John H. Blitz

1.4k total citations
30 papers, 923 citations indexed

About

John H. Blitz is a scholar working on Paleontology, Anthropology and Archeology. According to data from OpenAlex, John H. Blitz has authored 30 papers receiving a total of 923 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Paleontology, 22 papers in Anthropology and 6 papers in Archeology. Recurrent topics in John H. Blitz's work include Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (24 papers), Historical and Cultural Archaeology Studies (10 papers) and Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (9 papers). John H. Blitz is often cited by papers focused on Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (24 papers), Historical and Cultural Archaeology Studies (10 papers) and Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (9 papers). John H. Blitz collaborates with scholars based in United States. John H. Blitz's co-authors include Gregory A. Waselkov, Patricia S. Bridges, Paul M. Bingham, Warren R. DeBoer, Edward Schortman, Wendy Ashmore, Lisa J. LeCount, Jerry D. Moore, Susan D. Gillespie and John G. Fox and has published in prestigious journals such as American Journal of Physical Anthropology, American Anthropologist and Current Anthropology.

In The Last Decade

John H. Blitz

30 papers receiving 758 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
John H. Blitz United States 16 645 562 206 181 128 30 923
Richard H. Wilshusen United States 13 558 0.9× 415 0.7× 126 0.6× 191 1.1× 92 0.7× 24 792
Stephen Plog United States 18 698 1.1× 526 0.9× 188 0.9× 270 1.5× 111 0.9× 40 1.0k
Timothy G. Baugh United States 11 605 0.9× 518 0.9× 165 0.8× 144 0.8× 91 0.7× 28 772
Kenneth E. Sassaman United States 18 702 1.1× 573 1.0× 202 1.0× 188 1.0× 161 1.3× 54 928
Roger Anyon United States 14 447 0.7× 454 0.8× 171 0.8× 159 0.9× 61 0.5× 32 702
Jeffery J. Clark United States 13 503 0.8× 398 0.7× 98 0.5× 137 0.8× 70 0.5× 26 762
Patricia L. Crown United States 20 864 1.3× 647 1.2× 204 1.0× 338 1.9× 104 0.8× 45 1.2k
Mark D. Varien United States 15 684 1.1× 456 0.8× 104 0.5× 193 1.1× 99 0.8× 25 922
María Nieves Zedeño United States 14 414 0.6× 391 0.7× 93 0.5× 178 1.0× 105 0.8× 48 750
William A. Longacre United States 17 639 1.0× 535 1.0× 198 1.0× 230 1.3× 109 0.9× 42 901

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Fields of papers citing papers by John H. Blitz

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of John H. Blitz

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Blitz, John H., et al.. (2015). Remote Sensing as Community Settlement Analysis at Moundville. American Antiquity. 80(1). 161–169. 15 indexed citations
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Blitz, John H., et al.. (2014). Sclerochronological Measures of Seasonality at a Late Woodland Mound on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. American Antiquity. 79(4). 697–711. 15 indexed citations
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Bingham, Paul M., et al.. (2013). Introduction: Social Complexity and the Bow in the Prehistoric North American Record. Evolutionary Anthropology Issues News and Reviews. 22(3). 81–88. 24 indexed citations
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Blitz, John H., et al.. (2013). Social Complexity and the Bow in the Eastern Woodlands. Evolutionary Anthropology Issues News and Reviews. 22(3). 89–95. 21 indexed citations
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Blitz, John H.. (2012). Moundville in the Mississippian World. Oxford University Press eBooks. 1 indexed citations
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LeCount, Lisa J. & John H. Blitz. (2010). A Comment on ‘Funerals as Feasts: Why Are They So Important?’. Cambridge Archaeological Journal. 20(2). 263–265. 2 indexed citations
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Blitz, John H., et al.. (2010). The Chattahoochee Chiefdoms. University of Alabama Press eBooks. 23 indexed citations
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Reber, Eleanora A., et al.. (2010). Direct Determination of the Contents of a Ceramic Bottle from the Moundville Site, Alabama. Midcontinental Journal of Archaeology. 35(1). 37–55. 7 indexed citations
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Blitz, John H.. (2009). New Perspectives in Mississippian Archaeology. Journal of Archaeological Research. 18(1). 1–39. 69 indexed citations
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Blitz, John H., et al.. (2004). Sociopolitical Implications of Mississippian Mound Volume. American Antiquity. 69(2). 291–301. 41 indexed citations
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Blitz, John H., et al.. (2002). THE EARLY MISSISSIPPIAN FRONTIER IN THE LOWER CHATTAHOOCHEE- APALACHICOLA RIVER VALLEY. 22 indexed citations
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Bridges, Patricia S., et al.. (2000). Changes in long bone diaphyseal strength with horticultural intensification in west-central Illinois. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 112(2). 217–238. 79 indexed citations
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Blitz, John H.. (1999). Mississippian Chiefdoms and the Fission-Fusion Process. American Antiquity. 64(4). 577–592. 92 indexed citations
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Blitz, John H., et al.. (1997). Higher ground: The archaeology of North American platform mounds. Journal of Archaeological Research. 5(2). 169–207. 65 indexed citations
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Fox, John G., Wendy Ashmore, John H. Blitz, et al.. (1996). Playing with Power: Ballcourts and Political Ritual in Southern Mesoamerica [and Comments and Reply]. Current Anthropology. 37(3). 483–509. 60 indexed citations
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Blitz, John H., et al.. (1993). Archaeological Investigations in Coastal Jackson County, Mississippi. 1 indexed citations
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Blitz, John H.. (1993). Big Pots for Big Shots: Feasting and Storage in a Mississippian Community. American Antiquity. 58(1). 80–96. 9 indexed citations
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DeBoer, Warren R. & John H. Blitz. (1991). Ceremonial centers of the Chachi. Expedition: The magazine of the University of Pennsylvania. 33(1). 53–62. 14 indexed citations
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Blitz, John H.. (1988). Adoption of the Bow in Prehistoric North America. North American Archaeologist. 9(2). 123–145. 112 indexed citations

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