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Brian Hayden is affiliated with Simon Fraser University in Canada and has contributed to research primarily in the fields of social sciences and earth and planetary sciences. Their work intersects several subfields, notably paleontology, anthropology, archaeology, sociology and political science, as well as cultural studies.

Their publications frequently appear in venues such as Current Anthropology, Journal of Archaeological Science Reports, Journal of Anthropological Archaeology, Prehistoric Archaeology Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies, and American Antiquity.

Brian Hayden's main research topics cover diverse aspects of archaeology, ancient environmental studies, and studies related to Pleistocene-era hominins. Their work also includes studies on the Ancient Near East history, archaeology and rock art, historical and cultural archaeology, language and cultural evolution, and historical economic and social studies.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Brian Hayden include:

  • Archaeological Pitfalls of Storage, 2020, published in Current Anthropology
  • Keeping count: On interpreting record keeping in prehistory, 2021, published in Journal of Anthropological Archaeology
  • Foragers or " Feasters?" Inequalities in the Upper Palaeolithic, 2021, published in Paléo

Some of the frequent co-authors collaborating with Brian Hayden are Laure Dubreuil, María Bofill, Jérôme Robitaille, Timothy Earle, and Suzanne Villeneuve.

Best Publications

  • Food Sharing Among Ache Foragers: Tests of Explanatory Hypotheses [and Comments and Reply]

    Hillard Kaplan;Kim Hill;Rowe V. Cadeliña;Brian Hayden

  • Nimrods, Piscators, Pluckers, and Planters: The Emergence of Food Production

    Brian Hayden

  • Anthropological Applications of Optimal Foraging Theory: A Critical Review [and Comments and Reply]

    Eric Alden Smith;Robert L. Bettinger;Charles A. Bishop;Valda Blundell

  • Maritime Hunter-Gatherers: Ecology and Prehistory [and Comments and Reply]

    David R. Yesner;William S. Ayres;David L. Carlson;Richard S. Davis

  • The Significance of Food Storage Among Hunter-Gatherers: Residence Patterns, Population Densities, and Social Inequalities [and Comments and Reply]

    Alain Testart;Richard G. Forbis;Brian Hayden;Tim Ingold

  • Feasts : archaeological and ethnographic perspectives on food, politics, and power

    Michael Dietler;Brian Hayden

  • Where the garbage goes: Refuse disposal in the Maya Highlands

    Brian Hayden;Aubrey Cannon

  • Pathways to Power

    Brian Hayden

  • Practical and prestige technologies: The evolution of material systems

    Brian Hayden

  • Research and Development in the Stone Age: Technological Transitions among Hunter-Gatherers [and Comments and Reply]

    Brian Hayden;Sandra Bowdler;Karl W. Butzer;Mark N. Cohen

  • Lithic use-wear analysis

    Thomas R. Hester;Brian Hayden

  • Stone Tools, Toolkits, and Human Behavior in Prehistory [and Comments and Reply]

    D. Cahen;L. H. Keeley;F. L. Van Noten;Jeffery A. Behm

  • Evaluating Lithic Strategies and Design Criteria

    Brian Hayden;Nora Franco;Jim Spafford

  • The proof is in the pudding: feasting and the origins of domestication.

    Brian Hayden

  • Richman, Poorman, Beggarman, Chief: The Dynamics of Social Inequality

    Brian Hayden

  • Were luxury foods the first domesticates? Ethnoarchaeological perspectives from Southeast Asia

    Brian Hayden

  • The corporate group as an archaeological unit

    Brian Hayden;Aubrey Cannon

  • The cultural capacities of Neandertals: a review and re-evaluation

    Brian Hayden

  • What Was Brewing in the Natufian? An Archaeological Assessment of Brewing Technology in the Epipaleolithic

    Brian Hayden;Neil Canuel;Jennifer Shanse

  • Palaeolithic reflections : lithic technology and ethnographic excavation among Australian Aborigines

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  • Confusion in the Bipolar World: Bashed Pebbles and Splintered Pieces

    Brian Hayden

Frequent Co-Authors

Eric Alden Smith
Eric Alden Smith University of Washington
Karl W. Butzer
Karl W. Butzer The University of Texas at Austin
Henry P. Schwarcz
Henry P. Schwarcz McMaster University
Robert L. Bettinger
Robert L. Bettinger University of California, Davis
Peter J. Richerson
Peter J. Richerson University of California, Davis
Tim Ingold
Tim Ingold University of Aberdeen
Hillard Kaplan
Hillard Kaplan Chapman University

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