Christopher S. Jazwa

1.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
32 papers, 749 citations indexed

About

Christopher S. Jazwa is a scholar working on Paleontology, Anthropology and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Christopher S. Jazwa has authored 32 papers receiving a total of 749 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Paleontology, 13 papers in Anthropology and 11 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Christopher S. Jazwa's work include Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (26 papers), Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (11 papers) and Isotope Analysis in Ecology (9 papers). Christopher S. Jazwa is often cited by papers focused on Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (26 papers), Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (11 papers) and Isotope Analysis in Ecology (9 papers). Christopher S. Jazwa collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Canada. Christopher S. Jazwa's co-authors include Douglas J. Kennett, Bruce Winterhalder, Jennifer E. Perry, Jaime J. Awe, Harald Sodemann, Brendan J. Culleton, Yemane Asmerom, Keith M. Prufer, James U.L. Baldini and Norbert Marwan and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science.

In The Last Decade

Christopher S. Jazwa

30 papers receiving 724 citations

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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.

Development and Disintegration of Maya Political Systems in Response to Climate Change

2012 391 citations Douglas J. Kennett, Sebastian F. M. Breitenbach et al. Science profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Christopher S. Jazwa United States	13	451	318	193	192	115	32	749
Sophia Perdikaris United States	15	373 0.8×	272 0.9×	135 0.7×	230 1.2×	100 0.9×	36	702
Claire E. Ebert United States	13	584 1.3×	290 0.9×	211 1.1×	114 0.6×	173 1.5×	40	886
Orri Vésteinsson Iceland	16	413 0.9×	455 1.4×	182 0.9×	139 0.7×	86 0.7×	37	860
Jette Arneborg Denmark	15	524 1.2×	307 1.0×	197 1.0×	214 1.1×	113 1.0×	30	894
Joel D. Gunn United States	15	401 0.9×	178 0.6×	198 1.0×	139 0.7×	55 0.5×	51	758
Elaine Dunbar United Kingdom	19	650 1.4×	291 0.9×	265 1.4×	271 1.4×	129 1.1×	51	1.0k
Alan L. Kolata United States	17	793 1.8×	349 1.1×	419 2.2×	230 1.2×	238 2.1×	30	1.4k
C.C. Bakels Netherlands	16	386 0.9×	247 0.8×	246 1.3×	129 0.7×	74 0.6×	68	930
Leslie Reeder-Myers United States	11	229 0.5×	164 0.5×	133 0.7×	196 1.0×	75 0.7×	27	543
Kenneth B. Tankersley United States	19	627 1.4×	234 0.7×	405 2.1×	207 1.1×	88 0.8×	64	910

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20 of 20 papers shown

Jazwa, Christopher S., et al.. (2025). Multiscale analysis of zooarchaeological data to reconstruct past kelp forest productivity for the Northern Channel Islands, California U.S.A.. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science. 316. 109178–109178.

Smith, Geoffrey M., et al.. (2024). Bayesian Analysis of Haskett Projectile Point Radiocarbon Dates in the Intermountain West Demonstrates Contemporaneity with Clovis and Folsom Points. PaleoAmerica. 10(2-3). 132–155. 4 indexed citations

Culleton, Brendan J., et al.. (2023). EXPERIMENTAL OBSERVATIONS ON PROCESSING LEATHER, SKIN, AND PARCHMENT FOR RADIOCARBON DATING. Radiocarbon. 66(5). 1064–1086. 2 indexed citations

Jazwa, Christopher S., et al.. (2023). Settlement Chronology and Subsistence Patterns in Cabo Pulmo, Baja California Sur, Mexico. Journal of Field Archaeology. 48(8). 605–622. 1 indexed citations

Jazwa, Christopher S., et al.. (2023). Middle Holocene residential mobility in western Santa Rosa Island, California. Quaternary International. 689-690. 16–29. 2 indexed citations

Robinson, David, Kelly Brown, Lynn Dennany, et al.. (2020). Datura quids at Pinwheel Cave, California, provide unambiguous confirmation of the ingestion of hallucinogens at a rock art site. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(49). 31026–31037. 29 indexed citations

Jazwa, Christopher S., et al.. (2020). Architecture and storage in Mediterranean environments: Case studies from the Aegean and southern California. Quaternary International. 597. 87–102. 2 indexed citations

Jazwa, Christopher S., et al.. (2020). Reassessing the Radiocarbon Date from the Buhl Burial from South-Central Idaho and Its Relevance to the Western Stemmed Tradition–Clovis Debate in the Intermountain West. American Antiquity. 86(1). 173–182. 4 indexed citations

Jazwa, Christopher S., et al.. (2020). The effects of vertical position in the intertidal zone on the δ18O and δ13C composition of Mytilus californianus shell carbonate. Journal of Archaeological Science Reports. 34. 102587–102587. 5 indexed citations

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Jazwa, Christopher S., et al.. (2020). Dynamic Modeling of the Effects of Site Placement on Environmental Suitability: A Theoretical Example from Northwest Morocco. Environmental Archaeology. 27(4). 447–460. 2 indexed citations

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Jazwa, Christopher S., et al.. (2019). Technological change and interior settlement on western Santa Rosa Island, California. Journal of Anthropological Archaeology. 54. 235–253. 7 indexed citations

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Jazwa, Christopher S., et al.. (2017). Settlement ecology in Bronze Age Messenia. Journal of Anthropological Archaeology. 45. 157–169. 22 indexed citations

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Jazwa, Christopher S., et al.. (2017). Territoriality and the rise of despotic social organization on western Santa Rosa Island, California. Quaternary International. 518. 41–56. 29 indexed citations

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Jazwa, Christopher S. & Douglas J. Kennett. (2016). Sea Mammal Hunting and Site Seasonality on Western San Miguel Island, California. eScholarship (California Digital Library). 36(2). 3 indexed citations

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Jazwa, Christopher S., et al.. (2016). Hydrological Modeling and Prehistoric Settlement on Santa Rosa Island, California, USA. Geoarchaeology. 31(2). 101–120. 14 indexed citations

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Jazwa, Christopher S., Douglas J. Kennett, & Bruce Winterhalder. (2015). A Test of Ideal Free Distribution Predictions Using Targeted Survey and Excavation on California’s Northern Channel Islands. Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory. 23(4). 1242–1284. 29 indexed citations

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Jazwa, Christopher S.. (2015). A Dynamic Ecological Model for Human Settlement on California's Northern Channel Islands. 9 indexed citations

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Jazwa, Christopher S., Douglas J. Kennett, & Bruce Winterhalder. (2013). The Ideal Free Distribution and Settlement History at Old Ranch Canyon, Santa Rosa Island. eScholarship (California Digital Library). 75–96. 14 indexed citations

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Jazwa, Christopher S., Lynn H. Gamble, & Douglas J. Kennett. (2013). A High-Precision Chronology for Two House Features at an Early Village Site on Western Santa Cruz Island, California, USA. Radiocarbon. 55(1). 185–199. 12 indexed citations

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Kennett, Douglas J., Sebastian F. M. Breitenbach, Valorie V. Aquino, et al.. (2012). Development and Disintegration of Maya Political Systems in Response to Climate Change. Science. 338(6108). 788–791. 391 indexed citations breakdown →

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