Lorena Becerra‐Valdivia

1.3k total citations
20 papers, 417 citations indexed

About

Lorena Becerra‐Valdivia is a scholar working on Paleontology, Anthropology and Archeology. According to data from OpenAlex, Lorena Becerra‐Valdivia has authored 20 papers receiving a total of 417 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Paleontology, 15 papers in Anthropology and 7 papers in Archeology. Recurrent topics in Lorena Becerra‐Valdivia's work include Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (18 papers), Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (14 papers) and Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies (6 papers). Lorena Becerra‐Valdivia is often cited by papers focused on Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (18 papers), Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (14 papers) and Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies (6 papers). Lorena Becerra‐Valdivia collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Australia and United States. Lorena Becerra‐Valdivia's co-authors include Thomas Higham, Daniel Comeskey, Michael R. Waters, Thibaut Devièse, Thomas W. Stafford, David B. Madsen, Masami Izuho, Clinton W. Epps, Loren G. Davis and Ian Buvit and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Lorena Becerra‐Valdivia

15 papers receiving 404 citations

Peers

Lorena Becerra‐Valdivia
Chad Yost United States
Brendan Fenerty United States
Lutz Kindler Germany
Marcel Bradtmöller Germany
Craig E. Skinner United States
Quentin Mackie Canada
Laura Miotti Argentina
Angelina G. Perrotti United States
José Antonio Riquelme‐Cantal Spain
Margot Kuitems Netherlands
Chad Yost United States
Lorena Becerra‐Valdivia
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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Carrillo-Briceño, Jorge D., et al.. (2025). Ancient Proboscidean-Ivory Artifacts from Northwestern Venezuela. PaleoAmerica. 11(1). 74–79. 2 indexed citations
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Robinson, Mark, Francisco Javier Aceituno Bocanegra, Gaspar Morcote-Ríos, et al.. (2025). Human dietary diversity in the Colombian Andes at the terminal Pleistocene-late Holocene sites Tequendama and Aguazuque. iScience. 28(1). 111624–111624.
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Becerra‐Valdivia, Lorena. (2025). Climate influence on the early human occupation of South America during the late Pleistocene. Nature Communications. 16(1). 2780–2780.
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Raczka, Marco F., Umberto Lombardo, Ezequiel Chavez, et al.. (2025). Localised land-use and maize agriculture by the pre-Columbian Casarabe Culture in Lowland Bolivia. The Holocene. 35(8). 729–742.
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Anderson, Atholl, Lorena Becerra‐Valdivia, Haidee Cadd, et al.. (2024). The age and position of the southern boundary of prehistoric Polynesian dispersal. Archaeology in Oceania/Archæology & physical anthropology in Oceania. 59(3). 479–494.
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Barberena, Ramiro, et al.. (2024). The timing and mode of southern Andean human migrations. Radiocarbon. 67(5). 890–901. 1 indexed citations
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Davis, Loren G., David B. Madsen, Lorena Becerra‐Valdivia, et al.. (2022). Dating of a large tool assemblage at the Cooper’s Ferry site (Idaho, USA) to ~15,785 cal yr B.P. extends the age of stemmed points in the Americas. Science Advances. 8(51). eade1248–eade1248. 15 indexed citations
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Becerra‐Valdivia, Lorena, et al.. (2022). In situ evidence for Paleoindian hematite quarrying at the Powars II site (48PL330), Wyoming. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119(20). e2201005119–e2201005119. 6 indexed citations
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Cadd, Haidee, Lorena Becerra‐Valdivia, John Tibby, et al.. (2022). THE APPLICATION OF POLLEN RADIOCARBON DATING AND BAYESIAN AGE-DEPTH MODELING FOR DEVELOPING ROBUST GEOCHRONOLOGICAL FRAMEWORKS OF WETLAND ARCHIVES. Radiocarbon. 64(2). 213–235. 8 indexed citations
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Kilby, J. David, et al.. (2021). A Newly Identified Younger Dryas Component in Eagle Cave, Texas. American Antiquity. 87(2). 377–388. 1 indexed citations
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Becerra‐Valdivia, Lorena, et al.. (2021). A chronology for the earliest human burials at Cuchipuy, central Chile. Journal of Archaeological Science Reports. 41. 103310–103310. 3 indexed citations
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Turney, Chris, Lorena Becerra‐Valdivia, Adam Sookdeo, et al.. (2021). RADIOCARBON PROTOCOLS AND FIRST INTERCOMPARISON RESULTS FROM THE CHRONOS 14CARBON-CYCLE FACILITY, UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES, SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA. Radiocarbon. 63(3). 1003–1023. 26 indexed citations
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Becerra‐Valdivia, Lorena & Thomas Higham. (2020). The timing and effect of the earliest human arrivals in North America. Nature. 584(7819). 93–97. 75 indexed citations
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Davis, Loren G., David B. Madsen, Lorena Becerra‐Valdivia, et al.. (2019). Late Upper Paleolithic occupation at Cooper’s Ferry, Idaho, USA, ~16,000 years ago. Science. 365(6456). 891–897. 99 indexed citations
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Becerra‐Valdivia, Lorena, et al.. (2019). Challenges in sample processing within radiocarbon dating and their impact in 14C-dates-as-data studies. Journal of Archaeological Science. 113. 105043–105043. 23 indexed citations
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Devièse, Thibaut, Thomas W. Stafford, Michael R. Waters, et al.. (2018). Increasing accuracy for the radiocarbon dating of sites occupied by the first Americans. Quaternary Science Reviews. 198. 171–180. 50 indexed citations
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Becerra‐Valdivia, Lorena, Michael R. Waters, Thomas W. Stafford, et al.. (2018). Reassessing the chronology of the archaeological site of Anzick. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 115(27). 7000–7003. 36 indexed citations
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Ollé, Andreu, Lorena Becerra‐Valdivia, Katerina Douka, et al.. (2017). Understanding the emergence of modern humans and the disappearance of Neanderthals: Insights from Kaldar Cave (Khorramabad Valley, Western Iran). Scientific Reports. 7(1). 43460–43460. 40 indexed citations
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Becerra‐Valdivia, Lorena, Katerina Douka, Daniel Comeskey, et al.. (2017). Chronometric investigations of the Middle to Upper Paleolithic transition in the Zagros Mountains using AMS radiocarbon dating and Bayesian age modelling. Journal of Human Evolution. 109. 57–69. 32 indexed citations

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