Richard I. Macphail

2.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
49 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Richard I. Macphail is a scholar working on Paleontology, Atmospheric Science and Anthropology. According to data from OpenAlex, Richard I. Macphail has authored 49 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 31 papers in Paleontology, 26 papers in Atmospheric Science and 22 papers in Anthropology. Recurrent topics in Richard I. Macphail's work include Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (28 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (26 papers) and Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (21 papers). Richard I. Macphail is often cited by papers focused on Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (28 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (26 papers) and Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (21 papers). Richard I. Macphail collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Sweden. Richard I. Macphail's co-authors include Paul Goldberg, Marie Agnès Courty, Marie‐Agnès Courty, Johan Linderholm, Anne Gebhardt, Paul Goldberg, Michael J. Allen, P. H. Reynolds, Paul W. Goldberg and Mark B. Roberts and has published in prestigious journals such as Soil Science, Journal of Archaeological Science and Journal of Human Evolution.

In The Last Decade

Richard I. Macphail

44 papers receiving 1.5k citations

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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.

Soils and Micromorphology in Archaeology

1990 432 citations Richard I. Macphail et al. profile →

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Matthew Canti United Kingdom

Marie‐Agnès Courty France

Bernhard Weninger Germany

Dan Cabanes Spain

Jaime J. Awe United States

Paul Goldberg United States

Mark Van Strydonck Belgium

Charles Frederick United States

Richard Tipping United Kingdom

Mauro Cremaschi Italy

Matthew Canti United Kingdom

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20 of 20 papers shown

Carey, Chris, et al.. (2024). What happened before the Middle Bronze Age land divisions and roundhouses? Prehistoric soil erosion and landscape change on Dartmoor, UK. Journal of Archaeological Science Reports. 56. 104506–104506.

Graham, Elizabeth, et al.. (2023). An Archaeological Foundation to Soil Sustainability. CERES (Cranfield University). 10(1). 70–80. 1 indexed citations

Carey, Chris, et al.. (2020). Analysis of prehistoric brown earth paleosols under the podzol soils of Exmoor, UK. Geoarchaeology. 35(5). 772–799. 2 indexed citations

Smith, George, et al.. (2018). Archaeological and environmental investigation of three prehistoric field systems in Gwynedd, north-west Wales. Internet Archaeology. 1 indexed citations

Torre, Ignacio de la, Rosa M. Albert, Adrián Arroyo, et al.. (2017). New excavations at the HWK EE site: Archaeology, paleoenvironment and site formation processes during late Oldowan times at Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania. Journal of Human Evolution. 120. 140–202. 35 indexed citations

Macphail, Richard I., et al.. (2016). European ancient settlements – A guide to their composition and morphology based on soil micromorphology and associated geoarchaeological techniques; introducing the contrasting sites of Chalcolithic Borduşani-Popină, Borcea River, Romania and Viking Age Heimdaljordet, Vestfold, Norway. Quaternary International. 460. 30–47. 16 indexed citations

Pearson, Mike Parker, R. E. Bevins, Rob Ixer, et al.. (2015). Craig Rhos-y-felin: a Welsh bluestone megalith quarry for Stonehenge. Antiquity. 89(348). 1331–1352. 40 indexed citations

French, Charles, et al.. (2014). Microscopic Examination of Ancient and Modern Irrigated Paddy Soils in South Korea, with Special Reference to the Formation of Silty Clay Concentration Features. Geoarchaeology. 29(4). 326–348. 20 indexed citations

Macphail, Richard I., et al.. (2013). Integrated microstratigraphic investigations of coastal archaeological soils and sediments in Norway: The Gokstad ship burial mound and its environs including the Viking harbour settlement of Heimdaljordet, Vestfold. Quaternary International. 315. 131–146. 23 indexed citations

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Macphail, Richard I., Paul Goldberg, & Nick Barton. (2012). Vanguard Cave sediments and soil micromorphology. Research Online (University of Wollongong). 193. 5 indexed citations

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Goldberg, Paul & Richard I. Macphail. (2012). Gorham's Cave sediment micromorphology. Research Online (University of Wollongong). 50. 4 indexed citations

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Holliday, Vance T., John F. Hoffecker, Paul Goldberg, et al.. (2007). Geoarchaeology of the Kostenki–Borshchevo sites, Don River Valley, Russia. Geoarchaeology. 22(2). 181–228. 51 indexed citations

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Macphail, Richard I., et al.. (2005). A rebuttal of the views expressed in “Problems of unscientific method and approach in Archaeological soil and pollen analysis of experimental floor deposits; with special reference to Butser Ancient Farm, Hampshire, UK by R.I. Macphail, G.M. Cruise, M. Allen, J. Linderholm and P. Reynolds” by Matthew Canti, Stephen Carter, Donald Davidson and Susan Limbrey. Journal of Archaeological Science. 33(2). 299–305. 4 indexed citations

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Goldberg, Paul & Richard I. Macphail. (2003). Short contribution: Strategies and techniques in collecting micromorphology samples. Geoarchaeology. 18(5). 571–578. 36 indexed citations

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Macphail, Richard I., et al.. (1991). Soil Micromorphological Indicators of Pastoralism; with Special Reference to Arene Candide, Finale Ligure, Italy. 57(57). 127–150. 43 indexed citations

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Macphail, Richard I., Marie‐Agnès Courty, & Anne Gebhardt. (1990). Soil micromorphological evidence of early agriculture in north‐west Europe. World Archaeology. 22(1). 53–69. 87 indexed citations

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Macphail, Richard I., Marie‐Agnès Courty, & Paul W. Goldberg. (1990). Soil micromorphology in archaeology. Endeavour. 14(4). 163–171. 51 indexed citations

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Roberts, Mark B., Martin Bates, Christopher A. Bergman, et al.. (1986). Excavation of the Lower Palaeolithic Site at Amey's Eartham Pit, Boxgrove, West Sussex: A Preliminary Report.. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society. 52. 215–245. 71 indexed citations

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Wainwright, Geoffrey, et al.. (1982). The Shaugh Moor Project: Fourth Report — Environment, Context and Conclusion. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society. 48(1). 203–278. 30 indexed citations

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Wainwright, Geoffrey, et al.. (1981). The Shaugh Moor Project: Third Report—Settlement and Environmental Investigations. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society. 47. 205–273. 22 indexed citations

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