Wendy Ashmore

2.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
44 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Wendy Ashmore is a scholar working on Paleontology, Anthropology and Visual Arts and Performing Arts. According to data from OpenAlex, Wendy Ashmore has authored 44 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Paleontology, 14 papers in Anthropology and 14 papers in Visual Arts and Performing Arts. Recurrent topics in Wendy Ashmore's work include Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (18 papers), Latin American history and culture (13 papers) and Historical and Cultural Archaeology Studies (5 papers). Wendy Ashmore is often cited by papers focused on Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (18 papers), Latin American history and culture (13 papers) and Historical and Cultural Archaeology Studies (5 papers). Wendy Ashmore collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and Netherlands. Wendy Ashmore's co-authors include John W. Fox, Robert M. Adams, Jeremy A. Sabloff, Robert J. Sharer, Jason Yaeger, Edward Schortman, Lisa J. LeCount, Richard M. Leventhal, Patricia Urbán and M. L. Wilson and has published in prestigious journals such as American Anthropologist, Current Anthropology and Economic Geography.

In The Last Decade

Wendy Ashmore

42 papers receiving 981 citations

Hit Papers

Lowland Maya Settlement Patterns. 1982 2026 1996 2011 1982 50 100 150
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Lowland Maya Settlement Patterns.
    1982 182 citations John W. Fox, Wendy Ashmore Hispanic American Historical Review profile →

Peers

Wendy Ashmore
Patricia A. McAnany United States
Arthur A. Demarest United States
Kenneth Hirth United States
Stephen A. Kowalewski United States
Robert J. Sharer United States
Charles S. Spencer United States
Katharina Schreiber United States
Edward Schortman United States
Charles Stanish United States
Linda Schele United States
Patricia A. McAnany United States
Wendy Ashmore
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Countries citing papers authored by Wendy Ashmore

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Fields of papers citing papers by Wendy Ashmore

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Wendy Ashmore

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Wendy Ashmore. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Wendy Ashmore 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 Wendy Ashmore. Wendy Ashmore 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
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Ashmore, Wendy. (2015). Lived Experiences of Space, Time and Cosmovision. Cambridge Archaeological Journal. 25(1). 293–297. 5 indexed citations
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Ashmore, Wendy. (2015). What Were Ancient Maya Landscapes Really Like?. Journal of Anthropological Research. 71(3). 305–326. 7 indexed citations
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Ashmore, Wendy & Robert J. Sharer. (2013). Discovering Our Past; Abrief Introduction Archaeology. 1 indexed citations
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Schortman, Edward & Wendy Ashmore. (2012). History, networks, and the quest for power: ancient political competition in the Lower Motagua Valley, Guatemala. Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute. 18(1). 1–21. 18 indexed citations
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Ashmore, Wendy. (2007). Settlement Archaeology at Quirigua, Guatemala. University of Pennsylvania Press eBooks. 17 indexed citations
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Ashmore, Wendy, et al.. (2006). Integrating the Diversity of 21st Century Anthropology: The life and Intellectual Legacies of Susan Kent. UCL Discovery (University College London). 2 indexed citations
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Rosen, Arlene M., Marcia‐Anne Dobres, Sarah Nelson, & Wendy Ashmore. (2006). Susan Kent: A Life and a Legacy. Archeological Papers of the American Anthropological Association. 16(1). 1–9.
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Ashmore, Wendy. (2004). Ancient Maya Landscapes. 96–109. 3 indexed citations
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Ashmore, Wendy, Sarah Nelson, & Arlene M. Rosen. (2004). Susan Kent (1952–2003). American Anthropologist. 106(4). 794–796. 1 indexed citations
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Ashmore, Wendy. (2001). Setting the Record Straight on AA. Anthropology News. 42(4). 14–14.
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Ashmore, Wendy. (2000). Leaving Home Abruptly. Dialnet (Universidad de la Rioja). 108–112. 2 indexed citations
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Ashmore, Wendy. (1998). Monumentos políticos: sitio, asentamiento y paisaje en el área de Xunantunich, Belice. Dialnet (Universidad de la Rioja). 161–184. 1 indexed citations
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Weeks, John, et al.. (1987). Ancient society in Santa Barbara, Honduras. Digital Kenyon (Kenyon College). 3(2). 6 indexed citations
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Schortman, Edward, et al.. (1986). Interregional Interaction in the SE Maya Periphery: The Santa Barbara Archaeological Project 1983-1984 Seasons. Journal of Field Archaeology. 13(3). 259–259. 2 indexed citations
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Ashmore, Wendy. (1984). Classic Maya Wells at Quiriguá, Guatemala: Household Facilities in a Water-Rich Setting. American Antiquity. 49(1). 147–153. 10 indexed citations
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Adams, Robert M. & Wendy Ashmore. (1983). Lowland Maya Settlement Patterns. Economic Geography. 59(1). 91–91. 114 indexed citations
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Fox, John W. & Wendy Ashmore. (1982). Lowland Maya Settlement Patterns.. Hispanic American Historical Review. 62(3). 483–483. 182 indexed citations breakdown →
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Ashmore, Wendy. (1981). PRECOLUMBIAN OCCUPATION AT QUIRIGUA, GUATEMALA: SETTLEMENT PATTERNS IN A CLASSIC MAYA CENTER. Scholarly Commons (University of Pennsylvania). 4 indexed citations
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Ashmore, Wendy. (1980). Discovering Early Classic Quirigua: a unique opportunity to examine an important sector of the early center. Expedition: The magazine of the University of Pennsylvania. 23(1). 35–44. 2 indexed citations

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