David L. Browman

1.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
59 papers, 971 citations indexed

About

David L. Browman is a scholar working on Anthropology, Paleontology and Visual Arts and Performing Arts. According to data from OpenAlex, David L. Browman has authored 59 papers receiving a total of 971 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Anthropology, 13 papers in Paleontology and 13 papers in Visual Arts and Performing Arts. Recurrent topics in David L. Browman's work include Latin American history and culture (13 papers), Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (13 papers) and Indigenous Cultures and History (7 papers). David L. Browman is often cited by papers focused on Latin American history and culture (13 papers), Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (13 papers) and Indigenous Cultures and History (7 papers). David L. Browman collaborates with scholars based in United States and New Zealand. David L. Browman's co-authors include Terence N. D’Altroy, Thomas P. Myers, John R. Topic, John V. Murra, Katharina Schreiber, Michael E. Moseley, Frank Salomon, Timothy Earle, Richard L. Burger and Mario A. Rivera and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Journal of Arid Environments.

In The Last Decade

David L. Browman

50 papers receiving 806 citations

Hit Papers

Staple Finance, Wealth Finance, and Storage in the Inka P... 1985 2026 1998 2012 1985 50 100 150 200 250
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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.

  1. Staple Finance, Wealth Finance, and Storage in the Inka Political Economy [and Comments and Reply]
    1985 276 citations David L. Browman et al. Current Anthropology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
David L. Browman United States 17 532 395 178 164 160 59 971
William T. Sanders United States 13 587 1.1× 293 0.7× 161 0.9× 301 1.8× 127 0.8× 39 920
Robert S. Santley United States 16 593 1.1× 335 0.8× 170 1.0× 259 1.6× 139 0.9× 36 795
Arthur A. Demarest United States 17 773 1.5× 414 1.0× 222 1.2× 457 2.8× 127 0.8× 37 1.1k
William A. Haviland United States 18 490 0.9× 219 0.6× 131 0.7× 245 1.5× 132 0.8× 56 826
Payson Sheets United States 19 610 1.1× 336 0.9× 198 1.1× 182 1.1× 152 0.9× 41 881
Barbara J. Price United States 13 759 1.4× 526 1.3× 225 1.3× 258 1.6× 184 1.1× 24 1.3k
Charles C. Kolb United States 16 656 1.2× 500 1.3× 158 0.9× 113 0.7× 336 2.1× 36 1.2k
Wendy Ashmore United States 17 833 1.6× 377 1.0× 260 1.5× 435 2.7× 173 1.1× 44 1.2k
Augusto Oyuela‐Caycedo United States 12 367 0.7× 260 0.7× 128 0.7× 147 0.9× 95 0.6× 33 683
Lisa J. Lucero United States 18 692 1.3× 266 0.7× 160 0.9× 318 1.9× 132 0.8× 47 1.0k

Countries citing papers authored by David L. Browman

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Fields of papers citing papers by David L. Browman

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David L. Browman

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Browman, David L.. (2006). Ephraim George Squier and the development of American anthropology. Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences. 42(4). 400–401. 9 indexed citations
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Browman, David L.. (2003). W. C. McKern and the Midwestern Taxonomic Method. R. Lee Lyman , Michael J. O'Brien. Journal of Anthropological Research. 59(3). 378–380. 1 indexed citations
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Browman, David L.. (2001). Archaeology, Language, and History: Essays on Culture and Ethnicity. Journal of Linguistic Anthropology. 11(2). 298–300. 11 indexed citations
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Browman, David L.. (1999). Max Uhle and the Museo de Historia Nacional-Lima. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 9(1). 7–7.
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Browman, David L.. (1999). The Land of Prehistory: A Critical History of American Archaeology. Alice Beck Kehoe. Routledge. New York. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 9(1). 15–15. 3 indexed citations
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Browman, David L.. (1999). Domesticating History: The Political Origins ofAmericas House Museums, Patricia West. Washington D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 9(2). 24–24. 4 indexed citations
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Browman, David L.. (1998). Lithic Provenience Analysis and Emerging Material Complexity at Formative Period Chiripa, Bolivia. DigitalCommons (California Polytechnic State University). 5(1). 17. 13 indexed citations
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Browman, David L.. (1997). Pastoral Risk Perception and Risk Definition for Altiplano Herders. Nomadic Peoples. 1(1). 22–36. 8 indexed citations
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Browman, David L.. (1994). Cultural Process, Cultural Context, and Revisionism: Recent Works on Andean Civilization and Cosmology. Latin American Research Review. 29(2). 235–248. 1 indexed citations
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Browman, David L., et al.. (1993). Altiplano comestible earths: Prehistoric and historic geophagy of Highland Peru and Bolivia. Geoarchaeology. 8(5). 413–425. 19 indexed citations
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Browman, David L.. (1987). Arid land use strategies and risk management in the Andes.. 19 indexed citations
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Browman, David L., et al.. (1987). Arid Land Use Strategies And Risk Management In The Andes: A Regional Anthropological Perspective. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 35 indexed citations
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Browman, David L., Richard L. Burger, & Mario A. Rivera. (1984). Social and economic organization in the prehispanic andes : proceedings, 44 International Congress of Americanists, Manchester 1982. 2 indexed citations
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Orquera, Luis Abel, Frank E. Bayham, David L. Browman, et al.. (1984). Specialization and the Middle/Upper Paleolithic Transition [and Comments and Reply]. Current Anthropology. 25(1). 73–98. 11 indexed citations
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Browman, David L.. (1981). New Light on Andean Tiwanaku. 69(4). 408–419. 44 indexed citations
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Browman, David L.. (1976). Demographic Correlations of the Wari Conquest of Junin. American Antiquity. 41(4). 465–477. 16 indexed citations
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Browman, David L., Randi Haaland, & Dean E. Arnold. (1975). On Ceramic Ecology in the Ayacucho Basin. Current Anthropology. 16(4). 636–640. 2 indexed citations
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Browman, David L.. (1974). Pastoral Nomadism in the Andes. Current Anthropology. 15(2). 188–196. 93 indexed citations
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Browman, David L., et al.. (1969). Columbia Plateau Prehistory: Cultural Development and Impinging Influences. American Antiquity. 34(3). 249–264. 10 indexed citations

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