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John Peterson

Peterson, John A.

Assistant Professor

jpeterson@usc.edu.ph

Degrees

A.B. Anthropology, University of Chicago, 1969
B.A. Environmental Studies, Antioch College, 1972
M.A. Anthropology, University of Texas Austin, 1988
Ph.D. Anthropology, University of Texas Austin, 1993

Research Interests:

Archaeology, history and anthropology

Recent Publications:

  1. Horrocks, M.; Peterson, J.; Bickler, S.H.; Presswell, B.. Updated Microfossil and 14C Analyses of Ifugao Rice Terraces, Philippine Cordilleras, Reveal Early Taro and Rice Cultivation, and New Parasite Discoveries. Pacific Science. 2025, https://doi.org/10.2984/78.3.1.
  2. Peterson, J.. The Flâneur, the Collector, and the Gambler: How Will We Read and Remember the Early Twenty-First Century?. Conservation and Management of Archaeological Sites. 2025, https://doi.org/10.1080/13505033.2026.2621775.
  3. Horrocks, M.; Peterson, J.; Presswell, B.. A Ceramic and Plant and Parasite Microfossil Record from Andarayan, Cagayan Valley, Philippines Reveals Cultigens and Human Helminthiases Spanning the Last ca. 2080 Years. Asian Perspectives. 2022, https://doi.org/10.1353/asi.2022.0028.
  4. Tiauzon, A.; Peterson, J.; Robles, E.C.; Neri, L.A.; Forestier, H.; Titton, S.; Manipon, D.R.; Fernando, A.G.; Mijares, A.; Paz, V.; Dizon, E.. Unfolding the technological production strategies of the large toolkits across Philippine Paleolithic sites with specific reference to northern Mindanao. Quaternary International. 2020, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2018.10.037.
  5. Peterson, J.A.; Tiauzon, A.; Horrocks, M.; Kottermair, M.. Environmental history of an early spanish settlement in the visayas, philippines: Excavations in the Parian district of Cebu city. Spafa Journal. 2020, https://doi.org/10.26721/spafajournal.v4i0.637.
  6. Acabado, S.B.; Koller, J.M.; Liu, C.h.; Lauer, A.J.; Farahani, A.; Barretto-Tesoro, G.; Reyes, M.C.; Martin, J.A.; Peterson, J.A.. The Short History of the Ifugao Rice Terraces: A Local Response to the Spanish Conquest. Journal of Field Archaeology. 2019, https://doi.org/10.1080/00934690.2019.1574159.
  7. Horrocks, M.; Acabado, S.; Peterson, J.. Plant microfossil results from old Kiyyangan village: Looking for the introduction and expansion of wet-field rice (Oryza sativa) cultivation in the Ifugao rice terraces, Philippine cordilleras. Asian Perspectives. 2018, https://doi.org/10.1353/asi.2018.0005.
  8. Rocha, C.; Peterson, J.A.; Jalandoni, A.; Chianelli, R.R.; Ma, L.. Paleoenvironmental investigations, chemical analysis and characterization of underwater strata of Marigondon Cave. Quaternary International. 2017, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2014.04.005.
  9. Peterson, J.A.. Contesting modes of colonialism: The Southern Philippines in the global net of Asian, Islamic, and European Exchange and Colonialism in the Second Millennium CE. Historical Archaeology of Early Modern Colonialism in Asia Pacific the Asia Pacific Region. 2017, https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85057938012.
  10. Horrocks, M.; Peterson, J.; Carson, M.T.. Pollen, Starch, and Biosilicate Analysis of Archaeological Deposits on Guam and Saipan, Mariana Islands, Northwest Pacific: Evidence for Chamorro Subsistence Crops and Marine Resources. Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology. 2015, https://doi.org/10.1080/15564894.2014.921960.
  11. Peterson, J.A.. Co-opted Heritage: Political Action, Identity, and Preservation at the Pagat site, Guam. Springerbriefs in Archaeology. 2015, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-09689-6_12.
  12. Hall, S.A.; Peterson, J.A.. Floodplain construction of the Rio Grande at El Paso, Texas, USA: Response to Holocene climate change. Quaternary Science Reviews. 2013, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2012.11.013.
  13. Peterson, J.A.. Landscape evolution in Cebu, central Philippines: The impact of sea level, social history, and Tectonism on archaeological landscapes. Asian Perspectives. 2013, https://doi.org/10.1353/asi.2013.0011.
  14. Bayman, J.M.; Kurashina, H.; Carson, M.T.; Peterson, J.A.; Doig, D.J.; Drengson, J.A.. Household economy and gendered labor in the 17th century A.D. on Guam. Journal of Field Archaeology. 2012, https://doi.org/10.1179/0093469012Z.00000000024.
  15. Carson, M.T.; Peterson, J.A.. Radiocarbon Dating of Algal Bioclasts in Beach Sites of Guam. Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology. 2012, https://doi.org/10.1080/15564894.2011.611855.
  16. Robinett, H.R.; Ames, T.; Peterson, J.A.; Whippy, H.J.; Vogel, C.W.. UH Cancer Center Hotline: the training and education program of the University of Guam/University of Hawai'i Cancer Center Partnership. Hawaii Medical Journal. 2011, https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/84875804291.
  17. Carson, M.T.; Peterson, J.A.. Calcrete formation and implications for buried archaeological deposits in the Mariana Islands, western Pacific. Geoarchaeology. 2011, https://doi.org/10.1002/gea.20364.

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