Knowledge (XXG)

Fiona Marshall

Source 📝

378:
uses Marshall's work about where specialized pastoralism began to help her make her argument about how being so close to animals may have affected their health. The specialization of pastoralism would have opened up the people to new diseases that they otherwise would not have been exposed to before.
358:
who study pastoralism in Africa. Her article from 2002 with Elisabeth Hildebrand, "Cattle Before Crops: The Beginnings of Food Production in Africa," has been cited 279 times (as of December 2016). Albano Beja-Pereira et al. also use her paper in their article "The Origin of European Cattle: Evidence
290:
system, while specialized pastoralism developed farther south 2000 years ago. The steadying of the climate 3,000 years ago may have been one of the reasons that this specialization may have started to occur because the people could now rely on certain seasons to do certain things and could move their
254:. The reason that cattle were so useful is because they allow pastoralists to adapt to changing climates. Even though pastoralism took root in Africa, Marshall points out that herding also contributed to the unequal spread of food. Pastoralism is also more labor-intensive and unpredictable than 302:
groups. Identifying pastoralist sites is not always easy: pastoralists tend to not leave well-defined sites behind after they move on, and what they do leave behind does not always preserve well. In East Africa, the thing that tends to differentiate the two is the type of
265:
in East Africa. The specialization may have occurred because of the increased pastoral production opportunities in East Africa at that time. There are certain groups in East Africa that have been, and still are, very specialized pastoralists; groups like the
958: 948: 238:. This early food production may have led to the current distribution of wealth. The Neolithic in Africa, however, went differently. Instead of people becoming sedentary farmers, many peoples in Africa became 359:
From Modern and Ancient DNA" from 2006. They acknowledge that cattle may have been domesticated from Africa first, and they use Marshall's research to help figure out where the cattle seen in the European
953: 742: 311:
in this area are associated with both hunter-gatherers and pastoralists, although interaction between pastoralists and hunter-gatherer groups blurs these lines and makes it much harder for
315:
to distinguish the two from each other. Marshall argues that the amount of dung that accumulates in corrals can also distinguish pastoralist and hunter-gatherer sites. However, dung is
278:. These groups are basically fully reliant on their herded cattle, sheep, and goats with little to no hunting-and-gathering and fishing practices. Marshall's research at the site of 663:
Shahack-Gross, Ruth; Marshall, Fiona; Weiner, Steve (2003). "Geo-Ethnoarchaeology of Pastoral Sites: The Identification of Livestock Enclosures in Abandoned Maasai Settlements".
770:
Beja-Pereira, Albano; Caramelli, David; Lalueza-Fox, Carles; Vernesi, Cristiano; Ferrand, Nuno; Casoli, Antonella; Goyache, Felix; Royo, Luis J.; Conti, Serena (May 23, 2006).
366:
Her 1990 article "The Origin of Specialized Pastoral Production in East Africa" has been cited more than 100 times (as of December 2016). This paper has been used by the same
933: 215: 829: 938: 250:. Marshall has examined the question of why ancient peoples domesticated wild plants and animals. Cattle were the first domesticates in North Africa around 10,000-8000 182:. She has also conducted ethnoarchaeological research on factors that affect body part representation in archaeological sites, and on foraging ways of life amongst 707:
Marshall, Fiona; Pilgram, Tom (1991). "Meat versus within-bone nutrients: Another look at the meaning of body part representation in archaeological sites".
206:
in 1986. She is currently the James W. and Jean L. Davis Professor in Arts and Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis. She is also a member of the
346:
were typically broken. Her theory, supported by observation of fracture patterns, is that these bones were broken in order to get the bone grease inside.
478: 943: 323:
select a site that might have been a pastoralist site, that they choose a site that is away from the water sources because some things, like
291:
settlements accordingly. Another important factor may have been interaction between pastoralists and the hunter-gatherer groups around them.
