Journal Articles and Book Chapters
Gjesfjeld, Erik and Brown, William.
In press Coping through Connectedness: A network-based modeling approach using radiocarbon data from the Kuril Islands of Northeast Asia. In P. Sheets and F. Reide (eds.). Going Forward by Looking Back: Archaeological Perspectives on Socio-Ecological Crisis, Response and Collapse. Berghahn Books: Chicago.
In press Coping through Connectedness: A network-based modeling approach using radiocarbon data from the Kuril Islands of Northeast Asia. In P. Sheets and F. Reide (eds.). Going Forward by Looking Back: Archaeological Perspectives on Socio-Ecological Crisis, Response and Collapse. Berghahn Books: Chicago.
Gjesfjeld, Erik, Silvestro, Daniele, Chang, Jonathan, Koch, Bernard, Foster, Jacob G., and Alfaro, Michael E. 2020 A quantitative workflow for modeling the evolution of material culture. PLOS One 15, e0227579. All code and data from this article can be found here.
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Gjesfjeld, Erik, Etnier, Michael, Takase, Katsunori, Brown, William and Fitzhugh, Ben
2020 Biogeography and Adaptation in the Kuril Islands, Northeast Asia. World Archaeology. Article available here.
2020 Biogeography and Adaptation in the Kuril Islands, Northeast Asia. World Archaeology. Article available here.
Gjesfjeld, Erik and Peter Jordan
2019 Contributions of Bayesian Phylogenetics to Exploring Patterns of Macroevolution in Archaeological Data. In A. Prentiss (ed.) Handbook of Evolutionary Research in Archaeology, pp. 161-182. Springer Press, New York.
2019 Contributions of Bayesian Phylogenetics to Exploring Patterns of Macroevolution in Archaeological Data. In A. Prentiss (ed.) Handbook of Evolutionary Research in Archaeology, pp. 161-182. Springer Press, New York.
Gjesfjeld, Erik
2019 The Paradox of Pottery in the Remote Kuril Islands. In P. Jordan and K. Gibbs (eds.), Ceramics in Circumpolar Prehistory: Technology, Lifeways and Cuisine, pp. 81-103. Cambridge University Press: Cambridge. DOI:10.1017/9781316339374.005
Chapter can be found here.
2019 The Paradox of Pottery in the Remote Kuril Islands. In P. Jordan and K. Gibbs (eds.), Ceramics in Circumpolar Prehistory: Technology, Lifeways and Cuisine, pp. 81-103. Cambridge University Press: Cambridge. DOI:10.1017/9781316339374.005
Chapter can be found here.
Denis, Solene, Gjesfjeld, E., Moreau, Luc GH
2018 Post-Linear Pottery cultural boundary and repopulation of the German Rhineland: Revisiting the Western contacts hypothesis, Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports 23:946-952, DOI: 10.1016/j.jasrep.2018.11.037. Article can be found here.
2018 Post-Linear Pottery cultural boundary and repopulation of the German Rhineland: Revisiting the Western contacts hypothesis, Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports 23:946-952, DOI: 10.1016/j.jasrep.2018.11.037. Article can be found here.
Moreau, Luc GH, Alexander Ciornei, Erik Gjesfjeld, Peter Filzmoser, Sally A. Gibson, Jason Day, Phillip R. Nigst, Pierre Nioret, Ruaridh A. Macleod, Loredena Nita, and Mircea Anghelinu
2018 First geochemical sourcing of ‘Balkan flint’ and ‘Prut flint’ from Paleolithic Romania: potential, limitations and future directions. Archaeometry. DOI: 10.1111/arcm.12433. Article can be found here.
2018 First geochemical sourcing of ‘Balkan flint’ and ‘Prut flint’ from Paleolithic Romania: potential, limitations and future directions. Archaeometry. DOI: 10.1111/arcm.12433. Article can be found here.
