Sam Challis

678 total citations
30 papers, 404 citations indexed

About

Sam Challis is a scholar working on Anthropology, Archeology and Paleontology. According to data from OpenAlex, Sam Challis has authored 30 papers receiving a total of 404 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Anthropology, 27 papers in Archeology and 9 papers in Paleontology. Recurrent topics in Sam Challis's work include Archaeology and Rock Art Studies (27 papers), Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (20 papers) and Anthropological Studies and Insights (10 papers). Sam Challis is often cited by papers focused on Archaeology and Rock Art Studies (27 papers), Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (20 papers) and Anthropological Studies and Insights (10 papers). Sam Challis collaborates with scholars based in South Africa, United Kingdom and United States. Sam Challis's co-authors include J. D. Lewis‐Williams, M. McGranaghan, Peter Mitchell, Jamie Hampson, Andrew S. Skinner, Rachel King, Jayson Orton, Brian A. Stewart, David Pearce and Alec C. Campbell and has published in prestigious journals such as The American Journal of Human Genetics, Current Anthropology and Quaternary International.

In The Last Decade

Sam Challis

29 papers receiving 361 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Sam Challis South Africa 13 364 345 163 46 24 30 404
David Morris South Africa 9 121 0.3× 157 0.5× 84 0.5× 33 0.7× 43 1.8× 33 256
Anne Solomon South Africa 10 244 0.7× 229 0.7× 112 0.7× 29 0.6× 25 1.0× 28 310
Vernon James Knight United States 10 120 0.3× 299 0.9× 273 1.7× 13 0.3× 57 2.4× 40 430
Ruth M. Van Dyke United States 12 130 0.4× 221 0.6× 259 1.6× 28 0.6× 88 3.7× 24 451
Chunag Amartuvshin Mongolia 11 87 0.2× 163 0.5× 205 1.3× 20 0.4× 79 3.3× 30 276
Anne Haour United Kingdom 9 128 0.4× 208 0.6× 106 0.7× 33 0.7× 112 4.7× 49 349
Wesley Bernardini United States 11 86 0.2× 160 0.5× 208 1.3× 23 0.5× 47 2.0× 15 324
Jennifer M. Miller Canada 9 81 0.2× 194 0.6× 151 0.9× 10 0.2× 91 3.8× 19 243
Felix A. Chami Tanzania 12 87 0.2× 351 1.0× 46 0.3× 15 0.3× 40 1.7× 26 391
Brenda J. Bowser United States 6 79 0.2× 208 0.6× 233 1.4× 39 0.8× 96 4.0× 12 416

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Fields of papers citing papers by Sam Challis

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sam Challis

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Sam Challis. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Sam Challis based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Sam Challis. Sam Challis is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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D’Amato, María Eugenia, Sam Challis, Kirk Rockett, et al.. (2023). Genetic heritage of the Baphuthi highlights an over-ethnicized notion of “Bushman” in the Maloti-Drakensberg, southern Africa. The American Journal of Human Genetics. 110(5). 880–894. 2 indexed citations
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Stewart, Brian A. & Sam Challis. (2023). Becoming elands’ people: Neoglacial subsistence and spiritual transformations in the Maloti-Drakensberg Mountains, southern Africa. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa. 78(1-2). 123–147. 3 indexed citations
3.
Patalano, Robert, Charles Arthur, W. Christopher Carleton, et al.. (2023). Ecological stability of Late Pleistocene-to-Holocene Lesotho, southern Africa, facilitated human upland habitation. Communications Earth & Environment. 4(1). 5 indexed citations
4.
Lewis‐Williams, J. D., et al.. (2021). The devil’s in the detail: revisiting the ceiling panel at RSA CHI1, Kamberg, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Azania Archaeological Research in Africa. 56(1). 34–59. 4 indexed citations
5.
Challis, Sam, et al.. (2020). Runaway slaves, rock art and resistance in the Cape Colony, South Africa. Azania Archaeological Research in Africa. 55(4). 475–491. 4 indexed citations
6.
Challis, Sam. (2019). High and mighty: a San expression of excess potency control in the high-altitude hunting grounds of southern Africa. Time and Mind. 12(3). 169–185. 12 indexed citations
7.
Archer, William, et al.. (2018). The Matatiele Archaeology and Rock Art (MARA) Program Excavations: The Archaeology of Mafusing 1 Rock Shelter, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Journal of African Archaeology. 16(2). 145–167. 3 indexed citations
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King, Rachel & Sam Challis. (2017). THE ‘INTERIOR WORLD’ OF THE NINETEENTH-CENTURY MALOTI-DRAKENSBERG MOUNTAINS. The Journal of African History. 58(2). 213–237. 15 indexed citations
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McGranaghan, M. & Sam Challis. (2016). Reconfiguring Hunting Magic: Southern Bushman (San) Perspectives on Taming and Their Implications for Understanding Rock Art. Cambridge Archaeological Journal. 26(4). 579–599. 35 indexed citations
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Challis, Sam, et al.. (2013). ‘Rain snakes’ from the Senqu River: new light on Qing's commentary on San rock art from Sehonghong, Lesotho. Azania Archaeological Research in Africa. 48(3). 331–354. 22 indexed citations
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McGranaghan, M., Sam Challis, & J. D. Lewis‐Williams. (2013). Joseph Millerd Orpen's 'A Glimpse into the Mythology of the Maluti Bushmen': a contextual introduction and republished text. Southern African humanities. 25(1). 137–166. 22 indexed citations
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Challis, Sam, et al.. (2012). Spatial Distribution of Rock Art Sites in Didima Gorge, South Africa. American Antiquity. 77(4). 808–812. 1 indexed citations
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Lewis‐Williams, J. D. & Sam Challis. (2011). Deciphering ancient minds : the mystery of San Bushman rock art. 48 indexed citations
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Lewis‐Williams, J. D. & Sam Challis. (2010). Truth in error. 2010(1). 1–13. 5 indexed citations
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Mitchell, Peter & Sam Challis. (2008). A 'first' glimpse into the Maloti Mountains : the diary of James Murray Grant's expedition of 1873-74. Southern African humanities. 20(2). 399–461. 17 indexed citations
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Challis, Sam, Peter Mitchell, & Jayson Orton. (2008). Fishing in the rain: control of rain-making and aquatic resources at a previously undescribed rock art site in Highland Lesotho. Journal of African Archaeology. 6(2). 203–218. 21 indexed citations
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Challis, Sam. (2005). 'The men with rhebok's heads; they tame elands and snakes': Incorporating the rhebok antelope in the understanding of Southern African rock art. 9. 11. 19 indexed citations
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Challis, Sam, Alec C. Campbell, David Coulson, & Jeremy Keenan. (2005). Funerary monuments and horse paintings: A preliminary report on the archaeology of a site in the tagant region of South East Mauritania – near Dhar Tichitt. The Journal of North African Studies. 10(3-4). 459–470. 3 indexed citations
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Hampson, Jamie, et al.. (2002). The Rock Art of Bongani Mountain Lodge and Its Environs, Mpumalanga Province, South Africa: An Introduction to Problems of Southern African Rock-Art Regions. The South African Archaeological Bulletin. 57(175). 15–15. 20 indexed citations
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Lewis‐Williams, J. D., et al.. (2000). Threads of Light: Re-Examining a Motif in Southern African San Rock Art. The South African Archaeological Bulletin. 55(172). 123–123. 28 indexed citations

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