Payson Sheets

1.0k total citations
16 papers, 642 citations indexed

About

Payson Sheets is a scholar working on Paleontology, Visual Arts and Performing Arts and Geography, Planning and Development. According to data from OpenAlex, Payson Sheets has authored 16 papers receiving a total of 642 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 5 papers in Paleontology, 4 papers in Visual Arts and Performing Arts and 3 papers in Geography, Planning and Development. Recurrent topics in Payson Sheets's work include Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (5 papers), Latin American history and culture (4 papers) and Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies (3 papers). Payson Sheets is often cited by papers focused on Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (5 papers), Latin American history and culture (4 papers) and Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies (3 papers). Payson Sheets collaborates with scholars based in United States and France. Payson Sheets's co-authors include Robin Torrence, John Southon, Robert A. Dull, David Pokotylo, Richard S. Davis, William S. Ayres, Robert E. Dewar, David R. Yesner, Fekri A. Hassan and Bruce Turner and has published in prestigious journals such as Current Anthropology, Economic Geography and American Antiquity.

In The Last Decade

Payson Sheets

16 papers receiving 552 citations

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Payson Sheets 447 326 156 122 94 16 642
Winifred Creamer 397 0.9× 219 0.7× 156 1.0× 169 1.4× 66 0.7× 28 630
James B. Stoltman 568 1.3× 374 1.1× 227 1.5× 126 1.0× 68 0.7× 39 729
Richard H. Wilshusen 558 1.2× 415 1.3× 126 0.8× 92 0.8× 64 0.7× 24 792
Payson Sheets 610 1.4× 336 1.0× 152 1.0× 198 1.6× 91 1.0× 41 881
Timothy G. Baugh 605 1.4× 518 1.6× 165 1.1× 91 0.7× 62 0.7× 28 772
Paul F. Healy 590 1.3× 239 0.7× 149 1.0× 217 1.8× 57 0.6× 44 749
Nathan Craig 317 0.7× 191 0.6× 158 1.0× 100 0.8× 69 0.7× 19 556
John H. Blitz 645 1.4× 562 1.7× 206 1.3× 128 1.0× 49 0.5× 30 923
Clement W. Meighan 352 0.8× 309 0.9× 123 0.8× 78 0.6× 74 0.8× 55 597
Stephen H. Lekson 521 1.2× 399 1.2× 79 0.5× 53 0.4× 72 0.8× 42 684

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Fields of papers citing papers by Payson Sheets

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Payson Sheets

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All Works

16 of 16 papers shown
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Sheets, Payson & Robert Mahoney. (2021). THE SOUNDSCAPE IN THE REPLICA OF THE CERÉN TEMAZCAL. Ancient Mesoamerica. 33(1). 36–50. 4 indexed citations
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Taube, Karl, et al.. (2016). Protecting Sacred Space: Rosalila's Eccentric Chert Cache at Copan and Eccentrics among the Classic Maya. 10 indexed citations
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Sheets, Payson. (2014). ROBERT J. SHARER, 1940–2012. Ancient Mesoamerica. 25(1). 9–10. 1 indexed citations
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Sheets, Payson. (2003). Summary and conclusions: Proyecto prehistórico Arenal. 28. 175–188. 1 indexed citations
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Sheets, Payson. (2003). Uncommonly good food among commoners. Growing and consuming food in Ancient Ceren. Expedition: The magazine of the University of Pennsylvania. 45(2). 17–21. 2 indexed citations
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Brown, Linda A., David C. Grove, Linda Manzanilla, et al.. (2002). Domestic Ritual in Ancient Mesoamerica. eScholarship (California Digital Library). 65 indexed citations
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Dull, Robert A., John Southon, & Payson Sheets. (2001). Volcanism, Ecology and Culture: A Reassessment of the Volcán Ilopango TBJ Eruption in the Southern Maya Realm. Latin American Antiquity. 12(1). 25–44. 81 indexed citations
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Sheets, Payson. (1992). The Ceren Site : a prehistoric village buried by volcanic ash in Central America. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 53 indexed citations
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Sheets, Payson & Robin Torrence. (1990). Time, Energy, and Stone Tools. Journal of Field Archaeology. 17(4). 501–501. 162 indexed citations
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Saarinen, Thomas F., Payson Sheets, & Donald K. Grayson. (1983). Volcanic Activity and Human Ecology. Economic Geography. 59(3). 334–334. 8 indexed citations
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Fox, John W., M. Charlotte Arnauld, Wendy Ashmore, et al.. (1981). The Late Postclassic Eastern Frontier of Mesoamerica: Cultural Innovation Along the Periphery [and Comments and Replies]. Current Anthropology. 22(4). 321–346. 15 indexed citations
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Yesner, David R., William S. Ayres, David L. Carlson, et al.. (1980). Maritime Hunter-Gatherers: Ecology and Prehistory [and Comments and Reply]. Current Anthropology. 21(6). 727–750. 211 indexed citations
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Sharer, Robert J. & Payson Sheets. (1978). Artifacts and figurines. University of Pennsylvania Press eBooks. 3 indexed citations

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