Writing

A critical examination of The Dawn of Everything's projection of contemporary political divisions onto prehistory, arguing that Graeber and Wengrow conflate complex 'heroic' hunter-gatherers with small-scale, non-resource-intensified subsistence peoples to dismiss the latter as politically reactionary.

A comparative analysis of hunter-gatherer mobility patterns in relation to climate, habitat type, and geographic distance, presented at the Conference on Hunting and Gathering Societies.

An exploration of subsistence mobility strategies among contemporary hunter-gatherer populations and what these patterns reveal about human ecological adaptation.

On the procurement of raw lithic materials for stone tool production — combining archaeological evidence with ethnographic observation and personal fieldwork experience.

An examination of how wildness and wilderness have been commodified by both the outdoor recreation industry and the conservation movement, and what this means for any genuine attempt at rewilding.

An account of traditional ski-hunting practices among indigenous Siberian peoples and their parallels to Alaska Native subsistence traditions.

A narrative of a winter caribou hunt in the Alaska backcountry, weaving together subsistence practice, ecology, and personal reflection.

Examining subsistence lifeways along the Kuskokwim River in western Alaska — fishing, hunting, and gathering traditions that persist in one of the most remote regions of North America.