Joào Zilhão

12.5k total citations · 3 hit papers
192 papers, 6.8k citations indexed

About

Joào Zilhão is a scholar working on Anthropology, Archeology and Paleontology. According to data from OpenAlex, Joào Zilhão has authored 192 papers receiving a total of 6.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 150 papers in Anthropology, 122 papers in Archeology and 109 papers in Paleontology. Recurrent topics in Joào Zilhão's work include Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (150 papers), Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (85 papers) and Archaeological and Geological Studies (80 papers). Joào Zilhão is often cited by papers focused on Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (150 papers), Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (85 papers) and Archaeological and Geological Studies (80 papers). Joào Zilhão collaborates with scholars based in Spain, Portugal and United Kingdom. Joào Zilhão's co-authors include Francesco d’Errico, Erik Trinkaus, Valentín Villaverde Bonilla, Paul Pettitt, Alistair Pike, Dirk L. Hoffmann, Diego E. Angelucci, Francesco d’Errico, Marcos García-Diez and William E. Banks and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Joào Zilhão

185 papers receiving 6.3k citations

Hit Papers

Symbolic use of marine shells and mineral pigmen... 1998 2026 2007 2016 2010 1998 2018 100 200 300 400

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Joào Zilhão Spain 43 5.2k 4.5k 3.4k 1.3k 406 192 6.8k
Paul Pettitt United Kingdom 39 3.3k 0.6× 3.4k 0.7× 2.1k 0.6× 909 0.7× 623 1.5× 128 5.2k
Nicholas J. Conard Germany 50 5.7k 1.1× 5.1k 1.1× 2.8k 0.8× 1.4k 1.0× 1.0k 2.5× 233 7.7k
Paul Goldberg United States 49 5.6k 1.1× 5.1k 1.1× 2.9k 0.8× 2.1k 1.6× 601 1.5× 151 7.7k
Steven L. Kuhn United States 40 4.8k 0.9× 4.3k 0.9× 2.7k 0.8× 523 0.4× 344 0.8× 112 5.9k
Paul Mellars United Kingdom 37 3.5k 0.7× 3.0k 0.7× 1.9k 0.6× 821 0.6× 385 0.9× 75 5.1k
Michael D. Petraglia United Kingdom 50 5.3k 1.0× 4.5k 1.0× 3.4k 1.0× 2.1k 1.5× 793 2.0× 235 8.0k
Hélène Valladas France 35 2.9k 0.5× 2.5k 0.5× 1.8k 0.5× 829 0.6× 291 0.7× 102 4.3k
Lawrence Guy Straus United States 38 3.5k 0.7× 3.2k 0.7× 2.0k 0.6× 1.1k 0.8× 481 1.2× 232 4.5k
Mary C. Stiner United States 45 5.8k 1.1× 5.2k 1.2× 3.7k 1.1× 652 0.5× 1.5k 3.6× 98 7.6k
Panagiotis Karkanas Greece 44 3.5k 0.7× 3.4k 0.8× 2.2k 0.7× 1.7k 1.3× 518 1.3× 119 5.6k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Zilhão, Joào, Francesco d’Errico, William E. Banks, & Nicolas Teyssandier. (2024). A Data‐Driven Paradigm Shift for the Middle‐to‐Upper Palaeolithic Transition and the Neandertal Debate. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(6). 100037–100037. 9 indexed citations
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Zilhão, Joào, et al.. (2023). Human-bird interaction in last Interglacial Iberia: A combined approach using skeletal part analysis, bone surface modification, bird ethology and ethnography. Journal of Archaeological Science Reports. 49. 104023–104023. 2 indexed citations
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Dupont, Catherine, et al.. (2023). The exploitation of crabs by Last Interglacial Iberian Neanderthals: The evidence from Gruta da Figueira Brava (Portugal). SPIRE - Sciences Po Institutional REpository. 2. 11 indexed citations
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Zilhão, Joào, Diego E. Angelucci, Lee J. Arnold, et al.. (2021). Revisiting the Middle and Upper Palaeolithic archaeology of Gruta do Caldeirão (Tomar, Portugal). PLoS ONE. 16(10). e0259089–e0259089. 16 indexed citations
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Zilhão, Joào. (2020). The stylistically Paleolithic petroglyphs of the Côa valley (Portugal) are of Paleolithic age. A refutation of their "direct dating" to recent times. Portuguese National Funding Agency for Science, Research and Technology (RCAAP Project by FCT). 35(4).
