Modelling domestication
Gerbault, P., Allaby, R., Boivin, N., Rudzinski, A., Grimaldi, I.M., Pires, C., et al. 2014. Storytelling and story testing in domestication. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. PDF Storytelling and story testing in domestication Pascale Gerbault1, Robin Allaby2, Nicole Boivin3, Anna Rudzinski1, Ilaria Maria Grimaldi3, J. Chris Pires4, Cynthia C. Vigueira5, Keith Dobney6, Kristen J. […]
New evidence from Ukunju Cave
Crowther, A., Horton, M., Kotarba-Morley, A., Prendergast, M., Quintana Morales, E., Wood, M., Shipton, C., Fuller, D.Q., Tibesasa, R., Mills, W. & Boivin, N. 2014. Iron Age agriculture, fishing and trade in the Mafia archipelago, Tanzania: New evidence from Ukunju Cave.Azania 49(1): 21-44. PDF Abstract Small-scale excavations were recently undertaken at the site of Ukunju Cave […]
East Africa and Madagascar in the Indian Ocean
Boivin, N., Crowther, A., Helm, R. & Fuller, D. 2013. East Africa and Madagascar in the Indian Ocean World. Journal of World Prehistory 26(3): 213-281. PDF Abstract The Indian Ocean has long been a forum for contact, trade and the transfer of goods, technologies and ideas between geographically distant groups of people. Another, less studied, […]
Reconstructing pre-modern biological translocations
Hoogervorst, T. 2013. If only plants could talk…: Reconstructing pre-modern biological translocations in the Indian Ocean. In The Sea, Identity and History: From the Bay of Bengal to the South China Sea, eds. S. Chandra & H.P. Ray, pp. 67-92. Delhi: Manohar. PDF
Genetic tracking of mice and other bioproxies
Jones, E.P., Eager, H.M., Gabriel, S.I., Johannesdottir, F. & Searle, J.B. 2013. Genetic tracking of mice and other bioproxies to infer human history. Trends in Genetics (in press). Abstract: The long-distance movements made by humans through history are quickly erased by time but can be reconstructed by studying the genetic make-up of organisms that travelled with them. […]
Ethnicity and aquatic lifestyles
Hoogervorst, T.G. 2012. Ethnicity and aquatic lifestyles: Exploring Southeast Asia’s past and present seascapes. Water History 4: 245-265. Abstract: This study explores the profound maritime dimension in Southeast Asia’s past and present. It highlights the region’s “sea people”, giving special attention to their complex and dynamic interactions with terrestrial communities. Their cultures and aquatic lifestyles, […]
