Publications

Edited Special Issues

Davis, D. S., J. Hackel, L. N. Phelps, E. Razanatsoa, T. Rasolondrainy, and G. Tiley (Eds.). (Forthcoming). Madagascar's grassy biomes: from Holocene to Anthropocene . Plants, People, Planet. In Preparation. Call For Papers

Davis, D. S., and M. C. Sanger (Eds.). (2021). Ethical Practice in Remote Sensing and Geophysical Archaeology . Archaeological Prospection. 28(3), 269-399. Read Online

Peer Reviewed Journal Articles

In Progress

Davis, D. S., and K. Douglass (In Review). Landscape Dynamics and Settlement Patterns in Southwest Madagascar since the Late Holocene. In The Malagasy World, edited by Chantal Radimilahy, Kristina Douglass, and Zoë Crossland, Routledge Handbooks Online: Routledge.

Davis, D. S., and K. Douglass (In Review). Remote Sensing and the Ethics of Bird’s Eye Investigations in African Archaeology: a push towards participatory practice. In Participatory mapping and ppgis: research futures, potentials, and promises, edited by M.K. McCall, J. Panek, & A. Álvarez Larrain, Edward Elger.

Phelps, L. N., E. Razanatsoa, D. S. Davis , J. Hackel, T. Rasolondrainy, G. Tiley, R.L. Andriamiarisoa, C.L. Anyanwu, G. Besnard, C. Birkinshaw, W. Bond, D. Buffa, D. Burney, E. Convery Fisher, B.E. Crowley, K. Douglass, S. Eshelman, L. Gautier, L. Gilson, S.G. Haberle, J. Hansford, S. Hixon, G. Joseph, C.A. Kull, C.E.R. Lehmann, V. Montande, U. Radespiel, J. Raharimampionona, T. Ramiadantsoa, T. Razafimanantsoa, C. Ronadh, J. Salmona, N. Scroxton, T. van Elst, K. Van-Thu Pham, N.R.G. Voarintsoa, M.S. Vorontsova, and A.D. Yoder (In Review). Madagascar’s grassy biomes reflect tropical research gaps and opportunities. Submitted to Ecological Monographs .

Hackel, J.,D. S. Davis , T. Rasolondrainy, E. Razanatsoa, G. Tiley, L.N. Phelps (Submitted). Madagascar's grassy biomes, from Holocene to Anthropocene. To be submitted to Plants, People, Planet .

Davis, D. S., and E. R. Otárola-Castillo (In Preparation). Am I free to go (or stay)? A stochastic approach to ideal distribution modeling. To be submitted to Advances in Archaeological Practice.

Davis, D. S. (In Review). The Importance of Archaeological Land Use Legacies for NASAs Earth Science Directorate. To be submitted to B. Odom and K.E. Herndon (eds.), Symposium Proceedings: NASA and Archaeology from Space..

2024

D. S. Davis, A. Domic, G. Manahira, and K. Douglass (2024). Geophysics elucidate long-term socio-ecological dynamics of foraging, pastoralism, and mixed subsistence strategies on SW Madagascar. Journal of Anthropological Archaeology. 75:101612 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaa.2024.101612

D. S. Davis, B. Tucker, Tsiazonera, R. Justome, Z. M. Chrisostome, B. V. Pierre, A. Domic, L. Phelps, A. Ibirogba, C. Mangut, C. E. Klehm, and K. Douglass (2024). Archaeology, Ethnography, and Geosciences reveal central role of traditional lifeways in shaping Madagascar's dry forests. Journal of Social Archaeology. 24(3):221-245. https://doi.org/10.1177/14696053241260032

Davis, D. S., R. J. DiNapoli, G. Pakarati, T. L. Hunt, and C. P. Lipo (2024). Island-wide characterization of agricultural production challenges the demographic collapse hypothesis for Rapa Nui (Easter Island). Science Advances. 10(25):eado1459. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.ado1459

Alders, W., D. S. Davis, and J.J. Haines (2024). Archaeology in the fourth dimension: studying landscapes with multitemporal PlanetScope data. Submitted to Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory. In Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10816-024-09644-x

