“Accuse not Nature. She has done her part; Do Thou but Thine”
John Milton. Paradise Lost 1667
Jeff D. Leach
Phoenix, AZ USA
jeff@paleobioticslab.com
RESEARCH INTEREST
Evolution of human diet / nutrition, small-scale foraging societies, ethnography, evolutionary trends in cooking technology, pre-, pro-, synbiotics, public health and nutrition, cultural resource management, natural and cultural formation processes
ORGANIZATIONS / MEMBERSHIPS
Society for American Archaeologist, International Society for Infectious Diseases, Economic Botany Society, Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science, Prehistoric Society (UK), International Fiber Council,
Texas Academy of Science, International Association of Probiotics and Prebiotics, Others …
SELECT ARTICLES, BOOK CHAPTERS & MISC
Leach JD & K Sobolik. High dietary intake of prebiotic inulin-type fructans from prehistoric Chihuahuan Desert. British Journal of Nutrition. Vol 103 (11):1558-1561
Leach JD (in press) Probiotics versus prebiotics? an evolutionary perspective. Network Health Dietitians Magazine (UK)
Leach JD, 2009. Revised energy conversion factor for undigested carbohydrates and implications for resource ranking in optimal foraging theory. North American Archaeologist. Vol 30, No. 4. 393-413.
Leach JD (in review) High dietary intake of dietary fibre from prehistoric America. Public Health Nutrition.
Leach JD (in review). Paleodiet redux. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition.
Leach JD (in review). Are recommendations for total dietary fiber intake too low?: an evolutionary perspective. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.
Leach JD Aug 22, 2008. Wiping out bacteria on lettuce has downside, Letter, USA Today.
Leach JD July 28, 2008. Gut Check, Op-ed, San Francisco Chronicle.
Leach JD. 2008. Prebiotics nothing new, says evolutionary hitchhiker. Functional Ingredients Magazine, June 2008.
Leach JD. 2008. Are daily dietary fibre recommendations too low? an evolutionary perspective.Network Health Dietitians Magazine May, 2008.
Leach JD. 2007 Paleo Longevity Redux. Letter to the Editor, Public Health Nutrition. 2/8/2007
Leach JD. 2007. Prebiotics in Ancient Diets. Food Science and Technology Bulletin (2007),
4 (1):1-8.
Leach JD. 2007. Evolutionary perspective on dietary intake of fibre and colorectal cancer. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition (2007) 61, 140–142
Leach JD Jan 22, 2007. Fighting E. coli the old-fashioned way, Op-ed, San Francisco Chronicle
Leach JD. 2006 Reconsidering Ancient Caloric Yields from Cultivated Agave in Southern Arizona. Journal of the Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science. 39(1): 18-21.
Leach JD, Gibson GR, Van Loo J. 2006. Human Evolution, Nutritional Ecology and Prebiotics in Ancient Diet. Bioscience & Microflora Vol. 25, No. 1. pp 1-8
Leach, J.D., Rastall, R.A. and Gibson, G.R. 2006. Prebiotics: Past, Present and Future, In Gibson, G.R. and Rastall, R.A. (eds) Prebiotics: Development and Application. John Wiley & Sons Ltd., pgs 237-248.
Leach, J.D., Bousman, C.B. and D. Nickels. 2005. Comments on Assigning a Primary Context to Artifacts Recovered from Burned Rock Middens. Journal of Field Archaeology 30(2): 201-203.
Leach, JD. 2005. Sharp increase in cook-stone use in the Chihuahuan Desert during periods of agricultural intensification. Antiquity 79(304): http://antiquity.ac.uk/ProjGall/leach05/
Leach, J.D., Bradfute, T. 2004. Cultural Response to Demographic and Environmental Stress During the Classic Mimbres Period (AD 1000-1130/40), Southern New Mexico: the Cook-Stone Evidence. Antiquity 78(300): http://antiquity.ac.uk/ProjGall/leach/
Leach, J.D. 2003. Learning from Once-Hot Rocks. University of Leicester Bulletin 25:9.
Johnson, D. R. Mandel, M. Petraglia, and Leach, J.D., 2002, Site Formation Processes in a Regional Perspective, Geoarchaeology: An International Journal Vol 17, No 1:3-6.
Leach, J.D. , Mauldin, R.P., Kuehn, D. and Morgan, G., 1999, Late Wisconsin-age Proboscideans from Southern New Mexico. Texas Journal of Science, 1999, 51(2):195-198.
Leach, J.D. , Hunziker, J., Mauldin, R.P. and Harris, A., 1999, A Bison sp. From Lincoln County, Southern New Mexico. Texas Journal of Science, Vol 51.
Leach, J.D. , 1998, A Brief Comment on the Immunological Identification of Plant Residues on Prehistoric Tools and Ceramics: Results of a Blind Test. Journal of Archaeological Science 25, 171-175.
Mauldin, R.P., Leach, J.D. , Monger, H.C., Harris, A. and Johnson, D., 1998, A preliminary report on the Dry Gulch mammoth site, Lincoln County, New Mexico. Current Research in the Pleistocene 15:114-116.
Leach, J.D. , Mauldin, R.P. and Monger, H.C., 1998, The Impact of Eolian Processes on Archeological Site Size and Characteristics in West Texas and Southern New Mexico. Bulletin of the Texas Archaeological Society 69.
Leach, J.D. , 1998, Site Formation Processes and the Origin of Artifacts in Plow-zone Provenances: A Case Study from the Rio Grande Valley, Texas. North American Archaeologist Vol 19, no. 4:343-361.
Leach, J.D. , Nickels, D., Moses, B.K. and Jones, R., 1998, A Brief Comment on Estimating Rates of Burned Rock Discard: Results from an Experimental Earth Oven. La Tierra 27(1).
Leach, J.D. , Peterson, J, 1997, Evidence for Mimbres-Mogollon Mortuary Practices in the Desert Lowlands of Far West Texas. Texas Journal of Science, Vol. 49(2):163-166.
