Thomas Foster
Associate Professor
Anthropology
The University of Tulsa
United States of America
Biography
As an archaeologist, he has been using the time depth of archaeological and historical data to test models about resilience and adaptation among the Native Americans of the southeastern United States and Caribbean in response to colonialism and ecological change. Foster is working with the IGBP to inform international policy and research on environmental changes.
Research Interest
(1) Archaeology (2) Historical and Behavioral Ecology (3) Anthropogenic Effects on the Environment (4) Quantitative Models of Economic and Evolutionary Behavior (5) Caribbean, Historic Period Muskogee Creek Indians, Mississippian Period Native Americans (6) GIS and Spatial Analysis (7) Public Education and Heritage Preservation.
Publications
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Foster T, Olsen L, Dale V, Cohen A. Studying the Past for the Future: Managing Modern Biodiversity from Historic and Prehistoric Data. Human Organization. 2010 May 26;69(2):149-57.
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Foster TH, Cohen A. Sampling of Data Derived from Historical Documents in Anthropological Research. American Antiquity. 2010 Oct;75(4):973-7.
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Foster II HT, Goldstein DJ, Paciulli LM. How Archaeology and the Historical Sciences Can Save the World. VIEWING THE FUTURE IN THE PAST.:1.
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Foster II HT. Variable Biodiversity from Managed Ecosystems in Long-Term Chronosequences from the Southeastern United States. VIEWING THE FUTURE IN THE PAST.:163.
