Michael Barton

Michael Barton is a geoarchaeologist and anthropologist whose research centers on the dynamics of socioecological systems, expecially in the context of hunter/gatherers and small-scale agricultural societies. His expertise includes Quaternary landscapes, geospatial technologies, computational modeling, complex systems science, evolutionary theory, and lithic technology.

His research has focused primarily in the Mediterranean, western Eurasia more broadly, and western North America

Barton is Director of the interdisciplinary Center for Social Dynamics and Complexity, and heads the Graduate Faculty in Complex Adaptive System Science.

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480-965-7671

Curriculum Vitae

Education

Ph.D. Anthropology; minor: Geosciences, University of Arizona
M.A. Anthropology; minor: Geosciences, University of Arizona
B.A. Anthropology, University of Kansas

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Landscapes of Mediterranean Spain

Research Awards

Research Website

http://cmbarton.wikidot.com/

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Research Interests

Barton's interests center around long-term human ecology and landscape dynamics with ongoing projects in the Mediterranean (late Pleistocene through mid-Holocene) and American Southwest (Holocene-Archaic). He has done fieldwork in Spain, Bosnia, and various locales in North America and has expertise in hunter/gatherer and early farming societies, geoarchaeology, lithic technology, and evolutionary theory, with an emphasis on human/environmental interaction, landscape dynamics, and techno-economic change. Quantitative methods, increasingly critical to archaeological research and social science in general, and are an important focus of his research, especially emphasizing computational modeling, spatial technologies (including GIS and remote sensing), data science, and visualization.

Barton is a member of the open source GRASS GIS international development team that is making cutting edge spatial technologies available to researchers and students around the world.

The Mediterranean Landscape Dynamics project, which Barton directs, combines computational modeling and interdisciplinary fielswork to study the emergence of coupled human and natural landscapes, and long-term interactions of agricultural land-use practices and landscape change in the ancient Mediterranean, with support from the National Science Biocomplexity in the Environment and Coupled Natural and Human Systems programs.

He also directs the CoMSES Network and CoMSES CoRe, an international research network and NSF Big Data Spoke facility to promote open science, knowledge sharing, reproducibility, and best practices in emerging cybertools in the socio-ecological sciences.

Barton also co-directs collaborative projects with the National Center for Atmospheric Research. One of these projects is building a computational tool set for integrating global climate models and global socio-economic models. A goal is to better assess the socio-economic impacts of climate change over the next 30 years. A second collaboration brings together storm modeling, social science and social media data, and computational modeling of social information networks to study the dissemination of hurricane warning in today's information-rich society, and the ways in which people make crucial decisions about risk.

Research Group

Research Projects

CoMSES Network

Mediterranean Landscape Dynamics

Mogollon Region Small Sites

Easm 2: Linking human and earth system models to assess regional impacts and adaptation in urban systems and their hinterlands in collaboration with the National Center for Atmospheric Research.

CHIME (Communicating Hazard Information in the Modern Environment) in collaboration with the National Center for Atmospheric Research.

