Jack M. Broughton is a Professor of Anthropology at the University of Utah. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Washington in 1995. His research interests include zooarchaeology, evolutionary ecology, and human paleoecology in the North American Great Basin and California. With Michael D. Cannon, Broughton recently edited a book entitled Evolutionary Ecology and Archaeology: Applications to Problems in Human Evolution and Prehistory which will be available Spring 2009. For Broughton, "quantitative applications of foraging theory models to [archaeofaunal] records in western North America constitutes the core of my empirical work." These models allow for a better understanding of how humans affected faunal populations in the past and how this can be applied to modern conservation biology.
Selected Works
2009 Broughton, Jack M. and Michael D. Cannon. Evolutionary Ecology and Archaeology: Applications to Problems in Human Evolution and Prehistory.
2002 Broughton, Jack M. Prey spatial structure and behavior affect archaeological tests of optimal foraging models: examples from the Emeryville Shellmound vertebrate fauna. World Archaeology 34(1): 60-83.
The Application of Behavioral Ecology to the Archaeology of Hunter-Gatherers
