Spengler, Robert N., III, Michael Petraglia, Patrick Roberts, Kseniia Ashastina, Logan Kistler, Natalie G. Mueller, and Nicole Boivin (2021) Exaptation Traits for Megafaunal Mutualisms as Factors in Plant Domestication. Frontiers in Plant Science. 12:649394.
Tag: domestication
Niche Construction Theory: A critical review. Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory
Spengler, Robert N., III (2021) Niche Construction Theory: A critical review. Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory. 28:925-955.
Interpreting Diachronic Size Variation in Prehistoric Central Asian Cereal Grains
Motuzaite Matuzeviciute, G., B. Mir-Makhamad, and R. N. Spengler III (2021) Interpreting Diachronic Size Variation in Prehistoric Central Asian Cereal Grains. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 9:633634.
Bison, anthropogenic fire, and the origins of agriculture in eastern North America
Mueller, Natalie G. Robert N Spengler III, Ashley Glenn, and Kunsang Lama (2020) Bison, anthropogenic fire, and the origins of agriculture in eastern North America, The Anthropocene Review. October 2020.
Rethinking the Origins of Plant Domestication
Spengler, Robert N., III (2020) Anthropogenic Seed Dispersal: Rethinking the Origins of Plant Domestication. Trends in Plant Science. Online First.
Fruit from the Sands: The Silk Road Origins of the Foods We Eat
Spengler, Robert N., III (2019) Fruit from the Sands: The Silk Road Origins of the Foods We Eat, University of California Press: Berkeley.
Grazing Animals Drove Domestication in Grain Crops
Spengler, Robert N., III and Natalie Mueller (2019) Grazing Animals Drove Domestication in Grain Crops. Nature Plants. 5: 656–662.
The origins of cannabis smoking: Chemical residue evidence from the first millennium BCE in the Pamirs
Ren, Meng, Zihua Tang, Xinhua Wu, Robert N. Spengler III, Hongen Jiang, Yimin Yang, and Nicole Boivin (2019) The origins of cannabis smoking: Chemical residue evidence from the first millennium BCE in the Pamirs. Science Advances. 5(6): eaaw1391.
Origins of the Apple: The Role of Megafaunal Mutualism in the Domestication of Malus and Rosaceous Trees
Spengler, Robert N., III (2019) Origins of the Apple: The Role of Megafaunal Mutualism in the Domestication of Malus and Rosaceous Trees. Frontiers in Plant Science. 10(617):1-18.
Agricultural Origins from the Ground Up
Langlie, BrieAnna S., Natalie G. Mueller, Robert N. Spengler, and Gayle J. Fritz 2014. Agricultural Origins from the Ground Up: Archaeological Perspectives on Plant Domestication. American Journal of Botany 101(10): 000–000. Peer-reviewed.
Central Eurasian Archaeobotany 