Douglas J. Kennett

University of California, Santa Barbara — United States

Earth and Planetary Sciences · Physical Sciences

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Research Topics

Archaeology and ancient environmental studies(198), Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies(89), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research(87), Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology(78), Isotope Analysis in Ecology(54)

Publications350 total

Earliest evidence for intentional cremation of human remains in Africa
Science Advances·2026· 2 citedOpen Access
Modeling the rise and demise of Classic Maya cities: Climate, conflict, and economies of scale
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Accessibility and Exchange in Boriquén: Compositional Study of Ceramics in Pre-colonial Puerto Rico
The Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology·2025
Early evidence of avocado domestication from El Gigante Rockshelter, Honduras
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Ancient DNA challenges prevailing interpretations of the Pompeii plaster casts
Current Biology·2024· 7 citedOpen Access
Postclassic Maya population recovery and rural resilience in the aftermath of collapse in northern Yucatan
Journal of Anthropological Archaeology·2024· 3 citedOpen Access
Life into Old Age
University Press of Florida eBooks·2024
Life into Old Age:
University of Florida Press eBooks·2024
Archaeobotanical evidence supports indigenous cucurbit long-term use in the Mesoamerican Neotropics
Scientific Reports·2024· 1 citedOpen Access
The Caribbean and Mesoamerica Biogeochemical Isotope Overview (CAMBIO)
Scientific Data·2024· 5 citedOpen Access
Feasting at coastal shellmounds in Guerrero, Mexico
The Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology·2024
Testing scale-dependent temporal and spatial biases in relative chronology using AMS 14C dating: A case study of Early–Middle Cucuteni-Tripolye sites in Southeastern Europe
Journal of Archaeological Science Reports·2024· 2 citedOpen Access
Mortuary Practices and the Importance of Rock-Shelters during the Early and Middle Holocene in the Southern Maya Mountains
Bioarchaeology International·2024
Two teosintes made modern maize
Science·2023· 136 cited
The development of early farming diets and population change in the Maya region and their climate context
Quaternary International·2023· 4 cited
Great Basin Survivance (USA): Challenges and Windfalls of the Neoglaciation / Late Holocene Dry Period (3100–1800 cal BP)
American Antiquity·2023· 4 citedOpen Access
Trans–Holocene Bayesian chronology for tree and field crop use from El Gigante rockshelter, Honduras
PLoS ONE·2023· 7 citedOpen Access
ASSESSING THE SPREAD OF ENEOLITHIC AGRICULTURAL COMMUNITIES IN THE FOREST-STEPPE OF UKRAINE USING AMS RADIOCARBON DATING
Radiocarbon·2023· 6 citedOpen Access
REFINING CERAMIC CHRONOLOGY AND EPICLASSIC REOCCUPATION AT LA VENTILLA, TEOTIHUACAN USING TRAPEZOIDAL BAYESIAN MODELING
Radiocarbon·2023· 1 citedOpen Access
Decline in seasonal predictability potentially destabilized Classic Maya societies
Communications Earth & Environment·2023· 20 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Brendan J. Culleton(27), Nadin Rohland(16), David Reich(15), Kristin Stewardson(13), Swapan Mallick(12), Jonas Oppenheimer(11), Nasreen Broomandkhoshbacht(10), Íñigo Olalde(9), Matthew Ferry(9), Kendra Sirak(9), Jon M. Erlandson(9), James P. Kennett(9), Francesca Candilio(8), Olivia Cheronet(8), Megan Michel(8), Ann Marie Lawson(8), Ron Pinhasi(8), Thomas K. Harper(8), Keith M. Prufer(7), Daniel Fernandes(6)