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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What are hit papers?

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 →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Peter Ditchfıeld	3.2k	2.5k	1.7k	1.4k	1.1k	99	5.1k
Francis H. Brown	3.1k 1.0×	3.2k 1.3×	2.0k 1.2×	1.1k 0.8×	1.1k 1.1×	88	6.1k
Paul Goldberg	5.1k 1.6×	5.6k 2.2×	2.1k 1.2×	2.9k 2.1×	601 0.6×	151	7.7k
Naomi E. Levin	2.3k 0.7×	2.3k 0.9×	1.5k 0.9×	608 0.4×	1.5k 1.4×	69	4.5k
Thomas W. Stafford	2.7k 0.8×	2.1k 0.8×	2.0k 1.2×	1.0k 0.8×	1.6k 1.5×	105	5.4k
Benjamin H. Passey	4.2k 1.3×	1.9k 0.8×	2.9k 1.7×	698 0.5×	3.8k 3.6×	83	7.7k
W.J. Rink	1.6k 0.5×	1.6k 0.6×	1.3k 0.8×	898 0.7×	460 0.4×	112	3.4k
Zenobia Jacobs	5.1k 1.6×	6.0k 2.4×	3.7k 2.1×	2.4k 1.8×	1.0k 1.0×	149	9.2k
Andy I.R. Herries	2.3k 0.7×	2.8k 1.1×	1.0k 0.6×	1.0k 0.8×	499 0.5×	113	3.9k
Christophe Falguères	4.6k 1.5×	5.0k 2.0×	3.2k 1.8×	2.5k 1.9×	817 0.8×	227	7.5k
Linda K. Ayliffe	2.5k 0.8×	1.8k 0.7×	2.6k 1.5×	619 0.5×	3.5k 3.3×	63	6.2k

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Plummer, Thomas W., Peter Ditchfıeld, Jonathan S. Reeves, et al.. (2025). Selective use of distant stone resources by the earliest Oldowan toolmakers. Science Advances. 11(33). eadu5838–eadu5838.

Filipović, Dragana, et al.. (2019). Middle-Neolithic agricultural practices in the Oldenburger Graben wetlands, northern Germany: First results of the analysis of arable weeds and stable isotopes. The Holocene. 29(10). 1587–1595. 8 indexed citations

Trentacoste, Angela, Jennifer A. Tripp, Maria Grazia Cappai, et al.. (2019). Metabolomics reveals diet-derived plant polyphenols accumulate in physiological bone. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 8047–8047. 46 indexed citations

Plummer, Thomas W., Peter Ditchfıeld, Laura C. Bishop, et al.. (2016). Olduvai Gorge paleoecology: a multiproxy approach using bovid ecomorphological, tooth wear, and enamel stable isotopic studies.

Fitzsimmons, Kathryn E., Peter Ditchfıeld, Sue McLaren, et al.. (2016). 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. MPG.PuRe (Max Planck Society).

Fitzsimmons, Kathryn E., Peter Ditchfıeld, Sue McLaren, et al.. (2016). A New Chronology for Rhafas, Northeast Morocco, Spanning the North African Middle Stone Age through to the Neolithic. PLoS ONE. 11(9). e0162280–e0162280. 28 indexed citations

Blumenthal, Scott A., Thomas W. Plummer, Thure E. Cerling, et al.. (2015). Late Pliocene to Late Pleistocene paleoenvironments in southwestern Kenya from carbon isotopes in herbivore tooth enamel. Queensland's institutional digital repository (The University of Queensland). 1 indexed citations

Louys, Julien, Carlo Meloro, Sarah Elton, Peter Ditchfıeld, & Laura C. Bishop. (2014). Analytical framework for reconstructing heterogeneous environmental variables from mammal community structure. Journal of Human Evolution. 78. 1–11. 14 indexed citations

Lemorini, Cristina, Thomas W. Plummer, David R. Braun, et al.. (2014). Old stones' song: Use-wear experiments and analysis of the Oldowan quartz and quartzite assemblage from Kanjera South (Kenya). Journal of Human Evolution. 72. 10–25. 140 indexed citations

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Shipton, Ceri, Chris Clarkson, Judit Pál, et al.. (2013). Generativity, hierarchical action and recursion in the technology of the Acheulean to Middle Palaeolithic transition: A perspective from Patpara, the Son Valley, India. Journal of Human Evolution. 65(2). 93–108. 85 indexed citations

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Ferraro, Joseph V., Thomas W. Plummer, Briana Pobiner, et al.. (2013). Earliest Archaeological Evidence of Persistent Hominin Carnivory. PLoS ONE. 8(4). e62174–e62174. 144 indexed citations

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Barton, Nick, et al.. (2013). Origins of the Iberomaurusian in NW Africa: New AMS radiocarbon dating of the Middle and Later Stone Age deposits at Taforalt Cave, Morocco. Journal of Human Evolution. 65(3). 266–281. 67 indexed citations

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Haslam, Michael, Richard G. Roberts, Ceri Shipton, et al.. (2011). Late Acheulean hominins at the Marine Isotope Stage 6/5e transition in north-central India. Quaternary Research. 75(3). 670–682. 70 indexed citations

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Pollard, A. Mark, Peter Ditchfıeld, James McCullagh, et al.. (2011). “These boots were made for walking”: The isotopic analysis of a C₄ Roman inhumation from Gravesend, Kent, UK. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 146(3). 446–456. 23 indexed citations

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Wang, Wei, Richard Potts, Yuan Baoyin, et al.. (2006). Sequence of mammalian fossils, including hominoid teeth, from the Bubing Basin caves, South China. Journal of Human Evolution. 52(4). 370–379. 97 indexed citations

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King, Tania, et al.. (2003). Exploration and survey of Pleistocene Hominid Sites in Armenia and Karabagh. UCL Discovery (University College London). 2 indexed citations

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Pearson, Paul N., Peter Ditchfıeld, Joyce M. Singano, et al.. (2001). Warm tropical sea surface temperatures in the Late Cretaceous and Eocene epochs. Nature. 413(6855). 481–487. 539 indexed citations breakdown →

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Plummer, Thomas W., Laura C. Bishop, Peter Ditchfıeld, & Jason F. Hicks. (1999). Research on Late Pliocene Oldowan Sites at Kanjera South, Kenya. Journal of Human Evolution. 36(2). 151–170. 76 indexed citations

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Potts, Richard, Anna K. Behrensmeyer, & Peter Ditchfıeld. (1999). Paleolandscape variation and Early Pleistocene hominid activities: Members 1 and 7, Olorgesailie Formation, Kenya. Journal of Human Evolution. 37(5). 747–788. 168 indexed citations

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Ditchfıeld, Peter, Jason F. Hicks, Thomas W. Plummer, Laura C. Bishop, & Richard Potts. (1999). Current research on the Late Pliocene and Pleistocene deposits north of Homa Mountain, southwestern Kenya. Journal of Human Evolution. 36(2). 123–150. 48 indexed citations

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