publications

metcalfe, j.z. (2021). c₃ plant isotopic variability in a boreal mixed woodland: implications for bison and other herbivores. peerj  9:e12167 https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12167

metcalfe, j.z., ives, j.w., shirazi, s., gilmore, k.p., hallson, j., brock, f., clark, b.j. & shapiro, b. (2021). isotopic evidence for long-distance connections of the ad thirteenth century promontory caves occupants. american antiquity 86(3): 526-548. doi:10.1017/aaq.2020.116

schwartz-narbonne, r., longstaffe, f.j., kardynal, k.j., druckenmiller, p., hobson, k.a., jass, c.n., metcalfe, j.z., zazula, g. (2019). reframing the mammoth steppe: insights from analysis of isotopic niches. quaternary science reviews 215: 1-21.

metcalfe, j.z. & mead, j.i. (2019). do uncharred plants preserve original carbon and nitrogen isotope compositions? journal of archaeological method and theory 26: 844-872, doi: 10.1007/s10816-018-9390-2

metcalfe, j.z. (2018). pleistocene hairs: microscopic examination prior to destructive analysis. paleoamerica: a journal of early human migration and dispersal 4(1): 16-30. available online jan. 8, 2018. doi: 10.1080/20555563.2017.1413529.

metcalfe, j.z. (2017). proboscidean isotopic compositions provide insight into ancient humans and their environments. quaternary international 443, part a: 147-159.

szpak, p., metcalfe, j.z. & macdonald, r.a. (2017) best practices for calibrating and reporting stable isotope measurements in archaeology. journal of archaeological science: reports 13: 609-616.

metcalfe, j.z., longstaffe, f.j., jass, c.j., zazula, g.d., keddie, g. (2016).taxonomy, location of origin, and health status of proboscidean specimens from western canada investigated using stable isotope analysis. journal of quaternary science 31: 126-142.

schwartz-narbonne, r., longstaffe, f., metcalfe, j., & zazula, g. (2015). solving the woolly mammoth conundrum: amino acid ¹⁵n-enrichment suggests a distinct forage or habitat. scientific reports, 5, 9791; doi: 10.1038/srep09791.

zazula, g.d., macphee, r.d.e., metcalfe, j.z., reyes, a.v., brock, f., druckenmiller, p.s., groves, p., harington, c.r., hodgins, g.w.l., kunz, m.l., longstaffe, f.j., mann, d.h., mcdonald, h.g., nalawade-chavan, s., & southon, j.r. (2014). american mastodon extirpation in the arctic and subarctic predates human colonization and terminal pleistocene climate change. proceedings of the national academy of sciences 111: 18460-18465.

metcalfe, j.z. & longstaffe, f.j. (2014). environmental change and seasonal behavior of mastodons in the great lakes region inferred from stable isotope analysis. quaternary research 82: 366-377.

metcalfe, j.z., longstaffe, f.j., & hodgins, g. (2013). proboscideans and paleoenvironments of the pleistocene great lakes: landscape, vegetation, and stable isotopes. quaternary science reviews 76: 102-113.

metcalfe, j.z. & longstaffe, f.j. (2012). mammoth tooth enamel growth rates inferred from stable isotope analysis and histology. quaternary research 77(3): 424-432.

metcalfe, j.z., longstaffe, f.j., ballenger, j.a.m., & haynes, c.v. (2011). isotopic paleoecology of clovis mammoths from arizona. proceedings of the national academy of sciences of the united states of america 108: 17916-17920. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1113881108

metcalfe, j.z., longstaffe, f.j. & zazula, g.d. (2010). nursing, weaning, and tooth development in woolly mammoths from old crow, yukon, canada: implications for pleistocene extinctions. palaeogeography palaeoclimatology palaeoecology 298: 257-270.

metcalfe, j. z., white, c. d., longstaffe, f. j., wrobel, g., cook, d. c., & pyburn, k. a. (2009b). isotopic evidence for diet at chau hiix, belize: testing regional models of hierarchy and heterarchy. latin american antiquity 20(1): 15-36.

metcalfe, j. z., longstaffe, f. j., & white, c. d. (2009a). method-dependent variations in stable isotope results for structural carbonate in bone bioapatite. journal of archaeological science 36: 110-121.

beauchesne, p., colquhoun, i., cross, a., gardner, j., longstaffe, f., marciano, l., metcalfe, j., nelson, a., pawlowski, a., wheeler, s., white, c. d., & williams, l. (2008). lady hudson and mummy studies at the university of western ontario. in: mummies and science: world mummies research. proceedings of the vi world congress on mummy studies (teguise, lanzarote, spain. feb 20-24, 2007). p.a. pena, c.r. martin, & m.a.r. rodriguez, eds.

metcalfe, j. z. (2005). multiple histories: the archaeology, ethnohistory, oral history, and national history of iximche’, guatemala. totem: the uwo journal of anthropology 13(1): 9.