Steven J. Wolverton

Previous Scheduled Teaching

Published Intellectual Contributions

Book

• Wolverton, S.J., Dombrosky, J. (2023). Becoming a Researcher: Making the Transition to Graduate School, Revised Edition.. 220 pp. Tacoma, WA, Contributions in Ethnobiology.
• Shebitz, D., Olson, E.A., Wolverton, S.J. (2021). Effective Approaches to Human Ecology Education. Educational Contributions in Ethnobology. https://ethnobiology.org/publications/contributions/effective-approaches-human-ecology-education
• Wolverton, S.J. (2018). Becoming a Researcher: Making the Transition to Graduate School. Tacoma, WA, Educational Contributions in Ethnobiology, Society of Ethnobiology.
• Wolverton, S.J., Nagaoka, L.A., Rick, T. (2016). Applied Zooarchaeology: Four Case Studies.
• Taylor, J.D., Wolverton, S. (2015). Sushi in Cortez: Interdisciplinary Essays on Mesa Verde. Salt Lake, University of Utah Press.
• Wolverton, S. and Lyman, R. L.. (2012). Conservation Biology and Applied Zooarchaeology. University of Arizona Press.

Book Chapter

• Neme, G., Abbona, C., Gil, A., Otaola, C., Johnson, J., Nagaoka, L.A., Wolverton, S.J. (2023). Late Holocene Environmental Rebound in Northwest Patagonia: Zooarchaeological, Stable Isotope, Radiocarbon, and Ancient DNA Evidence. Questioning Rebound: People and Environmental Change in the Protohistoric and Early Historic Americas, edited by E. L. Jones and J. L. Fisher. 43-53. Salt Lake City, University of Utah Press.
• Lyman, R.L., Wolverton, S.J. (2023). Quantification in Zooarchaeology and Paleoethno(Archaeo)botany. Handbook of Archaeological Sciences, edited by M. Pollard, R. A. Armitage, and C. A. Makarewicz,. 1211-1225. Hoboken, NJ., John Wiley & Sons.
• Badenhorst, S., Driver, J., Wolverton, S.J. (2023). The Exploitation of Rodents in the Mesa Verde Region. Research, Education, and American Indian Partnerships at the Crow Canyon Archaeological Center, edited by S. Ryan. 325-334. Denver, CO, University of Colorado Press.
• Wolverton, S.J., Figueroa, R., Levin, C.M., Swentzell, P. (2022). Archaeology and Tourism at Mesa Verde National Park. The Routledge Handbook of Development and Environment.
• Wolverton, S.J. (2021). The Mandala Exercise for Increasing Ecological Understanding. Society of Ethnoibology, Educational Contributions in Ethnobiology.
• Wolverton, S.J., Nagaoka, L.A. (2018). Zooarchaeology: Investigating Past Interactions Between Humans and Other Animals. Ethnozoology: Animals in Our Lives. 25-43. London, Academic Press.
• Wolverton, S.J., Nolan, J.M., Fry, M.J. (2016). Political Ecology and Ethnobiology. Introduction to Ethnobiology. 75-82. Springer Nature. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-28155-1_12
• Wolverton, S.J. (2015). 'Making Sushi’ and Producing the Mesa Verde Project. Sushi in Cortez: Interdisciplinary Essays on Mesa Verde.
• Wolverton, S.J., Barker, A., Dombrosky, J. (2015). Paleoethnobiology. Introduction to Ethnobiology.
• Wolverton, S. and R. L. Lyman. (2012). "Introduction to Applied Zooarchaeology," in Conservation Biology and Applied Zooarchaeology, edited by S. Wolverton and R. L. Lyman. University of Arizona Press, Tucson..
• Wolverton, S., Randklev, C. R., Barker, A.. (2011). Ethnobiology as a Bridge between Science and Ethics: An Applied Paleozoological Perspective. In E. Anderson (ed.) Ethnobiology. Pp. 115-132. Wiley Blackwell..
• Nagaoka, L., Wolverton, S. and Fullerton, B.. (2008). "Taphonomy of the Twilight Beach Seals." In Clark, G., Leach, F. and O'Connor, S. (eds) Islands of Inquiry: Colonisation, Seafaring, and the Archaeology of Maritime Landscapes, Terra Australis 29, pages 475-498..

