Peter Ditchfıeld

7.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
99 papers, 5.1k citations indexed

About

Peter Ditchfıeld is a scholar working on Paleontology, Anthropology and Archeology. According to data from OpenAlex, Peter Ditchfıeld has authored 99 papers receiving a total of 5.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 65 papers in Paleontology, 58 papers in Anthropology and 37 papers in Archeology. Recurrent topics in Peter Ditchfıeld's work include Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (57 papers), Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (36 papers) and Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies (34 papers). Peter Ditchfıeld is often cited by papers focused on Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (57 papers), Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (36 papers) and Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies (34 papers). Peter Ditchfıeld collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Australia. Peter Ditchfıeld's co-authors include Christopher Bronk Ramsey, Thomas Higham, Fiona Brock, Richard Potts, Laura C. Bishop, Thomas W. Plummer, Michael D. Petraglia, Paul N. Pearson, Joyce M. Singano and David R. Braun and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Peter Ditchfıeld

89 papers receiving 4.8k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Current Pretreatment Methods for AMS Radiocarbon Dating at the Oxford Radiocarbon Accelerator Unit (Orau)

2010 693 citations Peter Ditchfıeld et al. profile →
Warm tropical sea surface temperatures in the Late Cretaceous and Eocene epochs

2001 539 citations Paul N. Pearson, Peter Ditchfıeld et al. Nature profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Peter Ditchfıeld

