Jayson Orton

1.2k total citations
37 papers, 781 citations indexed

About

Jayson Orton is a scholar working on Anthropology, Archeology and Paleontology. According to data from OpenAlex, Jayson Orton has authored 37 papers receiving a total of 781 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 31 papers in Anthropology, 27 papers in Archeology and 22 papers in Paleontology. Recurrent topics in Jayson Orton's work include Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (29 papers), Archaeology and Rock Art Studies (27 papers) and Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (22 papers). Jayson Orton is often cited by papers focused on Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (29 papers), Archaeology and Rock Art Studies (27 papers) and Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (22 papers). Jayson Orton collaborates with scholars based in South Africa, United States and Australia. Jayson Orton's co-authors include Richard G. Klein, Teresa E. Steele, David Halkett, Graham Avery, Alex Mackay, K. Ann Horsburgh, Peter Mitchell, Andrew B. Smith, Karim Sadr and Ina Plug and has published in prestigious journals such as Analytical Chemistry, Journal of Archaeological Science and Nature Ecology & Evolution.

In The Last Decade

Jayson Orton

36 papers receiving 730 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Jayson Orton South Africa 18 666 579 389 195 76 37 781
David Pleurdeau France 18 586 0.9× 473 0.8× 160 0.4× 357 1.8× 71 0.9× 48 756
Lawrence H. Robbins United States 16 584 0.9× 338 0.6× 402 1.0× 123 0.6× 108 1.4× 43 769
Aron Mazel United Kingdom 16 615 0.9× 428 0.7× 589 1.5× 106 0.5× 42 0.6× 54 791
Jamie L. Clark United States 14 614 0.9× 484 0.8× 126 0.3× 370 1.9× 76 1.0× 24 700
Genevieve Dewar Canada 13 369 0.6× 316 0.5× 163 0.4× 113 0.6× 110 1.4× 25 466
David Halkett South Africa 9 497 0.7× 423 0.7× 160 0.4× 218 1.1× 82 1.1× 16 597
Gerrit L. Dusseldorp South Africa 13 452 0.7× 379 0.7× 123 0.3× 194 1.0× 74 1.0× 26 537
Timothy G. Baugh United States 11 518 0.8× 605 1.0× 144 0.4× 165 0.8× 62 0.8× 28 772
Joséphine Lesur France 12 282 0.4× 182 0.3× 110 0.3× 118 0.6× 73 1.0× 38 429
Katherine M. Grillo United States 15 366 0.5× 269 0.5× 166 0.4× 101 0.5× 58 0.8× 30 563

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jayson Orton

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All Works

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Mackay, Alex, Simon J. Armitage, Elizabeth Niespolo, et al.. (2022). Environmental influences on human innovation and behavioural diversity in southern Africa 92–80 thousand years ago. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 6(4). 361–369. 21 indexed citations
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Orton, Jayson. (2022). Namib: the archaeology of an African desert. Azania Archaeological Research in Africa. 57(1). 151–153. 9 indexed citations
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Jerardino, Antonieta, R. A. Navarro, Jayson Orton, et al.. (2018). Late Holocene climatic and cultural variability at a focal point of settlement near lamberts bay, South Africa: Test excavations at Soutpansklipheuwel. The South African Archaeological Bulletin. 73(207). 13. 4 indexed citations
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Steele, Teresa E., Alex Mackay, Kathryn E. Fitzsimmons, et al.. (2016). Varsche Rivier 003: A middle and later stone age site with Still Bay and Howiesons Poort assemblages in Southern Namaqualand, South Africa. 2016. 100–163. 29 indexed citations
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Orton, Jayson. (2014). The late pre-colonial site of Komkans 2 (KK002) and an evaluation of the evidence for indigenous copper smelting in Namaqualand, southern Africa. Azania Archaeological Research in Africa. 49(3). 386–410. 6 indexed citations
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Orton, Jayson, et al.. (2013). Excavation of two shell middens at port Nolloth on the Namaqualand coastline, Northern cape, South Africa. The South African Archaeological Bulletin. 68(197). 86. 1 indexed citations
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Steele, Teresa E., et al.. (2012). Varsche Rivier 003, a new middle stone age site in southern Namaqualand, South Africa. Research Online (University of Wollongong). 67(195). 108. 22 indexed citations
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Orton, Jayson, et al.. (2011). Two Holocene rock shelter deposits from the Knersvlakte, southern Namaqualand, South Africa. Research Online (University of Wollongong). 20 indexed citations
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Orton, Jayson, et al.. (2010). Stone tools beads and a river: two Holocene microlithic sites at Jakkalsberg in the northwestern Richtersveld Northern Cape South Africa. The South African Archaeological Bulletin. 2 indexed citations
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Mackay, Alex, et al.. (2010). Soutfontein (SFT)-001: Preliminary report on an open-air site rich in bifacial points, Southern Namaqualand, South Africa. The South African Archaeological Bulletin. 9 indexed citations
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Orton, Jayson. (2009). Hunters or herders?. 2009(4). 1–16. 2 indexed citations
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Avery, Graham, et al.. (2008). THE YSTERFONTEIN 1 MIDDLE STONE AGE ROCK SHELTER AND THE EVOLUTION OF COASTAL FORAGING. 10. 66. 106 indexed citations
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Challis, Sam, Peter Mitchell, & Jayson Orton. (2008). Fishing in the rain: control of rain-making and aquatic resources at a previously undescribed rock art site in Highland Lesotho. Journal of African Archaeology. 6(2). 203–218. 21 indexed citations
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Orton, Jayson. (2006). The Later Stone Age lithic sequence at Elands Bay, Western Cape, South Africa : raw materials, artefacts and sporadic change. Southern African humanities. 18(2). 1–28. 35 indexed citations
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Orton, Jayson & John S. Compton. (2006). A reworked mid-Holocene lithic assemblage at Dunefield Midden 1, Elands Bay, South Africa. The South African Archaeological Bulletin. 11 indexed citations
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Orton, Jayson, et al.. (2005). Shell middens in Namaqualand: Two Later Stone Age sites at Rooiwalbaai, Northern Cape Province, South Africa. The South African Archaeological Bulletin. 20 indexed citations
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Halkett, David, Royden Yates, Thomas P. Volman, et al.. (2003). First excavation of intact Middle Stone Age layers at Ysterfontein, Western Cape Province, South Africa: implications for Middle Stone Age ecology. Journal of Archaeological Science. 30(8). 955–971. 60 indexed citations
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Sadr, Karim, et al.. (2003). Herders and Foragers on Kasteelberg: Interim Report of Excavations 1999-2002. The South African Archaeological Bulletin. 58(177). 27–27. 46 indexed citations

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