Pingitore, N.E., Villalobos, Leach, J.D., Peterson, J.A. and Hill, D., 1997, Provenance Determination from ICP-MS Elemental and Isotopic Compositions of El Paso Area Ceramics. In Materials Issues in Art and Archaeology V, pp. 59-70, edited by P.B. Vandiver, J.R. Druzik, J.F. Merkel and J. Stewart. Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings Volume 42, Pittsburgh, PA.
Pingitore, N.E. Jr, Hill, D., Villalobos, J., Peterson, J.A. and Leach, J.D., 1997, ICP-MS Isotopic Signatures of Lead Ceramic Glazes, Rio Grande Valley, New Mexico, 1315-1700. In Materials Issues in Art and Archaeology V, Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings Volume 42, pp. 217-227, edited by P.B. Vandiver, J.R. Druzik, J.F. Merkel and J. Stewart. Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings Volume 42, Pittsburgh, PA
Mauldin, R.P and Leach, J.D., 1997, The Padre Canyon Folsom Locale, Hueco Bolson, Texas. Current Research in the Pleistocene, Vol. 14:55-57.
Nickels, D.L., Tomka, S.A., Leach, J.D. and Moses, B.K., 1997, The Moos Site: A Late Paleoindian Component Site Along Leon Creek, South-Central Texas. Current Research in the Pleistocene Vol. 14:68-69.
Leach, J.D., 1997, Looking for Sites in All the Wrong Places: Secondary Formation Processes and the Origin of Artifacts in Plow-Zone Proveniences. In Proceedings of the Ninth Jornada-Mogollon Conference, El Paso, Texas, pp. 151-165, edited by R.P. Mauldin, J.D. Leach and S. Ruth. Centro de Investigaciones, Publications in Archaeology No. 12 and The University of Texas at El Paso.
Mauldin, R.P. Leach, J.D. and Ruth, S. (eds.), 1997, Proceedings of the Ninth Jornada-Mogollon Conference, El Paso, Texas. Centro de Investigaciones, Publications in Archaeology No. 12 and The University of Texas at El Paso.
Leach, J.D., 1997, Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy Analysis of Green-Glazed Ceramics and Unknown Green Substances. In Proceedings of the Ninth Jornada-Mogollon Conference, El Paso, Texas, pp. 4, edited by R.P. Mauldin, J.D. Leach and S. Ruth. Centro de Investigaciones, Publications in Archaeology No. 12 and The University of Texas at El Paso.
Leach, J.D., Alamrez, F. and Buck, B., 1996, A Prehistoric Reservoir in Far West Texas. Bulletin of the Texas Archaeological Society 67:133-144.
Leach, J.D., Holloway, R.G. and Almarez, F., 1996, Prehistoric Evidence for the Use ofChenopodium (Goosefoot) from the Hueco Bolson, Texas. Texas Journal of Science, Vol. 48(2):163-165.
Leach, J.D. and Mauldin, R.P., 1996, Immunological Residue Analysis: The Results of Recent Archaeological and Experimental Studies. Texas Journal of Science, Vol. 48(1):25-34.
Mauldin, R.P., Leach, J.D. and Amick, D., 1995, On the Identification of Blood Residues on Paleoindian Artifacts. Current Research in the Pleistocene, Vol 12:85-87.
Leach, J.D. and Mauldin, R.P., 1995, Additional Comments on Residue Analysis in Archaeology.Antiquity 69(266):1020-1022.
Leach, J.D. and Peterson, J.A., 1995, Test Excavations at Tigua Ysleta del Sur Pueblo. Cultural Resource Management: News and Views, Vol 8(1):21.
Leach, J.D., 1994, Archaeological Investigations in the Eastern Hueco Bolson: Findings from the Hueco Mountain Archaeological Project. In Mogollon VII: The Collected Papers of the 1992 Mogollon Mogollon Conference Held in Las Cruces, New Mexico, pp. 115-128, edited by P. Beckett. COAS Publishing and Research.
Leach, J.D., 1994, Immunological Residue Analysis: The Hidden Evidence from the Meyers Pithouse Village. In Archaeological Investigations of the Meyer Range Pithouse Village, Fort Bliss, Texas, pp. 275-285, edited by J.A. Peterson. Fort Bliss Publications. (with M. Newman).
Leach, J.D., 1993, The Monger Site: Test Excavations at FB13327, Fillmore Pass, Fort Bliss, Texas. The Artifact Vol 31(2):47-55.
Leach, J.D. and Burgett, G., 1993, The Hueco Mountain Archaeological Project. In Texas Archaeology: Newsletter of the Texas Archaeological Society, Vol 37(2).
Leach, J.D., Almarez, F., Buck, B. and Burgett, G., 1993, Preliminary Investigations at a Prehistoric Reservoir. The Artifact, 31(2):33-45.
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MAGAZINE, NEWSPAPER, ONLINE AND
GENERAL INTEREST ARTICLES (selected misc)
Gut check: blame rests within, The Daily Californian, Aug 4, 2008.
E. coli and the future health of America, Food Consumer.org (online, Aug 12, 2007).
E. coli and the future health of America, News Blaze (online, Aug 3, 2007).
E. coli and the future health of America, The Packer (produce industry newspaper) (July 2007).
E. coli and the future health of America, OhmyNews (S. Korean Newspaper, International Edition), July 1, 2007
The Fiber Defense Diet: Fight Food-borne Illness by Eating Veggies. Nutrition News, Nutrition Institute. May 1, 2007.
Fighting E. coli the old-fashioned way. Vegetarians in Paradise (A Los Angeles Vegetarian Web Magazine), April 9, 2007
An onion a day to keep E. coli at Bay? Gambit Weekly, February 6, 2007, pg. 51-53.
Fighting E. coli the old-fashioned way, Op-ed, San Francisco Chronicle, January 22, 2007
Where’s the fiber to defeat microbes?, Op-ed, Daytona Beach News-Journal, January 20, 2007
Fighting E. coli with fiber, OhmyNews (S. Korean Newspaper, International Edition), Jan. 18, 2007
Comment on Fat Factors, Letters, New York Times Magazine, August 27, 2006, pg. 6
C-sections, breastfeeding and bugs for your baby: what the doctor probably won’t tell you.Midwifery Today Magazine, Autumn 2006, pgs 12-13.
