John Parkington

8.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
123 papers, 5.0k citations indexed

About

John Parkington is a scholar working on Anthropology, Paleontology and Archeology. According to data from OpenAlex, John Parkington has authored 123 papers receiving a total of 5.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 84 papers in Anthropology, 60 papers in Paleontology and 55 papers in Archeology. Recurrent topics in John Parkington's work include Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (81 papers), Archaeology and Rock Art Studies (55 papers) and Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (48 papers). John Parkington is often cited by papers focused on Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (81 papers), Archaeology and Rock Art Studies (55 papers) and Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (48 papers). John Parkington collaborates with scholars based in South Africa, United States and France. John Parkington's co-authors include Richard B. Klein, Cédric Poggenpoel, Karl W. Butzer, Guillaume Porraz, Jean‐Philippe Rigaud, Royden Yates, Pierre-Jean Texier, Caroline Cartwright, Richard G. Klein and Chantal Tribolo and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

John Parkington

119 papers receiving 4.4k citations

Hit Papers

The human career 1989 2026 2001 2013 1989 2010 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
John Parkington South Africa 40 3.4k 2.9k 1.5k 1.2k 783 123 5.0k
Alison S. Brooks United States 24 2.7k 0.8× 2.1k 0.7× 680 0.5× 1.3k 1.1× 448 0.6× 50 3.9k
Paul Goldberg United States 49 5.6k 1.6× 5.1k 1.8× 826 0.6× 2.9k 2.4× 2.1k 2.7× 151 7.7k
Andy I.R. Herries Australia 31 2.8k 0.8× 2.3k 0.8× 504 0.3× 1.0k 0.9× 1.0k 1.3× 113 3.9k
Nicole Boivin Germany 41 2.9k 0.9× 2.6k 0.9× 481 0.3× 1.5k 1.3× 809 1.0× 192 6.1k
Paul Pettitt United Kingdom 39 3.3k 1.0× 3.4k 1.2× 311 0.2× 2.1k 1.8× 909 1.2× 128 5.2k
Curtis W. Marean United States 48 6.3k 1.9× 4.9k 1.7× 929 0.6× 3.1k 2.7× 1.3k 1.6× 124 8.0k
Panagiotis Karkanas Greece 44 3.5k 1.0× 3.4k 1.2× 464 0.3× 2.2k 1.9× 1.7k 2.2× 119 5.6k
J. Desmond Clark United States 35 3.0k 0.9× 2.1k 0.7× 1.1k 0.7× 1.1k 0.9× 574 0.7× 153 4.5k
Peter Beaumont United Kingdom 28 1.9k 0.6× 1.5k 0.5× 885 0.6× 699 0.6× 621 0.8× 93 3.0k
Judith Sealy South Africa 41 3.2k 0.9× 4.2k 1.5× 795 0.5× 2.1k 1.8× 766 1.0× 120 6.4k

Countries citing papers authored by John Parkington

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Fields of papers citing papers by John Parkington

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of John Parkington

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of John Parkington. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of John Parkington based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with John Parkington. John Parkington is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Stahlschmidt, Mareike, et al.. (2025). A microcontextual investigation of Later Stone Age ash deposits and associated interment of human remains at Faraoskop Rock Shelter, South Africa. Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences. 17(1). 1 indexed citations
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Morris, Alan, Alissa Mittnik, George Rebello, et al.. (2024). Reconstructing ancient Southern African mitochondrial genomes at Faraoskop. Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences. 17(1). 2 indexed citations
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Parkington, John, et al.. (2024). The Faraoskop event: a significant moment in the history of foraging in the western cape, South Africa?. Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences. 17(1). 1 indexed citations
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Davies, Benjamin, Mitchell J. Power, David R. Braun, et al.. (2022). Fire and human management of late Holocene ecosystems in southern Africa. Quaternary Science Reviews. 289. 107600–107600. 15 indexed citations
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Davies, Benjamin, Matthew Douglass, David R. Braun, et al.. (2022). From quartz curvature to late Holocene mobility at Spring Cave, Western Cape, South Africa. Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences. 14(4). 1 indexed citations
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Val, Aurore, Guillaume Porraz, Pierre-Jean Texier, John W. Fisher, & John Parkington. (2020). Human exploitation of nocturnal felines at Diepkloof Rock Shelter provides further evidence for symbolic behaviours during the Middle Stone Age. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 6424–6424. 14 indexed citations
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Parkington, John. (2016). Megamiddens: A reply to A. Jerardino. The South African Archaeological Bulletin. 71(203). 93. 1 indexed citations
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Cartwright, Caroline, Guillaume Porraz, & John Parkington. (2016). The wood charcoal evidence from renewed excavations at Elands Bay Cave, South Africa. Southern African humanities. 29(1). 249–258. 8 indexed citations
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Porraz, Guillaume, Marina Igreja, Patrick Schmidt, & John Parkington. (2016). A shape to the microlithic Robberg from Elands Bay Cave (South Africa). Southern African humanities. 29(1). 203–247. 43 indexed citations
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Blackhurst, Dee, et al.. (2016). Marine and terrestrial foods as a source of brain-selective nutrients for early modern humans in the southwestern Cape, South Africa. Journal of Human Evolution. 97. 86–96. 21 indexed citations
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Verna, Christine, Pierre-Jean Texier, Jean‐Philippe Rigaud, Cédric Poggenpoel, & John Parkington. (2013). The Middle Stone Age human remains from Diepkloof Rock Shelter (Western Cape, South Africa). Journal of Archaeological Science. 40(9). 3532–3541. 14 indexed citations
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Parkington, John. (2013). Rounded but not reworked?: Spatial patterning in the stone tool assemblage from Dunefield midden. The South African Archaeological Bulletin. 68(198). 211. 1 indexed citations
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Will, Manuel, John Parkington, Andrew W. Kandel, & Nicholas J. Conard. (2013). Coastal adaptations and the Middle Stone Age lithic assemblages from Hoedjiespunt 1 in the Western Cape, South Africa. Journal of Human Evolution. 64(6). 518–537. 58 indexed citations
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Matthews, Thalassa & John Parkington. (2006). The Taphonomy of the Micromammals from the Late Middle Pleistocene Site of Hoedjiespunt 1 (Cape Province, South Africa). 4(1). 1–16. 8 indexed citations
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Matthews, Thalassa, Christiane Denys, & John Parkington. (2005). The palaeoecology of the micromammals from the late middle Pleistocene site of Hoedjiespunt 1 (Cape Province, South Africa). Journal of Human Evolution. 49(4). 432–451. 40 indexed citations
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Parkington, John. (2003). Middens and moderns: Shellfishing and the Middle Stone Age of the Western Cape, South Africa. South African Journal of Science. 99. 243–247. 81 indexed citations
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Stynder, Deano D., Jacopo Moggi‐Cecchi, Lee R. Berger, & John Parkington. (2001). Human mandibular incisors from the late Middle Pleistocene locality of Hoedjiespunt 1, South Africa. Journal of Human Evolution. 41(5). 369–383. 36 indexed citations
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Parkington, John, et al.. (2000). Palaeovegetation at the last glacial maximum in the western Cape, South Africa: wood charcoal and pollen evidence from Elands Bay Cave. South African Journal of Science. 96. 543–546. 59 indexed citations
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Pfeiffer, Robert H., et al.. (1999). VIOLENT HUMAN DEATH IN THE PAST : A CASE FROM THE WESTERN CAPE. South African Journal of Science. 95(3). 137–140. 17 indexed citations

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