Charles S. Spencer

2.1k total citations
46 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Charles S. Spencer is a scholar working on Paleontology, Anthropology and Visual Arts and Performing Arts. According to data from OpenAlex, Charles S. Spencer has authored 46 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Paleontology, 12 papers in Anthropology and 12 papers in Visual Arts and Performing Arts. Recurrent topics in Charles S. Spencer's work include Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (26 papers), Latin American history and culture (12 papers) and Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies (6 papers). Charles S. Spencer is often cited by papers focused on Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (26 papers), Latin American history and culture (12 papers) and Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies (6 papers). Charles S. Spencer collaborates with scholars based in United States, Venezuela and Canada. Charles S. Spencer's co-authors include Elsa M. Redmond, Elizabeth M. Brumfiel, Andrew K. Balkansky, John W. Fox, Gary M. Feinman, Stephen A. Kowalewski, Kent V. Flannery, Joyce Marcus, Terence N. D’Altroy and Robert J. Sharer and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Annual Review of Anthropology and Current Anthropology.

In The Last Decade

Charles S. Spencer

42 papers receiving 892 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Charles S. Spencer United States 18 702 361 245 222 174 46 1.1k
Elsa M. Redmond United States 17 550 0.8× 312 0.9× 237 1.0× 179 0.8× 152 0.9× 37 891
Barbara J. Price United States 13 759 1.1× 526 1.5× 258 1.1× 225 1.0× 184 1.1× 24 1.3k
Terence N. D’Altroy United States 16 701 1.0× 410 1.1× 378 1.5× 226 1.0× 196 1.1× 28 1.1k
Norman Yoffee United States 14 608 0.9× 396 1.1× 142 0.6× 174 0.8× 355 2.0× 49 1.1k
Jerry D. Moore United States 16 523 0.7× 369 1.0× 288 1.2× 171 0.8× 127 0.7× 47 979
Charles Stanish United States 22 938 1.3× 488 1.4× 368 1.5× 397 1.8× 266 1.5× 65 1.4k
Arthur A. Demarest United States 17 773 1.1× 414 1.1× 457 1.9× 222 1.0× 127 0.7× 37 1.1k
William T. Sanders United States 13 587 0.8× 293 0.8× 301 1.2× 161 0.7× 127 0.7× 39 920
Edward Schortman United States 17 663 0.9× 427 1.2× 254 1.0× 172 0.8× 159 0.9× 36 937
Stephen A. Kowalewski United States 21 1.3k 1.8× 717 2.0× 502 2.0× 305 1.4× 282 1.6× 62 1.8k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Charles S. Spencer

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All Works

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Minc, Leah D., et al.. (2019). Ceramic exchange and the shifting political landscape in the Valley of Oaxaca, Mexico, 700 BCE-200 CE. Journal of Anthropological Archaeology. 56. 101109–101109.
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Redmond, Elsa M. & Charles S. Spencer. (2017). Ancient palace complex (300–100 BC) discovered in the Valley of Oaxaca, Mexico. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 114(15). 3805–3814. 9 indexed citations
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Millaire, Jean‐François, et al.. (2016). Statecraft and expansionary dynamics: A Virú outpost at Huaca Prieta, Chicama Valley, Peru. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 113(41). E6016–E6025. 13 indexed citations
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Spencer, Charles S.. (2014). Modeling the Evolution of bureaucracy: political-economic reach and administrative complexity. Social Evolution & History. 13(1). 1 indexed citations
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Redmond, Elsa M. & Charles S. Spencer. (2013). Early (300−100 B.C.) temple precinct in the Valley of Oaxaca, Mexico. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 110(19). E1707–15. 5 indexed citations
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Redmond, Elsa M. & Charles S. Spencer. (2011). Chiefdoms at the threshold: The competitive origins of the primary state. Journal of Anthropological Archaeology. 31(1). 22–37. 38 indexed citations
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Redmond, Elsa M. & Charles S. Spencer. (2008). Rituals of Sanctification and the Development of Standardized Temples in Oaxaca, Mexico. Cambridge Archaeological Journal. 18(2). 239–266. 11 indexed citations
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Redmond, Elsa M. & Charles S. Spencer. (2007). Archaeological survey in the high llanos and Andean piedmont of Barinas, Venezuela. 12 indexed citations
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Spencer, Charles S.. (2006). Yaxcabá and the Caste War of Yucatán: An Archaeological Perspective. By Rani T. Alexander (Albuquerque, University of New Mexico Press, 2004) 207 pp. $49.95. The Journal of Interdisciplinary History. 37(1). 167–168. 1 indexed citations
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Sharer, Robert J., Andrew K. Balkansky, James H. Burton, et al.. (2006). On the Logic of Archaeological Inference: Early Formative Pottery and the Evolution of Mesoamerican Societies. Latin American Antiquity. 17(1). 90–103. 34 indexed citations
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Flannery, Kent V., Andrew K. Balkansky, Gary M. Feinman, et al.. (2005). Implications of new petrographic analysis for the Olmec “mother culture” model. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 102(32). 11219–11223. 29 indexed citations
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Spencer, Charles S. & Elsa M. Redmond. (2003). Militarism, Resistance, and Early State Development in Oaxaca, Mexico. Social Evolution & History. 2(1). 17 indexed citations
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Spencer, Charles S.. (2000). Food Scarcity, Rural Poverty, and Agricultural Development in Latin America: Issues and Evidence. Culture & Agriculture. 22(3). 1–14. 2 indexed citations
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Spencer, Charles S.. (1998). A Mathematical Model of Primary State Formation. Cultural Dynamics. 10(1). 5–20. 42 indexed citations
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Spencer, Charles S.. (1997). Evolutionary approaches in archaeology. Journal of Archaeological Research. 5(3). 209–264. 58 indexed citations
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Spencer, Charles S.. (1996). Agricultura indígena: pasado y presente. Hispanic American Historical Review. 76(3). 551–552. 2 indexed citations
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Brumfiel, Elizabeth M., Elizabeth M. Brumfiel, Elizabeth M. Brumfiel, et al.. (1994). Factional Competition and Political Development in the New World. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 103 indexed citations
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Roscoe, Paul, Christopher Boehm, Carol R. Ember, et al.. (1993). Practice and Political Centralisation: A New Approach to Political Evolution [and Comments and Reply]. Current Anthropology. 34(2). 111–140. 55 indexed citations
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Sanders, William T., Deborah L. Nichols, Richard E. Blanton, et al.. (1988). Ecological Theory and Cultural Evolution in the Valley of Oaxaca [and Comments and Reply]. Current Anthropology. 29(1). 33–80. 33 indexed citations

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