Gjesfjeld, Erik
2018 The Compositional Analysis of Hunter-Gatherer Pottery from the Kuril Islands. Journal of Archaeological Science Reports 17:1025-1034. DOI: 10.1016/j.jasrep.2016.03.049. Available from JAS Reports here.
2018 The Compositional Analysis of Hunter-Gatherer Pottery from the Kuril Islands. Journal of Archaeological Science Reports 17:1025-1034. DOI: 10.1016/j.jasrep.2016.03.049. Available from JAS Reports here.
Fitzhugh, Ben, Erik Gjesfjeld, William Brown, Mark Hudson and Jennie Shaw.
2016 Resilience and the population history of the Kuril Islands, North Pacific: A study in complex human ecodynamics. Quaternary International. DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2016.02.003 Available from QI here.
2016 Resilience and the population history of the Kuril Islands, North Pacific: A study in complex human ecodynamics. Quaternary International. DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2016.02.003 Available from QI here.
Gjesfjeld, Erik, Jonathan Chang, Daniele Silvestro, Christopher Kelty, Michael E. Alfaro
2016 Competition and extinction explain the evolution of American automobiles. Palgrave Communications 2:1-6. DOI: 10.1057/palcomms.2016.019. |
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Gjesfjeld, Erik
2015 Social Network Analysis of Archaeological Data from Hunter-Gatherers: Methodological Problems and Potential Solutions. Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory. 22(1):182-205. DOI 10.1007/s10816-014-9232-9 Available from Springer here (subscription required). |
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Gjesfjeld, Erik and S. Colby Phillips
2013 Evaluating Adaptive Network Strategies with Geochemical Sourcing Data: A Case Study from the Kuril Islands. In Network Analysis in Archaeology, edited Carl Knappett, pp. 281-305. Oxford University Press. |
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Fitzhugh, Ben, S. Colby Phillips and Erik Gjesfjeld.
2011 Modeling Hunter-Gatherer Information Networks: An Archaeological Case Study from the Kuril Islands. In Information and Its Role in Hunter-Gatherer Bands, edited by Robert Whallon, William A. Lovis and Robert K. Hitchcock, pp. 85-115. Ideas, Debates, and Perspectives 5, Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Press: Los Angeles. |
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Gjesfjeld, Erik
2010 Analysis of Ceramics from the Central and Northern Kuril Islands. In Proceedings of the scientific conference in honor of the 85th anniversary of N.N. Dikov and the 50th anniversary of NEISRI FEB RAS, edited by A.Lebedintsev, pp. 138-141. Russian Academy of Sciences, Far East Branch, North-East Interdisciplinary Scientific Research Institute: Magadan. [In Russian] |
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Dissertation / Theses
Gjesfjeld, Erik
2014 Of Pots and People: Investigating Hunter-Gatherer Pottery Production and Social Networks in the Kuril Islands. Unpublished PhD Dissertation, University of Washington. |
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Gjesfjeld, Erik
2004 Spatial Prediction and Contract Archaeology: The Benefits of Geostatistics. Unpublished MA Thesis, University College London. |
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Gjesfjeld, Erik
2003 New Approaches to Understanding Cultural Continuity in the Great Plains. Unpublished MA Thesis, University College London. |
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Selected Conference Papers / Presentations / Posters
Robert A. Foley, Peri Kelsey, Laura van Holstein, and Erik Gjesfjeld. “Homo Naledi, Homo floresiensis and taxic outlierness: a comparative approach to odd species”. Poster presented at the European Society for the study of Human Evolution meetings, Liege, Belgium, September 20, 2019.
