Peter Nilssen

1.9k citations
10 papers · 1.2k indexed · 1 hit paper · h-index 8

Impact in

  • Archeology top 0.5%
    • Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies
    • Archaeology and Rock Art Studies
    • Archaeology and ancient environmental studies
    • Evolution and Paleontology Studies

Papers in

    • Archaeology and Rock Art Studies 6
    • Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies 3
    • Maritime and Coastal Archaeology 2
    • Archaeology and ancient environmental studies 7

Peter Nilssen

10 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Hit Papers

Early human use of marine resources and pigment in South Africa during the Middle Pleistocene 2007 · 628 citations
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Peers

Peter Nilssen
Comparison fields: 5 of 96
  • Archeology 233
  • Paleontology 759
  • Anthropology 923
  • Archeology 434
  • Atmospheric Science 252
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All Works

10 of 10 papers shown
#Work
1
Filling in the gaps and testing past scenarios on the central westcoast: hunter-gatherer subsistence and mobility at 'deurspring 16' shell midden, Lamberts Bay, South Africa
20162
2
The pinnacle point shell midden complex: A mid-To late holocene record of later stone age coastal foraging along the southern cape coast of South Africa
20155
3 201083
4 2010155
5
Early human use of marine resources and pigment in South Africa during the Middle Pleistocene
Hit paper breakdown →
2007628
6 200286
7 2001107
8 2001116
9 199435
10 199410

About Peter Nilssen

Peter Nilssen is a scholar working on Archeology, Paleontology, Anthropology, Archeology and History, having authored 10 papers that have together received 1.2k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (9 papers), Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (7 papers), Archaeology and Rock Art Studies (6 papers), Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies (3 papers), Maritime and Coastal Archaeology (2 papers), Historical and Archaeological Studies (1 paper), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (1 paper) and Indigenous Studies and Ecology (1 paper). The work is most often cited by research in Archeology (233 citations), Paleontology (759 citations), Anthropology (923 citations), Archeology (434 citations) and Atmospheric Science (252 citations). Peter Nilssen has collaborated with scholars based in United States, South Africa and Australia. Frequent co-authors include Curtis W. Marean, Erich C. Fisher, Andy I.R. Herries, Panagiotis Karkanas, Miryam Bar‐Matthews, Jocelyn Bernatchez, Zenobia Jacobs, Hope M. Williams, Paul Goldberg and Christopher S. Henshilwood. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of Field Archaeology, American Antiquity, Journal of Human Evolution, The South African Archaeological Bulletin and Quaternary Science Reviews.

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