211: 479:"Installation of Professor Fiona Marshall as the James W. and Jean L. Davis Professor | Alumni and Development for Arts & Sciences" 203: 151: 109: 60: 445: 928: 17: 334:
sites to see what the people at those sites were eating. Looking at the bones that are represented at a site can help the
338:
determine whether the site is a butchery site or a habitation site. Marshall looked at the bones that were discovered at
246:. Africa did eventually develop food production in farming, it was just later than the rest of the world at around 4000 207: 859:
Gifford-Gonzalez, Diane (2000). "Animal Disease Challenges to the Emergence of Pastoralism in Sub-Saharan Africa".
575:
Marshall, Fiona; Hildebrand, Elisabeth (2002). "Cattle Before Crops: The Beginnings of Food Production in Africa".
258:, which is why Marshall believes that it was more patchy throughout Africa rather than taking it all over at once. 171: 342:, Kenya, which were almost all from the domesticated cattle, sheep, and goats. Marshall found that the cattle 923: 375: 371: 360: 235: 716: 672: 286:, has shown that while early pastoralists in the Turkana Basin, Kenya, practiced a more generalized 884: 592: 324: 163: 374:
in her paper "Animal Disease Challenges to the Emergence of Pastoralism in Sub-Saharan Africa".
242:. But this pastoralism did not spread throughout all of Africa; it was more sporadic around the 876: 811: 793: 234:
started in southwest Asia about 10,000 years ago, leading to higher populations, cities, and
868: 801: 783: 724: 680: 632: 584: 159: 95: 504:"Fiona Marshall named to the US National Academy of Sciences | Department of Anthropology" 395: 299: 275: 255: 904: 720: 676: 294:
Marshall also looks at the difference between the archaeological remains left behind by
908: 806: 771: 453: 316: 271: 251: 247: 187: 155: 124: 99: 85: 503: 917: 888: 728: 623:
Marshall, Fiona (1990). "Origins of Specialized Pastoral Production in East Africa".
267: 596: 743:"Cattle Before Crops: The Beginnings of Food Production in Africa – Google Scholar" 416: 304: 183: 636: 370:
that would have looked at the one mentioned above. This paper has been cited by
367: 355: 335: 320: 312: 295: 262: 231: 227: 167: 147: 872: 588: 55: 880: 797: 788: 343: 339: 331: 279: 815: 684: 529: 308: 287: 191: 175: 772:"The origin of European cattle: Evidence from modern and ancient DNA" 243: 239: 179: 67: 261:
Along with food production, she analyzes the arrival of specialized
959:
Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
283: 202:
A native of Kenya, Fiona Marshall received her PhD from the
830:"Origins of specialized pastoral production in East Africa" 949:
Members of the United States National Academy of Sciences
319:
which decomposes over time. Marshall suggests that when
954:
Fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
330:
Another thing she does is look at animal bones from
226:
Fiona Marshall works on Pastoral Neolithic sites in
216:
American Association for the Advancement of Science
