William L. Merrill

651 total citations
20 papers, 344 citations indexed

About

William L. Merrill is a scholar working on Anthropology, Visual Arts and Performing Arts and Paleontology. According to data from OpenAlex, William L. Merrill has authored 20 papers receiving a total of 344 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 5 papers in Anthropology, 5 papers in Visual Arts and Performing Arts and 3 papers in Paleontology. Recurrent topics in William L. Merrill's work include Latin American history and culture (5 papers), Archaeology and Natural History (4 papers) and Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (3 papers). William L. Merrill is often cited by papers focused on Latin American history and culture (5 papers), Archaeology and Natural History (4 papers) and Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (3 papers). William L. Merrill collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Mexico. William L. Merrill's co-authors include Robert J. Hard, Edward H. Spicer, Jonathan B. Mabry, Karen R. Adams, John R. Roney, Gayle J. Fritz, Robert H. Jackson, Erick D. Langer, Robert Layton and Charlotte J. Frisbie and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, American Anthropologist and Current Anthropology.

In The Last Decade

William L. Merrill

18 papers receiving 244 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
William L. Merrill United States 9 147 107 53 48 43 20 344
Amy Turner Bushnell United States 10 218 1.5× 182 1.7× 43 0.8× 49 1.0× 47 1.1× 27 373
Jack Weatherford United States 4 126 0.9× 75 0.7× 31 0.6× 34 0.7× 71 1.7× 5 322
Catherine J. Allen United States 9 194 1.3× 110 1.0× 53 1.0× 46 1.0× 120 2.8× 17 483
Todd L. VanPool United States 12 271 1.8× 278 2.6× 77 1.5× 76 1.6× 20 0.5× 26 483
Carroll L. Riley United States 11 192 1.3× 187 1.7× 26 0.5× 35 0.7× 89 2.1× 43 333
Alfredo López Austin Mexico 12 105 0.7× 100 0.9× 109 2.1× 42 0.9× 306 7.1× 95 541
Peter G. Roe United States 8 95 0.6× 98 0.9× 30 0.6× 36 0.8× 25 0.6× 14 262
Johan Reinhard United States 12 106 0.7× 201 1.9× 28 0.5× 171 3.6× 78 1.8× 29 476
Louis C. Faron United States 13 131 0.9× 59 0.6× 95 1.8× 18 0.4× 41 1.0× 35 434
Penélope Dransart United Kingdom 10 163 1.1× 220 2.1× 26 0.5× 102 2.1× 93 2.2× 23 413

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Fields of papers citing papers by William L. Merrill

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of William L. Merrill

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Hill, Jane H. & William L. Merrill. (2017). Uto-Aztecan Maize Agriculture: A Linguistic Puzzle from Southern California. Anthropological linguistics. 59(1). 1–23.
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Merrill, William L., et al.. (2014). Ralámuli Kinship Terminology: A Diachronic Perspective on Diversity in the Sierra Tarahumara of Northwestern Mexico. Anthropological linguistics. 56(3-4). 229–293. 1 indexed citations
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Merrill, William L.. (2013). The Genetic Unity of Southern Uto-Aztecan. 3(1). 68–104. 12 indexed citations
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Merrill, William L.. (2012). The Historical Linguistics of Uto-Aztecan Agriculture. Anthropological linguistics. 54(3). 203–260. 14 indexed citations
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Merrill, William L., Robert J. Hard, Jonathan B. Mabry, et al.. (2010). Reply to Hill and Brown: Maize and Uto-Aztecan cultural history. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 107(11). 7 indexed citations
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Merrill, William L., Robert J. Hard, Jonathan B. Mabry, et al.. (2009). The diffusion of maize to the southwestern United States and its impact. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 106(50). 21019–21026. 108 indexed citations
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Merrill, William L.. (2000). Nómadas y sedentarios en el Norte de México: homenaje a Beatriz Braniff. Anales del Instituto de Investigaciones Estéticas. 22(76). 314–317. 8 indexed citations
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Merrill, William L., et al.. (1997). A Guide to the Kiowa Collections at the Smithsonian Institution. 1–443. 7 indexed citations
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Merrill, William L., Erick D. Langer, & Robert H. Jackson. (1997). The New Latin American Mission History. Ethnohistory. 44(3). 568–568. 17 indexed citations
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Merrill, William L., et al.. (1997). Rarámuri personhood and ethnicity: another perspective. American Ethnologist. 24(2). 302–306. 2 indexed citations
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Merrill, William L., T. J. Ferguson, Alan S. Downer, et al.. (1993). The Return of the Ahayu: da: Lessons for Repatriation from Zuni Pueblo and the Smithsonian Institution [and Comments and Replies]. Current Anthropology. 34(5). 523–567. 52 indexed citations
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Hard, Robert J. & William L. Merrill. (1993). Mobility, Land Fragmentation, and Economic Rationality. American Anthropologist. 95(4). 1005–1007. 1 indexed citations
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Hard, Robert J. & William L. Merrill. (1992). Mobile Agriculturalists and the Emergence of Sedentism: Perspectives from Northern Mexico. American Anthropologist. 94(3). 601–620. 44 indexed citations
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Merrill, William L., et al.. (1991). Raramuri Souls: Knowledge and Social Process in Northern Mexico.. Man. 26(3). 574–574. 2 indexed citations
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Merrill, William L. & Thomas E. Sheridan. (1989). Where the Dove Calls: The Political Ecology of a Peasant Corporate Community in Northwestern Mexico. Western Historical Quarterly. 20(4). 482–482. 2 indexed citations
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Merrill, William L., et al.. (1989). Cronicas de la Sierra Tarahumara. Ethnohistory. 36(4). 416–416. 2 indexed citations
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Merrill, William L. & Edward H. Spicer. (1982). The Yaquis: A Cultural History. Ethnohistory. 29(1). 70–70. 53 indexed citations
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Merrill, William L.. (1981). The Concept Of Soul Among The Raramuri Of Chihuahua, Mexico: A Study In World View.. Deep Blue (University of Michigan). 4 indexed citations
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Merrill, William L., et al.. (1975). An exchange of botanical information in the early contact situation: Wisakon of the Southeastern Algonquians. Economic Botany. 29(2). 171–184.

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