The Handbook of Evolutionary Research in Archaeology evolved from a series of discussions between
the editor (Anna Prentiss) and the executive editor for Archaeology and Anthropology at Springer
(Teresa Krauss). After meetings in Kyoto, Japan, and Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, we
agreed that this would be a productive effort, and the project was initiated. Teresa has subsequently
played a significant role in developing the vision for this book and guiding it through its various stages
including designing specific content, peer review, final submissions, and book production.
I am grateful for all the work by our international group of contributors including (in approximate
order by chapter) Matt Walsh (National Museum of Denmark), Felix Riede (Aarhus University, Denmark),
Sean O’Neal (Aarhus University, Denmark), Nathan Goodale (Hamilton College, USA), Anne
Kandler (Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Germany), Enrico Crema (University
of Cambridge, England), Cheyenne Laue (University of Montana, USA), Alden Wright (University
of Montana, USA), Larissa Mendoza Straffon (Leiden University, the Netherlands), Erik Gjesfjeld
(University of Cambridge, England), Peter Jordan (University of Groningen, the Netherlands), Charles
Spencer (American Museum of Natural History, USA), Lisa Nagaoka (University of North Texas,
USA), Kristen Gremillion (The Ohio State University, USA), Colin Quinn (Hamilton College, USA),
Nicole Herzog (Boise State University, USA), Cedric Puleston (University of California, Davis,
USA), Bruce Winterhalder (University of California, Davis, USA), Marc Abramiuk (California State
University Channel Islands, USA), and Duilio Garofoli (University of Tübingen, Germany). Many
of these scholars are early to mid-career, and I think this bodes extremely well for the future of
evolutionary research in archaeology.