Curtis W. Marean

3.2k citations

19 papers · 2.2k indexed · 3 hit papers · h-index 15

Anthropology top 0.1%
Paleontology top 0.5%
Archeology top 0.2%
Atmospheric Science top 5%
Archeology top 0.2%

Co-authors: Zenobia Jacobs Jocelyn Bernatchez Panagiotis Karkanas Andy I.R. Herries Erich C. Fisher Kyle S. Brown Peter Nilssen David L. Roberts
Topics: Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (15 papers)Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (10 papers)Archaeology and Rock Art Studies (5 papers)
Cited by: Archeology Paleontology Anthropology
Journals: Nature Science Earth and Planetary Science Letters
Partner nations: United States South Africa Australia

In The Last Decade

Curtis W. Marean

19 papers receiving 2.0k 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.

Early human use of marine resources and pigment in South Africa during the Middle Pleistocene

2007 628 citations Curtis W. Marean, Miryam Bar‐Matthews et al. Nature profile →
Fire As an Engineering Tool of Early Modern Humans

2009 399 citations Kyle S. Brown, Curtis W. Marean et al. Science profile →
An early and enduring advanced technology originating 71,000 years ago in South Africa

2012 226 citations Kyle S. Brown, Curtis W. Marean et al. Nature profile →

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19 of 19 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	What Makes a Forager Turn Coastal? An Agent-Based Approach to Coastal Foraging on the Dynamic South African Paleoscape 2019 ·Colin D. Wren,Curtis W. Marean,Eric Shook,Kim Hill,Marco A. Janssen	1
2	Interpreting human behavior from depositional rates and combustion features through the study of sedimentary microfacies at site Pinnacle Point 5-6, South Africa 2015 ·Journal of Human Evolution ·Panagiotis Karkanas,Kyle S. Brown,Erich C. Fisher,Zenobia Jacobs,Curtis W. Marean	73
3	The Most Invasive Species of All 2015 ·Scientific American ·Curtis W. Marean	24
4	The Effect of Spatial Clustering on Stone Raw Material Procurement 2014 ·Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona) ·Simen Oestmo,Marco A. Janssen,Curtis W. Marean	2
5	An early and enduring advanced technology originating 71,000 years ago in South Africabreakdown → 2012 ·Nature ·Kyle S. Brown,Curtis W. Marean,Zenobia Jacobs,Benjamin J. Schoville,Simen Oestmo,Erich C. Fisher,Jocelyn Bernatchez,Panagiotis Karkanas,Thalassa Matthews	226
6	Melting ice sheets 400,000 yr ago raised sea level by 13 m: Past analogue for future trends 2012 ·Earth and Planetary Science Letters ·David L. Roberts,Panagiotis Karkanas,Zenobia Jacobs,Curtis W. Marean,Richard G. Roberts	95
7	Development of the SAR TT-OSL procedure for dating Middle Pleistocene dune and shallow marine deposits along the southern Cape coast of South Africa 2011 ·Quaternary Geochronology ·Zenobia Jacobs,Richard G. Roberts,(unknown),Panagiotis Karkanas,Curtis W. Marean,David L. Roberts	48
8	Fire As an Engineering Tool of Early Modern Humansbreakdown → 2009 ·Science ·Kyle S. Brown,Curtis W. Marean,Andy I.R. Herries,Zenobia Jacobs,Chantal Tribolo,David R. Braun,David L. Roberts,Michael C. Meyer,Jocelyn Bernatchez	399
9	Early human use of marine resources and pigment in South Africa during the Middle Pleistocenebreakdown → 2007 ·Nature ·Curtis W. Marean,Miryam Bar‐Matthews,Jocelyn Bernatchez,Erich C. Fisher,Paul Goldberg,Andy I.R. Herries,Zenobia Jacobs,Antonieta Jerardino,Panagiotis Karkanas,Tom Minichillo,Peter Nilssen,(unknown),Ian Watts,Hope M. Williams	628
10	Edge damage distribution at the assemblage level on Middle Stone Age lithics: an image-based GIS approach 2006 ·Journal of Archaeological Science ·Catherine Bird,Tom Minichillo,Curtis W. Marean	38
11	Distinguishing Selective Transport and In Situ Attrition: A Critical Review of Analytical Approaches 2004 ·Naomi Cleghorn,Curtis W. Marean	54
12	Estimating the Minimum Number of Skeletal Elements (MNE) in Zooarchaeology: A Review and a New Image-Analysis GIS Approach 2001 ·American Antiquity ·Curtis W. Marean,(unknown),Peter Nilssen,Elizabeth C. Stone	116
13	The Middle Stone Age at Die Kelders Cave 1, South Africa 2000 ·Journal of Human Evolution ·Curtis W. Marean	5
14	Zooarchaeological and taphonomic analysis of the Die Kelders Cave 1 Layers 10 and 11 Middle Stone Age larger mammal fauna 2000 ·Journal of Human Evolution ·Curtis W. Marean,(unknown),(unknown),Robert C. Randall	148
15	Middle Stone Age Stratigraphy and Excavations at Die Kelders Cave 1 (Western Cape Province, South Africa): the 1992, 1993, and 1995 Field Seasons 2000 ·Journal of Human Evolution ·Curtis W. Marean,Paul Goldberg,Graham Avery,Frederick E. Grine,Richard G. Klein	51
16	Late PlioceneHomoand Oldowan Tools from the Hadar Formation (Kada Hadar Member), Ethiopia 1996 ·Journal of Human Evolution ·William H. Kimbel,Robert C. Walter,Donald C. Johanson,Kaye E. Reed,James L. Aronson,Zelalem Assefa,Curtis W. Marean,Gerald G. Eck,René Bobe,Erella Hovers,Yoel Rak,Carl F. Vondra,Tesfaye Yemane,Darrin M. York,Y. Chen,N. M. Evensen,Patrick E. Smith	187
17	Intrasite Spatial Analysis of Bone: Subtracting the Effect of Secondary Carnivore Consumers 1994 ·American Antiquity ·Curtis W. Marean,(unknown)	46
18	African archeology: Past, present, and future 1994 ·Evolutionary Anthropology Issues News and Reviews ·Curtis W. Marean	2
19	On the Seal Remains from Klasies River Mouth: An Evaluation of Binford's Interpretations 1986 ·Current Anthropology ·Curtis W. Marean,Lewis R. Binford	16

About Curtis W. Marean

Curtis W. Marean is a scholar working on Archeology, Anthropology and Paleontology, having authored 19 papers that have together received 2.2k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (15 papers), Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (10 papers) and Archaeology and Rock Art Studies (5 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Archeology (392 citations), Paleontology (1.3k citations) and Anthropology (1.7k citations). Curtis W. Marean has collaborated with scholars based in United States, South Africa and Australia. Frequent co-authors include Zenobia Jacobs, Jocelyn Bernatchez, Panagiotis Karkanas, Andy I.R. Herries, Erich C. Fisher, Kyle S. Brown, Peter Nilssen, David L. Roberts, Tom Minichillo and Paul Goldberg. Their work appears in journals such as Nature, Science and Earth and Planetary Science Letters.

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