My research is centered around an evolutionary approach to studying culture, and this draws on physical geography, landscape ecology, middle-range research, and geoscience to study past human behaviors. I am a member of several ongoing field projects; however, I also conduct a significant amount of collections-based research that seeks to live up to our discipline’s professional and ethical obligations of preserving and studying material culture while treating archaeological sites as nonrenewable resources.
I published my first anthropology-related paper—on the treatment of indigenous peoples at the 1904 St. Louis World’s Fair—as a high-school student. Since 2005 I have published more than 55 peer-reviewed scientific articles and nearly 20 refereed book chapters, and I have served as editor of three edited volumes. A full listing of all my contributions can be found on my curriculum vitae.
I take a collaborative approach in my work, and I actively work with citizen-scientists, undergraduates, graduate students, fellow faculty, and tribal members as peers and coauthors.
* Graduate student coauthor
** Undergraduate student coauthor
2023
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Boulanger, M.T., M. Adler, J.L. Boyer, and M. Henderson. ‘Our Work Will Continue’: Geochemical Sourcing by XRF of Obsidian in the Collections of Helen Greene Blumenschein. Kiva 89(1): 51–77. |
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Kitchel, N.R., B.L. MacDonald, M.T. Boulanger, and H.M. Rockwell. Preliminary results on the applicability of neutron activation analysis (NAA) to identify cherts from the Munsungan Lake Formation, Maine, USA. Geoarchaeology. |
2022
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Boulanger, M.T., M. Adler, E. Sommer**, and I. Jorgeson*. Dynamics of obsidian procurement at Pot Creek Pueblo (LA 260), northern New Mexico. Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences 14. |
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Boulanger, M.T., D. Mielke, R. Mielke, B. Buchanan, G.L. Miller, B. Christy, M. Bebber, and M.I. Eren. Geochemical sourcing, technological descriptions, artifact morphometrics, and microwear of the Mielke Clovis site (33SH26), western Ohio, U.S.A. Journal of Midcontinental Archaeology 47(1). |
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Burger, R.L., E. Tsurumi, M.T. Boulanger, and M.D. Glascock. Sayrosa, a minor obsidian source in the Puna of Arequipa. Ñawpa Pacha 42(2): 185-204. |
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Kelly, R.L., M.E. Mackie, E. Robinson, J. Meyer, M. Berry, M.T. Boulanger, J. Freeman, C.J. Garland, J. Gingerich, R. Hard, J. Haug, A. Martindale, S. Meeks, M. Miller, S. Miller, T. Perttula, J. Railey, K. Reid, I. Fraser-Shapiro, J. Spangler, D.H. Thomas, V. Thompson, and A. White. A new radiocarbon database for the lower 48 states. American Antiquity 87(3): 581-590. |
2021
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Boulanger, M.T., G.L. Miller, and P. Fisher. A collection of early Holocene flaked-stone crescents from the northern Great Basin. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports 37: 103005. |
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Boulanger, M.T., R.J. Patten, B.N. Andrews, M.R. Bebber, B. Buchanan, I. Jorgeson*, G.L. Miller, M.I. Eren, and D.J. Meltzer. Antelope Springs: a Folsom site in South Park, Colorado. Paleoamerica 7(2):114-132. |
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De Lucia, K., M.T. Boulanger, and M.D. Glascock. Small-scale ceramic production: neutron activation analysis of plain and decorated ceramics from pre-Aztec Xaltocan, Mexico. Ancient Mesoamerica 32(2): 316-314. |
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Eren, M.I., M.R. Bebber, A. Mika, K. Flood, L. Maguire**, D. Norris, A. Perrone, D.A. Mullen, S. Centea, C. Centea, B. Christy, R. Daud, J. Jackson, R.J. Patten, B.G. Redmond, B. Buchanan, R. Haythorn, G.L. Miller, M.A. Conway, R.E.B. Gürbüz, S.J. Lycett, J.D. Kilby, B. Andrews, B. MacDonald, M.T. Boulanger, and D.J. Meltzer. The Nelson stone tool cache, north-central Ohio, U.S.A.: Assessing its cultural affiliation. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports 37: 102972. |
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Eren, M.I., F. Diez-Martin, G.L. Miller, B. Buchanan, R. Haythorn, M.T. Boulanger, A. Rutkoski, J. Bush, J.D. Norris, C.O. Lovejoy, R.S. Meindl, and M.R. Bebber. Current evidence supports Welling as an outcrop-related base camp. American Antiquity 86(4):867-870. |
2020
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Boulanger, M.T. Mexican obsidian on Maui: Hawaiian connection, harmonic convergence, or hokum? Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports 34(B), 102662. |