MIRACLE Digging Into Data Consortiu

Publications

1. G. A. Clark, C. Michael Barton, L. G. Straus, Landscapes, Climate Change & Forager Mobility in the Upper Paleolithic of Northern Spain. Quaternary International (2019), doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2018.04.037.
2. G. Snitker et al., Patch-based survey methods for studying prehistoric human land-use in agriculturally modified landscapes: A case study from the Canal de Navarrés, eastern Spain. Quaternary International. 483, 5–22 (2018).
3. D. T. Robinson et al., Modelling feedbacks between human and natural processes in the land system. Earth Syst. Dynam. 9, 895–914 (2018).
4. O. García-Puchol et al., A Bayesian Approach for Timing The Neolithization in Mediterranean Iberia. Radiocarbon. 60, 181–205 (2018).
5. A. Burke, J. Riel‐Salvatore, C. M. Barton, Human response to habitat suitability during the Last Glacial Maximum in Western Europe. Journal of Quaternary Science. 33, 335–345 (2018).
6. C. M. Barton et al., Risk and resilience in the late glacial: A case study from the western Mediterranean. Quaternary Science Reviews. 184, 68–84 (2018).
7. S. Pardo-Gordó, S. M. Bergin, J. Bernabeu Aubán, C. M. Barton, in Times of Neolithic Transition along the Western Mediterranean, O. García-Puchol, D. C. Salazar-García, Eds. (Springer International Publishing, Cham, 2017; http://link.springer.com/10.1007/978-3-319-52939-4_5), pp. 101–131.
8. J. Paige, K. Michelaki, C. Campisano, M. Barton, A. Heimsath, Are the intensities and durations of small-scale pottery firings sufficient to completely dehydroxylate clays? Testing a key assumption underlying ceramic rehydroxylation dating. Journal of Archaeological Science. 79, 44–52 (2017).
9. R. E. Morss et al., Hazardous Weather Prediction and Communication in the Modern Information Environment. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc. December, 2653–2674 (2017).
10. B. Marwick et al., Open science in archaeology. The SAA Archaeological Record. 17, 8–14 (2017).
11. C. Gravel-Miguel, J. Riel-Salvatore, R. Maggi, G. Martino, C. M. Barton, The Breaking of Ochred Pebble Tools as Part of Funerary Ritual in the Arene Candide Epigravettian Cemetery. Cambridge Archaeological Journal. 27, 331–350 (2017).
12. G. A. Clark, C. M. Barton, Lithics, landscapes & la Longue-durée – Curation & expediency as expressions of forager mobility. Quaternary International. 450, 137–149 (2017).
13. J. Gao, C. Gravel-Miguel, B. O’Neill, C. M. Barton, in The Atlas of the Human Planet, M. Pesaresi, M. Melchiorri, A. Siragusa, T. Kemper, Eds. (Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg, 2016).
14. J. Cabré, Michael Barton: “El cambio climático no tiene por qué ser malo.” Diari de Tarragona (2016), p. 11.
15. J. Bernabeu Aubán, O. García Puchol, M. Barton, S. McClure, S. Pardo Gordó, Radiocarbon dates, climatic events, and social dynamics during the Early Neolithic in Mediterranean Iberia. Quaternary International. 403, 201–210 (2016).
16. C. M. Barton et al., Experimental socioecology: Integrative science for Anthropocene landscape dynamics. Anthropocene. 13, 34–45 (2016).
17. C. M. Barton, J. Riel-Salvatore, in Archaeological Variability and Interpretation in Global Perspective, A. P. Sullivan III, D. I. Olszewski, Eds. (University of Colorado Press, Boulder, CO, 2016), pp. 25–51.
18. C. M. Barton, in Oxford Handbook of Historical Ecology and Applied Archaeology, C. Isendahl, D. Stump, Eds. (Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2016), p. 27pp.
19. H. S. Sarjoughian, G. R. Meyer, I. I. Ullah, C. M. Barton, in Concepts and Methodologies for Modeling and Simulation, L. Yilmaz, Ed. (Springer International Publishing, 2015; http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-15096-3_6), Simulation Foundations, Methods and Applications, pp. 107–134.
20. S. Pardo Gordò, J. Bernabeu Aubán, O. Garcia Puchol, C. M. Barton, S. M. Bergin, The origins of agriculture in Iberia: a computational model. Documenta Praehistorica. XLII, 117–131 (2015).
21. J. Bernabeu Aubán, C. M. Barton, S. Pardo Gordó, S. M. Bergin, Modeling initial Neolithic dispersal. The first agricultural groups in West Mediterranean. Ecological Modelling. 307, 22–31 (2015).
22. C. M. Barton, I. Ullah, A. Heimsath, How to Make a Barranco: Modeling Erosion and Land-Use in Mediterranean Landscapes. Land. 4, 578–606 (2015).
23. L. Alessa et al., “Best Practices for Integrating Social Sciences into Social Ecological Systems Science: Future Directions for Building a More Resilient America” (University of Idaho, Center Resilient Communities, 2015), p. 47.
24. N. D. Rollins, C. M. Barton, S. Bergin, M. A. Janssen, A. Lee, A Computational Model Library for publishing model documentation and code. Environmental Modelling & Software. 61, 59–64 (2014).
25. O. García Puchol, M. Barton, J. Bernabeu Aubán, A. Diez Castillo, S. Pardo Gordò, De la prospección sistemática al laboratorio GIS en La Canal de Navarrés. SAGVNTVM. Papeles del Laboratorio de Arqueología de Valencia. 46, 209–214 (2014).
26. J. Bernabeu, O. García Puchol, S. Pardo, M. Barton, S. B. McClure, AEA 2012 Conference Reading: Socioecological dynamics at the time of Neolithic transition in Iberia. Environmental Archaeology. 19, 214–225 (2014).
27. J. Bernabeu Auban, C. M. Barton, O. García Puchol, A. Diez Castillo, S. Pardo Gordó, “Prospecciones en la Canal de Navarrés: Campaña 2014” (Servei de Patrimoni. Consellería de Cultura, Generalitat Valenciana, Valencia, 2014).
