ANTH106 Human Evolution and World Prehistory
ANTH204 Pacific and New Zealand Archaeology
ANTH329 Landscape Archaeology
ANTH403 Advanced Oceanic Prehistory
My research centers on the development of complex societies, monumentality, social landscapes, and agriculture in Oceania. My methodological expertise is in spatial technology, including GIS and geophysical survey. I currently have active field projects in Hawai‘i and New Zealand.
McCoy, M. D. and T. N. Ladefoged (2009) New developments in the use of spatial technology in archaeology. Journal of Archaeological Research 17 (3):263-295.
McCoy, M. D. (2008) Hawaiian limpet harvesting in historical perspective: A review of modern and archaeological data on Cellana spp. from the Kalaupapa Peninsula, Moloka‘i Island. Pacific Science 62(1):21-38.
Kirch, P. V. and M. D. McCoy (2007) Reconfiguring the Hawaiian cultural sequence: Results of re-dating the Halawa Dune Site (MO-A1-3), Molokai Island. Journal of the Polynesian Society 116(4): 385-406.
McCoy, M. D. (2007) Revised late Holocene culture history for Moloka‘i Island, Hawai‘i. Radiocarbon 49(3) 1273-1322.
McCoy, M. D. and A. S. Hartshorn (2007) Wind erosion and intensive prehistoric agriculture: A case study from the Kalaupapa field system, Hawai‘i. Geoarchaeology: An International Journal 22(5):511-532.
McCoy, M. D. (2005) The development of the Kalaupapa field system, Moloka‘i Island, Hawai‘i. The Journal of the Polynesian Society. 116(4):339-358.
Ladefoged, T. N., M. W. Graves, and M. D. McCoy (2003) Archaeological evidence for agricultural development in Kohala, Island of Hawai‘i. Journal of Archaeological Science 30:923-41.
McCoy, M. D. (2008) Life Outside the Temple: Reconstructing traditional Hawaiian ritual and religion through new studies of ritualized practices. In Religion, Archaeology, and the Material World. Lars Fogelin, ed. Southern Illinois University’s Center for Archaeological Investigations, Occasional Paper No. 36, pp. 261-278. Carbondale, Illinois.
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