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2026
A reconstruction of the Indigenous maize farming niche of Utah
Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports 69: 105493 (2026)
Ishmael D. Medina,
Kenneth B. Vernon,
Weston C. McCool,
Jerry D. Spangler,
Brian F. Codding
10.1016/j.jasrep.2025.105493
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Migration and environmental learning in interstitial areas: An example from the Northern Rio Puerco Valley, New Mexico
Open Archaeology 12 (1) (2026)
Kenneth B. Vernon,
Donald A. Shiffler,
Scott G. Ortman
10.1515/opar-2025-0075
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The impact of subsistence change on demography: Theory-informed Approximate Bayesian Computation reveals 4-fold increase in carrying capacity following economic intensification
Journal of Archaeological Science 189: 106523 (2026)
Kurt M. Wilson,
Brian F. Codding,
Weston C. McCool,
Ishmael Medina,
Kenneth Blake Vernon,
Simon C. Brewer
10.1016/j.jas.2026.106523
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2025
Drought, population pressure, and inequality drive intergroup conflict in the precontact North American Southwest
American Antiquity: 1-19 (2025)
Weston C. McCool,
Kenneth B. Vernon,
Ishmael D. Medina,
Joan Brenner Coltrain,
Kurt M. Wilson,
Brian F. Codding
10.1017/aaq.2025.10107
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Environmental drivers of wealth inequality among Ancestral Puebloan farmers in Bears Ears National Monument
American Antiquity: 1-7 (2025)
Roxanne Lois F. Lamson,
Kurt M. Wilson,
Hayley T. Kievman,
Kenneth Blake Vernon,
Peter M. Yaworsky,
Brian F. Codding
10.1017/aaq.2025.8
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Modeling the rise and demise of Classic Maya cities: Climate, conflict, and economies of scale
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 122 (42): e2512325122 (2025)
Weston C. McCool,
Brian F. Codding,
Bridgette Degnan,
Claire E. Ebert,
Emily S. Johnson,
Kenneth Blake Vernon,
Kurt M. Wilson,
Timothy Beach,
Keith M. Prufer,
Douglas J. Kennett
10.1073/pnas.2512325122
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Targeted explorations of Pleistocene-Holocene transition archaeology on the Colorado Plateau in southern Utah
Quaternary International 746: 109992 (2025)
Abby S. Baka,
Kenneth B. Vernon,
Madeline E. Mackie,
Simon Brewer,
Jerry Spangler,
Brian F. Codding,
Lisbeth A. Louderback,
Thomas H. Flanigan,
Alexandra M. Greenwald
10.1016/j.quaint.2025.109992
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2024
A method for defining dispersed community territories
Journal of Archaeological Science 170: 106048 (2024)
Kenneth B. Vernon,
Scott G. Ortman
10.1016/j.jas.2024.106048
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Can we reliably detect adaptive responses of hunter-gatherers to past climate change? Examining the impact of Mid-Holocene drought on Archaic settlement in the Basin-Plateau Region of North America
Quaternary International 689-690: 5-15 (2024)
Brian F. Codding,
Heidi Roberts,
William Eckerle,
Simon C. Brewer,
Ishmael D. Medina,
Kenneth B. Vernon,
Jerry S. Spangler
10.1016/j.quaint.2023.06.014
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The Fremont frontier: Living at the margins of maize farming
American Antiquity 89 (3): 440-458 (2024)
Kenneth B. Vernon,
Peter M. Yaworsky,
Weston McCool,
Jerry D. Spangler,
Simon Brewer,
Brian F. Codding
10.1017/aaq.2024.22
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The Goldilocks Zone for maize agriculture and the settlement and abandonment of the West Tavaputs Plateau
Quaternary International 689-690: 30-42 (2024)
Peter M. Yaworsky,
Kenneth B. Vernon,
Weston C. McCool,
Isaac A. Hart,
Jerry Spangler,
Brian F. Codding
10.1016/j.quaint.2023.12.003
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Trade-off between market and ecosystem services drives settlement decisions among smallholder ranchers in Baja California Sur, Mexico
Sustainability Science 19 (4): 1377-1390 (2024)
Kenneth B. Vernon,
Brian F. Codding,
Simon C. Brewer,
Shane J. Macfarlan
10.1007/s11625-024-01491-9
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2022
Climate change–induced population pressure drives high rates of lethal violence in the Prehispanic central Andes
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 119 (17): e2117556119 (2022)
Weston C. McCool,
Brian F. Codding,
Kenneth B. Vernon,
Kurt M. Wilson,
Peter M. Yaworsky,
Norbert Marwan,
Douglas J. Kennett
10.1073/pnas.2117556119
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Decomposing habitat suitability across the forager to farmer transition
Environmental Archaeology 27 (4): 420-433 (2022)
Kenneth B. Vernon,
Peter M. Yaworsky,
Jerry Spangler,
Simon Brewer,
Brian F. Codding
10.1080/14614103.2020.1746880
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Ecological constraints on violence avoidance tactics in the Prehispanic Central Andes
Environmental Archaeology: 1-14 (2022)
Weston C. McCool,
Kurt M. Wilson,
Kenneth B. Vernon
10.1080/14614103.2022.2137652
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Socioecological dynamics structuring the spread of farming in the North American basin-plateau region
Environmental Archaeology 27 (4): 434-446 (2022)
Brian F. Codding,
Joan Brenner Coltrain,
Lisbeth Louderback,
Kenneth Blake Vernon,
Kate E. Magargal,
Peter M. Yaworsky,
Erick Robinson,
Simon C. Brewer,
Jerry D. Spangler
10.1080/14614103.2021.1927480
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Subsistence strategy mediates ecological drivers of human violence
PLOS ONE 17 (5): e0268257 (2022)
Weston C. McCool,
Kenneth B. Vernon,
Peter M. Yaworsky,
Brian F. Codding
10.1371/journal.pone.0268257
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2021
Plant species richness at archaeological sites suggests ecological legacy of Indigenous subsistence on the Colorado Plateau
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 118 (21): e2025047118 (2021)
Bruce M. Pavlik,
Lisbeth A. Louderback,
Kenneth B. Vernon,
Peter M. Yaworsky,
Cynthia Wilson,
Arnold Clifford,
Brian F. Codding
10.1073/pnas.2025047118
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2020
Advancing predictive modeling in archaeology: An evaluation of regression and machine learning methods on the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument
PLOS ONE 15 (10): e0239424 (2020)
Peter M. Yaworsky,
Kenneth B. Vernon,
Jerry D. Spangler,
Simon C. Brewer,
Brian F. Codding
10.1371/journal.pone.0239424
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2020
Marriage dynamics in old Lower California: Ecological constraints and reproductive value in an arid peninsular frontier
Biodemography and Social Biology 65 (2): 156-171 (2020)
Shane J. Macfarlan,
Ryan Schacht,
Caroline Foley,
Sydney Cahoon,
Grace Osusky,
Kenneth B. Vernon,
Evan Tayler,
Celeste Henrickson,
Eric Schniter
10.1080/19485565.2020.1728685
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2017
The ecology of population dispersal: Modeling alternative Basin-Plateau foraging strategies to explain the Numic expansion
American Journal of Human Biology 29 (4): e23000 (2017)
Kate E. Magargal,
Ashley K. Parker,
Kenneth Blake Vernon,
Will Rath,
Brian F. Codding
10.1002/ajhb.23000