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Papers by William Baden

Research paper thumbnail of Student Perceptions: What They Tell Us about Readability and Interest

Journal of College Reading and Learning, 1996

Research paper thumbnail of Students at the Center: Still a Focus

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Research paper thumbnail of Measuring Human Interest in First‐Year College Writing Textbooks

Reading Research and Instruction, 1992

Items from reading interest checklists as well as Flesch readability and human interest scores we... more Items from reading interest checklists as well as Flesch readability and human interest scores were compared to 311 questionnaire responses from first‐year college writing students. For two chapters of their writing textbooks, students responded to items culled from interest checklists. These data were analyzed to reveal relationships among questionnaire items and between general student response and Flesch readability and human

Research paper thumbnail of Healthcare Cost and Predictive Factors: High- and Low-Utilization Model Development

Health Marketing Quarterly, 2009

Healthcare costs in the U.S. are the highest in the world and are increasing rapidly. With increa... more Healthcare costs in the U.S. are the highest in the world and are increasing rapidly. With increasing costs, employers and health insurance companies are trying to contain the cost of healthcare. This study aims at developing a predictive model relating enrollees' healthcare insurance claims to their health risks while controlling for gender, age, and their previous year's claims. Our study findings suggest that age, gender, and a previous year's healthcare expenditure are strong predictors of healthcare cost and that none of the six biomarkers was a significant predictor. Even though these biomarkers failed to contribute to the predictive model, they are, nonetheless, important predictors of future chronic diseases, many of which are leading causes of death in the U.S.

Research paper thumbnail of Culture and Agriculture: A Comment on Sissel Schroeder, Maize Productivity In the Eastern Woodlands and Great Plains of North America

American Antiquity, Jan 1, 2001

Research paper thumbnail of Continuing the Revolution

Research paper thumbnail of The Nature of Surface Collections

Chapter 5 from "An Archaeological Survey and Assessment of Aboriginal Settlement within the Lower... more Chapter 5 from "An Archaeological Survey and Assessment of Aboriginal Settlement within the Lower Little Tennessee River Valley," edited by R.P. Stephen Davis, Larry R. Kimball and William W. Baden. A report submitted to the Tennessee Valley Authority, November 1982.

Research paper thumbnail of A Solution to the Humpty Dumpty Dilemma in Ceramic Analysis: All the Kings Mathematicians Could Have Put Humpty Together Again

Research paper thumbnail of Quantifying Potentials within Dissipative Processes: An Evaluation of Mississippian Agriculture

Research paper thumbnail of Modelling Prehistoric Maize Agriculture as a Dissipative Process

Nonlinear Models for Archaeology and Anthropology: Continuing the Revolution, 2005

Research paper thumbnail of The Impact of Fluctuating Agricultural Potential on Coosa's Sociopolitical and Settlement Systems

Research paper thumbnail of A Dynamic Model of Stability and Change in Mississippian Agricultural Systems

Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation, 1987

Research paper thumbnail of Evidence of changing settlement patterns in the Little Tennessee River Valley of east Tennessee

Exploring Tennessee Prehistory: A Dedication to Alfred K. Guthe, 1985

Analysis of data from the 1979-82 probabilistic survey of the Tellico Reservoir in East Tennessee... more Analysis of data from the 1979-82 probabilistic survey of the Tellico Reservoir in East Tennessee demonstrates that surface collections can be used to generate a model of settlement change over time. Steady increases in site density along major river valleys are shown to have occurred between 7900 and 200 B.C.. During the Middle Woodland period (200 B.C.-A.D. 900) intensive site utilization shifted to the mouths of primary streams. The Mississippian settlement pattern is marked by extensive expansion onto cultivatable soils.

