Anthropology
Christopher Roos
Christopher Roos
Postdoctoral Fellow
Contact
Office: SOC 119
Phone: 813/974-9363
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Education
Ph.D. Anthropology, University of Arizona
M.A. Anthropology, University of Arizona
B.A. Anthropology, University of Arizona
Teaching
(USF) Archaeology; Climate Change, Human Ecosystems, and Sustainability
(Univ. of Arizona, Ohio State Univ.) World Prehistory, Origins of Human Diversity, Fundamentals of Archaeology, Prehistory of Eastern North America, Hunter-Gatherer Archaeology.
Research
My research focuses on the sustainability and resilience of coupled human-natural ecosystems to climate changes. I am particularly interested in the nexus of fire-climate-society dynamics over decadal to millennial timescales. I continue to approach this topic from an anthropological perspective in the Southwest United States.
My research projects are interdisciplinary, collaborative, and applied. I work closely with colleagues in dendrochronology, ecology, geology, archaeology, and anthropology as well as with descendant communities in the design, execution, analysis, and publishing of research outcomes. These projects are intended to contribute results that contextualize and inform contemporary resource issues by expanding the learning window for adaptive management into the past.
Specialty Area
Archaeology
Recent Journal Articles
Bowman, David M.J.S., Jennifer K. Balch, Paulo Artaxo, William J. Bond, Jean M. Carlson, Mark A. Cochrane, Carla M. D’Antonio, Ruth S. DeFries, John C. Doyle, Sandy P. Harrison, Fay H. Johnston, John E. Keeley, Meg A. Krawchuk, Christian A. Kull, J. Brad Marston, Max A. Moritz, I. Colin Prentice, Christopher I. Roos, Andrew C. Scott, Thomas W. Swetnam, Guido R. van der Werf, and Stephen J. Pyne. 2009. Fire in the Earth System. Science 324:481-484.
Books
Beck, Margaret E., and Christopher I. Roos. 2009. From Households to Middens: Refuse Deposition Patterns in Two Communities. In Power and Economy in Early Classic Period Hohokam Society: An Archaeological Perspective from the Marana Mound Site, edited by J. M. Bayman, S. K. Fish, and P.R. Fish. Arizona State Museum Archaeological Series (In press).
Roos, Christopher I., Alan P. Sullivan, III, and Calla MacNamee. 2009. Anthropogenic Fire and Long-Term Landscape Management: Paleoecological Evidence for Indigenous Burning in the Upland Southwest. In The Archaeology of Anthropogenic Environments, edited by R. Dean. Center for Archaeological Investigations, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale (In press).