Heather B. Clark

CRSP Principal Investigator, CADD Specialist
518-486-2160

Post-Baccalaureate Certificate, Geospatial Intelligence Applications, 2016, Pennsylvania State University

M.A., Anthropology, 2009, University at Albany

B.A., Anthropology, 2005, University at Albany

I am primarily interested in the use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in aiding interpretations at archaeological sites. This includes the use of GIS to help with site analysis through spatial density plots and using the technology to help develop future research plans. My work here has developed my love of New York State history, particularly domestic sites and activity from colonization to the early historic period. Additionally, I am interested in the faunal analysis of archaeological sites as a tool to learn about food consumption practices and site use.

Publications

2025

L.C. Eastham, R. Feranec 2025, Examining potential drivers of variation in the carbonate-collagen stable carbon isotope offset of modern and Late Pleistocene ungulates from C3-dominant ecosystems, Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 674, 113014. 10.1016/j.palaeo.2025.113014
J. Kirchman, R. Feranec, J. Butera, B. vonHoldt 2025, A Remarkable Specimen Record of an Apparently Wild Gray Wolf (Canis lupus) from Upstate New York, Northeastern Naturalist 38, 455-471. 10.1656/045.032.0310
R Blazquez-Orta, L. Rodríguez, M.M. Gonzalez, V. Estaca-Gomez, I. De Gaspar, R. Feranec, J.M. Carretero, J.L. Arsuaga, N. García 2025, Dogs from the past: Exploring morphology in mandibles from Iberian archaeological sites using 3D geometric morphometrics, Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports 57, 104660. 10.1016/j.jasrep.2024.104660

2024

R. Blázquez-Orta, L. Rodriguez, M. González, V. Estaca-Gomez, I. De Gaspar, R. Feranec, J. Carretero, J. Arsuaga, N. Garcia 2024, Dogs from the past: Exploring morphology in mandibles from Iberian archaeological sites using 3D geometric morphometrics, Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports 57, 104660. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2024.104660
L. Eastham, R. Feranec 2024, Assessing the influence of body size on patterns of dietary niche segregation among the ungulate community in Yellowstone National Park, USA, Mammalian Biology , . 10.1007/s42991-024-00419-1

2022

.L. DeSantis, R. Feranec, J. Southon, T. Cerling, J. Harris, W. Binder, J. Cohen, A. Farrell, E. Lindsey, J. Meachen, Robin O\textquoterightKeefe, G. Takeuchi 2022, On the relationship between collagen- and carbonate-derived carbon isotopes with implications for the inference of carnivore dietary behavior, Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 10, 10:1031383.. 10.3389/fevo.2022.1031383
Nuria Garcia, Sergio arez, Ignacio De Gaspar, Santiago Prieto, C\ Laplana, M Pellicena, Rosa Huguet, Raquel azquez-Orta, Israel Carmonaa, H\ Del Valle, Sebasti\ erez, R. Feranec, Arantza Aranburu, Paloma Sevilla, Irene Prieto 2022, Juan Labranz cave: a quaternary deposit in the central Iberian peninsula, Historical Biology , 1-10. 10.1080/08912963.2022.2060097

2021

L.R.G. DeSantis, R. Feranec, Ant\ on, E. Lundelius 2021, Dietary ecology of the scimitar-toothed cat Homotherium serum, Current Biology 31, 1-8. 10.1016/j.cub.2021.03.061
R. Feranec, M. Cournoyer, A. Kozlowski 2021, 14C Dates and Stable Isotope Ecology of Marine Vertebrates in the Late Pleistocene-Early Holocene Champlain Sea, Radiocarbon , 1-14. 10.1017/RDC.2021.40
R. Feranec, Martin Christiansen, David Driver, Stuart Fiedel 2021, “Man and the Mastodon”: Revisiting the Northborough Mastodon, Eastern Paleontologist 9, 1-22.