UNT Zooarchaeology &
Paleozoology: Lisa Nagaoka & Steve Wolverton
White-tailed deer ecology:
Our research team, which now
includes students and professionals at UNT and other universities and
agencies, studies the ecological parameters that influence body size in
white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus). Our team is in the
process of expanding our interests to other mammals. An important
direction of our research program is that we examine temporal and spatial
variability in body size at multiple scales.
Publications:
Wolverton et al. 2007 Environmental
Management (Springer Verlag)
Organic residues in pottery:
At UNT we have an
interdisciplinary team in place to extract, characterize, and study the
broader subsistence and cultural implications of lipid and protein residues
in pottery. We have laid the ground-work for a successful research
program in residue analysis over the last two years, which includes the
initiation of a methodological improvement in protein-residue extraction and
a study of lipid residues in the American Southwest. However, studying
organic residues from prehistoric sources, particularly pottery, is a tricky
business; we hope to have publishable results in the next few months, but
stay tuned!