Michael Rowlands

3.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
36 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Michael Rowlands is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Anthropology and Archeology. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Rowlands has authored 36 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 9 papers in Anthropology and 5 papers in Archeology. Recurrent topics in Michael Rowlands's work include Anthropological Studies and Insights (6 papers), African history and culture studies (3 papers) and Memory, Trauma, and Commemoration (3 papers). Michael Rowlands is often cited by papers focused on Anthropological Studies and Insights (6 papers), African history and culture studies (3 papers) and Memory, Trauma, and Commemoration (3 papers). Michael Rowlands collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Australia and United States. Michael Rowlands's co-authors include Daniel Miller, Christopher Tilley, Joan Oates, Peter Jackson, Susanne Küchler, Webb Keane, Francis B. Nyamnjoh, Jean‐Pierre Warnier, Ferdinand De Jong and Kristian Kristiansen and has published in prestigious journals such as Current Anthropology, Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute and World Archaeology.

In The Last Decade

Michael Rowlands

31 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Hit Papers

Centre and Periphery in the Ancient World. 1990 2026 2002 2014 1990 50 100 150

Peers

Michael Rowlands
Comparison fields: 5 of 110
  • Anthropology 510
  • Sociology and Political Science 427
  • Archeology 303
  • Paleontology 297
  • Geography, Planning and Development 138
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Countries citing papers authored by Michael Rowlands

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Fields of papers citing papers by Michael Rowlands

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
# Work Indexed citations
1 1
2 11
3 2
4
NOTES ON THE MATERIAL SYMBOLISM OF GRASSFIELDS PALACES
2
5
Digital heritage technologies and issues of community engagement and cultural restitution in "New Style" ethnographic museums
0
6 8
7
Journal of Material Culture: special issue on Postconflict Heritage
3
8 15
9 1
10 353
11 0
12 6
13
Memory, sacrifice and the nation
11
14
The Good and Bad Death: Ritual Killing and Historical Transformation in a West African Kingdom
0
15 149
16
Centre and Periphery in the Ancient World. breakdown →
185
17 5
18 83
19 32
20
LOCAL AND LONG DISTANCE TRADE AND INCIPIENT STATE FORMATION ON THE BAMENDA PLATEAU IN THE LATE 19th CENTURY
21

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