Mathias Guenther

1.8k total citations
46 papers, 851 citations indexed

About

Mathias Guenther is a scholar working on Anthropology, Sociology and Political Science and Archeology. According to data from OpenAlex, Mathias Guenther has authored 46 papers receiving a total of 851 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Anthropology, 13 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 13 papers in Archeology. Recurrent topics in Mathias Guenther's work include Archaeology and Rock Art Studies (13 papers), African history and culture studies (8 papers) and Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (8 papers). Mathias Guenther is often cited by papers focused on Archaeology and Rock Art Studies (13 papers), African history and culture studies (8 papers) and Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (8 papers). Mathias Guenther collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Netherlands. Mathias Guenther's co-authors include Richard B. Lee, Charles A. Bishop, Eric Alden Smith, Hideaki Terashima, Valda Blundell, Nancy Howell, Polly Wiessner, Elizabeth Cashdan, Henry Harpending and Alan Barnard and has published in prestigious journals such as Current Anthropology, Africa and Canadian Journal of African Studies / Revue canadienne des études africaines.

In The Last Decade

Mathias Guenther

38 papers receiving 591 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Mathias Guenther Canada 13 565 450 231 186 126 46 851
Richard B. Lee Canada 10 442 0.8× 329 0.7× 171 0.7× 167 0.9× 120 1.0× 17 862
Lorna Marshall United States 15 512 0.9× 446 1.0× 186 0.8× 248 1.3× 105 0.8× 22 1.1k
Megan Biesele United States 14 474 0.8× 448 1.0× 166 0.7× 159 0.9× 57 0.5× 47 729
James Denbow United States 16 733 1.3× 680 1.5× 301 1.3× 166 0.9× 100 0.8× 31 1.0k
Edwin Ν. Wilmsen United States 21 1.1k 1.9× 580 1.3× 578 2.5× 284 1.5× 163 1.3× 77 1.6k
Alice Β. Kehoe United States 14 435 0.8× 112 0.2× 339 1.5× 160 0.9× 43 0.3× 93 990
Ann B. Stahl United States 17 869 1.5× 402 0.9× 537 2.3× 120 0.6× 56 0.4× 51 1.4k
Peter R. Schmidt United States 21 698 1.2× 441 1.0× 255 1.1× 130 0.7× 59 0.5× 99 1.2k
M. G. Bicchieri United States 5 283 0.5× 137 0.3× 151 0.7× 111 0.6× 65 0.5× 8 510
Nicholas David Canada 17 702 1.2× 385 0.9× 571 2.5× 121 0.7× 51 0.4× 39 1.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Mathias Guenther

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Guenther, Mathias. (2020). ‘The hunting-field and its doings’: subjectivities of territory of the |Xam Bushmen of the northern Cape. Southern African humanities. 33. 99–117. 1 indexed citations
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Guenther, Mathias. (2014). 'With their backs to the wall … they were fighting like the cornered mongoose': contextualizing Kalahari San violence and warfare historically. Journal of Namibian Studies History Politics Culture. 16. 7–45.
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Guenther, Mathias. (2009). Meanderings and musings in the field of San and hunter-gatherer studies. 2009(4). 1–8. 1 indexed citations
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Guenther, Mathias. (2007). 'Poor Baines has his troubles': Thomas Baines and James Chapman afoot in the Kalahari, 1861: deconstructing an imperialist narrative. 55. 85–107. 1 indexed citations
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Guenther, Mathias. (2005). San Spirituality Roots, Expressions, and Social Consequences. 2005(2). 1–4. 39 indexed citations
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Guenther, Mathias. (2003). Contemporary Bushman Art, Identity Politics and the Primitivism Discourse. Anthropologica. 45(1). 95–95. 10 indexed citations
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Guenther, Mathias. (2002). Ethno-tourism and the Bushmen. Senri ethnological studies. 60(60). 47–64. 1 indexed citations
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Guenther, Mathias & Morris Berman. (2001). Wandering God: A Study in Nomadic Spirituality. Anthropologica. 43(2). 277–277. 6 indexed citations
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Guenther, Mathias. (1997). Lords of the Desert Land: Politics and Resistance of the Ghanzi Basarwa of the Nineteenth Century. Botswana notes and records. 29(1). 121–141. 4 indexed citations
11.
Wilmsen, Edwin Ν., James Denbow, M. G. Bicchieri, et al.. (1990). Paradigmatic History of San-Speaking Peoples and Current Attempts at Revision [and Comments and Replies]. Current Anthropology. 31(5). 489–524. 165 indexed citations
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Guenther, Mathias. (1989). Bushman Folktales. Oral Traditions of the Nharo of Botswana and the /Xam of the Cape.. 93(93). 1–166. 34 indexed citations
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Biesele, Megan, Mathias Guenther, Robert K. Hitchcock, Richard B. Lee, & Jean MacGregor. (1989). Hunters, Clients and Squatters: The Contemporary Socioeconomuc Status of Btswana Basarwa. Kyoto University Research Information Repository (Kyoto University). 9(3). 109–151. 20 indexed citations
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Guenther, Mathias. (1986). The Nharo bushmen of Botswana : tradition and change. 44 indexed citations
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Guenther, Mathias. (1980). From 'Brutal Savages' to 'Harmless People': Notes on the Changing Western Image of the Bushmen. Paideuma. 26. 123–140. 15 indexed citations
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Guenther, Mathias. (1979). The farm bushmen of the Ghanzi District, Botswana. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 9 indexed citations
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Guenther, Mathias. (1977). Bushman Hunters as Farm Labourers. Canadian Journal of African Studies / Revue canadienne des études africaines. 11(2). 195–195. 1 indexed citations
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Guenther, Mathias. (1975). San Acculturation and Incorporation in the Ranching Areas of the Ghanzi District: Some Urgent Anthropological Issues. Botswana notes and records. 7. 167–170. 4 indexed citations
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Guenther, Mathias. (1975). The Trance Dancer as an Agent of Social Change among the Farm Bushmen of the Ghanzi District. Botswana notes and records. 7. 161–166. 28 indexed citations
20.
Guenther, Mathias. (1970). The Effect of Christianity on Bushmen. Botswana notes and records. 2. 125–126.

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