Nature’s Way. Gambit Weekly, August 1, 2006, pgs 36-37
It’s the Fiber, Stupid! Up Close Magazine, July 2006
How the colon got the shaft. Organic Consumers Association, Oct 2006
Osteoporosis: Something You Should Know, Up Close Magazine, June 2006
Fiber: the First Defense, Alternatives, Vol 17 No. 4, pg 4, 2006
It’s the Fiber, Stupid! Greater New Orleans Living, May 2006, pg. 20.
When the Calories Just Don’t Add Up, OhmyNews (S. Korean Newspaper, International Edition), March 3, 2006
Early Humans Made Love, Not War, OhmyNews (S. Korean Newspaper, International Edition), Feb. 11, 2006
Low-Fat Diet Ineffective Against Chronic Disease, OhmyNews (S. Korean Newspaper, International Edition), January 9, 2006
Whole Grains May Reduce Risk of Metabolic Syndrome in Elderly, OhmyNews (S. Korean Newspaper, International Edition), Feb 7, 2006
Fiber Crisis in America, OhmyNews (S. Korean Newspaper, International Edition), Feb 3, 2006
More Fruits and Veggies Can Cut Risk of Stroke, OhmyNews (S. Korean Newspaper, International Edition), January 31, 2006
Food Industry May Face Lawsuits Over Obesity, OhmyNews (S. Korean Newspaper, International Edition), January 27, 2006
C-Sections, Breastfeeding and Bugs For Your Baby, OhmyNews (S. Korean Newspaper, International Edition), January 25, 2006
Food Pyramids Toppled By Congressional Pharaohs, OhmyNews (S. Korean Newspaper, International Edition), January 23, 2006
Trans Fat Sneaks Back Into American Diets, OhmyNews (S. Korean Newspaper, International Edition), January 20, 2006
Vegetable Protein Linked to Lower Blood Pressure, OhmyNews (S. Korean Newspaper, International Edition), January 17, 2006
Media Drop Ball on Fiber-Colon Cancer Connection, OhmyNews (S. Korean Newspaper, International Edition), January 8, 2006
Strengthening Bones Through Bioavailability, OhmyNews (S. Korean Newspaper, International Edition), January 2, 2006
Dietary Fiber Is Key in Fighting Pathogens, OhmyNews (S. Korean Newspaper, International Edition), January 2, 2006
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SELECT PAPERS PRESENTED
Prebiotics and fiber in human diet: an evolutionary perspective. Invited lecture in Evolution & Biodiversity, Ninth Symposium on Lactic Acid Bacteria: Health, evolution and systems biology. Netherlands, Aug 2008. (www.lab9.nl)
Dietary fiber in human diet: an evolutionary perspective. Invited lecture, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center (Integrative Medicine), New Orleans, November 2007
Dietary fiber in human diet: an evolutionary perspective. Invited lecture, Continuing Education – Louisiana Health Underwriters Association, New Orleans, November 2007.
Fiber and modern health. Invited lecture, Entergy-ENSHAPE meeting, Baton Rouge, Oct 2007.
The Devils Lettuce: e. coli, dietary fiber and Americas impending Darwin Award. Forty-Fifth Annual Convention of the Idaho-Oregon Fruit and Vegetable Association. Tamarack, Idaho. Jun 8, 2007.
The Devils Lettuce: e. coli, dietary fiber and Americas impending Darwin Award. Annual Growers and Shippers Meeting. Salinas, CA. Invited lecture, May 2007.
Prebiotics and fiber in ancient diet: a view from the past. Nutrition Institute, Dole Food Company, Westlake, CA. April 25, 2007.
Dietary fiber in human nutrition: an evolutionary perspective. Invited presentation. Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine. April 2007
Fiber in human diet. Wall College, Tulane University, New Orleans. April 2007.
Prebiotics and early human diet. Invited presentation: Susan L. Hefle Memorial Lecture, Nebraska Food Research Symposium. April 14, 2007.
Symbiosis to dysbiosis in an evolutionary blink of an eye: prebiotics and synbiotics in ancient diet.Invited Keynote Lecture. GUT Microbiota in Health and Disease, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2007.
Prebiotics and fiber in ancient diet. Central California Growers and Shippers Association, Salinas, CA Feb 1, 2007.
Prebiotics, Onions and Ancient Diet. Invited. Annual Meeting of the NOA, Savannah, GA Nov, 2006.
Prebiotics in Prehistory. Invited Keynote Lecture. Inulin and Oligofructose: Proven Health Benefits and Claims. 5th Orafti Science Conference, Harvard Medical School, September 28-29-, 2006.
Prebiotics in Ancient Diet. Invited Keynote Lecture, Annual Meeting of the International Association of Probiotic and Prebiotic Researchers, Coleraine Northern Ireland UK June 16-18, 2006.
Elemental Analysis of Prehistoric Mimbres Black-on-White Ceramics by ICP-MS. 1998. Paper presented at the Texas Academy of Science Annual Meeting, University of Texas at Tyler, Tyler. (with N. Pingitore, Jr., J. Villalobos, and T.R. Pogue).
Applications of X-Ray Micro-fluorescence in Archaeometry. 1998. Paper presented at the Texas Academy of Science Annual Meeting, University of Texas at Tyler, Tyler (with N. Pingitre, Jr., J. Villalobos, and T.R. Pogue).
On the Dynamic Accumulation of an Anthromantle: The Archaeological Landscape of Central-South Texas Reconsidered. 1998. Paper presented at the 63rd Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Seattle, Washington. Paper presented in the Symposium Formation Processes in Regional Perspective (with D. Nickels, L. Nordt, and R.P. Mauldin).
Adaptive Shifts and Material Consequences: Burned Rock Use in the Northern Chihuahuan Desert. Paper in the symposium Learning from Once-Hot Rocks (Part II): Archaeological Case Studies and Strategies for Burned-Rock Research. 1997. Presented at the 62nd Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Nashville, TN (with A.V. Thoms and M.B. Collins)
Will Lead-Glaze Archaeological Ceramics Pass the FDA Leach Test for Pb? 1997. Paper presented at the 63rd Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Seattle, Washington. (with N. Pingitore, Jr., D. Hill, and A. Fox).
