Most cited papers in Archaeological and Geological Studies
What are the most cited papers in Archaeological and Geological Studies?
The most cited paper in Archaeological and Geological Studies is "New fossils from Jebel Irhoud, Morocco and the pan-African origin of Homo sapiens" (Jean‐Jacques Hublin, Abdelouahed Ben-Ncer, Shara E. Bailey et al., 2017), with 1,361 citations. Next come "U-Th dating of carbonate crusts reveals Neandertal origin of Iberian cave art" (659) and "A Hominid from the Lower Pleistocene of Atapuerca, Spain: Possible Ancestor to Neandertals and Modern Humans" (638).
Showing 50 of 100 papers. Every paper with more than 113 citations is listed.
| # | Paper | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New fossils from Jebel Irhoud, Morocco and the pan-African origin of Homo sapiens Jean‐Jacques Hublin, Abdelouahed Ben-Ncer, Shara E. Bailey et al. · Nature | 6 Jun 2017 | 1,361 |
| 2 | U-Th dating of carbonate crusts reveals Neandertal origin of Iberian cave art Dirk L. Hoffmann, Christopher D. Standish, Marcos García-Diez et al. · Science | 22 Feb 2018 | 659 |
| 3 | A Hominid from the Lower Pleistocene of Atapuerca, Spain: Possible Ancestor to Neandertals and Modern Humans José Marı́a Bermúdez de Castro, Juan Luís Arsuaga, Eudald Carbonell et al. · Science | 30 May 1997 | 638 |
| 4 | The Integrated Surface Database: Recent Developments and Partnerships Adam Smith, Neal Lott, Russ Vose · Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society | Jun 2011 | 635 |
| 5 | Lower Pleistocene Hominids and Artifacts from Atapuerca-TD6 (Spain) Eudald Carbonell, José Marı́a Bermúdez de Castro, Juan Luís Arsuaga et al. · Science | 11 Aug 1995 | 461 |
| 6 | The Interpretation of Middle Paleolithic Scraper Morphology Harold L. Dibble · American Antiquity | 1987 | 402 |
| 7 | The Age of the Sahara Desert Mathieu Schuster, Philippe Duringer, Jean‐François Ghienne et al. · Science | 9 Feb 2006 | 319 |
| 8 | Climatic variations in the Argentine plains during the last 18,000 years Martı́n Iriondo, Norberto O. García · Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology | Apr 1993 | 318 |
| 9 | Early Agriculture in the Maya Lowlands Mary Deland Pohl, Kevin O. POPE, John G. Jones et al. · Latin American Antiquity | Dec 1996 | 311 |
| 10 | Paleoclimate and evolution, with emphasis on human origins Susan Cachel · American Journal of Physical Anthropology | 1998 | 297 |
| 11 | Space and time in the tectonic evolution of the northwestern Iberian Massif: Implications for the Variscan belt José R. Martı́nez Catalán, Ricardo Arenas, Florentino Díaz García et al. · Memoir - Geological Society of America | 2007 | 276 |
| 12 | One million years of cultural evolution in a stable environment at Atapuerca (Burgos, Spain) Jesús Pacheco Rodríguez et al. · Quaternary Science Reviews | 25 Mar 2010 | 276 |
| 13 | Geology and volcanology of La Palma and El Hierro, Western Canaries Juan Carlos Carracedo, Eduardo Rodríguez Badiola, Hervé Guillou et al. · Estudios Geológicos | 30 Dec 2001 | 250 |
| 14 | Hydration Rate of Obsidian Irving I. Friedman, William D. Long · Science | 30 Jan 1976 | 244 |
| 15 | Early human occupation of Western Europe: Paleomagnetic dates for two paleolithic sites in Spain Oriol Oms, Josep María Parés, Bienvenido Martínez‐Navarro et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences | 5 Sep 2000 | 243 |
| 16 | Mousterian Cultures in France François Bordes · Science | 22 Sep 1961 | 235 |
| 17 | Tree cellulose 13C/12C isotope ratios and climatic change Minze Stuiver, Thomas F. Braziunas · Nature | Jul 1987 | 228 |
| 18 | Magnetochronology and stratigraphy at Gran Dolina section, Atapuerca (Burgos, Spain) J. M. Parés, Alfredo Pérez‐González · Journal of Human Evolution | Sep 1999 | 216 |
| 19 | Catastrophic collapse of the volcanic island of Hierro 15 ka ago and the history of landslides in the Canary Islands Douglas G. Masson · Geology | 1996 | 216 |
| 20 | Contourite facies of the Faro Drift, Gulf of Cadiz E. Gonthier, J.‐C. Faugères, Dorrik A. V. Stow · Geological Society London Special Publications | 1984 | 213 |
| 21 | The geochronology of equatorial Africa Henry Faul · Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta | Jun 1967 | 211 |
| 22 | Neanderthal Cannibalism at Moula-Guercy, Ardeche, France Alban R. Defleur, Tim D. White, Patricia Valensi et al. · Science | Oct 1999 | 204 |
| 23 | Fuel Management (Bone and Wood) During the Lower Aurignacian in the Pataud Rock Shelter (Lower Palaeolithic, Les Eyzies de Tayac, Dordogne, France). Contribution of Experimentation Isabelle Théry‐Parisot · Journal of Archaeological Science | 9 Sep 2002 | 204 |
| 24 | Fuente Nueva-3 (Orce, Granada, Spain) and the first human occupation of Europe Bienvenido Martínez‐Navarro, Alain Turq, Jorge Agustı́ Ballester et al. · Journal of Human Evolution | Nov 1997 | 193 |
