Evolution and Ecology in Oceania

Part of: Society for American Archaeology 80th Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA (2015)

The diverse islands of Oceania are model locations for the study of human ecology and evolution. This session addresses the dynamic interaction between the prehistoric inhabitants of Oceania and their island environments.  Papers in this session will address theoretical and substantive issues from a range of ecological and evolutionary approaches. We also welcome submissions with a focus on new methods used to address ecological and evolutionary questions. These may include, but are not limited to, geospatial techniques, genetics, geochemical and isotopic methods, paleoecological techniques, and simulation modeling. Geographically, the papers in the session will encompass the whole of Oceania. Session contributions will explore a variety of topics across diverse island ecosystems, for example, responses to climate change, social network and community analysis, human impacts on island environments, socio-cultural evolution, cultural transmission, niche construction, and settlement and mobility. Synthesis and review papers are also welcome.

Other Keywords
Polynesia • Rapa Nui • Zooarchaeology • Diet • Phytolith • Paleoecology • Territoriality • Foraging Theory • Divergence • Marine Subsistence

Geographic Keywords
Oceania

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  1. Agent Based Modeling (ABM) Approaches to Understanding Prehistoric Forager Ecology in Tokelau (2015)
  2. Artifact Networks, Cultural Transmission, and Polynesian Settlement (2015)
  3. Despotism, cooperation, and the evolution of social hierarchy in prehistoric Hawai‘i (2015)
  4. Developing a microfossil key for Fiji from modern herbarium specimens (2015)
  5. The evolution of "hyper-locality" on Rapa Nui (Easter Island) (2015)
  6. Examining The Temporal Scale of Human-Environmental Relationships on Ofu Island, Manu‘a Group, American Samoa (2015)
  7. Further evidence for a terrestrial-focused protein diet in prehistoric Rapa Nui (2015)
  8. Modeling climate impacts and human predation on marine populations using prey age profiles: an agent based model (2015)
  9. Prehistoric Diet on Rapa Nui via Stable Isotope Analyses of Bone Collagen and Carbonate (2015)
  10. Prehistoric Fishing Declines at Chelechol ra Orrak, Palau: Resolving Issues of Anthropogenic Impacts and Long-Term Resource Sustainability (2015)
  11. Ring Graph Analyses of Early Communities on Rapa Nui Measuring the Distribution of Stone-lined Earth Ovens (umu) (2015)
  12. The View from Rapa: Behavioral Ecology and Fortifications in Polynesia (2015)