Benjamín Ballester

412 total citations
35 papers, 234 citations indexed

About

Benjamín Ballester is a scholar working on Paleontology, Ecology and Archeology. According to data from OpenAlex, Benjamín Ballester has authored 35 papers receiving a total of 234 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Paleontology, 12 papers in Ecology and 10 papers in Archeology. Recurrent topics in Benjamín Ballester's work include Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (12 papers), Environmental and Cultural Studies in Latin America and Beyond (10 papers) and Latin American history and culture (7 papers). Benjamín Ballester is often cited by papers focused on Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (12 papers), Environmental and Cultural Studies in Latin America and Beyond (10 papers) and Latin American history and culture (7 papers). Benjamín Ballester collaborates with scholars based in Chile, France and United States. Benjamín Ballester's co-authors include Francisco Gallardo, William J. Pestle, Christina Torres‐Rouff, Marcela Sepúlveda, Javier Echeverría, Hermann M. Niemeyer, Sebastián Gutiérrez, José Cárcamo, José Luis Ruvalcaba‐Sil and Donald Jackson and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Current Anthropology and Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute.

In The Last Decade

Benjamín Ballester

29 papers receiving 229 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Benjamín Ballester Chile 8 134 90 73 67 58 35 234
Andrés Troncoso Chile 11 183 1.4× 82 0.9× 144 2.0× 45 0.7× 54 0.9× 48 293
Carolina Agüero Chile 14 240 1.8× 132 1.5× 123 1.7× 63 0.9× 103 1.8× 38 386
Gregson Schachner United States 8 168 1.3× 33 0.4× 105 1.4× 18 0.3× 22 0.4× 17 238
Francisca Santana‐Sagredo Chile 11 235 1.8× 75 0.8× 116 1.6× 107 1.6× 118 2.0× 30 305
Mary Beth Trubitt United States 8 189 1.4× 76 0.8× 185 2.5× 21 0.3× 29 0.5× 20 272
Loa P. Traxler United States 5 122 0.9× 62 0.7× 52 0.7× 26 0.4× 53 0.9× 9 173
Luis Cornejo Chile 10 233 1.7× 97 1.1× 195 2.7× 56 0.8× 62 1.1× 32 305
Jeffrey P. Blomster United States 10 268 2.0× 95 1.1× 74 1.0× 23 0.3× 102 1.8× 19 323
Fernanda Falabella Chile 9 275 2.1× 94 1.0× 127 1.7× 107 1.6× 148 2.6× 27 323
Salomón Hocsman Argentina 12 227 1.7× 122 1.4× 262 3.6× 37 0.6× 38 0.7× 44 320

Countries citing papers authored by Benjamín Ballester

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Fields of papers citing papers by Benjamín Ballester

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Benjamín Ballester

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All Works

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Sepúlveda, Marcela, et al.. (2025). Mineral beads of the formative period (3500 − 1000 BP) in the atacama desert: an archeometrical and regional approach. Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences. 17(3).
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Ballester, Benjamín. (2024). Descifrar el objeto técnico: notas y propuestas sobre un artefacto de hueso de la costa del desierto de Atacama. SPIRE - Sciences Po Institutional REpository.
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Sepúlveda, Marcela, et al.. (2023). Polychromy in the Atacama Desert during the Late Intermediate Period (1000–1450 AD): pigments characterization by XRF and VNIR hyperspectral images. Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences. 15(8). 2 indexed citations
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Ballester, Benjamín, et al.. (2022). Mitologías navieras de Atacama. Estudios Atacameños Arqueología y antropología surandinas. 68. e4690–e4690. 2 indexed citations
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Gallardo, Francisco, et al.. (2022). Caza de grandes presas marinas en la costa de Antofagasta y los canales de Tierra del Fuego. HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe). 293–327. 1 indexed citations
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Ballester, Benjamín. (2022). Mecánicas del encuentro: arpones híbridos de las costas de Atacama. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.
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Ballester, Benjamín, et al.. (2022). Las mecánicas del litoral. Industrias extractivas, técnica y océanos en América austral. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.
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Ballester, Benjamín. (2021). Ópera heroica de dos momias de Chiuchiu, por Aquinas Ried/Reid. Magallania. 2 indexed citations
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Díaz, F.A. & Benjamín Ballester. (2021). El viaje a Quillagua de Ricardo Latcham en 1932: notas y reflexiones desde un manuscrito inédito. Boletín Museo Nacional de Historia Natural. 70(2). 21–42. 1 indexed citations
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Ballester, Benjamín. (2020). En busca de la balsa perdida. Boletín del Museo Chileno de Arte Precolombino. 25(2). 141–163. 3 indexed citations
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Díaz‐González, Federico, et al.. (2020). Petroglifos, geoglifos, rutas y otras marcas entre Mamiña, Quipisca e Iquiuca (región de Tarapacá, Chile). Usos y desusos a través del tiempo. Dialnet (Universidad de la Rioja). 7(13). 27–62. 1 indexed citations
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Sepúlveda, Marcela, et al.. (2018). El Condor mine: Prehispanic production and consumption of hematite pigments in the Atacama Desert, northern Chile. Journal of Anthropological Archaeology. 53. 325–341. 12 indexed citations
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Ballester, Benjamín. (2016). MEMORIAS DE TÉ: CONVERSACIONES CON GUACOLDA BOISSET MUJICA. Chungara. 0–0. 1 indexed citations
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Ballester, Benjamín, et al.. (2015). Unidades de atención primaria en oftalmología en Chile: historia y funciones. Revista médica de Chile. 143(7). 919–924. 1 indexed citations
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Echeverría, Javier, et al.. (2015). De Pipas Y Sustancias: Costumbres Fumatorias Durante El Periodo Formativo En El Litoral Del Desierto De Atacama (Norte De Chile). Latin American Antiquity. 26(2). 143–161. 14 indexed citations
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Pestle, William J., et al.. (2015). Mobility and Exchange among Marine Hunter-Gatherer and Agropastoralist Communities in the Formative Period Atacama Desert. Current Anthropology. 56(1). 121–133. 48 indexed citations
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Ballester, Benjamín, et al.. (2012). An Early Holocene task camp (~8.5 ka cal BP) on the coast of the semi-arid north of Chile. Antiquity. 86(331). 88–98. 11 indexed citations
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Ballester, Benjamín & Francisco Gallardo. (2011). Prehistoric and historic networks on the Atacama Desert coast (northern Chile). Antiquity. 85(329). 875–889. 50 indexed citations

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