Matthew Pailes

588 total citations · 1 hit paper
18 papers, 292 citations indexed

About

Matthew Pailes is a scholar working on Paleontology, Anthropology and Visual Arts and Performing Arts. According to data from OpenAlex, Matthew Pailes has authored 18 papers receiving a total of 292 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Paleontology, 12 papers in Anthropology and 6 papers in Visual Arts and Performing Arts. Recurrent topics in Matthew Pailes's work include Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (14 papers), Archaeology and Natural History (9 papers) and Latin American history and culture (6 papers). Matthew Pailes is often cited by papers focused on Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (14 papers), Archaeology and Natural History (9 papers) and Latin American history and culture (6 papers). Matthew Pailes collaborates with scholars based in United States, Mexico and United Kingdom. Matthew Pailes's co-authors include Elizabeth C. Stone, Christian E. Peterson, Timothy J. Dennehy, Gary M. Feinman, Timothy A. Kohler, Anna Marie Prentiss, Alleen Betzenhauser, Michael E. Smith, Amy Bogaard and Amy Styring and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, PLoS ONE and American Antiquity.

In The Last Decade

Matthew Pailes

17 papers receiving 275 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.

Greater post-Neolithic wealth disparities in Eurasia than in North America and Mesoamerica

2017 184 citations Timothy A. Kohler, Michael E. Smith et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Matthew Pailes United States	8	139	103	50	43	39	18	292
Ronald Faulseit United States	4	162 1.2×	84 0.8×	51 1.0×	45 1.0×	38 1.0×	9	308
Jessica Munson United States	11	207 1.5×	83 0.8×	49 1.0×	38 0.9×	24 0.6×	24	383
Thomas A. Foor United States	11	259 1.9×	202 2.0×	79 1.6×	66 1.5×	38 1.0×	22	473
Jade Whitlam United Kingdom	7	158 1.1×	77 0.7×	43 0.9×	30 0.7×	39 1.0×	13	321
Alleen Betzenhauser United States	5	105 0.8×	67 0.7×	44 0.9×	38 0.9×	35 0.9×	11	228
Verenice Y. Heredia Espinoza Mexico	9	196 1.4×	102 1.0×	36 0.7×	34 0.8×	15 0.4×	20	292
Mattia Fochesato Italy	7	159 1.1×	77 0.7×	101 2.0×	54 1.3×	108 2.8×	13	405
Will Fowler United Kingdom	7	181 1.3×	97 0.9×	48 1.0×	25 0.6×	16 0.4×	54	348
Christopher P. Garraty United States	10	268 1.9×	155 1.5×	26 0.5×	46 1.1×	45 1.2×	13	382
Matthew S. Bandy United States	8	207 1.5×	123 1.2×	34 0.7×	22 0.5×	9 0.2×	9	305

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Matthew Pailes

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18 of 18 papers shown

Carpenter, John, et al.. (2024). Obsidian circulation in the Sierra Madre Occidental of northern México: New source identification and analysis of procurement patterns. Journal of Archaeological Science Reports. 57. 104615–104615. 1 indexed citations

Sánchez, Guadalupe, et al.. (2023). In Search of a Borderland: Material Culture Patterns on the Southern Limits of the North American Southwest. Journal of Field Archaeology. 48(8). 588–604. 1 indexed citations

Pailes, Matthew, et al.. (2022). Borderlands Histories: Ethnographic Observations and Archaeological Interpretations. University of Utah Press eBooks. 4 indexed citations

Sánchez, Guadalupe, et al.. (2022). Spatial and Temporal Limits of the Casas Grandes Tradition: A View from the Fronteras Valley. Latin American Antiquity. 34(2). 235–258. 3 indexed citations

Sánchez, Guadalupe, et al.. (2021). Recent Research in the Sahuaripa Region of Sonora, Mexico. KIVA. 87(4). 461–485. 4 indexed citations

Kohler, Timothy A., Michael E. Smith, Amy Bogaard, et al.. (2018). Deep inequality: Summary and conclusions. 9 indexed citations

Pailes, Matthew, Natalia Martínez‐Tagüeña, & William H. Doelle. (2018). The Role of Future Discounting in Subsistence Decisions: The Case of Hohokam Agave Bajada Cultivation. Journal of Field Archaeology. 43(8). 619–633. 4 indexed citations

Kohler, Timothy A., Michael E. Smith, Amy Bogaard, et al.. (2017). Greater post-Neolithic wealth disparities in Eurasia than in North America and Mesoamerica. Nature. 551(7682). 619–622. 184 indexed citations breakdown →

Pailes, Matthew. (2017). Northwest Mexico: The Prehistory of Sonora, Chihuahua, and Neighboring Areas. Journal of Archaeological Research. 25(4). 373–420. 11 indexed citations

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Pailes, Matthew, et al.. (2017). Refining Potential Source Regions via Combined Maize Niche Modeling and Isotopes: a Case Study from Chaco Canyon, NM, USA. Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory. 26(1). 25–51. 3 indexed citations

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Pailes, Matthew. (2016). Exchange economies of late prehistoric eastern Sonora, Mexico: A re-evaluation based on provenance data analyses. Journal of Field Archaeology. 41(5). 587–602. 10 indexed citations

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Zedeño, María Nieves, et al.. (2016). Complementary approaches to the identification of bison processing for storage at the Kutoyis complex, Montana. Journal of Archaeological Science Reports. 17. 879–894. 9 indexed citations

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Pailes, Matthew. (2015). Political landscapes of late prehispanic Sonora: A view from the Moctezuma Valley. PLoS ONE. 8(10). e77065–e77065.

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Pailes, Matthew. (2015). The Political Landscapes of Eastern Sonora, Mexico: A Reconsideration of Scale and Organization. Latin American Antiquity. 26(4). 530–549. 12 indexed citations

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Pailes, Matthew, et al.. (2015). Diabase Temper as a Marker for Laguna Ceramics. KIVA. 80(3-4). 281–303. 2 indexed citations

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Pailes, Matthew. (2014). Social Network Analysis of Early Classic Hohokam Corporate Group Inequality. American Antiquity. 79(3). 465–486. 20 indexed citations

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Pailes, Matthew, et al.. (2013). Identifying the Origin of Southwestern Shell: A Geochemical Application to Mogollon Rim Archaeomolluscs. American Antiquity. 78(4). 640–661. 6 indexed citations

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Pailes, Matthew, et al.. (2013). Identifying the Origin of Southwestern Shell: A Geochemical Application to Mogollon Rim Archaeomolluscs. American Antiquity. 78(4). 640–661. 9 indexed citations

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