Lucinda Backwell

4.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
57 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

Lucinda Backwell is a scholar working on Anthropology, Paleontology and Archeology. According to data from OpenAlex, Lucinda Backwell has authored 57 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 53 papers in Anthropology, 28 papers in Paleontology and 24 papers in Archeology. Recurrent topics in Lucinda Backwell's work include Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (53 papers), Archaeology and Rock Art Studies (24 papers) and Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (18 papers). Lucinda Backwell is often cited by papers focused on Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (53 papers), Archaeology and Rock Art Studies (24 papers) and Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (18 papers). Lucinda Backwell collaborates with scholars based in South Africa, France and Norway. Lucinda Backwell's co-authors include Francesco d’Errico, Lyn Wadley, Thomas Higham, Jeannette Jacqueline Łucejko, Paola Villa, Ilaria Degano, Peter Beaumont, Maria Perla Colombini, Lee R. Berger and Marion K. Bamford and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Lucinda Backwell

57 papers receiving 2.5k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

Archaeological Evidence for the Emergence of Language, Symbolism, and Music–An Alternative Multidisciplinary Perspective

2003 334 citations Francesco d’Errico, Christopher S. Henshilwood et al. Journal of World Prehistory profile →
Early evidence of San material culture represented by organic artifacts from Border Cave, South Africa

2012 290 citations Francesco d’Errico, Lucinda Backwell et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Lucinda Backwell South Africa	25	2.1k	1.6k	1.0k	650	394	57	2.6k
Teresa E. Steele United States	29	2.1k 1.0×	1.8k 1.1×	1.1k 1.0×	417 0.6×	189 0.5×	62	2.8k
Marlize Lombard South Africa	35	2.7k 1.3×	2.2k 1.4×	1.3k 1.3×	1.2k 1.8×	403 1.0×	121	3.8k
Marie Soressi Germany	28	2.0k 1.0×	1.7k 1.1×	1.1k 1.1×	271 0.4×	145 0.4×	79	2.6k
Naama Goren‐Inbar Israel	30	2.2k 1.0×	1.7k 1.1×	1.1k 1.1×	260 0.4×	525 1.3×	77	2.9k
Yonas Beyene Japan	21	1.7k 0.8×	1.3k 0.8×	623 0.6×	132 0.2×	895 2.3×	32	2.4k
Geoffrey A. Clark United States	27	1.6k 0.8×	1.5k 0.9×	947 0.9×	163 0.3×	187 0.5×	117	2.4k
John Harris United States	23	1.6k 0.8×	1.1k 0.7×	596 0.6×	127 0.2×	812 2.1×	49	2.3k
Kathy Schick United States	23	1.3k 0.6×	900 0.6×	472 0.5×	159 0.2×	869 2.2×	47	2.4k
Thomas W. Plummer United States	25	1.7k 0.8×	1.1k 0.7×	580 0.6×	157 0.2×	811 2.1×	47	2.3k
Sileshi Semaw United States	17	1.6k 0.8×	1.1k 0.7×	590 0.6×	118 0.2×	987 2.5×	34	2.3k

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Backwell, Lucinda, et al.. (2023). Evidence for large land snail cooking and consumption at Border Cave c. 170–70 ka ago. Implications for the evolution of human diet and social behaviour. Quaternary Science Reviews. 306. 108030–108030. 3 indexed citations

Peña, Paloma de la, et al.. (2022). Technological and geometric morphometric analysis of ‘post-Howiesons Poort points’ from Border Cave, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Quaternary Science Reviews. 297. 107813–107813. 13 indexed citations

Peña, Paloma de la, Francesco d’Errico, Lyn Wadley, et al.. (2022). Lithic technological and spatial analysis of the final Pleistocene at Border Cave, South Africa. Quaternary Science Reviews. 296. 107802–107802. 9 indexed citations

Backwell, Lucinda, et al.. (2022). Technological and functional analysis of 80–60 ka bone wedges from Sibudu (KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa). Scientific Reports. 12(1). 16270–16270. 11 indexed citations