28. C. M. Barton, Complexity, Social Complexity, and Modeling. J Archaeol Method Theory. 21, 306–324 (2014).
29. C. M. Barton, J. Riel-Salvatore, The formation of lithic assemblages. Journal of Archaeological Science. 46, 334–352 (2014).
30. H. Mitasova, C. M. Barton, I. I. T. Ullah, J. Hofierka, R. S. Harmon, in Treatise in Geomorphology: Vol. 3 Remote Sensing and GI Science in Geomorphology, J. Shroder, M. Bishop, Eds. (Academic Press, San Diego, CA, 2013), pp. 228–258.
31. J. Fernández-López de Pablo, C. M. Barton, Bayesian Estimation Dating of Lithic Surface Collections. Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory (2013), doi:10.1007/s10816-013-9198-z.
32. C. M. Barton et al., In glacial environments beyond glacial terrains: Human eco-dynamics in late Pleistocene Mediterranean Iberia. Quaternary International. 318, 53–68 (2013).
33. C. M. Barton et al., “A National Center for Advanced Social Research and Synthesis: a Framework for Next Generation Social Science Michael Barton (ASU), Lilian Alessa (UA), Kathleen Galvin (CSU), Johannes Feddema (KU), Cynthia Schmidt (UCAR), Steven Bankes (BAE), Michael North (U Chicago), Sander van der Leeuw (ASU), Peter Backland (NCAR)” (White Paper to NSF SBE Directorate, National Science Foundation, 2013).
34. C. M. Barton, in Computational Approaches to Archaeological Spaces, A. Bevan, M. W. Lake, Eds. (Left Coast Press, Walnut Creek, CA, 2013), University College London, Institute of Archaeology Publications, pp. 151–178.
35. J. Bernabeu Auban, A. Moreno Martín, C. M. Barton, in The Prehistory of Iberia: Debating Early Social Stratification and the State, M. Berrocal, L. García Sanjuán, A. Gilman, Eds. (Routledge, New York, 2012), pp. 23–37.
36. C. M. Barton, I. I. T. Ullah, S. M. Bergin, H. Mitasova, H. Sarjoughian, Looking for the future in the past: long-term change in socioecological systems. Ecological Modelling. 241, 42–53 (2012).
37. C. M. Barton, J. Riel-Salvatore, Agents of change: modeling biocultural evolution in Upper Pleistocene western Eurasia. Advances in Complex Systems. 15, 1150003-1-1150003–24 (2012).
38. C. M. Barton, J. Riel-Salvatore, Perception, Interaction, and Extinction: a Reply to Premo. Human Ecology. 40, 797–801 (2012).
39. C. M. Barton, J. Riel-Salvatore, J. M. Anderies, G. Popescu, Modeling Human Ecodynamics and Biocultural Interactions in the Late Pleistocene of Western Eurasia. Human Ecology. 39, 705–725 (2011).
40. C. M. Barton, I. I. T. Ullah, H. Mitasova, Computational modeling and Neolithic socioecological dynamics: a case study from southwest Asia. American Antiquity. 75, 364–386 (2010).
41. C. M. Barton, I. I. T. Ullah, S. Bergin, Land use, water and Mediterranean landscapes: modelling long-term dynamics of complex socio-ecological systems. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences. 368, 5275–5297 (2010).
42. A. Miller, C. M. Barton, O. García Puchol, J. Bernabeu Aubán, Surviving the Holocene crisis: human ecological responses to the onset of the current interglacial in Southern Valencia, Spain. Journal of Anthropological Research. 65, 207–220 (2009).
43. S. B. McClure, C. M. Barton, M. A. Jochim, Human Behavioral Ecology and Climate Change during the Transition to Agriculture in Valencia, Eastern Spain. Journal of Anthropological Research. 65, 253–269 (2009).
44. K. Hill, C. M. Barton, A. M. Hurtado, The emergence of human uniqueness: Characters underlying behavioral modernity. Evolutionary Anthropology. 18, 187–200 (2009).
45. J. Riel-Salvatore, G. Popescu, C. M. Barton, Standing at the gates of Europe: human behavior and biogeography in the Southern Carpathians during the Late Pleistocene. Journal of Anthropological Archaeology. 27, 399–417 (2008).
46. A. Miller, C. M. Barton, Exploring the land: a comparison of land-use patterns in the Middle and Upper Paleolithic of the western Mediterranean. Journal of Archaeological Science. 35, 1427–1437 (2008).
47. M. A. Janssen, L. N. Alessa, C. M. Barton, S. Bergin, A. Lee, Towards a community framework for agent-based modeling. Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation. 11, 6 (2008).
48. G. Indruszewski, C. M. Barton, in Digital Discovery: Exploring New Frontiers in Human Heritage. CAA 2006. Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology. Proceedings of the 34th Conference, Fargo, United States, April 2006, J. T. Clark, E. Hagemeister, Eds. (Archaeolingua, Budapest, 2008), pp. 616–630.
49. G. Indruszewski, C. M. Barton, in Beyond Illustration: 2D and 3D Digitial Technologies as Tools for Discovery in Archaeology, B. Frescher, A. Dakouri-Hild, Eds. (British Archaeological Reports, Oxford, 2008), International Series, pp. 56–64.
50. O. García Puchol, C. M. Barton, J. Bernabeu Aubán, Programa de prospección geofísica, microsondeos y catas para la caracterización de un gran foso del IV milenio cal AC en Alt del Punxó (Muro de L’Alcoi, Alacant). Trab. prehist. 65, 143–154 (2008).
51. A. Díez Castillo, C. M. Barton, N. La Roca Cervigón, J. Bernabeu Aubán, in Layers of Perception: Proceedings of the 35th CAA Conference, Berlin, April 2007, A. Posluschny, K. Lambers, I. Herzog, Eds. (Dr.Rudolf Habel GmbH. Kolloquien zur Vor- und Fruhgeschichte, Vol. 10, Bonn, 2008).
52. J. Bernabeu Auban, L. Molina Balaguer, T. Orozco Köhler, A. Díaz Castillo, C. M. Barton, in The early Neolithic in the Iberian Peninsula. Regional and transregional components. Proceedings of the XV World Congress (Lisbon, 2006), M. Diniz, Ed. (BAR, Oxford, 2008), International Series, pp. 53–59.
