Innocent Pikirayi

1.2k total citations
59 papers, 735 citations indexed

About

Innocent Pikirayi is a scholar working on Archeology, Anthropology and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Innocent Pikirayi has authored 59 papers receiving a total of 735 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 40 papers in Archeology, 35 papers in Anthropology and 16 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Innocent Pikirayi's work include Archaeology and Rock Art Studies (39 papers), Anthropological Studies and Insights (17 papers) and Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (12 papers). Innocent Pikirayi is often cited by papers focused on Archaeology and Rock Art Studies (39 papers), Anthropological Studies and Insights (17 papers) and Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (12 papers). Innocent Pikirayi collaborates with scholars based in South Africa, Zimbabwe and France. Innocent Pikirayi's co-authors include Shadreck Chirikure, Thomas N. Huffman, Anders Lindahl, Philippe Colomban, Munyaradzi Manyanga, Gilbert Pwiti, Peter Mitchell, Martin Hall, D. N. Beach and James Denbow and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Journal of Archaeological Science and Archaeometry.

In The Last Decade

Innocent Pikirayi

55 papers receiving 656 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Innocent Pikirayi South Africa 15 491 454 201 177 119 59 735
Marilee Wood South Africa 16 426 0.9× 295 0.6× 236 1.2× 296 1.7× 52 0.4× 26 721
Olivier Gosselain Belgium 15 509 1.0× 332 0.7× 595 3.0× 492 2.8× 88 0.7× 56 1.2k
Graham Connah Australia 17 456 0.9× 230 0.5× 246 1.2× 198 1.1× 68 0.6× 75 785
Aron Mazel United Kingdom 16 615 1.3× 589 1.3× 428 2.1× 106 0.6× 53 0.4× 54 791
Merrick Posnansky United States 17 626 1.3× 364 0.8× 176 0.9× 162 0.9× 89 0.7× 68 935
Carla M. Sinopoli United States 13 382 0.8× 96 0.2× 310 1.5× 226 1.3× 64 0.5× 30 704
Munyaradzi Manyanga South Africa 10 181 0.4× 186 0.4× 76 0.4× 136 0.8× 78 0.7× 17 365
Bernard Clist Belgium 14 267 0.5× 191 0.4× 131 0.7× 110 0.6× 16 0.1× 48 497
Augustin F. C. Holl United States 13 218 0.4× 140 0.3× 175 0.9× 119 0.7× 37 0.3× 47 447
Stephanie Wynne‐Jones United Kingdom 19 647 1.3× 160 0.4× 104 0.5× 144 0.8× 43 0.4× 59 795

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Innocent Pikirayi

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Pikirayi, Innocent, et al.. (2023). The Kampala Convention and Challenges to Geopolitical Security. UpSpace Institutional Repository (University of Pretoria). 45(1). 1 indexed citations
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Pikirayi, Innocent, et al.. (2022). Landscape, history and power: The Zimbabwe Culture and the Nambya state, north-western Zimbabwe. 9(3). 175–195. 3 indexed citations
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Colomban, Philippe, et al.. (2020). Post-15th century European glass beads in southern Africa: Composition and classification using pXRF and Raman spectroscopy. Journal of Archaeological Science Reports. 29. 102183–102183. 12 indexed citations
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Pikirayi, Innocent. (2019). Response to Steven Feierman’s ‘writing history: flow and blockage in circulation of knowledge’. Journal of Contemporary African Studies. 37(1). 36–38.
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Pikirayi, Innocent, et al.. (2018). The organisation and layout of Zulu military homesteads (amakhanda). Azania Archaeological Research in Africa. 54(1). 75–93. 2 indexed citations
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Schmidt, Peter R. & Innocent Pikirayi. (2018). Will Historical Archaeology Escape Its Western Prejudices to Become Relevant to Africa?. Archaeologies. 14(3). 443–471. 10 indexed citations
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Sulas, Federica & Innocent Pikirayi. (2018). Water and Society from Ancient Times to the Present. Scopus (Elsevier). 9 indexed citations
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Pikirayi, Innocent. (2018). The Demise of Great Zimbabwe, ad 1420–1550: An Environmental Re-Appraisal. 31–47. 3 indexed citations
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Chirikure, Shadreck, et al.. (2014). Zimbabwe Culture before Mapungubwe: New Evidence from Mapela Hill, South-Western Zimbabwe. PLoS ONE. 9(10). e111224–e111224. 37 indexed citations
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Pikirayi, Innocent. (2013). The Zimbabwe Culture and its Neighbours. Oxford University Press eBooks. 3 indexed citations
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Beer, Frikkie de, et al.. (2011). Efficiency of neutron tomography in visualizing the internal structure of metal artefacts from Mapungubwe museum collection with the aim of conservation. Journal of Cultural Heritage. 13(3). 246–253. 10 indexed citations
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Schoeman, Maria H., et al.. (2011). Evidence for indigenous strip-drawing in production of wire at Mapungubwe Hill (1220–1290 AD): towards an interdisciplinary approach. Journal of Archaeological Science. 39(3). 757–762. 1 indexed citations
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Chirikure, Shadreck & Innocent Pikirayi. (2008). Inside and outside the dry stone walls: revisiting the material culture of Great Zimbabwe. Antiquity. 82(318). 976–993. 54 indexed citations
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Pikirayi, Innocent. (2006). The Kingdom, the Power and Forevermore: Zimbabwe Culture in Contemporary Art and Architecture. Journal of Southern African Studies. 32(4). 755–770. 12 indexed citations
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Pikirayi, Innocent, et al.. (2002). The Zimbabwe Culture: Origins and Decline in Southern Zambezian States. The South African Archaeological Bulletin. 57(175). 44–44. 63 indexed citations
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Pikirayi, Innocent. (1999). David Beach, Shona History and the Archaeology of Zimbabwe. Zambezia The Journal of Humanities of the University of Zimbabwe. 26(2). 135–144. 3 indexed citations
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Pikirayi, Innocent. (1999). Taking Southern African Ceramic Studies into the Twenty-First Century: A Zimbabwean Perspective. African Archaeological Review. 16(3). 185–189. 9 indexed citations
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Pikirayi, Innocent. (1997). The pottery of the historical Mutapa State: an examination of the local ceramics from some trading centres in northern Zimbabwe. 30–47. 2 indexed citations

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