Research paper thumbnail of Tomotley: An Eighteenth Century Cherokee Village

The 1976 excavations at the site of the Cherokee village of Tomotley (40MR5) on the Little Tennes... more The 1976 excavations at the site of the Cherokee village of Tomotley (40MR5) on the Little Tennessee River exposed 98,595 square feet of surface area. Following the removal of the plowzone with a self-loading pan, 147 features and 18 burials were excavated. A total of 2198 postmolds were exposed and 19 structures were identified. Identification procedures were applied to 14,051 aboriginal ceramic sherds, 6150 lithic artifacts, 11,893 Euro-American items, 4.85 kgms of botanical material, and 13,998 animal bones and shell fragments.

The assemblage of artifacts collected suggests that the site area has been occupied since the Early Archaic (7900-6100 B.C.). The most extensive occupations consisted of a Mississippian I/II (Martin Farm/Hiwassee Island) component represented by at least two structures and the apparent basal portion of one burial mound or cemetery, and a Cherokee occupation which produced the largest amount of material. Ethnohistoric accounts suggest that the historic village may have been founded and occupied by Lower, Middle, or Valley Cherokee refugees between 1751 and 1776. Archaeological evidence (structure form and ceramic types) corroborates this. Because archaeologically the site appears to represent a rather short term occupation with very little feature overlap, it provides evidence of clear patterns in refuse disposal practices and space utilization.

Books by William Baden

Research paper thumbnail of Nonlinear Models for Archaeology and Anthropology: Continuing the Revolution

This edited volume brings together archaeological and anthropological papers that make use of com... more This edited volume brings together archaeological and anthropological papers that make use of complex systems theory and/or agent-based simulation. The various chapters take the approach that complex systems theory requires significant modifications for its application to human societies. In this respect, the contributions share much more in common with European explorations and applications of complex systems theory than those in the United States associated with the Santa Fe Institute.

Beekman, Christopher S. and William W. Baden, editors. 2005. Nonlinear Models for Archaeology and Anthropology: Continuing the Revolution. Ashgate Press, Aldershot, U.K.

This was reprinted in 2016, and is in hardback, paperback, and Kindle.

Research paper thumbnail of Student Perceptions: What They Tell Us about Readability and Interest

Journal of College Reading and Learning, 1996

Research paper thumbnail of Students at the Center: Still a Focus

Skip to main content: ...

Research paper thumbnail of Measuring Human Interest in First‐Year College Writing Textbooks

Reading Research and Instruction, 1992

Items from reading interest checklists as well as Flesch readability and human interest scores we... more Items from reading interest checklists as well as Flesch readability and human interest scores were compared to 311 questionnaire responses from first‐year college writing students. For two chapters of their writing textbooks, students responded to items culled from interest checklists. These data were analyzed to reveal relationships among questionnaire items and between general student response and Flesch readability and human

Research paper thumbnail of Healthcare Cost and Predictive Factors: High- and Low-Utilization Model Development

Health Marketing Quarterly, 2009

Healthcare costs in the U.S. are the highest in the world and are increasing rapidly. With increa... more Healthcare costs in the U.S. are the highest in the world and are increasing rapidly. With increasing costs, employers and health insurance companies are trying to contain the cost of healthcare. This study aims at developing a predictive model relating enrollees' healthcare insurance claims to their health risks while controlling for gender, age, and their previous year's claims. Our study findings suggest that age, gender, and a previous year's healthcare expenditure are strong predictors of healthcare cost and that none of the six biomarkers was a significant predictor. Even though these biomarkers failed to contribute to the predictive model, they are, nonetheless, important predictors of future chronic diseases, many of which are leading causes of death in the U.S.

Research paper thumbnail of Culture and Agriculture: A Comment on Sissel Schroeder, Maize Productivity In the Eastern Woodlands and Great Plains of North America

American Antiquity, Jan 1, 2001

Research paper thumbnail of Continuing the Revolution

Research paper thumbnail of The Nature of Surface Collections

Chapter 5 from "An Archaeological Survey and Assessment of Aboriginal Settlement within the Lower... more Chapter 5 from "An Archaeological Survey and Assessment of Aboriginal Settlement within the Lower Little Tennessee River Valley," edited by R.P. Stephen Davis, Larry R. Kimball and William W. Baden. A report submitted to the Tennessee Valley Authority, November 1982.

