William M. Denevan
Impact in
- History top 0.01%
- Amazonian Archaeology and Ethnohistory
- Paleontology top 1%
- Archaeology and ancient environmental studies
Papers in
- History 17
- Amazonian Archaeology and Ethnohistory 16
- Anthropology 10
- Anthropological Studies and Insights 3
- Co-authors
- Raymond Hames (1 shared paper)William T. Vickers (1 shared paper)William I. Woods (2 shared papers)David Andrews (1 shared paper)Christine Padoch (2 shared papers)R. A. Donkin (1 shared paper)Wenceslau Geraldes Teixeira (1 shared paper)Michael Heckenberger (1 shared paper)
- Journals
- Geographical Review (13 papers)Hispanic American Historical Review (11 papers)The Professional Geographer (3 papers)American Antiquity (2 papers)Journal of Historical Geography (1 paper)
- Partner nations
- United StatesNetherlandsVenezuela
In The Last Decade
William M. Denevan
59 papers receiving 3.1k citations
William M. Denevan's Hit Papers
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 134
- History 1.2k
- Paleontology 726
- Geography, Planning and Development 441
- Anthropology 601
- Archeology 58
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Co-authors
The 25 scholars most cited alongside William M. Denevan, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.
All Works
Showing the 20 most-cited of 62 papers — load more, or switch the sort, to bring in the rest.
| # | Work | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Pristine Myth: The Landscape of the Americas in 1492 Hit paper breakdown → | 1992 | 906 |
| 2 | 2001 | 339 | |
| 3 | The domestication of Amazonia before European conquest Hit paper breakdown → | 2015 | 305 |
| 4 | Adaptive Responses of Native Amazonians Hit paper breakdown → | 1984 | 182 |
| 5 | 1996 | 176 | |
| 6 | 1983 | 119 | |
| 7 | 1989 | 118 | |
| 8 | 1968 | 108 | |
| 9 | 1980 | 103 | |
| 10 | 1966 | 102 | |
| 11 | 1970 | 98 | |
| 12 | 2010 | 96 | |
| 13 | Indigenous agroforestry in the Peruvian Amazon: Bora Indian management of swidden fallows | 1984 | 89 |
| 14 | 1964 | 85 | |
| 15 | 1977 | 83 | |
| 16 | 2011 | 71 | |
| 17 | 1971 | 60 | |
| 18 | 1968 | 45 | |
| 19 | 1964 | 37 | |
| 20 | 1977 | 36 |
About William M. Denevan
William M. Denevan is a scholar working on History, Anthropology, Ecology, General Health Professions and Visual Arts and Performing Arts, having authored 62 papers that have together received 3.7k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Amazonian Archaeology and Ethnohistory (16 papers), Environmental and Cultural Studies in Latin America and Beyond (9 papers), Indigenous Health and Education (6 papers), Latin American history and culture (6 papers), Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (5 papers), Fish biology, ecology, and behavior (3 papers), Agriculture and Rural Development Research (3 papers) and Anthropological Studies and Insights (3 papers). The work is most often cited by research in History (1.2k citations), Paleontology (726 citations), Geography, Planning and Development (441 citations), Anthropology (601 citations) and Archeology (58 citations). William M. Denevan has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Netherlands and Venezuela. Frequent co-authors include Raymond Hames, William T. Vickers, William I. Woods, David Andrews, Christine Padoch, R. A. Donkin, Wenceslau Geraldes Teixeira, Michael Heckenberger, Charles R. Clément and André Braga Junqueira. Their work appears in journals such as Geographical Review, Hispanic American Historical Review, The Professional Geographer, American Antiquity and Journal of Historical Geography.
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