Applications of XRMF Analysis in Archaeometry. 1997. Paper presented at the 63rd Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Seattle, Washington. (N. Pingitore, D. Hill, J. Villalobos, D. Carmichael).
Identifying Context. 1997. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Texas Archaeological Society (with C.B. Bousman, B. Houk, L. Nordt, P. Goldberg, T. Stafford, B. Baker).
Burned Rock use in the Northern Chihuahuan Desert. 1997. Paper presented at the meeting of the Travis County Archaeological Society, Austin, Texas.
The Sotoleros of Chihuahua: Ethnoarchaeological Observations. 1997. Paper presented at the 6th Congreso Internacional de Historia Regional, Ciudad Juarez, Sponsored by Universidad Autonoma de Ciudad Juarez. (with R.B. Brown).
Large-Scale Pit Baking of Succulents in Northern Mexico. 1997. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Texas Archaeological Society. (with R.B. Brown).
Burned Rock Use in West Texas and Southern New Mexico. 1997. Paper presented at the symposium Cooking with Rocks – Insights to Prehistoric Technology. STAA Quaterly Meeting, San Antonio, Texas.
Chemical Determination of Elemental and Isotopes in El Paso Area Ceramics. 1996. Symposium DD. Paper (poster) presented at the Fall Meeting of the Materials Research Society, Boston, MA (with N. Pingitore, Jr., J.A. Peterson, J. Villalobos, D.V. Hill, and P. Vandiver)
Lead Isotopes in Lead-Glaze Ceramics from Northern New Mexico. 1996. Symposium DD. Paper (poster) presented at the Fall Meeting of the Materials Research Society, Boston, MA (with N. Pingitore, Jr., J.A. Peterson, J. Villalobos, D.V. Hill, and P. Vandiver)
Burned Rock Use in the Basin and Range Environment of West Texas-Southern New Mexico. 1996. Paper presented in the symposium Cook-Stone Archaeology in Texas: Assessing the Nature of Fire-Cracked Rock Features in South-Central North America. Annual Meeting of the Texas Archaeological Society, San Antonio, Texas. (with R.P. Mauldin, R.J. Hard, B. Pippin).
Elemental and Lead Isotope Analysis of Ceramics from the Southern Southwest: Results of a Pilot Study by ICP-MS. 1996. Paper presented at the 10th Mogollon Conference, Silver City, New Mexico 9with N. Pingitore, Jr., J.A. Peterson, J. Villalobos, T. Pogue).
Archaeology of Spanish Colonial Texas. 1996. Paper presented at the 50th meeting of UNESCO, Paris, France (with J.A. Peterson, R.B. Brown, P. Fournier, and N. Pingitore, Jr.)
Looking for Sites in All the Wrong Places: Plow-Zone Archaeology in the Lower Rio Grande Valley. 1996. Paper presented at the 60th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, New Orleans (with S. Hall, R.D. Harrison, R.P. maudlin, and J.A. Peterson).
Mimbres Black-on-White Pottery and Architecture in the Mimbres and Upper Gila River Valleys. 1996. Paper presented at the 60th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, New Orleans (with S. Ruth and R.P. Mauldin).
Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy Analysis of Green-Glazed Ceramics and Unknown Green Blobs. 1995. Paper presented at the 9th Jornada Mogollon Conference, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, Texas. (with N.E. Pingitore, Jr., J.A. Peterson, and D.V. Hill).
Looking for Sites in All the Wrong Places: Plow-zone Archaeology in the Lower Rio Grande Valley. 1995. Paper presented at the 9th Jornada Mogollon Conference, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, Texas. (with R.D. Harrison).
Mission Red-on-Brown: 19th Century Pottery from Paso del Norte. 1995. Paper presented at the 5th Congreso Internacional de Historia Regional, Ciudad Juarez. Sponsored by Universidad Autonoma de Ciudad Juarez. (with N.P. Houser and R.P. Mauldin).
Reorganization of Settlement-Subsistence Strategies in the Northern Chihuahuan Desert Between AD 700 and 1000. 1995. Paper presented at the 5th Congreso Internacional de Historia Regional, Ciudad Juarez. Sponsored by Universidad Autonoma de Ciudad Juarez. (with R.P. Mauldin and C.F. Caraveo).
Surface Artifact Patterning in an Eolian Environment. 1995. Paper presented at the Archaeological Society of New Mexico, 88th Annual Meeting, El Paso, Texas (with H.C. Monger and R.P. Mauldin).
Eolian Geomorphology and Archaeological Patterning in the Desert Southwest. 1995. Paper presented at the 60th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Minneapolis, Minnesota. (with R.P. Mauldin and H.C. Monger).
Assessing the Feasibility of Immunological Residue Analysis (CIEP): The Results of Recent Experimental and Archaeological Studies. 1994. Paper presented at the 52nd Annual Plains Anthropological conference, Lubbock, Texas. Sponsored by the Museum of Texas Tech University. (with R.P. Mauldin and M. Newman).
Correlation of Eolian Geomorphic Features to Artifact Visibility in an Arid Climate, Fort Bliss, Texas. 1994. Paper presented at the annual meeting for the American Society of Agronomy – Crop Science of America – Soil Science of America, Seattle, Washington. (with B.J. Buck and R.L. Steiner).
Eolian Geomorphology, Survey Intensity, and Landscape Patterning in the Surface Archaeological Record. 1994. Paper presented at the 8th Mogollon Conference, University of Texas at El Paso. (with H.C. Monger and R.P. Mauldin).
Grinding Assemblages and Economic Patterns: An Example from the American Southwest. Paper presented in the symposium Processing Implements and Ground Tools: Their Socio-Economic Dimensions: A Symposium in Honor of Richard B. Woodbury, 1994. The 59th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Anaheim, California. (with R.P. Mauldin).
Prehistoric Adaptation in a Semi-Arid Environment: Preliminary Results from the Hueco Mountain Archaeological Project. 1993. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Texas Archaeological Society, Laredo, Texas. (with G.R. Burgett and F.A. Almarez).
