John J. Shea

5.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
110 papers, 3.5k citations indexed

About

John J. Shea is a scholar working on Anthropology, Paleontology and Archeology. According to data from OpenAlex, John J. Shea has authored 110 papers receiving a total of 3.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 70 papers in Anthropology, 57 papers in Paleontology and 42 papers in Archeology. Recurrent topics in John J. Shea's work include Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (68 papers), Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (52 papers) and Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies (36 papers). John J. Shea is often cited by papers focused on Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (68 papers), Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (52 papers) and Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies (36 papers). John J. Shea collaborates with scholars based in United States, South Africa and Australia. John J. Shea's co-authors include Matthew Sisk, Daniel E. Lieberman, Justin Pargeter, Ian J. Wallace, Kyle S. Brown, Ofer Bar‐Yosef, Elisabeth Hildebrand, John G. Fleagle, Katherine M. Grillo and Dietrich Stout and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Quaternary Science Reviews and Journal of Archaeological Science.

In The Last Decade

John J. Shea

103 papers receiving 3.2k citations

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The origins of lithic projectile point technology: evidence from Africa, the Levant, and Europe

2005 330 citations John J. Shea Journal of Archaeological Science profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	A generic MSA: what problems will it solve and what problems will it create? 2024 ·Azania Archaeological Research in Africa ·John J. Shea	4
2	The Unstoppable Human Species 2023 ·Cambridge University Press eBooks ·John J. Shea	3
3	Chasing Mirages: Seeking Standardization among Prehistoric Stone Tools 2022 ·Lithic Technology ·John J. Shea	0
4	Did Pleistocene Africans use the spearthrower‐and‐dart? 2021 ·Evolutionary Anthropology Issues News and Reviews ·Marlize Lombard, John J. Shea	26
5	Knowledge vs. know-how? Dissecting the foundations of stone knapping skill 2020 ·Journal of Human Evolution ·Justin Pargeter, Nada Khreisheh, John J. Shea, Dietrich Stout	55
6	An Early Upper Palaeolithic Stone Tool Assemblage from Mughr El-Hamamah, Jordan: An Interim Report 2019 ·Journal of Field Archaeology ·John J. Shea, Aaron Jonas Stutz, Liv Nilsson Stutz	10
7	Going big versus going small: Lithic miniaturization in hominin lithic technology 2019 ·Evolutionary Anthropology Issues News and Reviews ·Justin Pargeter, John J. Shea	63
8	Primordialism and the ‘Pleistocene San’ of southern Africa 2016 ·Antiquity ·Justin Pargeter, Alex Mackay, Peter Mitchell, John J. Shea, Brian A. Stewart	34
9	Quartz backed tools as arrowheads and hand-cast spearheads: Hunting experiments and macro-fracture analysis 2016 ·Journal of Archaeological Science ·Justin Pargeter, John J. Shea, (unknown)	33
10	Early Upper Paleolithic chronology in the Levant: new ABOx-SC accelerator mass spectrometry results from the Mughr el-Hamamah Site, Jordan 2015 ·Journal of Human Evolution ·Aaron Jonas Stutz, John J. Shea, Jason A. Rech, Jeffrey S. Pigati, Jim Wilson, Miriam Belmaker, Rosa M. Albert, Trina Arpin, Dan Cabanes, Jamie L. Clark, Gideon Hartman, (unknown), (unknown), Liv Nilsson Stutz	31
11	Complex Projectile Technology and Homo sapiens Dispersal into Western Eurasia 2014 ·Figshare ·John J. Shea, Matthew Sisk	84
12	Stone tool analysis and human origins research: Some advice from uncle Screwtape 2011 ·Evolutionary Anthropology Issues News and Reviews ·John J. Shea	31
13	Transitions in prehistory : essays in honor of Ofer Bar-Yosef 2009 ·Oxbow Books ·John J. Shea, Daniel E. Lieberman, Ofer Bar‐Yosef	88
14	The Lower and Middle Paleolithic in the Middle East and neighboring regions 2008 ·Evolutionary Anthropology Issues News and Reviews ·John J. Shea	24
15	Paleoanthropology of the Kibish Formation, southern Ethiopia: Introduction 2008 ·Journal of Human Evolution ·John G. Fleagle, Zelalem Assefa, Francis H. Brown, John J. Shea	31
16	The Middle Stone Age archaeology of the Lower Omo Valley Kibish Formation: Excavations, lithic assemblages, and inferred patterns of early Homo sapiens behavior 2008 ·Journal of Human Evolution ·John J. Shea	74
17	Intrasite spatial variation of the Omo Kibish Middle Stone Age assemblages: Artifact refitting and distribution patterns 2008 ·Journal of Human Evolution ·Matthew Sisk, John J. Shea	47
18	Reconnaissance of Prehistoric Sites on the Red Sea Coast of Eritrea, NE Africa 2007 ·Journal of Field Archaeology ·Amanuel Beyin, John J. Shea	18
19	Behavioral Differences between Middle and Upper Paleolithic Homo sapiens in the East Mediterranean Levant: The Roles of Intraspecific Competition and Dispersal from Africa 2007 ·Journal of Anthropological Research ·John J. Shea	32
20	The Self in William James 1973 ·Philosophy Today ·John J. Shea	1

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