Alain Testart

1.5k citations
78 papers · 722 indexed · h-index 12
Topics
French Urban and Social Studies (12 papers)Indigenous Studies and Ecology (10 papers)Agriculture and Rural Development Research (9 papers)

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Alain Testart

64 papers receiving 563 citations

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Alain Testart
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  • Anthropology 312
  • Paleontology 271
  • Sociology and Political Science 178
  • Archeology 137
  • General Health Professions 101
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All Works

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Comment on R. L. Carneiro's article on the origin of the State: ‘the circumscription theory: a clarification, amplification, and re-formulation’
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"La servitude volontaire. T. 1, Les morts d'accompagnement", Alain Testart, Paris 2004 : [recenzja] / Stanisław Tabaczyński.
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Les morts d'accompagnement
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L'australie dans l'année sociologique (1898-1913)
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M. Moisseeff. Un long chemin semé d'objets cultuels. Le cycle initiatique aranda.
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Des dons et des dieux. anthropologie religieuse et sociologie comparative.
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Le lien et le liant (les fondements symboliques du serment)
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About Alain Testart

Alain Testart is a scholar working on Anthropology, Classics and Paleontology, having authored 78 papers that have together received 722 indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include French Urban and Social Studies (12 papers), Indigenous Studies and Ecology (10 papers) and Agriculture and Rural Development Research (9 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Archeology (71 citations), Paleontology (271 citations) and Anthropology (312 citations). Alain Testart has collaborated with scholars based in France, Switzerland and Netherlands. Frequent co-authors include Tim Ingold, David E. Stuart, Richard G. Forbis, Brian Hayden, Stephen M. Perlman, David Pokotylo, Peter Rowley‐Conwy, François Héran, Geoffroy de Saulieu and Dominique Legros. Their work appears in journals such as Current Anthropology, Revue Française de Sociologie and European Journal of Sociology.

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