53. C. M. Barton, in Cultural Transmission, M. J. O’Brien, Ed. (American Archaeology Press, Washington, D.C., 2008), pp. 112–119.
54. L. Alessa, A. Kliskey, P. Williams, M. Barton, Perception of change in freshwater in remote resource-dependent Arctic communities. Global Environmental Change. 18, 153–164 (2008).
55. J. Riel-Salvatore, C. M. Barton, in Early Upper Paleolithic ‘Transitional’ Industries: New Questions, New Methods, J. Riel-Salvatore, G. A. Clark, Eds. (British Archaeological Reports, Oxford, 2007).
56. G. Popescu, J. Riel-Salvatore, C. M. Barton, Biogeographie umană şi organizare tehnologică în Pleistocenul Superior în regiunea Carpaţilor Meridionali. Materiale şi Cercetări Arheologice. Serie Noua III, 19–42 (2007).
57. C. Fertelmes, C. M. Barton, Using remote sensing to assess the impact of prehistoric agriculture on modern-day vegetation cover in the U.S. Southwest. Society for Archaeological Sciences Bulletin. 30, 11–15 (2007).
58. C. M. Barton et al., in Open Source, Free Software e Open Format nei processi di ricerca archeologici, Atti del I Workshop (Grosseto, 8 maggio 2006), R. Bagnara, G. M. Jánica, Eds. (Universit`a degli Studi di Siena, Siena, 2007), pp. 97–103.
59. C. M. Barton, Agricultural past a key to Arizona’s future. Arizona Republic (2007), p. 3.
60. M. Peeples, C. M. Barton, S. Schmich, Resilience lost: intersecting landuse and landscape dynamics in the upland southwest. Ecology and Society. 12 (2006).
61. S. McClure, M. A. Jochim, C. M. Barton, in Foraging Theory and the Transition to Agriculture, D. Kennett, B. Winterhalder, Eds. (Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D.C., 2006), pp. 197–216.
62. G. R. Mayer, H. S. Sarjoughian, E. K. Allen, S. E. Falconer, C. M. Barton, in Agent-Directed Simulation, Proceedings of the Agent-Directed Simulation Multi-Conference, Huntsville, Alabama (Society for Computer Simulation International, San Diego, CA, 2006), pp. 65–72.
63. O. García Puchol, J. E. Aura Tortosa, J. Bernabeu Aubán, C. M. Barton, in El Abric de la Falguera (Alcoi, Alacant). 8.000 años de ocupación humana en la cabecera del rio Alcoi, O. García Puchol, J. E. Aura Tortosa, Eds. (CAM (Caja de Ahorros del Mediterráneo) y Ajuntament d´Alcoi, Alicante, 2006), pp. 279–290.
64. C. M. Barton, Emergent simplicity: The social and cultural complexity of irrigation networks in Bali. Complexity. 12, 64–66 (2006).
65. C. M. Barton, in El Abric de la Falguera (Alcoi, Alacant). 8.000 años de ocupación humana en la cabecera del rio Alcoi, O. García Puchol, J. E. Aura Tortosa, Eds. (CAM (Caja de Ahorros del Mediterráneo) y Ajuntament d´Alcoi, Alicante, 2006), pp. 73–83.
66. C. M. Barton, in El Abric de la Falguera (Alcoi, Alacant). 8.000 años de ocupación humana en la cabecera del rio Alcoi, O. García Puchol, J. E. Aura Tortosa, Eds. (CAM (Caja de Ahorros del Mediterráneo) y Ajuntament d´Alcoi, Alicante, 2006), pp. 27–34.
67. L. Alessa, M. Laituri, C. M. Barton, An “all hands” call to the social science community: establishing a community framework for complexity modeling using agent based models and cyberinfrastructure. Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation. 9 (2006).
68. D. R. Yesner, C. M. Barton, G. A. Clark, G. Pearson, in The Settlement of the American Continents: a Multidisciplinary Approach to Human Biogeography, C. M. Barton, G. A. Clark, D. R. Yesner, G. Pearson, Eds. (University of Arizona Press, Tucson, 2004), pp. 198–213.
69. J. Riel-Salvatore, C. M. Barton, Late Pleistocene technology, economic behavior, and land-use dynamics in southern Italy. American Antiquity. 69, 273–290 (2004).
70. G. A. Clark, C. M. Barton, D. R. Yesner, G. Pearson, in The Settlement of the American Continents: a Multidisciplinary Approach to Human Biogeography, C. M. Barton, G. A. Clark, D. R. Yesner, G. Pearson, Eds. (University of Arizona Press, Tucson, 2004), pp. 1–8.
71. C. M. Barton, S. Schmich, S. R. James, in The Settlement of the American Continents: a Multidisciplinary Approach to Human Biogeography, C. M. Barton, G. A. Clark, D. R. Yesner, G. Pearson, Eds. (University of Arizona Press, Tucson, 2004), pp. 138–161.
72. C. M. Barton, G. A. Clark, D. R. Yesner, G. Pearson, The Settlement of the American Continents: a Multidisciplinary Approach to Human Biogeography (University of Arizona Press, Tucson, 2004).
73. C. M. Barton, J. Bernabeu Auban, O. Garcia Puchol, S. Schmich, L. Molina Balaguer, Long-term socioecology and contingent landscapes. Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory. 11, 253–295 (2004).
74. C. M. Barton, J. Bernabeu Aubán, J. E. Aura Tortosa, L. Molina Balaguer, in Current Issues in Mediterranean Landscape Archaeology, L. Wandsnider, E. Athanassopoulos, Eds. (University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia, 2004), pp. 99–124.
75. C. M. Barton, J. Bernabeu Aubán, J. E. Aura Tortosa, O. Garcia, N. La Roca, Dynamic landscapes, artifact taphonomy, and landuse modeling in the western Mediterranean. Geoarchaeology. 17, 155–190 (2002).
76. O. García Puchol, C. M. Barton, J. Bernabeu Aubán, J. E. Aura Tortosa, Las ocupaciones prehistóricas del Barranc de l’Encantada (Beniarrés, Alacant): un primer balance de la intervención auqueológica en el área a través del análisis del registro lítico. Recerques del Museu d’Alcoi. 10, 25–42 (2001).