Book Review

• Wolverton, S.J. (2002). "Review of The Rise and Fall of Culture History," by R. L. Lyman, M. J. O'Brien, and R. C. Dunnell..

Conference presentation

• Wolverton, S.J., Nagaoka, L.A., Rice, M.D. (2022). Career thinking among geography majors in a sophomore class at UNT. Applied Geography Conference.

Edited Special Issue of Journal

• McKechnie, I., Kansa, S., Wolverton, S. (2015). Digital Zooarchaeoloogy.
• Wolverton, S., Chambers, K., Veteto, J. (2014). Climate Change and Ethnobiology. Journal of Ethnobiology.

Journal Article

• Abbona, C., Johnson, J., Giardina, M., Otaola, C., Neme, G., Wolverton, S.J. (2024). Ancient DNA Reveals Population Trends of Lesser Rhea (Rhea pennata) in Northwestern Patagonia. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology. 34
• Gil, A., al, e., Wolverton, S.J. (2024). Dietary Change of North Patagonian Guanacos: A Historical Ecology Perspective through the Study of Stable Isotopes. 34 The Holocene.
• Wolverton, S.J., Armstrong, C., Figueroa, R.M. (2023). Integrating Historical Ecology and Environmental Justice. Journal of Ethnobiology. 43 57-68.
• Johnson, N., Coauthors, M., Wolverton, S.J., Coauthors, M.O. (2023). Molecular Data Validate Historical and Contemporary Distribution of Pleurobema riddellii (Bivalvia: Unionidae) and Help Guide Conservation and Recovery Efforts. Endangered Species Research. 52 1-15.
• Abbona, C., Neme, G., Puig, S., Videla, F., Gil, A., Johnson, J., Wolverton, S.J. (2023). Paleoconectividad entre Poblaciones de Guanacos del Noroeste de la Patagonia: Un Estudio de ADN Antiguo.. 55 581-594. Chungara (Arica).
• McAvay, A., Wolverton, S.J. (2021). Ethnobiology Phase VI: Decolonizing Institutions, Projects, and Scholarship. Journal of Ethnobiology. 41 170-191.
• Abbona, C., Wolverton, S.J. (2021). Sustainable harvest or resource depression? Using ancient DNA to study the population dynamics of guanaco in western Argentina during the Holocene. Journal of Archaeological Science. 129
• Pan, F., Nagaoka, L., Wolverton, S.J., Atkinson, S.F., Kohler, T.A., O'Neill II, M. (2021). A Constrained Stochastic Weather Generator for Daily Mean Air Temperature and Precipitation. Atmosphere. 12 (2) 22 pgs..
• Randklev, C., Wolverton, S.J., Johnson, N., Smith, C., DuBose, T.P., Robertson, C., Conley, J. (2020). The utility of zooarchaeological data to guide listing efforts for an imperiled mussel species (Bivalvia: Unionidae: Pleurobema riddellii). Conservation Science and Practice. https://conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/csp2.253
• Abbona, C., Neme, G., Johnson, J., Kim, T., , A.G., Wolverton, S.J. (2020). Were domestic camelids present on the prehispanic South American agricultural frontier? An ancient DNA study. PLOS One.
• Andrew, G., Nagaoka, L.A., Wolverton, S.J. (2019). A geospatial method for estimating soil moisture variability in prehistoric agricultural landscapes. PloS ONE. 14 (8) e0220457.
• Abbona, C., Lebrasseur, O., Johnson, J., Giardina, M., Neme, G., Wolverton, S.J. (2019). Analysis of Ancient DNA from South American Rhea Bones: Implications for Zooarchaeology and Biogeography. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports. 25 624-631.
• Laura, E., Nagaoka, L.A., Wolverton, S.J. (2019). Animal resource use among Mesa Verde farmers related to socio-environmental change. Journal of Anthropological Research. 73 (3) 361-392.
• Traci, P., Charles, R., Wolverton, S.J., Nagaoka, L.A. (2018). Conservation Implications of Late Holocene Freshwater Mussel Remains of the Leon River in Central Texas. Hydrobiologia: The Journal of Aquatic Sciences. 810 477-487.
• Barker, A., Dombrosky, J., Venables, B.J., Wolverton, S.J. (2018). Taphonomy and Negative Results: An Integrated Approach to Ceramic-bound Protein Residue Analysis. Journal of Archaeological Science. 94 32-43.