119: 105: 91: 81: 76: 66: 54: 49: 37: 30: 776:Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 446:"Fiona Marshall | Department of Anthropology" 190:, Kenya. She has also worked to conserve the 8: 934:Washington University in St. Louis faculty 27: 939:University of California, Berkeley alumni 805: 787: 354:Marshall has been very influential with 534:American Academy of Arts & Sciences 387: 854: 852: 850: 765: 763: 702: 700: 698: 696: 694: 570: 212:American Academy of Arts and Sciences 154:. Her methodological specialties are 7: 658: 656: 654: 652: 650: 648: 646: 618: 616: 614: 612: 610: 608: 606: 568: 566: 564: 562: 560: 558: 556: 554: 552: 550: 473: 471: 440: 438: 423:. Washington University in St. Louis 411: 409: 178:of animals, particularly cattle and 152:Washington University in St. Louis 110:Washington University in St. Louis 61:University of California, Berkeley 14: 709:Journal of Archaeological Science 665:Journal of Archaeological Science 204:University of California-Berkeley 396:"Where's the love for donkeys?" 18:Fiona Marshall (pharmacologist) 1: 944:American women archaeologists 861:African Archaeological Review 637:10.1525/aa.1990.92.4.02a00020 508:anthropology.artsci.wustl.edu 450:anthropology.artsci.wustl.edu 729:10.1016/0305-4403(91)90044-P 327:, will be better preserved. 208:National Academy of Sciences 16:For the pharmacologist, see 577:Journal of World Prehistory 975: 15: 115: 45: 907:publications indexed by 170:, focusing primarily on 929:American archaeologists 873:10.1023/A:1006601020217 789:10.1073/pnas.0509210103 625:American Anthropologist 589:10.1023/A:1019954903395 483:alumni.artsci.wustl.edu 685:10.1006/jasc.2002.0853 372:Diane Gifford-Gonzalez 186:people of the western 23:American archaeologist 361:archaeological record 256:hunting-and-gathering 236:social stratification 162:. She has excavated 721:1991JArSc..18..149M 677:2003JArSc..30..439S 456:on November 4, 2016 402:. October 31, 2016. 350:Influence on others 50:Academic background 747:scholar.google.com 325:phosphate minerals 307:that they create. 164:Pastoral Neolithic 782:(21): 8113–8118. 172:the domestication 141: 140: 966: 893: 892: 856: 845: 844: 842: 840: 826: 820: 819: 809: 791: 767: 758: 757: 755: 753: 739: 733: 732: 704: 689: 688: 660: 641: 640: 620: 601: 600: 572: 545: 544: 542: 540: 526: 520: 519: 517: 515: 500: 494: 493: 491: 489: 475: 466: 465: 463: 461: 452:. Archived from 442: 433: 432: 430: 428: 417:"Fiona Marshall" 413: 404: 403: 392: 376:Gifford-Gonzalez 317:organic material 160:ethnoarchaeology 137: 134: 132: 130: 128: 126: 96:Ethnoarchaeology 28: 974: 973: 969: 968: 967: 965: 964: 963: 914: 913: 901: 896: 858: 857: 848: 838: 836: 828: 827: 823: 769: 768: 761: 751: 749: 741: 740: 736: 706: 705: 692: 662: 661: 644: 622: 621: 604: 574: 573: 548: 538: 536: 528: 527: 523: 513: 511: 502: 501: 497: 487: 485: 477: 476: 469: 459: 457: 444: 443: 436: 426: 424: 415: 414: 407: 394: 393: 389: 385: 352: 300:hunter-gatherer 232:Food production 224: 200: 123: 33: 24: 21: 12: 11: 5: 972: 970: 962: 961: 956: 951: 946: 941: 936: 931: 926: 916: 915: 912: 911: 909:Google Scholar 905:Fiona Marshall 900: 899:External links 897: 895: 894: 846: 834:Google Scholar 821: 759: 734: 715:(2): 149–163. 690: 671:(4): 439–459. 642: 631:(4): 873–894. 602: 546: 521: 495: 467: 434: 405: 400:New York Times 386: 384: 381: 368:archaeologists 356:archaeologists 351: 348: 321:archaeologists 313:archaeologists 240:mobile herders 228:eastern Africa 223: 220: 199: 196: 188:Mau Escarpment 168:eastern Africa 156:zooarchaeology 144:Fiona Marshall 139: 138: 121: 117: 116: 113: 112: 107: 103: 102: 100:Zooarchaeology 93: 92:Sub-discipline 89: 88: 86:Anthropologist 83: 79: 78: 74: 73: 70: 64: 63: 58: 52: 51: 47: 46: 43: 42: 39: 35: 34: 32:Fiona Marshall 31: 22: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 971: 960: 957: 955: 952: 950: 947: 945: 942: 940: 937: 935: 932: 930: 927: 925: 924:Living people 922: 921: 919: 910: 906: 903: 902: 898: 890: 886: 882: 878: 874: 870: 867:(3): 95–139. 