"To know the history of science is to recognize the mortality of any claim to universal truth."

- Evelyn Fox Keller

My papers at Arxiv.org

Preprints

2009
Physical Space and Long-Tail Markets
R.A. Bentley, M.E. Madsen, and P. Ormerod
Physica A Forthcoming
2009
Networks, Frequency Seriation, and Models of Cultural Transmission
C.P. Lipo and M.E. Madsen
Paper presented at the 2008 CECD Workshop

Reprints

2001
Evolutionary Bet-Hedging and the Hopewell Cultural Climax
M.E. Madsen
In T. Hunt, C.P. Lipo, and S.L. Sterling, eds., Posing Questions for a Scientific Archaeology Bergin and Garvey, Westport, CT
2000
Neutrality, "Style," and Drift: Building Methods for Studying Cultural Transmission in the Archaeological Record
C.P. Lipo and M.E. Madsen
In Teresa D. Hurt and Gordon F.M. Rakita, eds., Style and Function: Conceptual Issues in Evolutionary Archaeology Bergin and Garvey, Westport, CT
1999
Fitness and Reproductive Trade-Offs in Uncertain Environments: Explaining the Evolution of Cultural Elaboration
M.E. Madsen, C.P. Lipo, and M. Cannon
Journal of Anthropological Archaeology 18:251-281
1998
Reply to O'Brien and Lyman: The Goals of Evolutionary Archaeology: History and Explanation
C.P. Lipo and M.E. Madsen
Current Anthropology 39 Issue 4
1998
Reply to Boone and Smith: Is it Evolution Yet?
T. Hunt, M.E. Madsen, and C.P. Lipo
Current Anthropology 39 Issue 1
1997
Population Structure, Cultural Transmission, and Frequency Seriation
C.P. Lipo, M.E. Madsen, R.C. Dunnell, and T. Hunt
Journal of Anthropological Archaeology 16:301-333
1997
Problems and Solutions in the Study of Dispersed Communities
M.E. Madsen
In W.S. Dancey and P.J. Pacheco, eds., Ohio Hopewell Community Organization Kent State University Press, Kent, OH.
1992
Lithic Manufacturing at British Camp: Evidence from Size Distributions and Microartifacts
M.E. Madsen
In J.K. Stein, ed., Deciphering a Shell Midden Academic Press, Orlando, FL.