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Article: Amy ty lilin-draza'ay

Douglass, Kristina

2020 Volume 37, Issue 3, Page(s) 481–485

Abstract: The significant economic and health impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic have forced archaeologists to consider the concept of resilience in the present day, as it relates to their profession, students, research projects, cultural heritage, and the ... ...

Abstract	The significant economic and health impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic have forced archaeologists to consider the concept of resilience in the present day, as it relates to their profession, students, research projects, cultural heritage, and the livelihoods and well-being of the communities with a stake in the sites they study. The global crisis presents an opportunity to cement archaeological practice in a foundation of community building. We can learn from the ancestors,
Keywords	covid19
Language	English
Publishing date	2020-08-26
Publishing country	United States
Document type	Journal Article
ZDB-ID	2014825-2
ISSN	1572-9842 ; 0263-0338
ISSN (online)	1572-9842
ISSN	0263-0338
DOI	10.1007/s10437-020-09404-8
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Article: Amy ty lilin-draza'ay: Building Archaeological Practice on Principles of Community

Douglass, Kristina

Afr Archaeol Rev

Abstract	The significant economic and health impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic have forced archaeologists to consider the concept of resilience in the present day, as it relates to their profession, students, research projects, cultural heritage, and the livelihoods and well-being of the communities with a stake in the sites they study. The global crisis presents an opportunity to cement archaeological practice in a foundation of community building. We can learn from the ancestors, razana, how investing in community-social networks at different scales-makes us more resilient to crises. In so doing, we can improve the quality and equity of the science we produce and ensure relevant outcomes for living communities and future generations.
Keywords	covid19
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Article ; Online: Social memory and niche construction in a hypervariable environment.

Douglass, Kristina / Rasolondrainy, Tanambelo

American journal of human biology : the official journal of the Human Biology Council

2021 Volume 33, Issue 4, Page(s) e23557

Abstract: Background: Communities in southwest Madagascar have co-evolved with a hypervariable environment and climate. The paleoclimate record reflects major fluctuations in climatic conditions over the course of Holocene human settlement. Archeological evidence ...

Abstract	Background: Communities in southwest Madagascar have co-evolved with a hypervariable environment and climate. The paleoclimate record reflects major fluctuations in climatic conditions over the course of Holocene human settlement. Archeological evidence indicates short-term occupations of sites, suggesting that frequent residential mobility and flexible subsistence strategies have been central features of life on the southwest coast for millennia. Today, despite rapid changes linked to globalization and increasing market integration, mobility and subsistence flexibility remain key to the lives of communities of the region. Aims: In this article, we advocate closer consideration of the social dimensions of the human niche, and their inextricable links to the biophysical world. Specifically, we explore the theoretical implications of applying a Niche Construction Theory framework to understanding the role of social memory in constructing the human niche of SW Madagascar. We look at how social memory facilitates mobility, resource use, and the creation and maintenance of social identities and ties among communities of foragers, farmers, herders, and fishers living under hypervariable climatic conditions. Materials & methods: We conducted an extensive oral history survey in SW Madagascar between 2017 and 2018. We interviewed over 100 elders from 32 different communities. Results: Our analysis of the oral history archive resulted in the development of a theoretical model of human niche construction centered on the maintenance and transmission of social memory. Discussion: We argue that social memory and the ability to transmit oral histories of exchange, reciprocity, and cooperation, as well as ecological knowledge are key adaptive mechanisms that facilitate mobility and access to resources in a hypervariable environment. Conclusion: The preservation and transmission of oral histories and ecological knowledge are thus critical to future resilience and sustainability.
MeSH term(s)	Climate Change ; Cultural Evolution ; Environment ; Humans ; Madagascar
Language	English
Publishing date	2021-01-03
Publishing country	United States
Document type	Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
ZDB-ID	1025339-7
ISSN	1520-6300 ; 1042-0533
ISSN (online)	1520-6300
ISSN	1042-0533
DOI	10.1002/ajhb.23557
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Article ; Online: Remote Sensing Reveals Lasting Legacies of Land-Use by Small-Scale Foraging Communities in the Southwestern Indian Ocean

Dylan S. Davis / Kristina Douglass

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, Vol

2021 Volume 9

Abstract: Archaeologists interested in the evolution of anthropogenic landscapes have productively adopted Niche Construction Theory (NCT), in order to assess long-term legacies of human-environment interactions. Applications of NCT have especially been used to ... ...

