James S. Oliver

1.2k total citations
17 papers, 767 citations indexed

About

James S. Oliver is a scholar working on Anthropology, Paleontology and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, James S. Oliver has authored 17 papers receiving a total of 767 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Anthropology, 7 papers in Paleontology and 7 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in James S. Oliver's work include Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (13 papers), Primate Behavior and Ecology (7 papers) and Evolution and Paleontology Studies (5 papers). James S. Oliver is often cited by papers focused on Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (13 papers), Primate Behavior and Ecology (7 papers) and Evolution and Paleontology Studies (5 papers). James S. Oliver collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and China. James S. Oliver's co-authors include Thomas W. Plummer, Fritz Hertel, Laura C. Bishop, David R. Braun, Peter Ditchfıeld, Frances Forrest, Russell W. Graham, Richard Potts, Cristina Lemorini and Margaret J. Schoeninger and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Science Advances and Quaternary Science Reviews.

In The Last Decade

James S. Oliver

16 papers receiving 733 citations

Peers

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Briana Pobiner United States

Mzalendo Kibunjia Kenya

Zelalem Assefa United States

Jason L. Heaton South Africa

Tomos Proffitt United Kingdom

Manuel Domínguez Rodrigo Spain

Elia Organista Spain

Eugène Morin Canada

Andrew Du United States

Louise Leakey United States

Briana Pobiner United States

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226 ×1.0

ECOLO

366 ×1.7

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17 of 17 papers shown

Plummer, Thomas W., Peter Ditchfıeld, Jonathan S. Reeves, et al.. (2025). Selective use of distant stone resources by the earliest Oldowan toolmakers. Science Advances. 11(33). eadu5838–eadu5838.

Parkinson, Jennifer, Thomas W. Plummer, James S. Oliver, & Laura C. Bishop. (2021). Meat on the menu: GIS spatial distribution analysis of bone surface damage indicates that Oldowan hominins at Kanjera South, Kenya had early access to carcasses. Quaternary Science Reviews. 277. 107314–107314. 12 indexed citations

Oliver, James S., Thomas W. Plummer, Fritz Hertel, & Laura C. Bishop. (2019). Bovid mortality patterns from Kanjera South, Homa Peninsula, Kenya and FLK-Zinj, Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania: Evidence for habitat mediated variability in Oldowan hominin hunting and scavenging behavior. Journal of Human Evolution. 131. 61–75. 21 indexed citations

Lemorini, Cristina, Laura C. Bishop, Thomas W. Plummer, et al.. (2019). Old stones’ song—second verse: use-wear analysis of rhyolite and fenetized andesite artifacts from the Oldowan lithic industry of Kanjera South, Kenya. Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences. 11(9). 4729–4754. 35 indexed citations

Ditchfıeld, Peter, Elizabeth Whitfield, Thomas W. Plummer, et al.. (2018). Geochronology and physical context of Oldowan site formation at Kanjera South, Kenya. Geological Magazine. 156(7). 1190–1200. 15 indexed citations

Goring, Simon, et al.. (2018). The Neotoma Paleoecology Database. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 21 indexed citations

Goring, Simon, et al.. (2018). The Neotoma Paleoecology Database: A Research Outreach Nexus. 1 indexed citations

Lemorini, Cristina, Thomas W. Plummer, David R. Braun, et al.. (2014). Old stones' song: Use-wear experiments and analysis of the Oldowan quartz and quartzite assemblage from Kanjera South (Kenya). Journal of Human Evolution. 72. 10–25. 140 indexed citations

Ferraro, Joseph V., Thomas W. Plummer, Briana Pobiner, et al.. (2013). Earliest Archaeological Evidence of Persistent Hominin Carnivory. PLoS ONE. 8(4). e62174–e62174. 144 indexed citations

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Warren, Robert E., et al.. (2013). Restoring the Human Voice to Oral History: The Audio-Video Barn Website. The Oral History Review. 40(1). 107–125. 5 indexed citations

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Saunders, Jeffrey J., Eric C. Grimm, Glenn Campbell, et al.. (2009). Paradigms and proboscideans in the southern Great Lakes region, USA. Quaternary International. 217(1-2). 175–187. 43 indexed citations

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Plummer, Thomas W., et al.. (2009). Pits and pitfalls: taxonomic variability and patterning in tooth mark dimensions. Journal of Archaeological Science. 36(11). 2597–2608. 182 indexed citations

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Oliver, James S.. (1996). Vertebrate taphonomy. R. Lee Lyman, 1994, Cambridge University Press, xxvi + 524 pp., $79.95 (hardback), $34.95 (softbound). Geoarchaeology. 11(3). 265–268. 1 indexed citations

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Oliver, James S., Nancy E. Sikes, & Kathlyn M. Stewart. (1994). Early hominid behavioural ecology. Academic Press eBooks. 11 indexed citations

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Oliver, James S. & Russell W. Graham. (1994). A catastrophic kill of ice-trapped coots: time-averaged versus scavenger-specific disarticulation patterns. Paleobiology. 20(2). 229–244. 48 indexed citations

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Oliver, James S., Nancy E. Sikes, & Kathlyn M. Stewart. (1994). Introduction to "Early Hominid Behavioural Ecology": new looks at old questions. Journal of Human Evolution. 27(1-3). 1–5. 4 indexed citations

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Oliver, James S.. (1994). Estimates of hominid and carnivore involvement in the FLK Zinjanthropus fossil assemblage: some socioecological implications. Journal of Human Evolution. 27(1-3). 267–294. 84 indexed citations

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