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Zilhão, Joào, et al.. (2019). The consumption of tortoise among Last Interglacial Iberian Neanderthals. Quaternary Science Reviews. 217. 225–246. 38 indexed citations
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García, Clodoaldo Roldán, et al.. (2016). Caracterización del sílex del Abrigo de la Quebrada (Chelva, Valencia). Resultados y valoración en el contexto del Paleolítico Medio de la región central del Mediterráneo ibérico. Cuadernos de Prehistoria y Arqueología de la Universidad de Granada. 26(26). 313–326. 2 indexed citations
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García-Diez, Marcos, et al.. (2015). The chronology of hand stencils in European Palaeolithic rock art: implications of new U-series results from El Castillo Cave (Cantabria, Spain).. Digital Commons - University of South Florida (University of South Florida). 93. 135–52. 44 indexed citations
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Olalde, Íñigo, Hannes Schroeder, Marcela Sandoval‐Velasco, et al.. (2015). A Common Genetic Origin for Early Farmers from Mediterranean Cardial and Central European LBK Cultures. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 32(12). msv181–msv181. 107 indexed citations
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Bonilla, Valentín Villaverde, Aleix Eixea, Joseba Ríos-Garaizar, & Joào Zilhão. (2013). Importancia y valoración de la producción Microlevallois en los niveles II y III del Abrigo de la Quebrada (Chelva, Valencia). Gredos (University of Salamanca). 70(70). 13–32. 21 indexed citations
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Badal, Ernestina, Valentín Villaverde Bonilla, & Joào Zilhão. (2012). Middle Paleolithic wood charcoal from three southern Iberian sites: biogeographic implications. 13–24. 10 indexed citations
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Zilhão, Joào, Francesco d'Errico, Michèle Julien, & Francine David. (2011). Chronology of the site of Grotte du Renne, Arcy-sur-Cure, France. 2011(3). 1–14. 14 indexed citations
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Douka, Katerina, et al.. (2011). Dating of the Middle to Upper Paleolithic transition at the Abrigo 3 del Humo (Málaga, Spain). ePrints Soton (University of Southampton). 6 indexed citations
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Bonilla, Valentín Villaverde, et al.. (2011). El nivel IV del abrigo de la Quebrada (Chelva, Valencia): análisis microespacial y valoración del uso del espacio en los yacimientos del Paleolítico Medio valenciano. Mainake. 127–158. 3 indexed citations
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Zilhão, Joào, Francesco d’Errico, Jean‐Guillaume Bordes, et al.. (2008). Like Hobbes' Chimney Birds.. HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe). 65–67. 2 indexed citations
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Bonilla, Valentín Villaverde, Aleix Eixea, & Joào Zilhão. (2008). Aproximación a la industria lítica del Abrigo de la Quebrada (Chelva, Valencia). Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona). 213–228. 15 indexed citations
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Zilhão, Joào & Valentín Villaverde Bonilla. (2008). The Middle Paleolithic of Murcia. LA Referencia (Red Federada de Repositorios Institucionales de Publicaciones Científicas). 229–248. 18 indexed citations
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Zilhão, Joào. (2006). Chronostratigraphy of the middle-to-upper paleolithic transition in the Iberian peninsula. RACO (Revistes Catalanes amb Accés Obert) (Consorci de Serveis Universitaris de Catalunya). 37(1). 7–84. 114 indexed citations
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Zilhão, Joào. (2000). Fate of the Neandertals. Bristol Research (University of Bristol). 53(4). 24–31. 3 indexed citations
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Zilhão, Joào. (1994). La séquence chrono-stratigraphique du Solutréen Portugais. 119–129. 8 indexed citations

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