OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Field Archaeology is 3. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Run to the Hills: A Stratified Sampling Approach to Site Clustering on High Grounds in Ancient Samnium (Molise, Italy)	22
Long Bones and Antlers for Artifact Production in the Final Late Bronze Age Settlement of Thessaloniki Toumba (Northern Greece, 1210–1040 cal b.c.)	19
Dating and Interpreting Landscapes of Livestock Herding: Excavation of a Hut Site and Enclosure in Southwestern Ireland	17
An Integrated Approach to Understanding the Occupational Trajectory of Mercadal in Southern Aragon, Spain	12
Stratigraphy as Behavior: A Systemic Approach to Complex Settlement Sequences and Land Use Transformation at the Daxie Site, Coastal China	11
Rise of the Nomad Kings—Pastoral Polities in the Horn of Africa ( a.d. 650–1000)	11
Backdirting: Theorizing Backdirt through Time, Place, and Process	11
The Oldest Earthen Construction Techniques and Their Variants in Early Neolithic Wall Construction in the Northern Levant	11
Models of Grinding Stone Manufacture, Use, and Discard from Tigrai, Ethiopia: Opportunities for Cultural Comparisons and Implications for Usewear Analysis	10
Burial Histories, Bodies, and Pots: Mortuary Practices in the Southeastern Rainforests of the Andes during the 1st Millennium a.d. (El Cadillal, Argentina)	10
An Actualistic Experimental Study of Giant Quartzite Core Reduction Strategies: Implications for Large Flake Blank Production and Handaxe Manufacture at Amanzi Springs, South Africa	9
The Effect of Moral and Threat Appeals on Reducing Depreciative Behavior at Rock Imagery Sites	8
Drone Survey to Monitor Erosion Impacts on Coastal Archaeological Sites	7
Searching for the Missing Graves of PoWs from the Second World War—an Example of Research Conducted in the Area of ⁣⁣Stalag VIII B (344) Lamsdorf	7
Urban Archaeology in the Lower Amazon: Fieldwork Uncovering Large Pre-Colonial Villages in Santarém City, Brazil	7
A Symmetrical Archaeology Approach to Previously Excavated Sites: or, How I Learned to Appreciate Antiquarian Backdirt	6
Monumental and Long-Lasting or Temporary and Performative? How did Neolithic Rondels Function? Radiocarbon Dating and Bayesian Chronological Modeling of the Rondel at Nowe Objezierze (Northwestern Pol	6
Metal Detecting in the Wake of 16th Century a.d. Spanish Expeditions	6
The Social Construction of Backdirt in Chaco Archaeology	6
In between the Sites: Understanding Late Holocene Manteño Agricultural Contexts in the Chongón-Colonche Mountains of Coastal Ecuador through UAV-Lidar and Excavation	6
Sacrifice, Subsistence, and Sacra in Stela Cave: Maya Ritual Practice in Patterns of Ceremonial Chipped Stone	6
Ritual Patterns and Material Practice: Identifying Blemmyan Mortuary Rites at Berenike (Eastern Desert of Egypt)	6
Collaborative Science and Digital Tools: Monitoring Heritage at Risk during the People of Guana Project	6
Persian Paradises: Unveiling the Sasanian Dastgerd of Mohammadabad-Baghdasht, South of Jereh, Pars, Iran	6
Analyzing Low-Density Assemblages from Fieldwalking Surveys: Hellenistic and Roman Land Use in the Sibaritide (Calabria, Italy)	5

First Evidence of Burial Practices and Stone Constructions from the 15th Century a.d. Pre-Colonial Middle Cuanza River, Angola	5
Household Labor Practices and Dryland Agroforestry in Upland Kula, Maui Island	5
Caving 16,000 Years Ago: Pleistocene Human Movement Within the Decorated Cave of Etxeberri, Western Pyrenees (France)	5
A Techno-Functional Analysis of Acheulean Backed Knives from Wonderboom, South Africa	5
Human Adaptation to the High-Altitude Permafrost Zone at Daisetsuzan National Park, Japan	4
An Elite Bronze Age Double-Horse Burial from Western Ukraine and the Chariot Package Dissemination	4
Human Ecology and the Southern Iberian Neolithic: An Approach from Archaeobotany and Archaeozoology	4
High-Resolution Spatial Analysis of Archaeobotanical Remains from a Kitchen Context in Imperial Late Antique (ca. a.d. 600) Dhiban, Jordan	4
Laser-Aided Profile Measurement and Cluster Analysis of Ceramic Shapes	4
Fools Rush In: Zooarchaeology as Slow Science and an Archaeology of Care in Late Nasca Peru ( a.d. 450–650)	4
Gone with the Wind, Waves, and Walking: Prioritizing Research at Vulnerable Archaeological Sites in Coastal Zones	4
Social Dynamics, Knowledge Spheres, and Technological Transfers in Balearic Island Pottery during the 2nd Millennium b.c.	4
Multi-Period Ore Exploitation in Upper Silesia, Central Europe	4
Minimally Invasive High-Resolution Investigation of Site Form and Disturbance at Rat Island (AhGx-7), Cootes Paradise, Ontario	3
Mineralogy and Sourcing of a Stone Bead Industry Found in Communal Cemeteries Associated with Eastern Africa's First Pastoralists, ca. 5000b.p.	3
Furrows Without Ridges: Evidence for an Agricultural Field at Angel Mounds (12Vg1), Southwestern Indiana, USA	3
Insights into Early Iron Age Social Structure in the Eastern Steppes: Excavation Results of the Chinge-Tey Western Chain Kurgan 1	3
Classifying Functional Areas at the Roman Villa of Mascherone (Manfredonia, Italy): Modeling Sparse Surface Survey Count Data using a Bayesian Zero-Inflated Negative Binomial Model	3
Unearthing Identity: the Role of Archaeology in Shaping English National Identity and Heritage Interpretation	3
Introduction: How do we Think about Backdirt?	3
Temporal Analysis of Looting Activity in Tūwāneh (Southern Jordan)	3
Detection of Hunting Pits using Airborne Laser Scanning and Deep Learning	3
Dirty Evidence: Multi-Method Identification of Daub, Animal Dung, or Human Excrement at Angel Mounds	3
Hidden in Plain Sight: The Unrecognized Contribution of the Survey of India in the Documentation of Ancient Settlements in Pakistan and India	3
Approaching Marginal Landscapes in Archaeology: the Case of Ravenna’s Reclaimed Wetlands	3
Sherds and the City: Pottery Production, Society, and the Changing Urban Fabric of Fustat, Egypt	3
Multimodal Remote Sensing Applications in the Etruscan-Roman City of Vulci	3