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Perrone, A.*, M.R. Bebber, M.T. Boulanger, B. Buchanan, G.L. Miller, B.G. Redmond, and M.I. Eren. Description, geometric morphometrics, and microwear of five Clovis fluted projectile points from Lucas and Wood Counties, northwest Ohio, U.S.A. Journal of Paleolithic Archaeology 3: 1034-1047. |
2019
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Eren, M.I., G.L. Miller, B. Buchanan, M.T. Boulanger, M.R. Bebber, B.G. Redmond, C. Stephens, L. Coates, P. Boser, P. Barans, G. Summers, R. Nilsson, M. Williams, M. Troyer, S. Kish, J. Grimm, J. Schwarze, D. Deyling, B. Sponseller, C. Barnes, M. Saibern, and M. Slicker. The Black Diamond site, northeast Ohio: a new Clovis occupation in a proposed secondary staging area. Journal of Paleolithic Archaeology 2:211-233. |
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Miller, G.L., M.R. Bebber, A. Rutkoski, R. Haythorn, M.T. Boulanger, B. Buchanan, J. Bush, C.O. Lovejoy, and M.I. Eren. Hunter-gatherer gatherings: stone-tool microwear from the Welling site (33-Co-2), Ohio, U.S.A. supports Clovis use of outcrop-related base camps during the Pleistocene peopling of the Americas. World Archaeology 51:47-51. |
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Murakami, T., M.T. Boulanger, and M.D. Glascock. Petrographic and XRF analysis of andesitic cut stone blocks at Teotihuacan, Mexico: implications for the organization of urban construction. Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences 11:1491-1518. |
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Williams, J., D. Simone, B,. Buchanan, M.T. Boulanger, M.R. Bebber, and M.I. Eren. A nine-thousand-year record of continuous optimal toolstone selection through the North American Holocene. Antiquity 93:313-324. |
2018
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Breslawski, R. P.*, B.L. Etter*, I. Jorgeson*, and M.T. Boulanger. The Atlatl to Bow Transition: What can We Learn from Modern Recreational Competitions? Lithic Technology 43:26-37. |
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Eren, M.I., M.R. Bebber, G.L. Miller, B. Buchanan, M.T. Boulanger, and R.J. Patten. Description, morphometrics, and microwear of Late Pleistocene-Early Holocene artifacts from southwestern Kentucky, U.S.A. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports 20:516-523. |
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Maguire, L.*, B. Buchanan, M.T. Boulanger, B.G. Redmond, and M.I. Eren. On the late Paleoindian temporal assignment for the Honey Run site (33-Co-3), Coshocton County, Ohio: a morphometric assessment of flaked stone stemmed lanceolate projectile points. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports 20:588-595. |
2017
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Bebber, M.R., G.L. Miller, M.T. Boulanger, B.N. Andrews, B.G. Redmond, D. Jackson, and M.I. Eren. Description and microwear analysis of Clovis artifacts on a glacially deposited secondary chert source near the Hartley Mastodon discovery, Columbiana County, northeastern Ohio, U.S.A. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports 12:543–552. |
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Boulanger, M.T. Recycling data: Working with published and unpublished ceramic-compositional data. In: The Oxford Handbook of Archaeological Ceramic Analysis, A. Hunt (ed.). Oxford University Press: Oxford, pp. 73–84. |
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Boulanger, M.T., G.D. Lattanzi, C.C. Roush*, and M.D. Glascock. Geochemical analysis of mica source specimens and artifacts from the Abbott Farm National Historic Landmark (28-ME-1). American Antiquity 82(2): 374–396. |
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Werner, A., K. Jones, G.L. Miller, B. Buchanan, M.T. Boulanger, A.K.M. Key, C. Reedy, M.R. Bebber, and M.I. Eren. The morphometrics and microwear of a small Clovis assemblage from Guernsey County, southeastern Ohio, U.S.A. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports 15:318–329. |
2016
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Anderson, S.L.R., M.T. Boulanger, M.D. Glascock, and B. Perkins. Geochemical investigation of late Pre-Contact ceramic production patterns in northwest Alaska. Journal of Archaeological Science 6: 200–210. |
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Eren, M.I., A. Chao, C.-H. Chiu, R.K. Colwell, B. Buchanan, M.T. Boulanger, J. Darwent, and M.J. O’Brien. Statistical analysis of paradigmatic class richness supports greater Paleoindian projectile-point diversity in the Southeast. American Antiquity 81(1): 174–192. |
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Eren, M.I., B. Redmond, G.L. Miller, B. Buchanan, M.T. Boulanger, A. Hall, and L. Hall. The Wauseon Clovis fluted point preform, Northwest Ohio, U.S.A.: observations, geometric morphometrics, microwear, and toolstone procurement distance. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports 10: 147–154. |
