Timothy Earle

11.6k total citations · 3 hit papers
88 papers, 6.3k citations indexed

About

Timothy Earle is a scholar working on Paleontology, Anthropology and Geography, Planning and Development. According to data from OpenAlex, Timothy Earle has authored 88 papers receiving a total of 6.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 37 papers in Paleontology, 25 papers in Anthropology and 16 papers in Geography, Planning and Development. Recurrent topics in Timothy Earle's work include Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (37 papers), Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies (16 papers) and Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (10 papers). Timothy Earle is often cited by papers focused on Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (37 papers), Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies (16 papers) and Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (10 papers). Timothy Earle collaborates with scholars based in United States, Sweden and Denmark. Timothy Earle's co-authors include Allen Johnson, Robert D. Drennan, Elizabeth DeMarrais, Barbara J. Price, Elizabeth M. Brumfiel, Karl W. Butzer, Luis Jaime Castillo, Robert L. Carneiro, Stephen Shennan and Patrick D. Nolan and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews and American Journal of Sociology.

In The Last Decade

Timothy Earle

83 papers receiving 5.1k citations

Hit Papers

Specialization, Exchange ... 1985 2026 1998 2012 1988 1988 1985 100 200 300 400

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Timothy Earle 3.4k 2.4k 1.2k 1.2k 1.0k 88 6.3k
Gary M. Feinman 3.7k 1.1× 2.0k 0.8× 911 0.8× 1.1k 1.0× 677 0.7× 180 5.5k
Bruce G. Trigger 2.9k 0.9× 2.9k 1.2× 1.8k 1.5× 618 0.5× 759 0.8× 186 6.4k
Ian Hodder 4.4k 1.3× 4.0k 1.7× 3.0k 2.5× 1.2k 1.0× 823 0.8× 161 9.5k
Kent V. Flannery 2.4k 0.7× 1.4k 0.6× 786 0.7× 697 0.6× 354 0.4× 57 3.9k
Michael E. Smith 2.1k 0.6× 1.0k 0.4× 692 0.6× 448 0.4× 392 0.4× 174 4.4k
Christopher Tilley 1.3k 0.4× 1.5k 0.6× 1.2k 1.0× 724 0.6× 586 0.6× 62 4.0k
Stephen Shennan 4.5k 1.3× 3.0k 1.3× 1.7k 1.4× 904 0.8× 1.2k 1.2× 144 7.6k
Richard E. Blanton 1.8k 0.5× 1.0k 0.4× 459 0.4× 431 0.4× 380 0.4× 72 2.9k
Joyce Marcus 1.8k 0.5× 841 0.4× 411 0.3× 531 0.5× 193 0.2× 89 2.7k
Michael Brian Schiffer 3.4k 1.0× 2.8k 1.2× 1.7k 1.4× 520 0.5× 260 0.3× 108 5.4k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Timothy Earle

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Timothy Earle

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Sanjuán, Leonardo García & Timothy Earle. (2025). Valencina: A copper age polity. Journal of Anthropological Archaeology. 78. 101688–101688.
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Sanjuán, Leonardo García, Marta Díaz-Guardamino, José Antonio Lozano Rodríguez, et al.. (2025). A multi-analytical study of the Montelirio beaded attires: Marine resources, sumptuary crafts, and female power in copper age Iberia. Science Advances. 11(5). eadp1917–eadp1917. 3 indexed citations
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Stanish, Charles, et al.. (2024). Early Monumentality, Ritual, and Political Complexity. Current Anthropology. 65(5). 810–836. 3 indexed citations
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Earle, Timothy, et al.. (2024). Taiwanese Prehistory. Current Anthropology. 65(4). 629–652. 1 indexed citations
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Earle, Timothy. (2023). Warfare, Political Economy, and Social Formations: Considering Central Andean Prehistory. Arqueología y Sociedad. 195–222. 1 indexed citations
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Sabatini, Serena, Timothy Earle, & Andrea Cardarelli. (2018). Bronze Age Textile & Wool Economy: The Case of the Terramare Site of Montale, Italy. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society. 84. 359–385. 10 indexed citations
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Earle, Timothy. (2015). Wealth inequality and the pristine Hawaiian state: a political economy approach. 9. 1 indexed citations
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Earle, Timothy & Justin Jennings. (2012). Remodeling the political economy of the Wari Empire. Americanae (AECID Library). 2 indexed citations
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Earle, Timothy. (2012). Taro Irrigation and Primary State Formation in Hawai'i. Senri ethnological studies. 78. 95–114. 3 indexed citations
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Earle, Timothy & Justin Jennings. (2012). Remodelando la economía política del Imperio Wari. Boletín de Arqueología PUCP. 209–226. 8 indexed citations
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Earle, Timothy. (2011). Chiefs, Chieftaincies, Chiefdoms, and Chiefly Confederacies: Power in the Evolution of Political Systems. Social Evolution & History. 10(1). 16 indexed citations
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Earle, Timothy. (2011). Redistribution in Aegean Palatial Societies. Redistribution and the Political Economy: The Evolution of an Idea. American Journal of Archaeology. 115(2). 237–244. 10 indexed citations
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Johnson, Allen & Timothy Earle. (2003). La evolución de las sociedades: desde los grupos cazadores-recolectores al estado agrario. Dialnet (Universidad de la Rioja). 99(14). 724–724. 6 indexed citations
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Johnson, Allen & Timothy Earle. (2000). The Evolution of Human Societies. Stanford University Press eBooks. 262 indexed citations
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Earle, Timothy. (1997). How Chiefs Come to Power. Stanford University Press eBooks. 311 indexed citations
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Hastorf, Christine A., et al.. (1989). Settlement archaeology in the Jauja region of Peru. 2. 81–130. 14 indexed citations
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Ericson, Jonathon E. & Timothy Earle. (1982). Contexts for Prehistoric Exchange. Academic Press eBooks. 96 indexed citations
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Rice, Prudence M., William Y. Adams, Joseph W. Ball, et al.. (1981). Evolution of Specialized Pottery Production: A Trial Model [and Comments and Reply]. Current Anthropology. 22(3). 219–240. 148 indexed citations
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Earle, Timothy. (1980). PREHISTORIC IRRIGATION IN THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS: AN EVALUATION OF EVOLUTIONARY SIGNIFICANCE. Archaeology in Oceania/Archæology & physical anthropology in Oceania. 15(1). 1–28. 41 indexed citations
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Earle, Timothy & Robert W. Preucel. (1978). PROCESSUAL ARCHAEOLOGY AND THE RADICAL CRITIQUE. 28(4). 501–538. 49 indexed citations

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