Where, when, and under what circumstances did money first emerge? This Element
examines this question through a comparative study of the use of shells to facilitate trade …

Understanding how maritime hunter-gatherer diets changed through time in response to
increasing social complexity can help us understand important transitions in early human …

The past several decades of archaeological work across North America have greatly
expanded our understanding of hunter-gatherer complexity. We now know that many small …

Due to the strong impact of soil salination on the productivity of crops, the implementation of
sustainable agricultural practices (SAPs) such as phytodesalination is intended to reverse its …

The objective of this study was to generate an ecological niche modeling (ENM) to
determine potential sites or areas where the growth and development of halophyte species …

Abstract The Channel Islands of California have received much attention from researchers,
in part, due to the long occupation history of the islands that spans at least 13,000 years. The …

Prior to European contact, California was home to one of the most intensive exchange
systems in western North America. Craft specialists on the Channel Islands and the …

Abstract California's Channel Islands have been home to Island Chumash and Tongva and
their ancestors for more than 13,000 years, along with a diverse array of plant and animal …

Sesuvium is a genus of 14 to 17 species of succulent plants, both annual and perennial,
widely distributed in tropical and subtropical regions. The genus Sesuvium has not yet been …

Complex watercraft were central to the functioning of many Indigenous coastal and island
communities around the world. These communities, however, are often assumed to be small …