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Susan D. deFrance
Researcher at University of Florida
Publications - 47
Citations - 1559
Susan D. deFrance is an academic researcher from University of Florida. The author has contributed to research in topics: Cavia & Pleistocene. The author has an hindex of 18, co-authored 47 publications receiving 1371 citations. Previous affiliations of Susan D. deFrance include Museum of Science.
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Early Agriculture in the Maya Lowlands
Mary Pohl,Kevin O. Pope,John G. Jones,John S. Jacob,Dolores R. Piperno,Susan D. deFrance,David L. Lentz,John A. Gifford,Marie Elaine Danforth,J. Kathryn Josserand +9 more
TL;DR: Wetland research in northern Belize provides the earliest evidence for development of agriculture in the Maya Lowlands as discussed by the authors, which occurred in the context of a mixed foraging economy.
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Zooarchaeology in Complex Societies: Political Economy, Status, and Ideology
TL;DR: This article present a synthesis of zooarchaeological research published since the early 1990s that addresses political economy, status distinctions, and the ideological and ritual roles of animals in complex cultures.
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A 38 000-year record of floods and debris flows in the Ilo region of southern Peru and its relation to El Niño events and great earthquakes
TL;DR: In the Ilo region of south coastal Peru, the authors of as mentioned in this paper have documented the existence of flood and debris-flow deposits produced by two El Nino events evidently much more severe than any in recent history.
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Investigating the global dispersal of chickens in prehistory using ancient mitochondrial DNA signatures.
Alice A. Storey,J. Stephen Athens,David Bryant,Mike T. Carson,Kitty F. Emery,Susan D. deFrance,Charles Higham,Leon Huynen,Michiko Intoh,Sharyn Jones,Patrick V. Kirch,Thegn N. Ladefoged,Patrick C McCoy,Arturo Morales-Muñiz,Daniel Quiroz,Elizabeth J. Reitz,Judith H. Robins,Richard Walter,Elizabeth Matisoo-Smith +18 more
TL;DR: The results from the ancient DNA analyses of forty-eight archaeologically derived chicken bones provide support for archaeological hypotheses about the prehistoric human transport of chickens and lead to the proposal of four hypotheses which will require further scrutiny and rigorous future testing.
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Burning down the brewery: Establishing and evacuating an ancient imperial colony at Cerro Baúl, Peru
Michael E. Moseley,Donna J. Nash,Patrick Ryan Williams,Susan D. deFrance,Ana Miranda,Mario Ruales +5 more
TL;DR: The state-sponsored Wari incursion, described here, entailed large-scale agrarian reclamation to sustain the occupation of two hills and the adjacent high mesa of Cerro Baúl and final evacuation of theBaúl enclave was accompanied by elaborate ceremonies.