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Karacic, S., M.T. Boulanger, and M.D. Glascock. Geochemical analysis of the Hittite-period pottery from Tarsus-Gözlükule, Turkey. Archaeometry 58(S1): 23–38. |
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O’Brien, M.J., M.T. Boulanger, B. Buchanan, R.A. Bentley, R.L. Lyman, C.P. Lipo, M.E. Madsen, and M.I. Eren. Design space and cultural transmission: Case studies from Paleoindian eastern North America. Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory 23(2): 692–740. |
2015
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Boulanger M.T., B. Buchanan, M.J. O’Brien, B. Redmond, M.D. Glascock, and M.I. Eren. Neutron activation analysis of 12,900-year-old stone artifacts confirms 450-510+ kilometer Clovis tool-stone acquisition at Paleo Crossing (33ME274), Ohio. Journal of Archaeological Science 53: 550–558. |
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Boulanger, M.T. and M.I. Eren. On the inferred age and origin of lithic bi-points from the Eastern Seaboard and their relevance to the Pleistocene peopling of North America. American Antiquity 80(1): 134–145. |
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Boulanger, M.T. and M.D. Glascock. Elemental variation in prehistoric Unionoida shell: implications for ceramic provenance. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports 1(1): 2–7. |
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Boulanger, M.T. and D.V. Hill. Petrographic analysis of Contact Period Native American pottery from Fort Hill (27CH85), Hinsdale, New Hampshire, USA. Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences 7(4): 514–532. |
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Boulanger, M.T., G.D. Lattanzi, D.C. Parris, M.J. O’Brien, and R.L. Lyman. AMS radiocarbon dates for Pleistocene fauna from the American Northeast. Radiocarbon 57(1): 189–192. |
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Buchanan, B., M.I. Eren, M.T. Boulanger, and M.J. O’Brien. Size, shape, scars, and spatial patterning: A quantitative assessment of late Pleistocene (Clovis) point resharpening. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports 3: 11-21. |
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Eren, M.I, M.T. Boulanger, and M.J. O’Brien. The Cinmar discovery and the proposed pre-Late Glacial Maximum occupation of North America. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports 2: 708-713. |
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O’Brien, M.J., B. Buchanan, M.T. Boulanger, A. Mesoudi, M. Collard, M.I. Eren, R.A. Bentley, and R.L. Lyman. Transmission of cultural variants in the North American Paleolithic. In: Learning Strategies and Cultural Evolution during the Paleolithic, K. Aoki and A. Mesoudi (eds.). Springer: New York, pp. 121-143. |
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Perreault, C., M.T. Boulanger, A.M. Hudson, D. Rhode, D.B. Madsen, J.W. Olsen, M.L. Steffen, J. Quade, M.D. Glascock, and P.J. Brantingham. Characterization of obsidian from the Tibetan Plateau by XRF and NAA. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports 5: 392–399. |
2014
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O’Brien, M.J., M.T. Boulanger, M. Collard, B. Buchanan, L. Tarle, L.G. Straus, and M.I. Eren. On thin ice: problems with Stanford and Bradley’s proposed Solutrean colonisation of North America. Antiquity 88(340): 606–613. |
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O’Brien, M.J., M.T. Boulanger, M. Collard, B. Buchanan, L. Tarle, L.G. Straus, and M.I. Eren. Solutreanism. Antiquity 88(340): 622–624. |
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O’Brien, M.J., M.T. Boulanger, B. Buchanan, M. Collard, R.L. Lyman, and J. Darwent. Innovation and cultural transmission in the American Paleolithic: phylogenetic analysis of eastern Paleoindian projectile-point classes. Journal of Anthropological Archaeology 34: 100–119. |
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Boulanger, M.T. and R.L. Lyman. Northeastern North American Pleistocene mammals chronologically overlapped minimally with Paleoindians. Quaternary Science Reviews 85(1): 35–46. |
2012
2011
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Anderson, S.L., M.T. Boulanger, and M.D. Glascock. A new perspective on Late Holocene social interaction in northwest Alaska: results of a preliminary ceramic sourcing study. Journal of Archaeological Science 38(5): 943–955. |
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Huckell, B.B., J.D. Kilby, M.T. Boulanger, and M.D. Glascock. Sentinel Butte: neutron activation analysis of White River Group chert from a primary source and artifacts from a Clovis cache in North Dakota, USA. Journal of Archaeological Science 38(5): 965–976. |
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Quigg, J.M., M.T. Boulanger, and M.D. Glascock. Geochemical characterization of Tecovas and Alibates source samples. Plains Anthropologist 56(219): 121–141. |
2010