Abstract	Archaeologists interested in the evolution of anthropogenic landscapes have productively adopted Niche Construction Theory (NCT), in order to assess long-term legacies of human-environment interactions. Applications of NCT have especially been used to elucidate co-evolutionary dynamics in agricultural and pastoral systems. Meanwhile, foraging and/or highly mobile small-scale communities, often thought of as less intensive in terms of land-use than agropastoral economies, have received less theoretical and analytical attention from a landscape perspective. Here we address this lacuna by contributing a novel remote sensing approach for investigating legacies of human-environment interaction on landscapes that have a long history of co-evolution with highly mobile foraging communities. Our study is centered on coastal southwest Madagascar, a region inhabited by foraging and fishing communities for close to two millennia. Despite significant environmental changes in southwest Madagascar’s environment following human settlement, including a wave of faunal extinctions, little is known about the scale, pace and nature of anthropogenic landscape modification. Archaeological deposits in this area generally bear ephemeral traces of past human activity and do not exhibit readily visible signatures of intensive land-use and landscape modification (e.g., agricultural modifications, monumental architecture, etc.). In this paper we use high-resolution satellite imagery and vegetative indices to reveal a legacy of human-landscape co-evolution by comparing the characteristics – vegetative productivity and geochemical properties – of archaeological sites to those of locations with no documented archaeological materials. Then, we use a random forest (RF) algorithm and spatial statistics to quantify the extent of archaeological activity and use this analysis to contextualize modern-day human-environment dynamics. Our results demonstrate that coastal foraging communities in southwest Madagascar over the past 1,000 years have ...
Keywords	foraging ; landscape archaeology ; remote sensing ; niche construction ; ecological legacies ; Madagascar ; Evolution ; QH359-425 ; Ecology ; QH540-549.5
Subject code	930
Language	English
Publishing date	2021-09-01T00:00:00Z
Publisher	Frontiers Media S.A.
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Article ; Online: Archaeology, environmental justice, and climate change on islands of the Caribbean and southwestern Indian Ocean.

Douglass, Kristina / Cooper, Jago

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

2020 Volume 117, Issue 15, Page(s) 8254–8262

Abstract: Climate change impacts island communities all over the world. Sea-level rise, an increase in the frequency and intensity of severe weather events, and changes in distribution and health of marine organisms are among the most significant processes ... ...

Abstract	Climate change impacts island communities all over the world. Sea-level rise, an increase in the frequency and intensity of severe weather events, and changes in distribution and health of marine organisms are among the most significant processes affecting island communities worldwide. On islands of the Caribbean and southwestern Indian Ocean (SWIO), however, today's climate change impacts are magnified by historical environmental injustice and colonial legacies, which have heightened the vulnerability of human and other biotic communities. For some islands, archaeological and paleoecological research offers an important record of precolonial climate change and its interplay with human lives and landscapes. The archaeological record suggests strategies and mechanisms that can inform discussions of resilience in the face of climate change. We detail climate-related challenges facing island Caribbean and SWIO communities using archaeological and paleoecological evidence for past climate change and human response and argue that these cannot be successfully addressed without an understanding of the processes that have, over time, disrupted livelihoods, reshaped land- and seascapes, threatened intergenerational ecological knowledge transfer, and led to increased inequality and climate vulnerability.
MeSH term(s)	Archaeology/history ; Caribbean Region ; Climate Change/history ; Ecosystem ; Environment ; History, 16th Century ; History, 17th Century ; History, 18th Century ; History, 19th Century ; History, 20th Century ; History, 21st Century ; Humans ; Indian Ocean ; Islands
Language	English
Publishing date	2020-04-13
Publishing country	United States
Document type	Historical Article ; Journal Article
ZDB-ID	209104-5
ISSN	1091-6490 ; 0027-8424
ISSN (online)	1091-6490
ISSN	0027-8424
DOI	10.1073/pnas.1914211117
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Article: AIR SAC TREMATODES (CYCLOCOELIDAE STOSSICH, 1902) INFECTING BIRDS IN ZOOLOGICAL INSTITUTIONS IN THE UNITED STATES.

Greiner, Ellis C / Zimmerman, Dawn M / Delaski, Kristina M / Dronen, Norman O / Hammond, Elizabeth E / Stacy, Brian / Grillo, Jim / MacLean, Robert / Maurer, Joan / Okimoto, Ben / Douglass, Michael / Yu, Jennifer / Reavill, Drury R

Journal of zoo and wildlife medicine : official publication of the American Association of Zoo Veterinarians

2023 Volume 54, Issue 2, Page(s) 379–386

Abstract: Air sac trematodes (Digenea: Cyclocoelidae) were detected in 23 avian species from eight aviaries in the United States. Most of the infected host species were passeriform birds, but a few species in other orders also were infected. Four species of adult ... ...

