Jago Jonathan Birk

1.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
21 papers, 992 citations indexed

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Jago Jonathan Birk is a scholar working on History, Atmospheric Science and Paleontology. According to data from OpenAlex, Jago Jonathan Birk has authored 21 papers receiving a total of 992 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in History, 5 papers in Atmospheric Science and 3 papers in Paleontology. Recurrent topics in Jago Jonathan Birk's work include Amazonian Archaeology and Ethnohistory (6 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (4 papers) and Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (3 papers). Jago Jonathan Birk is often cited by papers focused on Amazonian Archaeology and Ethnohistory (6 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (4 papers) and Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (3 papers). Jago Jonathan Birk collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Norway and United Kingdom. Jago Jonathan Birk's co-authors include Bruno Glaser, Delphine Renard, Doyle McKey, José Iriarte, Stéphen Rostain, Katharina Prost, Eva Lehndorff, Wulf Amelung, Renate Gerlach and Irene Holst and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, PLoS ONE and Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta.

In The Last Decade

Jago Jonathan Birk

19 papers receiving 959 citations

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State of the scientific knowledge on properties and genesis of Anthropogenic Dark Earths in Central Amazonia (terra preta de Índio)

2012 375 citations Bruno Glaser, Jago Jonathan Birk Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta profile →

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William I. Woods United States

Dirse Clara Kern Brazil

Jonathan A. Sandor United States

Jay B. Norton United States

José Albertino Bendassolli Brazil

Kristofer Johnson United States

Thierry Desjardins France

Armand Chauvel Brazil

Brenton Ladd Australia

J. J. Jiménez-Osornio Mexico

William I. Woods United States

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Birk, Jago Jonathan, et al.. (2025). Biomarker evidence on Early Paleolithic human-environment interactions from loess records in Tajikistan, Central Asia. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology. 663. 112786–112786. 2 indexed citations

Drollinger, Simon, et al.. (2025). Recent changes in rainfall patterns alter precipitation partitioning in European beech forest. Environmental Research Communications. 7(3). 31004–31004. 1 indexed citations

Steindal, Calin Constantin, et al.. (2025). Geochemical records from loess sediments provide insights into early hominin influence on the landscape in the Khovaling region of Southern Tajikistan, Central Asia. Organic Geochemistry. 212. 105088–105088.

Birk, Jago Jonathan, et al.. (2024). A matter of extraction – Extraction yields and ratios of faecal lipid biomarker from archaeological soils using Soxhlet, microwave-assisted and accelerated-solvent extraction. Organic Geochemistry. 197. 104863–104863. 3 indexed citations

Jull, Andrew, Jordon Bright, Chris Ebert, et al.. (2024). RDC volume 66 issue 2 Cover and Front matter. Radiocarbon. 66(2). f1–f4. 1 indexed citations

Friedrich, Ronny, et al.. (2024). ASSESSING ¹⁴C BLANKS IN THE SMALL-SCALE ANALYSIS OF N-ALKANE COMPOUND-SPECIFIC-RADIOCARBON-ANALYSIS. Radiocarbon. 66(2). 371–385.

Steindal, Calin Constantin, et al.. (2024). Occurrence and distribution of biomarkers in loess-paleosol sequences of Tajikistan (Central Asia): Implication for archaeo-ecological studies. Journal of Archaeological Science Reports. 61. 104902–104902. 2 indexed citations

Wright, David, Sarah Ivory, Jago Jonathan Birk, et al.. (2024). Palaeoenvironmental data indicate late quaternary anthropogenic impacts on vegetation and landscapes in Mzimba, northern Malawi. GoeScholar The Publication Server of the Georg-August-Universität Göttingen (Georg-August-Universität Göttingen). 2. 1 indexed citations

Birk, Jago Jonathan, et al.. (2021). Faecal biomarkers as tools to reconstruct land‐use history in maar sediments in the Westeifel Volcanic Field, Germany. Boreas. 51(3). 637–650. 9 indexed citations

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Prost, Katharina, et al.. (2020). Steroids aid in human decomposition fluid identification in soils of temporary mass graves from World War II. Journal of Archaeological Science Reports. 32. 102431–102431. 5 indexed citations

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Prost, Katharina, Jago Jonathan Birk, Eva Lehndorff, Renate Gerlach, & Wulf Amelung. (2017). Steroid Biomarkers Revisited – Improved Source Identification of Faecal Remains in Archaeological Soil Material. PLoS ONE. 12(1). e0164882–e0164882. 118 indexed citations

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Birk, Jago Jonathan, et al.. (2016). An imperial town in a time of transition. Life, environment, and decline of early Byzantine Caričin Grad. GoeScholar The Publication Server of the Georg-August-Universität Göttingen (Georg-August-Universität Göttingen). 2 indexed citations

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Said‐Pullicino, Daniel, Maria Alexandra Cucu, Marcella Sodano, et al.. (2013). Nitrogen immobilization in paddy soils as affected by redox conditions and rice straw incorporation. Geoderma. 228-229. 44–53. 111 indexed citations

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Renard, Delphine, Jago Jonathan Birk, Anne Zangerlé, et al.. (2013). Ancient human agricultural practices can promote activities of contemporary non-human soil ecosystem engineers: A case study in coastal savannas of French Guiana. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 62. 46–56. 18 indexed citations

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Birk, Jago Jonathan, Michaela A. Dippold, Guido L. B. Wiesenberg, & Bruno Glaser. (2012). Combined quantification of faecal sterols, stanols, stanones and bile acids in soils and terrestrial sediments by gas chromatography–mass spectrometry. Journal of Chromatography A. 1242. 1–10. 60 indexed citations

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Glaser, Bruno & Jago Jonathan Birk. (2012). State of the scientific knowledge on properties and genesis of Anthropogenic Dark Earths in Central Amazonia (terra preta de Índio). Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 82. 39–51. 375 indexed citations breakdown →

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Birk, Jago Jonathan, Wenceslau Geraldes Teixeira, Eduardo Góes Neves, & Bruno Glaser. (2011). Faeces deposition on Amazonian Anthrosols as assessed from 5β-stanols. Journal of Archaeological Science. 38(6). 1209–1220. 56 indexed citations

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Renard, Delphine, Jago Jonathan Birk, Bruno Glaser, et al.. (2011). Origin of mound-field landscapes: a multi-proxy approach combining contemporary vegetation, carbon stable isotopes and phytoliths. Plant and Soil. 351(1-2). 337–353. 20 indexed citations

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McKey, Doyle, Stéphen Rostain, José Iriarte, et al.. (2010). Pre-Columbian agricultural landscapes, ecosystem engineers, and self-organized patchiness in Amazonia. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 107(17). 7823–7828. 139 indexed citations

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Iriarte, José, Bruno Glaser, Jennifer Watling, et al.. (2010). Late Holocene Neotropical agricultural landscapes: phytolith and stable carbon isotope analysis of raised fields from French Guianan coastal savannahs. Journal of Archaeological Science. 37(12). 2984–2994. 55 indexed citations

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