77. J. Bernabeu, C. M. Barton, M. Perez Ripoll, A taphonomic perspective on Neolithic beginnings: theory, interpretation, and empirical data in the western Mediterranean. Journal of Archaeological Science. 28, 597–612 (2001).
78. J. Bernabeu, C. M. Barton, O. Garcia, N. La Roca, Systematic survey in Alicante, Spain: first results. Türkyie Bilimer Akademisi Arkeoloji Dergisi. 3, 57–86 (2000).
79. J. Bernabeu Aubán, C. M. Barton, O. Garcia, N. La Roca, Prospecciones sistemáticas en el valle del Alcoi (Alicante): primeros resultados. Arqueología Espacial. 21, 29–64 (1999).
80. C. M. Barton, J. Bernabeu Aubán, J. E. Aura Tortosa, O. Garcia Puchol, Landscape dynamics and socioeconomic change: an example from the Polop Alto valley. American Antiquity. 64, 609–634 (1999).
81. V. Villaverde, J. E. Aura Tortosa, C. M. Barton, The Upper Paleolithic in Mediterranean Spain: a review of current evidence. Journal of World Prehistory. 12, 121–198 (1998).
82. C. M. Barton, in Las culturas del Pleistoceno superior en Andalucía, J. L. Sanchidrián Torti, M. D. Simón Vallejo, Eds. (Patronato de la Cueva de Nerja, Nerja, 1998), pp. 13–23.
83. G. A. Clark, C. M. Barton, in Rediscovering Darwin: Evolutionary Theory in Archaeological Explanation, C. M. Barton, G. A. Clark, Eds. (American Anthropological Association, Washington, D.C., 1997), vol. 7 of Archaeological Papers of the American Anthropological Association, pp. 309–319.
84. C. M. Barton, G. A. Clark, Rediscovering Darwin: Evolutionary Theory in Archaeological Explanation (American Anthropological Association, Washington, D.C., 1997), vol. 7 of Archaeological Papers of the American Anthropological Association.
85. C. M. Barton, G. A. Clark, in Rediscovering Darwin: Evolutionary Theory in Archaeological Explanation, C. M. Barton, G. A. Clark, Eds. (American Anthropological Association, Washington, D.C., 1997), vol. 7 of Archaeological Papers of the American Anthropological Association, pp. 3–18.
86. C. M. Barton, in Rediscovering Darwin: Evolutionary Theory in Archaeological Explanation, C. M. Barton, G. A. Clark, Eds. (American Anthropological Association, Washington, D.C., 1997), vol. 7 of Archaeological Papers of the American Anthropological Association, pp. 141–156.
87. G. A. Clark, C. M. Barton, A. Cohen, in Debating Complexity, D. Meyer, P. Dawson, D. Hanna, Eds. (Archaeological Association of the University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, 1996), pp. 241–253.
88. C. M. Barton, D. I. Olszewski, N. R. Coinman, Beyond the graver: reconsidering burin function. Journal of Field Archaeology. 23, 111–125 (1996).
89. C. M. Barton, M. P. Neeley, Phantom cultures of the Levantine Epipaleolithic. Antiquity. 70, 139–147 (1996).
90. M. P. Neeley, C. M. Barton, A new approach to interpreting late Pleistocene microlith industries in southwest Asia. Antiquity. 68, 275–288 (1994).
91. C. M. Barton, G. A. Clark, A. E. Cohen, Art as information: explaining Upper Paleolithic art in western Europe. World Archaeology. 26, 185–207 (1994).
92. C. M. Barton, G. A. Clark, in Formation Processes in Archaeological Context, P. Goldberg, D. T. Nash, M. D. Petraglia, Eds. (Prehistory Press, Madison, WI., 1993), pp. 33–52.
93. F. Rubio Gomis, C. M. Barton, Abric de la Falguera. Avance preliminar. Anales de la Real Academia de Cultura Valenciana. 69, 15–30 (1992).
94. C. M. Barton et al., Informe preliminar sobre la prospección de la Vall del Barxell-Polop (Alcoi-Alacant). Recerques del Museu d’Alcoi. 1, 81–84 (1992).
95. C. M. Barton, in Perspectives in prehistory paradigmatic biases in circum-Mediterranean hunter-gatherer research, G. A. Clark, Ed. (University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia, 1991), pp. 143–163.
96. D. I. Olszewski, C. M. Barton, A note on biases in early excavations at Mugharet el-Wad and Nahal Oren. Levant. 22, 43–46 (1990).
97. C. M. Barton, F. Rubio Gomis, C. A. Miksi, D. J. Donahue, Domestic olive. Nature. 346, 518–519 (1990).
98. C. M. Barton, Stone Tools and Paleolithic Settlement in the Iberian Peninsula. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society. 56, 15–32 (1990).
99. C. M. Barton, Beyond style and function: a view from the Middle Paleolithic. American Anthropologist. 92, 57–72 (1990).
100. C. M. Barton, Modèles de variabilité dans les outils du Paléolithique Moyen. L’Anthropologie. 93, 307–310 (1989).
101. C. M. Barton, Lithic variability and Middle Paleolithic behavior: new evidence from the Iberian Penninsula (British Archaeological Reports, Oxford, 1988), International Series 408.
102. C. M. Barton, thesis, University of Arizona (1987).
103. C. M. Barton, G. D. Stone, A. Cunningham, in Excavations on Black Mesa, 1982: a descriptive report, D. L. Nichols, F. E. Smiley, Eds. (Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL, 1984), Center for Archaeological Investigations, Research Papers No. 39.
104. C. M. Barton, P. Gilman, D. Cushman, in Excavations on Black Mesa, 1981: a descriptive report, D. L. Nichols, F. E. Smiley, Eds. (Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL, 1983), Center for Archaeological Investigations, Research Papers No. 36.
105. C. M. Barton, “Human adaptation during the early Upper Pleistocene in the northwestern Mediterranean: a review of the lithic industries in their environmental context” (Preliminary Paper. Ms. on file, Ariz. State Mus. Library, Univ. of Ariz., 1981).
106. C. M. Barton, in Excavations at Tumacacori, 1979/1980 (WACC, National Park Service, Tucson, AZ, 1981), Western Archeological and Conservation Center Publications in Anthropology No. 17.

