Mark D. Varien

1.3k total citations
25 papers, 922 citations indexed

About

Mark D. Varien is a scholar working on Paleontology, Anthropology and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Mark D. Varien has authored 25 papers receiving a total of 922 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Paleontology, 16 papers in Anthropology and 5 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Mark D. Varien's work include Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (17 papers), Archaeology and Natural History (10 papers) and Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (6 papers). Mark D. Varien is often cited by papers focused on Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (17 papers), Archaeology and Natural History (10 papers) and Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (6 papers). Mark D. Varien collaborates with scholars based in United States, Netherlands and Canada. Mark D. Varien's co-authors include Scott G. Ortman, Timothy A. Kohler, Richard H. Wilshusen, Barbara J. Mills, Donna M. Glowacki, William D. Lipe, R. Kyle Bocinsky, John Kantner, James M. Potter and Dylan M. Schwindt and has published in prestigious journals such as Ecological Modelling, American Anthropologist and American Antiquity.

In The Last Decade

Mark D. Varien

24 papers receiving 789 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Mark D. Varien United States	15	684	456	193	133	107	25	922
Richard H. Wilshusen United States	13	558 0.8×	415 0.9×	191 1.0×	64 0.5×	54 0.5×	24	792
Lisa J. Lucero United States	18	692 1.0×	266 0.6×	82 0.4×	99 0.7×	127 1.2×	47	1.0k
Linda S. Cordell United States	15	614 0.9×	468 1.0×	189 1.0×	123 0.9×	100 0.9×	45	922
Kenneth E. Sassaman United States	18	702 1.0×	573 1.3×	188 1.0×	107 0.8×	102 1.0×	54	928
Thomas J. Pluckhahn United States	18	552 0.8×	376 0.8×	127 0.7×	103 0.8×	90 0.8×	56	816
María Nieves Zedeño United States	14	414 0.6×	391 0.9×	178 0.9×	48 0.4×	81 0.8×	48	750
Patricia L. Crown United States	20	864 1.3×	647 1.4×	338 1.8×	81 0.6×	123 1.1×	45	1.2k
John H. Blitz United States	16	645 0.9×	562 1.2×	181 0.9×	49 0.4×	65 0.6×	30	923
Stephen H. Lekson United States	14	521 0.8×	399 0.9×	199 1.0×	72 0.5×	66 0.6×	42	684
John W. Janusek United States	16	626 0.9×	361 0.8×	84 0.4×	184 1.4×	123 1.1×	28	932

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20 of 20 papers shown

Bocinsky, R. Kyle & Mark D. Varien. (2017). Comparing Maize Paleoproduction Models with Experimental Data. Journal of Ethnobiology. 37(2). 282–307. 17 indexed citations

Schwindt, Dylan M., R. Kyle Bocinsky, Scott G. Ortman, et al.. (2016). The Social Consequences of Climate Change in the Central Mesa Verde Region. American Antiquity. 81(1). 74–96. 82 indexed citations

Kohler, Timothy A., R. Kyle Bocinsky, Stefani A. Crabtree, et al.. (2012). Modelling prehispanic Pueblo societies in their ecosystems. Ecological Modelling. 241. 30–41. 56 indexed citations

Varien, Mark D.. (2011). Seeking The Center Place: Archaeology and Ancient Communities in the Mesa Verde Region. University of Utah Press eBooks. 1 indexed citations

Kohler, Timothy A., et al.. (2010). Leaving Mesa Verde: Peril and Change in the Thirteenth-Century Southwest. 90 indexed citations

Varien, Mark D. & James M. Potter. (2008). The Social Construction of Communities.

Kohler, Timothy A., et al.. (2008). Mesa Verde Migrations. American Scientist. 96(2). 146–146. 34 indexed citations

Varien, Mark D., et al.. (2007). Historical Ecology in the Mesa Verde Region: Results from the Village Ecodynamics Project. American Antiquity. 72(2). 273–299. 99 indexed citations

Ortman, Scott G., et al.. (2007). Empirical Bayesian Methods for Archaeological Survey Data: An Application from the Mesa Verde Region. American Antiquity. 72(2). 241–272. 75 indexed citations

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Ortman, Scott G., et al.. (2007). Historical Ecology in the Mesa Verde Region: Results From The Village Project. 14 indexed citations

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Varien, Mark D. & Scott G. Ortman. (2005). Accumulations research in the Southwest United States: middle-range theory for big-picture problems. World Archaeology. 37(1). 132–155. 43 indexed citations

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Kantner, John, Mark D. Varien, & Richard H. Wilshusen. (2002). Seeking the Center Place: Archaeology and Ancient Communities in the Mesa Verde Region. Journal of Field Archaeology. 29(1/2). 237–237. 84 indexed citations

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Varien, Mark D.. (2000). Introduction. KIVA. 66(1). 5–18. 2 indexed citations

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Varien, Mark D.. (1999). Sedentism and mobility in a social landscape : Mesa Verde & beyond. University of Arizona Press eBooks. 12 indexed citations

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Lipe, William D., Mark D. Varien, & Richard H. Wilshusen. (1999). Colorado Prehistory: A Context for the Southern Colorado River Basin. 89 indexed citations

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Churchill, Melissa J., et al.. (1998). Public Architecture in the Mesa Verde Region AD 900 to 1300 (Paper Presented at the 63rd Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Seattle). 4 indexed citations

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Varien, Mark D.. (1997). New perspectives on settlement patterns : sedentism and mobility in a social landscape. UMI eBooks. 6 indexed citations

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Varien, Mark D. & Barbara J. Mills. (1997). Accumulations research: Problems and prospects for estimating site occupation span. Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory. 4(2). 141–191. 83 indexed citations

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Varien, Mark D., William D. Lipe, Michael Adler, Ian Thompson, & Bruce A. Bradley. (1996). Southwestern Colorado and southeastern Utah settlement patterns: A.D. 1100 to 1300. 86–113. 21 indexed citations

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Thompson, Ian, et al.. (1991). Prehistoric Architecture With Unknown Function. 1 indexed citations

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