Brian Hayden

5.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
73 papers, 3.0k citations indexed

About

Brian Hayden is a scholar working on Paleontology, Anthropology and Archeology. According to data from OpenAlex, Brian Hayden has authored 73 papers receiving a total of 3.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 49 papers in Paleontology, 45 papers in Anthropology and 13 papers in Archeology. Recurrent topics in Brian Hayden's work include Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (48 papers), Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (36 papers) and Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies (12 papers). Brian Hayden is often cited by papers focused on Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (48 papers), Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (36 papers) and Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies (12 papers). Brian Hayden collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and United Kingdom. Brian Hayden's co-authors include Aubrey Cannon, Rick Schulting, K. Paddayya, Joaquín González Echegaray, Margaret W. Conkey, Lawrence Guy Straus, Geoffrey A. Clark, Joachim Hahn, M. Guenther and Karel Valoch and has published in prestigious journals such as Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, Journal of Abnormal Psychology and Journal of Archaeological Science.

In The Last Decade

Brian Hayden

68 papers receiving 2.5k citations

Hit Papers

The Identification of Prehistoric Hunter-Gatherer Aggrega... 1980 2026 1995 2010 1980 50 100 150 200
What are hit papers?

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. The Identification of Prehistoric Hunter-Gatherer Aggregation Sites: The Case of Altamira [and Comments and Reply]
    1980 225 citations Brian Hayden, K. Paddayya et al. Current Anthropology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Brian Hayden Canada 29 2.0k 1.8k 787 449 446 73 3.0k
Kent V. Flannery United States 31 2.4k 1.2× 1.4k 0.8× 786 1.0× 697 1.6× 329 0.7× 57 3.9k
Prudence M. Rice United States 27 2.5k 1.2× 1.4k 0.8× 1.4k 1.8× 570 1.3× 483 1.1× 111 4.0k
Julian Thomas United Kingdom 26 1.6k 0.8× 1.2k 0.7× 1.0k 1.3× 570 1.3× 395 0.9× 117 3.0k
Timothy R. Paüketat United States 28 1.9k 0.9× 1.5k 0.8× 337 0.4× 319 0.7× 582 1.3× 77 2.5k
Richard A. Gould United States 27 1.5k 0.8× 1.7k 0.9× 797 1.0× 375 0.8× 428 1.0× 85 2.8k
Michael Brian Schiffer United States 36 3.4k 1.6× 2.8k 1.6× 1.7k 2.1× 520 1.2× 908 2.0× 108 5.4k
Peter J. Ucko United Kingdom 21 1.0k 0.5× 898 0.5× 768 1.0× 282 0.6× 227 0.5× 59 2.5k
Jelmer W. Eerkens United States 27 1.7k 0.8× 1.2k 0.7× 899 1.1× 340 0.8× 232 0.5× 101 2.7k
Christine A. Hastorf United States 32 2.2k 1.1× 1.1k 0.6× 586 0.7× 1.0k 2.3× 258 0.6× 85 3.2k
Robin Torrence Australia 32 2.3k 1.1× 1.9k 1.1× 761 1.0× 1.5k 3.3× 250 0.6× 120 3.4k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Brian Hayden

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Brian Hayden

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Brian Hayden. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Brian Hayden 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 Brian Hayden. Brian Hayden 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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Hayden, Brian, et al.. (2024). Paleo Storage, Paleo Surplus, and Paleo Inequality in the Périgord. Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory. 31(4). 1771–1801.
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Hayden, Brian. (2018). The Power of Ritual in Prehistory. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 3 indexed citations
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Hayden, Brian. (2017). Are Burials Socially Integrative? The Natufian Case. Current Anthropology. 58(3). 410–411. 3 indexed citations
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Hayden, Brian. (2015). Insights into early lithic technologies from ethnography. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 370(1682). 20140356–20140356. 25 indexed citations
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Wadley, Greg & Brian Hayden. (2015). Pharmacological Influences on the Neolithic Transition. Journal of Ethnobiology. 35(3). 566–584. 9 indexed citations
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Hayden, Brian. (2011). Traditional Corporate Group Economics in Southeast Asia: An Ethnographic Study with Archaeological Implications. Asian perspectives. 50(1-2). 1–23. 5 indexed citations
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Hayden, Brian, et al.. (2010). A Century of Feasting Studies. Annual Review of Anthropology. 40(1). 433–449. 80 indexed citations
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Hayden, Brian. (2004). Book Excerpt: How Religion Changed in the Bronze Age. Pomegranate The International Journal of Pagan Studies. 6(1). 107–126.
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Hayden, Brian. (2003). Were luxury foods the first domesticates? Ethnoarchaeological perspectives from Southeast Asia. World Archaeology. 34(3). 458–469. 104 indexed citations
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Hayden, Brian. (2002). Hunting and feasting. 2002(3-4). 1–11. 6 indexed citations
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Hayden, Brian. (1997). Observations on the prehistoric social and economic structure of the North American Plateau. World Archaeology. 29(2). 242–261. 27 indexed citations
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Hayden, Brian. (1993). The cultural capacities of Neandertals: a review and re-evaluation. Journal of Human Evolution. 24(2). 113–146. 83 indexed citations
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Hayden, Brian, et al.. (1993). Dating the Cassis rufa shell from the Mousterian levels of the Grotte du Prince, Monaco. Antiquity. 67(256). 609–612. 1 indexed citations
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Hayden, Brian. (1987). Lithic studies among the contemporary highland Maya. University of Arizona Press eBooks. 105 indexed citations
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Hayden, Brian. (1987). Traditional metate manufacturing in Guatemala using chipped stone tools. 8–119. 28 indexed citations
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Hayden, Brian. (1984). Are Emic Types Relevant to Archaeology?. Ethnohistory. 31(2). 79–79. 19 indexed citations
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Hayden, Brian & Aubrey Cannon. (1984). Interaction inferences in archaeology and learning frameworks of the maya. Journal of Anthropological Archaeology. 3(4). 325–367. 36 indexed citations
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Hayden, Brian & Aubrey Cannon. (1983). Where the garbage goes: Refuse disposal in the Maya Highlands. Journal of Anthropological Archaeology. 2(2). 117–163. 252 indexed citations
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Yesner, David R., William S. Ayres, David L. Carlson, et al.. (1980). Maritime Hunter-Gatherers: Ecology and Prehistory [and Comments and Reply]. Current Anthropology. 21(6). 727–750. 211 indexed citations
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Johnson, L. Lewis, François Bordes, Daniel Cahen, et al.. (1978). A History of Flint-Knapping Experimentation, 1838-1976 [and Comments and Reply]. Current Anthropology. 19(2). 337–372. 59 indexed citations

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