Research Activity

Barton, C Michael. BD Spokes: Spoke: West: Accelerating and Catalyzing Reproducibility in Scientific Computation and Data Synthesis. NSF-IIS(9/1/2016 - 8/31/2019).
Barton,C Michael*. Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant: The Emergence of Social Complexity in Mi. NSF-SBE(8/1/2015 - 7/31/2017).
Barton,C Michael*. "Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant: Mechanisms For Long Term Maintenance Of Social Stability". NSF-SBE(7/1/2015 - 6/30/2016).
Barton,C Michael*, Turner II,Billie Lee, Van Der Leeuw,Sander, Van Der Leeuw,Sander. Barton NSF Workshop. NSF-SBE(12/15/2014 - 11/30/2015).
Barton,C Michael*. Hazard SEES Type 2: Hazard prediction and communication dynamics in the modern information environment. NCAR(11/10/2014 - 8/31/2017).
Barton,C Michael*. DiD: MIning Relationships Among variables in large datasets from CompLEx systems (MIRACLE). NSF-SBE(8/1/2014 - 7/31/2016).
Barton,C Michael*, Heimsath,Arjun, Sarjoughian,Hessam Seyed, Vivoni,Enrique, Vivoni,Enrique. CNH: The Emergence of coupled Natural and Human Landscapes in the Western Mediterranean. NSF-BIO-DEB(9/1/2013 - 8/31/2018).
Barton,C Michael*, Pahle,Robert. Collaborative Research: EaSM2--Linking Human and Earth System Models to Assess Regional Impacts and Adaption in Urban Systems and Their Hinterlands. NSF-GEO-AGS(4/1/2013 - 3/31/2018).
Barton,C Michael*, Janssen,Marcus Alexander. CNH: RCN: A Research Network for Computational Modeling in the Socioecological Sciences. NSF-GEO(10/1/2009 - 9/30/2016).
Barton,C Michael*. Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant: The Archaeology of Local Human Response to a Global Environmental Transformation. NSF-SBE(9/1/2009 - 8/31/2011).
Barton,C Michael*. The Chinese Rock Art Recording and Exchange Project. CHIANG (CHING-KUO) FDN(6/1/2009 - 7/31/2011).
Barton,C Michael*, Janssen,Marcus Alexander, Janssen,Marcus Alexander, Van Der Leeuw,Sander. HSD: Community Development Proposal: Integrating Socio-Ecological Sciences through a Community Modeling Framework. NSF-SBE(9/1/2006 - 8/31/2010).
Barton,C Michael*. Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant: Italy's First Southern Question: The Uluzzian and the Middle-Upper Paleolithic Transition in the Italian Me. NSF-SBE(6/1/2005 - 12/31/2006).
Barton,C Michael*, Arrowsmith,Ramon, Clark,Geoffrey Anderson, Falconer,Steven Edward, Fall,Patricia L, Redman,Charles L, Sarjoughian,Hessam Seyed, Sarjoughian,Hessam Seyed, Wentz,Elizabeth Ann. Land-Use and Landscape Socioecology in the Mediterranean Basin. NSF-ENG-BCS(8/15/2004 - 9/30/2010).
Barton,C Michael*. MOGOLLON COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT DURING THE TRANSITION TO AGRICULTURE: 2002 BLUE RIVER ARCHAEOLOGICAL PROJECT. USDA-APACHE-SITGREAVES FOREST(6/6/2002 - 12/31/2004).
Barton,C Michael*. AZSITE DATA ENTRY INTERN. AZ STATE PARKS(6/3/2002 - 7/31/2002).
Barton,C Michael*. AZSITE WEBSITE DEVELOPMENT AND ACCESS. AZ STATE PARKS(11/1/2001 - 11/30/2007).
Barton,C Michael*. Preserving and Improving Accessibility to the Carp Collection and Associated Documentation. USDA-FS(9/24/2001 - 3/31/2007).
Barton,C Michael*. HOLOCENE LAND USE DYNAMICS IN THE WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN: A REGIONAL APPROACH TO THE TRANSITION TO DOMESTICATION ECONOMIES. NSF-SBE(6/1/2000 - 12/31/2004).
Barton,C Michael*. CHAVEZ PASS ARCHAEOLOGICAL COLLECTIONS: IMPROVING RESEARCH POTENTIAL. USDA-FS(9/11/1997 - 9/30/1999).
Barton,C Michael*. PLOG/CHEVLON COLLECTIONS INVENTORY. USDA-APACHE-SITGREAVES FOREST(9/15/1996 - 5/31/2003).
Redman,Charles L*, Barton,C Michael, Collins,James, Minckley,W L. CENTRAL ARIZONA PROJECT REPOSITORY. DOI-BOR(10/1/1995 - 9/30/2045).
Redman,Charles L*, Barton,C Michael. TRACK SITE MITIGATION. DOI-NPS(7/31/1995 - 10/31/1998).
Barton,C Michael*. NAGPRA INVENTORY NAVAJO RESERVOIR COLLECTION. MUSEUM OF NEW MEXICO(1/5/1995 - 6/30/1995).
Barton,C Michael*. BLM ANTHROPOLOGY COLLECTIONS INVENTORY FOR NAGPRA. DOI-BLM(9/3/1993 - 9/30/1994).
Barton,C Michael*. NAGPRA INVENTORY & SUMMARY. USDA-FS(1/1/1993 - 9/30/1994).
Barton,C Michael*. EPIPALEOLITHIC & NEOLITHIC ECONOMY. NSF(9/1/1991 - 8/31/1994).
Barton,C Michael*. A PROGRAM FOR IMPROVING ACCESS AND STORAGECONDIFINS FOR RESE. NSF(7/1/1991 - 6/30/1993).

