Most cited papers in Ancient and Medieval Archaeology Studies
What are the most cited papers in Ancient and Medieval Archaeology Studies?
The most cited paper in Ancient and Medieval Archaeology Studies is "Formation processes of the archaeological record" (Martin Bell, 1989), with 1,106 citations. Next come "Late Glacial and Holocene vegetation history in the southern part of Transylvania (Romania): pollen analysis of two sequences from Avrig" (711) and "Deglaciation of Fennoscandia" (682).
Showing 50 of 100 papers. Every paper with more than 83 citations is listed.
| # | Paper | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Formation processes of the archaeological record Martin Bell · Journal of Archaeological Science | Sep 1989 | 1,106 |
| 2 | Late Glacial and Holocene vegetation history in the southern part of Transylvania (Romania): pollen analysis of two sequences from Avrig Ioan Tanţău, Maurice Reille, Jacques‐Louis de Beaulieu et al. · Journal of Quaternary Science | Nov 2005 | 711 |
| 3 | Deglaciation of Fennoscandia Arjen Peter Stroeven, Clas Hättestrand, Johan Klemån et al. · Quaternary Science Reviews | 24 Oct 2015 | 682 |
| 4 | Environmental reconstruction of a Roman Period settlement site in Uitgeest (The Netherlands), with special reference to coprophilous fungi Bas Van Geel, Janneke Buurman, Otto Brinkkemper et al. · Journal of Archaeological Science | 7 Apr 2003 | 630 |
| 5 | The Lycurgus Cup — A Roman nanotechnology Ian C. Freestone, Nigel Meeks, Margaret Sax et al. · Gold bulletin | Dec 2007 | 559 |
| 6 | Early farmers from across Europe directly descended from Neolithic Aegeans Zuzana Hofmanová et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences | 6 Jun 2016 | 512 |
| 7 | Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta5 1951–1955 (1981) J.M. Schmitter, Patrick Arpino, Georges A. Guiochon · Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta | Apr 1982 | 488 |
| 8 | Loess in Europe—its spatial distribution based on a European Loess Map, scale 1:2,500,000 Dagmar Haase, Jennifer L. W. Fink, Gary. Haase et al. · Quaternary Science Reviews | 7 Apr 2007 | 435 |
| 9 | Neolithic resinated wine Patrick E. McGovern, Donald L. Glusker, Lawrence J. Exner et al. · Nature | Jun 1996 | 369 |
| 10 | Some Aspects of Recrystallization in Ancient Limestones Robert L. Folk · SEPM (Society for Sedimentary Geology) eBooks | 1965 | 358 |
| 11 | Europe in the Neolithic: The Creation of New Worlds Peter Bogucki · American Anthropologist | Sep 1997 | 313 |
| 12 | Experiments on the effects of charring on cereal plant components Sheila Boardman, Glynis Jones · Journal of Archaeological Science | 1990 | 307 |
| 13 | Origin and history of grasslands in C entral E urope – a review Michal Hejcman, Pavla Hejcmanová, Vilém V. Pavlů et al. · Grass and Forage Science | 5 Jun 2013 | 267 |
| 14 | REAGENTS FOR THE VAN SLYKE-FOLCH WET CARBON COMBUSTION Donald D. Van Slyke, John Plazin, James R. Weisiger · Journal of Biological Chemistry | Jul 1951 | 247 |
| 15 | Aspects of Ecology and Zoogeography of Recent and Fossil Ostracoda Piero Ascoli · Geoscience Canada | 11 Nov 1978 | 243 |
| 16 | The Neolithic Transition in the Baltic Was Not Driven by Admixture with Early European Farmers Eppie R. Jones, Gunita Zariņa, Vyacheslav G. Moiseyev et al. · Current Biology | Feb 2017 | 242 |
| 17 | The Huns and the End of the Roman Empire in Western Europe P. HEATHER · The English Historical Review | 1995 | 238 |
| 18 | THE CHARACTERISATION OF ARGILLACEOUS INCLUSIONS IN CERAMIC THIN SECTIONS Ian Whitbread · Archaeometry | Feb 1986 | 218 |
| 19 | The Hoplite Reform and History Anthony Snodgrass · The Journal of Hellenic Studies | Nov 1965 | 215 |
| 20 | Holocene persistence of wooded steppe in the Great Hungarian Plain Eniko Katalin Magyari, J. C. Chapman, David G. Passmore et al. · Journal of Biogeography | 4 Feb 2010 | 205 |
| 21 | 2000 Years of Parallel Societies in Stone Age Central Europe Ruth Bollongino, Olaf Nehlich, Michael P. Richards et al. · Science | 11 Oct 2013 | 204 |
| 22 | The Meaning of the Terms Limes and Limitanei Benjamín Isaac · The Journal of Roman Studies | Nov 1988 | 196 |
| 23 | AMPLIFYING ANCIENT DNA Svante Pääbo · Elsevier eBooks | 1990 | 194 |
