Edward Schortman

2.2k total citations
36 papers, 937 citations indexed

About

Edward Schortman is a scholar working on Paleontology, Visual Arts and Performing Arts and Anthropology. According to data from OpenAlex, Edward Schortman has authored 36 papers receiving a total of 937 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Paleontology, 16 papers in Visual Arts and Performing Arts and 13 papers in Anthropology. Recurrent topics in Edward Schortman's work include Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (21 papers), Latin American history and culture (16 papers) and Historical Studies in Central America (5 papers). Edward Schortman is often cited by papers focused on Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (21 papers), Latin American history and culture (16 papers) and Historical Studies in Central America (5 papers). Edward Schortman collaborates with scholars based in United States. Edward Schortman's co-authors include Patricia Urbán, Wendy Ashmore, Rita Smith Kipp, Prudence M. Rice, Kathleen Deagan, Ann F. Ramenofsky, Robert Livingston Schuyler, James Cusick, Alice Β. Kehoe and Rosemary A. Joyce and has published in prestigious journals such as Annual Review of Anthropology, American Anthropologist and Current Anthropology.

In The Last Decade

Edward Schortman

33 papers receiving 788 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Edward Schortman United States 17 663 427 254 172 159 36 937
Terence N. D’Altroy United States 16 701 1.1× 410 1.0× 378 1.5× 226 1.3× 196 1.2× 28 1.1k
Elsa M. Redmond United States 17 550 0.8× 312 0.7× 237 0.9× 179 1.0× 152 1.0× 37 891
Wendy Ashmore United States 17 833 1.3× 377 0.9× 435 1.7× 260 1.5× 173 1.1× 44 1.2k
Charles S. Spencer United States 18 702 1.1× 361 0.8× 245 1.0× 222 1.3× 174 1.1× 46 1.1k
Arthur A. Demarest United States 17 773 1.2× 414 1.0× 457 1.8× 222 1.3× 127 0.8× 37 1.1k
Patricia A. McAnany United States 20 862 1.3× 515 1.2× 414 1.6× 273 1.6× 251 1.6× 50 1.2k
William T. Sanders United States 13 587 0.9× 293 0.7× 301 1.2× 161 0.9× 127 0.8× 39 920
Katharina Schreiber United States 18 812 1.2× 367 0.9× 412 1.6× 337 2.0× 257 1.6× 37 1.2k
Julia A. Hendon United States 12 515 0.8× 377 0.9× 228 0.9× 129 0.8× 153 1.0× 32 766
Charles Stanish United States 22 938 1.4× 488 1.1× 368 1.4× 397 2.3× 266 1.7× 65 1.4k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Edward Schortman

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Edward Schortman

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Urbán, Patricia & Edward Schortman. (2019). Archaeological Theory in Practice. 2 indexed citations
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Cusick, James, Kathleen Deagan, Prudence M. Rice, et al.. (2015). Studies in Culture Contact: Interaction, Culture Change, and Archaeology. Digital Kenyon (Kenyon College). 81 indexed citations
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Schortman, Edward. (2014). Networks of Power in Archaeology. Annual Review of Anthropology. 43(1). 167–182. 19 indexed citations
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Schortman, Edward & Patricia Urbán. (2014). Materializing Power through Practice in the Late Postclassic Naco Valley, Northwestern Honduras. Latin American Antiquity. 25(3). 344–368. 3 indexed citations
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Schortman, Edward & Wendy Ashmore. (2012). History, networks, and the quest for power: ancient political competition in the Lower Motagua Valley, Guatemala. Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute. 18(1). 1–21. 18 indexed citations
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Schortman, Edward & Patricia Urbán. (2012). Enacting power through networks. Journal of Anthropological Archaeology. 31(4). 500–514. 14 indexed citations
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Schortman, Edward & Patricia Urbán. (2011). Networks of power : political relations in the late postclassic Naco Valley, Honduras. Digital Kenyon (Kenyon College). 6 indexed citations
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Schortman, Edward & Patricia Urbán. (2011). Networks of Power. University Press of Colorado eBooks. 14 indexed citations
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Schortman, Edward. (2011). Understanding Ancient Interactions. Journal of World-Systems Research. 532–537. 1 indexed citations
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Schortman, Edward & Patricia Urbán. (2004). Modeling the Roles of Craft Production in Ancient Political Economies. Journal of Archaeological Research. 12(2). 185–226. 90 indexed citations
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Urbán, Patricia & Edward Schortman. (2004). Opportunities for Advancement: Intra-Community Power Contests in the Midst of Political Decentralization in Terminal Classic Southeastern Mesoamerica. Latin American Antiquity. 15(3). 251–272. 22 indexed citations
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Schortman, Edward. (2001). The Archaeology of Regional Interaction: Religion, Warfare and Exchange across the American Southwest and Beyond. American Anthropologist. 103(2). 547–548. 51 indexed citations
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Schortman, Edward & Patricia Urbán. (1995). Late Classic Society in the Rio Ulna Drainage, Honduras. Journal of Field Archaeology. 22(4). 439–457. 4 indexed citations
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Schortman, Edward & Patricia Urbán. (1995). Late Classic Society in the Rio Ulua Drainage, Honduras. Journal of Field Archaeology. 22(4). 439–439. 2 indexed citations
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Joyce, Rosemary A., et al.. (1993). Women's Work: Images of Production and Reproduction in Pre-Hispanic Southern Central America [and Comments and Reply]. Current Anthropology. 34(3). 255–274. 65 indexed citations
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Schortman, Edward. (1989). Interregional Interaction in Prehistory: The Need for a New Perspective. American Antiquity. 54(1). 52–65. 72 indexed citations
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Weeks, John, et al.. (1987). Ancient society in Santa Barbara, Honduras. Digital Kenyon (Kenyon College). 3(2). 6 indexed citations
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Andrews, Anthony, Patricia Urbán, & Edward Schortman. (1987). The Southeast Maya Periphery.. Hispanic American Historical Review. 67(3). 509–509. 9 indexed citations
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Schortman, Edward, et al.. (1986). Interregional Interaction in the SE Maya Periphery: The Santa Barbara Archaeological Project 1983-1984 Seasons. Journal of Field Archaeology. 13(3). 259–259. 2 indexed citations
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Schortman, Edward. (1984). Archaeological investigations in the Lower Motagua Valley, Izabal, Guatemala : a study in monumental site function and interaction. Scholarly Commons (University of Pennsylvania). 1–923. 13 indexed citations

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