Ina Plug

1.8k total citations
63 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Ina Plug is a scholar working on Anthropology, Archeology and Paleontology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ina Plug has authored 63 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 44 papers in Anthropology, 38 papers in Archeology and 17 papers in Paleontology. Recurrent topics in Ina Plug's work include Archaeology and Rock Art Studies (38 papers), Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (37 papers) and Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (15 papers). Ina Plug is often cited by papers focused on Archaeology and Rock Art Studies (38 papers), Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (37 papers) and Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (15 papers). Ina Plug collaborates with scholars based in South Africa, United Kingdom and United States. Ina Plug's co-authors include Jamie L. Clark, Peter Mitchell, Shaw Badenhorst, Geoff Bailey, R.C.G.M. Lauwerier, Christopher J. Brown, Karim Sadr, Peter J. Mundy, P. R. K. Richardson and D. Margaret Avery and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Archaeological Science, Journal of Human Evolution and Journal of Zoology.

In The Last Decade

Ina Plug

62 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ina Plug South Africa 22 933 702 614 225 204 63 1.2k
Shaw Badenhorst South Africa 17 562 0.6× 445 0.6× 315 0.5× 163 0.7× 118 0.6× 68 789
Karen D. Lupo United States 21 1.1k 1.2× 921 1.3× 138 0.2× 509 2.3× 529 2.6× 45 1.6k
Lawrence C. Todd United States 16 1.0k 1.1× 1.0k 1.5× 78 0.1× 427 1.9× 320 1.6× 40 1.4k
Elena A. A. Garcea Italy 15 501 0.5× 438 0.6× 127 0.2× 339 1.5× 40 0.2× 50 837
William R. Hildebrandt United States 14 437 0.5× 505 0.7× 104 0.2× 98 0.4× 343 1.7× 41 792
Veerle Linseele Belgium 17 366 0.4× 407 0.6× 147 0.2× 307 1.4× 84 0.4× 58 806
Lloyd Rossouw South Africa 12 390 0.4× 330 0.5× 82 0.1× 96 0.4× 140 0.7× 25 574
Elizabeth S. Wing United States 15 735 0.8× 1.0k 1.5× 61 0.1× 465 2.1× 536 2.6× 35 1.6k
Dennis J. Stanford United States 20 1.1k 1.2× 1.0k 1.5× 71 0.1× 406 1.8× 230 1.1× 53 1.4k
François Valla France 13 480 0.5× 570 0.8× 59 0.1× 416 1.8× 174 0.9× 48 1.1k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Plug, Ina. (2017). Middle and Later Stone Age hunters and their prey in southern Africa. Oxford University Press eBooks. 3 indexed citations
2.
Plug, Ina, et al.. (2016). Osteomorphology and osteometry versus aDNA in taxonomic identification of fragmentary sheep and sheep/goat bones from archaeological deposits : Blydefontein Shelter, Karoo, South Africa. Southern African humanities. 28. 61–79. 19 indexed citations
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Badenhorst, Shaw & Ina Plug. (2012). The faunal remains from the middle stone age levels of Bushman Rock Shelter in South Africa. The South African Archaeological Bulletin. 67(195). 16. 24 indexed citations
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Juwayeyi, Yusuf M., et al.. (2009). The faunal remains from Mankhamba, a Late Iron Age settlement site of the Maravi in central Malawi. 46(1). 45–61. 4 indexed citations
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Mitchell, Peter, Ina Plug, Geoff Bailey, & Stephan Woodborne. (2008). Bringing the Kalahari debate to the mountains. 2008(2). 1–22. 20 indexed citations
6.
Plug, Ina. (2008). Fish bone sizes as estimators of standard lengths of three southern African freshwater species with application to archaeological samples: A preliminary investigation. South African Journal of Science. 104. 71–75. 5 indexed citations
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Plug, Ina, et al.. (2008). Sehonghong : hunter-gatherer utilization of animal resources in the highlands of Lesotho. 45(1). 31–53. 30 indexed citations
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Clark, Jamie L. & Ina Plug. (2008). Animal exploitation strategies during the South African Middle Stone Age: Howiesons Poort and post-Howiesons Poort fauna from Sibudu Cave. Journal of Human Evolution. 54(6). 886–898. 109 indexed citations
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Plug, Ina. (2006). Aquatic animals and their associates from the Middle Stone Age levels at Sibudu. Southern African humanities. 18(1). 289–299. 42 indexed citations
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Plug, Ina. (2005). Osteomorphological differences between some skeletal elements of Labeobarbus kimberleyensis, Labeobarbus aeneus and Labeo capensis (Pisces: Cyprinidae). 42(1). 5–17. 3 indexed citations
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Plug, Ina. (2004). Resource exploitation : animal use during the Middle Stone Age at Sibudu Cave, KwaZulu-Natal : Sibudu Cave. South African Journal of Science. 100. 151–158. 62 indexed citations
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Plug, Ina, Peter Mitchell, & Geoff Bailey. (2003). Animal remains from Likoaeng, an open-air river site, and its place in the post-classic Wilton of Lesotho and eastern Free State, South Africa. South African Journal of Science. 99. 143–152. 23 indexed citations
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Plug, Ina, et al.. (2001). The Faunal Remains From Molokwane, Capital of the Bakwena ba Modimosana, Northwest Province, South Africa. 24(1). 25–39. 1 indexed citations
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Plug, Ina. (1998). Cattle remains in some pre- and protohistoric societies of the Central Cattle Pattern in southern Africa. Anthropozoologica. 747–752. 1 indexed citations
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Peters, Joris, Wim Van Neer, & Ina Plug. (1997). Comparative postcranial osteology of Hartebeest (Alcelaphus buselaphus), Scimitar Oryx (Oryx dammah) and Addax (Addax nasomaculatus), with notes on the osteometry of Gemsbok (Oryx gazella) and Arabian Oryx (Oryx leucoryx). 19 indexed citations
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Plug, Ina. (1996). Changing Societies in South Africa During the 18th, 19th and Early 20th Centuries: A Faunal Perspective. 19. 95–99. 2 indexed citations
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Plug, Ina. (1996). Seven centuries of Iron Age traditions at Bosutswe, Botswana: a faunal perspective. South African Journal of Science. 92(2). 91–97. 26 indexed citations
18.
Plug, Ina & Paul Skelton. (1991). Fish and other faunal remains from a Late Iron Age site on the Letaba River, Kruger National Park. Koedoe. 34(1). 5 indexed citations
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Plug, Ina, et al.. (1990). The Faunal Remains from Recent Excavations at uMgungundlovu. The South African Archaeological Bulletin. 45(151). 47–47. 16 indexed citations
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Richardson, P. R. K., Peter J. Mundy, & Ina Plug. (1986). Bone crushing carnivores and their significance to osteodystrophy in griffon vulture chicks. Journal of Zoology. 210(1). 23–43. 39 indexed citations

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