• Nagaoka, L.A., Rick, T., Wolverton, S.J. (2018). The overkill model and its impact on environmental research. 8 9863-9696.
• Carpenter, E., Wolverton, S.J. (2017). Plastic Litter in Streams: The Behavioral Archaeology of a Pervasive Environmental Problem. Applied Geography.
• Popejoy, T., Wolverton, S.J., Randklev, C., Nagaoka, L.A. (2017). An interpretive framework for assessing freshwater mussel taxonomic abundances in zooarchaeological faunas. Quaternary International. 427 34-46.
• Wolverton, S.J., Randklev, C. (2016). Archaeological Data Indicate a Broader Late Holocene Distribution of the Sandbank Pocketbook (Unionidae: Lampsilis satura Lea 1852) in Texas. American Malacological Bulletin.
• Dombrosky, J., Wolverton, S.J., Nagaoka, L.A. (2016). Archaeological data suggest broader earlier historic distribution of Blue sucker (Cycleptus longatus, Actinopterygii, Catostomidae) in New Mexico. Hydrobiologia: The Journal of Aquatic Sciences. 77 (1) 255-263. http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10750-015-2639-9
• Wolverton, S., Figueroa, R.M., Swentzell, P. (2016). Archaeology, Heritage, and Moral Terrains: Two Cases from the Mesa Verde Region. Ethnobiology Letters. (2) 23-41.
• Wolverton, S.J., Nagaoka, L.A. (2016). Introduction. Journal of Ethnobiology. Archaeology as Ethnobiology. 46 (3) 473-475.
• Wolverton, S., Dombrosky, J. (2016). Practical Significance: Ordinal Scale Data and Effect Size in Zooarchaeology. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology. 26 255-265.
• Randklev, C.R., Ford, N., Wolverton, S., Kennedy, J.H., Clint, R., Mayes, K., Ford, D. (2016). The Influence of Stream Discontinuity and Life History Strategy on Mussel Community Structure: A Case Study from the Sabine River, Texas. Hydrobiologia: The Journal of Aquatic Sciences. 770 173-191.
• Otaola, C., Giardina, M., Fry, M.J., Neme, G., Wolverton, S. (2016). Zooarqueología y Tafonomía en Pastores actuales del Sur de Mendoza. 17 121-127.
• Otaola, C., Wolverton, S.J., Giardina, M., Neme, G. (2015). Geographic Scale and Zooarchaeological Analysis of Late Holocene Foraging Adaptations in Western Argentina. Journal of Archaeological Science. 55 16-25.
• Wolverton, S., Otaola, C. (2015). Patch Choice, Landscape Ecology, and Foraging Efficiency: The Zooarchaeology of Late Holocene Foragers in Western Argentina. Journal of Ethnobiology. 35 499-518.
• Barker, A., Dombrosky, J., Chaput, D., Venables, B.J., Wolverton, S., Stevens, S.M. (2015). Validation of a Non-Targeted LC-MS Approach for Identifying Ancient Proteins: Method Development on Bone to Improve Artifact Residue Analysis. Ethnobiology Letters. 6 162-174.
• Wolverton, S., Nolan, J. M., and Ahmed, W.. (2014). "Ethnobiology, Political Ecology and Conservation" Journal of Ethnobiology 34.
• Dombrosky, J. and Wolverton, S.. (2014). "TNR and Conservation on a University Campus: A Political Ecological Perspective" PeerJ 2:e312 ; DOI 10.7717/peerj.312 ..
• Wolverton, S.J., Barr, B. (2014). The Effect of Population Density on Juvenile Growth Rate in White-tailed Deer. 54 897-907.
• Wolverton, S.. (2013). "Data Quality in Zooarchaeological Faunal Analysis." Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory..
• Wolverton, S. (2013). "Ethnobiology 5: Interdisciplinarity in an Era of Rapid Environmental Change." Ethnobiology Letters.
• Peacock, E. Randklev, C. R., Wolverton, S., Palmer, R., Zaleski, S.. (2012). " The 'Cultural Filter' and the Applied Potential of Zooarchaeological Data." Ecological Applications..
