Marie Balasse

4.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
69 papers, 3.3k citations indexed

About

Marie Balasse is a scholar working on Paleontology, Ecology and Anthropology. According to data from OpenAlex, Marie Balasse has authored 69 papers receiving a total of 3.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 58 papers in Paleontology, 34 papers in Ecology and 31 papers in Anthropology. Recurrent topics in Marie Balasse's work include Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (57 papers), Isotope Analysis in Ecology (34 papers) and Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (30 papers). Marie Balasse is often cited by papers focused on Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (57 papers), Isotope Analysis in Ecology (34 papers) and Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (30 papers). Marie Balasse collaborates with scholars based in France, United Kingdom and United States. Marie Balasse's co-authors include Stanley H. Ambrose, Anne Tresset, Andrew B. Smith, Antoine Zazzo, T. Douglas Price, Joël Ughetto-Monfrin, Hervé Bocherens, André Mariotti, William P. Patterson and Steven R. Leigh and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta.

In The Last Decade

Marie Balasse

64 papers receiving 3.2k citations

Hit Papers

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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. The Seasonal Mobility Model for Prehistoric Herders in the South-western Cape of South Africa Assessed by Isotopic Analysis of Sheep Tooth Enamel
    2002 333 citations Marie Balasse, Stanley H. Ambrose et al. Journal of Archaeological Science profile →

Peers

Marie Balasse
Cheryl A. Makarewicz Germany
László Bartosiewicz Russia
Sebastian Payne United Kingdom
Olaf Nehlich Germany
Anton Ervynck Belgium
Susan D. deFrance United States
Adolfo Gil Argentina
Preston Miracle United Kingdom
Madonna L. Moss United States
Gundula Müldner United Kingdom
Cheryl A. Makarewicz Germany
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Fields of papers citing papers by Marie Balasse

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Marie Balasse

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All Works

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Joannin, Sébastien, Guillemette Ménot, Nathalie Combourieu‐Nebout, et al.. (2025). Holocene climate dynamics in the central Mediterranean inferred from pollen data. Climate of the past. 21(11). 2331–2359.
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Fiorillo, Denis, et al.. (2023). Milk and meat exploitation, autumn lambing and use of forest resources in Neolithic Corsican sheep farming systems (fifth to third millennia cal BC). Journal of Archaeological Science Reports. 50. 104037–104037. 2 indexed citations
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Balasse, Marie, et al.. (2023). Early Dalmatian farmers specialized in sheep husbandry. Scientific Reports. 13(1). 10355–10355. 1 indexed citations
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Balasse, Marie, Delphine Frémondeau, Erika Gál, et al.. (2023). Early Neolithic pastoral land use at Alsónyék-Bátaszék, Hungary (Starčevo culture): New insights from stable isotope ratios. PLoS ONE. 18(12). e0295769–e0295769. 2 indexed citations
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Balasse, Marie, Adrian Bălăşescu, Valentin Radu, et al.. (2023). Morphological and dietary adaptations to different socio-economic systems in Chalcolithic dogs. Journal of Archaeological Science. 157. 105820–105820. 1 indexed citations
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Smyth, Jessica, Rosalind E. Gillis, Mélanie Roffet‐Salque, et al.. (2023). Integrated approaches to understanding animal exploitation and dairying in the Central European Early Neolithic: a case study from Ludwinowo 7 (Kuyavia, Poland; c. 5250–5000 cal BC). Bristol Research (University of Bristol). 2.
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Balasse, Marie, et al.. (2023). Experimental Data from Lacaune and Merino Sheep Provide New Methodological and Theoretical Grounds to Investigate Autumn Lambing in Past Husbandries. Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory. 31(1). 75–92. 9 indexed citations
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Balasse, Marie, Rosalind E. Gillis, Rémi Berthon, et al.. (2021). Seasonal calving in European Prehistoric cattle and its impacts on milk availability and cheese-making. Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research).
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Balasse, Marie, Rosalind E. Gillis, Rémi Berthon, et al.. (2021). Seasonal calving in European Prehistoric cattle and its impacts on milk availability and cheese-making. Scientific Reports. 11(1). 8185–8185. 22 indexed citations
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Balasse, Marie, et al.. (2021). Sheep husbandry in the early Neolithic of the Pyrenees: New data on feeding and reproduction in the cave of Chaves. Journal of Archaeological Science Reports. 37. 102935–102935. 15 indexed citations
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Janzen, Anneke, Marie Balasse, & Stanley H. Ambrose. (2020). Early pastoral mobility and seasonality in Kenya assessed through stable isotope analysis. Journal of Archaeological Science. 117. 105099–105099. 20 indexed citations
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Tornero, Carlos, et al.. (2019). Food management of early introduced caprine and bovine herds in the early Neolithic site of La Draga (Banyoles): An isotopic approach. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology. 29(6). 986–998. 18 indexed citations
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Balasse, Marie, Anne Tresset, Adrian Bălăşescu, et al.. (2017). Animal Board Invited Review: Sheep birth distribution in past herds: a review for prehistoric Europe (6th to 3rd millennia BC). animal. 11(12). 2229–2236. 39 indexed citations
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Cucchi, Thomas, et al.. (2016). Social Complexification and Pig (Sus scrofa) Husbandry in Ancient China: A Combined Geometric Morphometric and Isotopic Approach. PLoS ONE. 11(7). e0158523–e0158523. 42 indexed citations
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Lernia, Savino di, Mary Anne Tafuri, Marina Gallinaro, et al.. (2013). Inside the “African Cattle Complex”: Animal Burials in the Holocene Central Sahara. PLoS ONE. 8(2). e56879–e56879. 66 indexed citations
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Balasse, Marie. (2003). Keeping the young alive to stimulate milk production? Differences between cattle and small stock. Anthropozoologica. 37(37). 3–10. 24 indexed citations
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Balasse, Marie, Hervé Bocherens, & André Mariotti. (1999). Intra-bone Variability of Collagen and Apatite Isotopic Composition Used as Evidence of a Change of Diet. Journal of Archaeological Science. 26(6). 593–598. 94 indexed citations

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