David Hurst Thomas

3.0k total citations
116 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

David Hurst Thomas is a scholar working on Anthropology, Paleontology and Visual Arts and Performing Arts. According to data from OpenAlex, David Hurst Thomas has authored 116 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 57 papers in Anthropology, 42 papers in Paleontology and 15 papers in Visual Arts and Performing Arts. Recurrent topics in David Hurst Thomas's work include Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (42 papers), Archaeology and Natural History (38 papers) and Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (16 papers). David Hurst Thomas is often cited by papers focused on Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (42 papers), Archaeology and Natural History (38 papers) and Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (16 papers). David Hurst Thomas collaborates with scholars based in United States, Chile and Poland. David Hurst Thomas's co-authors include Alexandra Harmon, H. I. Griffiths, Matthew C. Sanger, Clark Spencer Larsen, Daniel T. Reff, David G. Anderson, Robert L. Bettinger, Gilberto M. Hinojosa, 国立民族学博物館 and Amy Turner Bushnell and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

David Hurst Thomas

108 papers receiving 1.4k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
David Hurst Thomas United States 22 1.0k 946 399 337 204 116 1.8k
Robert C. Dunnell United States 21 1.3k 1.3× 1.0k 1.1× 340 0.9× 155 0.5× 251 1.2× 70 1.9k
Henry T. Wright United States 25 1.1k 1.1× 932 1.0× 570 1.4× 215 0.6× 394 1.9× 68 2.3k
John W. Rick United States 14 1.1k 1.1× 914 1.0× 412 1.0× 145 0.4× 219 1.1× 29 1.6k
Kent G. Lightfoot United States 22 1.0k 1.0× 1.1k 1.1× 239 0.6× 178 0.5× 198 1.0× 69 1.7k
Andrew Sherratt United Kingdom 24 1.1k 1.1× 701 0.7× 743 1.9× 168 0.5× 258 1.3× 67 2.2k
Peter J. Ucko United Kingdom 21 1.0k 1.0× 898 0.9× 768 1.9× 170 0.5× 282 1.4× 59 2.5k
Graeme Barker United Kingdom 21 829 0.8× 745 0.8× 539 1.4× 192 0.6× 264 1.3× 44 1.7k
Aubrey Cannon Canada 21 736 0.7× 474 0.5× 292 0.7× 396 1.2× 171 0.8× 39 1.3k
Herbert D. G. Maschner United States 18 714 0.7× 417 0.4× 228 0.6× 277 0.8× 230 1.1× 47 1.4k
Warwick Bray United Kingdom 17 923 0.9× 500 0.5× 386 1.0× 200 0.6× 302 1.5× 83 1.7k

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Fields of papers citing papers by David Hurst Thomas

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David Hurst Thomas

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Ayala, Álvaro, Benjamin Aubrey Robson, Gonzalo Navarro, et al.. (2025). Monitoring the physical processes driving the mass loss of Tapado Glacier, Dry Andes of Chile. Journal of Glaciology. 71. 1 indexed citations
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Thomas, David Hurst, et al.. (2025). Spirit Cave Resilience: How Do We Explain a 10,000-Year Continuity?. American Antiquity. 90(2). 243–262.
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Thompson, Victor D., Matthew C. Sanger, C. Fred T. Andrus, et al.. (2024). Shellfishing, sea levels, and the earliest Native American villages (5000–3800 yrs. BP) of the South Atlantic Coast of the U.S. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 22322–22322. 1 indexed citations
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Mensing, Scott, Wei Wang, David Rhode, et al.. (2022). Temporal and geographic extent of the late Holocene dry period in the central Great Basin, USA. Quaternary Science Reviews. 300. 107900–107900. 8 indexed citations
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Sanger, Matthew C., Clark Spencer Larsen, Brendan J. Culleton, et al.. (2018). Early metal use and crematory practices in the American Southeast. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 115(33). E7672–E7679. 20 indexed citations
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Thomas, David Hurst. (2013). Great Basin Projectile Point Typology: Still Relevant?. eScholarship (California Digital Library). 33(1). 9 indexed citations
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Thomas, David Hurst. (2011). Indian Agency in Spanish Florida: Some New Findings from Mission Santa Catalina de Guale. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 5(1). 8. 2 indexed citations
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Thomas, David Hurst, Matthew C. Sanger, & David G. Anderson. (2010). TREND, TRADITION, AND TURMOIL WHAT HAPPENED TO THE SOUTHEASTERN ARCHAIC?. 65 indexed citations
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Reitz, Elizabeth J., et al.. (2010). Mission and Pueblo Santa Catalina de Guale, St. Catherines Island, Georgia: A comparative zooarchaeological analysis. 1–269. 9 indexed citations
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Deagan, Kathleen, et al.. (2009). From Santa Elena to St. Augustine : indigenous ceramic variability, A.D. 1400-1700. 4 indexed citations
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Thomas, David Hurst & C. Fred T. Andrus. (2008). Native American landscapes of St. Catherines Island, Georgia. 24 indexed citations
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Thomas, David Hurst, Clark Spencer Larsen, & Dale L. Hutchinson. (1986). The South End Mound complex. 1 indexed citations
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Thomas, David Hurst. (1985). The archaeology of Hidden Cave, Nevada. 61(1). 1–430. 47 indexed citations
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Thomas, David Hurst, et al.. (1983). The Fort Sage Drift Fence, Washoe County, Nevada. 13 indexed citations
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Larsen, Clark Spencer & David Hurst Thomas. (1982). Prehistoric human biological adaptation. 4 indexed citations
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Thomas, David Hurst. (1981). How to Classify the Projectile Points from Monitor Valley, Nevada. eScholarship (California Digital Library). 3(1). 7–43. 137 indexed citations
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Thomas, David Hurst. (1978). Natural and cultural history. 9 indexed citations
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Thomas, David Hurst. (1976). A Diegueno Shaman's Wand: An Object Lesson Illustrating the "Heirloom Hypothesis". eScholarship (California Digital Library). 3(1). 8 indexed citations
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Thomas, David Hurst. (1972). THE USE AND ABUSE OF NUMERICAL TAXONOMY IN ARCHAEOLOGY1. Archaeology in Oceania/Archæology & physical anthropology in Oceania. 7(1). 31–49. 9 indexed citations

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