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Journal of Anthropological Archaeology Volume 31, Issue 1,  Pages 1-118, March 2012

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An archaeological test of the “Exchange Expansion Model” of contact era change on the Northwest Coast   Original Research Article Pages 1-21 Elizabeth A. Sobel Highlights ► The Exchange Expansion Model posits contact era increases in NW Coast Native trade. ► I test the model with analyses of obsidian artifacts from Columbia River sites. ► Results show postcontact increases in intensity but not geographic scope of trade. ► The EEM does not capture the complexity of colonial era shifts in Native exchange. ► A revised model more fully considers Native demography and internal social dynamics.

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Chiefdoms at the threshold: The competitive origins of the primary state   Original Research Article Pages 22-37 Elsa M. Redmond, Charles S. Spencer

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Transnational artifacts: Grappling with fluid material origins and identities in archaeological interpretations of culture change   Original Research Article Pages 38-48 Douglas E. Ross Highlights ► Artifacts have multiple, fluid identities that affect interpretations of culture change. ► Data on Japanese immigrants demonstrate the implications of these ambiguities. ► There is a need for context-specific classification and analysis to recognize this fluidity.

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Monumentalization and ritual landscapes at Fort Center in the Lake Okeechobee basin of South Florida   Original Research Article Pages 49-65 Victor D. Thompson, Thomas J. Pluckhahn Highlights ► Remote sensing illustrates variation in monument constructions by hunter–gatherers. ► Radiocarbon dates and artifacts indicate over 2000years of occupation at the site. ► Ritual appears to have been one of the primary drivers for landscape modification.

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Pilgrimage as costly signal: Religiously motivated cooperation in Chaco and Nasca   Original Research Article Pages 66-82 John Kantner, Kevin J. Vaughn Highlights ► Pilgrimage centers can be seen as costly signals of the power of the centers’ leaders. ► Pilgrimage is proposed to serve as costly signals of pilgrims’ religious adherence. ► Both costly signals promote prosocial behavior by promoting cooperation. ► Certain social, political, and ecological contexts stimulate pilgrimage behaviors. ► The histories of two pilgrimage centers are consistent with the costly signal model.

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Using spatial analysis to estimate depopulation for Native American populations in northeastern North America, AD 1616–1645   Original Research Article Pages 83-92 Eric E. Jones, Sharon N. DeWitte Highlights ► We examine ethnohistoric and archaeological data of 17th-century Native American depopulation. ► We used kriging to estimate depopulation among groups with no previous demographic data. ► We examine the patterns of depopulation using current archaeological, genetic, geographical, and historical information. ► Provides new depopulation data and a more complex explanation for the patterns of depopulation.

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Small shifts in handedness bias during the Early Mesolithic? A reconstruction inferred from Microburin technology in the eastern Italian Alps   Original Research Article Pages 93-103 Marco Peresani, Riccardo Miolo Highlights ► A variability in lateralization morphology of microburins is recorded in the Early Mesolithic of the italian Alps. ► We infer handedness from the shape of these artefacts. ► Prevalence of right-handedness has been observed only in an earlier phase of the period. ► In middle and later phases the indirect indicators are essentially equal frequencies of left and right-handedness. ► Economic tasks, actors and social activities are considered for explaining this evidence.

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The construction of hunting sceneries: Interactions between humans, animals and landscape in the Antofalla valley, Catamarca, Argentina   Original Research Article Pages 104-117 Enrique Moreno Highlights ► By an intensive survey we evaluate the hunting landscape in Antofalla valley. ► Trenches are the most important structure to materialize the encounter. ► Association between these structures allows the participation of an important number of hunters. ► This sceneries were used in historic long term. ► Hunting landscape as traps that represents share knowledge.

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