Abstract	Air sac trematodes (Digenea: Cyclocoelidae) were detected in 23 avian species from eight aviaries in the United States. Most of the infected host species were passeriform birds, but a few species in other orders also were infected. Four species of adult flukes were encountered:
MeSH term(s)	Animals ; United States/epidemiology ; Air Sacs ; Trematoda ; Trematode Infections/epidemiology ; Trematode Infections/veterinary ; Birds ; Larva ; Snails
Language	English
Publishing date	2023-07-14
Publishing country	United States
Document type	Journal Article
ZDB-ID	2174930-9
ISSN	1937-2825 ; 1042-7260
ISSN (online)	1937-2825
ISSN	1042-7260
DOI	10.1638/2021-0159
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Article ; Online: Madagascar's fire regimes challenge global assumptions about landscape degradation.

Phelps, Leanne N / Andela, Niels / Gravey, Mathieu / Davis, Dylan S / Kull, Christian A / Douglass, Kristina / Lehmann, Caroline E R

Global change biology

2022 Volume 28, Issue 23, Page(s) 6944–6960

Abstract: Narratives of landscape degradation are often linked to unsustainable fire use by local communities. Madagascar is a case in point: the island is considered globally exceptional, with its remarkable endemic biodiversity viewed as threatened by ... ...

Abstract	Narratives of landscape degradation are often linked to unsustainable fire use by local communities. Madagascar is a case in point: the island is considered globally exceptional, with its remarkable endemic biodiversity viewed as threatened by unsustainable anthropogenic fire. Yet, fire regimes on Madagascar have not been empirically characterised or globally contextualised. Here, we contribute a comparative approach to determining relationships between regional fire regimes and global patterns and trends, applied to Madagascar using MODIS remote sensing data (2003-2019). Rather than a global exception, we show that Madagascar's fire regimes are similar to 88% of tropical burned area with shared climate and vegetation characteristics, and can be considered a microcosm of most tropical fire regimes. From 2003-2019, landscape-scale fire declined across tropical grassy biomes (17%-44% excluding Madagascar), and on Madagascar at a relatively fast rate (36%-46%). Thus, high tree loss anomalies on the island (1.25-4.77× the tropical average) were not explained by any general expansion of landscape-scale fire in grassy biomes. Rather, tree loss anomalies centred in forests, and could not be explained by landscape-scale fire escaping from savannas into forests. Unexpectedly, the highest tree loss anomalies on Madagascar (4.77×) occurred in environments without landscape-scale fire, where the role of small-scale fires (<21 h [0.21 km
MeSH term(s)	Ecosystem ; Madagascar ; Fires ; Forests ; Trees ; Poaceae
Language	English
Publishing date	2022-05-18
Publishing country	England
Document type	Journal Article
ZDB-ID	1281439-8
ISSN	1365-2486 ; 1354-1013
ISSN (online)	1365-2486
ISSN	1354-1013
DOI	10.1111/gcb.16206
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Article ; Online: Cutmarked bone of drought-tolerant extinct megafauna deposited with traces of fire, human foraging, and introduced animals in SW Madagascar.

Hixon, Sean W / Domic, Alejandra I / Douglass, Kristina G / Roberts, Patrick / Eccles, Laurie / Buckley, Michael / Ivory, Sarah / Noe, Sarah / Kennett, Douglas J

Scientific reports

2022 Volume 12, Issue 1, Page(s) 18504

Abstract: People could have hunted Madagascar's megafauna to extinction, particularly when introduced taxa and drought exacerbated the effects of predation. However, such explanations are difficult to test due to the scarcity of individual sites with unambiguous ... ...

Abstract	People could have hunted Madagascar's megafauna to extinction, particularly when introduced taxa and drought exacerbated the effects of predation. However, such explanations are difficult to test due to the scarcity of individual sites with unambiguous traces of humans, introduced taxa, and endemic megaherbivores. We excavated three coastal ponds in arid SW Madagascar and present a unique combination of traces of human activity (modified pygmy hippo bone, processed estuarine shell and fish bone, and charcoal), along with bones of extinct megafauna (giant tortoises, pygmy hippos, and elephant birds), extirpated fauna (e.g., crocodiles), and introduced vertebrates (e.g., zebu cattle). The disappearance of megafauna from the study sites at ~ 1000 years ago followed a relatively arid interval and closely coincides with increasingly frequent traces of human foraging, fire, and pastoralism. Our analyses fail to document drought-associated extirpation or multiple millennia of megafauna hunting and suggest that a late combination of hunting, forest clearance, and pastoralism drove extirpations.
MeSH term(s)	Animals ; Humans ; Droughts ; Extinction, Biological ; Madagascar ; Vertebrates ; Hunting ; Fires
Language	English
Publishing date	2022-11-22
Publishing country	England
Document type	Journal Article
ZDB-ID	2615211-3
ISSN	2045-2322 ; 2045-2322
ISSN (online)	2045-2322
ISSN	2045-2322
DOI	10.1038/s41598-022-22980-w
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Article: Modeling avian eggshell microstructure to predict ontogenetic age and reveal patterns of human-avifauna interaction

