Helaine Silverman

3.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
72 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Helaine Silverman is a scholar working on Archeology, Visual Arts and Performing Arts and Anthropology. According to data from OpenAlex, Helaine Silverman has authored 72 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Archeology, 20 papers in Visual Arts and Performing Arts and 15 papers in Anthropology. Recurrent topics in Helaine Silverman's work include Latin American history and culture (20 papers), Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation (18 papers) and Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (14 papers). Helaine Silverman is often cited by papers focused on Latin American history and culture (20 papers), Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation (18 papers) and Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (14 papers). Helaine Silverman collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Bolivia. Helaine Silverman's co-authors include William H. Isbell, D. Fairchild Ruggles, Tami Blumenfield, Donald A. Proulx, Mike Robinson, Emma Waterton, Steve P. Watson, Susan A. Niles, Anthony F. Aveni and Franck Rapaport and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences and American Journal of Physical Anthropology.

In The Last Decade

Helaine Silverman

67 papers receiving 1.6k citations

Hit Papers

The Handbook of South Ame... 2008 2026 2014 2020 2008 100 200 300 400
What are hit papers?

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.

  1. The Handbook of South American Archaeology
    2008 499 citations Helaine Silverman, William H. Isbell et al. Digital Access to Libraries (Université catholique de Louvain (UCL), l'Université de Namur (UNamur) and the Université Saint-Louis (USL-B)) profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Helaine Silverman United States 21 688 606 447 372 276 72 1.8k
Rosemary A. Joyce United States 23 1.0k 1.5× 445 0.7× 842 1.9× 322 0.9× 123 0.4× 75 1.9k
Yannis Hamilakis United Kingdom 24 645 0.9× 1.0k 1.7× 848 1.9× 322 0.9× 356 1.3× 84 2.3k
Randall H. McGuire United States 27 1.2k 1.7× 602 1.0× 1.5k 3.4× 206 0.6× 307 1.1× 76 2.4k
Yvonne Marshall United Kingdom 11 460 0.7× 451 0.7× 633 1.4× 251 0.7× 122 0.4× 21 1.3k
Gavin Lucas Iceland 19 644 0.9× 537 0.9× 710 1.6× 259 0.7× 157 0.6× 67 1.8k
Brian M. Fagan United States 26 947 1.4× 540 0.9× 1.2k 2.8× 251 0.7× 328 1.2× 176 2.9k
Barbara Bender United Kingdom 13 595 0.9× 441 0.7× 590 1.3× 454 1.2× 284 1.0× 31 1.7k
Siân Jones United Kingdom 15 303 0.4× 771 1.3× 455 1.0× 188 0.5× 298 1.1× 35 1.5k
Bjørnar Olsen Norway 15 442 0.6× 307 0.5× 526 1.2× 313 0.8× 141 0.5× 39 1.3k
Chris Gosden United Kingdom 31 1.3k 2.0× 788 1.3× 1.1k 2.5× 1.0k 2.8× 181 0.7× 89 3.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Helaine Silverman

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Fields of papers citing papers by Helaine Silverman

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Helaine Silverman

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All Works

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Silverman, Helaine. (2011). Epilogue: Perspectives on Community Archaeology. Historical Archaeology. 45(1). 152–166. 5 indexed citations
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Silverman, Helaine. (2010). Contested Cultural Heritage. DIAL (Catholic University of Leuven). 66 indexed citations
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Silverman, Helaine. (2009). Cahuachi in the Ancient Nasca World. University of Iowa Press eBooks. 7 indexed citations
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Silverman, Helaine & D. Fairchild Ruggles. (2009). Intangible Heritage Embodied. Digital Access to Libraries (Université catholique de Louvain (UCL), l'Université de Namur (UNamur) and the Université Saint-Louis (USL-B)). 56 indexed citations
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Silverman, Helaine. (2008). Mayor Daniel Estrada and the Plaza de Armas of Cuzco, Peru. 1(2). 181–217. 7 indexed citations
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Isbell, William H. & Helaine Silverman. (2002). Variations in sociopolitical organization. 2 indexed citations
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Silverman, Helaine. (2002). Introduction: The Space and Place of Death. Archeological Papers of the American Anthropological Association. 11(1). 1–11. 13 indexed citations
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Silverman, Helaine. (2002). Chapter 11. Narratives of Identity and History in Modern Cemeteries of Lima, Peru. Archeological Papers of the American Anthropological Association. 11(1). 167–190. 5 indexed citations
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Silverman, Helaine. (2002). Groovin’to ancient Peru. Journal of Social Archaeology. 2(3). 298–322. 6 indexed citations
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Silverman, Helaine. (1997). Anthropologist as Film Star. Anthropology News. 38(6). 40–41. 2 indexed citations
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Kolata, Alan L. & Helaine Silverman. (1995). Cahuachi in the Ancient Nasca World. Journal of Field Archaeology. 22(3). 361–361. 4 indexed citations
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Silverman, Helaine. (1994). The archaeological identification of an ancient Peruvian pilgrimage center. World Archaeology. 26(1). 1–18. 29 indexed citations
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Silverman, Helaine. (1994). Paracas in Nazca: New Data on the Early Horizon Occupation of the Rio Grande de Nazca Drainage, Peru. Latin American Antiquity. 5(4). 359–382. 28 indexed citations
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Silverman, Helaine. (1991). The Ethnography and Archaeology of Two Andean Pilgrimage Centers. 215–228. 3 indexed citations
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Aveni, Anthony F. & Helaine Silverman. (1991). BETWEEN THE LINES. The Sciences. 31(4). 36–42. 6 indexed citations
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Silverman, Helaine, et al.. (1991). New evidence for the date of the Nazca lines. Antiquity. 65(247). 208–220. 12 indexed citations
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Silverman, Helaine. (1988). Cahuachi: Non-Urban Cultural Complexity on the South Coast of Peru. Journal of Field Archaeology. 15(4). 403–430. 20 indexed citations
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Silverman, Helaine. (1986). Cahuachi : an Andean ceremonial center. U.M.I. (University Microfilms International) Dissertation Information Service eBooks. 7 indexed citations
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Silverman, Helaine. (1985). Monumentos y monumentalidad. Anthropologica. 3(3). 247–259.

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