Nicholas J. Conard

15.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
233 papers, 7.7k citations indexed

About

Nicholas J. Conard is a scholar working on Anthropology, Paleontology and Archeology. According to data from OpenAlex, Nicholas J. Conard has authored 233 papers receiving a total of 7.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 186 papers in Anthropology, 159 papers in Paleontology and 93 papers in Archeology. Recurrent topics in Nicholas J. Conard's work include Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (185 papers), Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (136 papers) and Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies (67 papers). Nicholas J. Conard is often cited by papers focused on Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (185 papers), Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (136 papers) and Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies (67 papers). Nicholas J. Conard collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and France. Nicholas J. Conard's co-authors include Michael Bolus, Susanne C. Münzel, Andrew W. Kandel, Manuel Will, Mohsen Zeidi, Jordi Serangeli, Paul Goldberg, Christopher E. Miller, Simone Riehl and Solveig Schiegl and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Nicholas J. Conard

226 papers receiving 7.3k citations

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Bedding, hearths, and site maintenance in the Middle Stone Age of Sibudu Cave, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

2009 243 citations Christopher E. Miller, Nicholas J. Conard et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Technofunctional Analysis Reveals the Role of Carinated Artifacts and End-Scrapers in the Aurignacian of Vogelherd Cave 2025 ·Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory ·(unknown), Veerle Rots, Nicholas J. Conard	1
2	Reconstructing flexible pathways of Aurignacian blade and bladelet production at Vogelherd 2025 ·PLoS ONE ·(unknown), (unknown), Nicholas J. Conard	0
3	Contextualizing wild cereal harvesting at Middle Palaeolithic Ghar-e Boof in the southern Zagros 2024 ·Scientific Reports ·Simone Riehl, (unknown), Mohsen Zeidi, Nicholas J. Conard	3
4	Evidence for an earlier Magdalenian presence in the Lone Valley of southwest Germany 2024 ·Journal of Archaeological Science Reports ·(unknown), (unknown), Elisa Luzi, Nicholas J. Conard	1
5	The archaeology of pleasure: Evidence for the use of tobacco at Old Dongola in Northern Sudan (16th–19th centuries AD) 2023 ·Journal of Archaeological Science Reports ·(unknown), Simone Riehl, (unknown), Nicholas J. Conard	1
6	Evidence of diverse animal exploitation during the Middle Paleolithic at Ghar-e Boof (southern Zagros) 2023 ·Scientific Reports ·(unknown), Britt M. Starkovich, Mohsen Zeidi, Nicholas J. Conard	7
7	Fossil footprints at the late Lower Paleolithic site of Schöningen (Germany): A new line of research to reconstruct animal and hominin paleoecology 2023 ·Quaternary Science Reviews ·Flavio Altamura, (unknown), (unknown), Brigitte Urban, Thijs van Kolfschoten, (unknown), Nicholas J. Conard, Jordi Serangeli	8
8	On the Status of the Boar Tooth Artifact from the Backdirt of Vogelherd 2023 ·Nicholas J. Conard, (unknown), (unknown), Sibylle Wolf	1
9	The Cultural and Chronostratigraphic Context of a New Leaf Point from Hohle Fels Cave in the Ach Valley of Southwestern Germany 2022 ·Nicholas J. Conard, (unknown), (unknown), Christopher E. Miller, Maïlys Richard, (unknown), (unknown)	4
10	Dental Wear Evidence for Browsing and Grazing Dietary Traits in the Giant Deer from the Late Pleistocene of Central Europe 2022 ·Florent Rivals, Dorothée G. Drucker, Britt M. Starkovich, (unknown), (unknown), Nicholas J. Conard	1
11	The origin of chert in the Aurignacian of Vogelherd Cave investigated by infrared spectroscopy 2022 ·PLoS ONE ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Nicholas J. Conard, Patrick Schmidt	6
12	Investigating the 1930s Kohl-Larsen collection from the Lake Eyasi Basin, Tanzania 2021 ·(unknown), (unknown), Manuel Will, (unknown), Aurore Val, (unknown), Patrick Schmidt, Nicholas J. Conard	2
13	First large‐scale provenance study of pigments reveals new complex behavioural patterns during the Upper Palaeolithic of south‐western Germany 2020 ·Archaeometry ·(unknown), Brandi L. MacDonald, Martin Porr, Nicholas J. Conard	16
14	Cold-climate toolkits: firemaking, lithic recycling and assemblage formation in the Magdalenian of Hohle Fels Cave 2020 ·Open Repository and Bibliography (University of Liège) ·(unknown), Veerle Rots, Nicholas J. Conard	1
15	A preliminary study on ochre sources in Southwestern Germany and its potential for ochre provenance during the Upper Paleolithic 2019 ·Journal of Archaeological Science Reports ·(unknown), (unknown), Martin Porr, Nicholas J. Conard, Brandi L. MacDonald	19
16	Bifacial serrated technology in the southern African Still Bay: new data from Sibudu Cave, Kwazulu-Natal 2015 ·Open Repository and Bibliography (University of Liège) ·(unknown), Guillaume Porraz, Veerle Rots, Nicholas J. Conard	1
17	Residue and microwear analyses of the stone tools from Schöningen 2015 ·Open Repository and Bibliography (University of Liège) ·Veerle Rots, Bruce Hardy, Jordi Serangeli, Nicholas J. Conard	1
18	F-content variation in mammoth ivory from Aurignacian contexts: Preservation, alteration, and implications for ivory-procurement strategies 2015 ·Quaternary International ·(unknown), Katharina Müller, Randall White, Sibylle Wolf, Nicholas J. Conard, Christian Normand, Harald Floss, Ina Reiche	12
19	Emergence of Agriculture in the Foothills of the Zagros Mountains of Iran 2013 ·Science ·Simone Riehl, Mohsen Zeidi, Nicholas J. Conard	166
20	When Neanderthals and modern humans met 2006 ·Nicholas J. Conard	212

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