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Selective use of distant stone resources by the earliest Oldowan toolmakers 2025 ·Science Advances ·(unknown), Thomas W. Plummer, Peter Ditchfıeld, Jonathan S. Reeves, David R. Braun, (unknown), (unknown), Laura C. Bishop, James S. Oliver, Rahab N. Kinyanjui, Michael D. Petraglia, Paul S. Breeze, Cristina Lemorini, Isabella Caricola, (unknown), Richard Potts	0
2	Ancient genomes reveal cosmopolitan ancestry and maternal kinship patterns at post-Roman Worth Matravers, Dorset 2025 ·Antiquity ·M. George B. Foody, Katharina Dulias, (unknown), Peter Ditchfıeld, (unknown), Joscha Gretzinger, Stephan Schiffels, (unknown), R.A. Kenyon, Duncan Sayer, Martin Richards, Maria Pala, Ceiridwen J. Edwards	1
3	Testing the efficacy and comparability of ZooMS protocols on archaeological bone 2020 ·Journal of Proteomics ·(unknown), (unknown), Peter Ditchfıeld, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Oshan Wedage, Stefano Grimaldi, Michael Chazan, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Katerina Douka	22
4	Middle-Neolithic agricultural practices in the Oldenburger Graben wetlands, northern Germany: First results of the analysis of arable weeds and stable isotopes 2019 ·The Holocene ·Dragana Filipović, (unknown), Peter Ditchfıeld, Stefanie Klooß, Johannes Müller, Wiebke Kirleis	8
5	Metabolomics reveals diet-derived plant polyphenols accumulate in physiological bone 2019 ·Scientific Reports ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Angela Trentacoste, Jennifer A. Tripp, Maria Grazia Cappai, Peter Ditchfıeld, Thibaut Devièse, R.E.M. Hedges, James McCullagh	46
6	A new luminescence dating chronology for the Rhafas cave site (NE Morocco): Insights into Palaeolithic human cultural change under varying palaeoenvironmental conditions in the Maghreb 2016 ·MPG.PuRe (Max Planck Society) ·(unknown), Kathryn E. Fitzsimmons, Peter Ditchfıeld, Sue McLaren, Shannon P. McPherron, Abdeljalil Bouzouggar, Jean‐Jacques Hublin	0
7	Olduvai Gorge paleoecology: a multiproxy approach using bovid ecomorphological, tooth wear, and enamel stable isotopic studies 2016 ·Thomas W. Plummer, Peter Ditchfıeld, Laura C. Bishop, Julien Louys, Fritz Hertel, John D. Kingston, (unknown), Frances Forrest, (unknown)	0
8	Late Pliocene to Late Pleistocene paleoenvironments in southwestern Kenya from carbon isotopes in herbivore tooth enamel 2015 ·Queensland's institutional digital repository (The University of Queensland) ·Scott A. Blumenthal, Thomas W. Plummer, Thure E. Cerling, Peter Ditchfıeld, Laura C. Bishop, J. Tyler Faith, Christian A. Tryon, Daniel J. Peppe, Emily J. Beverly, Richard Potts	1
9	Old stones' song: Use-wear experiments and analysis of the Oldowan quartz and quartzite assemblage from Kanjera South (Kenya) 2014 ·Journal of Human Evolution ·Cristina Lemorini, Thomas W. Plummer, David R. Braun, Alyssa N. Crittenden, Peter Ditchfıeld, Laura C. Bishop, Fritz Hertel, James S. Oliver, Frank W. Marlowe, Margaret J. Schoeninger, Richard Potts	140
10	Generativity, hierarchical action and recursion in the technology of the Acheulean to Middle Palaeolithic transition: A perspective from Patpara, the Son Valley, India 2013 ·Journal of Human Evolution ·Ceri Shipton, Chris Clarkson, Judit Pál, Sacha Jones, Richard G. Roberts, Clair Harris, (unknown), Peter Ditchfıeld, Michael D. Petraglia	85
11	Cats in the forest: predicting habitat adaptations from humerus morphometry in extant and fossil Felidae (Carnivora) 2013 ·Paleobiology ·Carlo Meloro, Sarah Elton, Julien Louys, Laura C. Bishop, Peter Ditchfıeld	48
12	Cryptotephra from the 74 ka BP Toba super-eruption in the Billa Surgam caves, southern India 2011 ·Quaternary Science Reviews ·Christine Lane, Michael Haslam, Michael D. Petraglia, Peter Ditchfıeld, Vicki Smith, Ravi Korisettar	12
13	“These boots were made for walking”: The isotopic analysis of a C₄ Roman inhumation from Gravesend, Kent, UK 2011 ·American Journal of Physical Anthropology ·A. Mark Pollard, Peter Ditchfıeld, James McCullagh, (unknown), Michael Gibson, (unknown), (unknown), Nicholas Márquez‐Grant, Rebecca A. Nicholson	23
14	Oldest Evidence of Toolmaking Hominins in a Grassland-Dominated Ecosystem 2009 ·PLoS ONE ·Thomas W. Plummer, Peter Ditchfıeld, Laura C. Bishop, John D. Kingston, Joseph V. Ferraro, David R. Braun, Fritz Hertel, Richard Potts	72
15	Middle Paleolithic Assemblages from the Indian Subcontinent Before and After the Toba Super-Eruption 2007 ·Science ·Michael D. Petraglia, Ravi Korisettar, Nicole Boivin, Chris Clarkson, Peter Ditchfıeld, Sacha Jones, Jinu Koshy, Marta Mìrazón Lahr, Clive Oppenheimer, David M. Pyle, Richard G. Roberts, Jean‐Luc Schwenninger, Lee J. Arnold, Kevin White	216
16	Sequence of mammalian fossils, including hominoid teeth, from the Bubing Basin caves, South China 2006 ·Journal of Human Evolution ·Wei Wang, Richard Potts, Yuan Baoyin, Weiwen Huang, Hai Cheng, Rodney K. Edwards, Peter Ditchfıeld	97
17	Exploration and survey of Pleistocene Hominid Sites in Armenia and Karabagh 2003 ·UCL Discovery (University College London) ·Tania King, Yolanda Fernández–Jalvo, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Peter Ditchfıeld, Levon Yepiskoposyan, (unknown)	2
18	Partial cranium ofCercopithecoides kimeuiLeakey, 1982 from Rawi Gully, southwestern Kenya 2003 ·American Journal of Physical Anthropology ·Stephen R. Frost, Thomas W. Plummer, Laura C. Bishop, Peter Ditchfıeld, Joseph V. Ferraro, Jason F. Hicks	14
19	Warm tropical sea surface temperatures in the Late Cretaceous and Eocene epochs breakdown → 2001 ·Nature ·Paul N. Pearson, Peter Ditchfıeld, Joyce M. Singano, (unknown), Christopher J. Nicholas, Richard K. Olsson, Nicholas J Shackleton, M. A. Hall	539
20	Late Pliocene Oldowan excavations at Kanjera South, Kenya 2001 ·Antiquity ·Thomas W. Plummer, Joseph V. Ferraro, Peter Ditchfıeld, Laura C. Bishop, Richard Potts	2

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