Alan Saville

644 total citations
46 papers, 397 citations indexed

About

Alan Saville is a scholar working on Paleontology, Archeology and Anthropology. According to data from OpenAlex, Alan Saville has authored 46 papers receiving a total of 397 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Paleontology, 26 papers in Archeology and 11 papers in Anthropology. Recurrent topics in Alan Saville's work include Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (29 papers), Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (11 papers) and Maritime and Coastal Archaeology (10 papers). Alan Saville is often cited by papers focused on Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (29 papers), Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (11 papers) and Maritime and Coastal Archaeology (10 papers). Alan Saville collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Italy and Spain. Alan Saville's co-authors include Torben Bjarke Ballin, D. H. Cushing, Tamsin C. O’Connell, Elizabeth Hall, Richard Tipping, David R. Bridgland, John Sinclair, J. A. J. Gowlett, Trevor Cowie and R.E.M. Hedges and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Animal Ecology, Archaeometry and Antiquity.

In The Last Decade

Alan Saville

37 papers receiving 344 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Alan Saville United Kingdom 12 275 160 160 88 54 46 397
Dena F. Dincauze United States 8 260 0.9× 242 1.5× 86 0.5× 91 1.0× 41 0.8× 17 385
Caroline Wickham‐Jones United Kingdom 15 446 1.6× 252 1.6× 281 1.8× 121 1.4× 71 1.3× 71 659
John Coles United Kingdom 13 309 1.1× 166 1.0× 173 1.1× 82 0.9× 29 0.5× 61 567
Sarah C. Sherwood United States 11 339 1.2× 276 1.7× 109 0.7× 174 2.0× 56 1.0× 23 497
Joseph A. Tiffany United States 10 253 0.9× 211 1.3× 87 0.5× 42 0.5× 76 1.4× 37 372
W. Groenman-van Waateringe Netherlands 12 137 0.5× 70 0.4× 86 0.5× 131 1.5× 45 0.8× 26 367
Philip Riris United Kingdom 10 189 0.7× 134 0.8× 53 0.3× 67 0.8× 36 0.7× 23 353
Petra Dark United Kingdom 12 159 0.6× 108 0.7× 77 0.5× 155 1.8× 65 1.2× 24 347
Dries Tys Belgium 12 185 0.7× 58 0.4× 149 0.9× 59 0.7× 39 0.7× 37 386
Francesco Menotti Switzerland 10 150 0.5× 56 0.3× 98 0.6× 81 0.9× 46 0.9× 26 272

Countries citing papers authored by Alan Saville

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Fields of papers citing papers by Alan Saville

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alan Saville

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Saville, Alan. (2016). On the Measurement of Struck Flakes and Flake tools. 16.
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Saville, Alan, et al.. (2015). Howburn, near Biggar, South Lanarkshire: Preliminary notice of a Scottish inland early Holocene lithic assemblage. 41. 1 indexed citations
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Saville, Alan, et al.. (2012). A Scottish Neolithic carved stone ball with enigmatic surface details. Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. 141. 19–29. 1 indexed citations
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Saville, Alan, et al.. (2010). Howburn farm: excavating Scotland's first people. 18–23. 1 indexed citations
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Ashton, Nick, Graeme Barker, Gabriel Cooney, et al.. (2009). PPR volume 75 Cover and Front matter. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society. 75. f1–f5. 1 indexed citations
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Saville, Alan & Torben Bjarke Ballin. (2009). Upper Palaeolithic evidence from Kilmelfort Cave, Argyll: a re-evaluation of the lithic assemblage. Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. 139. 9–45. 12 indexed citations
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Lawson, John A., et al.. (2006). Excavations at Maybury Park, Edinburgh (1990-2). 23.
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Saville, Alan. (2006). Archaeology and the Creag nan Uamh bone caves, Assynt, Highland. Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. 135. 343–369. 4 indexed citations
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Saville, Alan, et al.. (2003). Late prehistoric settlement, Berryhill, Aberdeenshire. Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. 132. 213–227. 1 indexed citations
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Hunter, Fraser, et al.. (2002). Archaeological excavation of a medieval structure and an assemblage of prehistoric artefacts from the summit of Traprain Law, East Lothian, 1996 - 1997. Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. 130. 413–440. 1 indexed citations
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Hunter, Fraser, Mary E. Davis, Bill Finlayson, et al.. (2002). Excavation of an Early Bronze Age cemetery and other sites a the West Water Reservoir, West Linton, Scottish Borders. Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. 130. 115–182. 8 indexed citations
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Saville, Alan. (2002). Mesolithic: a Hebridean ‘trend-setter’. Antiquity. 76(291). 258–261. 2 indexed citations
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McNabb, John, George W. Barclay, Clare E. French, et al.. (2001). PPR volume 67 Cover and Front matter. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society. 67. f1–f5. 1 indexed citations
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Saville, Alan, et al.. (1998). Palaeolithic handaxes in Scotland. Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. 127. 1–16. 3 indexed citations
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Barclay, Gordon J, et al.. (1996). Excavation of a Neolithic enclosure and an Iron Age settlement at Douglasmuir, Angus. Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. 125. 29–67. 24 indexed citations
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Saville, Alan. (1995). A decorated skaill knife from Skara Brae, Orkney. Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. 124. 103–111. 2 indexed citations
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Saville, Alan, J. A. J. Gowlett, & R.E.M. Hedges. (1987). Radiocarbon dates from the chambered tomb at Hazleton (Glos.): a chronology for neolithic collective burial. Antiquity. 61(231). 108–119. 13 indexed citations
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Saville, Alan. (1979). Further Excavations at Nympsfield Chambered Tomb Gloucestershire, 1974. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society. 45. 53–91. 5 indexed citations

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