Kenneth B. Vernon

University of Utah — United States

Earth and Planetary Sciences · Physical Sciences

8h-index266citations37works0.72yr avg
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Research Topics

Archaeology and ancient environmental studies(13), Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology(11), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research(5), Wildlife Ecology and Conservation(5), Land Use and Ecosystem Services(3)

Publications37 total

Drought, Population Pressure, and Inequality Drive Intergroup Conflict in the Precontact North American Southwest
American Antiquity·2025Open Access
A reconstruction of the Indigenous maize farming niche of Utah
Journal of Archaeological Science Reports·2025Open Access
Modeling the rise and demise of Classic Maya cities: Climate, conflict, and economies of scale
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Targeted explorations of Pleistocene-Holocene transition archaeology on the Colorado Plateau in southern Utah
Quaternary International·2025Open Access
Environmental Drivers of Wealth Inequality among Ancestral Puebloan Farmers in Bears Ears National Monument
American Antiquity·2025
awdb: Query the USDA NWCC Air and Water Database REST API
2025Open Access
A Reconstruction of the Indigenous Maize Farming Niche of Utah
SSRN Electronic Journal·2025Open Access
The Impact of Subsistence Change on Demography: Theory-Informed Approximate Bayesian Computation Reveals 4-Fold Increase in Carrying Capacity Following Economic Intensification
SSRN Electronic Journal·2025Open Access
A method for defining dispersed community territories
Journal of Archaeological Science·2024· 1 cited
The Fremont Frontier: Living at the Margins of Maize Farming
American Antiquity·2024· 6 citedOpen Access
Trade-off between market and ecosystem services drives settlement decisions among smallholder ranchers in Baja California Sur, Mexico
Sustainability Science·2024
The Goldilocks Zone for maize agriculture and the settlement and abandonment of the West Tavaputs Plateau
Quaternary International·2023· 6 citedOpen Access
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·2023· 10 cited
A Method for Defining Dispersed Community Territories
SSRN Electronic Journal·2023Open Access
Ecological Constraints on Violence Avoidance Tactics in the Prehispanic Central Andes
Environmental Archaeology·2022· 6 cited
Subsistence strategy mediates ecological drivers of human violence
PLoS ONE·2022· 15 citedOpen Access
Climate change–induced population pressure drives high rates of lethal violence in the Prehispanic central Andes
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences·2022· 31 citedOpen Access
Socioecological Dynamics Structuring the Spread of Farming in the North American Basin-Plateau Region
Environmental Archaeology·2021· 14 cited
Plant species richness at archaeological sites suggests ecological legacy of Indigenous subsistence on the Colorado Plateau
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences·2021· 40 citedOpen Access
Explaining Paleoindian Settlement in the Intermountain West: A Regression Adjustment Approach
The 86th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology·2021
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Frequent Co-authors

Brian F. Codding(26), Peter Yaworsky(14), Jerry D. Spangler(12), Simon Brewer(10), Weston C. McCool(10), Kurt M. Wilson(7), Kate Magargal(5), Ishmael D. Medina(5), Lisbeth A. Louderback(4), Joan Brenner Coltrain(3), Shane J. Macfarlan(3), Will Rath(3), Douglas J. Kennett(2), Ryan Schacht(2), Celeste Henrickson(2), Scott G. Ortman(2), Paul Allgaier(2), Bruce M. Pavlik(1), Cynthia Wilson(1), Arnold Clifford(1)