Torben C. Rick

 

Assistant Professor

Department of Anthropology, Southern Methodist University

Dallas, TX 75275-0336  trick@smu.edu  (214)-768-3542

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SELECT PUBLICATIONS

 

 

Books and Edited Volumes
 

Rick, Torben C.

    2007    The Archaeology and Historical Ecology of Late Holocene San Miguel Island. Cotsen Institute of Archaeology, University of California, Los Angeles.

 

Rick, Torben C., and Jon M. Erlandson (editors)

    2007    Human Impacts on Ancient Marine Ecosystems: A Global Perspective. University of California Press, Berkeley, in press.

 

Erlandson, Jon M., Torben C. Rick, and René L. Vellanoweth

    2007    A Canyon Through Time: The Archaeology, History, and Ecology of the Tecolote Canyon Region, Santa Barbara County, California. University of Utah Press,    Salt Lake City, in press.

 

 

Journal Articles and Book Chapters

 

Rick, Torben C.

    2007    Household and Community Archaeology at the Chumash Village of Niaqla, Santa Rosa Island, California. Journal of Field Archaeology, in press.
 

Erlandson, Jon M., Torben C. Rick, Paul Collins, and Daniel A. Guthrie

    2007    Archaeological Implications of a Bald Eagle Nesting Site at Ferrelo Point, San Miguel Island, California. Journal of Archaeological Science 34:255-271.

 

Rick, Torben C.

    2006    A 5,000 Year Record of Coastal Settlement on Anacapa Island, California. Journal of California and Great Basin Anthropology 26:65-72.

 

Rick, Torben C., Jon M. Erlandson, and René L. Vellanoweth

    2006    Taphonomy and Site Formation on California's Channel Islands. Geoarchaeology 21:567-589.

 

Rick, Torben C., John A. Robbins, and Kurt Ferguson

    2006    Stable Isotopes from Marine Shells, Ancient Environments, and Human Subsistence on Middle Holocene Santa Rosa Island, California, USA. Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology 1:233-254.

 

Vellanoweth, René L., Torben C. Rick, Jon M. Erlandson, and Gnessa Reynolds

    2006    A 6,000 Year Old Red Abalone Midden from Otter Point, San Miguel Island, California. North American Archaeologist 27:69-90.

 

Braje, Todd J., Jon M. Erlandson, and Torben C. Rick

    2005    Reassessing Human Settlement on the South Coast of San Miguel Island, California: The Use of 14C Dating as a Reconnaissance Tool. Radiocarbon 47:11-19.

 

Erlandson, Jon M., Todd J. Braje, Torben C. Rick, and Jenna Peterson

    2005    Beads, Bifaces, and Boats: An Early Maritime Adaptation on the South Coast of San Miguel Island, California. American Anthropologist 107:677-683.

 

Erlandson, Jon M., Torben C. Rick, and Curt Peterson

    2005    A Geoarchaeological Chronology of Holocene Dune Building on San Miguel Island, California. The Holocene 15:1227-1235.

 

Rick, Torben C., Jon M. Erlandson, René L. Vellanoweth, and Todd J. Braje

    2005    From Pleistocene Mariners to Complex Hunter-Gatherers: The Archaeology of the California Channel Islands. Journal of World Prehistory 19:169-228.

 

Rick, Torben C., Jon M. Erlandson, and René L. Vellanoweth

    2005    Radiocarbon Dating and the "Old Shell" Problem: Direct Dating of Artifacts and Cultural Chronologies in Coastal and Other Aquatic Regions. Journal of Archaeological Science 32:1641-1648.

 

Rick, Torben C., Douglas J. Kennett, and Jon M. Erlandson

    2005    Preliminary Report on the Archaeology and Paleoecology of the Abalone Rocks Estuary, Santa Rosa Island California. In Proceedings of the Sixth California Islands Symposium, edited by D. Garcelon and C. Schwemm, pp. 55-63. National Park Service Technical Publication CHIS-05-01, Institute for Wildlife Studies, Arcata, California. 

 

Rick, Torben C.