Teaching Website

http://cmbarton.wikidot.com/academics

Courses

Summer 2019
Course Number	Course Title
ASB 590	Reading and Conference
ASB 792	Research

Spring 2019
Course Number	Course Title
ASB 484	Internship
ASB 492	Honors Directed Study
ASB 493	Honors Thesis
ASB 499	Individualized Instruction
ASB 580	Practicum
ASB 590	Reading and Conference
ASB 592	Research
ASB 790	Reading and Conference
ASB 792	Research
ASB 799	Dissertation

Fall 2018
Course Number	Course Title
ASB 484	Internship
ASB 492	Honors Directed Study
ASB 493	Honors Thesis
ASB 499	Individualized Instruction
ASM 579	Proposal Writing
ASB 580	Practicum
ASB 584	Internship
ASB 590	Reading and Conference
ASB 592	Research
ASB 790	Reading and Conference
ASB 792	Research
ASB 799	Dissertation

Summer 2018
Course Number	Course Title
ASB 326	Human Impacts on Ancient Envir
ASM 338	Anthropological Field Session
ASB 375	Humans and the Environment
ASB 590	Reading and Conference
ASB 792	Research

Spring 2018
Course Number	Course Title
ASM 300	Anthropological Sciences Sem
ASB 484	Internship
ASB 492	Honors Directed Study
ASB 493	Honors Thesis
ASB 499	Individualized Instruction
ASB 580	Practicum
ASB 590	Reading and Conference
ASB 592	Research
ASB 790	Reading and Conference
ASB 792	Research
ASB 799	Dissertation

Fall 2017
Course Number	Course Title
ASB 484	Internship
ASB 492	Honors Directed Study
ASB 493	Honors Thesis
ASB 499	Individualized Instruction
ASM 548	Geoarchaeology
SOS 570	Fundamentals of CAS Science
ASM 570	Fundamentals of CAS Science
BIO 570	Fundamentals of CAS Science
ASB 580	Practicum
ASB 584	Internship
ASB 590	Reading and Conference
ASB 592	Research
ASB 790	Reading and Conference
ASB 792	Research
ASB 799	Dissertation

Summer 2017
Course Number	Course Title
ASB 590	Reading and Conference
ASB 792	Research

Spring 2017
Course Number	Course Title
ASM 300	Anthropological Sciences Sem
ASB 484	Internship
ASB 492	Honors Directed Study
ASB 493	Honors Thesis
ASB 499	Individualized Instruction
ASB 580	Practicum
ASB 590	Reading and Conference
ASB 592	Research
ASB 790	Reading and Conference
ASB 792	Research
ASB 799	Dissertation

Fall 2016
Course Number	Course Title
ASB 484	Internship
ASB 492	Honors Directed Study
ASB 493	Honors Thesis
ASB 497	Honors Colloquium
ASB 499	Individualized Instruction
ASM 570	Fundamentals of CAS Science
BIO 570	Fundamentals of CAS Science
ASB 580	Practicum
ASB 584	Internship
ASM 590	Reading and Conference
ASB 590	Reading and Conference
ASM 592	Research
ASB 592	Research
ASM 790	Reading and Conference
ASB 790	Reading and Conference
ASB 792	Research
ASM 792	Research
ASB 799	Dissertation
ASM 799	Dissertation

Summer 2016
Course Number	Course Title
ASB 590	Reading and Conference
ASB 792	Research
ASB 799	Dissertation

Spring 2016
Course Number	Course Title
ASB 484	Internship
ASB 492	Honors Directed Study
ASB 493	Honors Thesis
ASB 499	Individualized Instruction
ASB 580	Practicum
ASB 590	Reading and Conference
ASB 592	Research
ASB 790	Reading and Conference
ASB 792	Research
ASB 799	Dissertation

Fall 2015
Course Number	Course Title
ASB 484	Internship
ASB 492	Honors Directed Study
ASB 493	Honors Thesis
ASM 499	Individualized Instruction
ASB 499	Individualized Instruction
ASM 568	GIS and Spatial Technologies
SOS 570	Fundamentals of CAS Science
BIO 570	Fundamentals of CAS Science
ASM 570	Fundamentals of CAS Science
ASB 580	Practicum
ASB 584	Internship
ASB 590	Reading and Conference
ASM 590	Reading and Conference
ASM 592	Research
ASB 592	Research
ASM 790	Reading and Conference
ASB 790	Reading and Conference
ASB 792	Research
ASM 792	Research
ASB 799	Dissertation
ASM 799	Dissertation