866: 862: 855: 853: 851: 847: 835: 831: 825: 822: 817: 813: 808: 803: 799: 795: 790: 785: 781: 777: 773: 766: 764: 760: 748: 744: 738: 735: 730: 726: 722: 718: 714: 710: 703: 701: 699: 697: 695: 691: 686: 682: 678: 674: 670: 666: 659: 657: 655: 653: 651: 649: 647: 643: 638: 634: 630: 626: 619: 617: 615: 613: 611: 609: 607: 603: 598: 594: 590: 586: 583:(2): 99–143. 582: 578: 571: 569: 567: 565: 563: 561: 559: 557: 555: 553: 551: 547: 535: 531: 530:"New Members" 525: 522: 510:. May 2, 2017 509: 505: 499: 496: 484: 480: 474: 472: 468: 455: 451: 447: 441: 439: 435: 422: 418: 412: 410: 406: 401: 397: 391: 388: 382: 380: 377: 373: 369: 364: 362: 357: 349: 347: 345: 341: 337: 336:archaeologist 333: 328: 326: 322: 318: 314: 310: 306: 301: 297: 292: 289: 285: 281: 277: 273: 269: 264: 259: 257: 253: 249: 245: 241: 237: 233: 229: 221: 219: 217: 213: 209: 205: 197: 195: 193: 189: 185: 181: 177: 173: 169: 165: 161: 157: 153: 149: 148:archaeologist 145: 136: 122: 118: 114: 111: 108: 104: 101: 97: 94: 90: 87: 84: 80: 77:Academic work 75: 71: 69: 65: 62: 59: 57: 53: 48: 44: 40: 36: 29: 26: 19: 864: 860: 837:. Retrieved 833: 824: 779: 775: 752:December 14, 750:. Retrieved 746: 737: 712: 708: 668: 664: 628: 624: 580: 576: 537:. Retrieved 533: 524: 512:. Retrieved 507: 498: 486:. Retrieved 482: 458:. Retrieved 454:the original 449: 425:. Retrieved 420: 399: 390: 365: 353: 329: 296:pastoralists 293: 260: 225: 201: 194:footprints. 143: 142: 125:anthropology 106:Institutions 72: (1986) 25: 488:November 2, 460:October 23, 363:came from. 263:pastoralism 38:Nationality 918:Categories 839:August 29, 421:The Source 383:References 344:long bones 214:, and the 82:Discipline 56:Alma mater 889:161391486 881:0263-0338 798:0027-8424 539:April 24, 427:March 13, 340:Ngamuriak 332:Neolithic 280:Ngamuriak 198:Biography 166:sites in 133:/marshall 816:16690747 597:19466568 309:Ceramics 276:Rendille 222:Research 41:American 807:1472438 717:Bibcode 673:Bibcode 305:lithics 288:herding 272:Samburu 192:Laetoli 180:donkeys 176:herding 127:.artsci 120:Website 887:  879:  814:  804:  796:  595:  514:May 2, 274:, and 268:Maasai 244:Sahara 210:, the 146:is an 135:_fiona 129:.wustl 68:Thesis 885:S2CID 593:S2CID 284:Kenya 184:Okiek 877:ISSN 841:2021 812:PMID 794:ISSN 754:2016 541:2020 516:2017 490:2016 462:2016 429:2017 298:and 174:and 158:and 131:.edu 98:and 869:doi 802:PMC 784:doi 780:103 725:doi 681:doi 633:doi 585:doi 150:at 920:: 883:. 875:. 865:17 863:. 849:^ 832:. 810:. 800:. 792:. 778:. 774:. 762:^ 745:. 723:. 713:18 711:. 693:^ 679:. 669:30 667:. 645:^ 629:92 627:. 605:^ 591:. 581:16 579:. 549:^ 532:. 506:. 481:. 470:^ 448:. 437:^ 419:. 408:^ 398:. 282:, 270:, 252:BP 248:BP 230:. 218:. 891:. 871:: 843:. 818:. 786:: 756:. 731:. 727:: 719:: 687:. 683:: 675:: 639:. 635:: 599:. 587:: 543:. 518:. 492:. 464:. 431:. 20:.

Index

Fiona Marshall (pharmacologist)
Alma mater
University of California, Berkeley
Thesis
Anthropologist
Ethnoarchaeology
Zooarchaeology
Washington University in St. Louis
anthropology.artsci.wustl.edu/marshall_fiona
archaeologist
Washington University in St. Louis
zooarchaeology
ethnoarchaeology
Pastoral Neolithic
eastern Africa
the domestication
herding
donkeys
Okiek
Mau Escarpment
Laetoli
University of California-Berkeley
National Academy of Sciences
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
American Association for the Advancement of Science
eastern Africa
Food production
social stratification
mobile herders
Sahara

Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.