Kenneth Hirth

2.2k total citations
68 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Kenneth Hirth is a scholar working on Paleontology, Visual Arts and Performing Arts and Anthropology. According to data from OpenAlex, Kenneth Hirth has authored 68 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 38 papers in Paleontology, 33 papers in Visual Arts and Performing Arts and 22 papers in Anthropology. Recurrent topics in Kenneth Hirth's work include Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (37 papers), Latin American history and culture (33 papers) and Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (11 papers). Kenneth Hirth is often cited by papers focused on Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (37 papers), Latin American history and culture (33 papers) and Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (11 papers). Kenneth Hirth collaborates with scholars based in United States, Mexico and United Kingdom. Kenneth Hirth's co-authors include Michael E. Smith, David M. Carballo, Douglas J. Kennett, Thomas W. Gardner, Ann Cyphers, Jason De León, Thomas K. Harper, Amber M. VanDerwarker, Heather B. Thakar and Logan Kistler and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Kenneth Hirth

64 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Kenneth Hirth 896 513 451 259 199 68 1.3k
Katharina Schreiber 812 0.9× 367 0.7× 412 0.9× 337 1.3× 257 1.3× 37 1.2k
Charles Stanish 938 1.0× 488 1.0× 368 0.8× 397 1.5× 266 1.3× 65 1.4k
Patricia A. McAnany 862 1.0× 515 1.0× 414 0.9× 273 1.1× 251 1.3× 50 1.2k
Jeffrey R. Parsons 829 0.9× 470 0.9× 504 1.1× 204 0.8× 176 0.9× 68 1.3k
Wendy Ashmore 833 0.9× 377 0.7× 435 1.0× 260 1.0× 173 0.9× 44 1.2k
Stephen A. Kowalewski 1.3k 1.4× 717 1.4× 502 1.1× 305 1.2× 282 1.4× 62 1.8k
Terence N. D’Altroy 701 0.8× 410 0.8× 378 0.8× 226 0.9× 196 1.0× 28 1.1k
George L. Cowgill 1.1k 1.2× 554 1.1× 341 0.8× 287 1.1× 356 1.8× 56 1.7k
Charles S. Spencer 702 0.8× 361 0.7× 245 0.5× 222 0.9× 174 0.9× 46 1.1k
Edward Schortman 663 0.7× 427 0.8× 254 0.6× 172 0.7× 159 0.8× 36 937

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All Works

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VanDerwarker, Amber M., Heather B. Thakar, Kenneth Hirth, et al.. (2025). Early evidence of avocado domestication from El Gigante Rockshelter, Honduras. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 122(10). e2417072122–e2417072122. 1 indexed citations
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Kennett, Douglas J., Thomas K. Harper, Amber M. VanDerwarker, et al.. (2023). Trans–Holocene Bayesian chronology for tree and field crop use from El Gigante rockshelter, Honduras. PLoS ONE. 18(6). e0287195–e0287195. 4 indexed citations
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Kistler, Logan, Heather B. Thakar, Amber M. VanDerwarker, et al.. (2020). Archaeological Central American maize genomes suggest ancient gene flow from South America. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(52). 33124–33129. 36 indexed citations
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Hirth, Kenneth, et al.. (2019). ALTICA, COAPEXCO, AND THE ROLE OF MIDDLEMEN IN FORMATIVE OBSIDIAN EXCHANGE. Ancient Mesoamerica. 30(2). 295–310. 7 indexed citations
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Hirth, Kenneth, et al.. (2017). Altica and the Role of Middlemen in Formative Obsidian Exchange. 1 indexed citations
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Hirth, Kenneth, et al.. (2017). ¿Química o color?: comparación entre el uso de fluorescencia de rayos-X portátil y las técnicas visuales de clasificación de obsidiana de Tepeticpac. Arqueología. 157–174. 4 indexed citations
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Kennett, Douglas J., Heather B. Thakar, Amber M. VanDerwarker, et al.. (2017). High-precision chronology for Central American maize diversification from El Gigante rockshelter, Honduras. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 114(34). 9026–9031. 38 indexed citations
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Storey, Rebecca, et al.. (2016). Geographical isotopes, migration and the Tlajinga District of Teotihuacan. 1 indexed citations
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Hirth, Kenneth, Ann Cyphers, Robert H. Cobean, Jason De León, & Michael D. Glascock. (2013). Early Olmec obsidian trade and economic organization at San Lorenzo. Journal of Archaeological Science. 40(6). 2784–2798. 35 indexed citations
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Hirth, Kenneth. (2013). Demografía, urbanismo y población: cómo levantar un censo de los desaparecidos. Arqueología mexicana. 21(121). 40–48.
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Hirth, Kenneth. (2013). Los mercados prehispánicos La economía y el comercio. Arqueología mexicana. 21(122). 30–35. 1 indexed citations
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Hirth, Kenneth. (2009). 2
Craft Production, Household Diversification, and Domestic Economy in Prehispanic Mesoamerica. Archeological Papers of the American Anthropological Association. 19(1). 13–32. 72 indexed citations
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Hirth, Kenneth, et al.. (2000). Rapidly Abandoned Households at Xochicalco, Morelos, México. Dialnet (Universidad de la Rioja). 88–102. 4 indexed citations
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Hirth, Kenneth. (1998). The Covenants with Earth and Rain: Exchange, Sacrifice, and Revelation in Mixtec Sociality. Hispanic American Historical Review. 78(1). 141–142. 4 indexed citations
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Hirth, Kenneth & Dorothy Hosler. (1997). The Sounds and Colors of Power: The Sacred Metallurgical Technology of Ancient West Mexico. Ethnohistory. 44(1). 178–178. 3 indexed citations
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Hirth, Kenneth. (1995). Urbanism, Militarism, and Architectural Design: An Analysis of Epidassic sociopolitical structure at Xochicalco. Ancient Mesoamerica. 6. 237–250. 10 indexed citations
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Sheets, Payson, Kenneth Hirth, Fred F. Lange, et al.. (1990). Obsidian Sources and Elemental Analyses of Artifacts in Southern Mesoamerica and the Northern Intermediate Area. American Antiquity. 55(1). 144–158. 22 indexed citations
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Hirth, Kenneth. (1978). Problems in Data Recovery and Measurement in Settlement Archaeology. Journal of Field Archaeology. 5(2). 125–131. 11 indexed citations
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Hirth, Kenneth. (1977). Teotihuacán regional population administration in Eastern Morelos. World Archaeology. 9(3). 320–333. 20 indexed citations

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