D. S. Davis, J. Cook Hale, N. L. Hale, T. Z. Johnston, and M. C. Sanger (2024). Bathymetric LiDAR and Semi-Automated Feature Extraction Assist Underwater Archaeological Surveys. Archaeological Prospection . 31(2): 171-186. https://doi.org/10.1002/arp.1939

Davis, D. S. (2024). Past, present, and future of complex systems theory in archaeology. Journal of Archaeological Research.32(4):549–596. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10814-023-09193-z

2023

Quintus, S., D. S. Davis, and E. E. Cochrane (2023). Evaluating Mask R-CNN Models to Extract Terracing across Oceanic High Islands: A Case Study from Sāmoa. Archaeological Prospection. 30(4): 477-492. https://doi.org/10.1002/arp.1909

D. S. Davis, T. Rasolondrainy, G. Manahira, V. Andriankaja, L. Hubertine, R. Justome, F. Lahiniriko, H. Léonce, R. Roi, F. Victorian, C. Colombe, V. Voahirana, T. L. Carina, Z. M. Chrisostome, B. Manjakahery, and K. Douglass (2023). Social networks as risk-mitigation strategies in south-west Madagascar. Antiquity . 97(395): 1296-1312. https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2023.123

D. S. Davis, G. Manahira, F. Lahiniriko, V. Andriankaja, T. L. Carnat, M. B. J. Clovis, F. Fenomanana, L. Hubertine, R. Justome, H. Léonce, A. J. Yve, R. Roi, P. Soafiavy, F. Victorian, V. Voahirana, R. Flerita, Z. M. Chrisostome, and K. Douglass (In Press). Evidence of lithic blade technology in southwest Madagascar. The Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology. http://doi.org/10.1080/15564894.2022.2152139

Cook Hale, J. W., Davis, D. S., & Sanger, M. C. (2023). Evaluating the archaeological efficacy of bathymetric LiDAR across oceanographic contexts: A case study from Apalachee Bay, Florida. Heritage. 6(2), 928-945. https://doi.org/10.3390/heritage6020051

2022

Phelps, L. N., N. Andela, M. Gravey, D. S. Davis , C. A. Kull, K. Douglass, K., and C. E. R. Lehmann (2022). Madagascar's fire regimes challenge global assumptions about landscape degradation. Global Change Biology . 28(23), 6944-6960 http://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.16206

Davis, D. S. (2022). Living with change: An archaeological study of human settlement patterns as environmental adaptations in Late Holocene Madagascar. Ph.D. Dissertation. Department of Anthropology, The Pennsylvania State University

2021

Davis, D. S., and J. Lundin (2021). Locating Charcoal Production Sites in Sweden Using Hydrological Algorithms and Deep Learning. Remote Sensing.13(18), 3680. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs13183680

Davis, D. S., and K. Douglass (2021). Remote Sensing Reveals Lasting Legacies of Land-Use by Small-Scale Communities in the southwestern Indian Ocean. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 9, 689399 https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2021.689399

Davis, D. S., and M. C. Sanger (2021). Ethical Challenges in the Practice of Remote Sensing and Geophysical Archaeology. Archaeological Prospection. 28(3), 269-276. https://doi.org/10.1002/arp.1837

Davis, D. S., G. Caspari, C. P. Lipo, and M. C. Sanger (2021). Deep Learning Reveals Extent of Archaic Native American Shell Ring Building Practices. Journal of Archaeological Science. 132, 105433 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2021.105433

Davis, D. S., G. Caspari, M. C. Sanger, and C. P. Lipo (2021). Using Deep Learning to Detect Rare Archaeological Features: A Case from Coastal South Carolina, USA. Society of Exploration Geophysicists Technical Program Expanded Abstracts, 3265-3269. https://doi.org/10.1190/segam2021-3574963.1

Davis, D. S. (2021). Theoretical repositioning of automated remote sensing archaeology: Shifting from features to ephemeral landscapes. Journal of Computer Applications in Archaeology. 4(1), 94-109. https://doi.org/10.5334/jcaa.72

