Douglas J. Kennett

18.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
206 papers, 7.2k citations indexed

About

Douglas J. Kennett is a scholar working on Paleontology, Anthropology and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Douglas J. Kennett has authored 206 papers receiving a total of 7.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 145 papers in Paleontology, 69 papers in Anthropology and 62 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Douglas J. Kennett's work include Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (139 papers), Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies (61 papers) and Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (53 papers). Douglas J. Kennett is often cited by papers focused on Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (139 papers), Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies (61 papers) and Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (53 papers). Douglas J. Kennett collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Germany. Douglas J. Kennett's co-authors include Brendan J. Culleton, Jon M. Erlandson, James P. Kennett, Keith M. Prufer, Bruce Winterhalder, B. Lynn Ingram, Torben C. Rick, Terry L. Jones, Christopher S. Jazwa and Norbert Marwan and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Douglas J. Kennett

198 papers receiving 6.8k citations

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

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

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Postclassic Maya population recovery and rural resilience in the aftermath of collapse in northern Yucatan 2024 ·Journal of Anthropological Archaeology ·Marilyn A. Masson, Timothy S. Hare, Carlos Peraza Lope, Douglas J. Kennett, Walter R. Witschey, (unknown), (unknown), Richard J. George, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown)	2
2	The development of early farming diets and population change in the Maya region and their climate context 2023 ·Quaternary International ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), J. Mes, Matthew S. Lachniet, Douglas J. Kennett, Keith M. Prufer	2
3	Decline in seasonal predictability potentially destabilized Classic Maya societies 2023 ·Communications Earth & Environment ·(unknown), Sebastian F. M. Breitenbach, (unknown), Franziska A. Lechleitner, (unknown), Lisa M. Baldini, Victor J. Polyak, James U.L. Baldini, Douglas J. Kennett, Keith M. Prufer, Norbert Marwan	10
4	Temporal and geographic extent of the late Holocene dry period in the central Great Basin, USA 2022 ·Quaternary Science Reviews ·Scott Mensing, Wei Wang, David Rhode, Douglas J. Kennett, Adam Csank, David Hurst Thomas, (unknown), Thomas K. Harper, Brendan J. Culleton, Richard J. George, John Southon	8
5	Investigating Past Livestock Mobility Using δ34S Stable Isotopes: Three Preliminary Case Studies From Prehistoric Croatia 2022 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·(unknown), Sarah B. McClure, Brendan J. Culleton, (unknown), Jacqueline Balen, (unknown), Douglas J. Kennett	2
6	Dairying enabled Early Bronze Age Yamnaya steppe expansions 2021 ·Nature ·Shevan Wilkin, Alicia Ventresca Miller, Ricardo Fernandes, Robert N. Spengler, William Taylor, Dorcas Brown, David Reich, Douglas J. Kennett, Brendan J. Culleton, Laura Kunz, Claudia Fortes, (unknown), Pavel Kuznetsov, Andrey Epimakhov, Victor F. Zaibert, Alan K. Outram, Еgor Kitov, Aleksandr Khokhlov, David W. Anthony, Nicole Boivin	49
7	Genomic analyses reveal range‐wide devastation of sea otter populations 2021 ·Molecular Ecology ·Annabel C. Beichman, (unknown), Christopher C. Kyriazis, (unknown), (unknown), Gisela Heckel, Yolanda Schramm, Andrés Moreno‐Estrada, Douglas J. Kennett, (unknown), James L. Bodkin, Klaus‐Peter Koepfli, Kirk E. Lohmueller, Robert K. Wayne	13
8	Using a multimethod life history approach to navigate the osteological paradox: A case study from Prehispanic Nasca, Peru 2021 ·American Journal of Physical Anthropology ·(unknown), Amy Anderson, Douglas J. Kennett	6
9	Reductions in the dietary niche of southern sea otters (Enhydra lutris nereis) from the Holocene to the Anthropocene 2020 ·Ecology and Evolution ·Emma A. Elliott Smith, M. Tim Tinker, (unknown), Douglas J. Kennett, René L. Vellanoweth, Diane Gifford–Gonzalez, (unknown), Seth D. Newsome	11
10	Archaeological Central American maize genomes suggest ancient gene flow from South America 2020 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Logan Kistler, Heather B. Thakar, Amber M. VanDerwarker, Alejandra I. Domic, Anders Bergström, Richard J. George, Thomas K. Harper, Robin G. Allaby, Kenneth Hirth, Douglas J. Kennett	36
11	Early isotopic evidence for maize as a staple grain in the Americas 2020 ·Science Advances ·Douglas J. Kennett, Keith M. Prufer, Brendan J. Culleton, Richard J. George, Mark Robinson, Willa Trask, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Thomas K. Harper, Lexi O’Donnell, (unknown), Ethan C. Hill, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Heather J. H. Edgar, Jaime J. Awe, (unknown)	76
12	A mass sacrifice of children and camelids at the Huanchaquito-Las Llamas site, Moche Valley, Peru 2019 ·PLoS ONE ·(unknown), John W. Verano, Nicolás Goepfert, Douglas J. Kennett, Jeffrey Quilter, Steven A. LeBlanc, Lars Fehren‐Schmitz, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Élise Dufour, Olivier Tombret, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown)	34
13	Current research on Late Pleistocene and Early Holocene human remains from the Bladen Nature Reserve in southern Belize 2018 ·Ethan C. Hill, (unknown), Willa Trask, (unknown), Catriona J. McKenzie, Heather J. H. Edgar, Douglas J. Kennett, Keith M. Prufer	2
14	Scaling up: Stable isotope evidence for the intensification of animal husbandry in Bronze-Iron Age Lika, Croatia 2018 ·Journal of Archaeological Science Reports ·(unknown), Sarah B. McClure, Martin Welker, Brendan J. Culleton, Jacqueline Balen, Douglas J. Kennett	8
15	Early metal use and crematory practices in the American Southeast 2018 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Matthew C. Sanger, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Clark Spencer Larsen, Brendan J. Culleton, Douglas J. Kennett, Laure Dussubieux, (unknown), (unknown), David Hurst Thomas	20
16	New evidence of widespread hunting of giant lemurs on Madagascar 2016 ·Laurie R. Godfrey, Ventura R. Pérez, (unknown), Brooke E. Crowley, (unknown), Brendan J. Culleton, Douglas J. Kennett, George H. Perry	1
17	Soot as Evidence for Widespread Fires at the Younger Dryas Onset (YDB; 12.9 ka) 2008 ·AGUFM ·(unknown), George A. Howard, (unknown), R. B. Firestone, Allen West, James P. Kennett, Douglas J. Kennett, T. E. Bunch, Wendy S. Wolbach	8
18	Hexagonal Diamonds (Lonsdaleite) Discovered in the K/T Impact Layer in Spain and New Zealand 2008 ·AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts ·T. E. Bunch, J. H. Wittke, Anthony R. West, James P. Kennett, Douglas J. Kennett, Shane S. Que Hee, Wendy S. Wolbach, (unknown), C. Mercer, James C. Weaver	2
19	Behavioral ecology and the evolution of hunter-gatherer societies on the Northern Channel Islands, California 1999 ·UMI eBooks ·Douglas J. Kennett	62
20	The Cico Chert Source on San Miguel Island, California 1997 ·eScholarship (California Digital Library) ·Jon M. Erlandson, Douglas J. Kennett, Richard J. Behl, Ian Hough	18

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