James Deetz

2.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
23 papers, 1.0k citations indexed

About

James Deetz is a scholar working on Anthropology, Paleontology and Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law. According to data from OpenAlex, James Deetz has authored 23 papers receiving a total of 1.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Anthropology, 9 papers in Paleontology and 4 papers in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law. Recurrent topics in James Deetz's work include Historical and Cultural Archaeology Studies (13 papers), Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (9 papers) and Archaeology and Natural History (6 papers). James Deetz is often cited by papers focused on Historical and Cultural Archaeology Studies (13 papers), Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (9 papers) and Archaeology and Natural History (6 papers). James Deetz collaborates with scholars based in United States and South Africa. James Deetz's co-authors include Ivor Noël Hume, Charles E. Orser, Anne Yentsch, Mary C. Beaudry, J. D. Lewis‐Williams, John Demos, Richard L. Bushman, Carmel Schrire and Cédric Poggenpoel and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of Archaeological Science and Journal of American History.

In The Last Decade

James Deetz

23 papers receiving 789 citations

Hit Papers

In Small Things Forgotten: The Archaeology of Early Ameri... 1978 2026 1994 2010 1978 100 200 300
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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.

  1. In Small Things Forgotten: The Archaeology of Early American Life
    1978 350 citations James Deetz American Art Journal profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
James Deetz United States 14 727 436 216 160 98 23 1.0k
Parker B. Potter United States 12 643 0.9× 347 0.8× 259 1.2× 113 0.7× 91 0.9× 21 815
Robert Paynter United States 12 711 1.0× 422 1.0× 244 1.1× 125 0.8× 124 1.3× 28 936
Charles E. Orser United States 18 1.1k 1.5× 523 1.2× 332 1.5× 158 1.0× 157 1.6× 71 1.3k
Matthew H. Johnson United States 16 763 1.0× 567 1.3× 388 1.8× 200 1.3× 127 1.3× 46 1.3k
Barbara J. Price United States 13 526 0.7× 759 1.7× 184 0.9× 135 0.8× 165 1.7× 24 1.3k
Paul A. Shackel United States 17 694 1.0× 332 0.8× 390 1.8× 94 0.6× 168 1.7× 79 1.0k
Norman Yoffee United States 14 396 0.5× 608 1.4× 355 1.6× 110 0.7× 204 2.1× 49 1.1k
Stephen L. Dyson United States 12 510 0.7× 377 0.9× 338 1.6× 96 0.6× 75 0.8× 49 939
Stephen W. Silliman United States 14 585 0.8× 398 0.9× 160 0.7× 107 0.7× 75 0.8× 32 797
Margaret W. Conkey United States 6 490 0.7× 448 1.0× 194 0.9× 158 1.0× 54 0.6× 12 776

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Fields of papers citing papers by James Deetz

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of James Deetz

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Deetz, James, et al.. (2002). The Times of Their Lives: Life, Love, and Death in Plymouth Colony. Journal of American History. 88(4). 1498–1498. 20 indexed citations
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Demos, John, et al.. (2001). The Times of Their Lives: Life, Love, and Death in Plymouth Colony. The William and Mary Quarterly. 58(4). 986–986. 12 indexed citations
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Deetz, James. (1998). Discussion: Archaeologists as storytellers. Historical Archaeology. 32(1). 94–96. 18 indexed citations
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Orser, Charles E. & James Deetz. (1994). Flowerdew Hundred: The Archaeology of a Virginia Plantation, 1619-1864.. Journal of American History. 81(3). 1285–1285. 57 indexed citations
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Deetz, James, et al.. (1994). Flowerdew Hundred: The Archaeology of a Virginia Plantation, 1619-1864.. The William and Mary Quarterly. 51(3). 563–563. 26 indexed citations
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Deetz, James, et al.. (1994). Flowerdew Hundred: The Archaeology of a Virginia Plantation, 1619-1864. Journal of the Early Republic. 14(3). 395–395. 12 indexed citations
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Deetz, James, Anne Yentsch, & Mary C. Beaudry. (1992). The Art and Mystery of Historical Archaeology: Essays in Honor of James Deetz. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 85(2). 155–63. 78 indexed citations
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Deetz, James, et al.. (1990). Building, furnishings and social change in early Victorian Grahamstown. Social Dynamics. 16(1). 76–89. 7 indexed citations
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Deetz, James, et al.. (1990). The transformation of British culture in the Eastern Cape, 1820–1860. Social Dynamics. 16(1). 55–75. 13 indexed citations
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Schrire, Carmel, et al.. (1990). The chronology of Oudepost I, Cape, as inferred from an analysis of clay pipes. Journal of Archaeological Science. 17(3). 269–300. 8 indexed citations
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Deetz, James. (1989). Archaeography, Archaeology, or Archeology?. American Journal of Archaeology. 93(3). 429–435. 6 indexed citations
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Deetz, James. (1988). American Historical Archeology: Methods and Results. Science. 239(4838). 362–367. 29 indexed citations
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Deetz, James & J. D. Lewis‐Williams. (1984). The Rock Art of Southern Africa. The South African Archaeological Bulletin. 39(140). 146–146. 28 indexed citations
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Deetz, James. (1978). In Small Things Forgotten: The Archaeology of Early American Life. American Art Journal. 10(1). 116–116. 350 indexed citations breakdown →
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Deetz, James & Richard L. Bushman. (1974). A Cognitive Historical Model for American Material Culture: 1620-1835. 21–21. 4 indexed citations
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Deetz, James, et al.. (1971). Some Social Aspects of New England Colonial Mortuary Art. 25. 30–38. 16 indexed citations
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Deetz, James, et al.. (1967). Eighteenth century cemeteries: A demographic view. Historical Archaeology. 1(1). 40–42. 5 indexed citations
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Deetz, James, et al.. (1966). Death's Heads, Cherubs, and Willow Trees: Experimental Archaeology in Colonial Cemeteries. American Antiquity. 31(4). 502–510. 99 indexed citations
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Deetz, James, et al.. (1965). The Doppler Effect and Archaeology: A Consideration of the Spatial Aspects of Seriation. Southwestern Journal of Anthropology. 21(3). 196–206. 41 indexed citations
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Deetz, James, et al.. (1963). Soil pH as a Tool in Archaeological Site Interpretation. American Antiquity. 29(2). 242–243. 7 indexed citations

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