Nicholas David

2.0k total citations
39 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Nicholas David is a scholar working on Archeology, Paleontology and Anthropology. According to data from OpenAlex, Nicholas David has authored 39 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Archeology, 11 papers in Paleontology and 9 papers in Anthropology. Recurrent topics in Nicholas David's work include Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (11 papers), Archaeological Research and Protection (6 papers) and Ancient Egypt and Archaeology (5 papers). Nicholas David is often cited by papers focused on Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (11 papers), Archaeological Research and Protection (6 papers) and Ancient Egypt and Archaeology (5 papers). Nicholas David collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Australia. Nicholas David's co-authors include Carol Kramer, Judy Sterner, Karim Sadr, Kodzo Gavua, Hallam L. Movius, Harvey M. Bricker, David Killick, Robert B. Heimann, Michael L. Wayman and David Voas and has published in prestigious journals such as American Anthropologist, Current Anthropology and American Antiquity.

In The Last Decade

Nicholas David

36 papers receiving 975 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Nicholas David Canada 17 702 571 385 340 121 39 1.3k
Ann B. Stahl United States 17 869 1.2× 537 0.9× 402 1.0× 262 0.8× 120 1.0× 51 1.4k
Carol Kramer United States 14 559 0.8× 639 1.1× 220 0.6× 412 1.2× 104 0.9× 26 1.3k
Matthew H. Johnson United States 16 763 1.1× 567 1.0× 200 0.5× 388 1.1× 127 1.0× 46 1.3k
Joan M. Gero United States 14 867 1.2× 662 1.2× 207 0.5× 292 0.9× 150 1.2× 26 1.4k
Charles C. Kolb United States 16 500 0.7× 656 1.1× 172 0.4× 336 1.0× 113 0.9× 36 1.2k
Olivier Gosselain Belgium 15 509 0.7× 595 1.0× 332 0.9× 492 1.4× 88 0.7× 56 1.2k
Pierre Lemonnier France 12 660 0.9× 637 1.1× 218 0.6× 508 1.5× 166 1.4× 50 1.4k
Peter R. Schmidt United States 21 698 1.0× 255 0.4× 441 1.1× 328 1.0× 130 1.1× 99 1.2k
Rosemary A. Joyce United States 23 842 1.2× 1.0k 1.8× 276 0.7× 445 1.3× 123 1.0× 75 1.9k
Edwin Ν. Wilmsen United States 21 1.1k 1.6× 578 1.0× 580 1.5× 175 0.5× 284 2.3× 77 1.6k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Nicholas David

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Nicholas David

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Lyons, Diane & Nicholas David. (2019). To Hell with Ethnoarchaeology … and Back!. 11(2). 99–133. 11 indexed citations
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David, Nicholas. (2014). PATTERNS OF SLAVING AND PREY–PREDATOR INTERFACES IN AND AROUND THE MANDARA MOUNTAINS (NIGERIA AND CAMEROON). Africa. 84(3). 371–397. 12 indexed citations
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David, Nicholas. (2012). Metals in Mandara mountains : society and culture. 18 indexed citations
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David, Nicholas. (2012). A close reading of Hamman Yaji's diary: slave raiding and montagnard responses in the mountains around Madagali (northeast Nigeria and northern Cameroon). 1 indexed citations
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David, Nicholas. (2004). Watch or water tower?. Stone-built sites in northern cameroon's mandara mountains and their functions. Expedition. 46(2). 30–35. 1 indexed citations
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Sadr, Karim, Nicholas David, & Carol Kramer. (2002). Ethnoarchaeology in Action. The South African Archaeological Bulletin. 57(175). 42–42. 198 indexed citations
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David, Nicholas. (1998). The Ethnoarchaeology and Field Archaeology of Grinding at Sukur, Adamawa State, Nigeria. African Archaeological Review. 15(1). 13–63. 37 indexed citations
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Sutton, J. E. G., Judy Sterner, & Nicholas David. (1996). An African Commitment: Papers in Honour of Peter Lewis Shinnie. The International Journal of African Historical Studies. 29(1). 184–184. 13 indexed citations
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David, Nicholas. (1992). Integrating ethnoarchaeology: A subtle realist perspective. Journal of Anthropological Archaeology. 11(4). 330–359. 32 indexed citations
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David, Nicholas. (1991). The Uses of Style in Archaeology. Margaret W. Conkey and Christine A. Hastorf. American Anthropologist. 93(4). 996–997. 1 indexed citations
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David, Nicholas, et al.. (1981). Excavations in the Southern Sudan, 1979. Azania Archaeological Research in Africa. 16(1). 7–54. 35 indexed citations
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David, Nicholas, et al.. (1979). A New Survey of Radiocarbon and Thermoluminescence Dates for west Africa. The Journal of African History. 20(1). 1–29. 45 indexed citations
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David, Nicholas & Pierre Vidal. (1977). The Nana-Mode village site (Sous-Prefecture de Bouar, Central African Republic) and the prehistory of the Ubanguian-speaking peoples. 7. 17–53. 11 indexed citations
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Movius, Hallam L., Harvey M. Bricker, & Nicholas David. (1975). Excavation of the Abri Pataud, Les Eyzies (Dordogne). Medical Entomology and Zoology. 66 indexed citations
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David, Nicholas, et al.. (1972). The ethnography of pottery : a Fulani case seen in archaeological perspective. Addison-Wesley eBooks. 21. 1–29. 81 indexed citations
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David, Nicholas. (1972). On the Life Span of Pottery, Type Frequencies, and Archaeological Inference. American Antiquity. 37(1). 141–142. 63 indexed citations
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David, Nicholas, et al.. (1971). Zur Herstellung und Lebensdauer von Keramik: Untersuchungen zu den sozialen, kulturellen und ökonomischen Strukturen am Beispiel der Ful aus der Sicht des Prähistorikers. 36(2). 289–317. 1 indexed citations
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David, Nicholas. (1971). The Fulani compound and the archaeologist. World Archaeology. 3(2). 111–131. 75 indexed citations

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