Dr. Matthew Douglass
Ph.D. University of Auckland, 2010
Research Assistant Professor
Office: 905 Oldfather Hall
Email: mdouglass3@unl.edu
Subfield:
Archaeology
Major Research Interests:
Stone Artifact Analysis, Human Ecodynamics, Hunter-Gatherers of the North American Great Plains and Australia, Experimental Archaeology
Educational Background:
Ph.D. (2010) University of Auckland, Department of Anthropology
M.A. (2005) University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Department of Anthropology and Geography
B.A. (2002) University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Department of Anthropology and Geography
Recent Publications:
Peer Reviewed
2012 Holdaway, Simon and Matthew Douglass. A Twenty-First Century Archaeology of Stone Artifacts. Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory 19(1): 101-131.
2011 Douglass, Matthew J. & Simon J. Holdaway. Quantifying stone raw material size distributions: Investigating cortex proportions in lithic assemblages from Western New South Wales. In J. Specht & R. Torrence (Eds.), Changing Perspectives in Australian Archaeology, Part IV. Technical Reports of the Australian Museum, Online, 23. Sydney: Australian Museum.
2010 Lin, Sam, Matthew Douglass and Simon Holdaway. The Application of 3D Laser Scanning Technology to the Assessment of Ordinal and Mechanical Cortex Quantification in Lithic Analysis. Journal of Archaeological Science 37(4): 694-702.
2008 Douglass, Matthew J., Simon J. Holdaway, Patricia C. Fanning and Justin I. Shiner An Assessment and Archaeological Application of Cortex Measurement in Lithic Assemblages. American Antiquity (73) 513-526.
2008 Holdaway, Simon, Justin Shiner, Patricia Fanning and Matthew Douglass Assemblage formation as a result of raw material acquisition in western New South Wales, Australia. Lithic Technology 33:73-85.
Chapters in Books
(Submitted) Holdaway, Simon, Douglass, Matthew and Rebecca Phillipps. Flake selection, assemblage variability and technological organization. In: Lithic Technology and the Status of Rocks in Archaeology: A Tribute to George Odell.
(In Press) Holdaway, Simon, Justin Shiner, Patricia Fanning and Matthew Douglass. Context and Complexity in Arid Australia: Assessing Human Reponses to an Unpredictable Environment. Edited volume: From the Pecos to the Paleolithic: Papers in Honor of Arthur Jelinek. University of Arizona Press.
(In Press) Holdaway, Simon J., Matthew J. Douglass, and Patricia C. Fanning. A new ecological framework for understanding human - environment interactions in arid Australia. Edited volume: Intersections and Transformations: Archaeological Studies in Environment and Technology. Blackwell Publishing.
(In Press) Holdaway, Simon, Matthew Douglass and Patricia Fanning. Landscape Scale and Human Mobility: Geoarchaeological Evidence from Rutherfords Creek, New South Wales, Australia. In Kluiving, S.J. and Guttmann, E.G.B. (Eds.), Landscape and Heritage. Amsterdam University Press, Amsterdam.
Recent Conference Presentations:
2012 Tiffany Napier, Matthew Douglass, LuAnn Wandsnider and Ron Goble. OSL-Assisted Analysis of Past Sand Hills Resiliency in a Hyper-Dynamic
Environment during the peri-Medieval Warm Period. 77th Society for American Archaeology Conference, Memphis, TN, 18-22 April 2012.
2011 LuAnn Wandsnider, Matthew Douglass, Tiffany Napier, and Ronald Goble. Assessing Socio-Natural Resilience on the Pre-Columbian Central and High Plains: Report of the 2010- 2011 Field Seasons. Annual Meeting of the Plains Anthropological Society, Tucson AZ, 27-29 October 2011.
2011 Douglass, Matthew and LuAnn Wandsnider. Geomorphologically Informed Investigations of the Surface Archaeological Record in the Oglala National Grasslands and Toadstool Geologic Park, Northwestern Nebraska: Field Report on the University of Nebraska 2011 Archaeological
Field School. Annual Meeting of the Plains Anthropological Society, Tucson AZ, 27-29 October 2011.
2011 Lin, Sam C., Matthew J. Douglass, Daniel J. Parker, Simon J, Holdaway, Shannon McPherron, Harold Dibble.Cortex Ratio as Measure of Hunter-Gatherer Mobility: Methodological Robustness, Issues, and Archaeological Implications. Everyone Made Stone Tools: Exploring Methodology in Lithic Analysis. Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient World Conference, Brown University Oct 14-15 Octover 2011.
2011 Napier, Tiffany, Goble, Ronald J. , Wandsnider, L., and Douglass, Matthew J. The Sand Hills Cultural Landscape In Response To A Fluctuating Environment During And After The Medieval Climate Period: Preliminary Results: The Geological Society of America Annual Meeting in Minneapolis 9–12 October 2011.
2011 Simon Holdaway, Matthew Douglass and Rebecca Phillipps. “Flake selection, assemblage variability and technological organization.” Symposium: Lithic Technology and the Status of Rocks in Archaeology: A Tribute to George Odell. 2011 Society for American Archaeology Conference, Sacramento, CA.
2011Sam C. Lin, Matthew J. Douglass, Daniel Parker, Simon J. Holdaway. “Experimental Assessment of Cortex Composition in Lithic Assemblages through Computer Simulation.” 2011 Society for American Archaeology Conference, Sacramento, CA.
2010 Douglass, Matthew, Simon Holdaway and Thomas Barker. “Assemblage Color Variability as a Proxy for Prehistoric Mobility in Western New South Wales, Australia.” 2010 Society for American Archaeology Conference, St. Louis, MO.
2010 Holdaway, Simon, Matthew Douglass and Patricia Fanning. “Measuring Stone Artefacts to Assess the Extent of Mobility at a Landscape Scale: Rutherfords Creek New South Wales, Australia.” Keynote address, 2010 Landscape Archaeological Conference, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
2009 Douglass, Matthew. “Exploring Artefact Curation amongst Expedient Stone Assemblages within Australia’s Arid Core.” PhD Thesis Presentation to the University of Auckland Department of Anthropology. May 18 2009.
2009 Douglass, Matthew J. and Simon J. Holdaway. “Exploring Artifact Curation amongst Expedient Stone Artifacts within Australia's Arid Core.” 74th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Atlanta, GA.
2009 Lin, Sam, Matthew Douglass and Simon Holdaway. “The Application of 3D Laser Scanning Technology to the Assessment of Ordinal and Mechanical Cortex Quantification in Lithic Analysis.” 74th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Atlanta, GA.
2008 Douglass, Matthew J. and Simon J. Holdaway. “Investigating stone Artifact Transport Through the Measurement of Cortical Surface Area in Western New South Wales, Australia.” 73rd Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Vancouver, BC, Canada.
2008 Holdaway, Simon, Justin Shiner, Patricia Fanning, and Matthew Douglass. “Context and Complexity in Arid Australia.” 73rd Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Vancouver, BC, Canada.