Michael Barton
Professor at Arizona State University
Tempe, Arizona, United States
Summary
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RockstarMichael Barton is a Professor and complex systems scientist at Arizona State University with 22 years of experience studying long-term human ecology, landscape dynamics, and socioecological interactions. He blends anthropology, archaeology, earth science, and information technologies to trace human/environmental dynamics from the Upper Pleistocene through the mid-Holocene across the Mediterranean, the American Southwest, and other regions. His work spans hunter-gatherer and early farming societies, geoarchaeology, lithic technology, and evolutionary theory, with a strong emphasis on techno-economic change. Michael routinely applies quantitative and computational methods—computational modeling, GIS, remote sensing, data science, and visualization—to make multi-dimensional systems legible and testable. He maintains long-running collaborative field projects and brings an uncommon fusion of field-based archaeology and advanced geospatial analytics. Based in Tempe, Arizona, he translates deep time perspectives into insights relevant for contemporary socioecological resilience and landscape management.
21 years of coding experience
Github Skills (77)
hugo10
python10
image-processing10
wps10
gdal10
grass10
geodata10
parallel-computing10
governance10
spatial10
osgeo10
geographic10
science10
system-information10
open-science10
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
cmbarton/grass-mac
Aug 2023 - Mar 2025
Website and repository for GRASS GIS for Mac info and apps
Contributions:1 PR, 224 pushes, 4 branches in 1 year 7 months
geospatialgisgrass-gismacos
cmbarton/valencia_surveys
Feb 2022 - Jun 2022
Contributions:1 release, 21 commits, 2 pushes in 4 months
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