Thurstan Shaw

1.7k total citations
62 papers, 837 citations indexed

About

Thurstan Shaw is a scholar working on Anthropology, Archeology and Archeology. According to data from OpenAlex, Thurstan Shaw has authored 62 papers receiving a total of 837 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Anthropology, 11 papers in Archeology and 11 papers in Archeology. Recurrent topics in Thurstan Shaw's work include Archaeology and Rock Art Studies (11 papers), African history and culture analysis (9 papers) and Ancient Egypt and Archaeology (8 papers). Thurstan Shaw is often cited by papers focused on Archaeology and Rock Art Studies (11 papers), African history and culture analysis (9 papers) and Ancient Egypt and Archaeology (8 papers). Thurstan Shaw collaborates with scholars based in Nigeria, United Kingdom and Canada. Thurstan Shaw's co-authors include Frank Willett, Daniel F. McCall, Steve Daniels, Timothy Insoll, David Rindos, Robert S. Santley, Peter Bellwood, J Hutchinson, Homer Aschmann and Lynn Ceci and has published in prestigious journals such as The American Historical Review, Scientific American and Geographical Journal.

In The Last Decade

Thurstan Shaw

57 papers receiving 629 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Thurstan Shaw Nigeria 17 347 242 203 174 68 62 837
Charles C. Kolb United States 16 500 1.4× 656 2.7× 172 0.8× 336 1.9× 113 1.7× 36 1.2k
Susan Keech McIntosh United States 21 563 1.6× 387 1.6× 334 1.6× 230 1.3× 151 2.2× 54 1.3k
David L. Browman United States 17 395 1.1× 532 2.2× 74 0.4× 160 0.9× 48 0.7× 59 971
Graham Connah Australia 17 456 1.3× 246 1.0× 230 1.1× 198 1.1× 68 1.0× 75 785
Philip E. L. Smith Canada 18 448 1.3× 519 2.1× 56 0.3× 397 2.3× 102 1.5× 63 1.1k
Bridget Allchin 14 452 1.3× 379 1.6× 57 0.3× 345 2.0× 36 0.5× 42 906
Wilhelm G. Solheim United States 17 336 1.0× 334 1.4× 37 0.2× 262 1.5× 129 1.9× 70 874
Patty Jo Watson United States 19 551 1.6× 699 2.9× 133 0.7× 316 1.8× 52 0.8× 56 1.2k
Chapurukha M. Kusimba United States 13 475 1.4× 223 0.9× 159 0.8× 187 1.1× 50 0.7× 37 799
Robert J. Braidwood United States 14 284 0.8× 492 2.0× 63 0.3× 406 2.3× 40 0.6× 39 878

Countries citing papers authored by Thurstan Shaw

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Fields of papers citing papers by Thurstan Shaw

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Thurstan Shaw

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Thurstan Shaw. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Thurstan Shaw 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 Thurstan Shaw. Thurstan Shaw 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
1.
Allsworth-Jones, Philip, et al.. (1997). Mallam Umaru Garba Gol. 27(1). 1–16. 1 indexed citations
2.
Craddock, Paul, et al.. (1997). Metal Sources and the Bronzes From Igbo-Ukwu, Nigeria. Journal of Field Archaeology. 24(4). 405–429. 12 indexed citations
3.
Shaw, Thurstan & Kevin C. MacDonald. (1995). Out of Africa and out of context. Antiquity. 69(266). 1036–1039. 4 indexed citations
4.
Shaw, Thurstan, et al.. (1989). Prehistoric Settlement and Subsistence in the Kaduna Valley, Nigeria. University of Michigan Press eBooks. 2 indexed citations
5.
Shaw, Thurstan. (1984). The Petrology of Archaeological Artefacts. Interdisciplinary Science Reviews. 9(2). 190–191. 18 indexed citations
6.
Shaw, Thurstan & J. Desmond Clark. (1983). The Cambridge History of Africa: Vol. I. From the Earliest Times to c. 500 B. C.. Geographical Journal. 149(2). 236–236. 7 indexed citations
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Shaw, Thurstan. (1981). Ife and Raymond Mauny. 5(1). 109–135. 5 indexed citations
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Shaw, Thurstan. (1981). The Nok Sculptures of Nigeria. Scientific American. 244(2). 154–166. 9 indexed citations
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Shaw, Thurstan, et al.. (1979). Nigeria: Its Archaeology and Early History. African Arts. 12(2). 13–13. 6 indexed citations
10.
McCall, Daniel F. & Thurstan Shaw. (1978). Unearthing Igbo-Ukwu: Archaeological Discoveries in Eastern Nigeria. The International Journal of African Historical Studies. 11(1). 146–146. 14 indexed citations
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Shaw, Thurstan. (1972). Early Agriculture in Africa. Journal of the Historical Society of Nigeria. 6(2). 143–191. 10 indexed citations
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Cole, Herbert M. & Thurstan Shaw. (1971). Igbo-Ukwu: An Account of Archaeological Discoveries in Eastern Nigeria. African Arts. 4(4). 67–67. 19 indexed citations
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Clark, J. Desmond & Thurstan Shaw. (1971). Igbo-Ukwu: An Account of Archaeological Discoveries in Eastern Nigeria.. Man. 6(3). 493–493. 3 indexed citations
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Shaw, Thurstan. (1969). Archaeology in Nigeria. Antiquity. 43(171). 187–199. 10 indexed citations
15.
Shaw, Thurstan. (1969). FURTHER SPECTROGRAPHIC ANALYSES OF NIGERIAN BRONZES. Archaeometry. 11(1). 85–93. 10 indexed citations
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Shaw, Thurstan, P. L. Shinnie, Oliver Davies, & Nikolaas J. van der Merwe. (1969). On Radiocarbon Chronology of the Iron Age in Sub-Saharan Africa. Current Anthropology. 10(2/3). 226–231. 8 indexed citations
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Shaw, Thurstan. (1968). Radiocarbon Dating in Nigeria. Journal of the Historical Society of Nigeria. 4(3). 12 indexed citations
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Shaw, Thurstan & Frank Willett. (1968). Ife in the History of West African Sculpture.. Man. 3(2). 346–346. 66 indexed citations
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Shaw, Thurstan. (1965). Smoking in Africa. The South African Archaeological Bulletin. 20(78). 105–105. 2 indexed citations
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Shaw, Thurstan. (1963). Field Research in Nigerian Archaeology. Journal of the Historical Society of Nigeria. 2(4). 1 indexed citations

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