Joy McCorriston, professor, anthropology (PI); Mark Moritz, associate professor, anthropology (co-PI); and Ian Hamilton, associate professor, evolution, ecology and organismal biology (co-PI) have been awarded a $1.6 million grant from the NSF Dynamics of Coupled Natural and Human Systems (CNH) Program, for their proposal, Pastoral Territoriality as a Dynamic Coupled System. A multidisciplinary team will recover and study proxy data on ancient environments and human societies in Dhufar, Oman.