Lawrence H. Keeley

4.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
34 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

Lawrence H. Keeley is a scholar working on Paleontology, Archeology and Anthropology. According to data from OpenAlex, Lawrence H. Keeley has authored 34 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Paleontology, 15 papers in Archeology and 13 papers in Anthropology. Recurrent topics in Lawrence H. Keeley's work include Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (15 papers), Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (13 papers) and Archaeological and Geological Studies (6 papers). Lawrence H. Keeley is often cited by papers focused on Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (15 papers), Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (13 papers) and Archaeological and Geological Studies (6 papers). Lawrence H. Keeley collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and China. Lawrence H. Keeley's co-authors include Eliot A. Cohen, Nicholas Toth, Mark Newcomer, Richard W. Wrangham, Dale Peterson, John Keegan, Phillip S. Meilinger, Daniel Cahen, J. Desmond Clark and Kenneth P. Oakley and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Foreign Affairs.

In The Last Decade

Lawrence H. Keeley

31 papers receiving 2.2k citations

Hit Papers

Demonic Males: Apes and the Origins of Human Violence. 1997 2026 2006 2016 1997 100 200 300
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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Demonic Males: Apes and the Origins of Human Violence.
    1997 324 citations Lawrence H. Keeley et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Lawrence H. Keeley United States 19 1.2k 1.1k 618 594 407 34 2.6k
Glynn Ll. Isaac United States 19 1.4k 1.2× 1.1k 1.0× 573 0.9× 185 0.3× 714 1.8× 34 2.5k
Polly Wiessner United States 23 1.4k 1.1× 1.1k 1.0× 374 0.6× 1.0k 1.7× 549 1.3× 49 3.3k
Robert Layton United Kingdom 26 879 0.7× 566 0.5× 310 0.5× 425 0.7× 690 1.7× 80 2.7k
Bruce Winterhalder United States 32 957 0.8× 1.3k 1.2× 259 0.4× 777 1.3× 421 1.0× 78 3.4k
J. A. J. Gowlett United Kingdom 32 1.9k 1.6× 1.6k 1.5× 780 1.3× 173 0.3× 588 1.4× 73 3.0k
James F. O’Connell United States 32 2.2k 1.9× 1.8k 1.7× 739 1.2× 372 0.6× 555 1.4× 95 3.9k
Steven Mithen United Kingdom 31 1.4k 1.2× 1.5k 1.3× 738 1.2× 542 0.9× 814 2.0× 150 4.4k
Douglas W. Bird United States 30 1.1k 1.0× 1.0k 1.0× 295 0.5× 719 1.2× 482 1.2× 61 3.6k
James Steele United Kingdom 27 855 0.7× 902 0.8× 393 0.6× 239 0.4× 277 0.7× 84 2.3k
John E. Yellen United States 20 1.3k 1.1× 942 0.9× 443 0.7× 294 0.5× 256 0.6× 38 2.0k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Lawrence H. Keeley

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Lawrence H. Keeley

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Keeley, Lawrence H.. (2006). How War Began. By Keith Otterbein (College Station, Texas A&M University Press, 2004) 310 pp. $60.00 cloth $25.00 paper. The Journal of Interdisciplinary History. 37(2). 261–262.
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Keeley, Lawrence H.. (1996). War before civilization. Oxford University Press eBooks. 464 indexed citations
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Cohen, Eliot A. & Lawrence H. Keeley. (1996). War before Civilization: The Myth of the Peaceful Savage. Foreign Affairs. 75(6). 150–150. 346 indexed citations
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Keeley, Lawrence H., et al.. (1994). "Frits" and Specialized Hide Preparation in the Belgian Early Neolithic. Journal of Archaeological Science. 21(1). 91–99. 10 indexed citations
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Otte, Marcel & Lawrence H. Keeley. (1990). The Impact of Regionalism on Palaeolithic Studies. Current Anthropology. 31(5). 577–582. 32 indexed citations
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Keeley, Lawrence H., et al.. (1989). Early Neolithic Forts and Villages in NE Belgium: A Preliminary Report. Journal of Field Archaeology. 16(2). 157–176. 20 indexed citations
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Keeley, Lawrence H.. (1988). Lithic Economy, Style and Use: A Comparison of Three Late Magdalenian Sites. Lithic Technology. 17(1). 19–25. 18 indexed citations
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Keeley, Lawrence H.. (1988). Hunter-gatherer economic complexity and “population pressure”: A cross-cultural analysis. Journal of Anthropological Archaeology. 7(4). 373–411. 218 indexed citations
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Keeley, Lawrence H.. (1987). Hafting and « Retooling » at Verberie. 15(1). 89–96. 1 indexed citations
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Keeley, Lawrence H.. (1983). Neolithic novelties : the view from ethnography and microwear analysis. 5(1). 251–256. 3 indexed citations
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Keeley, Lawrence H., et al.. (1982). A Flint Dagger from Ffair Rhos, Ceredigion, Dyfed, Wales. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society. 48(1). 492–501. 5 indexed citations
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Keeley, Lawrence H.. (1981). Reply to Holley and Del Bene. Journal of Archaeological Science. 8(4). 348–352. 5 indexed citations
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Noten, Francis Van, Daniel Cahen, & Lawrence H. Keeley. (1980). A Paleolithic Campsite in Belgium. Scientific American. 242(4). 48–55. 28 indexed citations
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Cahen, Daniel, et al.. (1980). Méthodes d'analyse technique, spatiale et fonctionnelle d'ensembles lithiques. 20(3). 209–259. 23 indexed citations
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Cahen, Daniel, et al.. (1978). Les chasseurs de Meer. 30 indexed citations
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Keeley, Lawrence H.. (1977). The functions of palaeolithic flint tools. Scientific American. 237. 108–126. 13 indexed citations
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Keeley, Lawrence H.. (1977). The Functions of Paleolithic Flint Tools. Scientific American. 237(5). 108–126. 93 indexed citations
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Keeley, Lawrence H.. (1977). Beobachtungen uber Mikro-Abnutzungsspuren an 14 Klingen von Hienheim. 19. 71–72. 1 indexed citations
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Keeley, Lawrence H.. (1975). Microwear on flint: some experimental results. 3. 49–51. 8 indexed citations

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