James B. Petersen

3.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
27 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

James B. Petersen is a scholar working on Anthropology, Paleontology and History. According to data from OpenAlex, James B. Petersen has authored 27 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Anthropology, 14 papers in Paleontology and 7 papers in History. Recurrent topics in James B. Petersen's work include Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (14 papers), Historical and Cultural Archaeology Studies (12 papers) and Amazonian Archaeology and Ethnohistory (7 papers). James B. Petersen is often cited by papers focused on Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (14 papers), Historical and Cultural Archaeology Studies (12 papers) and Amazonian Archaeology and Ethnohistory (7 papers). James B. Petersen collaborates with scholars based in United States, Brazil and Australia. James B. Petersen's co-authors include Eduardo Góes Neves, Johannes Lehmann, Flávio J. Luizão, Janice E. Thies, Dawit Solomon, J. O. Skjemstad, James Kinyangi, Biqing Liang, Julie Grossman and Brendan O’Neill and has published in prestigious journals such as Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, Soil Science Society of America Journal and American Antiquity.

In The Last Decade

James B. Petersen

26 papers receiving 2.0k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Black Carbon Increases Cation Exchange Capacity in Soils

2006 1.7k citations Biqing Liang, Johannes Lehmann et al. Soil Science Society of America Journal profile →

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Brendan O’Neill United States

Julie Major United States

Chih‐Hsin Cheng Taiwan

B. E. Madari Brazil

Liovando Marciano da Costa Brazil

V. de M. Benites Brazil

João Carlos Ker Brazil

A. S. R. Juo United States

Nils Borchard Germany

Jane C. Yeomans United States

Brendan O’Neill United States

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508 ×1.5

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424 ×1.5

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Petersen, James B., et al.. (2008). Preliminary Interpretations of Ceramic Compositional Analysis from Late Ceramic Age Sites in Anguilla and the Salt River Site in St. Croix. 45–55. 7 indexed citations

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Petersen, James B., et al.. (2007). "Handsome Death" The Taking, Veneration, and Consumption of Human Remains in the Insular Caribbean and Greater Amazonia. 6 indexed citations

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Solomon, Dawit, Johannes Lehmann, Janice E. Thies, et al.. (2007). Molecular signature and sources of biochemical recalcitrance of organic C in Amazonian Dark Earths. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 71(9). 2285–2298. 115 indexed citations

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Liang, Biqing, Johannes Lehmann, Dawit Solomon, et al.. (2006). Black Carbon Increases Cation Exchange Capacity in Soils. Soil Science Society of America Journal. 70(5). 1719–1730. 1723 indexed citations breakdown →

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Lima, Helena Pinto, Eduardo Góes Neves, & James B. Petersen. (2006). La fase Açutuba: um novo complexo cerâmico na Amazônia central. 2(1). 10 indexed citations

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Heckenberger, Michael, James B. Petersen, & Eduardo Góes Neves. (2001). Of Lost Civilizations and Primitive Tribes, Amazonia: Reply to Meggers. Latin American Antiquity. 12(3). 328–333. 9 indexed citations

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Petersen, James B., et al.. (2001). Spin, twist, and twine: an ethnoarchaeological examination of group identity in native fiber industries from Greater Amazonia. 28. 226–253. 2 indexed citations

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Heckenberger, Michael, James B. Petersen, & Eduardo Góes Neves. (1999). Village Size and Permanence in Amazonia: Two Archaeological Examples from Brazil. Latin American Antiquity. 10(4). 353–376. 115 indexed citations

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Heckenberger, Michael, Eduardo Góes Neves, & James B. Petersen. (1998). De onde surgem os modelos? As origens e expansões Tupi na Amazônia Central. Revista de Antropologia. 41(1). 69–96. 32 indexed citations

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Petersen, James B., et al.. (1998). A Most Indispensable Art: Native Fiber Industries from Eastern North America. Ethnohistory. 45(3). 593–593. 9 indexed citations

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McArthur, Laura H., et al.. (1997). Continuity and change in the food habits of the seventeenth‐century English colonists in Plymouth and Massachusetts Bay. Ecology of Food and Nutrition. 36(1). 65–93. 3 indexed citations

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Petersen, James B., et al.. (1996). Mid-Holocene Evidence ofCucurbitaSp. from Central Maine. American Antiquity. 61(4). 685–698. 22 indexed citations

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Petersen, James B., et al.. (1992). Early Evidence of Maize Agriculture in the Connecticut River Valley of Vermont. 20. 125–150. 13 indexed citations

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Petersen, James B., et al.. (1991). Amerindian ceramic remains from Fountain Cavern, Anguilla, West Indies. Annals of Carnegie Museum. 60(4). 321–357. 3 indexed citations

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Heckenberger, Michael, et al.. (1990). Early Woodland period ritual use of personal adornment at the Boucher site. Annals of Carnegie Museum. 59(3). 173–217. 4 indexed citations

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Petersen, James B., et al.. (1985). Three Middle Woodland Ceramic Assemblages from the Winooski Site. 4 indexed citations

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Petersen, James B., et al.. (1985). Archaeological investigations in the Shelburne Pond locality, Chittenden County, Vermont. Annals of Carnegie Museum. 54. 23–75. 2 indexed citations

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Petersen, James B., et al.. (1984). Netting Technology and the Antiquity of Fish Exploitation in Eastern North America. Midcontinental Journal of Archaeology. 9(2). 199–209. 10 indexed citations

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Petersen, James B., et al.. (1984). Early woodland ceramic and perishable fiber industries from the Northeast: A summary and interpretation. Annals of Carnegie Museum. 53. 413–445. 9 indexed citations

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Petersen, James B., et al.. (1983). Winooski Site and the Middle Woodland Period in the Northeast. 5 indexed citations

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