K., J. Walz, E. Quintana Morales, R. Marcus, G. Myers and J. Pollini. (2019 ). Historical Perspectives on Contemporary Human Environment Dynamics in Southeast Africa. Conservation Biology, 33(2), 260-274. https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.13244

Swift, J., M. Bunce, J. Dortch, K. Douglass, T. Faith, J. F. Yates, J. Field, S. Haberle, E. Jacob, C. Johnson, E. Lindsey, E. Lorenzen, J. Louys, G. Miller, A. Mychajliw, P. Roberts, V. Slon, N. Villavicencio, M. Waters, F. Welker, R. Wood & N. Boivin. (2019). Micro-Methods for Megafauna: Novel approaches to the study of Late Quaternary Extinctions and their contributions to conservation in the Anthropocene. BioScience. 69(11), 877-887. https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biz105