Jacob Freeman
School of Social Sciences
Professor | Program Director

Contact Information
Office Location: Logan (MAIN 245A)Phone: +1 435 797 1636
Email: jacob.freeman@usu.edu
Expertise
Courses taught: North American Archaeology, Anthropological Inquiry, Cross-cultural Approaches to Diversity and Change; Graduate Seminar in Southwest Archaeology and Adjacent Regions
- Freeman, J., (2017). Diversity,reciprocity and the emergence of equity-inequity tradeoffs: The Give and Take of Sustainability: Archaeological and Anthropological Perspective. University of Cambridge Press
Publications | Book Chapters
An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.
Publications | Journal Articles
Academic Journal
- Freeman, J., Robinson, E., (2025). Long-term population dynamics following innovations in food production. Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory, Accepted
- Freeman, J., (2024). Hunter-Gatherer Population Expansion and Intensification: Malthusian and Boserupian Dynamics. Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory
- Freeman, J., Robinson, E., Beckman, N., Bird, D., Baggio, J.A, Anderies, J.M, (2020). The global ecology of human population density and interpreting changes in paleo-population density. Journal of Archaeological Science, 120, 105168.
- Bird, D., Freeman, J., Robinson, E., Maughan, G., Finley, J.B, Lambert, P.M, Kelly, R.L, (2020). A First Empirical Analysis of Population Stability in North America Using Radiocarbon Records. The Holocene, 30:9, 1345-1359.
- Strawhacker, C., Snitker, G., Peeples, M.A, Kinzig, A.P, Kintigh, K.W, Bocinsky, K., Butterfield, B., Freeman, J., Oas, S., Nelson, M.C, Sandor, J.A, Spielmann, K.A, (2020). A Landscape Perspective on Climate-Driven Risks to Food Security: Exploring the Relationship between Climate and Social Transformation in the Prehispanic U.S. Southwest. American Antiquity, 85:3, 427-451. doi: 10.1017/aaq.2020.35
- Freeman, J., Byers, D.A, Robinson, E., Kelly, R.L, (2018). Culture process and the Interpretation of Radiocarbon Data. Radiocarbon, 60, 453--467. doi: 10.1017/RDC.2017.124
- Freeman, J., Baggio, J., (2017). The effect of ownership on ecosystem management among human foragers. Quaternary International, doi: 10.1016/j.quaint.2017.12.004
- Freeman, J., Keith, J., Roberts, M., Owens, A., (2017). The Effects of Revenue and Social Capital on Collective Governance: Implications for Political Complexity. Cross-Cultural Research, 52, doi: 10.1177/1069397117732278
- Freeman, J., Hard, R.J, Mauldin, R.P, (2017). A theory of regime change on the Texas Coastal Plain. Quaternary International, doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2016.12.029
- Freeman, J., Coyle, T.R, Baggio, J., (2016). The functional intelligences proposition. Personality and Individual Differences, 99, 46–55.
- Freeman, J., (2016). The socioecology of territory size and a work-around hypothesis for the adoption of farming. PLoS One, 11:7, doi: e0158743.doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0158743
- Freeman, J., (2016). Marking and making difference: Representational diversity in the US Southwest. American Antiquity, 81, 253--272.
- Freeman, J., Anderies, J.M, (2015). The socioecology of hunter–gatherer territory size. Journal of Anthropological Archaeology, 39, 110–123.
- Freeman, J., Peeples, M., Anderies, J.M, (2015). Toward a Non-linear Theory of the Transition from Foraging to Farming. Journal of Anthropological Archaeology, 40, 109-122.
Professional Journal
An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.
Publications | Other
An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.
