Most cited papers in Historical and Archaeological Studies
What are the most cited papers in Historical and Archaeological Studies?
The most cited paper in Historical and Archaeological Studies is "A palaeoecological study of holocene peat bog sections in Germany and The Netherlands, based on the analysis of pollen, spores and macro- and microscopic remains of fungi, algae, cormophytes and animals" (Bas Van Geel, 1978), with 849 citations. Next come "Deglaciation of Fennoscandia" (682) and "Environmental reconstruction of a Roman Period settlement site in Uitgeest (The Netherlands), with special reference to coprophilous fungi" (630).
Showing 50 of 99 papers. Every paper with more than 87 citations is listed.
| # | Paper | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A palaeoecological study of holocene peat bog sections in Germany and The Netherlands, based on the analysis of pollen, spores and macro- and microscopic remains of fungi, algae, cormophytes and animals Bas Van Geel · Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology | 1978 | 849 |
| 2 | Deglaciation of Fennoscandia Arjen Peter Stroeven, Clas Hättestrand, Johan Klemån et al. · Quaternary Science Reviews | 24 Oct 2015 | 682 |
| 3 | 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 |
| 4 | Ethnic Identity in Greek Antiquity Jonathan Μ. Hall · Cambridge Archaeological Journal | Oct 1998 | 536 |
| 5 | How Fast Was Wild Wheat Domesticated? Ken-ichi Tanno, George Willcox · Science | 30 Mar 2006 | 534 |
| 6 | Population genomics of the Viking world Ashot Margaryan et al. · Nature | 16 Sep 2020 | 363 |
| 7 | Kinship-based social inequality in Bronze Age Europe Alissa Mittnik et al. · Science | 10 Oct 2019 | 321 |
| 8 | Early Holocene cultivation before domestication in northern Syria George Willcox, Sandra Fornite, Linda Herveux · Vegetation History and Archaeobotany | 19 Jul 2007 | 317 |
| 9 | The Myth of Nations: The Medieval Origins of Europe Kelly McFall · History Reviews of New Books | 2002 | 313 |
| 10 | Abrupt climate changes for Iceland during the last millennium: Evidence from high resolution sea ice reconstructions Guillaume Massé, Steven John Rowland, Marie‐Alexandrine Sicre et al. · Earth and Planetary Science Letters | 19 Mar 2008 | 266 |
| 11 | A child is born. The child's world in an archaeological perspective Grete Lillehammer · Norwegian Archaeological Review | 1989 | 262 |
| 12 | Re-theorising mobility and the formation of culture and language among the Corded Ware Culture in Europe Kristian Kristiansen, Morten E. Allentoft, Karin Margarita Frei et al. · Antiquity | Apr 2017 | 252 |
| 13 | 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 |
| 14 | The environmental induction of heritable change in Linum ALAN DURRANT · Heredity | Feb 1962 | 240 |
| 15 | The Huns and the End of the Roman Empire in Western Europe P. HEATHER · The English Historical Review | 1995 | 238 |
| 16 | A Common Genetic Origin for Early Farmers from Mediterranean Cardial and Central European LBK Cultures Íñigo Olalde, Hannes Schroeder, Marcela Sandoval‐Velasco et al. · Molecular Biology and Evolution | 2 Sep 2015 | 224 |
| 17 | ‘Garden agriculture’ and the nature of early farming in Europe and the Near East Amy Bogaard · World Archaeology | Jun 2005 | 222 |
| 18 | Understanding 6th-century barbarian social organization and migration through paleogenomics Carlos Eduardo G. Amorim et al. · Nature Communications | 28 Aug 2018 | 211 |
| 19 | Landscapes of Settlement in Northern Iceland: Historical Ecology of Human Impact and Climate Fluctuation on the Millennial Scale Thomas H. McGovern, Orri Vésteinsson, Adolf Friðriksson et al. · American Anthropologist | Mar 2007 | 207 |
| 20 | Cassiodorus and the Rise of the Amals: Genealogy and the Goths under Hun Domination Peter Heather · The Journal of Roman Studies | Nov 1989 | 193 |
| 21 | Evidence for Sorghum Domestication in Fourth Millennium BC Eastern Sudan: Spikelet Morphology from Ceramic Impressions of the Butana Group Frank Winchell, Chris J. Stevens, Charlene Murphy et al. · Current Anthropology | 20 Sep 2017 | 189 |