Gjesfjeld, Erik
“The Paradox of Pottery in the Kuril Islands”. Paper presented at the International Union for Quaternary Science Congress, Dublin, Ireland, July 30, 2019. |
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Gjesfjeld, Erik
"An Archaeological Perspective on the Classification of Categorical Data”. Paper presented at the Computer Applications in Archaeology conference, Krakow, Poland, April 21, 2019. |
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Gjesfjeld, Erik and R.J. Sinensky
“Modeling the Dynamics of Diversification”. Paper presented at the Society of American Archaeology annual meeting, Albuquerque, New Mexico, April 13, 2019. |
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Gjesfjeld, Erik
"Networking as a Strategy for Hunter-Gatherer Resilience in the Kuril Islands, Northeast Asia", Paper presented at the European Association of Archaeologists annual meeting, Barcelona, Spain, September 8. |
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Gjesfjeld, Erik
“Modeling Patterns of Modern and Ancient Technologies”, Paper presented at the Applications in Cultural Evolution conference, Tartu, Estonia, June 6, 2018. |
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Gjesfjeld, Erik, William Brown and Ben Fitzhugh
"A Probabilistic Approach to Constructing Networks in the Kuril Islands", Paper presented at the Society of American Archaeology meetings, Washington DC, April 12, 2018 |
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Marwick, Ben and Erik Gjesfjeld
"The Origination and Extinction of Archaeological Ideas", Poster presented at the Society of American Archaeology meetings, Washington DC, April 12, 2018 |
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Gjesfjeld, Erik
"Centrality scores and their application to archaeological data", Paper presented at the Computer Applications in Archaeology meetings, Atlanta, GA, March 2017 |
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Gjesfjeld, Erik, Jonathan Chang, Daniele Silvestro and Michael E. Alfaro
"Modeling Diversification Dynamics in the Pharmaceutical Industry", Paper presented at the Human Behavioral and Evolution Society meetings, Vancouver, BC, June 2016 |
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Gjesfjeld, Erik, Jonathan Chang, Daniele Silvestro and Michael E. Alfaro
"A Quantitative Macroevolutionary Approach to Exploring the Pharmaceutical Drug Crisis", Paper presented at the Evolution meetings, Austin, TX, June 2016 |
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Gjesfjeld, Erik, Jonathan Chang, Daniele Silvestro and Michal E. Alfaro
"Tracking Diversification Dynamics in Mature and Emerging Digital Ecosystems", Poster presented at the Evolution meetings, Austin, TX, June 2016. |
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Gjesfjeld, Erik, Seth Brewington, Colby Phillps and Ben Fitzhugh
"Weak Ties and Resilience: Examining the Role of Regional Networks in the Faroe and Kuril Islands", Paper presented at the American Anthropological Association annual meetings in Denver, CO, November 2016 |
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Gjesfjeld, Erik, Jonathan Chang, Daniele Silvestro, Christopher Kelty and Michael Alfaro
"Investigating the Diversification of Car Models Using Macroevolutionary Methods", Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Human Behavior and Evolution Society. Columbia, MO, May 2015. |
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Gjesfjeld, Erik
"The Archaeometric Analysis of Hunter-Gatherer Pottery from the Kuril Islands", Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, San Francicsco, CA April 2015. |
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Gjesfjeld, Erik
"Volcanic History and the Occupation History of the Kuril Islands", Paper presented at the 125th Annual Meetings of the Geological Society of America, Denver, CO, October 2013. |
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Gjesfjeld, Erik
"Hunter-Gatherer Pottery Production, Use and Exchange in the Remote Kuril Islands", Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Honolulu, HI, April 2013. |
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Gjesfjeld, Erik
"Reconstructing Social Networks in Uncertain Environments using Archaeological Pottery", Paper presented at the Northwest Evolution, Ecology and Human Behavior Symposium, Boise, ID, March 2013. |
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Gjesfjeld, Erik
"Social Networking in the Kuril Islands", Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Memphis, TN, April 2012. |
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Gjesfjeld, Erik
"Analysis of Ceramics from the Kuril Islands, Russian Far East", Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, St. Louis, MO, April 2010. |
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Gjesfjeld, Erik and Chad Brock
"Three Methods of Phylogenetic Inference Using Archaeological Data", Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Vancouver, BC, March 2008. |
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