Davis, D. S., D. C. Buffa, T. Rasolondrainy, E. Creswell, C. Anyanwu, A. Ibirogba, C. Randolph, A. Ouarghidi, L. N. Phelps, F. Lahiniriko, Z. M. Chrisostome, G. Manahira and K. Douglass (2021). The aerial panopticon and the ethics of archaeological remote sensing sacred cultural spaces. Archaeological Prospection. 28(3), 303-318. https://doi.org/10.1002/arp.1819

*Top 10% most cited article published between 2020-2021 *Top 10% most cited article published between 2021-2022

Davis, D. S., K. E. Seeber, and M. C. Sanger (2021). Addressing the problem of disappearing cultural landscapes in archaeological research using multi-scalar survey. Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology. 16(2-4), 524-540. http://doi.org/10.1080/15564894.2020.1803457

2020

Davis, D. S., R. J. DiNapoli, and K. Douglass (2020). Integrating point process models, evolutionary ecology, and traditional knowledge improves landscape archaeology: A case from Southwest Madagascar. Geosciences. 10(8), 287. https://doi.org/10.3390/geosciences10080287

Davis, D. S. (2020). Defining what we study: The contribution of machine automation in archaeological research. Digital Applications in Archaeology and Cultural Heritage. 18, e00152. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.daach.2020.e00152

Davis, D. S., DiNapoli, R. J., Sanger, M. C., & Lipo, C. P. (2020). The integration of lidar and legacy datasets provides improved explanations for the spatial patterning of shell rings in the American Southeast. Advances in Archaeological Practice. 8(4), 361-375. https://doi.org/10.1017/aap.2020.18

Davis, D. S., Buffa, D. C., & Wrobleski, A. C. (2020). Assessing the utility of open-access bathymetric data for shipwreck detection in the United States. Heritage 3(2), 364-383. https://doi.org/10.3390/heritage3020022

Davis, D. S. (2020). Geographic disparity in machine intelligence approaches for archaeological remote sensing research. Remote Sensing, 12(1), 921. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs12060921

Davis, D. S., & Douglass, K. (2020). Aerial and Spaceborne Remote Sensing in African Archaeology: A Review of Current Research and Potential Future Avenues. African Archaeological Review, 37(1), 9–24. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10437-020-09373-y

Davis, D. S., Andriankaja, V., Carnat, T. L., Chrisostome, Z. M., Colombe, C., Fenomanana, F., Hubertine, L., Justome, R., Lahiniriko, F., Léonce, H., Manahira, G., Pierre, B. V., Roi, R., Soafiavy, P., Victorian, F., Voahirana, V., Manjakahery, B., & Douglass, K. (2020). Satellite-based remote sensing rapidly reveals extensive record of Holocene coastal settlement on Madagascar. Journal of Archaeological Science, 115, 105097. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2020.105097

Davis, D. S. (2020). Studying human responses to environmental change: Trends and trajectories of archaeological research. Environmental Archaeology, 25(4), 367-380. https://doi.org/10.1080/14614103.2019.1639338

2019

*Davis, D. S. (2019). Object-based image analysis: A review of developments and future directions of automated feature detection in landscape archaeology. Archaeological Prospection, 26(2), 155–163. https://doi.org/10.1002/arp.1730

*Top 10% most downloaded article in its journal within its first year of publication *Top 10% most cited article published between 2019-2020

Davis, D. S., Lipo, C. P., & Sanger, M. C. (2019). A comparison of automated object extraction methods for mound and shell-ring identification in coastal South Carolina. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 23, 166–177. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2018.10.035

Davis, D. S., Sanger, M. C., & Lipo, C. P. (2019). Automated mound detection using lidar and object-based image analysis in Beaufort County, South Carolina. Southeastern Archaeology, 38(1), 23–37. https://doi.org/10.1080/0734578X.2018.1482186

Book Reviews

Davis, D. S. (2023). Review of Human Behavioral Ecology and Coastal Environments, edited by Heather B. Thakar and Carola Flores Fernandez. American Antiquity, 88(4): 588-589. https://doi.org/10.1017/aaq.2023.31