H. J. Deacon

3.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
47 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

H. J. Deacon is a scholar working on Anthropology, Archeology and Paleontology. According to data from OpenAlex, H. J. Deacon has authored 47 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 31 papers in Anthropology, 17 papers in Archeology and 14 papers in Paleontology. Recurrent topics in H. J. Deacon's work include Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (27 papers), Archaeology and Rock Art Studies (17 papers) and Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (11 papers). H. J. Deacon is often cited by papers focused on Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (27 papers), Archaeology and Rock Art Studies (17 papers) and Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (11 papers). H. J. Deacon collaborates with scholars based in South Africa, United States and Australia. H. J. Deacon's co-authors include Janette Deacon, G. Philip Rightmire, Richard G. Klein, Rainer Grün, Peter Mitchell, Anthony R. Martin, R. F. Galbraith, Zenobia Jacobs, Richard G. Roberts and Ralf Vogelsang and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences and Earth-Science Reviews.

In The Last Decade

H. J. Deacon

46 papers receiving 2.0k citations

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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.

Ages for the Middle Stone Age of Southern Africa: Implications for Human Behavior and Dispersal

2008 393 citations H. J. Deacon, Rainer Grün et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
H. J. Deacon South Africa	26	1.9k	1.5k	922	649	475	47	2.4k
Royden Yates South Africa	21	1.9k 1.0×	1.4k 1.0×	947 1.0×	680 1.0×	304 0.6×	27	2.3k
Janette Deacon South Africa	22	1.5k 0.8×	1.0k 0.7×	1.0k 1.1×	386 0.6×	235 0.5×	60	1.9k
C. Garth Sampson United States	22	1.2k 0.6×	985 0.7×	683 0.7×	355 0.5×	170 0.4×	53	1.5k
Antonieta Jerardino South Africa	24	1.5k 0.8×	1.3k 0.9×	517 0.6×	618 1.0×	484 1.0×	56	2.1k
J. J. Wymer United Kingdom	21	1.7k 0.9×	1.4k 0.9×	249 0.3×	684 1.1×	610 1.3×	43	2.2k
Curtis W. Marean United States	15	1.7k 0.9×	1.3k 0.9×	392 0.4×	758 1.2×	420 0.9×	19	2.2k
Chantal Tribolo France	24	2.1k 1.1×	1.7k 1.2×	813 0.9×	721 1.1×	694 1.5×	61	2.7k
Kathryn Cruz‐Uribe United States	23	2.3k 1.2×	1.9k 1.3×	440 0.5×	1.1k 1.8×	344 0.7×	37	2.7k
Philip Van Peer Belgium	21	1.5k 0.8×	1.3k 0.9×	300 0.3×	865 1.3×	304 0.6×	80	1.9k
Erich C. Fisher United States	24	1.7k 0.9×	1.4k 0.9×	415 0.5×	581 0.9×	863 1.8×	39	2.4k

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Deacon, H. J., et al.. (2026). Late pleistocene cave deposits in the southern cape: current research at klasies river. 31–38.

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Rightmire, G. Philip, H. J. Deacon, Jeffrey H. Schwartz, & Ian Tattersall. (2005). Human foot bones from Klasies River main site, South Africa. Journal of Human Evolution. 50(1). 96–103. 36 indexed citations

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Deacon, H. J.. (2004). Talking to the rocks. 2004(1). 1–4. 1 indexed citations

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Deacon, H. J., et al.. (2004). Researching Africa's Past: New Contributions from British Archaeologists. The South African Archaeological Bulletin. 59(180). 71–71. 47 indexed citations

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Rightmire, G. Philip & H. J. Deacon. (2001). New human teeth from Middle Stone Age deposits at Klasies River, South Africa. Journal of Human Evolution. 41(6). 535–544. 35 indexed citations

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Deacon, H. J., Mary D. Leakey, & Derek Roe. (1996). Olduvai Gorge, Volume 5: Excavations in Beds III, IV and the Masek Beds, 1968-1971. The South African Archaeological Bulletin. 51(163). 41–41. 5 indexed citations

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Deacon, H. J.. (1995). Two Late Pleistocene-Holocene Archaeological Depositories from the Southern Cape, South Africa. The South African Archaeological Bulletin. 50(162). 121–121. 190 indexed citations

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Deacon, H. J.. (1993). Planting an Idea: An Archaeology of Stone Age Gatherers in South Africa. The South African Archaeological Bulletin. 48(158). 86–86. 65 indexed citations

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Deacon, H. J.. (1992). Southern Africa and modern human origins. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 337(1280). 177–183. 96 indexed citations

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Deacon, H. J., et al.. (1992). The Kalahari Environment. The South African Archaeological Bulletin. 47(155). 67–67. 1 indexed citations

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Grün, Rainer, Nicholas J Shackleton, & H. J. Deacon. (1990). Electron-Spin-Resonance Dating of Tooth Enamel From Klasies River Mouth Cave. Current Anthropology. 31(4). 427–432. 55 indexed citations

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Deacon, H. J.. (1983). Another look at the Pleistocene climates of South Africa. South African Journal of Science. 79(8). 325–328. 34 indexed citations

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Deacon, H. J. & Francis Van Noten. (1983). The Archaeology of Central Africa. The South African Archaeological Bulletin. 38(137). 47–47. 60 indexed citations

14.

Deacon, H. J. & John G. Evans. (1981). An Introduction to Environmental Archaeology. The South African Archaeological Bulletin. 36(134). 92–92. 25 indexed citations

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Deacon, H. J. & Janette Deacon. (1980). The Hafting, Function and Distribution of Small Convex Scrapers with an Example from Boomplaas Cave. The South African Archaeological Bulletin. 35(131). 31–31. 36 indexed citations

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Deacon, H. J., John Imbrie, & Katherine Palmer Imbrie. (1980). Ice Ages: Solving the Mystery. The South African Archaeological Bulletin. 35(132). 121–121. 4 indexed citations

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Deacon, H. J., et al.. (1978). The Evidence for Herding at Boomplaas Cave in the Southern Cape, South Africa. The South African Archaeological Bulletin. 33(127). 39–39. 76 indexed citations

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Hendey, Q. B. & H. J. Deacon. (1977). STUDIES IN PALAEONTOLOGY AND ARCHAEOLOGY IN THE SALDANHA REGION. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa. 42(3-4). 371–381. 5 indexed citations

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Deacon, H. J.. (1973). Environment and archeology. Earth-Science Reviews. 9(3). 291–293. 5 indexed citations

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Deacon, H. J.. (1967). Two Radiocarbon Dates from Scott's Cave, Gamtoos Valley. The South African Archaeological Bulletin. 22(86). 51–51. 10 indexed citations

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