Alexandre Tokovinine

989 total citations · 1 hit paper
23 papers, 426 citations indexed

About

Alexandre Tokovinine is a scholar working on Visual Arts and Performing Arts, Paleontology and Anthropology. According to data from OpenAlex, Alexandre Tokovinine has authored 23 papers receiving a total of 426 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Visual Arts and Performing Arts, 7 papers in Paleontology and 5 papers in Anthropology. Recurrent topics in Alexandre Tokovinine's work include Latin American history and culture (12 papers), Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (7 papers) and Historical Studies in Central America (3 papers). Alexandre Tokovinine is often cited by papers focused on Latin American history and culture (12 papers), Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (7 papers) and Historical Studies in Central America (3 papers). Alexandre Tokovinine collaborates with scholars based in United States, Guatemala and Slovakia. Alexandre Tokovinine's co-authors include Francisco Estrada-Belli, Luke Auld-Thomas, Thomas G. Garrison, Cyril Castanet, Stephen Houston, Marcello A. Canuto, Milan Kováč, Juan Carlos Fernández-Diaz, Ramesh Shrestha and Damien B. Marken and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Nature Human Behaviour and Journal of Field Archaeology.

In The Last Decade

Alexandre Tokovinine

22 papers receiving 402 citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Ancient lowland Maya complexity as revealed by airborne laser scanning of northern Guatemala
    2018 231 citations Marcello A. Canuto, Francisco Estrada-Belli et al. Science profile →

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Alexandre Tokovinine United States 9 233 162 140 103 67 23 426
Philippe Nondédéo France 10 255 1.1× 169 1.0× 102 0.7× 88 0.9× 60 0.9× 28 433
Gyles Iannone Canada 12 282 1.2× 171 1.1× 99 0.7× 88 0.9× 71 1.1× 22 432
Francisco Estrada-Belli United States 11 323 1.4× 172 1.1× 155 1.1× 95 0.9× 62 0.9× 26 508
Flory Pinzón United States 10 266 1.1× 144 0.9× 90 0.6× 70 0.7× 57 0.9× 15 386
Jason Yaeger United States 12 384 1.6× 172 1.1× 122 0.9× 97 0.9× 65 1.0× 25 543
Thomas G. Garrison United States 10 302 1.3× 332 2.0× 64 0.5× 166 1.6× 101 1.5× 20 579
Aline Magnoni United States 11 213 0.9× 90 0.6× 70 0.5× 30 0.3× 34 0.5× 14 330
Amy E. Thompson United States 12 207 0.9× 156 1.0× 23 0.2× 72 0.7× 50 0.7× 29 412
Timothy Murtha United States 11 135 0.6× 135 0.8× 26 0.2× 79 0.8× 56 0.8× 36 300
Steven A. Wernke United States 13 182 0.8× 79 0.5× 109 0.8× 49 0.5× 25 0.4× 36 402

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Fields of papers citing papers by Alexandre Tokovinine

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alexandre Tokovinine

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Tokovinine, Alexandre, et al.. (2024). The team for a new age: Naranjo and Holmul under Kaanu'l's sway. Ancient Mesoamerica. 35(3). 784–805. 2 indexed citations
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Tokovinine, Alexandre, et al.. (2024). New data, new interpretations: Dzibanche monuments through the lenses of a 3D scanner. Ancient Mesoamerica. 35(3). 708–725. 1 indexed citations
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Tokovinine, Alexandre, et al.. (2022). CONTROL, COLLAPSE, AND RESILIENCE AT RÍO AMARILLO IN THE COPAN VALLEY, HONDURAS. Ancient Mesoamerica. 33(1). 62–82. 4 indexed citations
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Estrada-Belli, Francisco & Alexandre Tokovinine. (2022). Chochkitam: A New Classic Maya Dynasty and the Rise of the Kaanu'l (Snake) Kingdom. Latin American Antiquity. 33(4). 713–732. 6 indexed citations
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Wahl, David, Lewis E. Anderson, Francisco Estrada-Belli, & Alexandre Tokovinine. (2019). Fire on the Mountain: Total War in the Maya Lowlands. AGUFM. 2019. 1 indexed citations
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Wahl, David, L. Anderson, Francisco Estrada-Belli, & Alexandre Tokovinine. (2019). Palaeoenvironmental, epigraphic and archaeological evidence of total warfare among the Classic Maya. Nature Human Behaviour. 3(10). 1049–1054. 17 indexed citations
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Canuto, Marcello A., Francisco Estrada-Belli, Thomas G. Garrison, et al.. (2018). Ancient lowland Maya complexity as revealed by airborne laser scanning of northern Guatemala. Science. 361(6409). 231 indexed citations breakdown →
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Tokovinine, Alexandre. (2017). Copan reloaded: a new look at the Ante step and its context. 1 indexed citations
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Tokovinine, Alexandre & Francisco Estrada-Belli. (2017). From stucco to digital: Topometric documentation of Classic Maya facades at Holmul. Digital Applications in Archaeology and Cultural Heritage. 6. 18–28. 10 indexed citations
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Tokovinine, Alexandre, et al.. (2017). WITHDRAWN: The Past, Now Showing in 3D: An Introduction. Digital Applications in Archaeology and Cultural Heritage. 8 indexed citations
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Tokovinine, Alexandre, et al.. (2017). The past, now showing in 3D: An introduction. Digital Applications in Archaeology and Cultural Heritage. 6. 1–3. 13 indexed citations
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Tokovinine, Alexandre. (2016). “IT IS HIS IMAGE WITH PULQUE”: DRINKS, GIFTS, AND POLITICAL NETWORKING IN CLASSIC MAYA TEXTS AND IMAGES. Ancient Mesoamerica. 27(1). 13–29. 17 indexed citations
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Estrada-Belli, Francisco & Alexandre Tokovinine. (2016). A King's Apotheosis: Iconography, Text, and Politics from a Classic Maya Temple at Holmul. Latin American Antiquity. 27(2). 149–168. 16 indexed citations
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Tokovinine, Alexandre. (2014). Beans and Glyphs: A Possible IB Logogram in the Classic Maya Script. 2 indexed citations
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Tokovinine, Alexandre. (2013). Place and Identity in Classic Maya Narratives. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 44 indexed citations
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Tokovinine, Alexandre. (2012). Writing color: Words and images of colors in Classic Maya inscriptions. Res Anthropology and Aesthetics. 61-62. 283–299. 4 indexed citations
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Estrada-Belli, Francisco, et al.. (2009). A Maya Palace at Holmul, Peten, Guatemala and the Teotihuacan “Entrada”: Evidence from Murals 7 and 9. Latin American Antiquity. 20(1). 228–259. 24 indexed citations
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Tokovinine, Alexandre. (2008). The power of place: Political landscape and identity in Classic Maya inscriptions, imagery, and architecture. 8 indexed citations
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Tokovinine, Alexandre, et al.. (2007). Stela 45 of Naranjo and the Early Classic Lords of Sa'aal. 10 indexed citations
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Tokovinine, Alexandre. (2003). A Classic Maya Term for Public Performance. 1 indexed citations

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