Hot Rocks in the Jornada. 1993. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Texas Archaeological Society, Laredo, Texas.
Changing Prehistoric Land Use in the Northern Chihuahuan Desert. Paper presented at the Fourth Symposium on Resources of the Chihuahuan Desert: US and Mexico, 1993. University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, Texas. (with R.P. Mauldin).
Hunter-Gatherers in a Semi-Arid Environment. 1993. Paper presented at the Archaeological Societies of New Mexico annual meeting, Albuquerque, New Mexico. (with R.P. Mauldin).
The Archaeological Program at Fort Bliss. 1993. Presented at the 28th annual meeting of the Southwest Federation of Archaeological Societies, Midland, Texas. (with R.P. Mauldin).
Prehistoric Adaptation in a Semi-Arid Environment. 1993. Presented at the 28th annual meeting of the Southwest Federation of Archaeological Societies, Midland, Texas.
The Hueco Mountain Archaeological Project. 1993. Paper presented at the meeting of the Dona Ana Archaeological Societies Meeting, Las Cruces, New Mexico.
Hot Rocks in the Sand. 1993. Paper presented at the 8th Jornada Mogollon Conference, Tularosa, New Mexico.
Recent Excavations in Northern Chihuahuan Desert. 1993. Paper presented at the El Paso Archaeological Societies Board Meeting, El Paso, Texas.
Ongoing Investigations by the Hueco Mountain Archaeological Project. 1993. Paper presented at the 8th Jornada Mogollon Conference, Tularosa, New Mexico. (with F.A. Almarez and K. Adkins).
Archaeological Investigations in the Eastern Hueco Bolson: Preliminary Findings from the Hueco Mountain Archaeological Project. 1992. Paper presented at the 7th Annual Mogollon Conference, Las Cruces, New Mexico.
TECHNICAL REPORTS AND OTHER MANUSCRIPTS
Fire-Cracked Rock Use and Reuse in the Hueco Bolson, Fort Bliss, Texas. 1997. Archaeological Survey Report, No. 257. Center for Archaeological Research, The University of Texas at San Antonio (with C.L. Tennis and J.M. Hunziker).
Archaeological Survey of the “Y” Fuelbreaks, Reserve, New Mexico. 1997. Survey performed for the Gila National Forest. Centro de Investigaciones Arqueologicas Publications in Archaeology No. 17 (with J. Hunziker, R. Mauldin, and F. Almarez).
Archaeological Survey of a Proposed New Juvenile Corrections Facility for the Town of Pecos City, Reeves County, Texas. 1997. Survey performed on behalf of Raba-Kistner, El Paso. Centro de Investigaciones Arqueologicas Publications in Archaeology No. 16 (with F. Almarez and P. Hahn).
An Evaluation and Treatment Plan for the Lake Spur Drain, An Irrigation Drain Crossed by the Samalayuca Pipeline. 1997. Centro de Investigaciones Arqueologicas publications in Archaeology No. 14 (with R.P. Mauldin and N.P. Houser).
A Treatment Plan for the Mitigation of Effects on Historic Properties Crossed by the Proposed Samalayuca Pipeline. 1997. Centro de Investigaciones Arqueologicas Publications in Archaeology No. 13 (with R. P. Mauldin).
San Juna Mesa Prescribed Burn and Cultural Resource Survey, Jemez Ranger District, Santa Fe National Forest, New Mexico. 1996. (with J.A. Peterson and D.V Hill).
An Archaeological Survey of the Proposed Carrizizo to Nogal, New Mexico Fiber Optic Cable Route. Report prepared by ARI for Mid-States Consultants 1996. (with F. Almarez and J.A. Peterson).
A Cultural Resource Survey for the Proposed Elk Pasture Fuel wood Sale Wilderness Ranger District, Gila National Forest, New Mexico. 1996. Centro de Investigaciones Arqueologicas Technical Report No. 11.
A Cultural Resource Survey for a Reroute of the Proposed Samalayuca gas Pipeline, El Paso County, Texas. 1996. Report prepared for the El Paso Natural Gas Company (EPNG) and the Federal Energy Regulation Commission (FERC). Ms. on file at the EPNG offices, El Paso. Centro de Investigaciones Arqueologicas Technical Report No. 9 (with F. Almarez and R.P. Mauldin).
Results of Additional Testing Along the Proposed Samalayuca Pipeline. 1996. Report prepared for the El Paso Natural Gas Company (EPNG) and the Federal Energy Regulation Commission (FERC). Ms. on file at the EPNG offices, El Paso. Centro de Investigaciones Arqueologicas Technical Report No. 10 (with R.P. Mauldin).
Proposal for Mitigation of Sites 41EP5203 and 41EP5204, El Paso County, Ysleta, Texas. 1996. Report prepared for the Tigua Indian Tribe (with J.A. Peterson, F. Almarez, and A. Gonzalez-Peterson).
Living on the Rivers Edge: Archaeological Investigations at the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo, Tigua Indian Reservation, Ysleta, Texas, Volumes I & II. 1996. Report prepared for the Tigua Indian Tribe (with N.P. Houser, R.D. Harrison, J.A. Peterson, and R.P. Mauldin).
Additional Testing Plan for Six Archaeological Sites Along the Proposed Samalayuca Pipeline. 1995. Report prepared for the El Paso Natural Gas Company (EPNG) and the Federal Energy Regulation Commission (FERC). Ms. on file at the EPNG offices, El Paso. Centro de Investigaciones Arqueologicas Technical Report No. 8 (with R.P. Mauldin and C. Caraveo).
Archaeological Investigations at the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo, Blocks 48 and 49 of the Ysleta Grant, Ysleta, Texas: A Post Field Report. Prepared for the Tigua Indian Tribe, Ysleta del Sur Pueblo. 1995. Ms. on file, Ysleta del Sur Pueblo.
The Hueco Mountain Cave and Rock shelter Survey: A Baseline Inventory. 1995. Prepared for the Directorate of Environment, Cultural Resources Branch, Fort Bliss, Texas. Ms. on file, Fort Bliss, Texas (with F. Almarez).
