Sally K. May

1.2k total citations
63 papers, 566 citations indexed

About

Sally K. May is a scholar working on Anthropology, Archeology and Paleontology. According to data from OpenAlex, Sally K. May has authored 63 papers receiving a total of 566 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 46 papers in Anthropology, 43 papers in Archeology and 18 papers in Paleontology. Recurrent topics in Sally K. May's work include Archaeology and Rock Art Studies (43 papers), Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (42 papers) and Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (17 papers). Sally K. May is often cited by papers focused on Archaeology and Rock Art Studies (43 papers), Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (42 papers) and Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (17 papers). Sally K. May collaborates with scholars based in Australia, Sweden and Spain. Sally K. May's co-authors include Paul Taçon, Daryl Wesley, Inés Domingo Sanz, Joakim Goldhahn, Marshall Clark, Dánae Fiore, Stewart Fallon, Michelle C. Langley, Catherine J. Frieman and Duncan Wright and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Archaeological Science, Journal of Anthropological Archaeology and Antiquity.

In The Last Decade

Sally K. May

56 papers receiving 529 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Sally K. May Australia 15 380 317 262 113 110 63 566
Daryl Wesley Australia 14 336 0.9× 231 0.7× 238 0.9× 126 1.1× 101 0.9× 48 472
Joakim Goldhahn Australia 14 265 0.7× 241 0.8× 281 1.1× 70 0.6× 110 1.0× 85 497
Liam M. Brady Australia 12 229 0.6× 145 0.5× 162 0.6× 182 1.6× 68 0.6× 56 439
John Kantner United States 13 228 0.6× 113 0.4× 342 1.3× 59 0.5× 72 0.7× 23 560
Sven Ouzman Australia 15 420 1.1× 374 1.2× 258 1.0× 78 0.7× 100 0.9× 45 577
Robert Gunn Australia 10 196 0.5× 127 0.4× 136 0.5× 33 0.3× 67 0.6× 47 300
Ruth M. Van Dyke United States 12 221 0.6× 130 0.4× 259 1.0× 57 0.5× 88 0.8× 24 451
Jenny L. Adams United States 10 316 0.8× 83 0.3× 325 1.2× 54 0.5× 168 1.5× 17 481
Chris Scarre United Kingdom 15 243 0.6× 99 0.3× 380 1.5× 67 0.6× 372 3.4× 66 752
Aron Mazel United Kingdom 16 615 1.6× 589 1.9× 428 1.6× 30 0.3× 106 1.0× 54 791

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sally K. May

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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May, Sally K., et al.. (2024). Brilliant blue: The blue rock art of Awunbarna, Northern Territory, Australia. Australian Archaeology. 90(3). 263–279.
2.
Taçon, Paul, et al.. (2023). Majumbu (‘Old Harry’) and the Spencer-Cahill bark painting collection. Australian Archaeology. 89(1). 14–31. 1 indexed citations
3.
May, Sally K., et al.. (2023). Hand stencils and communal history: A case study from Auwim, East Sepik, Papua New Guinea. Archaeology in Oceania/Archæology & physical anthropology in Oceania. 58(1). 115–130.
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Taçon, Paul, Sally K. May, Joakim Goldhahn, et al.. (2022). Extraordinary Back-to-Back Human and Animal Figures in the Art of Western Arnhem Land, Australia: One of the World's Largest Assemblages. Cambridge Archaeological Journal. 32(4). 707–720. 1 indexed citations
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May, Sally K., et al.. (2021). The missing Macassans: Indigenous sovereignty, rock art and the archaeology of absence. Australian Archaeology. 87(2). 127–143. 7 indexed citations
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Taçon, Paul, Daryl Wesley, & Sally K. May. (2021). R. Lamilami, 1957–2021: Negotiating two worlds for cultural heritage. Australian Archaeology. 87(2). 220–225. 1 indexed citations
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Taçon, Paul, et al.. (2021). History Disappearing: The Rapid Loss of Australian Contact Period Rock Art. Journal of Field Archaeology. 46(2). 119–131. 6 indexed citations
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Goldhahn, Joakim, Sally K. May, & Paul Taçon. (2021). Revisiting Francis Birtles’ painted car: exploring a cross-cultural encounter with Aboriginal artist Nayombolmi at Imarlkba Gold Mine, 1929–1930. History Australia. 18(3). 469–492. 1 indexed citations
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May, Sally K., et al.. (2021). An Analysis of Motif Clusters at the Nanguluwurr Rock Art Site, Kakadu National Park, N. T. Australia. Journal of Field Archaeology. 46(6). 414–428. 3 indexed citations
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May, Sally K., et al.. (2021). The re-emergence ofnganaparru(water buffalo) into the culture, landscape and rock art of western Arnhem Land. Antiquity. 95(383). 1298–1314. 4 indexed citations
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Taçon, Paul, Sally K. May, Daryl Wesley, et al.. (2020). Maliwawa figures—a previously undescribed Arnhem Land rock art style. Australian Archaeology. 86(3). 208–225. 21 indexed citations
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Wesley, Daryl, et al.. (2020). Rethinking the age and unity of large naturalistic animal forms in early Western Arnhem Land Rock Art, Australia. Australian Archaeology. 86(3). 238–252. 5 indexed citations
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May, Sally K., Jillian Huntley, Joakim Goldhahn, et al.. (2020). New Insights into the Rock Art of Anbangbang Gallery, Kakadu National Park. Journal of Field Archaeology. 45(2). 120–134. 17 indexed citations
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May, Sally K., et al.. (2020). The Bible in Buffalo Country: Oenpelli Mission 1925–1931. ANU Press eBooks. 5 indexed citations
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Goldhahn, Joakim, et al.. (2020). Children and Rock Art: A Case Study from Western Arnhem Land, Australia. Norwegian Archaeological Review. 53(1). 59–82. 13 indexed citations
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Goldhahn, Joakim & Sally K. May. (2018). Beyond the colonial encounter: global approaches to contact rock art studies. Australian Archaeology. 84(3). 210–218. 4 indexed citations
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Wesley, Daryl, et al.. (2018). The archaeology of Maliwawa: 25,000 years of occupation in the Wellington Range, Arnhem Land. Australian Archaeology. 84(2). 108–128. 9 indexed citations
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May, Sally K., et al.. (2017). Reflections on the Pedagogy of Archaeological Field Schools within Indigenous Community Archaeology Programmes in Australia. Public Archaeology. 16(3-4). 172–190. 6 indexed citations
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May, Sally K., et al.. (2013). The world from Malarrak: Depictions of South-East Asian and European subjects in rock art from the Wellington Range, Australia. Australian aboriginal studies. 2013(1). 45–56. 11 indexed citations
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May, Sally K.. (2003). Colonial collections of portable art and intercultural encounters in Aboriginal Australia. 2003(1). 1–21. 1 indexed citations

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