Dean E. Arnold

2.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
51 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Dean E. Arnold is a scholar working on Paleontology, Archeology and Anthropology. According to data from OpenAlex, Dean E. Arnold has authored 51 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Paleontology, 15 papers in Archeology and 11 papers in Anthropology. Recurrent topics in Dean E. Arnold's work include Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (24 papers), Latin American history and culture (10 papers) and Cultural Heritage Materials Analysis (8 papers). Dean E. Arnold is often cited by papers focused on Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (24 papers), Latin American history and culture (10 papers) and Cultural Heritage Materials Analysis (8 papers). Dean E. Arnold collaborates with scholars based in United States and Slovakia. Dean E. Arnold's co-authors include Prudence M. Rice, Héctor Neff, Ronald L. Bishop, Peter H. Adler, Michael D. Glascock, Robert P. Brooks, Gary M. Feinman, Patrick Ryan Williams, Robert J. Speakman and B. F. Bohor and has published in prestigious journals such as Environmental Science & Technology, Limnology and Oceanography and Hydrobiologia.

In The Last Decade

Dean E. Arnold

45 papers receiving 1.7k citations

Hit Papers

Ceramic Theory and Cultur... 1987 2026 2000 2013 1987 100 200 300 400 500
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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. Ceramic Theory and Cultural Process
    1987 540 citations Dean E. Arnold et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Dean E. Arnold 982 748 529 291 259 51 2.1k
Daniel H. Sandweiss 1.4k 1.4× 374 0.5× 740 1.4× 686 2.4× 36 0.1× 60 2.9k
Nicholas P. Dunning 2.0k 2.0× 281 0.4× 463 0.9× 621 2.1× 22 0.1× 89 2.8k
Timothy Beach 1.8k 1.9× 281 0.4× 401 0.8× 660 2.3× 22 0.1× 91 2.8k
Hitoshi Yonenobu 435 0.4× 179 0.2× 265 0.5× 272 0.9× 95 0.4× 57 1.6k
D. D. Gilbertson 743 0.8× 567 0.8× 530 1.0× 359 1.2× 42 0.2× 99 2.6k
Fekri A. Hassan 947 1.0× 748 1.0× 671 1.3× 231 0.8× 28 0.1× 84 2.2k
Dan Penny 472 0.5× 174 0.2× 224 0.4× 420 1.4× 111 0.4× 66 1.9k
Mayke Wagner 1.2k 1.2× 281 0.4× 720 1.4× 534 1.8× 138 0.5× 63 3.0k
Marco Madella 1.8k 1.9× 617 0.8× 1.0k 2.0× 327 1.1× 21 0.1× 132 3.6k
Michael C. Meyer 577 0.6× 260 0.3× 657 1.2× 122 0.4× 72 0.3× 85 1.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Dean E. Arnold

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Arnold, Dean E.. (2024). Maya Blue: Unlocking the Mysteries of an Ancient Pigment. University Press of Colorado eBooks.
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Arnold, Dean E.. (2021). Retracing Inca Steps: Adventures in Andean Ethnoarchaeology. University of Utah Press eBooks.
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Arnold, Dean E.. (2018). Maya Potters' Indigenous Knowledge. University Press of Colorado eBooks. 9 indexed citations
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Arnold, Dean E.. (2018). Maya Potters' Indigenous Knowledge: Cognition, Engagement, and Practice. Digital Collections of Colorado (Colorado State University). 6 indexed citations
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Arnold, Dean E., et al.. (2013). The Materiality of Social Memory: The Potters’Gremioin Ticul, Yucatán, México. 5(2). 81–99. 2 indexed citations
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Arnold, Dean E.. (2008). Social Change and the Evolution of Ceramic Production and Distribution in a Maya Community. Digital Collections of Colorado (Colorado State University). 34 indexed citations
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Arnold, Dean E., et al.. (2008). The first direct evidence for the production of Maya Blue: rediscovery of a technology. Antiquity. 82(315). 151–164. 37 indexed citations
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Neff, Héctor, et al.. (1996). Neutron activation analysis of modern pottery: Insights for archaeological provenance research. Transactions of the American Nuclear Society. 74. 1 indexed citations
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Isbell, William H. & Dean E. Arnold. (1995). Ecology and Ceramic Production in an Andean Community. Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute. 1(4). 835–835. 6 indexed citations
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Arnold, Dean E., Héctor Neff, & Ronald L. Bishop. (1991). Compositional Analysis and “Sources” of Pottery: An Ethnoarcheological Approach. American Anthropologist. 93(1). 70–90. 153 indexed citations
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Neff, Héctor, Ronald L. Bishop, & Dean E. Arnold. (1990). A Reexamination of the Compositional Affiliations of Formative Period Whiteware from Highland Guatemala. Ancient Mesoamerica. 1(2). 171–180. 18 indexed citations
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Glass, Norman R., Dean E. Arnold, James N. Galloway, et al.. (1982). Effects of acid precipitation. Environmental Science & Technology. 16(3). 162–169. 20 indexed citations
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Arnold, Dean E. & B. F. Bohor. (1977). An Ancient Clay Mine at Yo’ K'at, Yucatan. American Antiquity. 42(4). 575–582. 9 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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Arnold, Dean E.. (1972). Mold‐made potters’ marks from the department of Apurimac, Peru. Ethnos. 37(1-4). 81–87. 1 indexed citations
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Arnold, Dean E.. (1971). Ethnomineralogy of Ticul, Yucatan Potters: Etics and Emics. American Antiquity. 36(1). 20–40. 97 indexed citations
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Arnold, Dean E.. (1970). The Emics of Pottery Design From Quinua, Peru. 2 indexed citations
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Arnold, Dean E.. (1966). Use of the Jaw-Injection Technique for Marking Warmwater Fish. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society. 95(4). 432–433. 3 indexed citations

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