Archaeological Investigations at the Saige-McFarland Site: A Summary of Findings. 1995. Prepared for the Western New Mexico Telephone Company and the Office of Cultural Affairs, New Mexico Historical Commission, Santa Fe, New Mexico. Ms. on file at Office of Cultural Affairs, New Mexico Historical Commission, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Archaeological Testing for the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo, Tigua Cultural Center, Ysleta, Texas. 1995. Prepared for the Tigua Indian Tribe, Ysleta del Sur Pueblo and the Bureau of Indian Affair, United States Department of Interior. Ms. on file, Ysleta del Sur Pueblo. 1995. Prepared by Archaeological Research, Inc. (with J.A. Peterson, T.B Graves, S.A. Hall, and N.P.Houser).
Archaeological Testing Plan for the HUD Subdivision, Blocks 48 and 49 of the Ysleta Grant, Ysleta, Texas: A Research Design. 1995. Prepared for the Tigua Indian Tribe. Ms. on file, Ysleta del Sur Pueblo. Prepared by Archaeological Research, Inc. (with J.A. Peterson and N.P.Houser).
Archaeological Testing Plan for the Saige-McFarland Site (LA 5421), Telephone Hill, Cliff, New Mexico: A Research Design – Phase I. 1995. Prepared for Western New Mexico Telephone Company, Silver City, New Mexico. (with J.A. Peterson, M.A. Lopez, and S.E. Green-Leach).
Archaeological Testing Plan for the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo Cultural Center, Ysleta, Texas: A Research Design. 1995. Prepared for the Tigua Indian Tribe, Ysleta del Sur Pueblo and the Bureau of Indian Affair, United States Department of Interior. Ms. on file, Ysleta del Sur Pueblo. Prepared by Archaeological Research, Inc. (with J.A. Peterson and N.P.Houser).
Archaeological Testing and Monitoring at LA 103868, Grant County, New Mexico. 1995. Ms. on file at the offices of the Western New Mexico Telephone Company, Silver City, New Mexico.
Archaeological Survey of Proposed Remote Site, Conducted on New Mexico Lands, Hidalgo County, New Mexico. 1995. Ms. on file at the offices of Western New Mexico Telephone Company, Silver City. New Mexico.
Proposal for the Phase II and IIB Archaeological Data Recovery and Monitoring for the Water Delivery Plan and Waste Water Collection System. 1995. Prepared by Archaeological Research, Inc. and Centro de Investigaciones Arqueologicas. Prepared for EPCLVWDA, El Paso (with R.P. Mauldin, J.A. Peterson, and Ada Gonzalez-Peterson).
The Hueco Mountain Cave and Rock shelter Project: A Research Design. 1994. Ms. on file at the Directorate of Environment, Cultural and Natural Resources Division, Fort Bliss, Texas. (with F. Almarez).
A Report on the Survey, Surface Collection and Testing Results from the Hueco Mountain Archaeological Project, Fort Bliss, Volumes I and II. 1994. Directorate of Environment, Cultural and Natural Resources Division, Fort Bliss, Texas.
A Progress Report on the Excavations at Adobe Mound Pueblo (LA 4902). 1994. Ms. on file at the Gila National Forest, Supervisors Office, Silver City, New Mexico.
Cottonwood Creek Pueblo: Preliminary Analysis of Artifacts Recovered from LA5066, Mimbres Ranger District, Gila National Forest, Mimbres Valley, New Mexico. 1994. Ms. on file at the Gila National Forest, Supervisors Office, Silver City, New Mexico. Forest Service Report No. 94-06-077. (with S.E. Green-Leach).
Lithic Analysis of Artifacts Recovered from Phase I, II, and III Mitigation of the Quemado Lake Folsom Site. 1994. Ms. on file at the Gila National Forest, Supervisors Office, Silver City, New Mexico. Cultural Heritage Report No. 1994-06-111.
Artifact Analysis of Surface Collected Artifacts from the Little Walnut Picnic Area. 1994. Ms. on file at the Gila National Forest, Supervisors Office, Silver City, New Mexico. Cultural Heritage Report No. 1994-06-51.
Effects of Routine Maintenance of the Lower Scorpion Corral, Upper Scorpion Corral, and Grapevine Campgrounds. 1994. Ms. on file at the Gila National Forest, Supervisors Office, Silver City, New Mexico. Cultural Heritage Report No. 06-52. (with S. Green)
A Cultural Resource Survey of the Eastern Half of Trail 100. 1994. Ms. on file at the Gila National Forest, Supervisors Office, Silver City, New Mexico. Cultural Heritage Report No. 1996-06-47. (with S. Green)
A Cultural Resource Survey of the Cottonwood Wash Fuelwood Area, Apache Sitgreaves National, Navajo County, Arizona. 1994. Ms. on file at the Supervisor’s Office, Apache Sitgreaves National Forest, Springerville, Arizona. (with C. Caraveo, R. Mauldin, and F. Almarez).
Damage Assessment of Rocky Top Cave. 1994. Ms. on file at the Gila National Forest, Supervisors Office, Silver City, New Mexico. Cultural Heritage Report No. 1994-06-131. (with S. Green).
Damage Assessment of Sites Along the East Fork of the Gila River. Ms. on file at the Gila National Forest, Supervisors Office, Silver City, New Mexico. 1994. Cultural Heritage Report No. 1994-06-71. (with S. Green).
A Research Proposal for Archaeological Investigations at Cottonwood Creek Pueblo – Document of No Adverse Effect. 1994. Ms. on file at the Gila National Forest, Supervisors Office, Silver City, New Mexico. Cultural Heritage Report No. 1994-06-77. (with J.A. Peterson and P. Gadd).
A Research Proposal for Archaeological Investigations at the Adobe Mound Pueblo, Gila Wilderness District – Document of No Adverse Effect. 1994. Ms. on file at the Gila National Forest, Supervisors Office, Silver City, New Mexico. Cultural Heritage Report No. 1994-06-53. (with B. Schiowitz).