Teaching
ANTH 3350 - Archaeology of Ancient Civilizations (DSS), Fall 2025
ANTH, ANTH, ANTH, ANTH, ANTH, ANTH, ANTH, ANTH, ANTH, ANTH, ANTH, ANTH, ANTH, ANTH, ANTH, ANTH, ANTH, ANTH, ANTH, ANTH, ANTH, ANTH 5340, 5340, 5340, 5340, 5340, 5340, 5340, 5340, 5340, 5340, 5340, 6340, 6340, 6340, 6340, 6340, 6340, 6340, 6340, 6340, 6340, 6340 - Archaeology of the Desert West, Fall 2025
ANTH 4980 - History and Theories of Anthropology, Spring 2025
ANTH, ANTH, ANTH, ANTH, ANTH, ANTH, ANTH, ANTH, ANTH, ANTH, ANTH, ANTH 4980, 4980, 4980, 4980, 4980, 4980, 4980, 4980, 4980, 4980, 4980, 4980 - History and Theories of Anthropology, Spring 2025
ANTH, ENVS 4210, 6210 - Anthropological Perspectives on Conservation, Fall 2024
ANTH 1030 - World Archaeology (BSS), Fall 2024
ANTH 4980 - History and Theories of Anthropology, Spring 2024
ANTH, ANTH, ANTH, ANTH, ANTH, ANTH, ANTH, ANTH, ANTH, ANTH, ANTH 4980, 4980, 4980, 4980, 4980, 4980, 4980, 4980, 4980, 4980, 4980 - History and Theories of Anthropology, Spring 2024
ANTH 6410 - Writing for Archaeologists, Spring 2024
ANTH, ANTH, ANTH, ANTH, ANTH, ANTH, ANTH, ANTH, ANTH, ANTH, ANTH 6410, 6410, 6410, 6410, 6410, 6410, 6410, 6410, 6410, 6410, 6410 - Writing for Archaeologists, Spring 2024
ANTH 5300 - Archaeology Field School, Fall 2023
ANTH 3350 - Archaeology of Ancient Civilizations, Fall 2023
ANTH 1030 - World Archaeology, Fall 2023
ANTH 4980 - History and Theories of Anthropology, Spring 2023
ANTH, ANTH, ANTH 4980, 4980, 4980 - History and Theories of Anthropology, Spring 2023
ANTH 6950 - Archaeology Special Topics/Seminar, Fall 2022
ANTH 1030 - World Archaeology, Fall 2022
ANTH 1030 - World Archaeology, Summer 2022
, Spring 2022
ANTH 4980 - History and Theories of Anthropology, Spring 2022
ANTH 4980 - History and Theories of Anthropology, Spring 2022
ANTH 4980 - History and Theories of Anthropology, Spring 2021
ANTH 4110, 6110 - Southwest Indian Cultures, Past and Present, Spring 2021
ANTH 1030 - World Archaeology, Fall 2020
ANTH 6950 - Archaeology Special Topics/Seminar, Spring 2020
ANTH 4980 - History and Theories of Anthropology, Spring 2020
ANTH 3350 - Archaeology of Ancient Civilizations, Fall 2019
ANTH 5900 - Independent Studies, Fall 2019
ANTH 4980 - History and Theories of Anthropology, Spring 2019
ANTH 4110, 6110 - Southwest Indian Cultures, Past and Present, Spring 2019
ANTH 3350 - Archaeology of Ancient Civilizations, Fall 2018
ANTH 6950 - Archaeology Special Topics/Seminar, Fall 2018
ANTH 6950 - Archaeology Special Topics/Seminar, Spring 2018
ANTH 4980 - History and Theories of Anthropology, Spring 2018
ANTH 3350 - Archaeology of Ancient Civilizations, Fall 2017
ANTH 5900 - Independent Studies, Fall 2017
ANTH 6360 - Research Design and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology, Fall 2017
ANTH 4980 - History and Theories of Anthropology, Spring 2017
ANTH 4110, 6110 - Southwest Indian Cultures, Past and Present, Spring 2017
ANTH 6950 - Archaeology Special Topics/Seminar, Fall 2016
ANTH 6370 - GIS in Archaeology, Spring 2016
ANTH 4980 - History and Theories of Anthropology, Spring 2016
ANTH 6360 - Research Design and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology, Fall 2015
Graduate Students Mentored
Clancy Gonzales, School of Social Sciences, August 2024
Michael Young, School of Social Sciences, December 2023
Josh Clements, School of Social Sciences, August 2023
Stan Rhodes, Environment & Society, January 2019 - December 2023
Gideon Maughan, School of Social Sciences, August 2018 2021
Aaron larson, School of Social Sciences, August 2016 2021
Paige Dorsey, School of Social Sciences, January 2019 - August 2021
Darcy Bird, School of Social Sciences, August 2017 - August 2019
Lauren Merchent, Environment & Society, August 2017 - April 2019