Burton, Michael L.

Last name:  Burton
Name:  Michael L.

Michael L.Burton is Professor of Anthropology at the University of California, Irvine. Current research interests include the origin of human systems of gender and family relationships; the histories of language families; the origins and development of food production systems, current transformations in systems of food production, consumption, and exchange; and the use of quantitative methods in the field of anthropology. Publications include "Sexual Division of Labor in Agriculture" (American Anthropologist 1984, with Douglas R.White), "Regions Based on Social Structure" (Current Anthropology 1996, with John Whiting, Carmella Moore, and A.K.Romney), and "Language and Region Codes for the Standard Cross-Cultural Sample" (Cross-Cultural Research 1999). Email: MLBurton@UCI.edu.