Terence N. D’Altroy

2.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
28 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Terence N. D’Altroy is a scholar working on Visual Arts and Performing Arts, Paleontology and Anthropology. According to data from OpenAlex, Terence N. D’Altroy has authored 28 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Visual Arts and Performing Arts, 9 papers in Paleontology and 6 papers in Anthropology. Recurrent topics in Terence N. D’Altroy's work include Latin American history and culture (10 papers), Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (9 papers) and Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies (3 papers). Terence N. D’Altroy is often cited by papers focused on Latin American history and culture (10 papers), Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (9 papers) and Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies (3 papers). Terence N. D’Altroy collaborates with scholars based in United States, Sweden and Chile. Terence N. D’Altroy's co-authors include Christine A. Hastorf, Susan A. Niles, John V. Murra, Ronald L. Bishop, David L. Browman, Timothy Earle, Thomas P. Myers, John R. Topic, Katharina Schreiber and Michael E. Moseley and has published in prestigious journals such as The American Historical Review, American Anthropologist and Current Anthropology.

In The Last Decade

Terence N. D’Altroy

26 papers receiving 949 citations

Hit Papers

Staple Finance, Wealth Finance, and Storage in the Inka P... 1985 2026 1998 2012 1985 50 100 150 200 250
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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Staple Finance, Wealth Finance, and Storage in the Inka Political Economy [and Comments and Reply]
    1985 276 citations Terence N. D’Altroy, Timothy Earle et al. Current Anthropology profile →

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Terence N. D’Altroy United States 16 701 410 378 226 196 28 1.1k
Wendy Ashmore United States 17 833 1.2× 377 0.9× 435 1.2× 260 1.2× 173 0.9× 44 1.2k
Charles S. Spencer United States 18 702 1.0× 361 0.9× 245 0.6× 222 1.0× 174 0.9× 46 1.1k
Arthur A. Demarest United States 17 773 1.1× 414 1.0× 457 1.2× 222 1.0× 127 0.6× 37 1.1k
Katharina Schreiber United States 18 812 1.2× 367 0.9× 412 1.1× 337 1.5× 257 1.3× 37 1.2k
Robert J. Sharer United States 19 649 0.9× 287 0.7× 333 0.9× 247 1.1× 217 1.1× 53 970
Patricia A. McAnany United States 20 862 1.2× 515 1.3× 414 1.1× 273 1.2× 251 1.3× 50 1.2k
Barbara J. Price United States 13 759 1.1× 526 1.3× 258 0.7× 225 1.0× 184 0.9× 24 1.3k
Elsa M. Redmond United States 17 550 0.8× 312 0.8× 237 0.6× 179 0.8× 152 0.8× 37 891
William T. Sanders United States 13 587 0.8× 293 0.7× 301 0.8× 161 0.7× 127 0.6× 39 920
Charles Stanish United States 22 938 1.3× 488 1.2× 368 1.0× 397 1.8× 266 1.4× 65 1.4k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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D’Altroy, Terence N.. (2018). Empires reconsidered: current archaeological approaches. 1(1-2). 95–109. 2 indexed citations
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D’Altroy, Terence N.. (2018). El régimen fiscal inca. Economía. 41(81). 125–164. 3 indexed citations
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D’Altroy, Terence N.. (2018). Inca Political Organization, Economic Institutions, and Infrastructure. Oxford University Press eBooks. 3 indexed citations
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D’Altroy, Terence N.. (2018). The Imperial Inka road system: exploring new paths. 2(1). 3–18. 2 indexed citations
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Williams, Verónica Isabel, Calógero M. Santoro, Robert J. Speakman, et al.. (2016). Instrumental neutron activation analysis of Inka and local pottery from northern Chile's Atacama Desert. Journal of Archaeological Science Reports. 9. 481–492. 19 indexed citations
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D’Altroy, Terence N. & Christine A. Hastorf. (2002). Empire and Domestic Economy. Digital Access to Libraries (Université catholique de Louvain (UCL), l'Université de Namur (UNamur) and the Université Saint-Louis (USL-B)). 89 indexed citations
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D’Altroy, Terence N., et al.. (2000). Inka Rule in the Northern Calchaquí Valley, Argentina. Journal of Field Archaeology. 27(1). 1–26. 70 indexed citations
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D’Altroy, Terence N.. (1999). The Archaeology of City‐States: Cross Cultural Approaches. American Anthropologist. 101(4). 850–852. 7 indexed citations
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D’Altroy, Terence N., et al.. (1995). Provincial Power in the Inka Empire.. Hispanic American Historical Review. 75(2). 258–258. 1 indexed citations
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Williams, Verónica Isabel, et al.. (1994). Producción y uso de cerámica en la economía política Inka. Arqueología. 10 indexed citations
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Brumfiel, Elizabeth M., Elizabeth M. Brumfiel, Elizabeth M. Brumfiel, et al.. (1994). Factional Competition and Political Development in the New World. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 103 indexed citations
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D’Altroy, Terence N.. (1994). Comments: Rethinking Complex Early Societies in Asia. ScholarSpace (University of Hawaii at Manoa). 1 indexed citations
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Murra, John V. & Terence N. D’Altroy. (1993). Provincial Power in the Inka Empire.. The American Historical Review. 98(4). 1355–1355. 61 indexed citations
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D’Altroy, Terence N.. (1992). La Galgada, Peru: A Preceramic Culture in Transition. Latin American Anthropology Review. 4(1). 44–45. 5 indexed citations
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D’Altroy, Terence N. & Ronald L. Bishop. (1990). The Provincial Organization of Inka Ceramic Production. American Antiquity. 55(1). 120–138. 73 indexed citations
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D’Altroy, Terence N., Shelia Pozorski, & Thomas Pozorski. (1990). Early Settlement and Subsistence in the Casma Valley, Peru. Ethnohistory. 37(4). 468–468. 5 indexed citations
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D’Altroy, Terence N.. (1987). Transitions in Power: Centralization of Wanka Political Organization under Inka Rule. Ethnohistory. 34(1). 78–78. 26 indexed citations
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Guillet, David, David L. Browman, Terence N. D’Altroy, et al.. (1987). Terracing and Irrigation in the Peruvian Highlands [and Comments and Reply]. Current Anthropology. 28(4). 409–430. 37 indexed citations
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D’Altroy, Terence N.. (1981). Empire growth and consolidation : the Xauxa region of Peru under the Incas. UMI eBooks. 26 indexed citations
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Earle, Timothy, et al.. (1980). Changing settlement patterns in the upper Mantaro Valley, Peru. 4(1). 1–49. 18 indexed citations

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