Robert C. Dunnell

4.4k total citations
70 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Robert C. Dunnell is a scholar working on Paleontology, Anthropology and Cultural Studies. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert C. Dunnell has authored 70 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 34 papers in Paleontology, 33 papers in Anthropology and 9 papers in Cultural Studies. Recurrent topics in Robert C. Dunnell's work include Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (33 papers), Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (15 papers) and Archaeology and Natural History (12 papers). Robert C. Dunnell is often cited by papers focused on Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (33 papers), Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (15 papers) and Archaeology and Natural History (12 papers). Robert C. Dunnell collaborates with scholars based in United States and Japan. Robert C. Dunnell's co-authors include Michael J. O’Brien, R. Lee Lyman, Carl P. Lipo, Julie K. Stein, Jan F. Simek, Mark E. Madsen, Donald K. Grayson, Michael J. O’Brien, J. J. Wymer and David Rindos and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Journal of Archaeological Science and Quaternary Research.

In The Last Decade

Robert C. Dunnell

65 papers receiving 1.6k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Robert C. Dunnell United States 21 1.3k 1.0k 340 292 251 70 1.9k
Jeremy A. Sabloff United States 25 1.6k 1.3× 858 0.8× 438 1.3× 142 0.5× 406 1.6× 85 2.5k
Gordon R. Willey United States 27 1.6k 1.3× 1.1k 1.1× 450 1.3× 147 0.5× 435 1.7× 107 2.5k
Robert D. Drennan United States 21 1.2k 1.0× 631 0.6× 354 1.0× 96 0.3× 462 1.8× 47 1.9k
Paul G. Bahn United Kingdom 23 1.1k 0.9× 1.3k 1.2× 708 2.1× 136 0.5× 273 1.1× 144 2.5k
David Hurst Thomas United States 22 1.0k 0.8× 946 0.9× 399 1.2× 84 0.3× 204 0.8× 116 1.8k
Richard A. Gould United States 27 1.5k 1.2× 1.7k 1.6× 797 2.3× 111 0.4× 375 1.5× 85 2.8k
Peter N. Peregrine United States 20 1.0k 0.8× 674 0.6× 315 0.9× 124 0.4× 249 1.0× 64 1.8k
Keith Kintigh United States 25 1.1k 0.9× 675 0.7× 366 1.1× 66 0.2× 214 0.9× 63 2.1k
Henry T. Wright United States 25 1.1k 0.9× 932 0.9× 570 1.7× 70 0.2× 394 1.6× 68 2.3k
Jelmer W. Eerkens United States 27 1.7k 1.3× 1.2k 1.1× 899 2.6× 315 1.1× 340 1.4× 101 2.7k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Robert C. Dunnell

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Lipo, Carl P., Mark E. Madsen, & Robert C. Dunnell. (2015). A Theoretically-Sufficient and Computationally-Practical Technique for Deterministic Frequency Seriation. PLoS ONE. 10(4). e0124942–e0124942. 6 indexed citations
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Lipo, Carl P., et al.. (2011). Formal analyses and functional accounts of groundstone “plummets” from Poverty Point, Louisiana. Journal of Archaeological Science. 39(1). 84–91. 8 indexed citations
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Rafferty, Janet, Héctor Neff, Gayle J. Fritz, et al.. (2008). Time's River: Archaeological Syntheses from the Lower Mississippi Valley. 10 indexed citations
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Dunnell, Robert C., et al.. (1999). Late Woodland Period “Waste” Reduction in the Ohio River Valley. Journal of Anthropological Archaeology. 18(3). 376–395. 12 indexed citations
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Dunnell, Robert C. & Jan F. Simek. (1995). Artifact Size and Plowzone Processes. Journal of Field Archaeology. 22(3). 305–319. 49 indexed citations
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Dunnell, Robert C., et al.. (1994). Heat Treatment of Mill Creek and Dover Cherts on the Malden Plain, Southeast Missouri. Journal of Archaeological Science. 21(1). 79–89. 17 indexed citations
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Dunnell, Robert C. & K. Paddayya. (1992). The New Archaeology and Aftermath. A View from outside the Anglo-American World. Journal of Field Archaeology. 19(2). 260–260. 7 indexed citations
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Dunnell, Robert C., et al.. (1988). Recent addition of potassium: a potential source of error in calculating TL ages. Ancient TL. 6(1). 1–4. 1 indexed citations
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Dunnell, Robert C.. (1985). Americanist Archaeology in 1984. American Journal of Archaeology. 89(4). 585–611. 1 indexed citations
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Rindos, David, Robert L. Carneiro, Eugene Cooper, et al.. (1985). Darwinian Selection, Symbolic Variation, and the Evolution of Culture [and Comments and Reply]. Current Anthropology. 26(1). 65–88. 58 indexed citations
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Dunnell, Robert C.. (1984). The Americanist Literature for 1983: A Year of Contrasts and Challenges. American Journal of Archaeology. 88(4). 489–513. 6 indexed citations
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Dunnell, Robert C. & Donald K. Grayson. (1983). Lulu Li Near Punctated: Essays in Honor of George Irving Quimby. 43 indexed citations
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Dunnell, Robert C.. (1982). The Harvey Lecture Series. Science, Social Science, and Common Sense: The Agonizing Dilemma of Modern Archaeology. Journal of Anthropological Research. 38(1). 1–25. 93 indexed citations
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Adams, Richard N., Donald T. Campbell, Ronald Cohen, et al.. (1981). Natural Selection, Energetics, and "Cultural Materialism" [and Comments and Reply]. Current Anthropology. 22(6). 603–624. 16 indexed citations
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Dunnell, Robert C.. (1980). Americanist Archaeology: The 1979 Contribution. American Journal of Archaeology. 84(4). 463–478. 4 indexed citations
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Dunnell, Robert C. & Robert J. Wenke. (1980). Cultural and Scientific Evolution: Some Comments on “The Decline and Rise of Mesopotamian Civilization”. American Antiquity. 45(3). 605–609. 2 indexed citations
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Stoltman, James B., David S. Brose, Ian W. Brown, et al.. (1978). Temporal Models in Prehistory: An Example From Eastern North America [and Comments and Reply]. Current Anthropology. 19(4). 703–746. 32 indexed citations
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Dunnell, Robert C.. (1978). Style and Function: A Fundamental Dichotomy. American Antiquity. 43(2). 192–202. 240 indexed citations
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Dunnell, Robert C., et al.. (1971). The Woodside Component of the Slone Site, Pike County, Kentucky. 14(14). 5 indexed citations

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