Michael J. O’Brien

8.8k total citations
208 papers, 5.1k citations indexed

About

Michael J. O’Brien is a scholar working on Anthropology, Paleontology and Cultural Studies. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael J. O’Brien has authored 208 papers receiving a total of 5.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 86 papers in Anthropology, 80 papers in Paleontology and 52 papers in Cultural Studies. Recurrent topics in Michael J. O’Brien's work include Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (74 papers), Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (61 papers) and Language and cultural evolution (49 papers). Michael J. O’Brien is often cited by papers focused on Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (74 papers), Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (61 papers) and Language and cultural evolution (49 papers). Michael J. O’Brien collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Canada. Michael J. O’Brien's co-authors include R. Lee Lyman, Briggs Buchanan, Kevin N. Laland, Mark Collard, Alex Mesoudi, R. Alexander Bentley, Metin I. Eren, Thomas D. Holland, John Darwent and John Etgen and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Academy of Management Review.

In The Last Decade

Michael J. O’Brien

191 papers receiving 4.7k citations

Peers

Michael J. O’Brien
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  • Anthropology 2.5k
  • Paleontology 2.5k
  • Cultural Studies 1.3k
  • Sociology and Political Science 1.1k
  • Archeology 814
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Mark Collard Canada
Stephen Shennan United Kingdom
Steven Mithen United Kingdom
Briggs Buchanan United States
Colin Renfrew United Kingdom
Timothy Earle United States
Bruce G. Trigger Canada
Ian Hodder United States
Clive Gamble United Kingdom
R. Alexander Bentley United States
Mark Collard Canada View profile →
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Countries citing papers authored by Michael J. O’Brien

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michael J. O’Brien

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All Works

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Geometric Morphometrics & Elliptic Fourier Analysis of 3D Ceramic Data
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Measuring Time with Artifacts: A History of Methods in American Archaeology
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Style, function, transmission : evolutionary archaeological perspectives
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Neutron activation analysis of pottery from Pinson Mounds and nearby sites in western Tennessee : Local production vs. long-distance importation
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Ceramics and Chronology
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Archaeology of the Central Salt River Valley: An Overview of the Prehistoric Occupation
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Cannon Reservoir Human Ecology Project: An Archaeological Study of Cultural Adaptations In the Southern Prairie Peninsula
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Cannon Reservoir Project: 10,000 Years of Archaeology
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