William H. Isbell

2.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
36 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

William H. Isbell is a scholar working on Paleontology, Visual Arts and Performing Arts and History. According to data from OpenAlex, William H. Isbell has authored 36 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Paleontology, 15 papers in Visual Arts and Performing Arts and 6 papers in History. Recurrent topics in William H. Isbell's work include Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (18 papers), Latin American history and culture (15 papers) and Amazonian Archaeology and Ethnohistory (4 papers). William H. Isbell is often cited by papers focused on Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (18 papers), Latin American history and culture (15 papers) and Amazonian Archaeology and Ethnohistory (4 papers). William H. Isbell collaborates with scholars based in United States, Puerto Rico and Peru. William H. Isbell's co-authors include Helaine Silverman, Gordon F. McEwan, Brian Clifton Finucane, Dumbarton Oaks, Katharina Schreiber, Gordon R. Willey, Dean E. Arnold, Donna J. Nash, Richard Pearson and Anita G. Cook and has published in prestigious journals such as Scientific American, Journal of Archaeological Science and American Anthropologist.

In The Last Decade

William H. Isbell

35 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

The Handbook of South American Archaeology

2008 499 citations Helaine Silverman, William H. Isbell et al. Digital Access to Libraries (Université catholique de Louvain (UCL), l'Université de Namur (UNamur) and the Université Saint-Louis (USL-B)) profile →

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William H. Isbell

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Warwick Bray United Kingdom

Katharina Schreiber United States

John W. Janusek United States

Jeffrey Quilter United States

Susan D. deFrance United States

David L. Browman United States

David M. Pendergast Canada

Lisa J. Lucero United States

Tamara L. Bray United States

Paul F. Healy Canada

Warwick Bray United Kingdom

William H. Isbell

923 ×1.1

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500 ×1.1

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302 ×0.8

GPD

407 ×1.2

VAPA

386 ×1.5

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Countries citing papers authored by William H. Isbell

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Fields of papers citing papers by William H. Isbell

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of William H. Isbell

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Isbell, William H.. (2019). Cultural Diversity in Middle Horizon Wari : Mortuary Practices, Ceramic Styles, and Religious Experience. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 10–45. 1 indexed citations

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Isbell, William H.. (2017). Beyond the Nasca Lines: Ancient Life at La Tiza in the Peruvian Desert. Hispanic American Historical Review. 97(4). 723–725. 9 indexed citations

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Williams, Patrick Ryan, Donna J. Nash, Anita G. Cook, & William H. Isbell. (2016). Wari Ceramic Production in the Heartland and Provinces. 13 indexed citations

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Isbell, William H., et al.. (2012). BURIAL IN THE WARI AND THE TIWANAKU HEARTLANDS: SIMILARITIES, DIFFERENCES, AND MEANINGS. Redalyc (Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México). 39(39). 91–122. 4 indexed citations

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Tschauner, Hartmut & William H. Isbell. (2012). Conchopata: urbanismo, producción artesanal e interacción interregional en el Horizonte Medio. Boletín de Arqueología PUCP. 131–164. 2 indexed citations

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Isbell, William H.. (2010). La arqueología wari y la dispersión del quechua. Boletín de Arqueología PUCP. 199–220. 4 indexed citations

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Isbell, William H.. (2006). Andean Archaeology III. Digital Access to Libraries (Université catholique de Louvain (UCL), l'Université de Namur (UNamur) and the Université Saint-Louis (USL-B)). 53 indexed citations

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Finucane, Brian Clifton, et al.. (2006). Human and animal diet at Conchopata, Peru: stable isotope evidence for maize agriculture and animal management practices during the Middle Horizon. Journal of Archaeological Science. 33(12). 1766–1776. 155 indexed citations

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Isbell, William H. & Helaine Silverman. (2002). Variations in sociopolitical organization. 2 indexed citations

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Isbell, William H. & Helaine Silverman. (2002). Andean Archaeology I. 39 indexed citations

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Isbell, William H.. (2000). Repensando el Horizonte Medio: el caso de Conchopata, Ayacucho, Perú. Boletín de Arqueología PUCP. 9–68. 15 indexed citations

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Niles, Susan A. & William H. Isbell. (1999). Mummies and Mortuary Monuments: A Postprocessual Prehistory of Central Andean Social Organization. Journal of Field Archaeology. 26(4). 475–475. 5 indexed citations

13.

Isbell, William H.. (1997). Mummies and Mortuary Monuments. University of Texas Press eBooks. 62 indexed citations

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Isbell, William H.. (1995). Lukurmata: Household Archaeology in Prehispanic Bolivia. Marc Bermann. Princeton University Press, Princeton, 1994. xvii + 307 pp., 136 figures, 3 tables, appendixes, references. $59.50 (cloth).. Latin American Antiquity. 6(2). 184–186. 1 indexed citations

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Isbell, William H.. (1992). Regional Perspectives on the Olmec. Latin American Anthropology Review. 4(1). 35–37. 1 indexed citations

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Isbell, William H., Gordon F. McEwan, & Dumbarton Oaks. (1991). Huari administrative structure : prehistoric monumental architecture and state government. 134 indexed citations

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Isbell, William H.. (1991). Honcopampa: monumental ruins in Peru's North Highlands. Expedition: The magazine of the University of Pennsylvania. 33(3). 27–36. 16 indexed citations

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Isbell, William H.. (1991). Huari administration and the orthogonal cellular architecture horizon. 293–315. 9 indexed citations

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Isbell, William H.. (1985). El origen del Estado en el valle de Ayacucho. 57–106. 8 indexed citations

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Isbell, William H.. (1984). CONCHOPATA, IDEOLOGICAL INNOVATOR IN MIDDLE HORIZON IA. Ñawpa Pacha. 22(1). 91–127. 4 indexed citations

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