| 24 | Access to luxury foods in Central Europe during the Roman period: the archaeobotanical evidence C.C. Bakels, Stefanie Jacomet · World Archaeology | 2003 | 187 |
| 25 | The Powerful Dead: Archaeological Relationships between the Living and the Dead Mike Parker Pearson · Cambridge Archaeological Journal | Oct 1993 | 182 |
| 26 | Filamentous iron-silica deposits from modern and ancient hydrothermal sites S. Kim Juniper, Yves Fouquet · The Canadian Mineralogist | Sep 1988 | 181 |
| 27 | Transform faulting, extension, and subduction in the Carpathian Pannonian region L. H. Royden, Ferenc Horváth, Burrell C. Burchfiel · Geological Society of America Bulletin | 1982 | 181 |
| 28 | Pleistocene environmental dynamics recorded in the loess of the middle and lower Danube basin Kathryn Elizabeth Fitzsimmons, Slobodan B. Marković, Ulrich Hambach · Quaternary Science Reviews | 16 Apr 2012 | 181 |
| 29 | Age and source of colluvial sediments at Vaihingen–Enz, Germany Andreas Lang, Sibylle Hönscheidt · CATENA | Dec 1999 | 180 |
| 30 | The Roman Frontier in Germany: an Archaeological Survey Howard B. Schonberger · The Journal of Roman Studies | Nov 1969 | 172 |
| 31 | The Oxford Handbook of Neolithic Europe Chris Fowler, Jan Harding, Daniela Hofmann et al. · Oxford University Press eBooks | 8 Dec 2014 | 170 |
| 32 | Neanderthals and modern humans in the European landscape during the last glaciation N. Catto · Quaternary International | 28 Apr 2005 | 167 |
| 33 | Botai and the Origins of Horse Domestication Marsha A. Levine · Journal of Anthropological Archaeology | Mar 1999 | 165 |
| 34 | Groningen Radiocarbon Dates IV John C. Vogel, Harm Tjalling Waterbolk · Radiocarbon | 1963 | 164 |
| 35 | Goddesses, Gimbutas and New Age archaeology Lynn M. Meskell · Antiquity | Mar 1995 | 160 |
| 36 | PALYNOLOGY OF THE MIDDLE PART (30-78 METRES) OF THE 120 M DEEP SECTION IN NORTHERN GREECE (MACEDONIA) T.A. Wijmstra, A. Smit · Acta Botanica Neerlandica | Aug 1976 | 160 |
| 37 | Climate change and the expansion of the Scythian culture after 850 BC: a hypothesis Bas Van Geel, N.A. Bokovenko, Н.Д. Бурова et al. · Journal of Archaeological Science | 5 Aug 2004 | 155 |
| 38 | Late Cenozoic evolution of the Pannonian basin L. Stegena, Barnabás Géczy, Ferenc Horváth · Tectonophysics | Mar 1975 | 150 |
| 39 | Diagenesis 2. Dolomite - Part 2 Dolomitization Models and Ancient Dolostones David Morrow · Geoscience Canada | 6 Jun 1982 | 145 |
| 40 | Earliest Man and Environments in the Lake Rudolf Basin. Stratigraphy, Paleoecology and Evolution. Y. Coppens · Journal of Human Evolution | Sep 1977 | 145 |
| 41 | The impact of historic land use and modern forestry on nutrient relations of Central European forest ecosystems Gerhard Glatzel · Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems | 1991 | 139 |
| 42 | The late Quaternary environmental history of Bátorliget, N.E. Hungary Katherine J. Willis, Pál Sümegi, Mihály Braun et al. · Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology | Oct 1995 | 136 |
| 43 | A Life Less Ordinary: the Ritualization of the Domestic Sphere in Later Prehistoric Europe Richard A. Bradley · Cambridge Archaeological Journal | Apr 2003 | 132 |
| 44 | Evidence for Mesolithic agriculture in and around central Europe? Karl‐Ernst Behre · Vegetation History and Archaeobotany | 20 Oct 2006 | 131 |
| 45 | Migrant farmers and the Neolithic colonization of Crete Cyprian Broodbank, Thomas F. Strasser · Antiquity | Jun 1991 | 129 |
| 46 | The tale of the sword – swords and swordfighters in Bronze Age Europe Kristian Kristiansen · Oxford Journal of Archaeology | Nov 2002 | 127 |
| 47 | The origin and distribution of the loess in the Danube basin and associated regions of East-Central Europe — A review Ian James Smalley, Joan Anne Leach · Sedimentary Geology | Jul 1978 | 127 |
| 48 | Relations between Rome and the German ‘Kings’ on the Middle Danube in the First to Fourth Centuries A.D. L. F. Pitts · The Journal of Roman Studies | Nov 1989 | 126 |
| 49 | The Making of Slavs: History and Archaeology of the Lower Danube Region c. 500-700 Míla Šašková-Pierce, Florin Curta, Jesse Savage · The Slavic and East European Journal | Jul 2005 | 120 |
| 50 | War and warfare in archaeology Slavomil Vencl · Journal of Anthropological Archaeology | Jun 1984 | 120 |
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