marcus john hamilton
Department of Anthropology
University of Texas at San Antonio
San Antonio, Texas 78249 USA
[email protected]
Santa Fe Institute
1399 Hyde Park Rd
Santa Fe, New Mexico 87259 USA
[email protected]
University of Texas at San Antonio
San Antonio, Texas 78249 USA
[email protected]
Santa Fe Institute
1399 Hyde Park Rd
Santa Fe, New Mexico 87259 USA
[email protected]
Academic appointments
External Professor, Santa Fe Institute, 2024-present
Affiliated Faculty, School of Data Science, UT San Antonio, 2022-2025
Associate Professor, Dept. of Anthropology, UT San Antonio, 2018-present
Postdoctoral Fellow, Dept. of Anthropology, University of Missouri, 2016-2018
Postdoctoral Fellow, Santa Fe Institute, 2010-2016
Postdoctoral Fellow, Dept. of Biology, University of New Mexico, 2008-2011
External Professor, Santa Fe Institute, 2024-present
Affiliated Faculty, School of Data Science, UT San Antonio, 2022-2025
Associate Professor, Dept. of Anthropology, UT San Antonio, 2018-present
Postdoctoral Fellow, Dept. of Anthropology, University of Missouri, 2016-2018
Postdoctoral Fellow, Santa Fe Institute, 2010-2016
Postdoctoral Fellow, Dept. of Biology, University of New Mexico, 2008-2011
Education
Ph.D., Anthropology, University of New Mexico, 2008
M.S., Anthropology, University of New Mexico, 2002
B.Sc., Archaeology, University College London, 1998
Ph.D., Anthropology, University of New Mexico, 2008
M.S., Anthropology, University of New Mexico, 2002
B.Sc., Archaeology, University College London, 1998
Research interests
I study the ecology and evolution of the human world in the past, present, and future from the perspectives of archaeology, anthropology, and complex systems theory. Much of my work focuses on small-scale societies, but I have broad interests in the evolutionary diversification of human ecology over time and space. I am particularly interested in how humans compute adaptive solutions to the problem of extracting free energy from stochastic environments in order to grow, maintain, and reproduce, and how these strategies evolve. My research involves fieldwork, data analysis, theory, and modeling. My archaeological fieldwork focuses on the Paleoindian period of the Rio Grande Rift Valley focusing on the Mockingbird Gap Clovis site, New Mexico.
I study the ecology and evolution of the human world in the past, present, and future from the perspectives of archaeology, anthropology, and complex systems theory. Much of my work focuses on small-scale societies, but I have broad interests in the evolutionary diversification of human ecology over time and space. I am particularly interested in how humans compute adaptive solutions to the problem of extracting free energy from stochastic environments in order to grow, maintain, and reproduce, and how these strategies evolve. My research involves fieldwork, data analysis, theory, and modeling. My archaeological fieldwork focuses on the Paleoindian period of the Rio Grande Rift Valley focusing on the Mockingbird Gap Clovis site, New Mexico.
Research topics:
- Human universality, diversity & idiosyncrasy
- Hunter-gatherer archaeology, paleoecology & ethnology
- Human macroecology, biogeography & cultural evolution
- Human collective computation
- Complexity theory
- Data science & STEM in anthropology
- Philosophy of Science
Prospective graduate students
Prospective graduate students should email me for more information. I have plenty of opportunities for students to get involved in field work, or computational work, or both. Importantly, I am always interested in working with motivated undergraduates.
Prospective graduate students should email me for more information. I have plenty of opportunities for students to get involved in field work, or computational work, or both. Importantly, I am always interested in working with motivated undergraduates.
Teaching
- Human Population Ecology
- Stone Tools in Prehistory
- Statistical Computing in Anthropology
- Hunters and Gatherers
- Archaeology of North America
- Introduction to Anthropology
