Scott M. Fitzpatrick

Scott M. Fitzpatrick is a Professor in the Department of Anthropology[1] and Associate Director of the Museum of Natural and Cultural History at the University of Oregon.[2] He is a specialist in the prehistory and historical ecology of island and coastal regions of the Pacific and Caribbean. His research has focused on prehistoric colonization events, seafaring strategies, adaptations to smaller islands, exchange systems, and human impacts on ancient environments. He has conducted archaeological research in the Caribbean and Pacific Islands with other projects having taken place in Panama, the Florida Keys, and Oregon Coast. He has published several books and more than 130 journal articles and book chapters, based on his field projects in western Micronesia and the southern Caribbean. Fitzpatrick is the founding Co-Editor of The Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology (Routledge/Taylor & Francis), an Associate Editor for Archaeology in Oceania, and serves on the editorial boards for the Caribbean Journal of Science and Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports.

Education and Background

Fitzpatrick was born in Moses Lake, WA and spent his formative years in Creswell, OR before moving to Spokane, WA where he attended Junior and Senior High School. His first experiences doing archaeology as an undergraduate were in central Washington State, Barbados, and England, working closely with British archaeologists from the Institute of Archaeology in London. Fitzpatrick received dual B.A. (1994) degrees in Anthropology and Criminal Justice from Eastern Washington University. He also completed an M.S. (2003) in Historic Preservation from the University of Oregon, an M.A. (1996) in Anthropology from the University of Montana, and finally his Ph.D. (2003) in Anthropology from the University of Oregon. He has published more than 130 journal articles and several books,.

Publications

Books
  • Voyages of Discovery: The Archaeology of Islands (editor)(Prager 2004), ISBN 9780275979478
  • Island Shores, Distant Pasts: Archaeological and Biological Perspectives on the Pre-Columbian Settlement of the Caribbean (with Ann Ross) (University Press of Florida, 2017), ISBN 9780813063140
  • Ancient Psychoactive Substances (editor) ( University Press of Florida, 2018). ISBN 9780813068183

Most cited peer-reviewed articles
  • Erlandson JM, Fitzpatrick SM. Oceans, islands, and coasts: current perspectives on the role of the sea in human prehistory. Journal of Island & Coastal Archaeology. 2006 Jul 1;1(1):5-32.(Cited 245 times, according to Google Scholar [3])
  • Stephens L, Fuller D, Boivin N, Rick T, Gauthier N, Kay A, Marwick B, Armstrong CG, Barton CM, Denham T, Douglass K. Archaeological assessment reveals Earth’s early transformation through land use. Science. 2019 Aug 30;365(6456):897-902. (Cited 216 times, according to Google Scholar [3] )
  • Fitzpatrick SM, Keegan WF. Human impacts and adaptations in the Caribbean Islands: an historical ecology approach. Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. 2007 Mar;98(1):29-45. (Cited 182 times, according to Google Scholar.[3])
  • Fitzpatrick SM. A critical approach to 14C dating in the Caribbean: using chronometric hygiene to evaluate chronological control and prehistoric settlement. Latin American Antiquity. 2006 Dec;17(4):389-418.(Cited 118 times, according to Google Scholar.[3])

His most recent article is Louys J, Braje TJ, Chang CH, Cosgrove R, Fitzpatrick SM, Fujita M, Hawkins S, Ingicco T, Kawamura A, MacPhee RD, McDowell MC. No evidence for widespread island extinctions after Pleistocene hominin arrival. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 2021 May 18;118(20). (open access)

References
  1. "Scott Fitzpatrick | Department of Anthropology". anthropology.uoregon.edu.
  2. "Scott Fitzpatrick | Museum of Natural and Cultural History". mnch.uoregon.edu.
  3. Scott M. Fitzpatrick publications indexed by Google Scholar Accessed March 10, 2022
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