• Barker, A., Venables, B., Stevens, S. M., Jr., Seeley, K. W., Wang, P., and Wolverton, S.. (2012). "An Optimized Approach for Protein Residue Extraction and Identification from Ceramic After Cooking." Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory..
• Neme, G., Wolverton, S., Gil, A.. (2012). "Modelo Ecológico para Evaluar La Sobreexplotación de Ungulados: Implicancias en Los Conjuntos Zooarqueológicos de Guanaco del Sur de Mendoza." Archaeofauna.
• Wolverton, S., Nagaoka, L., Dong, P., and Kennedy, J. H.. (2012). "On Behavioral Depression in White-tailed Deer." Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory..
• Huston, M. A. and Wolverton, S.. (2011). "Regulation of Animal Body Size by eNPP, Bergmann's Rule, and Related Phenomena." Ecological Monographs 81:349-405..
• Wolverton, S., Randklev, C. R. and Kennedy, J. H.. (2010). "A Conceptual Model for Freshwater Mussel (family: Unionidae) Remain Preservation in Zooarchaeological Assemblages.".
• Randklev, C. R., Wolverton, S., Kennedy, J. H., Lundeen, B.. (2010). "A Paleozoological Perspective on Unionid Zoogeography in the Trinity River, Texas.".
• Stevens, S., Wolverton, S., Venables, B., Barker, A., Seeley, K., and Adhikari, P.. (2010). "Evaluation of Microwave Assisted Enzymatic Digestion and Tandem Mass Spectrometry for the Identification of Protein Residues from an Inorganic Solid Matrix: Implications for Archaeological Research.".
• Wolverton, S.. (2010). The North American pleistocene overkill hypothesis and the re-wilding debate.
• Randklev, C. R., Wolverton, S. and Kennedy, J. H.. (2009). "A Biometric Technique for Assessing Prehistoric Freshwater Mussel Population Dynamics (Family: Unionidae) in North Texas.".
• Wolverton, S., Huston, M. A., Kennedy, J. H., Cagle, K., and Cornelius, J. D.. (2009). "Conformation to Bergmann's Rule in White-tailed Deer can be Explained by Food Availability.".
• Huston, M. A. & S. Wolverton. (2009). "The Global Distribution of Net Primary Production: Resolving the Paradox.".
• Wolverton, S., Lyman, R. L., Kennedy, J. H., and La Point, T. W.. (2009). "The Terminal Pleistocene Extinctions in North America, Hypermorphic Evolution, and the Dynamic Equilibrium Model.".
• Wolverton, S.. (2008). "Characteristics of Late Holocene American Black Bears in Missouri: Evidence from Two Natural Traps.".
• Wolverton, S.. (2008). "Harvest Pressure and Environmental Carrying Capacity: An Ordinal Scale Model of Effects on Ungulate Prey.".
• Wolverton, S., Nagaoka, L. Densmore, J. and Fullerton, B.. (2008). "White-tailed Deer Harvest Pressure and Within-bone Nutrient Exploitation during the Mid to Late Holocene in Southeast Texas, USA.".
• Wolverton, S., Kennedy, J. H. and Cornelius, J. D.. (2007). "A Paleozoological Perspective on White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus texana) Population Density and Body Size in Central Texas.".
• Wolverton, S.. (2006). "Natural-Trap Ursid Mortality and the Kurtén Response.".
• Wolverton, S.. (2005). "The Effects of the Hypsithermal on Prehistoric Foraging in Missouri.".
• Wolverton, S.. (2002). "NISP:MNE and %Whole in Analysis of Prehistoric Carcass Exploitation.".
• Lyman, R. L. & S. Wolverton. (2002). "The Late Prehistoric/Early Historic Game Sink in the Northwestern United States.".
• Wolverton, S.. (2002). "Zooarchaeological Evidence of Prairie Taxa in Central Missouri During the mid-Holocene.".
• Wolverton, S.. (2001). "Caves, Ursids, and Artifacts: A Natural Trap Hypothesis.".
• Wolverton, S. & Lyman, R. L.. (2000). "Immanence and Configuration in Analogical Reasoning.".
• Lyman, R. L.. (1998). "Measuring Late Quaternary Ursid Diminution in the Midwest.".
• Lyman, R. L., Wolverton, S. and O'Brien, M. J.. (1998). "Seriation, Superposition, and Interdigitation: A History of Americanist Graphic Depictions of Culture Change.".

