Sarah Wurz

2.3k total citations
53 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Sarah Wurz is a scholar working on Anthropology, Paleontology and Archeology. According to data from OpenAlex, Sarah Wurz has authored 53 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 46 papers in Anthropology, 38 papers in Paleontology and 20 papers in Archeology. Recurrent topics in Sarah Wurz's work include Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (46 papers), Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (33 papers) and Archaeology and Rock Art Studies (20 papers). Sarah Wurz is often cited by papers focused on Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (46 papers), Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (33 papers) and Archaeology and Rock Art Studies (20 papers). Sarah Wurz collaborates with scholars based in South Africa, Norway and France. Sarah Wurz's co-authors include Marlize Lombard, Christopher S. Henshilwood, Jerome P. Reynard, Paola Villa, Nicolas Teyssandier, Sylvain Soriano, Katja Douze, Karen L. van Niekerk, Susan M. Mentzer and Anne Delagnes and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Quaternary Science Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Sarah Wurz

52 papers receiving 1.4k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Sarah Wurz South Africa 21 1.3k 1.1k 557 512 251 53 1.5k
Sylvain Soriano France 19 1.1k 0.8× 888 0.8× 353 0.6× 453 0.9× 210 0.8× 44 1.3k
Pierre-Jean Texier France 17 1.2k 0.9× 991 0.9× 442 0.8× 472 0.9× 180 0.7× 49 1.4k
Cédric Poggenpoel South Africa 12 1.0k 0.8× 856 0.8× 532 1.0× 382 0.7× 153 0.6× 18 1.2k
Guillaume Porraz France 21 1.5k 1.1× 1.3k 1.1× 708 1.3× 540 1.1× 201 0.8× 47 1.7k
Philip Van Peer Belgium 21 1.5k 1.2× 1.3k 1.2× 300 0.5× 865 1.7× 304 1.2× 80 1.9k
William Archer Germany 20 1.1k 0.8× 796 0.7× 287 0.5× 370 0.7× 97 0.4× 57 1.3k
Peter Nilssen United States 8 923 0.7× 759 0.7× 233 0.4× 434 0.8× 252 1.0× 10 1.2k
Éric Boëda France 23 2.0k 1.5× 1.7k 1.5× 208 0.4× 1.0k 2.0× 382 1.5× 77 2.4k
Jean‐Michel Geneste France 22 1.2k 0.9× 955 0.8× 224 0.4× 630 1.2× 237 0.9× 65 1.6k
Ralf Vogelsang Germany 12 730 0.6× 580 0.5× 296 0.5× 235 0.5× 262 1.0× 27 915

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sarah Wurz

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Wurz, Sarah, et al.. (2024). Middle Stone Age fauna from the RS sub-member (MSA I) at Cave 1B, Klasies River Main site, South Africa. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 19. 1 indexed citations
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Wurz, Sarah. (2024). Becoming human: Expert sequential and flexible thinking led to cumulative culture. South African Journal of Science. 120(1/2). 1 indexed citations
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Bamford, Marion K., et al.. (2023). An analysis and environmental interpretations of wood charcoal from the Later Stone Age deposit at Klasies River cave 1, Tsitsikamma Coast. South African Journal of Botany. 160. 147–156. 1 indexed citations
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Hodgskiss, Tammy, et al.. (2023). Ochre use at Olieboomspoort, South Africa: insights into specular hematite use and collection during the Middle Stone Age. Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences. 15(11). 4 indexed citations
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Wurz, Sarah, et al.. (2020). The Doring River bullroarers rock painting: Continuities in sound and rainmaking. Journal of Archaeological Science Reports. 33. 102511–102511. 3 indexed citations
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Bradfield, Justin, et al.. (2019). A functional investigation of southern Cape Later Stone Age artefacts resembling aerophones. Journal of Archaeological Science Reports. 24. 693–711. 9 indexed citations
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Niekerk, Karen L. van, et al.. (2019). Shellfish exploitation during the Oakhurst at Klipdrift Cave, southern Cape, South Africa. South African Journal of Science. 115(9/10). 8 indexed citations
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Mentzer, Susan M., et al.. (2019). Cooked starchy food in hearths ca. 120 kya and 65 kya (MIS 5e and MIS 4) from Klasies River Cave, South Africa. Journal of Human Evolution. 131. 210–227. 55 indexed citations
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Novello, Alice, et al.. (2017). Phytoliths in modern plants and soils from Klasies River, Cape Region (South Africa). Quaternary International. 464. 440–459. 27 indexed citations
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Dayet, Laure, Sarah Wurz, & Floréal Daniel. (2017). Ochre Resources, Behavioural Complexity and Regional Patterns in the Howiesons Poort. Journal of African Archaeology. 15(1). 20–41. 11 indexed citations
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Nami, Hugo G., Paloma de la Peña, Carlos A. Vásquez, James K. Feathers, & Sarah Wurz. (2016). Palaeomagnetic results and new dates of sedimentary deposits from Klasies River Cave 1, South Africa. South African Journal of Science. 112(11/12). 12–12. 14 indexed citations
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Douze, Katja, Sarah Wurz, & Christopher S. Henshilwood. (2015). Techno-Cultural Characterization of the MIS 5 (c. 105 – 90 Ka) Lithic Industries at Blombos Cave, Southern Cape, South Africa. PLoS ONE. 10(11). e0142151–e0142151. 26 indexed citations
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Dusseldorp, Gerrit L., Marlize Lombard, & Sarah Wurz. (2013). Pleistocene Homo and the updated Stone Age sequence of South Africa : review article. South African Journal of Science. 109. 1–7. 8 indexed citations
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Wurz, Sarah & Philip Van Peer. (2012). Out of Africa, the Nile Valley and the Northern Route. The South African Archaeological Bulletin. 67(196). 168–179. 20 indexed citations
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Wurz, Sarah. (2009). Interpreting the fossil evidence for the evolutionary origins of music. Southern African humanities. 21(2). 395–417. 8 indexed citations
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Stynder, Deano D., Fiona Brock, Judith Sealy, et al.. (2009). A mid-Holocene AMS 14C date for the presumed upper Pleistocene human skeleton from Peers Cave, South Africa. Journal of Human Evolution. 56(4). 431–434. 13 indexed citations
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Wurz, Sarah. (2008). MODERN BEHAVIOUR AT KLASIES RIVER. 21 indexed citations
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Wurz, Sarah & Marlize Lombard. (2007). 70 000-year old geometric backed tools from the Howiesons Poort at Klasies River, South Africa: were they used for hunting?. Southern African humanities. 19(1). 1–16. 34 indexed citations
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Wurz, Sarah. (2002). Variability in the Middle Stone Age Lithic Sequence, 115,000–60,000 Years Ago at Klasies River, South Africa. Journal of Archaeological Science. 29(9). 1001–1015. 187 indexed citations

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