Val Attenbrow

1.6k total citations
49 papers, 840 citations indexed

About

Val Attenbrow is a scholar working on Anthropology, Paleontology and Geography, Planning and Development. According to data from OpenAlex, Val Attenbrow has authored 49 papers receiving a total of 840 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 35 papers in Anthropology, 30 papers in Paleontology and 23 papers in Geography, Planning and Development. Recurrent topics in Val Attenbrow's work include Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (30 papers), Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (29 papers) and Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies (23 papers). Val Attenbrow is often cited by papers focused on Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (30 papers), Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (29 papers) and Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies (23 papers). Val Attenbrow collaborates with scholars based in Australia, Sri Lanka and Canada. Val Attenbrow's co-authors include Peter Hiscock, Scott Mooney, Peter Grave, R. E. Pogson, Bruno David, Josephine Flood, Nicola Forster, Richard Fullagar, Ken Aplin and Ian J. McNiven and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Archaeological Science, The Holocene and Quaternary International.

In The Last Decade

Val Attenbrow

47 papers receiving 741 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Val Attenbrow Australia 17 583 561 220 215 193 49 840
Lynley A. Wallis Australia 16 417 0.7× 418 0.7× 219 1.0× 321 1.5× 158 0.8× 92 906
Tim Kerig United Kingdom 11 532 0.9× 820 1.5× 192 0.9× 357 1.7× 219 1.1× 24 1.2k
Robert Elston United States 17 676 1.2× 702 1.3× 206 0.9× 326 1.5× 194 1.0× 32 960
Payson Sheets United States 19 336 0.6× 610 1.1× 198 0.9× 91 0.4× 152 0.8× 41 881
Graeme Ward Australia 11 450 0.8× 736 1.3× 291 1.3× 335 1.6× 352 1.8× 40 1.3k
Edward B. Banning Canada 23 475 0.8× 928 1.7× 137 0.6× 143 0.7× 626 3.2× 49 1.3k
Harry Lourandos Australia 17 762 1.3× 693 1.2× 467 2.1× 212 1.0× 188 1.0× 28 1.1k
Daniel A. Contreras United States 16 287 0.5× 526 0.9× 163 0.7× 179 0.8× 228 1.2× 55 838
Thomas J. Pluckhahn United States 18 376 0.6× 552 1.0× 111 0.5× 103 0.5× 164 0.8× 56 816
Arthur A. Joyce United States 17 277 0.5× 545 1.0× 128 0.6× 79 0.4× 122 0.6× 51 742

Countries citing papers authored by Val Attenbrow

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Fields of papers citing papers by Val Attenbrow

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Val Attenbrow

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

All Works

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Kononenko, Nina, Val Attenbrow, Peter White, Brit Asmussen, & Robin Torrence. (2021). Cracking seeds and nuts: Replicating use-wear on pitted ground-edged stone hatchets from Southeastern Australia. Journal of Archaeological Science Reports. 37. 102994–102994. 2 indexed citations
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Attenbrow, Val, et al.. (2019). Geological sources and chronological change in ground-edged artefacts of the Hawkesbury region, the Sydney Basin: A Macdonald River case study. Journal of Archaeological Science Reports. 24. 631–639. 6 indexed citations
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Attenbrow, Val & Peter Hiscock. (2015). Dates and demography: are radiometric dates a robust proxy for long‐term prehistoric demographic change?. Archaeology in Oceania/Archæology & physical anthropology in Oceania. 50(S1). 30–36. 49 indexed citations
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Attenbrow, Val. (2012). The Aboriginal Prehistory and Archaeology of Royal National Park and Environs: A Review. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 134. 8 indexed citations
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Attenbrow, Val. (2011). What's Changing: Population Size or Land Use Patterns?: The Archaeology of Upper Mangrove Creek, Sydney Basin. BiblioBoard Library Catalog (Open Research Library). 25 indexed citations
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Hutchinson, Ian & Val Attenbrow. (2009). Late-Holocene mega-tsunamis in the Tasman Sea: an assessment of the coastal archaeological record of New South Wales. The Holocene. 19(4). 599–609. 10 indexed citations
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Attenbrow, Val, et al.. (2008). Skin-Working at Emu Tracks 2, New South Wales, Australia: An Integrated Residue and Use- Wear Analysis of Backed Artefacts. Lithic Technology. 33(1). 31–49. 13 indexed citations
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Attenbrow, Val. (2005). Book review: Palaeo-Environmental Change and the Persistence of Human Occupation in South-Western Australian Forests, by Joe Dortch, 2004. 2 indexed citations
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Hiscock, Peter & Val Attenbrow. (2005). Australia’s Eastern Regional Sequence Revisited: Technology and change at Capertee 3. University of Michigan Press eBooks. 28 indexed citations
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Hiscock, Peter & Val Attenbrow. (2004). A revised sequence of backed artefact production at Capertee 3. ANU Open Research (Australian National University). 39. 8 indexed citations
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Attenbrow, Val, et al.. (2004). A Pacific odyssey : archaeology and anthropology in the Western Pacific : papers in honour of Jim Specht. 11 indexed citations
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Hiscock, Peter & Val Attenbrow. (2004). A revised sequence of backed artefact production at Capertee 3, New South Wales. Archaeology in Oceania/Archæology & physical anthropology in Oceania. 39(2). 94–99. 16 indexed citations
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Attenbrow, Val. (2003). Book review: Aboriginal Sydney – A Guide to Important Places of the Past and Present, by Melinda Hinkson, with photography by Alana Harris. Aboriginal Studies Press for the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies, Canberra 20. Aboriginal History Journal. 27. 2 indexed citations
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Hiscock, Peter & Val Attenbrow. (2002). Early Australian implement variation: a reduction model. Journal of Archaeological Science. 30(2). 239–249. 66 indexed citations
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Hiscock, Peter & Val Attenbrow. (1996). Backed into a corner. Australian Archaeology. 42(42). 64–65. 13 indexed citations
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Attenbrow, Val. (1991). The Port Jackson Archaeological Project: a study of the prehistory of the Port Jackson catchment, New South Wales. Stage I - site recording and site assessment. Australian aboriginal studies. 2(2). 40. 14 indexed citations
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Attenbrow, Val. (1983). Book review: Coast and Estuary. Archaeological Investigations in the North Coast of New South Wales at Wombah and Schnapper Point, by Isabel McBryde 1982. Department of Prehistory, Research School of Pacific Studies, ANU, Canberra. The Australian Journal of Anthropology. 7 indexed citations

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