A genetic history of the pre-contact Caribbean DM Fernandes, KA Sirak, H Ringbauer, J Sedig, N Rohland, O Cheronet, ... Nature 590 (7844), 103-110, 2021 | 111 | 2021 |
Drought-induced civil conflict among the ancient Maya DJ Kennett, M Masson, CP Lope, S Serafin, RJ George, TC Spencer, ... Nature communications 13 (1), 3911, 2022 | 23 | 2022 |
Coping with conflict: Defensive strategies and chronic warfare in the prehispanic Nazca region WC McCool Latin American Antiquity 28 (3), 373-393, 2017 | 21 | 2017 |
The character of conflict: A bioarchaeological study of violence in the Nasca highlands of Peru during the Late Intermediate Period (950–1450 CE) WC McCool, TA Tung, JB Coltrain, AJ Accinelli Obando, DJ Kennett American journal of physical anthropology 174 (4), 614-630, 2021 | 19 | 2021 |
Climate change–induced population pressure drives high rates of lethal violence in the Prehispanic central Andes WC McCool, BF Codding, KB Vernon, KM Wilson, PM Yaworsky, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 119 (17), e2117556119, 2022 | 17 | 2022 |
Climate and demography drive 7000 years of dietary change in the Central Andes KM Wilson, WC McCool, SC Brewer, N Zamora-Wilson, PJ Schryver, ... Scientific Reports 12 (1), 2026, 2022 | 17 | 2022 |
Indices of household maize beer production in the Andes: an ethnoarchaeological investigation BJ Parker, W McCool Journal of Anthropological Research 71 (3), 359-400, 2015 | 17 | 2015 |
A potential oxygen isotope signature of maize beer consumption: An experimental pilot study WC McCool, J Brenner Coltrain Ethnoarchaeology 10 (1), 56-67, 2018 | 13 | 2018 |
The human ecology of conflict: a case study from the Prehispanic Nasca Highlands of Peru WC McCool University of California, Santa Barbara, 2020 | 11 | 2020 |
Subsistence strategy mediates ecological drivers of human violence WC McCool, KB Vernon, PM Yaworsky, BF Codding PLoS one 17 (5), e0268257, 2022 | 9 | 2022 |
Using a multimethod life history approach to navigate the osteological paradox: A case study from Prehispanic Nasca, Peru WC McCool, AS Anderson, DJ Kennett American Journal of Physical Anthropology 175 (4), 816-833, 2021 | 9 | 2021 |
Fight or flight: an assessment of Fremont territoriality in Nine Mile Canyon, Utah WC McCool, PM Yaworsky Quaternary international 518, 111-121, 2019 | 9 | 2019 |
Drought-Induced Civil Conflict Among the Ancient Maya, Nat. Commun., 13, 3911 DJ Kennett, M Masson, CP Lope, S Serafin, RJ George, TC Spencer, ... | 5 | 2022 |
Decision-making under climate shocks and economic insecurity: Ranching in rural Baja California Sur, Mexico SJ Macfarlan, R Schacht, WC McCool, C Davis, A Yerman, FJH Landeros, ... Evolution and Human Behavior 44 (5), 515-523, 2023 | 3 | 2023 |
Ecological constraints on violence avoidance tactics in the Prehispanic Central Andes WC McCool, KM Wilson, KB Vernon Environmental Archaeology, 1-14, 2022 | 3 | 2022 |
Climate and oceanic condition changes influence subsistence economic adaptation through intensification on the Central Andean coasts KM Wilson, WC McCool, JB Coltrain Quaternary International 689, 79-92, 2024 | 2 | 2024 |
Evaluating the relationships between climate change, population pressure, economic intensification, and childhood stress in the Prehispanic Nasca region of Peru WC McCool, AS Anderson, AJ Baide, T Gonzalez, BF Codding Quaternary International 689, 120-134, 2024 | 2 | 2024 |
The Goldilocks Zone for maize agriculture and the settlement and abandonment of the West Tavaputs Plateau PM Yaworsky, KB Vernon, WC McCool, IA Hart, J Spangler, BF Codding Quaternary International 689, 30-42, 2024 | 1 | 2024 |
Migration, Settlement, and Warfare in the Prehispanic Nasca Highlands of Peru WC McCool FROM HOUSEHOLDS TO EMPIRES, 201, 2023 | 1 | 2023 |
Dynamic influences of climate change on prehistoric lifeways in the Americas KM Wilson Quaternary International 689, 1-4, 2024 | | 2024 |