James Boone

Professor

Archaeology

At UNM since: 1987
Email:: jboone@unm.edu
Phone:: 505-990-4514
Curriculum vitae

Recent Courses:

Introduction to Anthropology (ANTH 101)
Archaeological Method and Theory (ANTH 120)
Later European Prehistory (ANTH 326)
Topics in Archaeology: Medieval Archaeology (ANTH 420)
Topics in Archaeology: Iron Age Europe (ANTH 420)
Current Debates (ANTH 579)
Evolution of Sociality (ANTH 667)

Education:

BA, University of Texas at Austin (1972)

MA, State University of New York (1977)

PhD, State University of New York, Binghamton (1980)
Dissertation: "Artifact Deposition and Demographic Change: A Case Study of Medieval Colonialism in the Age of Expansion"

Research:

Complex societies, evolutionary ecology; Europe, Iberian Peninsula, North Africa, Medieval Period.

Recent Publications:

J Boone and FS Worman, 2007. Rural Settlement and Soil Loss from the Late Roman through the Medieval Islamic Period in the Lower Alentejo of Portugal. Journal of Field Archaeology 32: 115-32.

J Boone, 2002. Subsistence Strategies and Early Human Population History: An Evolutionary Ecological Perspective. World Archaeology 34: 6-25.

J Boone and K Kramer, 2002. Why Do Intensive Agriculturalists Have Higher Fertility? A Household Labor Budget Approach. Current Anthropology 43: 511-17.

J Boone, 2000. Status Signaling, Social Power, and Lineage Survival. In M Diehl, ed., Hierarchies in Action: Qui Bono? Center for Archeological Studies: Carbondale, IL. pp. 84-110.

J Boone and NL Benco, 1999. Islamic Settlement in North Africa and the Iberian Peninsula. Annual Reviews in Anthropology 28: 51-71.

J Boone and K Kessler, 1999. More Status or More Children: Social Status, Fertility Reduction, and Long-term Fitness. Evolution and Human Behavior 20: 257-77.

J Boone and EA Smith, 1998. Is It Evolution Yet?: A Critique of Evolutionary Archaeology. Current Anthropology 39: S141-S173.

J Boone, 1998. The Evolution of Magnanimity: When Is It Better to Give Than to Receive? Human Nature 9: 1-21.