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Most cited papers in Archaeology and Historical Studies

Archaeology and Historical Studies

What are the most cited papers in Archaeology and Historical Studies?

The most cited paper in Archaeology and Historical Studies is "Rosenʼs emergency medicine: concepts and clinical practice" (K.R. Rotheray, Giles N. Cattermole, 2010), with 1,128 citations. Next come "Taxes and Trade in the Roman Empire (200 B.C.–A.D. 400)" (943) and "The Rise and Function of the Holy Man in Late Antiquity" (906).

Showing 50 of 100 papers. Every paper with more than 150 citations is listed.

Most cited papers, sortable by citations and release date
#Paper
1 Rosenʼs emergency medicine: concepts and clinical practice K.R. Rotheray, Giles N. Cattermole · European Journal of Emergency Medicine 2 Mar 2010 1,128
2 Taxes and Trade in the Roman Empire (200 B.C.–A.D. 400) Keith Hopkins · The Journal of Roman Studies Nov 1980 943
3 The Rise and Function of the Holy Man in Late Antiquity Peter Brown · The Journal of Roman Studies Nov 1971 906
4 SABISTON TEXTBOOK OF SURGERY David J. Dries · Shock 9 Apr 2008 875
5 A problem of rights arbitration from the Talmud Barry O’Neill · Mathematical Social Sciences Jun 1982 839
6 The Idea of an Anthropology of Islam Talal Asad · Qui Parle 1996 772
7 Was the Gate of Ijtihad Closed? Wael B. Hallaq · International Journal Middle East Studies Mar 1984 640
8 Prehistoric Economy in the Mount Carmel Area of Palestine: Site Catchment Analysis Claudio Vita‐Finzi, Eric Stowe Higgs, David J. Sturdy et al. · Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society Dec 1970 527
9 Tombstones and Roman Family Relations in the Principate: Civilians, Soldiers and Slaves Richard Saller, Brent Donald Shaw · The Journal of Roman Studies Nov 1984 484
10 Cities and Administration in Roman Egypt Alan K. Bowman, Dominic W. Rathbone · The Journal of Roman Studies Nov 1992 480
11 Traditional and ancient rural economy in Mediterranean Europe: plus ça change? Paul Halstead · The Journal of Hellenic Studies Open access Nov 1987 449
12 Religious Ritual and Cooperation: Testing for a Relationship on Israeli Religious and Secular Kibbutzim Richard H. Sosis, Bradley J. Ruffle · Current Anthropology 28 Oct 2003 405
13 Christian Identity In The Jewish And Graeco-Roman World JUDITH M. LIEU · SBL Press eBooks Book chapter 27 May 2004 390
14 Form and Meaning in the Earliest Cities: A New Approach to Ancient Urban Planning Michael E. Smith · Journal of Planning History 19 Jan 2007 381
15 The Prophet and the Age of the Caliphates: The Islamic Near East from the Sixth to the Eleventh Century Hugh N. Kennedy 1986 369
16 Origins and Development of Urbanism: Archaeological Perspectives George L. Cowgill · Annual Review of Anthropology Review Oct 2004 366
17 Personal Patronage under the Early Empire Edward Champlin, Richard Saller · Phoenix 1983 366
18 Jews, Judaeans, Judaizing, Judaism: Problems of Categorization in Ancient History Steve M. Mason · Journal for the Study of Judaism 2007 357
19 FROM POLIS TO MADINA: URBAN CHANGE IN LATE ANTIQUE AND EARLY ISLAMIC SYRIA Hugh N. Kennedy · Past & Present 1985 354
20 Villages, land and population in Graeco-Roman Egypt Dominic W. Rathbone · Proceedings of the Cambridge Philological Society 1990 329
21 Monumental Writing and the Expansion of Roman Society in the Early Empire Greg D. Woolf · The Journal of Roman Studies Nov 1996 328
22 Environmental history in the Mediterranean world: cross-disciplinary investigation of cause-and-effect for degradation and soil erosion Karl W. Butzer · Journal of Archaeological Science 22 Sep 2005 326
23 Daily Practice and Social Memory at Çatalhöyük Ian Hodder, Craig Cessford · American Antiquity 2004 317
24 Elegiacs by Gallus from Qaṣr Ibrîm Robert D. Anderson, Peter J. Parsons, Robin G. M. Nisbet · The Journal of Roman Studies Nov 1979 316
