John D. Speth

4.3k citations
59 papers · 2.7k indexed · 1 hit paper · h-index 25

Impact in

  • Paleontology top 0.5%
    • Archaeology and ancient environmental studies
    • Evolution and Paleontology Studies
  • Anthropology top 0.1%
    • Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology

Papers in

    • Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology 28
    • Archaeology and Natural History 10
    • Archaeology and ancient environmental studies 27

John D. Speth

55 papers receiving 2.4k citations

Hit Papers

Energy source, protein metabolism, and hunter-gatherer subsistence strategies 1983 · 431 citations
4311983202619972011100200300400

Peers

John D. Speth
Comparison fields: 5 of 147
  • Paleontology 1.5k
  • Anthropology 1.7k
  • Archeology 164
  • Archeology 841
  • Geography, Planning and Development 143
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All Works

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Energy source, protein metabolism, and hunter-gatherer subsistence strategies
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1983431
3 1989162
4 1986142
5 1972109
6 1987102
7 199096
8 200693
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10 199691
11 201086
12 200285
13 201355
14 201345
15 201244
16 201144
17 197542
18 199141
19 198138
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When Did Humans Learn to Boil
201536

About John D. Speth

John D. Speth is a scholar working on Anthropology, Paleontology, Archeology, Archeology and Geography, Planning and Development, having authored 59 papers that have together received 2.7k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (28 papers), Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (27 papers), Archaeology and Natural History (10 papers), Indigenous Studies and Ecology (9 papers), Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (6 papers), Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies (6 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (5 papers) and Diet and metabolism studies (5 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Paleontology (1.5k citations), Anthropology (1.7k citations), Archeology (164 citations), Archeology (841 citations) and Geography, Planning and Development (143 citations). John D. Speth has collaborated with scholars based in United States, France and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include Katherine Spielmann, Jamie L. Clark, S. Boyd Eaton, Neil Mann, Loren Cordain, Jennie Brand‐Miller, Larry J. Zimmerman, Eitan Tchernov, Ashley Lemke and Andrew White. Their work appears in journals such as Quaternary International, Journal of Anthropological Archaeology, Geoarchaeology, Science and KIVA.

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