Marvin Kay
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Also affiliated: U.S. National Science Foundation (2024); Southern Methodist University (2001); University of Colorado Boulder (1974); Research Experiences for Undergraduates (2024); Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú (2009); University of Missouri (1968); Grand Valley State University (2001); University of Tulsa (1996)
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Marvin Kay's research focuses on human evolution and ancient behaviors, particularly in the Horn of Africa and North America. His work investigates adaptive foraging strategies employed by early hominids, examining how environmental shifts, such as the Toba supereruption, influenced survival and behavior. Kay also studies mortuary rituals and material culture in North American archaeological contexts, with a specific emphasis on Caddoan societies and the introduction of early agriculture in the Ozark Highlands. His scholarship is supported by a robust publication record and a consistent citation history, reflected in his h-index of 13 and over 860 total citations across 59 publications. He collaborates with researchers like Carla Klehm at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville.
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- h-index: 13
- Publications: 59
- Citations: 867
Selected Publications
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Adaptive foraging behaviours in the Horn of Africa during Toba supereruption (2024)
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Phillips Spring: Agriculture and Domestication (2020)
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Phillips Spring: Agriculture and Domestication (2018)
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Phillips Spring: Agriculture and Domestication (2018)
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New Evidence for a Possible Paleolithic Occupation of the Eastern North American Continental Shelf at the Last Glacial Maximum (2014)
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Another unique river: A consideration of some of the characteristics of the trunk tributaries of the Nile River in northwestern Ethiopia in relationship to their aquatic food resources (2014)
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Functional analysis of prismatic blades and bladelets from Pinson Mounds, Tennessee (2014)
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W. Raymond Wood, A Celebration (2009)
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Book Reviews (2003)
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61 st Annual Plains Anthropological Conference (2003)
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61 St Annual Plains Anthropological Conference (2003)
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61<sup>st</sup> Annual Plains Anthropological Conference (2003)
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High-Resolution Casts for Lithic Use-Wear Analysis (2003)
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Reports (2002)
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The Palaeoindian–Archaic transition in North America: new evidence from Texas (2002)
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- Adaptive foraging behaviours in the Horn of Africa during Toba supereruption
- Adaptive foraging behaviours in the Horn of Africa during Toba supereruption
- Adaptive foraging behaviours in the Horn of Africa during Toba supereruption
- Adaptive foraging behaviours in the Horn of Africa during Toba supereruption
- Adaptive foraging behaviours in the Horn of Africa during Toba supereruption
- Adaptive foraging behaviours in the Horn of Africa during Toba supereruption
- Adaptive foraging behaviours in the Horn of Africa during Toba supereruption
- Adaptive foraging behaviours in the Horn of Africa during Toba supereruption
- Adaptive foraging behaviours in the Horn of Africa during Toba supereruption
- Adaptive foraging behaviours in the Horn of Africa during Toba supereruption
- Adaptive foraging behaviours in the Horn of Africa during Toba supereruption
- Adaptive foraging behaviours in the Horn of Africa during Toba supereruption
- Adaptive foraging behaviours in the Horn of Africa during Toba supereruption
- Adaptive foraging behaviours in the Horn of Africa during Toba supereruption
- Adaptive foraging behaviours in the Horn of Africa during Toba supereruption
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