Test Excavations at FB 13327: A Large Fire-Cracked Rock Feature in the Fillmore Pass Area. 1993. Ms. on file, Environmental Management Office, Fort Bliss, Texas.
Investigating Temporal, Functional, and Organizational Variability Among Small Site in the Hueco and Tularosa Basins: Research Proposal. 1992. Ms. on file, Environmental Management Office, Fort Bliss, Texas. (with R.P. Mauldin).
Testing for No Adverse Effect: Tularosa Cabin Project / AR-03-06-06-948. 1990. Ms. on file, Gila National Forest, Reserve District, Reserve, New Mexico. (with R. Garza).
ARCHAEOLOGICAL FIELD AND LABORATORY EXPERIENCE
1999 – present Various field and laboratory projects (human nutrition and evolution)
1998-1999
Field Director for the full-scale excavation of a Late Pleistocene Columbian Mammoth near Ruidoso, New Mexico. Duties included designing field strategies, supervising a crew between 6 and 25 people, plastering large fauna, media relations, and supervising interpretative visits by the general public.
1997
Archaeological survey of the Corn Canyon Area, Cibola National Forest, New Mexico (409 acres). Co Director. Centro de Investgaciones Arqueologicas, El Paso.
Archaeological survey of the Cloudcroft Urban Revitalization Zone, Lincoln National Forest, New Mexico. Co Director (2,700 acres). Centro de Investgaciones Arqueologicas, El Paso.
Archaeological testing of four sites in the SID Management Area, Lincoln National Forest, New Mexico. Project Director. Centro de Investgaciones Arqueologicas, El Paso.
Archaeological survey in the SID Management Area, Lincoln National Forest, New Mexico. Co Director. Centro de Investgaciones Arqueologicas, El Paso.
Archaeological survey of the Wilcox and Mogollon Mining Districts (1207 acres), Gila National Forest, New Mexico. Project archaeologist and Field Director. Centro de Investgaciones Arqueologicas, El Paso.
Archaeological survey of the Reserve “Y” Fuel breaks Project (495 acres), Reserve Ranger District, Gila National Forest, New Mexico. Field Director. Centro de Investgaciones Arqueologicas, El Paso.
Field Director and Co Project Director of the Samalayuca Archaeological Project. Data recovery at Paleoindian sites (Folsom-Cody) and one Late Formative period in the desert lowlands of El Paso. Centro de Investgaciones Arqueologicas, El Paso.
Project Archaeologist – Culebra Creek. Project included test excavations of a burned rock midden and other features at 41BX126. Center for Archaeological Research, University of Texas at San Antonio.
1996
Field Director for the Brazil Environmental Project, Santa Fe National Forest, Pecos, New Mexico. Cultural resource survey of 1,100 acres.
Field Director for the Cat and San Juan Mesa Survey. Recorded 190 archaeological sites in 3,600 acres near Jemez Springs, New Mexico.
Project Director – Elk Pasture Fuelwood Survey. Pedestrian survey of lands along the Continental Divide, Wilderness District, Gila National Forest. Survey performed on behalf of the Gila National Forest.
Field Director – Samalayuca Pipeline Project. Test excavations at Paleoindian, Archaic, and Formative period sites south of the Hueco Mountains. Centro de Investgaciones Arqueologicas, El Paso.
1995
Field Director and Co Project Director for the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo HUD Project, Ysleta, Texas. Testing of several Spanish Colonial, Mexican, Historic Indian, and Anglo period features and structures. Research conducted on behalf of the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo Indian Tribe, Texas.
Project Director for the mitigation of several pithouses, masonry room blocks, midden areas, and burials at the Saige McFarland Site (LA5421), Cliff, New Mexico.
Employed by Archaeological Research, Inc. to conduct monitoring and test excavations at a small, Mimbres pueblo in the Gila National Forest.
Archaeological survey for a proposed remote site in Hidalgo County, New Mexico. Archaeological Research, Inc.
(1992 – 1995) Co Project Director of the Hueco Mountain Cave and Rock shelter Survey (Project 95-01). Recorded 100s of sites throughout the Hueco Mountains. Directorate of Environment, Fort Bliss, Texas.
Project Director of the Adobe Mound Interpretation Project, Gila Wilderness District, Gila National Forest, New Mexico. Test excavations of a late Pueblo site near the Gila Cliff Dwellings. Test results to be used for further interpretation at the site.
1994
Deputy project Director, responsible for Phase IIA of 553 sites located in the Hueco Bolson and testing of most of the sites. Directorate of Environment, Fort Bliss, Texas.
Cultural resource survey of the eastern half of Trail 100. Responsible for the design and fieldwork to record small (<10 rooms) and large (>30 rooms) pueblos along the Allie Canyon drainage in west-central New Mexico.
Cultural resource survey of access roads in the Gila Wilderness District, Gila National Forest, New Mexico.
Cultural resource survey of the Stone Fire Salvage Timber Sale. Gila National Forest, Black Range District, Grant County, New Mexico.
Cultural resource survey of the Black Hawk Salvage Timber Sale Area. Gila National Forest, Black Range District, Grant County, New Mexico.
Cultural resource survey of three campgrounds, Gila National District, Gila National Forest.
Cultural resource survey and clearance of the Cottonwood Wash Fuel wood Area, Gila National Forest, Black Range District, Grant County, New Mexico.
Negrito Fuelwood Sale, Gila National Forest, Black Range District, Grant County, New Mexico.
Lithic analysis of the Quemado Lake Folsom Site. Designed and implemented the analysis of artifacts collected during Phase I and Phase II (testing), and Phase III (mitigation) of a Folsom period site located on the banks of Quemado Lake, Quemado District, Gila National Forest.
1991
Site mapping and survey of sites along the New Mexico – Mexico Border. Crew Member.
(1990-1991) Apple white Reservoir Project, South Texas. Crew Member / Crew Chief. Duties included excavation of a deeply buried Archaic and Paleoindian sites in alluvial settings, running of EDM, design excavation strategies, and supervising groups between 4 and 12 in size.
