Robert Elston

1.3k total citations
32 papers, 960 citations indexed

About

Robert Elston is a scholar working on Anthropology, Paleontology and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert Elston has authored 32 papers receiving a total of 960 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Anthropology, 21 papers in Paleontology and 9 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in Robert Elston's work include Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (21 papers), Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (17 papers) and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (9 papers). Robert Elston is often cited by papers focused on Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (21 papers), Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (17 papers) and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (9 papers). Robert Elston collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and India. Robert Elston's co-authors include P. Jeffrey Brantingham, David Zeanah, Guanghui Dong, Robert L. Bettinger, David B. Madsen, Fahu Chen, Steven L. Kuhn, Dongju Zhang, Lisa Janz and George S. Burr and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Archaeological Science, Quaternary International and Journal of Anthropological Archaeology.

In The Last Decade

Robert Elston

30 papers receiving 889 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Robert Elston United States	17	702	676	326	206	194	32	960
Val Attenbrow Australia	17	561 0.8×	583 0.9×	215 0.7×	220 1.1×	193 1.0×	49	840
Julie K. Stein United States	14	582 0.8×	411 0.6×	290 0.9×	126 0.6×	236 1.2×	34	869
Alison Betts Australia	21	848 1.2×	588 0.9×	182 0.6×	296 1.4×	531 2.7×	84	1.3k
Lynley A. Wallis Australia	16	418 0.6×	417 0.6×	321 1.0×	219 1.1×	158 0.8×	92	906
Charlotte Beck United States	14	813 1.2×	806 1.2×	321 1.0×	60 0.3×	253 1.3×	25	1.1k
Albert C. Goodyear United States	16	581 0.8×	575 0.9×	215 0.7×	61 0.3×	187 1.0×	56	868
Jo McDonald Australia	17	506 0.7×	562 0.8×	214 0.7×	236 1.1×	265 1.4×	69	922
Wilma Wetterstrom United States	6	583 0.8×	310 0.5×	500 1.5×	125 0.6×	258 1.3×	6	1000
John O’Shea United States	14	570 0.8×	382 0.6×	120 0.4×	87 0.4×	333 1.7×	54	926
Brian F. Byrd United States	19	762 1.1×	531 0.8×	150 0.5×	124 0.6×	485 2.5×	49	1.0k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Elston, Robert, Brian F. Codding, D. Craig Young, & David Zeanah. (2025). A New Open-Air Paleoindian Site in the Central Great Basin of North America. PaleoAmerica. 11(2). 179–182.

Elston, Robert, David Zeanah, & Brian F. Codding. (2014). Living outside the box: An updated perspective on diet breadth and sexual division of labor in the Prearchaic Great Basin. Quaternary International. 352. 200–211. 48 indexed citations

Madsen, David B., Charles G. Oviatt, Yan Zhu, et al.. (2014). The early appearance of Shuidonggou core-and-blade technology in north China: Implications for the spread of Anatomically Modern Humans in northeast Asia?. Quaternary International. 347. 21–28. 20 indexed citations

Ma, Minmin, Guanghui Dong, Fahu Chen, et al.. (2012). Process of paleofloods in Guanting basin, Qinghai Province, China and possible relation to monsoon strength during the mid-Holocene. Quaternary International. 321. 88–96. 27 indexed citations

Dong, Guanghui, et al.. (2009). Response of geochemical records in lacustrine sediments to climate change and human impact during middle Holocene in Mengjin, Henan Province, China. Frontiers of Earth Science in China. 3(3). 279–285. 15 indexed citations

Janz, Lisa, Robert Elston, & George S. Burr. (2009). Dating North Asian surface assemblages with ostrich eggshell: implications for palaeoecology and extirpation. Journal of Archaeological Science. 36(9). 1982–1989. 52 indexed citations

Elston, Robert & David Zeanah. (2002). Thinking outside the box: A new perspective on diet breadth and sexual division of labor in the Prearchaic Great Basin. World Archaeology. 34(1). 103–130. 85 indexed citations

Zeanah, David & Robert Elston. (2001). Testing a Simple Hypothesis Concerning the Resilience of Dart Point Styles to Hafting Element Repair. eScholarship (California Digital Library). 23(1). 11 indexed citations

Madsen, David B., et al.. (2001). Dating Shuidonggou and the Upper Palaeolithic blade industry in North China. Antiquity. 75(290). 706–716. 83 indexed citations

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Mensing, Scott, Robert Elston, Gary L. Raines, Robin J. Tausch, & Cheryl L. Nowak. (2000). A GIS model to predict the location of fossil packrat (Neotoma) middens in central Nevada.. 60(2). 111–120. 18 indexed citations

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Madsen, David B., et al.. (1998). The Loess/Paleosol record and the nature of the younger Dryas climate in central China. Geoarchaeology. 13(8). 847–869. 36 indexed citations

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Madsen, David B., et al.. (1996). Settlement Patterns Reflected in Assemblages from the Pleistocene /Holocene Transition of North Central China. Journal of Archaeological Science. 23(2). 217–231. 33 indexed citations

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Elston, Robert. (1992). Archaeological Research in the Context of Cultural Resource Management: Pushing back the 1990s. eScholarship (California Digital Library). 14(1). 6 indexed citations

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Elston, Robert, et al.. (1992). Land and Life at Malheur Lake: Preliminary Geomorphological and Archaeological Investigations. 3 indexed citations

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Elston, Robert, et al.. (1988). Changes in Washoe Land Use Patterns: a Study of Three Archaeological Sitesin Diamond Valley, Alpine County, California. 4 indexed citations

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Elston, Robert, et al.. (1988). Preliminary Investigations IN Stillwater Marsh - Human Prehistory and Geoarchaeology. 17 indexed citations

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Elston, Robert. (1986). The structural analysis of lithic production systems. University Microfilms International eBooks. 1 indexed citations

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Elston, Robert, et al.. (1985). Test Excavations at Site 35Ja59, Elk Creek Lake Project, Jackson County, Oregon. 1 indexed citations

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Elston, Robert, et al.. (1983). Class II Archaeological Survey of Selected Portions of the Naval Weapons Center, China Lake, California. 1 indexed citations

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Elston, Robert, et al.. (1977). Archeology of the Tahoe Reach of the Truckee River. 2 indexed citations

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