Backwell, Lucinda, et al.. (2022). A vegetation record based on charcoal analysis from Border Cave, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, ∼227 000 to ∼44 000 years ago. Quaternary Science Reviews. 293. 107676–107676. 8 indexed citations

d’Errico, Francesco & Lucinda Backwell. (2021). San Elders Speak: Ancestral knowledge of the Kalahari San. Project Muse (Johns Hopkins University). 1 indexed citations

Sievers, Christine, Lucinda Backwell, Francesco d’Errico, & Lyn Wadley. (2021). Plant bedding construction between 60,000 and 40,000 years ago at Border Cave, South Africa. Quaternary Science Reviews. 275. 107280–107280. 13 indexed citations

Backwell, Lucinda, Justin Bradfield, Kristian J. Carlson, et al.. (2018). The antiquity of bow-and-arrow technology: evidence from Middle Stone Age layers at Sibudu Cave. Antiquity. 92(362). 289–303. 47 indexed citations

Val, Aurore, Lucinda Backwell, Paul H.G.M. Dirks, Francesco d’Errico, & Lee R. Berger. (2017). Reconstruction of the burial position of two hominin skeletons (Australopithecus sediba) from the early Pleistocene Malapa cave site, South Africa. Geoarchaeology. 33(3). 291–306. 7 indexed citations

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d’Errico, Francesco & Lucinda Backwell. (2016). Earliest evidence of personal ornaments associated with burial: The Conus shells from Border Cave. Journal of Human Evolution. 93. 91–108. 69 indexed citations

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Val, Aurore, Paul H.G.M. Dirks, Lucinda Backwell, Francesco d’Errico, & Lee R. Berger. (2015). Taphonomic Analysis of the Faunal Assemblage Associated with the Hominins (Australopithecus sediba) from the Early Pleistocene Cave Deposits of Malapa, South Africa. PLoS ONE. 10(6). e0126904–e0126904. 28 indexed citations

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Wadley, Lyn, et al.. (2015). Traditional Glue, Adhesive and Poison Used for Composite Weapons by Ju/’hoan San in Nyae Nyae, Namibia. Implications for the Evolution of Hunting Equipment in Prehistory. PLoS ONE. 10(10). e0140269–e0140269. 38 indexed citations

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Backwell, Lucinda, et al.. (2013). Identification of fossil hairs in Parahyaena brunnea coprolites from Middle Pleistocene deposits at Gladysvale cave, South Africa. Journal of Archaeological Science. 40(10). 3674–3685. 24 indexed citations

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Backwell, Lucinda, et al.. (2012). Criteria for identifying bone modification by termites in the fossil record. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology. 337-338. 72–87. 102 indexed citations

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d’Errico, Francesco, Lucinda Backwell, Paola Villa, et al.. (2012). Early evidence of San material culture represented by organic artifacts from Border Cave, South Africa. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 109(33). 13214–13219. 290 indexed citations breakdown →

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d’Errico, Francesco, Lucinda Backwell, Paola Villa, et al.. (2012). Reply to Evans: Use of poison remains the most parsimonious explanation for Border Cave castor bean extract. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 109(48). 6 indexed citations

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d’Errico, Francesco, et al.. (2005). From Tools to Symbols: From Early Hominids to Modern Humans. Wits University Press eBooks. 130 indexed citations

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Backwell, Lucinda & Francesco d’Errico. (2003). Additional evidence on the early hominid bone tools from Swartkrans with reference to spatial distribution of lithic and organic artefacts. South African Journal of Science. 99. 259–267. 26 indexed citations

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d’Errico, Francesco, Christopher S. Henshilwood, Graeme Lawson, et al.. (2003). Archaeological Evidence for the Emergence of Language, Symbolism, and Music–An Alternative Multidisciplinary Perspective. Journal of World Prehistory. 17(1). 1–70. 334 indexed citations breakdown →

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d’Errico, Francesco, Lucinda Backwell, & Lee R. Berger. (2001). Bone tool use in termite foraging by early hominids and its impact on our understanding of early hominid behaviour : research in action. South African Journal of Science. 97. 71–75. 17 indexed citations

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