1990
Employed by New World Consultants. Crewmember. Wolf II Timber Sale, Apache Sitgreaves National Forest, Springerville, AZ. Survey and recording of prehistoric and historic (log cabins) sites.
Jemez Springs Excavation Project, Jemez Springs, NM. Duties included small-scale excavations and surface mapping.
Independent Research., San Francisco River Project, Luna, New Mexico. Supervisor. Project included re-locating and mapping previously recorded “early” pit house period sites in the San Francisco River Valley.
Employed by New World Consultants. Crewmember. Pumper Timber Sale, Lincoln National Forest, Cloudcroft, New Mexico. Duties included survey, mapping, map reading, and recording of prehistoric and historic sites.
Employed by New World Consultants. Crewmember. Tularosa Cabin Stabilization Project, Apache Creek, New Mexico. Duties included limited site excavation and artifact analysis.
Employed by Archaeological Research, Inc. Crewmember. Burnt Cabin Timber Sale, Gila National Forest, Reserve, New Mexico. Duties included survey and recording of prehistoric sites.
Independent Research. Mimbres District, Gila National Forest, New Mexico. Analysis of artifacts recovered during FBI raid on a “pot hunters” house. Under the supervision of Bob Schiowitz. Report submitted.
Employed by Archaeological Research, Inc. Crewmember. Rincon Timber Sale, Gila National Forest, New Mexico. Duties included map reading and recording of historic and prehistoric sites.
Employed by Archaeological Research, Inc. Crewmember. Alamosa Timber Sale, Gila National Forest, New Mexico. Duties included map reading and recording of historic and prehistoric sites.
Volunteered for mapping and test excavations on the Elk Ridge ruin (Mimbres classic ruin), Mimbres Valley, New Mexico.
Employed by Archaeological Research, Inc. Crewmember. Heber Elk Habitat Development, Apache Sitegreaves National Forest, Heber Arizona. Duties included map reading and recording of historic and prehistoric sites
Employed by Archaeological Research, Inc. Crewmember. Lost Lake Timber Sale, Gila National Forest, New Mexico. Duties included map reading and recording of historic and prehistoric sites.
Employed by Archaeological Research, Inc. Crewmember. Santa Barbara Tie/Pole Sale, Carson National Forest, Penasco, New Mexico. Duties included map reading and recording of historic and prehistoric sites.
University of Texas Field School, Apache Creek, New Mexico. Excavation, analysis, and mapping of a Reserve/Tularosa Phase site. Principal Investigator Dr. James Neely / Dr. John Peterson.
1989
Volunteer excavations of a early 1800s log cabin in the Austin city limits, Texas. Under the direction of Dr. Michael Collins.
(1987 – 1989) Participated on various volunteer projects throughout central Texas.
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
1999-present
1997-1999 Chair of Anthropology, Texas Academy of Sciences. Chair appointed by vote of the Executive Board.
1998
Organizer of symposium titled Formation Processes in Regional Perspective, 63rd Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Seattle, Washington. Symposium sponsored by the Geoarchaeology Interest Group for the Society for American Archaeology. CoOrganizers D. Johson, M. Petraglia, and R. Mandel.
Organizer of the Anthropology Section for the Texas Academy of Sciences Annual Meeting, March 5-7, University of Texas at Tyler. Invited symposium. Organized a symposium titled Archaeometry in Archaeology and organized a General Anthropology Session, Co Organizer N.E. Pingitore, Jr.
1997
Co Organizer of the symposium Learning from Once-Hot Rocks (Part I): Middle-Range Archaeological Research Strategies for Burned Rock Studies, 62nd Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Nashville, TN. (with A.V. Thoms and M.B. Collins).
Organizer of the symposium Learning from Once Hot-Rocks (Part II): Archaeological Case Studies and Strategies for Burned Rock Research, 62nd Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Nashville, TN. (with A.V. Thoms and M.B. Collins).
Elected to the position of Vice-President and Assistant Secretary, Executive Board of the Center for Indigenous Research, Inc. El Paso, Texas.
1996
Organizer of Ceramic Analysis, Production, Chronology – Symposium. The 9th Mogollon Conference. Sponsored by the Western New Mexico State Museum, Silver City, New Mexico.
1995
Co Organizer of the 9th Jornada-Mogollon Conference, El Paso, Texas. Conference Cosponsored by Centro de Investigaciones Arueologicas and University of Texas at El Paso. (with R.P. Mauldin, J.P. Peterson, and C.F. Caraveo).
1994
Archaeological Methodology – Symposium. 52nd Annual Plains Anthropological Conference, Lubbock, Texas. Sponsored by the Museum of Texas Tech University. (with T. Church).
1993
Is Ignorance Bliss? Recent Research Conducted on the Fort Bliss Military Reservation. Symposium organized for the 58th Annual Meeting of the Texas Archaeological Society, Laredo, Texas. (Co Organizer R.P. Mauldin)
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Small – Non Contract – GRANTS
1998
Grant from the Mesa Group (El Paso, Texas) for Development of Virtual Mammoth – development of an interactive web site that details an archaeological excavation of a Columbian Mammoth. Grant amount: $1,000. Center for Indigenous Research.
Grant from the Dallas Foundation for the excavation at the Dry Gulch Mammoth Site. Grant amount: $22,000. Center for Indigenous Research.
1997
Grant from the R.D. and Joan Dale Hubbard Foundation (Ruidoso, New Mexico) for excavation and analysis of the Dry Gulch Mammoth Site – and for curriculum development for the Ruidoso and school (K12) districts. Grant amount: $10,000. Center for Indigenous Research.
Grant from Sun World Bank (El Paso, Texas) for excavation at the Dry Gulch Mammoth Site: Grant amount: $100. Center for Indigenous Research.
1996
Grant (partial funds) provided by Archaeological Research, Inc for publication page charges. Grant amount: $150.
1995
Cost-share funds (Grant) provided by Gila National Forest for analysis and report preparation for excavations at the Adobe Mound Pueblo. Grant amount: $2,500.
1993
Legacy Program Grant (DOE) for development and testing of immunological signatures on archaeological materials in semi-arid environments. Grant amount: $10,700 (with R.P. Mauldin).
