William M. Bass

2.4k citations
67 papers · 1.7k indexed · 1 hit paper · h-index 15
Topics
Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies (31 papers)Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (15 papers)Paleopathology and ancient diseases (13 papers)
Partner nations
United States

In The Last Decade

William M. Bass

63 papers receiving 1.4k citations

Hit Papers

Human Osteology: A Laboratory and Field Manual19872026200020131987200400600

Peers

William M. Bass
Comparison fields: 5 of 128
  • Archeology 1.2k
  • Genetics 451
  • Paleontology 394
  • Anthropology 358
  • Surgery 109
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All Works

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Skeletal biology and bioarchaeology of the Northwestern Plains
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Death's Acre
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Cranial Studies of the Caddo Indians from the Kaufman-Williams Site
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Human Skeletal Material from a Late Archaic Site in Kansas
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Scalped Skull from Pawnee County
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Analysis of a Human Skeleton from Near Quinter, in Gove County, Kansas
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Human Skeletal Material from Stockton, Kansas
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Case of Forgery of Indian Artifacts--Worked Human Bone Tools from Kansas
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Human Skeleton From 140B401, Osborne County, Kansas
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The Leavenworth site cemetery: archaeology and physical anthropology
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A Human Skeleton from 14BT467 Barton County, Kansas
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Excavation of Arikara Burials From the Leavenworth Site 39CO9, Corson County, South Dakota (Abstract)
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Analysis of a Human Skeleton From 14RY302 Riley County, Kansas
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Human Skeleton from Pueblo County, Colorado
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1960 Excavations At the Leary Site, 25RH1, Richardson County, Nebraska
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About William M. Bass

William M. Bass is a scholar working on Archeology, Anthropology and Paleontology, having authored 67 papers that have together received 1.7k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies (31 papers), Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (15 papers) and Paleopathology and ancient diseases (13 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Archeology (1.2k citations), Paleontology (394 citations) and Anthropology (358 citations). William M. Bass has collaborated with scholars based in United States. Frequent co-authors include Douglas W. Owsley, John B. Gregg, B. Miles Gilbert, Douglas H. Ubelaker, Hugh E. Berryman, Richard L. Jantz, Charles F. Merbs, David R. Evans, Ellis R. Kerley and Lee Meadows. Their work appears in journals such as Science, American Journal of Psychiatry and Evolution.

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