25 Pagan City and Christian Capital: Rome in the Fourth Century John Karl Evans · History Reviews of New Books 2001 307
26 Emperors, Frontiers and Foreign Relations, 31 B. C. to A. D. 378 Fergus Graham Burtholme Millar · Britannia 1982 298
27 Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs James Paul Allen · Americanae (AECID Library) 28 Nov 1999 290
28 Crisis in Context: The End of the Late Bronze Age in the Eastern Mediterranean A. Bernard Knapp, Sturt W. Manning · American Journal of Archaeology 17 Dec 2015 286
29 BANDITS IN THE ROMAN EMPIRE* Brent Donald Shaw · Past & Present 1984 286
30 Geoscience of ancient Mediterranean harbours Nick Marriner, Christophe Morhange · Earth-Science Reviews 22 Dec 2006 279
31 Empire and City, Augustus to Julian: Obligations, Excuses and Status Fergus Graham Burtholme Millar · The Journal of Roman Studies Nov 1983 278
32 Shell Middens, Ships and Seeds: Exploring Coastal Subsistence, Maritime Trade and the Dispersal of Domesticates in and Around the Ancient Arabian Peninsula Nicole L. Boivin, Dorian Q. Fuller · Journal of World Prehistory Jun 2009 269
33 The Separation of State and Religion in the Development of Early Islamic Society Ira Marvin Lapidus · International Journal Middle East Studies Oct 1975 262
34 Acclamations in the Later Roman Empire: New Evidence from Aphrodisias Charlotte Roueché · The Journal of Roman Studies Nov 1984 257
35 Being Roman: expressing identity in a provincial setting David J. Mattingly · Journal of Roman Archaeology 2004 255
36 Rome and its development under Augustus and his successors Nicholas Purcell · Cambridge University Press eBooks Book chapter 8 Feb 1996 249
37 Traditional healing with animals (zootherapy): medieval to present-day Levantine practice Efraim Lev · Journal of Ethnopharmacology 12 Feb 2003 249
38 The Origins of the Village Revisited: From Nuclear to Extended Households Kent V. Flannery · American Antiquity Jul 2002 247
39 Constantine and the Christians of Persia Timothy David Barnes · The Journal of Roman Studies Nov 1985 245
40 Housing the Stranger in the Mediterranean World: Lodging, Trade, and Travel in Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages Olivia Remie Constable 27 Aug 2009 244
41 The Early Roman Empire in the West Susan E. Alcock, Thomas F. C. Blagg, Martin J. Millett · Britannia 1992 243
42 Beginnings and early history of date palm garden cultivation in the Middle East Margareta Tengberg · Journal of Arid Environments 17 Dec 2011 243
43 Radiocarbon-Based Chronology for Dynastic Egypt Christopher Bronk Ramsey, Michael Dee, Joanne Rowland et al. · Science 17 Jun 2010 242
44 Isotope evidence for agricultural extensification reveals how the world's first cities were fed Amy Styring, Michael Charles, Federica Fantone et al. · Nature Plants Open access 5 Jun 2017 241
45 Letters of Medieval Jewish Traders Helmut R. Wagner, S. D. Goitein, Keith Trevor Thomas · Sociological Analysis 1974 239
46 Roman arches and Greek honours: the language of power at Rome Andrew Wallace‐Hadrill · Proceedings of the Cambridge Philological Society 1990 239
47 Man's role in the Shaping of the Eastern Mediterranean Landscape John Wagstaff · The Holocene Mar 1992 239
48 The Levant versus the Horn of Africa: Evidence for Bidirectional Corridors of Human Migrations Javier Rodríguez Luis, Diane J. Rowold, María Regueiro et al. · The American Journal of Human Genetics Open access 23 Feb 2004 238
49 Pleistocene water intrusions from the Mediterranean and Caspian seas into the Black Sea S. Badertscher, Dominik Fleitmann, Hai Cheng et al. · Nature Geoscience 13 Mar 2011 229
50 Christians in the Sasanian empire: a case of divided loyalties S. P. Brock · Studies in Church History 1982 226

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