Jacob Freeman

Anthropology | Archaeology

Associate Professor | Program Director


Jacob Freeman

Contact Information

Office Location: Logan (MAIN 245A)
Phone: +1 435 797 1636
Email: jacob.freeman@usu.edu

Educational Background

PhD, Anthropology, Arizona State Univeristy, 2014

Expertise

Courses taught: North American Archaeology, Anthropological Inquiry, Cross-cultural Approaches to Diversity and Change; Graduate Seminar in Southwest Archaeology and Adjacent Regions

    Publications | Book Chapters

  • Freeman, J., (2017). Diversity,reciprocity and the emergence of equity-inequity tradeoffs: The Give and Take of Sustainability: Archaeological and Anthropological Perspective. University of Cambridge Press

An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.

Publications | Journal Articles

Academic Journal

  • Freeman, J., Robinson, E., Beckman, N., Bird, D., Baggio, J.A, Anderies, J.M, (2020). The global ecology of human population density and interpreting changes in paleo-population density. Journal of Archaeological Science, 120, 105168.
  • Bird, D., Freeman, J., Robinson, E., Maughan, G., Finley, J.B, Lambert, P.M, Kelly, R.L, (2020). A First Empirical Analysis of Population Stability in North America Using Radiocarbon Records. The Holocene, 30:9, 1345-1359.
  • Freeman, J., Byers, D.A, Robinson, E., Kelly, R.L, (2018). Culture process and the Interpretation of Radiocarbon Data. Radiocarbon, 60, 453--467. doi: 10.1017/RDC.2017.124
  • Freeman, J., Baggio, J., (2017). The effect of ownership on ecosystem management among human foragers. Quaternary International, doi: 10.1016/j.quaint.2017.12.004
  • Freeman, J., Keith, J., Roberts, M., Owens, A., (2017). The Effects of Revenue and Social Capital on Collective Governance: Implications for Political Complexity. Cross-Cultural Research, 52, doi: 10.1177/1069397117732278
  • Freeman, J., Hard, R.J, Mauldin, R.P, (2017). A theory of regime change on the Texas Coastal Plain. Quaternary International, doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2016.12.029
  • Freeman, J., Coyle, T.R, Baggio, J., (2016). The functional intelligences proposition. Personality and Individual Differences, 99, 46–55.
  • Freeman, J., (2016). The socioecology of territory size and a work-around hypothesis for the adoption of farming. PLoS One, 11:7, doi: e0158743.doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0158743
  • Freeman, J., (2016). Marking and making difference: Representational diversity in the US Southwest. American Antiquity, 81, 253--272.
  • Freeman, J., Anderies, J.M, (2015). The socioecology of hunter–gatherer territory size. Journal of Anthropological Archaeology, 39, 110–123.
  • Freeman, J., Peeples, M., Anderies, J.M, (2015). Toward a Non-linear Theory of the Transition from Foraging to Farming. Journal of Anthropological Archaeology, 40, 109-122.

Professional Journal

    An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.

    Publications | Other

    An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.

    Teaching

    ANTH 3350 - Archaeology of Ancient Civilizations, Fall 2023
    ANTH 5900 - Independent Studies, Fall 2023
    ANTH 1030 - World Archaeology, Fall 2023
    ANTH 5900 - Independent Studies, Summer 2023
    ANTH 4980 - History and Theories of Anthropology, Spring 2023
    ANTH 6950 - Archaeology Special Topics/Seminar, Fall 2022
    ANTH 1030 - World Archaeology, Fall 2022
    ANTH 1030 - World Archaeology, Summer 2022
    , Spring 2022
    ANTH 4980 - History and Theories of Anthropology, Spring 2022
    ANTH 4980 - History and Theories of Anthropology, Spring 2022
    ANTH 4980 - History and Theories of Anthropology, Spring 2021
    ANTH 4110, 6110 - Southwest Indian Cultures, Past and Present, Spring 2021
    ANTH 1030 - World Archaeology, Fall 2020
    ANTH 6950 - Archaeology Special Topics/Seminar, Spring 2020
    ANTH 4980 - History and Theories of Anthropology, Spring 2020
    ANTH 3350 - Archaeology of Ancient Civilizations, Fall 2019
    ANTH 5900 - Independent Studies, Fall 2019
    ANTH 4980 - History and Theories of Anthropology, Spring 2019
    ANTH 4110, 6110 - Southwest Indian Cultures, Past and Present, Spring 2019
    ANTH 3350 - Archaeology of Ancient Civilizations, Fall 2018
    ANTH 6950 - Archaeology Special Topics/Seminar, Fall 2018
    ANTH 6950 - Archaeology Special Topics/Seminar, Spring 2018
    ANTH 4980 - History and Theories of Anthropology, Spring 2018
    ANTH 3350 - Archaeology of Ancient Civilizations, Fall 2017
    ANTH 5900 - Independent Studies, Fall 2017
    ANTH 6360 - Research Design and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology, Fall 2017
    ANTH 4980 - History and Theories of Anthropology, Spring 2017
    ANTH 4110, 6110 - Southwest Indian Cultures, Past and Present, Spring 2017
    ANTH 6950 - Archaeology Special Topics/Seminar, Fall 2016
    ANTH 6370 - GIS in Archaeology, Spring 2016
    ANTH 4980 - History and Theories of Anthropology, Spring 2016
    ANTH 6360 - Research Design and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology, Fall 2015

    Graduate Students Mentored

    Michael Young, Sociology and Anthropology, December 2023
    Stan Rhodes, Environment & Society, January 2019 - December 2023
    Gideon Maughan, Sociology, Social Work and Anthropology, August 2018 2021
    Aaron larson, Sociology, Social Work and Anthropology, August 2016 2021
    Paige Dorsey, Sociology and Anthropology, January 2019 - August 2021
    Darcy Bird, Sociology, Social Work and Anthropology, August 2017 - August 2019
    Lauren Merchent, Environment & Society, August 2017 - April 2019