Michael Heckenberger

3.7k total citations · 3 hit papers
39 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Michael Heckenberger is a scholar working on History, General Health Professions and Anthropology. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Heckenberger has authored 39 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 32 papers in History, 17 papers in General Health Professions and 13 papers in Anthropology. Recurrent topics in Michael Heckenberger's work include Amazonian Archaeology and Ethnohistory (31 papers), Indigenous Health and Education (17 papers) and Anthropological Studies and Insights (10 papers). Michael Heckenberger is often cited by papers focused on Amazonian Archaeology and Ethnohistory (31 papers), Indigenous Health and Education (17 papers) and Anthropological Studies and Insights (10 papers). Michael Heckenberger collaborates with scholars based in United States, Brazil and Netherlands. Michael Heckenberger's co-authors include Eduardo Góes Neves, Morgan Schmidt, Carlos Fausto, Judith Russell, Bruna Franchetto, Afukaka Kuikuro, James B. Petersen, Charles R. Clément, André Braga Junqueira and William M. Denevan and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences and Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Michael Heckenberger

38 papers receiving 1.8k 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.

Amazonia 1492: Pristine Forest or Cultural Parkland?

2003 323 citations Michael Heckenberger, Afukaka Kuikuro et al. Science profile →
The domestication of Amazonia before European conquest

2015 302 citations Charles R. Clément, Michael Heckenberger et al. profile →
Contributions of human cultures to biodiversity and ecosystem conservation

2024 38 citations Carolina Levis, Bernardo M. Flores et al. Nature Ecology & Evolution profile →

Peers

Michael Heckenberger

HISTO

GHP

GPC

ANTHR

PALEO

Anna Roosevelt United States

Carlos Fausto Brazil

Crystal N. H. McMichael Netherlands

William Balée United States

William M. Denevan United States

Denise Pahl Schaan Brazil

Morgan Schmidt United States

Betty J. Meggers United States

Jonas Gregório de Souza Brazil

Mark Robinson United Kingdom

Anna Roosevelt United States

Michael Heckenberger

704 ×0.6

HISTO

315 ×0.6

GHP

209 ×0.4

GPC

389 ×0.9

ANTHR

455 ×1.4

PALEO

Citations per year, relative to Michael Heckenberger Michael Heckenberger (= 1×) peers Anna Roosevelt

Countries citing papers authored by Michael Heckenberger

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Citations

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Fields of papers citing papers by Michael Heckenberger

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michael Heckenberger

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Michael Heckenberger. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Michael Heckenberger 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 Michael Heckenberger. Michael Heckenberger is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Levis, Carolina, Bernardo M. Flores, João Vitor Campos‐Silva, et al.. (2024). Contributions of human cultures to biodiversity and ecosystem conservation. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 8(5). 866–879. 38 indexed citations breakdown →

Heckenberger, Michael, et al.. (2020). Participatory Mapping of Mid-Holocene Anthropogenic Landscapes in Guyana with Kite Aerial Photography. 1–15. 1 indexed citations

Athayde, Simone, et al.. (2017). The Same, but Different: Indigenous Knowledge Retention, Erosion, and Innovation in the Brazilian Amazon. Human Ecology. 45(4). 533–544. 28 indexed citations

Athayde, Simone, et al.. (2017). Reconnecting art and science for sustainability: learning from indigenous knowledge through participatory action-research in the Amazon. Ecology and Society. 22(2). 38 indexed citations

Heckenberger, Michael. (2013). Tropical Garden Cities: Archaeology and Memory in the Southern Amazon. LA Referencia (Red Federada de Repositorios Institucionales de Publicaciones Científicas). 26(38). 185–207. 5 indexed citations

Schmidt, Morgan, et al.. (2013). Dark earths and the human built landscape in Amazonia: a widespread pattern of anthrosol formation. Journal of Archaeological Science. 42. 152–165. 92 indexed citations

Whitehead, Neil L., et al.. (2010). Materializing the past among the Lokono (Arawak) of the Berbice River, Guyana. 87–127. 8 indexed citations

Heckenberger, Michael. (2009). Lost Cities of the Amazon. Scientific American. 301(4). 64–71. 8 indexed citations

Heckenberger, Michael, Judith Russell, Carlos Fausto, et al.. (2008). Pre-Columbian Urbanism, Anthropogenic Landscapes, and the Future of the Amazon. Science. 321(5893). 1214–1217. 209 indexed citations

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Fausto, Carlos & Michael Heckenberger. (2007). Time and memory in indigenous amazonia : anthropological perspectives. University Press of Florida eBooks. 98 indexed citations

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Heckenberger, Michael, et al.. (2007). The legacy of cultural landscapes in the Brazilian Amazon: implications for biodiversity. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 362(1478). 197–208. 186 indexed citations

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Heckenberger, Michael. (2005). Amazonian Dark Earths: Origin, Properties, Management. Johannes Lehmann , Dirse C. Kern , Bruno Glaser , William I. Woods. Journal of Anthropological Research. 61(2). 274–276. 3 indexed citations

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Heckenberger, Michael. (2004). The Ecology of Power: Culture, Place and Personhood in the Southern Amazon, AD 1000-2000. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 97 indexed citations

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Heckenberger, Michael. (2003). The Enigma of the Great Cities: Body and State in Amazonia. Tipití Journal of the Society for the Anthropology of Lowland South America. 1(1). 6 indexed citations

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Peterson, Kara, et al.. (2001). Hard and Deeply Buried Target Defeat Capability Analysis of Alternatives Lethality Approach. Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC). 1 indexed citations

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Heckenberger, Michael, James B. Petersen, & Eduardo Góes Neves. (2001). Of Lost Civilizations and Primitive Tribes, Amazonia: Reply to Meggers. Latin American Antiquity. 12(3). 328–333. 9 indexed citations

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Petersen, James B., et al.. (2001). Spin, twist, and twine: an ethnoarchaeological examination of group identity in native fiber industries from Greater Amazonia. 28. 226–253. 2 indexed citations

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Heckenberger, Michael, Eduardo Góes Neves, & James B. Petersen. (1998). De onde surgem os modelos? As origens e expansões Tupi na Amazônia Central. Revista de Antropologia. 41(1). 69–96. 32 indexed citations

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Heckenberger, Michael. (1997). War and peace in the shadow of empire : sociopolitical change in the Upper Xingu of southeastern Amazonia, A.D. 1400-2000. UMI eBooks. 37 indexed citations

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Heckenberger, Michael, et al.. (1990). Early Woodland period ritual use of personal adornment at the Boucher site. Annals of Carnegie Museum. 59(3). 173–217. 4 indexed citations

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