Julio Mercader

3.2k total citations
56 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Julio Mercader is a scholar working on Anthropology, Paleontology and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Julio Mercader has authored 56 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 34 papers in Anthropology, 17 papers in Paleontology and 13 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in Julio Mercader's work include Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (30 papers), Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (15 papers) and Archaeology and Rock Art Studies (13 papers). Julio Mercader is often cited by papers focused on Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (30 papers), Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (15 papers) and Archaeology and Rock Art Studies (13 papers). Julio Mercader collaborates with scholars based in Canada, Germany and United States. Julio Mercader's co-authors include Christophe Boesch, Dale Walde, Tim Bennett, Melissa A. Panger, Steven Simpson, Chris Esselmont, Michael Haslam, Alison S. Brooks, Jack L. Harris and Robert T. Tyler and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Julio Mercader

54 papers receiving 1.7k citations

Peers

Julio Mercader

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Michael Haslam United Kingdom

Kathy Schick United States

Huw Barton United Kingdom

Yoel Melamed Israel

Hélène Roche France

Michael Walker Spain

Graeme Barker United Kingdom

Ceri Shipton United Kingdom

Bruce Hardy United States

Dani Nadel Israel

Michael Haslam United Kingdom

Julio Mercader

1.2k ×1.4

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943 ×1.4

PALEO

788 ×1.6

292 ×0.9

250 ×0.9

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Countries citing papers authored by Julio Mercader

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Fields of papers citing papers by Julio Mercader

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Julio Mercader

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All Works

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Cerezo-Román, Jessica I., Elizabeth Sawchuk, Douglas J. Kennett, et al.. (2026). Earliest evidence for intentional cremation of human remains in Africa. Science Advances. 12(1). eadz9554–eadz9554.

Smirnova, Angela V., et al.. (2025). Microbial starch degradation in arid soil: Community dynamics, environmental influences, and archaeological implications. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 209. 109882–109882. 1 indexed citations

Oldenburg, Thomas B. P., et al.. (2021). A novel route for identifying starch diagenetic products in the archaeological record. PLoS ONE. 16(11). e0258779–e0258779. 3 indexed citations

Soto, María, Tristan Carter, Paul R. Durkin, et al.. (2020). Systematic sampling of quartzites in sourcing analysis: intra-outcrop variability at Naibor Soit, Tanzania (part I). Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences. 12(5). 7 indexed citations

Bleasdale, Madeleine, Barbara Eichhorn, Julio Mercader, et al.. (2020). Isotopic and microbotanical insights into Iron Age agricultural reliance in the Central African rainforest. Communications Biology. 3(1). 619–619. 19 indexed citations

Proffitt, Tomos, Michael Haslam, Julio Mercader, Christophe Boesch, & Lydia V. Luncz. (2018). Revisiting Panda 100, the first archaeological chimpanzee nut-cracking site. Journal of Human Evolution. 124. 117–139. 29 indexed citations

Mercader, Julio, Enrique Baquedano, Fernando Diéz Martín, et al.. (2017). Starch contamination landscapes in field archaeology: Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania. Boreas. 46(4). 918–934. 25 indexed citations

Domínguez‐Rodrigo, Manuel, Enrique Baquedano, Audax Mabulla, Julio Mercader, & Charles P. Egeland. (2017). Paleoecological reconstructions of the Bed I and Bed II lacustrine basins of Olduvai Gorge (Tanzania) and insights into early human behavior. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology. 488. 1–8. 7 indexed citations

Mercader, Julio, et al.. (2014). Lab contamination avoidance in molecular palaeontology: Starch grain analysis. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 153. 183–183. 2 indexed citations

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Mercader, Julio, Tim Bennett, Chris Esselmont, Steven Simpson, & Dale Walde. (2013). Phytoliths from Middle Stone Age habitats in the Mozambican Rift (105–29 ka). Journal of Human Evolution. 64(5). 328–336. 16 indexed citations

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Mercader, Julio, Tim Bennett, Chris Esselmont, Steven Simpson, & Dale Walde. (2009). Phytoliths in woody plants from the Miombo woodlands of Mozambique. Annals of Botany. 104(1). 91–113. 122 indexed citations

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Haslam, Michael, Susana Carvalho, Ignacio de la Torre, et al.. (2009). Primate archaeology. Nature. 460(7253). 339–344. 141 indexed citations

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Mercader, Julio, et al.. (2009). Initial excavation and dating of Ngalue Cave: A Middle Stone Age site along the Niassa Rift, Mozambique. Journal of Human Evolution. 57(1). 63–74. 30 indexed citations

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Mercader, Julio, et al.. (2008). Middle Stone Age starch acquisition in the Niassa Rift, Mozambique. Quaternary Research. 70(2). 283–300. 36 indexed citations

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Mercader, Julio, et al.. (2006). The Eastern Periphery of the Yoruba Cultural Sphere. Current Anthropology. 47(1). 173–184. 8 indexed citations

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Mercader, Julio. (2002). The Paleolithic settlement of rain forests.. 1–31. 6 indexed citations

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Mercader, Julio, et al.. (2002). The archaeology of West Africa from the Pleistocene to the Mid-Holocene.. 35–63. 1 indexed citations

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Meggers, Betty J., et al.. (2002). Hunter-gatherers in Amazonia during the Pleistocene-Holocene transition.. 291–316. 10 indexed citations

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Mercader, Julio, María Dolores Garralda, Osbjorn M. Pearson, & Robert C. Bailey. (2001). Eight hundred‐year‐old human remains from the Ituri tropical forest, Democratic Republic of Congo: The rock shelter site of Matangai Turu Northwest. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 115(1). 24–37. 10 indexed citations

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Mercader, Julio, et al.. (2000). Forager-farmer interaction and ancient iron metallurgy in the Ituri rainforest, Democratic Republic of Congo. Azania Archaeological Research in Africa. 35(1). 107–122. 12 indexed citations

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