Todd J. Braje, Ph.D., Professor of Anthropology Humboldt State University

USA Track & Field has announced the 2010 Team USA squad for the International Association of Ultrarunners (IAU) 100km World Championships to be held this Saturday, November 6, in Gibraltar.

The men's team will be led by Chad Ricklefs (Boulder, Colo.), who will be representing Team USA for the fourth time. Joining him will be the experienced duo of Michael Wardian (Arlington, Va.), a three-time member of Team USA, and Todd Braje (Arcata, Calif.), a two-time member of the 100 km squad.

Todd J. Braje, Ph.D., Professor of Anthropology Humboldt State University
Teaching Specialties
•Archaeology of Maritime Societies
•Historical Ecology of Maritime Ecosystems
•Complex Hunter-Gatherer-Fisher Studies
•Peopling of the Americas
•Early Coastal Migrations
•Channel Islands Archaeology
•North American Archaeology
•Caribbean Archaeology
•California Archaeology
•Tribal Consultation and Collaboration

Teaching Experience
I have taught a variety of graduate and undergraduate classes at the University of Oregon, Oregon State University, and Humboldt State University, including: Archaeology and World Prehistory, Archaeology Lab, Trans-Atlantic Myths in Anthropology, Paradise Lost?: Human Impacts in Antiquity, Coastal Archaeology, North American Archaeology, and Fundamentals of Archaeology.

Recent Media on Braje's Research
•On Earth Magazine Article: Riddle of the Shells by Sharon Levy
•USA Today.com: Climate Change Threatens Channel Islands Artifacts by Alicia Chang

Select Publications

•Braje, Todd. 2009. Modern Oceans, Ancient Sites: Archaeology and Marine Conservation on San Miguel Island, California. The University of Utah Press, Anthropology of Pacific North America Series, Salt Lake City.
•Braje, Todd J., and Robert L. DeLong. 2009. Ancient Sea Mammal Exploitation on the South Coast of San Miguel Island. In Proceedings of the Seventh California Islands Symposium, edited by Christine C. Damiani and David K. Garcelon, pp. 43-52. Institute for Wildlife Studies, Arcata, CA.
•Braje, Todd J., and Jon M. Erlandson. 2009. Molluscs and Mass Harvesting in the Middle Holocene: Prey Size and Resource Ranking on San Miguel Island, Alta California. California Archaeology 1(2):269-289.
•Braje, Todd J., Jon M. Erlandson, Torben C. Rick, Paul K. Dayton, and Marco B.A. Hatch. 2009. Fishing from Past to Present: Long-term Continuity and Resilience of Red Abalone Fisheries on the Northern Channel Islands, CA. Ecological Applications 19(4):906-919.
•Erlandson, Jon M., and Todd J. Braje. 2009. Hunting vs. Gathering: Comparing Faunal and Artifactual Remains at CA-SMI-575NE, An 8500-Year-Old San Miguel Island Shell Midden. In Subsistence in Prehistoric Coastal California, edited by Michael A. Glassow and Terry Joselin. Cotsen Institute of Archaeology, University of California, Los Angeles in press.
•Erlandson, Jon M., Todd J. Braje, Torben C. Rick, and Troy Davis. 2009. Comparing Faunal Remains and Subsistence Technology at CA-SMI-507: A 9,000-Year-Old Paleocoastal Shell Midden on San Miguel Island, California. Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology 4:1-12 .
•Erlandson, Jon M., Torben C. Rick, and Todd J. Braje. 2009. Fishing Up the Food Web?: 12,000 Years of Maritime Subsistence and Adaptive Adjustments on California’s Channel Islands. Pacific Science 63(4):711-724 .
•Rick, Torben C., Jon M. Erlandson, Todd J. Braje, Robert J. DeLong. 2009 Seals, Sea Lions, and the Erosion of Archaeological Sites on California’s Channel Islands. Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology 4(1):125-131 .
•Rick, Torben C., Jon M. Erlandson, René L. Vellanoweth, Todd J. Braje, Paul W. Collins, Daniel A. Guthrie, and Thomas W. Stafford, Jr. 2009. The Origins and Antiquity of the Island Fox (Urocyon littoralis): AMS 14C Dates from California’s Channel Islands. Quaternary Research 71:93-98.
•Braje, Todd J., Torben C. Rick, and Jon M. Erlandson. 2008. AMS Radiocarbon Dating of Giant Rock Scallop (Hinnites Multirugosus) Artifacts from San Miguel Island, California. Radiocarbon 50(2):223-231.
•Erlandson, Jon M., Todd J. Braje, and Michael H. Graham. 2008. How Old is MVII? – Seaweeds, Shorelines, and the Pre-Clovis Chronology at Monte Verde, Chile. Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology 3(2):277-281.
•Erlandson, Jon M., Torben C. Rick, Todd J. Braje, Alexis Steinberg, and René Vellanoweth. 2008. Human Impacts on Ancient Shellfish: A 10,000 Year Record from San Miguel Island, California. Journal of Archaeological Science 35(8):2144-2152.
•Rick, Torben C., Robert L. DeLong, Jon M. Erlandson, Todd J. Braje, Terry L. Jones, Douglas J. Kennett, and Phillip L. Walker. 2008. A 7,000 Year Record of Guadalupe Fur Seals (Arctocephalus townsendi) on the California Coast. Marine Mammal Science 25(2):487-502.
•Rick, Torben C., Jon M. Erlandson, Todd J. Braje, James E. Estes, Michael H. Graham, and René L. Vellanoweth. 2008. Historical Ecology and Human Impacts on Coastal Ecosystems of the Santa Barbara Channel Region, California. In Human Impacts on Ancient Marine Ecosystems: A Global Perspective, edited by Torben C. Rick and Jon M. Erlandson, pp. 77-101. University of California Press, Berkeley.
•Rick, Torben C., Phillip L. Walker, Lauren M. Willis, Anna C. Noah, Jon M. Erlandson, René L. Vellanoweth, Todd J. Braje, and Douglas J. Kennett. 2008. Dogs, Humans, and Island Ecosystems: The Distribution, Antiquity, and Ecology of Domestic Dogs (Canis familiaris) on California’s Channel Islands, USA. The Holocene 18(7):1077-1087.
•Braje, Todd J. 2007. Geographic and Temporal Variability of Middle Holocene Red Abalone Middens on San Miguel Island, California. Journal of California and Great Basin Anthropology 27(2):153-164.
•Braje, Todd J. and Jon M. Erlandson. 2007. Measuring Subsistence Specialization: Comparing Historic and Prehistoric Abalone Middens on San Miguel Island, California. Journal of Anthropological Archaeology 26:474-485.
•Braje, Todd J., Jon M. Erlandson, and Torben C. Rick. 2007. An Historic Chinese Abalone Fishery on California’s Northern Channel Islands. Historical Archaeology 41(4):117-128.
•Braje, Todd J., Douglas J. Kennett, Jon M. Erlandson, and Brendan J. Culleton. 2007. Human Impacts on Nearshore Shellfish Taxa: A 7000 Year Record from Santa Rosa Island, California. American Antiquity 72(4):735-756.
Professional Organizations
•Society for American Archaelogy
•Society for California Archaeology
•Research Associate, University of Oregon Museum of Natural and Cultural History

Courtesy Humboldt State