Brian Andrews
Research Interests
My general research interests include the study of hunter-gatherer settlement systems and technology. I am interested in how these two factors are optimally organized in diverse ecological settings. Currently, I am studying Folsom adaptive behavior in the Gunnison Basin, Colorado. This topographically isolated setting contains many types of resources within a relatively small area. Work at the Mountaineer site suggests that it served at times as a residential base camp from which logistically organized foraging parties operated. Recent research at Mountaineer is summarized in a poster given at the 2005 Rocky Mountain Anthropological Conference (2005 Mountaineer poster [2 mb pdf]). We have also begun work at two other Folsom sites in the Basin – the Flat Top site (2005 Flat Top poster [2 mb pdf]), and the Lanning site, which is being analyzed by Casey Dukeman at Western State College.
Along with my colleagues Jason M. LaBelle and John D. Seebach I am also working on a project that seeks to further refine our ideas concerning Folsom subsistence and land-use by examining broad patterns in Folsom site structure. We have compiled an “atlas” of Folsom site structure that provides the framework for this study. A copy of the atlas, which contains general spatial information for 25 well documented Folsom sites is available here (Folsom atlas [1 mb pdf]). The sites in the atlas are all at the same scale, allowing easy comparisons of overall site size and cluster spacing.
Recent publications / presentations:
Andrews, B.N. ( 2006) Sediment Consolidation and Archaeological Site Formation. Geoarchaeology, In press.
Finley, J.B., B.N. Andrews, M. Kornfeld, and G.C. Frison ( 2002) Two Moon: A Folsom Rockshelter Occupation in the Bighorn Mountains, Wyoming. Current Research in the Pleistocene 19: 22-25.
Andrews, B.N. ( 2001) Calf Creek Projectile Point Distribution in Oklahoma. Bulletin of the Oklahoma Anthropological Society. 50: 32-44.
Invited and Presented Papers
B.N. Andrews (2005) Hunter-Gatherer Adaptation in Mountainous Terrain: The Mountaineer Site and Folsom Archaeology in the Upper Gunnison Basin, Colorado. Paper presented at the 7th Biennial Rocky Mountain Anthropological Conference, Park City, Utah, September 15-17, 2005.
B.N. Andrews (2005) The Mountaineer Folsom Site. Poster presented at the 7th Biennial Rocky Mountain Anthropological Conference, Park City, Utah, September 15-17, 2005.
B.N. Andrews and D.J. Meltzer (2005) The Flat Top Site. Poster presented at the 7th Biennial Rocky Mountain Anthropological Conference, Park City, Utah, September 15-17, 2005.
B.N. Andrews (2004) Paleoindian Adaptation in Mountainous Terrain: An Example from Two Moon Shelter, Wyoming. Paper presented at the 62nd Annual Plains Anthropological Association Conference, Billings, Montanta, October 13-16, 2004.
B.N. Andrews, J.M. LaBelle, J.D. Seebach (2003) Folsom and Ethnographic Site Structure. Poster presented at the 68th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, April 9-13, 2003.
J.M. LaBelle, J.D. Seebach, B.N. Andrews (2003) An Atlas of Folsom Site Structure – 1:2000 Scale. Poster presented at the 68th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, April 9-13, 2003.
J.D. Seebach, L.M. Labelle, B.N. Andrews (2003) Folsom Settlement at the Foraging and Regional Scales. Poster presented at the 68th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, April 9-13, 2003.
B.N. Andrews (2002) Lithic Reduction Strategies at Two Moon Shelter, Wyoming. Poster presented at the 62nd Annual Plains Anthropological Association Conference, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, October 24-27, 2002.
B.N. Andrews and J. Roberson (2002) The Mountaineer Site and Folsom Occupation of the Upper Gunnison Basin, Colorado. Paper presented at the 62nd Annual Plains Anthropological Association Conference, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, October 24-27, 2002.
Andrews, B.N. (2002) Late Paleoindian Adaptive Strategies in the Mountains and Plains. Paper presented at the 67th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Denver, Colorado, March 20-24, 2002.
LaBelle, J.M. and B.N. Andrews (2001) Rediscovery of the Slim Arrow Paleoindian Bonebed: The Yuma Type Site that Wasn’t Meant To Be. Paper presented at the 59th Annual Plains Anthropological Association Conference, Lincoln, Nebraska, October 31-November 3, 2001.
Andrews, B.N. (2001) Sediment Compaction and Archaeological Site Formation. Poster presented at the 66th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, New Orleans, Louisiana, April 18-22, 2001.
Finley, J.B., B.N. Andrews, and M. Kornfeld (2000) Rockshelter Research in the Bighorn Mountains of Wyoming: The Black Mountain Archaeological District. Paper presented at the Joint Midwest Archaeological/Plains Anthropological Association Conference, St. Paul, Minnesota, November 9-12, 2000.
Kelly, R.L., B.N. Andrews, and M.G. Hill (1999) Reinvestigation of the Pine Spring Site, Southwest Wyoming. Paper presented at the 57th Annual Plains Anthropological Association Conference, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, October 20-24, 1999.
Andrews, B.N. (1999) Paleoindians and Plants: Rethinking Paleoindian Subsistence Strategies. Paper presented at the 57th Annual Plains Anthropological Association Conference, October 20-24, 1999.
Andrews, B.N. and P. Joy (1999) The Form, Function, and Use of Digging Sticks: An Example from the Henn Site. Paper presented at the 4th Biennial Rocky Mountain Anthropological Conference, Glenwood Springs, CO, September 30-October 2, 1999.
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