Bill Sillar

1.2k total citations
32 papers, 688 citations indexed

About

Bill Sillar is a scholar working on Anthropology, Paleontology and Visual Arts and Performing Arts. According to data from OpenAlex, Bill Sillar has authored 32 papers receiving a total of 688 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Anthropology, 13 papers in Paleontology and 10 papers in Visual Arts and Performing Arts. Recurrent topics in Bill Sillar's work include Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (13 papers), Latin American history and culture (10 papers) and Historical and Cultural Archaeology Studies (9 papers). Bill Sillar is often cited by papers focused on Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (13 papers), Latin American history and culture (10 papers) and Historical and Cultural Archaeology Studies (9 papers). Bill Sillar collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Peru. Bill Sillar's co-authors include M. S. TITE, Dennis Ogburn, Patrick L. Thompson, Rob Ixer, Parker VanValkenburgh, Karen Privat, Jeffrey Quilter, Cressida Fforde, Charles C. Kolb and Héctor Neff and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Journal of Archaeological Science and Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute.

In The Last Decade

Bill Sillar

28 papers receiving 622 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Bill Sillar United Kingdom 12 399 269 258 119 116 32 688
Verónica Isabel Williams Argentina 11 217 0.5× 164 0.6× 190 0.7× 30 0.3× 77 0.7× 45 469
Marcia‐Anne Dobres United States 8 501 1.3× 273 1.0× 450 1.7× 181 1.5× 47 0.4× 17 838
Tamara L. Bray United States 15 448 1.1× 188 0.7× 364 1.4× 112 0.9× 198 1.7× 39 847
Christopher B. Donnan United States 17 413 1.0× 175 0.7× 215 0.8× 84 0.7× 243 2.1× 44 698
Owen Rye Australia 6 415 1.0× 428 1.6× 239 0.9× 85 0.7× 21 0.2× 9 767
Axel E. Nielsen Argentina 16 418 1.0× 217 0.8× 354 1.4× 64 0.5× 134 1.2× 62 721
Susan A. Niles Sweden 9 261 0.7× 116 0.4× 168 0.7× 47 0.4× 147 1.3× 19 455
Luis Jaime Castillo Peru 6 272 0.7× 127 0.5× 207 0.8× 75 0.6× 142 1.2× 15 511
William L. Fash United States 13 292 0.7× 64 0.2× 109 0.4× 38 0.3× 182 1.6× 26 399
Richard H. Wilshusen United States 13 558 1.4× 126 0.5× 415 1.6× 191 1.6× 49 0.4× 24 792

Countries citing papers authored by Bill Sillar

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Fields of papers citing papers by Bill Sillar

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Bill Sillar

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Bill Sillar. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Bill Sillar based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Bill Sillar. Bill Sillar is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Sillar, Bill, et al.. (2019). La ocupación Wari y el culto Inca a Viracocha en Raqchi, Cuzco. UCL Discovery (University College London). 1 indexed citations
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Allen, Catherine J., et al.. (2017). Pensamientos de una etnógrafa acerca de la interpretación en la arqueología andina. 11. 13–68. 2 indexed citations
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Sillar, Bill. (2016). Miniatures and Animism: The Communicative Role of Inka Carved StoneConopa. Journal of Anthropological Research. 72(4). 442–464. 12 indexed citations
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Sillar, Bill, et al.. (2016). Using the present to interpret the past: the role of ethnographic studies in Andean archaeology. World Archaeology. 48(5). 656–673. 16 indexed citations
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Sillar, Bill. (2010). La saisonnalité des techniques. UCL Discovery (University College London). 90–119. 4 indexed citations
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Sillar, Bill. (2009). The Social Agency of Things? Animism and Materiality in the Andes. Cambridge Archaeological Journal. 19(3). 367–377. 99 indexed citations
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Sillar, Bill, et al.. (2007). West Dean 2008: excavation of Bronze Age lynchets on Little Combes Hill. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 11(1). 3 indexed citations
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Sillar, Bill, et al.. (2006). The West Dean Archaeological Project: research and teaching in the Sussex Downs. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 10(1). 1 indexed citations
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Sillar, Bill & Cressida Fforde. (2005). Conservation, Identity and Ownership in Indigenous Archaeology. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 6 indexed citations
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Sillar, Bill. (2003). COMMENTS III: TECHNOLOGICAL CHOICES AND EXPERIMENTAL ARCHAEOLOGY. Archaeometry. 45(1). 173–181. 6 indexed citations
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Griffiths, David, Charles C. Kolb, Héctor Neff, et al.. (2001). Comments On ‘Technological Choices in Ceramic Production’, Archaeometry, 42(1), 1–76, 2000. Archaeometry. 43(2). 269–299. 6 indexed citations
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Sillar, Bill & M. S. TITE. (2000). THE CHALLENGE OF ‘TECHNOLOGICAL CHOICES’FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE APPROACHES IN ARCHAEOLOGY*. Archaeometry. 42(1). 2–20. 203 indexed citations
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Sillar, Bill. (1996). Playing with God: cultural perception of children, play and miniatures in the Andes. UCL Discovery (University College London). 29 indexed citations
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Sillar, Bill & Rebecca S. Miller. (1996). Art of the Andes from Chavin to Inca.. Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute. 2(4). 728–728.
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Sillar, Bill. (1992). The Social Life of the Andean Dead. UCL Discovery (University College London). 7 indexed citations

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