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Geometric morphometric approach to dental health in an 18th‐ to 19th‐century English infirmary (2024)
Journal Article
Terpstra, E. J., Price, M., & Caffell, A. C. (online). Geometric morphometric approach to dental health in an 18th‐ to 19th‐century English infirmary. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, Article e3364. https://doi.org/10.1002/oa.3364

This study evaluated correlations between poor dental health and craniomandibular morphology for the Radcliffe Infirmary population buried between 1770 and 1855. The Radcliffe Infirmary is situated in Oxford, 90 km northwest of London, in what used t... Read More about Geometric morphometric approach to dental health in an 18th‐ to 19th‐century English infirmary.

Wool they, won’t they: Zooarchaeological perspectives on the political and subsistence economies of wool in northern Mesopotamia (2024)
Journal Article
Price, M. D., & Wolfhagen, J. (2024). Wool they, won’t they: Zooarchaeological perspectives on the political and subsistence economies of wool in northern Mesopotamia. Journal of Anthropological Archaeology, 74, Article 101590. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaa.2024.101590

An important facet in the study of complex societies involves documenting how the extraction of resources to support political structures (the political economy) impacted the subsistence economy of everyday life. Caprine production was a central feat... Read More about Wool they, won’t they: Zooarchaeological perspectives on the political and subsistence economies of wool in northern Mesopotamia.

Towards an antifragility framework in past human–environment dynamics (2023)
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Jaffe, Y., Caramanica, A., & Price, M. D. (2023). Towards an antifragility framework in past human–environment dynamics. Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, 10(1), Article 915. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-023-02413-3

Scholarship on human–environment interactions tends to fall under two headings: collapse or resilience. While both offer valid explanatory frameworks for human–environment dynamics, both view stress as a net negative that, if unchecked, disrupts syst... Read More about Towards an antifragility framework in past human–environment dynamics.

Ending the war on error: towards an archaeology of failure (2023)
Journal Article
Price, M., & Jaffe, Y. (2023). Ending the war on error: towards an archaeology of failure. Antiquity, 97(396), 1598-1606. https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2023.120

Failure is a fundamental part of the human condition. While archaeologists readily identify large-scale failures, such as societal collapse and site abandonment, they less frequently consider the smaller failures of everyday life: the burning of a me... Read More about Ending the war on error: towards an archaeology of failure.

The Southern Levantine pig from domestication to Romanization: A biometrical approach (2023)
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Price, M. D., Perry-Gal, L., & Reshef, H. (2023). The Southern Levantine pig from domestication to Romanization: A biometrical approach. Journal of Archaeological Science, 157(September), Article 105828. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2023.105828

Zooarchaeological research has begun to expose the long and complex history of the pig in the southern Levant. In this paper, we present the first large-scale synthesis of biometrical data from pigs and wild boar in the southern Levant from sites dat... Read More about The Southern Levantine pig from domestication to Romanization: A biometrical approach.

Wealth in Livestock, Wealth in People, and the Pre-Pottery Neolithic of Jordan (2023)
Journal Article
Price, M., & Makarewicz, C. A. (2024). Wealth in Livestock, Wealth in People, and the Pre-Pottery Neolithic of Jordan. Cambridge Archaeological Journal, 34(1), 65-82. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0959774323000136

Within archaeology, the value of livestock is usually presented in terms of use values, the calories and products animals provide humans. Yet domestic animals are also sources of wealth that accrue symbolic and social values, tying livestock producti... Read More about Wealth in Livestock, Wealth in People, and the Pre-Pottery Neolithic of Jordan.

The Political Economy of Livestock in Early States (2022)
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Corcoran-Tadd, N., Price, M., & Caramanica, A. (2023). The Political Economy of Livestock in Early States. Cambridge Archaeological Journal, 33(1), 119-136. https://doi.org/10.1017/s095977432200021x

Animals were central elements in many early state political economies. Yet the roles of livestock in building and financing the state generally remain under-theorized, particularly in comparison with other major elements such as crop intensification... Read More about The Political Economy of Livestock in Early States.

Animal Production and Secondary Products in the Fifth Millennium BC in northern Mesopotamia (2021)
Journal Article
Price, M., Fisher, M., & Stein, G. (2021). Animal Production and Secondary Products in the Fifth Millennium BC in northern Mesopotamia. Paléorient (En ligne), 47(2), 9-41. https://doi.org/10.4000/paleorient.1032

Abstract. Current anthropological and archaeological research posits a strong role for livestock in the development of economic specialization and social inequality in the ancient Near East. We examine animal production in the Ubaid through Late Chal... Read More about Animal Production and Secondary Products in the Fifth Millennium BC in northern Mesopotamia.