Gavin Whitelaw

781 citations
24 papers · 412 indexed · h-index 12
Topics
Archaeology and Rock Art Studies (21 papers)Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (10 papers)Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (8 papers)

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Gavin Whitelaw

24 papers receiving 347 citations

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Gavin Whitelaw
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  • Anthropology 274
  • Archeology 266
  • Paleontology 169
  • Archeology 70
  • Sociology and Political Science 52
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All Works

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2 1
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Four Iron Age women from KwaZulu-Natal: biological anthropology, genetics and archaeological context
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4 46
5 8
6 6
7 4
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An Iron Age fishing tale
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Pots that talk, izinkamba ezikhulumayo
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10 38
11 7
12 18
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The ceramics and distribution of pioneer agriculturists in KwaZulu-Natal
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14 11
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KwaGandaganda: settlement patterns in the Natal Early Iron Age
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16 21
17 18
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Customs and settlement patterns in the first millennium AD: evidence from Nanda, an Early Iron Age in the Mngeni Valley, Natal
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19 2
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Precolonial iron production around Durban and in southern Natal
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About Gavin Whitelaw

Gavin Whitelaw is a scholar working on Archeology, Anthropology and Paleontology, having authored 24 papers that have together received 412 indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Archaeology and Rock Art Studies (21 papers), Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (10 papers) and Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (8 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Archeology (266 citations), Anthropology (274 citations) and Paleontology (169 citations). Gavin Whitelaw has collaborated with scholars based in South Africa, United Kingdom and Sweden. Frequent co-authors include Peter Mitchell, Tim Maggs, Michael Moon, Ashley N. Coutu, Petrus le Roux, Judith Sealy, Duncan Miller, A. E. Pillay, Chamindie Punyadeera and L. Jacobson. Their work appears in journals such as Nature Communications, Journal of Archaeological Science and The South African Archaeological Bulletin.

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