| 25 | Controls on microbial dome fabric development along a carbonate-siliciclastic shelf-basin transect, Miocene, SE Spain Juan Carlos Braga, José Manuel Martín, Robert Riding · Palaios | Aug 1995 | 187 |
| 26 | A testimony of prehistoric tasks: Diagnostic residues on stone tool working edges Patricia C. Anderson · World Archaeology | Oct 1980 | 187 |
| 27 | Direct evidence of Neanderthal fibre technology and its cognitive and behavioral implications Bruce Hardy, Marie‐Hélène Moncel, Céline Kerfant et al. · Scientific Reports | 9 Apr 2020 | 186 |
| 28 | The TD6 level lithic industry from Gran Dolina, Atapuerca (Burgos, Spain): production and use Eudald Carbonell, MaDolores Garcı ́a-Anto ́n, Carolina Mallol et al. · Journal of Human Evolution | Sep 1999 | 186 |
| 29 | A coastal reservoir of biodiversity for Upper Pleistocene human populations: palaeoecological investigations in Gorham's Cave (Gibraltar) in the context of the Iberian Peninsula José S. Carrión, Clive Finlayson, Santiago Fernández et al. · Quaternary Science Reviews | 24 Oct 2008 | 181 |
| 30 | Palaeoenvironmental changes in the arid and sub arid belt (Sahara-Sahel-Arabian Peninsula) from 150 kyr to present Philipp Hoelzmann, Françoise Gasse, Lydie M Dupont et al. · Developments in paleoenvironmental research | 2004 | 181 |
| 31 | Geosites Inventory in the Leon Province (Northwestern Spain): A Tool to Introduce Geoheritage into Regional Environmental Management Inés Fuertes-Gutiérrez, Esperanza Fernández Martínez · Geoheritage | 24 May 2010 | 180 |
| 32 | TL Dates of Burnt Flints from Jelinek's Excavations at Tabun and their Implications Norbert Mercier, Hélène Valladas, G. Valladas et al. · Journal of Archaeological Science | Jul 1995 | 180 |
| 33 | Structures and fabrics in a crustal-scale shear zone, Betic Cordillera, SE Spain John Paul Platt, Jan H. Behrmann · Journal of Structural Geology | 1986 | 179 |
| 34 | Evolution of prehistoric cave art Hélène Valladas, Jean Clottes, Jean Michel Geneste et al. · Nature | 4 Oct 2001 | 179 |
| 35 | Early Neolithic Agriculture in the Iberian Peninsula Lydia Zapata, Leonor Peña‐Chocarro, Guillem Pérez Jordà et al. · Journal of World Prehistory | Dec 2004 | 178 |
| 36 | Mesoamerican Polyhedral Cores and Prismatic Blades Don E. Crabtree · American Antiquity | Oct 1968 | 178 |
| 37 | The chronology of the earliest Upper Palaeolithic in northern Iberia: New insights from L'Arbreda, Labeko Koba and La Viña Rachel E. Wood, Álvaro Arrizabalaga Valbuena, Marta Camps et al. · Journal of Human Evolution | 19 Mar 2014 | 178 |
| 38 | Shepherds and karst: the use of caves and rock-shelters in the Mediterranean region during the Neolithic Diego E. Angelucci, Giovanni Boschian, Marta Fontanals et al. · World Archaeology | 23 Apr 2009 | 174 |
| 39 | Aragonite Cements and their Occurrence in Ancient Limestones Philip A. Sandberg · SEPM (Society for Sedimentary Geology) eBooks | 1985 | 173 |
| 40 | Mid-Holocene vegetation and climatic history of the Iberian Peninsula Ramón Pérez i Obiol, Guy Jalut, Ramón Julià et al. · The Holocene | 25 Jan 2011 | 171 |
| 41 | OSL dating of the Aterian levels at Dar es-Soltan I (Rabat, Morocco) and implications for the dispersal of modern Homo sapiens Nick Barton, Abdeljalil Bouzouggar, S. N. Collcutt et al. · Quaternary Science Reviews | 6 May 2009 | 171 |
| 42 | The magnetic fabric of some laboratory-deposited sediments Anthony I. Rees, W.A. Woodall · Earth and Planetary Science Letters | Mar 1975 | 160 |
| 43 | An archaeological approach to regional environmental pollution in the south-western Iberian Peninsula related to Third millennium BC mining and metallurgy Francisco Nocete Calvo, Esther Alex, José Miguel Nieto et al. · Journal of Archaeological Science | 24 Jun 2005 | 154 |
| 44 | Tectonic implications of graphitized diamonds from the Ronda, peridotite massif, southern Spain G.R. Davies, Peter H. Nixon, David Graham Pearson et al. · Geology | 1993 | 154 |
| 45 | Calcium oscillations. M J Berridge · PubMed | 15 Jun 1990 | 154 |
| 46 | Still no archaeological evidence that Neanderthals created Iberian cave art Randall A. White et al. · Journal of Human Evolution | 21 Oct 2019 | 150 |
| 47 | At the land's end: Marine resources and the importance of fluctuations in the coastline in the prehistoric hunter–gatherer economy of Portugal Nuno Bicho, Jonathan Haws · Quaternary Science Reviews | 14 Oct 2008 | 149 |
| 48 | Approche de la variabilité des systèmes de production lithique des industries du paléolithique inférieur et moyen : chronique d'une variabilité attendue Éric Boëda · Techniques & culture | 1992 | 149 |
| 49 | Petrogenesis of chert L. Paul Knauth | 1994 | 148 |
| 50 | The Mesolithic–Neolithic transition in southern Iberia Miguel Cortés Sánchez et al. · Quaternary Research | 25 Jan 2012 | 148 |
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