Timothy Insoll

2.3k total citations
103 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Timothy Insoll is a scholar working on Anthropology, Archeology and Political Science and International Relations. According to data from OpenAlex, Timothy Insoll has authored 103 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 56 papers in Anthropology, 36 papers in Archeology and 33 papers in Political Science and International Relations. Recurrent topics in Timothy Insoll's work include Global Maritime and Colonial Histories (32 papers), African history and culture analysis (30 papers) and Archaeology and Historical Studies (15 papers). Timothy Insoll is often cited by papers focused on Global Maritime and Colonial Histories (32 papers), African history and culture analysis (30 papers) and Archaeology and Historical Studies (15 papers). Timothy Insoll collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Sri Lanka and Ghana. Timothy Insoll's co-authors include Jeffrey Fleisher, Thurstan Shaw, David A. Polya, Duncan Irving, Alexander J.E. Pryor, Kym E. Jarvis, Laure Dussubieux, Bart E. van Dongen, Susan Keech McIntosh and Rory MacLean and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Journal of Archaeological Science and The Holocene.

In The Last Decade

Timothy Insoll

89 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Timothy Insoll United Kingdom 19 636 394 298 260 217 103 1.2k
Alfredo González‐Ruibal Spain 21 580 0.9× 684 1.7× 284 1.0× 167 0.6× 121 0.6× 151 1.5k
Nicholas David Canada 17 702 1.1× 340 0.9× 571 1.9× 103 0.4× 385 1.8× 39 1.3k
Norman Yoffee United States 14 396 0.6× 355 0.9× 608 2.0× 99 0.4× 110 0.5× 49 1.1k
Philip L. Kohl United States 21 740 1.2× 680 1.7× 822 2.8× 125 0.5× 132 0.6× 60 1.6k
Matthew H. Johnson United States 16 763 1.2× 388 1.0× 567 1.9× 49 0.2× 200 0.9× 46 1.3k
David B. Small United States 10 526 0.8× 399 1.0× 450 1.5× 58 0.2× 120 0.6× 26 1.1k
Rosemary A. Joyce United States 23 842 1.3× 445 1.1× 1.0k 3.4× 93 0.4× 276 1.3× 75 1.9k
Carol Kramer United States 14 559 0.9× 412 1.0× 639 2.1× 57 0.2× 220 1.0× 26 1.3k
Ann B. Stahl United States 17 869 1.4× 262 0.7× 537 1.8× 44 0.2× 402 1.9× 51 1.4k
Elizabeth DeMarrais United Kingdom 11 447 0.7× 237 0.6× 516 1.7× 48 0.2× 179 0.8× 17 1.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Timothy Insoll

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Insoll, Timothy, et al.. (2021). Material cosmopolitanism: the entrepot of Harlaa as an Islamic gateway to eastern Ethiopia. Antiquity. 95(380). 487–507. 19 indexed citations
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Insoll, Timothy. (2018). The Oxford Handbook of Prehistoric Figurines. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 17. 24 indexed citations
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Insoll, Timothy, et al.. (2015). Mursi ox modification in the Lower Omo Valley and the interpretation of cattle rock art in Ethiopia. Antiquity. 89(343). 91–105. 5 indexed citations
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Insoll, Timothy. (2015). Material Explorations in African Archaeology. Research Explorer (The University of Manchester). 28 indexed citations
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Insoll, Timothy, et al.. (2012). Organic geochemical analysis of archaeological medicine pots from Northern Ghana. The multi-functionality of pottery. Journal of Archaeological Science. 39(7). 2506–2514. 10 indexed citations
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Dongen, Bart E. van, et al.. (2011). The composition and origin of Ghana medicine clays. Anthropology and Medicine. 18(2). 285–302. 6 indexed citations
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Insoll, Timothy, et al.. (2011). Indigenous cosmology, art forms and past medicinal practices: towards an interpretation of ancient Koma Land sites in northern Ghana. Anthropology and Medicine. 18(2). 205–216. 15 indexed citations
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Insoll, Timothy. (2011). Introduction. Shrines, substances and medicine in sub-Saharan Africa: archaeological, anthropological, and historical perspectives. Anthropology and Medicine. 18(2). 145–166. 16 indexed citations
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Insoll, Timothy. (2011). Animism and Totemism. Oxford University Press eBooks. 4 indexed citations
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Insoll, Timothy. (2011). Introduction: Ritual and Religion in Archaeological Perspective. Oxford University Press eBooks. 9 indexed citations
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Insoll, Timothy. (2010). Meyer Fortes and material culture: the published image and the unpublished resource. Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute. 16(3). 572–587. 7 indexed citations
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Insoll, Timothy. (2008). Excavations and Surveys in the Tongo Hills, Upper East Region, and Birifor, Upper West Region, Ghana, March-April 2008. Research Explorer (The University of Manchester). 69. 11–22. 4 indexed citations
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Insoll, Timothy. (2007). 'Totems', 'Ancestors', and 'Animism'. The Archaeology of Ritual, Shrines and Sacrifice amongst the Tallensi of Northern Ghana. Research Explorer (The University of Manchester). 2 indexed citations
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Insoll, Timothy, et al.. (2004). An Archaeological Reconnaissance in the Tong Hills and Garu Area, Upper East Region, and Nakpanduri, Northern Region, Ghana. Research Explorer (The University of Manchester). 25–33. 6 indexed citations
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Insoll, Timothy. (2003). Three Gold Dinars from Bahrain. Research Explorer (The University of Manchester). 395–398. 1 indexed citations
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Insoll, Timothy. (2002). The Archaeology of Post Medieval Timbuktu. Research Explorer (The University of Manchester). 13(13). 7–22. 6 indexed citations
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Insoll, Timothy, et al.. (2001). Carnelian mines in Gujarat. Antiquity. 75(289). 495–496. 3 indexed citations
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Insoll, Timothy, et al.. (1999). The social context of food technology in Iron Age Gao, Mali. World Archaeology. 31(1). 78–92. 19 indexed citations
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Insoll, Timothy. (1998). Archaeological research in Timbuktu, Mali. Antiquity. 72(276). 413–417. 9 indexed citations
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Insoll, Timothy. (1994). The External Creation of the Western Sahel's Past: The Use and Abuse of the Arabic Sources. Research Explorer (The University of Manchester). 13(1). 39–49. 2 indexed citations

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