Lucinda Backwell

4.2k citations
57 papers · 2.6k indexed · 2 hit papers · h-index 25
Topics
Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (53 papers)Archaeology and Rock Art Studies (24 papers)Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (18 papers)
Partner nations
South AfricaFranceNorway

In The Last Decade

Lucinda Backwell

57 papers receiving 2.5k citations

Hit Papers

Archaeological Evidence for the Emergence of Language, Sy...200320262010201820032012100200300

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Lucinda Backwell
Comparison fields: 5 of 118
  • Anthropology 2.1k
  • Paleontology 1.6k
  • Archeology 1.0k
  • Archeology 650
  • Social Psychology 394
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Fields of papers citing papers by Lucinda Backwell

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Lucinda Backwell

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Lucinda Backwell. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Lucinda Backwell based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Lucinda Backwell. Lucinda Backwell is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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San Elders Speak: Ancestral knowledge of the Kalahari San
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From Tools to Symbols: From Early Hominids to Modern Humans
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Additional evidence on the early hominid bone tools from Swartkrans with reference to spatial distribution of lithic and organic artefacts
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Archaeological Evidence for the Emergence of Language, Symbolism, and Music–An Alternative Multidisciplinary Perspectivebreakdown →
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Bone tool use in termite foraging by early hominids and its impact on our understanding of early hominid behaviour : research in action
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About Lucinda Backwell

Lucinda Backwell is a scholar working on Archeology, Anthropology and Paleontology, having authored 57 papers that have together received 2.6k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (53 papers), Archaeology and Rock Art Studies (24 papers) and Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (18 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Archeology (650 citations), Paleontology (1.6k citations) and Anthropology (2.1k citations). Lucinda Backwell has collaborated with scholars based in South Africa, France and Norway. Frequent co-authors include Francesco d’Errico, Lyn Wadley, Maria Perla Colombini, Paola Villa, Jeannette Jacqueline Łucejko, Peter Beaumont, Ilaria Degano, Thomas Higham, Marion K. Bamford and Lee R. Berger. Their work appears in journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and PLoS ONE.

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