Research paper thumbnail of A Solution to the Humpty Dumpty Dilemma in Ceramic Analysis: All the Kings Mathematicians Could Have Put Humpty Together Again

Research paper thumbnail of Quantifying Potentials within Dissipative Processes: An Evaluation of Mississippian Agriculture

Research paper thumbnail of Modelling Prehistoric Maize Agriculture as a Dissipative Process

Nonlinear Models for Archaeology and Anthropology: Continuing the Revolution, 2005

Research paper thumbnail of The Impact of Fluctuating Agricultural Potential on Coosa's Sociopolitical and Settlement Systems

Research paper thumbnail of A Dynamic Model of Stability and Change in Mississippian Agricultural Systems

Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation, 1987

Research paper thumbnail of Evidence of changing settlement patterns in the Little Tennessee River Valley of east Tennessee

Exploring Tennessee Prehistory: A Dedication to Alfred K. Guthe, 1985

Analysis of data from the 1979-82 probabilistic survey of the Tellico Reservoir in East Tennessee... more Analysis of data from the 1979-82 probabilistic survey of the Tellico Reservoir in East Tennessee demonstrates that surface collections can be used to generate a model of settlement change over time. Steady increases in site density along major river valleys are shown to have occurred between 7900 and 200 B.C.. During the Middle Woodland period (200 B.C.-A.D. 900) intensive site utilization shifted to the mouths of primary streams. The Mississippian settlement pattern is marked by extensive expansion onto cultivatable soils.

Research paper thumbnail of Tomotley: An Eighteenth Century Cherokee Village

The 1976 excavations at the site of the Cherokee village of Tomotley (40MR5) on the Little Tennes... more The 1976 excavations at the site of the Cherokee village of Tomotley (40MR5) on the Little Tennessee River exposed 98,595 square feet of surface area. Following the removal of the plowzone with a self-loading pan, 147 features and 18 burials were excavated. A total of 2198 postmolds were exposed and 19 structures were identified. Identification procedures were applied to 14,051 aboriginal ceramic sherds, 6150 lithic artifacts, 11,893 Euro-American items, 4.85 kgms of botanical material, and 13,998 animal bones and shell fragments.

The assemblage of artifacts collected suggests that the site area has been occupied since the Early Archaic (7900-6100 B.C.). The most extensive occupations consisted of a Mississippian I/II (Martin Farm/Hiwassee Island) component represented by at least two structures and the apparent basal portion of one burial mound or cemetery, and a Cherokee occupation which produced the largest amount of material. Ethnohistoric accounts suggest that the historic village may have been founded and occupied by Lower, Middle, or Valley Cherokee refugees between 1751 and 1776. Archaeological evidence (structure form and ceramic types) corroborates this. Because archaeologically the site appears to represent a rather short term occupation with very little feature overlap, it provides evidence of clear patterns in refuse disposal practices and space utilization.

Research paper thumbnail of Nonlinear Models for Archaeology and Anthropology: Continuing the Revolution

This edited volume brings together archaeological and anthropological papers that make use of com... more This edited volume brings together archaeological and anthropological papers that make use of complex systems theory and/or agent-based simulation. The various chapters take the approach that complex systems theory requires significant modifications for its application to human societies. In this respect, the contributions share much more in common with European explorations and applications of complex systems theory than those in the United States associated with the Santa Fe Institute.

Beekman, Christopher S. and William W. Baden, editors. 2005. Nonlinear Models for Archaeology and Anthropology: Continuing the Revolution. Ashgate Press, Aldershot, U.K.

This was reprinted in 2016, and is in hardback, paperback, and Kindle.