Frank Meddens

523 total citations
23 papers, 217 citations indexed

About

Frank Meddens is a scholar working on Paleontology, Visual Arts and Performing Arts and Anthropology. According to data from OpenAlex, Frank Meddens has authored 23 papers receiving a total of 217 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Paleontology, 8 papers in Visual Arts and Performing Arts and 5 papers in Anthropology. Recurrent topics in Frank Meddens's work include Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (12 papers), Latin American history and culture (8 papers) and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (5 papers). Frank Meddens is often cited by papers focused on Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (12 papers), Latin American history and culture (8 papers) and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (5 papers). Frank Meddens collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Peru and Chile. Frank Meddens's co-authors include Barbara C. Silva, Rob A. Kemp, Nicholas Branch, Matthew Canti, Alan Williams, Katharina Schreiber, Nick Branch, Colin McEwan, Alan Williams and José Iriarte and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Archaeological Science, The Holocene and Quaternary International.

In The Last Decade

Frank Meddens

20 papers receiving 197 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Frank Meddens United Kingdom 8 145 64 54 49 41 23 217
Thomas H. Guderjan United States 10 206 1.4× 52 0.8× 62 1.1× 53 1.1× 57 1.4× 27 249
Ruth Shady Peru 8 183 1.3× 71 1.1× 42 0.8× 37 0.8× 94 2.3× 25 287
Santiago Uceda Peru 10 139 1.0× 66 1.0× 36 0.7× 31 0.6× 34 0.8× 21 245
Kevin Lane Argentina 7 136 0.9× 72 1.1× 42 0.8× 17 0.3× 69 1.7× 31 222
Thomas Schreiner United States 7 249 1.7× 72 1.1× 58 1.1× 127 2.6× 52 1.3× 10 311
Philippe Nondédéo France 10 255 1.8× 50 0.8× 102 1.9× 26 0.5× 38 0.9× 28 433
James J. Aimers United States 8 280 1.9× 90 1.4× 115 2.1× 63 1.3× 95 2.3× 16 348
Christopher S. Beekman United States 9 142 1.0× 81 1.3× 85 1.6× 26 0.5× 15 0.4× 17 203
Nicholas Tripcevich United States 10 235 1.6× 154 2.4× 54 1.0× 25 0.5× 120 2.9× 22 326
Kathryn Reese‐Taylor Canada 7 117 0.8× 34 0.5× 42 0.8× 18 0.4× 9 0.2× 18 212

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Fields of papers citing papers by Frank Meddens

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Frank Meddens

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All Works

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Meddens, Frank & Kevin Lane. (2023). Ploughing up the battlefield; Inca warfare, conquest and resilience. 42. 71–107.
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Branch, Nicholas, et al.. (2023). Pre-Hispanic terrace agricultural practices and long-distance transfer of plant taxa in the southern-central Peruvian Andes revealed by phytolith and pollen analysis. Vegetation History and Archaeobotany. 33(3). 375–391. 4 indexed citations
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Meddens, Frank, Katie Willis, Colin McEwan, & Nicholas Branch. (2014). Introduction: Inca sacred space – landscape, siteand symbol in the Andes. 1 indexed citations
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Meddens, Frank, et al.. (2011). Linking Land and Navy: archaeological investigations at the site of the Woolwich Royal Dockyard, south-eastern England. The International Journal of Nautical Archaeology. 40(2). 306–327. 1 indexed citations
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Meddens, Frank & Nicholas Branch. (2010). The Huari state, its use of ancestors, rural hinterland and agricultural infrastructure. Urology Case Reports. 34. 101496–101496. 1 indexed citations
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Meddens, Frank, et al.. (2010). Inca “Stone Ancestors” in Context at a High-AltitudeUsnuPlatform. Latin American Antiquity. 21(2). 173–194. 12 indexed citations
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Meddens, Frank, et al.. (2009). Human-environment interactions at the wetland edge in East London: trackways, platforms and Bronze Age responses to environmental change. CentAUR (University of Reading). 7 indexed citations
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Branch, Nicholas, et al.. (2006). Testing the sustainability and sensitivity to climatic change of terrace agricultural systems in the Peruvian Andes: a pilot study. Journal of Archaeological Science. 34(1). 1–9. 49 indexed citations
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Kemp, Rob A., et al.. (2006). Pedosedimentary, cultural and environmental significance of paleosols within pre-hispanic agricultural terraces in the southern Peruvian Andes. Quaternary International. 158(1). 13–22. 28 indexed citations
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Meddens, Frank. (2006). Rocks in the Landscape: Managing the Inka Agricultural Cycle. The Antiquaries Journal. 86. 36–65. 6 indexed citations
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Meddens, Frank, et al.. (2005). Pottery as plunder: a 17th-century maritime site in Limehouse, London. Post-Medieval Archaeology. 39(1). 1–91. 12 indexed citations
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Meddens, Frank, et al.. (2001). Roman Seasonal Wetland Pasture Exploitation near Nash, on the Gwent Levels, Wales. Britannia. 32. 143–143. 2 indexed citations
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Canti, Matthew & Frank Meddens. (1998). Mechanical Coring as an Aid to Archaeological Projects. Journal of Field Archaeology. 25(1). 97–105. 14 indexed citations
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Meddens, Frank. (1996). Sites from the Thames estuary wetlands, England, and their Bronze Age use. Antiquity. 70(268). 325–334. 21 indexed citations
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Meddens, Frank, et al.. (1989). The nature of Wari : a reappraisal of the Middle Horizon period in Peru. OpenGrey (Institut de l'Information Scientifique et Technique). 19 indexed citations
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Meddens, Frank, et al.. (1989). The Nature of Wari. University of Michigan Press eBooks. 3 indexed citations
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Meddens, Frank. (1985). The Chicha/Soras Valley during the Middle Horizon : provincial aspects of Huari. UCL Discovery (University College London). 6 indexed citations

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