Tim Maggs

1.8k total citations
62 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Tim Maggs is a scholar working on Archeology, Anthropology and Paleontology. According to data from OpenAlex, Tim Maggs has authored 62 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 47 papers in Archeology, 38 papers in Anthropology and 16 papers in Paleontology. Recurrent topics in Tim Maggs's work include Archaeology and Rock Art Studies (47 papers), Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (25 papers) and Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (16 papers). Tim Maggs is often cited by papers focused on Archaeology and Rock Art Studies (47 papers), Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (25 papers) and Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (16 papers). Tim Maggs collaborates with scholars based in South Africa, Canada and Sweden. Tim Maggs's co-authors include Patricia Vinnicombe, T. M. Evers, Gavin Whitelaw, Judith Sealy, R. R. Inskeep, Aron Mazel, John Parkington, Thurstan Shaw, Maria H. Schoeman and Peter Delius and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, The International Journal of African Historical Studies and World Archaeology.

In The Last Decade

Tim Maggs

58 papers receiving 770 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Tim Maggs South Africa 20 884 872 451 178 106 62 1.1k
James Denbow United States 16 680 0.8× 733 0.8× 301 0.7× 166 0.9× 86 0.8× 31 1.0k
Merrick Posnansky United States 17 364 0.4× 626 0.7× 176 0.4× 89 0.5× 162 1.5× 68 935
Michael S. Bisson Canada 15 368 0.4× 668 0.8× 495 1.1× 55 0.3× 256 2.4× 34 935
Karim Sadr South Africa 18 669 0.8× 806 0.9× 627 1.4× 50 0.3× 241 2.3× 46 1.2k
Carmel Schrire United States 15 265 0.3× 544 0.6× 517 1.1× 68 0.4× 238 2.2× 38 945
Aron Mazel United Kingdom 16 589 0.7× 615 0.7× 428 0.9× 53 0.3× 106 1.0× 54 791
Patricia L. Crown United States 20 338 0.4× 647 0.7× 864 1.9× 51 0.3× 204 1.9× 45 1.2k
Graham Connah Australia 17 230 0.3× 456 0.5× 246 0.5× 68 0.4× 198 1.9× 75 785
Innocent Pikirayi South Africa 15 454 0.5× 491 0.6× 201 0.4× 119 0.7× 177 1.7× 59 735
Lawrence H. Robbins United States 16 402 0.5× 584 0.7× 338 0.7× 32 0.2× 123 1.2× 43 769

Countries citing papers authored by Tim Maggs

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Fields of papers citing papers by Tim Maggs

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Tim Maggs

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Tim Maggs. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Tim Maggs 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 Tim Maggs. Tim Maggs is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Pfeiffer, Susan, et al.. (2020). A Late Holocene community burial area: Evidence of diverse mortuary practices in the Western Cape, South Africa. PLoS ONE. 15(4). e0230391–e0230391. 11 indexed citations
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Maggs, Tim, et al.. (2011). Judith Mkhabela, an inspirational potter from KwaZulu-Natal. Southern African humanities. 23(1). 151–171. 1 indexed citations
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Maggs, Tim & Duncan Miller. (1995). Sandstone crucibles from Mhlopeni, KwaZulu-Natal: evidence of precolonial brassworking. Southern African humanities. 7. 1–16. 4 indexed citations
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Maggs, Tim, et al.. (1995). Rock engravings by agriculturist communities in savanna areas of the Thukela Basin. Southern African humanities. 7. 17–40. 1 indexed citations
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Maggs, Tim. (1993). The Zulu battle-axe. Southern African humanities. 5(10). 175–188. 2 indexed citations
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Maggs, Tim. (1992). 'My father's hammer never ceased its song day and night': the Zulu ferrous metalworking industry. Southern African humanities. 4(10). 65–87. 13 indexed citations
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Horwitz, Liora Kolska, et al.. (1991). Two shell middens as indicators of shellfish exploitation patterns during the first millennium AD on the Natal north coast. Southern African humanities. 3(10). 1–28. 15 indexed citations
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Maggs, Tim, et al.. (1988). The slipped disc: a guide to the identification of shell disc-beads. Southern African humanities. 29(2). 5 indexed citations
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Maggs, Tim. (1988). Patterns and perceptions of stone-built settlements from the Thukela Valley Late Iron Age. Southern African humanities. 29(2). 417–432. 4 indexed citations
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Maggs, Tim, et al.. (1986). Spatial parameters of Late Iron Age settlements in the upper Thukela Valley. Southern African humanities. 27(2). 6 indexed citations
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Maggs, Tim. (1986). Hloma Mathonsi, the Zulu blacksmith: a record by the Reverend H. F. O. Dedekind in 1929. Southern African humanities. 27(2). 1 indexed citations
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Maggs, Tim. (1984). The Great Galleon Sao Joao: remains from a mid-sixteenth century wreck on the Natal South Coast. Southern African humanities. 26(1). 173–186. 4 indexed citations
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Maggs, Tim. (1984). Ndondondwane: a preliminary report on an Early Iron Age site on the lower Tugela River. Southern African humanities. 26(1). 71–93. 33 indexed citations
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Maggs, Tim. (1982). Mabhija: pre-colonial industrial development in the Tugela Basin. Southern African humanities. 25(1). 123–141. 8 indexed citations
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Maggs, Tim, et al.. (1981). The Lydenburg Heads and the Earliest African Sculpture South of the Equator. African Arts. 14(2). 28–33. 2 indexed citations
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Maggs, Tim. (1980). Msuluzi Confluence: a seventh century Early Iron Age site on the Tugela River. Southern African humanities. 24(1). 111–145. 57 indexed citations
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Maggs, Tim, et al.. (1980). Driel Shelter: rescue at a Late Stone Age site on the Tugela River. Southern African humanities. 24(1). 35–70. 31 indexed citations
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Maggs, Tim. (1980). Mzonjani and the beginning of the Iron Age in Natal. Southern African humanities. 24(1). 71–96. 39 indexed citations
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Maggs, Tim. (1976). Iron age patterns and Sotho history on the southern Highveld: South Africa. World Archaeology. 7(3). 318–332. 20 indexed citations
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Maggs, Tim, et al.. (1976). Ntshekane: an Early Iron Age site in the Tugela Basin, Natal. Southern African humanities. 22(3). 705–740. 53 indexed citations

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