Thomas E. Emerson

2.6k total citations
91 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Thomas E. Emerson is a scholar working on Anthropology, Paleontology and Archeology. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas E. Emerson has authored 91 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 69 papers in Anthropology, 62 papers in Paleontology and 13 papers in Archeology. Recurrent topics in Thomas E. Emerson's work include Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (62 papers), Archaeology and Natural History (36 papers) and Historical and Cultural Archaeology Studies (30 papers). Thomas E. Emerson is often cited by papers focused on Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (62 papers), Archaeology and Natural History (36 papers) and Historical and Cultural Archaeology Studies (30 papers). Thomas E. Emerson collaborates with scholars based in United States and United Kingdom. Thomas E. Emerson's co-authors include Timothy R. Paüketat, Richard Sproat, Kristin M. Hedman, Randall E. Hughes, Jon Muller, P. Willey, James Taylor Carson, Christina A. Conlee, Ronald Faulseit and Bruce G. Trigger and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Archaeological Science and American Anthropologist.

In The Last Decade

Thomas E. Emerson

84 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Thomas E. Emerson United States 22 1.0k 810 366 281 247 91 1.7k
George T. Jones United States 15 984 0.9× 916 1.1× 63 0.2× 384 1.4× 129 0.5× 30 1.3k
Enrico R. Crema United Kingdom 22 1.2k 1.1× 683 0.8× 54 0.1× 324 1.2× 81 0.3× 60 1.8k
George J. Gumerman United States 17 642 0.6× 474 0.6× 44 0.1× 106 0.4× 170 0.7× 47 1.3k
George L. Cowgill United States 22 1.1k 1.0× 554 0.7× 31 0.1× 356 1.3× 176 0.7× 56 1.7k
Robert C. Dunnell United States 21 1.3k 1.2× 1.0k 1.3× 21 0.1× 340 1.2× 188 0.8× 70 1.9k
Clive Orton United Kingdom 16 612 0.6× 442 0.5× 58 0.2× 417 1.5× 110 0.4× 38 1.2k
Herbert D. G. Maschner United States 18 714 0.7× 417 0.5× 24 0.1× 228 0.8× 80 0.3× 47 1.4k
Matthew A. Peeples United States 20 701 0.7× 452 0.6× 20 0.1× 174 0.6× 143 0.6× 47 1.3k
Israel Finkelstein Israel 36 2.0k 1.9× 387 0.5× 70 0.2× 3.5k 12.3× 192 0.8× 257 4.5k
Kenneth Hirth United States 21 896 0.9× 513 0.6× 23 0.1× 199 0.7× 145 0.6× 68 1.3k

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All Works

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Hedman, Kristin M., et al.. (2024). Employing biomolecular analyses and radiocarbon AMS chronologies to disentangle complex mortuary assemblages: Reinterpreting the Kane mortuary complex enigma in greater Cahokia. Journal of Archaeological Science Reports. 55. 104464–104464. 1 indexed citations
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Emerson, Thomas E., et al.. (2024). A Reassessment of Upper Mississippian Habitations and Chronology at the Fisher Mounds and Village Site in Northeastern Illinois. Midcontinental Journal of Archaeology. 49(1). 45–72.
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Emerson, Thomas E., et al.. (2019). Late Precolumbian Subsistence Change, Socio-political Transformation, and Ethnogenesis in the Upper Illinois River Valley.
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Emerson, Thomas E., et al.. (2019). Interrogating Diaspora and Movement in the Greater Cahokian World. Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory. 27(1). 54–71. 15 indexed citations
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Emerson, Thomas E.. (2019). The archaeology of villages in eastern North America. Southeastern Archaeology. 38(2). 168–169. 10 indexed citations
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Faulseit, Ronald, et al.. (2015). Beyond Collapse: Archaeological Perspectives on Resilience, Revitalization, and Transformation in Complex Societies. 104 indexed citations
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Hedman, Kristin M., et al.. (2012). Oakwood Mound: a Langford mortuary site in Will County, Illinois. 93(2). 4 indexed citations
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Emerson, Thomas E., et al.. (2011). Langford mortuary patterns as reflected in the Material Service quarry site in the Upper Illinois River Valley. 91(1). 5 indexed citations
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Emerson, Thomas E., et al.. (2006). Calibrating and reassessing American Bottom culture history. Southeastern Archaeology. 25(2). 170–211. 43 indexed citations
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Emerson, Thomas E., et al.. (2006). Advances in American bottom prehistory: Illinois transportation archaeology two decades after I-270. Southeastern Archaeology. 25(2). 155–169. 3 indexed citations
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Emerson, Thomas E.. (2005). The Second International Chinese Word Segmentation Bakeoff.. 30(8). 516–20. 181 indexed citations
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Emerson, Thomas E., et al.. (2004). Dating Gahagan and Its Implications for Understanding Cahokia-Caddo Interactions. Southeastern Archaeology. 23(1). 57–64. 8 indexed citations
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Emerson, Thomas E.. (2003). Materializing Cahokia Shamans. Southeastern Archaeology. 22(2). 135–154. 15 indexed citations
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Sproat, Richard & Thomas E. Emerson. (2003). The first international Chinese word segmentation Bakeoff. 17. 133–143. 150 indexed citations
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Emerson, Thomas E., et al.. (2000). Strangers in paradise? Recognizing ethnic mortuary diversity on the fringes of Cahokia. Southeastern Archaeology. 19(1). 1–23. 41 indexed citations
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Willey, P. & Thomas E. Emerson. (1993). The Osteology and Archaeology of The Crow Creek Massacre. Plains Anthropologist. 38(145). 227–269. 54 indexed citations
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Paüketat, Timothy R. & Thomas E. Emerson. (1991). The Ideology of Authority and the Power of the Pot. American Anthropologist. 93(4). 919–941. 84 indexed citations
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Emerson, Thomas E., et al.. (1989). Macoupin Creek Figure Pipe and Its Archaeological ContexT: Evidence for Late Woodland-Mississippian Interaction Beyond the Northern Border of Cahokian Settlement. Midcontinental Journal of Archaeology. 14(1). 18–37. 9 indexed citations
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Emerson, Thomas E.. (1979). Prehistoric Seasonal Exploitation of White-Tailed Deer In the Driftless Area of Wisconsin: An Example From Brogley Rockshelter (46 GT-156). 60(3). 278–292.

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