Summer 2015
Course Number	Course Title
ASB 590	Reading and Conference
ASB 792	Research
ASB 799	Dissertation

Spring 2015
Course Number	Course Title
ASB 326	Human Impacts on Ancient Envir
ASM 484	Internship
ASB 484	Internship
ASB 493	Honors Thesis
ASM 493	Honors Thesis
ASM 499	Individualized Instruction
ASB 499	Individualized Instruction
ASB 580	Practicum
GLG 590	Reading and Conference
ASB 590	Reading and Conference
ASM 590	Reading and Conference
ASB 592	Research
ASM 592	Research
ASB 598	Special Topics
ASM 790	Reading and Conference
ASB 790	Reading and Conference
ASM 792	Research
ASB 792	Research
ASB 799	Dissertation
ASM 799	Dissertation

Fall 2014
Course Number	Course Title
ASB 484	Internship
ASM 484	Internship
ASM 492	Honors Directed Study
ASB 492	Honors Directed Study
ASB 493	Honors Thesis
ASB 499	Individualized Instruction
ASM 499	Individualized Instruction
ASB 547	Origins of Agriculture
ASB 580	Practicum
ASB 584	Internship
ASB 590	Reading and Conference
ASM 590	Reading and Conference
ASB 592	Research
ASM 592	Research
ASM 790	Reading and Conference
ASB 790	Reading and Conference
ASM 792	Research
ASB 792	Research
ASM 799	Dissertation
ASB 799	Dissertation

Presentations

Barton's courses include Scholarly Inquiry, Fundamentals of Complex Adaptive Systems Sciences, Human Impacts on the Environment, GIS and Spatial Technologies in Anthropological Research, Geoarchaeology, Lithic Technology, and Origins of Agriculture.

Professional Associations

American Association for the Advancement of Science, Society for American Archaeology, Sigma Xi, Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Eta Sigma

Graduate Faculties / Mentoring History

Member of ASU graduate faculties in: Anthropology, Complex Adaptive Science, & Geological Sciences. Visiting Research Professor in the Dept. de Arqueologia y Prehistoria, University of Valencia. PhD Students Directed: Gabriel Popescu, 2015. Current position: Adjunct/Affiliate Researcher, Vasile Pȃrvan Institute of Archaeology, Bucharest, Romania. Salvador Pardo Gordó, 2015. Current position: Researcher, Universitat de València, Spain Isaac Ullah, 2013. Current position: Assistant Professor, San Diego State University Steven Schmich, 2013. Current position: Visiting Researcher, Arizona State University Bülent Arikan, 2010. Current position: Assistant Professor, Istanbul Technical University, Turkey Andrea Moreno Martin, 2010. Current position: Researcher, Universitat de València, Spain Julien Riel-Salvatore, 2007. Current position: Assistant Professor, University of Montreal J. Brett Hill, 2002. Current position: Associate Professor, Hendrix College Postdoctoral Scholars Mentored: Joshua Watts, 2013-present. Isaac Ullah, 2014-2016. Current position: Assistant Professor, San Diego State University Carlos Rodríguez Rellán, 2012-2013. Current position: University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain Bülent Arikan, 2010-2011. Current position: Assistant Professor, Istanbul Technical University, Turkey Pablo Cahiza, 2010-2011. Current position: INCIHUSA-CONICET, Mendoza-Argentina

Service

Regional/National

Chair, External Expert Advisory Council, State of Alaska NSF EPSCoR program (2012-2017)
Member Social Dimensions Working Group, Community Earth Systems Model, National Center for Atmospheric Research (2012-present)
Visiting Scientist, National Center for Atmospheric Research (2012)
University Consortium for Geographic Information Science, ASU representative (2009-present)
Network for Computational Modeling in Social and Ecological Sciences, Director (2008-present)
OSGeo Foundation. Public Geospatial Data Committee (2006-present)
GRASS GIS international development team (2004-present); Project Steering Committee (2006-present) http://grass.osgeo.org
Governor's Archaeology Advisory Commission for Arizona (2002-2008)
AZSITE Consortium Board, statewide internet database for archaeological sites and surveys (1995-2010), chair (1999-2004, 2007-2008)
Society for American Archaeology: 2007 Program Committee (2006-2007)
Committee for the Preservation of Anthropological Records (1995-2002).

ASU

Graduate Faculty Head, Complex Adaptive Systems Science Program (2011-present)
Social Science Research Council (2015-present)
Academic Standards Committee (2013-present)
Dean's Strategic Resource Planning Committee (1994-1996)
Biosocial Complex Systems Initiative Executive Board (2009-present)
Director, Center for Social Dynamics & Complexity (2009-present)
Science Coordinator, Executive Board (2008-2009)
Steering Committee (2005-2008)
Graduate/Undergraduate Committee, SHESC (2016)
Archaeology Approach Head, SHESC (2016)
Director of Graduate Studies (2007-2009)
Museum of Anthropology Steering Committee (1998-2007)

Expertise Areas

Archaeology

Socioecology

Complex Systems

Modeling, Simulation and Cyberinfrastructure

Geographic Information Science

Socioecology

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