Thomas W. Killion

761 total citations
19 papers, 560 citations indexed

About

Thomas W. Killion is a scholar working on Paleontology, Anthropology and Visual Arts and Performing Arts. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas W. Killion has authored 19 papers receiving a total of 560 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Paleontology, 8 papers in Anthropology and 4 papers in Visual Arts and Performing Arts. Recurrent topics in Thomas W. Killion's work include Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (12 papers), Archaeology and Natural History (4 papers) and Latin American history and culture (4 papers). Thomas W. Killion is often cited by papers focused on Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (12 papers), Archaeology and Natural History (4 papers) and Latin American history and culture (4 papers). Thomas W. Killion collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and New Zealand. Thomas W. Killion's co-authors include Naomi F. Miller, Nicholas P. Dunning, Gair Tourtellot, Jeremy A. Sabloff, Robert S. Santley, Jeffrey L. Howard, Krysta Ryzewski, Bruce G. Trigger, Tamara L. Bray and Philip J. Arnold and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Archaeological Science, Current Anthropology and Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute.

In The Last Decade

Thomas W. Killion

18 papers receiving 480 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 W. Killion United States 12 419 207 131 109 104 19 560
Elliot M. Abrams United States 13 439 1.0× 157 0.8× 96 0.7× 102 0.9× 167 1.6× 20 605
Anabel Ford United States 14 377 0.9× 140 0.7× 108 0.8× 91 0.8× 94 0.9× 46 654
Paul F. Healy Canada 16 590 1.4× 239 1.2× 217 1.7× 149 1.4× 148 1.4× 44 749
Dennis Ogburn United States 10 275 0.7× 159 0.8× 136 1.0× 107 1.0× 95 0.9× 18 477
T. Patrick Culbert United States 13 536 1.3× 164 0.8× 127 1.0× 99 0.9× 248 2.4× 29 759
Frances Hayashida United States 11 263 0.6× 112 0.5× 80 0.6× 84 0.8× 72 0.7× 27 460
Joseph W. Ball United States 15 620 1.5× 278 1.3× 161 1.2× 188 1.7× 304 2.9× 38 798
Marilyn A. Masson United States 19 645 1.5× 290 1.4× 203 1.5× 114 1.0× 280 2.7× 49 854
Robert M. Rosenswig United States 16 526 1.3× 231 1.1× 204 1.6× 90 0.8× 158 1.5× 38 668
Christopher T. Morehart United States 15 298 0.7× 131 0.6× 92 0.7× 97 0.9× 105 1.0× 29 446

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Fields of papers citing papers by Thomas W. Killion

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Thomas W. Killion

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All Works

19 of 19 papers shown
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Killion, Thomas W.. (2013). Nonagricultural Cultivation and Social Complexity. Current Anthropology. 54(5). 569–606. 32 indexed citations
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Killion, Thomas W., et al.. (2008). Opening Archaeology: Repatriation's Impact on Contemporary Research and Practice. 29 indexed citations
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Killion, Thomas W.. (2008). Cultivating, Farming, and Food Containers: Reflections on Formative Subsistence and Intensification in the Southern Gulf Coast Lowlands. Journal of Anthropological Research. 64(3). 367–381. 5 indexed citations
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Killion, Thomas W., et al.. (2004). El legado olmeca: continuidad y cambio cultural en el sur de Veracruz. Arqueología. 5–31. 1 indexed citations
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Sluka, Jeffrey A., Noam Chomsky, David H. Price, et al.. (2002). Comment. Anthropology Today. 18(2). 22–27. 7 indexed citations
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Killion, Thomas W., et al.. (2001). The Olmec Legacy: Cultural Continuity and Change in Mexico's Southern Gulf Coast Lowlands. Journal of Field Archaeology. 28(1/2). 3–3. 9 indexed citations
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Killion, Thomas W., et al.. (2001). The Olmec Legacy: Cultural Continuity and Change in Mexico's Southern Gulf Coast Lowlands. Journal of Field Archaeology. 28(1-2). 3–25. 28 indexed citations
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Killion, Thomas W., et al.. (1995). The Archaeology of Garden and Field. Journal of Field Archaeology. 22(3). 359–359. 94 indexed citations
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Trigger, Bruce G., Tamara L. Bray, & Thomas W. Killion. (1995). Reckoning with the Dead: The Larsen Bay Repatriation and the Smithsonian Institution.. Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute. 1(4). 836–836. 11 indexed citations
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Killion, Thomas W.. (1992). Gardens of Prehistory: The Archaeology of Settlement Agriculture in Greater Mesoamerica. Project Muse (Johns Hopkins University). 125 indexed citations
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Killion, Thomas W., et al.. (1992). Naevahoo'ohtseme (We Are Going Back Home) - Cheyenne Repatriation: the Human Remains.
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Killion, Thomas W., Jeremy A. Sabloff, Gair Tourtellot, & Nicholas P. Dunning. (1989). Intensive Surface Collection of Residential Clusters at Terminal Classic Sayil, Yucatan, Mexico. Journal of Field Archaeology. 16(3). 273–273. 14 indexed citations
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Killion, Thomas W., Jeremy A. Sabloff, Gair Tourtellot, & Nicholas P. Dunning. (1989). Intensive Surface Collection of Residential Clusters at Terminal Classic Sayil, Yucatan, Mexico. Journal of Field Archaeology. 16(3). 273–294. 70 indexed citations
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Santley, Robert S., et al.. (1986). On the Maya Collapse. Journal of Anthropological Research. 42(2). 123–159. 47 indexed citations
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Santley, Robert S., et al.. (1984). Final Field Report of the Matacapan Archaeological Project: The 1982 Season. UNM’s Digital Repository (University of New Mexico). 15 indexed citations

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