| 22 | Access to luxury foods in Central Europe during the Roman period: the archaeobotanical evidence C.C. Bakels, Stefanie Jacomet · World Archaeology | 2003 | 187 |
| 23 | The composition of the copper alloys used by the Greek, Etruscan and Roman civilizations Paul Craddock · Journal of Archaeological Science | Mar 1978 | 186 |
| 24 | IRON IN ANCIENT COPPER Paul Craddock, Nigel Meeks · Archaeometry | Aug 1987 | 185 |
| 25 | Vikings: The North Atlantic Saga William W. Fitzhugh · AnthroNotes Museum of Natural History publication for educators | 12 Sep 2014 | 184 |
| 26 | The Powerful Dead: Archaeological Relationships between the Living and the Dead Mike Parker Pearson · Cambridge Archaeological Journal | Oct 1993 | 182 |
| 27 | Rome's Gothic Wars: From the Third Century to Alaric Michael Kulikowski | 30 Oct 2006 | 172 |
| 28 | Atmospheric Lead Pollution History during Four Millennia (2000 BC to 2000 AD) in Sweden Ingemar Renberg, Maja-Lena Brännvall, Richard Bindler et al. · AMBIO | May 2000 | 171 |
| 29 | An Arctic Ecosystem: The Coastal Tundra at Barrow, Alaska Jack Major, Jerry Elijah Brown, P. C. Miller et al. · Arctic and Alpine Research | Nov 1981 | 168 |
| 30 | Medieval Technology and Social Change Malcolm F. Farmer · American Anthropologist | Aug 1963 | 166 |
| 31 | Medieval Frontiers: Concepts and Practices Brendan G C Smith · Ashgate Publishing Ltd. | 2002 | 165 |
| 32 | Groningen Radiocarbon Dates IV John C. Vogel, Harm Tjalling Waterbolk · Radiocarbon | 1963 | 164 |
| 33 | Goddesses, Gimbutas and New Age archaeology Lynn M. Meskell · Antiquity | Mar 1995 | 160 |
| 34 | The origins of horseback riding David W. Anthony, Dorcas R. Brown · Antiquity | Mar 1991 | 160 |
| 35 | Bronzization: The Bronze Age as Pre-Modern Globalization Helle Vandkilde · Praehistorische Zeitschrift | 20 Jan 2016 | 156 |
| 36 | Olga's Visit to Constantinople in De Cerimoniis Michael Featherstone · Revue des études byzantines | 2003 | 154 |
| 37 | A Life Less Ordinary: the Ritualization of the Domestic Sphere in Later Prehistoric Europe Richard A. Bradley · Cambridge Archaeological Journal | Apr 2003 | 132 |
| 38 | Ideology and the legitimation of power in the Middle Neolithic of Southern Sweden Christopher Tilley · Cambridge University Press eBooks | 3 May 1984 | 131 |
| 39 | THE PROBLEM OF FEMALE SANCTITY IN CAROLINGIAN EUROPE c.780–920 Julia M. H. Smith · Past & Present | 1995 | 128 |
| 40 | Current directions in ecomusicology: music, culture, nature Kyle Devine · Ethnomusicology Forum | 2 Jan 2019 | 127 |
| 41 | Networks and nodal points: the emergence of towns in early Viking Age Scandinavia Søren Michael Sindbæk · Antiquity | Mar 2007 | 127 |
| 42 | Crystals and Mud in Property Law Carol Marguerite Rose · Stanford Law Review | Feb 1988 | 126 |
| 43 | Passing into Poetry: Viking-Age Mortuary Drama and the Origins of Norse Mythology Neil S. Price · Medieval Archaeology | Nov 2010 | 126 |
| 44 | Twilight of the gods? The ‘dust veil event’ of AD 536 in critical perspective Bo Gräslund, Neil S. Price · Antiquity | Jun 2012 | 126 |
| 45 | Between Egypt, Mesopotamia and Scandinavia: Late Bronze Age glass beads found in Denmark Jeanette Varberg, Bernard Gratuze, Flemming Kaul · Journal of Archaeological Science | 12 Dec 2014 | 124 |
| 46 | Provenancing Baltic timber from art historical objects: success and limitations Kristof Haneca, Tomasz Ważny, Joris Van Acker et al. · Journal of Archaeological Science | 11 Dec 2004 | 121 |
| 47 | Ancient genomes reveal origin and rapid trans-Eurasian migration of 7th century Avar elites Guido Alberto Gnecchi‐Ruscone et al. · Cell | Apr 2022 | 120 |
| 48 | 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 |
| 49 | War and warfare in archaeology Slavomil Vencl · Journal of Anthropological Archaeology | Jun 1984 | 120 |
| 50 | Bede's Vera Lex Historiae Roger D. Ray · Speculum | 1980 | 117 |
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