Joseph W. Ball

1.1k total citations
38 papers, 798 citations indexed

About

Joseph W. Ball is a scholar working on Paleontology, Visual Arts and Performing Arts and Anthropology. According to data from OpenAlex, Joseph W. Ball has authored 38 papers receiving a total of 798 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Paleontology, 20 papers in Visual Arts and Performing Arts and 14 papers in Anthropology. Recurrent topics in Joseph W. Ball's work include Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (22 papers), Latin American history and culture (20 papers) and Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies (9 papers). Joseph W. Ball is often cited by papers focused on Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (22 papers), Latin American history and culture (20 papers) and Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies (9 papers). Joseph W. Ball collaborates with scholars based in United States, Mexico and Slovenia. Joseph W. Ball's co-authors include Stephen A. Kowalewski, Suzanne K. Fish, Ronald L. Bishop, Dorie Reents‐Budet, Nigel Davies, Arthur G. Miller, Anthony Andrews, William Y. Adams, Charles C. Kolb and Prudence M. Rice and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, PLoS ONE and The American Historical Review.

In The Last Decade

Joseph W. Ball

35 papers receiving 694 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Joseph W. Ball United States 15 620 304 278 188 161 38 798
Philip J. Arnold United States 16 560 0.9× 202 0.7× 318 1.1× 161 0.9× 139 0.9× 35 722
Kevin J. Vaughn United States 20 641 1.0× 186 0.6× 242 0.9× 336 1.8× 257 1.6× 35 824
Elliot M. Abrams United States 13 439 0.7× 167 0.5× 157 0.6× 102 0.5× 96 0.6× 20 605
T. Patrick Culbert United States 13 536 0.9× 248 0.8× 164 0.6× 99 0.5× 127 0.8× 29 759
Daniela Triadan United States 17 649 1.0× 246 0.8× 228 0.8× 182 1.0× 191 1.2× 35 815
Paul F. Healy Canada 16 590 1.0× 148 0.5× 239 0.9× 149 0.8× 217 1.3× 44 749
Christophe Helmke Denmark 11 403 0.7× 227 0.7× 230 0.8× 112 0.6× 112 0.7× 109 538
Háttula Moholy-Nagy United States 14 488 0.8× 221 0.7× 274 1.0× 106 0.6× 146 0.9× 38 592
Thomas H. Charlton United States 15 523 0.8× 342 1.1× 308 1.1× 118 0.6× 101 0.6× 43 683
Christopher A. Pool United States 14 395 0.6× 191 0.6× 191 0.7× 129 0.7× 108 0.7× 27 540

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Joseph W. Ball

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All Works

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Šprajc, Ivan, et al.. (2022). Archaeological landscape, settlement dynamics, and sociopolitical organization in the Chactún area of the central Maya Lowlands. PLoS ONE. 17(1). e0262921–e0262921. 8 indexed citations
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Webster, David & Joseph W. Ball. (2021). REHABILITATING BECÁN. Ancient Mesoamerica. 32(3). 371–395. 2 indexed citations
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Šprajc, Ivan, et al.. (2020). Ancient Maya water management, agriculture, and society in the area of Chactún, Campeche, Mexico. Journal of Anthropological Archaeology. 61. 101261–101261. 24 indexed citations
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Rissolo, Dominique, et al.. (2018). INTERREGIONAL INTERACTION IN TERMINAL CLASSIC YUCATAN: RECENT OBSIDIAN AND CERAMIC DATA FROM VISTA ALEGRE, QUINTANA ROO, MEXICO. Latin American Antiquity. 29(3). 475–494. 13 indexed citations
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Šprajc, Ivan, et al.. (2015). Chactún, Tamchén y Lagunita: primeras incursiones arqueológicas a una región ignota. Arqueología mexicana. 23(136). 20–25. 7 indexed citations
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Ball, Joseph W.. (2013). The Rise of the Northern Maya Chiefdoms: a Socioprocessual Analysis [Part II]. Estudios de Cultura Maya. 10.
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Ball, Joseph W., et al.. (2007). Sometimes a “Stove”is“Just a Stove”: A Context-Based Reconsideration of Three-Prong “Incense Burners” from the Western Belize Valley. Latin American Antiquity. 18(4). 451–470. 4 indexed citations
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Ball, Joseph W., et al.. (2003). RECONSIDERING THE BELIZE VALLEY PRECLASSIC: A case for multiethnic interactions in the development of a regional culture tradition. Ancient Mesoamerica. 14(2). 179–217. 15 indexed citations
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Reents‐Budet, Dorie, et al.. (2000). OUT OF THE PALACE DUMPS. Ancient Mesoamerica. 11(1). 99–121. 53 indexed citations
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Ball, Joseph W., et al.. (1999). LAS RUINAS DE ARENAL. Ancient Mesoamerica. 10(2). 215–235. 19 indexed citations
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Brady, James E., et al.. (1998). The Lowland Maya “Protoclassic”. Ancient Mesoamerica. 9(1). 17–38. 40 indexed citations
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Ball, Joseph W.. (1994). Cahal Pech, the Ancient Maya, and Modern Belize: The Story of an Archaeological Park. 5 indexed citations
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Ball, Joseph W.. (1992). Classic Maya Political History: Hieroglyphic and Archaeological Evidence. Hispanic American Historical Review. 72(3). 409–410. 77 indexed citations
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Rice, Prudence M., William Y. Adams, Joseph W. Ball, et al.. (1981). Evolution of Specialized Pottery Production: A Trial Model [and Comments and Reply]. Current Anthropology. 22(3). 219–240. 148 indexed citations
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Ball, Joseph W., et al.. (1978). Studies in the archaeology of coastal Yucatan and Campeche, Mexico. 14 indexed citations
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Ball, Joseph W.. (1977). The archaeological ceramics of Becan, Campeche, Mexico. 44 indexed citations

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