Donald K. Grayson (PhD 1973, Oregon)
Research Interests:
Quaternary paleoecology, zooarchaeology, historic biogeography, evolutionary
ecology, North American prehistory (especially the Arid West), European
Paleolithic
"My prime
interests lie in understanding the interrelationships between people and the
biotic landscapes with which they interact. My technical specialization in
zooarchaeology provides me with one means of addressing this general area,
while theory drawn from both biogeography and evolutionary ecology provides
the conceptual tools I have used to understand those interrelationships.
Although my research is driven more by questions than by time periods or
geography, the bulk of my work has involved the latest Pleistocene and
Holocene of the Great Basin (western United States) and Pleistocene
southwestern France, areas in which I plan to continue working in the
future."
Personal Web Page: [click here]
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Selected Publications:
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2008
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Grayson, D. K., and F. Delpech. The Large Mammals of Roc de Combe (Lot, France): The Châtelperronian and Aurignacian Assemblages. Journal of Anthropological Archaeology 27:338-362.
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2008
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Grayson, D. K., and C. Millar. Prehistoric Human Influence on the Abundance and Distribution of Deadwood in Alpine Landscapes. Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics 10:101-108.
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2007
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Grayson, D. K. Deciphering North American Pleistocene Extinctions. Journal of Anthropological Research 63:185-214.
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2007
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Grayson, D. K., and F. Delpech. Chasse et subsistence aux temps de Néandertal. In: Vandermeersch, B. (ed.), Les Néandertaliens : Biologie et Cultures. Editions du CTHS, Paris, pp. 181-198.
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2006
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Grayson, D. K. Late Pleistocene Faunal Extinctions. In, Environment, Origins, and Population. Handbook of North American Indians, Volume 3, edited by D. J. Stanford, B. D. Smith, D. H. Ubelaker, and E. J. E. Szathmáry, pp. 208-218. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D. C.
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2006
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Grayson, D. K. Brief Histories of some Great Basin Mammals: Extinctions, Extirpations, and Abundance Histories. Quaternary Science Reviews 25: 2964-2991.
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2006
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Grayson, D. K. Holocene Bison in the Great Basin, western USA. The Holocene 16:913-925.
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2006
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Grayson, D. K. Was there Increasing Dietary Specialization Across the Middle-to-Upper Paleolithic Transition in France? In, When Neanderthals and Modern Humans Met, edited by N. Conard, pp. 377-417. Tübingen Publications in Prehistory , Kerns Verlag, Tübingen, Germany (with F. Delpech).
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2005
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Grayson DK. A Brief History of Great Basin Pikas. Journal of Biogeography 32:2101-2111
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2005
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Grayson, D. K., and F. Delpech. Pleistocene Reindeer and Global Warming. Conservation Biology 19:557-562.
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