William M. Denevan

6.4k total citations · 3 hit papers
61 papers, 3.7k citations indexed

About

William M. Denevan is a scholar working on History, Anthropology and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, William M. Denevan has authored 61 papers receiving a total of 3.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in History, 10 papers in Anthropology and 10 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in William M. Denevan's work include Amazonian Archaeology and Ethnohistory (16 papers), Environmental and Cultural Studies in Latin America and Beyond (9 papers) and Indigenous Health and Education (6 papers). William M. Denevan is often cited by papers focused on Amazonian Archaeology and Ethnohistory (16 papers), Environmental and Cultural Studies in Latin America and Beyond (9 papers) and Indigenous Health and Education (6 papers). William M. Denevan collaborates with scholars based in United States, Netherlands and Venezuela. William M. Denevan's co-authors include Raymond Hames, William T. Vickers, William I. Woods, David Andrews, Christine Padoch, R. A. Donkin, André Braga Junqueira, Michael Heckenberger, Charles R. Clément and Eduardo Góes Neves and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences and The American Historical Review.

In The Last Decade

William M. Denevan

58 papers receiving 3.1k citations

Hit Papers

The Pristine Myth: The Landscape of the Americas in 1492 1984 2026 1998 2012 1992 2015 1984 250 500 750
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. The Pristine Myth: The Landscape of the Americas in 1492
    1992 904 citations William M. Denevan profile →
  2. The domestication of Amazonia before European conquest
    2015 302 citations William M. Denevan et al. profile →
  3. Adaptive Responses of Native Amazonians
    1984 182 citations William M. Denevan et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
William M. Denevan United States 27 1.2k 1.1k 726 654 592 61 3.7k
Betty J. Meggers United States 25 820 0.7× 361 0.3× 873 1.2× 404 0.6× 584 1.0× 96 2.9k
Crystal N. H. McMichael Netherlands 28 1.1k 0.9× 806 0.7× 461 0.6× 550 0.8× 234 0.4× 81 2.5k
Michael Heckenberger United States 18 1.1k 0.9× 555 0.5× 330 0.5× 209 0.3× 423 0.7× 39 2.0k
Eric Higgs Canada 32 88 0.1× 2.1k 1.9× 1.3k 1.8× 1.8k 2.7× 905 1.5× 100 6.3k
Carlos Fausto Brazil 19 588 0.5× 295 0.3× 174 0.2× 121 0.2× 738 1.2× 55 1.7k
Nicole Boivin Germany 41 177 0.1× 463 0.4× 2.6k 3.6× 838 1.3× 2.9k 4.9× 192 6.1k
Harold Brookfield Australia 30 76 0.1× 906 0.8× 252 0.3× 393 0.6× 327 0.6× 115 3.5k
Richard G. Cooke Panama 20 181 0.1× 5.4k 4.9× 717 1.0× 6.9k 10.5× 262 0.4× 74 10.7k
Douglas W. Bird United States 30 57 0.0× 697 0.6× 1.0k 1.4× 1.2k 1.9× 1.1k 1.9× 61 3.6k
Lars Östlund Sweden 28 91 0.1× 1.2k 1.1× 321 0.4× 674 1.0× 121 0.2× 96 2.8k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Denevan, William M.. (2012). Rewriting the Late Pre-European History of Amazonia. Journal of Latin American geography. 11(1). 9–24. 11 indexed citations
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Denevan, William M.. (2011). The “Pristine Myth” Revisited. Geographical Review. 101(4). 576–591. 71 indexed citations
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Denevan, William M.. (2006). Charles Mann and Humanized Landscapes. Geographical Review. 96(3). 483–486. 3 indexed citations
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Denevan, William M.. (2003). The Native Population of Amazonia in 1492 Reconsidered. Revista de Indias. 63(227). 175–188. 28 indexed citations
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Denevan, William M.. (2002). Bernard Q. Nietschmann, 1941-2000: Mr. Barney, Geographer and Humanist. Geographical Review. 92(1). 104–104. 1 indexed citations
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Denevan, William M.. (1998). Comments on Prehistoric Agriculture in Amazonia. Culture & Agriculture. 20(2-3). 54–59. 18 indexed citations
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Denevan, William M.. (1996). Carl Sauer and Native American Population Size. Geographical Review. 86(3). 385–385. 12 indexed citations
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Denevan, William M., Kent Mathewson, & Gregory Knapp. (1987). Pre-Hispanic agricultural fields in the Andean Region : proceedings, 45 Congreso Internacional de Americanistas, International Congress of Americanists, Bogotá, Colombia, 1985. 2 indexed citations
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Denevan, William M., et al.. (1984). Indigenous agroforestry in the Peruvian Amazon: Bora Indian management of swidden fallows. Interciencia. 89 indexed citations
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Denevan, William M.. (1982). Causes of deforestation and forest and woodland degradation in tropical Latin America : draft. In-house reproduction eBooks. 4 indexed citations
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Denevan, William M., et al.. (1978). Adaptive strategies in karinya subsistence, venezuelan llanos. 3–91. 13 indexed citations
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Hudson, Charles M. & William M. Denevan. (1978). The Native Population of the Americas in 1492.. The Journal of Southern History. 44(1). 98–98. 19 indexed citations
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Lombardi, John V. & William M. Denevan. (1977). The Native Population of the Americas in 1492. The American Historical Review. 82(5). 1370–1370. 36 indexed citations
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Smith, C. T., et al.. (1968). Ancient Ridged Fields in the Region of Lake Titicaca. Geographical Journal. 134(3). 353–353. 45 indexed citations
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Denevan, William M.. (1964). Savannas of Interior Honduras. Hispanic American Historical Review. 44(2). 276–277. 12 indexed citations
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Denevan, William M., Carl O. Sauer, & John Leighly. (1964). Land and Life. A Selection from the Writings of Carl Ortwin Sauer.. Hispanic American Historical Review. 44(4). 595–595. 85 indexed citations
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Denevan, William M.. (1964). Land and Life. A Selection from the Writings of Carl Ortwin Sauer. Hispanic American Historical Review. 44(4). 595–597. 24 indexed citations
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Denevan, William M.. (1963). Additional Comments on the Earthworks of Mojos in Northeastern Bolivia. American Antiquity. 28(4). 540–545. 19 indexed citations
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Denevan, William M.. (1961). The upland Pine forests of Nicaragua. A study in cultural plant geography.. University of California Press eBooks. 12(4). 251–320. 10 indexed citations

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