Marcus John Hamilton
Associate Professor of Anthropology &
Core Faculty in the School of Data Science
University of Texas at San Antonio
San Antonio, Texas 78249 USA
Associate editor of Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution (Biogeography and Macroecology)
email: marcus.hamilton@utsa.edu
Google Scholar profile
Associate Professor of Anthropology &
Core Faculty in the School of Data Science
University of Texas at San Antonio
San Antonio, Texas 78249 USA
Associate editor of Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution (Biogeography and Macroecology)
email: marcus.hamilton@utsa.edu
Google Scholar profile
Education
2002-2008, PhD Anthropology (Distinction), University of New Mexico
2000-2002, MS Anthropology (Distinction), University of New Mexico
1995-1998, BSc Archaeology (1st Class Hons.), University College London
Academic Positions
2022-present, Core Faculty, School of Data Science, UTSA
2018-present, Associate Professor of Anthropology, UTSA
2016-2018, Postdoc, Dept. of Anthropology, University of Missouri
2010-2016, Postdoc, Santa Fe Institute
2008-2010, Postdoc, Dept. of Biology, University of New Mexico
2002-2008, PhD Anthropology (Distinction), University of New Mexico
2000-2002, MS Anthropology (Distinction), University of New Mexico
1995-1998, BSc Archaeology (1st Class Hons.), University College London
Academic Positions
2022-present, Core Faculty, School of Data Science, UTSA
2018-present, Associate Professor of Anthropology, UTSA
2016-2018, Postdoc, Dept. of Anthropology, University of Missouri
2010-2016, Postdoc, Santa Fe Institute
2008-2010, Postdoc, Dept. of Biology, University of New Mexico
Latest papers
Kilby, J.D., et al. (In press). Evidence supports the efficacy of Clovis points for hunting proboscideans. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports.
Fernández-López de Pablo, et al. (In press). To understand cultural evolution in hunter-gatherers, we need to adopt network thinking. Trends in Ecology and Evolution.
Buchanan, B., et al. (2022). Bayesian modeling of the Clovis and Folsom radiocarbon records indicates a 170-year multi-generational transition. American Antiquity 87(3): 567-580 .
Hamilton, M.J. (2022). Collective computation, information flow, and the emergence of hunter-gatherer small-worlds. Journal of Social Computing 3(1):18-37.
Hamilton, M.J. and M. Tallavaara (2022). Statistical inference, scale, and noise in comparative anthropology. Nature Ecology & Evolution 6:122.
Kilby, J.D., et al. (In press). Evidence supports the efficacy of Clovis points for hunting proboscideans. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports.
Fernández-López de Pablo, et al. (In press). To understand cultural evolution in hunter-gatherers, we need to adopt network thinking. Trends in Ecology and Evolution.
Buchanan, B., et al. (2022). Bayesian modeling of the Clovis and Folsom radiocarbon records indicates a 170-year multi-generational transition. American Antiquity 87(3): 567-580 .
Hamilton, M.J. (2022). Collective computation, information flow, and the emergence of hunter-gatherer small-worlds. Journal of Social Computing 3(1):18-37.
Hamilton, M.J. and M. Tallavaara (2022). Statistical inference, scale, and noise in comparative anthropology. Nature Ecology & Evolution 6:122.
Research interests
- Hunter-gatherer archaeology and paleoecology
- Human evolutionary ecology, macroecology, and biogeography
- Paleoindian North America and Southwestern US
- Complex adaptive systems
- Data analytics and modeling
- Philosophy of Science
Prospective graduate students
Currently, I am accepting applications for MA and PhD students interested in the general areas mentioned above. Prospective graduate students should email me for more information. I am always interested in working with motivated undergraduates.
Currently, I am accepting applications for MA and PhD students interested in the general areas mentioned above. Prospective graduate students should email me for more information. I am always interested in working with motivated undergraduates.
Classes I teach/have taught
- Human Population Ecology
- Stone Tools in Prehistory
- Statistical Computing in Anthropology
- Hunters and Gatherers
- Archaeology of North America
- Introduction to Anthropology
- Fundamentals of Archaeology
- Ice-Age North America
- Human Macroecology