Journal Special Issue

• Nagaoka, L.A., Wolverton, S.J. (2016). Archaeology as Ethnobiology. Journal of Ethnobiology. 46 (3)

Scholarly Preface

• Burgos, A., Younger, A., Wolverton, S.J. (2019). Human Mollusk Interactions in a Changing World. Journal of Ethnobiology. 39 175-181.
• Lepofsky, D., Wolverton, S.J. (2018). Reflecting on Ethnobiology from 1978 to 2018: A Dedication to Steve Weber. Journal of Ethnobiology. 449-455.
• Lepofsky, D., Wolverton, S.J. (2018). Reflecting on Ethnobiology from 1978 to 2018: A Dedication to Steve Weber Full Access. Journal of Ethnobiology.

Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research

Grant - Research

• Nagaoka, L.A. (Principal), Wolverton, S.J., Pan, F., Atkinson, S.F., "Modeling Crop Failure Potential in Late Pueblo Mesa Verde Villages," sponsored by National Science Foundation, Federal, $116206 Funded. (2015 - 2020).
• Wolverton, S.J., Johnson, J., Nagaoka, L.A., "The Use of “Ancient” DNA for Interpreting Predation and Mammalian Population Dynamics.," sponsored by NSF Archaeology, Federal, $55069 Funded. (2016 - 2019).
• Wolverton, S.J., "A Study of Iron Age Horse Dairying from a Mongolian Pazyryk Pottery Vessel," sponsored by CAS, University of North Texas, $4600 Funded. (2015 - 2016).
• Wolverton, S.J. (Co-Principal), "Water Security and Village Abandonment in the Mesa Verde Region," sponsored by UNT Research Opportunities Grant, University of North Texas, $7500 Funded. (2013 - 2014).
• Wolverton, S.J. (Principal), "Expanding Application of Proteomics-based Research in Archaeological Residue Analysis," sponsored by NSF Archaeometry Technical Development Grant, Federal, $97393 Funded. (2011 - 2014).
• Wolverton, S.J. (Principal), "Community Values Mapping in Mexico and North Texas and Evaluation of Payment for Hydrological Environmental Services in the Nevado de Toluca National Park, Mexico.," sponsored by UNT Joint UAEM-UNT Research Seed Funding Program, University of North Texas, $5000 Funded. (2012 - 2013).
• Wolverton, S.J. (Principal), "Cultural Ecology, Environmental Archaeology, and GIS in Western Argentina 1," sponsored by UNT Research Opportunities Grant, University of North Texas, $10000 Funded. (2012 - 2013).
• Wolverton, S.J. (Co-Principal), "Cultural Ecology, Environmental Archaeology, and GIS in Western Argentina 2," sponsored by UNT Charn Uswachoke International Development Fund Grant, University of North Texas, $7000 Funded. (2012 - 2013).
• Wolverton, S.J. (Principal), "The Mesa Verde Story," sponsored by UNT Center for the Study of Interdisciplinarity Funding, University of North Texas, $6000 Funded. (2011 - 2012).
• Pan, F. (Co-Principal), Nagaoka, L.A. (Principal), Atkinson, S.F. (Co-Principal), Wolverton, S.J. (Co-Principal), "Collaborative Research: Modeling Crop Failure Potential in Late Pueblo III Mesa Verde Villages," sponsored by National Science Foundation, FED, Funded. (2015 - 2020).
• Johnson, J.A. (Co-Principal), Nagaoka, L.A. (Co-Principal), Wolverton, S.J. (Principal), "The Use of "Ancient" DNA for Interpreting Predation and Mammalian Population Dynamics," sponsored by National Science Foundation, FED, Funded. (2016 - 2019).
• Johnson, J.A. (Co-Principal), Reyna, K.S. (Principal), Steigman, K.L. (Co-Principal), Atkinson, S.F. (Co-Principal), Wolverton, S.J. (Co-Principal), "Utility of a Soft-Release Technique for Restoring Northern Bobwhites while Quantifying Habitat and Genetic Diversity on Release Sites," sponsored by Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service, ST, Funded. (2014 - 2015).
• Wolverton, S.J. (Principal), "Expanding Application of Proteomics-based Research in Archaeological Residue Analysis," sponsored by NSF Archaeometry Technical Development Grant, Federal, Funded. (2011 - 2014).

Grant - Service

• Wolverton, S.J., "Maintenance and Upkeep of UNT Archaeological Science Collections Space," sponsored by UNT CLASS Small Grant, Local, $1000 Funded. ( - 2021).