Bruce G. Trigger

13.8k total citations · 3 hit papers
186 papers, 6.4k citations indexed

About

Bruce G. Trigger is a scholar working on Archeology, Anthropology and Paleontology. According to data from OpenAlex, Bruce G. Trigger has authored 186 papers receiving a total of 6.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 54 papers in Archeology, 46 papers in Anthropology and 39 papers in Paleontology. Recurrent topics in Bruce G. Trigger's work include Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (39 papers), Ancient Egypt and Archaeology (34 papers) and Archaeology and Historical Studies (23 papers). Bruce G. Trigger is often cited by papers focused on Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (39 papers), Ancient Egypt and Archaeology (34 papers) and Archaeology and Historical Studies (23 papers). Bruce G. Trigger collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and South Sudan. Bruce G. Trigger's co-authors include David L. Clarke, Ian Hodder, Glynn Ll. Isaac, Norman Hammond, Gordon R. Willey, Stephen Shennan, Joseph A. Tainter, Lewis R. Binford, Sally R. Binford and Yasuhide Kawashima and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and The American Historical Review.

In The Last Decade

Bruce G. Trigger

167 papers receiving 5.0k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

A History of Archaeological Thought

2006 549 citations Bruce G. Trigger profile →
Analytical Archaeology.

1969 416 citations Bruce G. Trigger et al. Man profile →
Alternative Archaeologies: Nationalist, Colonialist, Imperialist

1984 275 citations Bruce G. Trigger Man profile →

Peers

Bruce G. Trigger

PALEO

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ARCHE

Ian Hodder United States

Timothy Earle United States

Michael Brian Schiffer United States

Christopher Tilley United Kingdom

Gary M. Feinman United States

Kent V. Flannery United States

Stephen Shennan United Kingdom

Lewis R. Binford United States

Michael E. Smith United States

Richard Bradley United Kingdom

Ian Hodder United States

Bruce G. Trigger

4.4k ×1.5

PALEO

4.0k ×1.4

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3.0k ×1.7

ARCHE

823 ×1.1

SPS

1.2k ×1.8

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Citations per year, relative to Bruce G. Trigger Bruce G. Trigger (= 1×) peers Ian Hodder

Countries citing papers authored by Bruce G. Trigger

Since Specialization

Citations

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Fields of papers citing papers by Bruce G. Trigger

Since Specialization

Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Bruce G. Trigger. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Bruce G. Trigger. The network helps show where Bruce G. Trigger may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Bruce G. Trigger

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Bruce G. Trigger. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Bruce G. Trigger 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 Bruce G. Trigger. Bruce G. Trigger is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Trigger, Bruce G.. (2021). A Present of their Past? Anthropologists, Native People, and their Heritage. Érudit (Université de Montréal). 8(1). 71–79.

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Trigger, Bruce G.. (2021). Evolutionism, Relativism and Putting Native People into Historical Context. Érudit (Université de Montréal). 6(2). 65–79.

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Trigger, Bruce G.. (2021). Loaves and Fishes: Sustaining Anthropology at McGill. Érudit (Université de Montréal). 17(1-2). 89–100.

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Trigger, Bruce G.. (2021). Archaeological Analysis and Concepts of Causality. Érudit (Université de Montréal). 2(2). 31–42.

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Trigger, Bruce G., Ronald F. Williamson, & Michael S. Bisson. (2006). The archaeology of Bruce Trigger : theoretical empiricism. McGill-Queen's University Press eBooks. 7 indexed citations

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Trigger, Bruce G.. (2003). Artifacts and Ideas: Essays in Archaeology. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 11 indexed citations

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Calloway, Colin G., Bruce G. Trigger, Wilcomb E. Washburn, et al.. (2001). "Why did the Anasazi All Live in National Parks?": Indian Histories, Hemispheric Contexts, and "America's Beginnings". The William and Mary Quarterly. 58(3). 703–703. 2 indexed citations

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Trigger, Bruce G.. (2000). Roger Beefy's primer. Cambridge Archaeological Journal. 10(2). 367–369. 1 indexed citations

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O’Brien, Michael J. & Bruce G. Trigger. (1999). Sociocultural Evolution. Journal of Field Archaeology. 26(4). 478–478. 20 indexed citations

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Trigger, Bruce G.. (1993). Daniel Wilson and the Scottish Enlightenment. Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. 122. 55–75. 1 indexed citations

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Trigger, Bruce G.. (1992). Historia del pensamiento arqueológico. Dialnet (Universidad de la Rioja). 30 indexed citations

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Trigger, Bruce G.. (1989). The Indians' New World: Catawbas and Their Neighbors from European Contact through the Era of Removal by James H. Merrell (review). Canadian Historical Review. 70(4). 569–571. 6 indexed citations

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Trigger, Bruce G.. (1989). Alfred G. Bailey — Ethnohistorian. Acadiensis. 18(2). 3–3. 2 indexed citations

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Trigger, Bruce G.. (1988). The Children of Aataentsic. McGill-Queen's University Press eBooks. 11 indexed citations

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Trigger, Bruce G.. (1986). Native shell mounds of North America : early studies. Garland Pub. eBooks. 5 indexed citations

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Trigger, Bruce G.. (1985). Marxism in archaeology: Real or spurious?. Reviews in Anthropology. 12(2). 114–123. 2 indexed citations

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Trigger, Bruce G.. (1981). La arqueologia como ciencia historica. 55–89. 3 indexed citations

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Trigger, Bruce G., Colin Renfrew, & Kenneth L. Cooke. (1980). Transformations: Mathematical Approaches to Culture Change.. Man. 15(1). 201–201. 70 indexed citations

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Goedicke, Hans & Bruce G. Trigger. (1971). The Meroitic Funerary Inscriptions from Arminna West. Journal of the American Research Center in Egypt. 9. 155–155. 1 indexed citations

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Smith, Harry & Bruce G. Trigger. (1970). History and Settlement in Lower Nubia. The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology. 56. 222–222. 26 indexed citations

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