    2004    Red Abalone Bead Production and Exchange on California's Northern Channel Islands. North American Archaeologist 25:215-237.

 

Rick, Torben C.

    2004    Social and Economic Dynamics on Late Holocene San Miguel Island, California. In Foundations of Chumash Complexity, edited by Jeanne Arnold, pp. 97-112. Cotsen Institute of Archaeology, University of California, Los Angeles.

 

Rick, Torben C., John R. Johnson, Jon M. Erlandson, and Lynn H. Gamble

    2004    Style, Context, and Chronology of a Wooden Canoe Model from Santa Rosa Island, California. Journal of California and Great Basin Anthropology, in press.

 

Rick, Torben C., and Jon M. Erlandson

    2003    Archaeology, Ancient Human Impacts on the Environment, and Cultural Resource Management on Channel Islands National Park, California. CRM: The Journal of Heritage Stewardship 1: 86-89.

 

Vellanoweth, René L., Melissa Lambright, Jon M. Erlandson, and Torben C. Rick

    2003    Early New World Maritime Technologies: Sea Grass Cordage, Shell Beads, and a Bone Tool from Cave of the Chimneys, San Miguel Island, California. Journal of Archaeological Science, 30: 1161-1173.

 

Rick, Torben C.

    2002    Eolian Processes, Ground Cover, and the Archaeology of Coastal Dunes: A Taphonomic Case Study from San Miguel Island, California. U.S.A. Geoarchaeology 17: 811-833.

 

Rick, Torben C., René L. Vellanoweth, Jon M. Erlandson, and Douglas J. Kennett

    2002    On The Antiquity of the Single-Piece Shell Fishhook: AMS Radiocarbon Evidence from the Southern California Coast. Journal of Archaeological Science 29: 933-942.

 

Erlandson, Jon M., and Torben C. Rick

    2002    A 9700 Year Old Shell Midden on San Miguel Island, California. Antiquity 76: 315-316.

 

Erlandson, Jon M., and Torben C. Rick 

    2002     Late Holocene Cultural Developments Along the Santa Barbara Coast. In Catalysts to Complexity: Late Holocene Archaeology of the California Coast, J. M. Erlandson and T. L. Jones, editors. Perspectives in California Archaeology 6: 166-182. Institute of Archaeology, University of California, Los Angeles. 

 

Rick, Torben C., Jon M. Erlandson, Michael A. Glassow, and Madonna L. Moss 

    2002     Evaluating the Economic Significance of Sharks, Skates, and Rays (Elasmobranchs) in Prehistoric Economies. Journal of Archaeological Science 29: 111-122.

 

Rick, Torben C. 

    2001     AMS Radiocarbon Dating of a Shell Fishhook from Santa Rosa Island, California. Radiocarbon 43(1): 83-86. 

 

Rick, Torben C., Jon M. Erlandson, and René L. Vellanoweth 

    2001     Paleocoastal Marine Fishing on the Pacific Coast of the Americas: Perspectives from Daisy Cave, California. American Antiquity 66(4): 595-613. 

 

Rick, Torben C., and Jon M. Erlandson 

    2000     Early Holocene Fishing Strategies on the California Coast: Evidence from CA-SBA-2057. Journal of Archaeological Science 27(7):621-633. 

 

Rick, Torben C., and Michael A. Glassow 

    1999     Middle Holocene Fisheries of the Central Santa Barbara Channel, California: Investigations at CA-SBA-53. Journal of California and Great Basin Anthropology 21(2):236-256. 

 

Erlandson, Jon M., Torben C. Rick, René L. Vellanoweth, and Douglas J. Kennett 

    1999     Maritime Subsistence at a 9300 Year Old Shell Midden on Santa Rosa Island, California. Journal of Field Archaeology 26(3):255-265. 

 

Erlandson, Jon M., and Torben C. Rick 

    1999     Marine Fauna and Subsistence Data from a 9,200 Year Old Shell Midden at CA-SRI-1, Santa  Rosa Island, California. Current Research in the Pleistocene 16:23-25.