Nathan Goodale
Chair, Associate Professor of Anthropology
Anthropology
Hamilton University
United States of America
Biography
Nathan Goodale is a scientifically oriented anthropological archaeologist with interests in the origin of villages and small-scale, semi-sedentary societies as well as technological adaptations. He specializes in the rise of complex hunter-gatherers in the interior Pacific Northwest, the forager/farmer transition in Southwest Asia and rural coastal adaptations in western Ireland. His research emphases include paleodemography, technological adaptations, modeling human behavior with quantitative methods, lithic technological organization and geochemical spatial analysis, all couched in an evolutionary theoretical framework to understand human behavior. He earned his doctorate in anthropology from Washington State University.
Research Interest
Paleodemography, technological adaptations, modeling human behavior with quantitative methods, lithic technological organization, geochemical spatial analysis, geographic information systems and evolutionary theory
Publications
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Chesson, Meredith and Nathan Goodale (2014) "Population Aggregation, Residential Storage and Socioeconomic Inequality at Early Bronze Age Numayra." Journal of Anthropological Archaeology 35: 117-134.
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Prentiss, Anna M, Nathan Goodale, Lucile E. Harris, and Nicole Crossland (2015) "Evolution of the slate tool industry at Bridge River. British Columbia pp 267-292.