Douglass, Kristina / Bulathsinhala, Priyangi / Feo, Teresa J. / Tighe, Tim / Whittaker, Scott / Brand, Zanell / James, Helen / Rick, Torben

Elsevier Ltd Journal of archaeological science. 2021 Sept., v. 133

2021

Abstract: Archaeological eggshell is a commonly recorded, yet underutilized material for understanding human-environment interaction in the past. In addition to the use of archaeological eggshell as a paleoenvironmental proxy, archaeologists have innovated ... ...

Abstract	Archaeological eggshell is a commonly recorded, yet underutilized material for understanding human-environment interaction in the past. In addition to the use of archaeological eggshell as a paleoenvironmental proxy, archaeologists have innovated important new approaches to the study of archaeological avian eggshell, including the application of scanning electron microscopy (SEM) for the characterization of eggshell microstructures. These studies have demonstrated the importance of eggshell for understanding how ancient communities exploited and interacted with avifauna. In this paper, we build on these methodological advances by testing new approaches to image avian eggshell and characterizing complex eggshell surface microstructures. We demonstrate the utility of capturing high-resolution 3-dimensional (3D) eggshell surfaces using advanced imaging modalities (optical profilometry, scanning electron microscopy, digital microscopy, computed tomography), to model changes in eggshell microstructures that are correlated with ontogeny. Using the Common Ostrich (Struthio camelus) as our model system, we introduce a statistical modeling approach to predict the ontogenetic age of ratite eggshell using roughness measurements of 3D features. Successful prediction of ontogenetic age has great potential to reveal archaeological patterns of human exploitation of avian eggs. These findings further illustrate the importance of archaeological eggshell for investigating human-environment interactions, emphasizing the need for archaeologists to use field methods (hand/trowel excavation and fine mesh screen) that facilitate eggshell recovery.
Keywords	Struthio camelus ; archaeology ; avifauna ; egg shell ; humans ; microstructure ; ontogeny ; ostriches ; paleoecology ; prediction ; roughness
Language	English
Dates of publication	2021-09
Publishing place	Elsevier Ltd
Document type	Article
ZDB-ID	1468969-8
ISSN	0305-4403
ISSN	0305-4403
DOI	10.1016/j.jas.2021.105442
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Article ; Online: The shifting baseline syndrome as a connective concept for more informed and just responses to global environmental change

Heidi K. Alleway / Emily S. Klein / Liz Cameron / Kristina Douglass / Ishtar Govia / Cornelia Guell / Michelle Lim / Libby Robin / Ruth H. Thurstan

People and Nature, Vol 5, Iss 3, Pp 885-

2023 Volume 896

Abstract: Abstract The concept of the ‘shifting baseline syndrome’ has assisted researchers in understanding how expectations for the health of the environment deteriorate, despite known, often widespread, and significant impacts from human activities. The concept ...

Abstract	Abstract The concept of the ‘shifting baseline syndrome’ has assisted researchers in understanding how expectations for the health of the environment deteriorate, despite known, often widespread, and significant impacts from human activities. The concept has been used to demonstrate that more accurate assessment of historical ecosystem decline can be achieved by balancing contemporary perceptions with other sorts of evidence, and is now widely referred to in studies assessing environmental change. The potential of this concept as a model for examining and addressing complex and multidimensional social‐ecological interactions, however, is underexplored and current approaches have limitations. We perceive the shifting baseline syndrome as a rare working example of a ‘connective concept’ that can work across fields of science, the humanities and others and that re‐envisioning the concept in this way would assist us to establish more complete, true and reflective environmental baselines. Through our diverse author team, from a range of disciplines, geographies and cultural backgrounds, we identify gaps in current knowledge of the shifting baseline syndrome concept, its use and its effects, and describe several approaches that could be taken to improve investigations and capitalise on the connectivity that it fosters. This re‐envisioning could support a more informed and just way forward in addressing global environmental change. Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog.
Keywords	ecology ; environmental change ; justice ; shifting baselines syndrome ; Human ecology. Anthropogeography ; GF1-900 ; QH540-549.5
Subject code	333
Language	English
Publishing date	2023-06-01T00:00:00Z
Publisher	Wiley
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