Christian E. Peterson

2.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
18 papers, 743 citations indexed

About

Christian E. Peterson is a scholar working on Paleontology, Geography, Planning and Development and Anthropology. According to data from OpenAlex, Christian E. Peterson has authored 18 papers receiving a total of 743 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Paleontology, 9 papers in Geography, Planning and Development and 8 papers in Anthropology. Recurrent topics in Christian E. Peterson's work include Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (13 papers), Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies (8 papers) and Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (4 papers). Christian E. Peterson is often cited by papers focused on Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (13 papers), Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies (8 papers) and Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (4 papers). Christian E. Peterson collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Colombia. Christian E. Peterson's co-authors include Robert D. Drennan, Gary M. Feinman, Michael E. Smith, Gideon Shelach-Lavi, Elizabeth C. Stone, Matthew Pailes, Timothy J. Dennehy, Timothy A. Kohler, Anna Marie Prentiss and Alleen Betzenhauser and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Christian E. Peterson

17 papers receiving 660 citations

Hit Papers

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Greater post-Neolithic wealth disparities in Eurasia than in North America and Mesoamerica

2017 184 citations Timothy A. Kohler, Michael E. Smith et al. Nature profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Christian E. Peterson

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

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18 of 18 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	New evidence for early Indian Ocean trade routes into the South African interior 2025 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Christian E. Peterson, (unknown), (unknown)	0
2	Local economies and household spacing in early chiefdom communities 2021 ·PLoS ONE ·(unknown), Robert D. Drennan, Christian E. Peterson	9
3	Environmental risk buffering in Chinese Neolithic villages: Impacts on community structure in the Central Plains and the Western Liao Valley 2019 ·Archaeological Research in Asia ·Robert D. Drennan, Christian E. Peterson, (unknown)	10
4	Deep inequality: Summary and conclusions 2018 ·Timothy A. Kohler, Michael E. Smith, Amy Bogaard, Christian E. Peterson, Alleen Betzenhauser, Gary M. Feinman, Rahul Oka, Matthew Pailes, Anna Marie Prentiss, Elizabeth C. Stone, Timothy J. Dennehy, (unknown)	9
5	Greater post-Neolithic wealth disparities in Eurasia than in North America and Mesoamerica breakdown → 2017 ·Nature ·Timothy A. Kohler, Michael E. Smith, Amy Bogaard, Gary M. Feinman, Christian E. Peterson, Alleen Betzenhauser, Matthew Pailes, Elizabeth C. Stone, Anna Marie Prentiss, Timothy J. Dennehy, (unknown), Linda M. Nicholas, Ronald Faulseit, Amy Styring, Jade Whitlam, Mattia Fochesato, Thomas A. Foor, Samuel Bowles	184
6	Hongshan households and communities in Neolithic northeastern China 2017 ·Journal of Anthropological Archaeology ·Robert D. Drennan, Christian E. Peterson, (unknown), Tao Li	26
7	A place of pilgrimage? Niuheliang and its role in Hongshan society 2017 ·Antiquity ·Robert D. Drennan, (unknown), Christian E. Peterson	13
8	Comparative Analysis of Neolithic Household Artifact Assemblage Data from Northern China 2016 ·Journal of Anthropological Research ·Christian E. Peterson, Robert D. Drennan, (unknown)	10
9	Regional Settlement Demography in Archaeology 2015 ·Robert D. Drennan, (unknown), Christian E. Peterson	73
10	Jiangzhai: Social and economic organization of a Middle Neolithic Chinese village 2012 ·Journal of Anthropological Archaeology ·Christian E. Peterson, Gideon Shelach-Lavi	37
11	The Comparative Study of Chiefly Communities in the Eurasian Steppe Region 2011 ·Social Evolution & History ·Robert D. Drennan, Bryan Hanks, Christian E. Peterson	11
12	The Comparative Archaeology of Complex Societies 2011 ·Cambridge University Press eBooks ·Michael E. Smith, Jeremy A. Sabloff, Robert D. Drennan, Gary M. Feinman, Mónica L. Smith, Christian E. Peterson, Michael Kolb, Peter N. Peregrine, Barbara Stark, Timothy Earle, Roland Fletcher	107
13	Hongshan chiefly communities in Neolithic northeastern China 2010 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Christian E. Peterson, (unknown), Robert D. Drennan, (unknown)	37
14	"CRAFTING" HONGSHAN COMMUNITIES?HOUSEHOLD ARCHAEOLOGY IN THE CHIFENG REGION OF EASTERN INNER MONGOLIA, PRC 2006 ·D-Scholarship@Pitt (University of Pittsburgh) ·Christian E. Peterson	13
15	Patterned variation in prehistoric chiefdoms 2006 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Robert D. Drennan, Christian E. Peterson	68
16	Communities, Settlements, Sites, and Surveys: Regional-Scale Analysis of Prehistoric Human Interaction 2005 ·American Antiquity ·Christian E. Peterson, Robert D. Drennan	73
17	Comparing archaeological settlement systems with rank-size graphs: a measure of shape and statistical confidence 2003 ·Journal of Archaeological Science ·Robert D. Drennan, Christian E. Peterson	62
18	Bread and the British Economy c. 1770-1870. 1996 ·The Economic History Review ·Donald J. Woodward, Christian E. Peterson, A. Toby A. Jenkins	1

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