Julie S. Field

Julie S. Field is an Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology at Ohio State University's College of Arts and Sciences. Her research examines human-environment interactions in Pacific Island societies, focusing on agricultural transitions, landscape transformations, and the emergence of social complexity in prehistoric Oceania. Field employs archaeological methods including isotopic analysis, GIS modeling, and zooarchaeology.

Field's research interests include:

• Human-environmental dynamics in island ecosystems
• Development of agricultural systems in Polynesia
• Prehistoric conflict and cooperation patterns
• Anthropogenic impacts on island landscapes
• Subsistence transitions in Lapita and post-Lapita contexts

Her geographic focus spans Fiji, Hawaii, Kauai, and other Pacific regions.

Publications demonstrate methodological diversity:

• Geoarchaeological sourcing of volcanic materials
• Paleoclimate modeling of human migrations
• Zooarchaeological analysis of subsistence patterns
• GIS-based landscape archaeology

Field co-authored the textbook 'World Prehistory and the Anthropocene' and directs field projects in Fiji and Hawaii. She advises graduate students including Craig H. Shapiro.