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Erik Otárola‐Castillo

Earth and Planetary Sciences · Purdue University West Lafayette

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Mid career · publishing since 2001
Archaeology and ancient environmental studiesPleistocene-Era Hominins and ArchaeologyForensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology StudiesWildlife Ecology and ConservationMorphological variations and asymmetry

Publications

84

Citations

3,494

Est. group size

~1

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

26

Publishing since 2001

Research summary
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Erik Otárola-Castillo studies how humans interacted with large animals (like bison, mastodons, and other megafauna) and their environments in the deep past, using archaeological evidence, bone analysis, and statistical modeling. His work combines quantitative and Bayesian statistical methods with archaeology to understand ancient hunting, tool-making, climate change effects on species ranges, and human migration and health, spanning North America, South America, and Africa.

Archaeology and human-animal interactionsBayesian and quantitative methods in archaeologyBone surface modification and taphonomyMegafauna ecology and climate change impactsHuman migration, health, and bioarchaeology

Publication output was relatively steady from 2017-2022 (around 2-11 papers per year) but has slowed markedly since 2023, with little to no output recorded in 2024-2025 and only one in 2026.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 2.4/year recently
2017: 8 publications172018: 7 publications182019: 11 publications11192020: 2 publications202021: 8 publications212022: 8 publications222023: 3 publications2324252026: 1 publication26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Figshare×9
  • The 84th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology×7
  • The 81st Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology×5
  • The 82nd Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology×5
  • The 86th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology×3
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Last updated Jul 20, 2026.

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