OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Geoarchaeology-An International Journal is 1. 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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
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The Geoarchaeological Context of Early Holocene Human Occupation at the Cerro Pedregoso Site, Cedros Island, Mexico	15
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Writ in water—Unwritten histories obtained from carbonate deposits in ancient water systems	15
Planetary Geoarchaeology of Venus: Assessing the Preservation Conditions of the Venus Space Probes	12
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Geoarchaeology of an Early Mycenaean Tumulus and Mortuary Practices at Eleon, Greece	11
The Mediterranean Valleys Revisited	11
Geoarchaeology in China: Progress, trends, and perspectives	11
Magnetic properties as indicators of pedogenic and pyrogenic processes at the Upper Paleolithic site of Kostenki 14	11
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A 7000‐year record of environmental change: Evolution of Holocene environment and human activities in the Hangjiahu Plain, the lower Yangtze, China	9
Geoarchaeology virtual issue: Ancient water management	8
Correction to “Integrating Geomorphology, Geology, and Geochemical Parameters to Understand the Preservation Status and Spatial Distribution of Archaeological Iron Objects Related to the 235	8
Preliminary results on the applicability of neutron activation analysis (NAA) to identify cherts from the Munsungun Lake Formation, Maine, USA	8
Novel insights into the sea level evolution along the coast of Bozburun Peninsula (Turkey): A study on submerged Bronze Age harbor in Çamçalık	7
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Site Formation Processes and Archaeological Preservation Potential of the Lady Bug Site, an Inundated Quarry Within the Aucilla River, Northwest Florida	7
RETRACTED: Applying geoarchaeological principles to marine archaeology: A reappraisal of the “first marine” and “in situ” lithic scatters in the Dampier Archipelago, NW Australia	7
The fabric of Torre d'en Galmés, Menorca, Spain	6
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Exploring the past through lynchet landscapes in the Vosges Mountains and the Lorraine Plateau (France)	6
Minimally Invasive Approaches to the High‐Resolution Mapping of Colluvial Deposits at the Battlefield of Waterloo: Implications for Archaeological Practice	6

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Mapping and Geospatial Analysis of Ancient Terrace Agricultural Systems in Lucanas Province, Peruvian Andes, Based on Satellite Imagery, High‐Resolution DSMs, and Field Surveys	6
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The Big Circles in Jordan: First absolute ages using rock luminescence surface dating	6
Geoarchaeological Perspectives on Stelae Production Throughout the Bronze Age: Provenance, Material Properties and Rock Selection at Zebros (Idanha‐a‐Nova, Portugal)	6
Site Formation Processes at Tinshemet Cave, Israel: Micro‐Stratigraphy, Fire Use, and Cementation	5
Prehistoric Evidence of Crustal Earthquakes and Debris Flow in Archaeological Site of Pikillaqta in Cusco: Archaeological Implications	5
Go With the Flow: Microfacies Analysis for Uncovering Occupation Patterns, Waste Management, and Water Adaptation at La Draga Lakeside Settlement (Lake Banyoles, Spain)	5
Correlation of Seismic Data and Sediment Cores From the Seabed in the Medieval Harbour at Avaldsnes, Norway	5
Inner Asian Agropastoralism Within the Mongol Empire: Multi‐Proxy Investigations at Sel'Ungur Cave, Kyrgyzstan	5
From Quarries to Urban Construction Sites: Middle‐Late Mesozoic Limestones in the Public Architecture of Roman Verona, Italy	5
Among Land Snail Shells and Ashes: Geoarchaeological Analysis of the Maximiano Rockshelter, Southeast Brazil	5
Characterising mine wastes as archaeological landscapes	5
The Bronze Age occupation of the Black Sea coast of Georgia—New insights from settlement mounds of the Colchian plain	5
Experimental generation of patina on glass	4
Reconstruction of fluvio‐lacustrine landscapes and settlement history in the Texcoco region, Mexico, using a modern geomorphic analog	4
Of Fire and Water Microarchaeological Evidence of Mining, Rituals and Floods in North Tyrol's Kropfsberg Mine (Austria)	4
Operation and decline of the Barbegal mill complex, the largest industrial complex of antiquity	4
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Soils, agriculture, and land use in island socio‐ecosystems: Three case studies from Southeastern Polynesia	3
The Submerged Pre‐Columbian Site of Fond Banane (Martinique, French West Indies): Insights Into Late Holocene Coastal Dynamics and Human–Environment Interactions on the Edge of the Mangroves	3
Mid‐ to Late Holocene landscape dynamics and rural settlement in the uplands of northern Bavaria, Germany	3
Geostatistical and geoarchaeological study of Holocene floodplains and site distributions on the Sha‐Ying River Basin, Central China	3
Non‐destructively characterizing sandstones, orthoquartzites, agates, and petrified wood for provenance research: Perspectives from the Southeastern Coastal Plain, United States	3
Lithological description and provenancing of a collection of bluestones from excavations at Stonehenge by William Hawley in 1924 with implications for the human versus ice transport debate of the monu	3
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Late Holocene Evolution of the Lagoonal Harbour of the Punic Centre of Othoca (Western Sardinia, Mediterranean Sea)	3
Infrared spectra of mixtures of heated and unheated clay: Solving an interpretational conundrum	3
Holocene coastal evolution and environmental changes in the lower Río Guadiaro valley, with particular focus on the Bronze to Iron Age harbour ‘Montilla’ of Los Castillejos de Alcorrín (Málaga, Andalu	3
Lidar visualization techniques for the construction of geoarchaeological deposit models: An overview and evaluation in alluvial environments	3
Nonmarine Ostracoda as proxies in (geo‐)archaeology — A review	3
Reconstructing formation processes at the Canary Islands indigenous site of Belmaco Cave (La Palma, Spain) through a multiproxy geoarchaeological approach	3
Evolution of fluvial landscapes since the late Pleistocene at the Wangchenggang site of the Ying River Basin, Central China: Implications for the development and change of prehistoric settlements	2
Unveiling the distinctive geochemical signature of fine ware through Sr–Nd–Pb isotopes: A site‐specific perspective from the site of Cales (South Italy)	2
New data on chert catchment analysis in inland Iberia during the Late Pleistocene	2
Holocene History of the Lower Seine Estuary and the Commerce Valley Tributary (Normandy, France): A Palaeoenvironmental Framework for the Roman Landscape of Juliobona	2
Evolution of water extraction technology (spring tunnels) in the Southern Levant during the last three millennia	2
New Insights Into Early Islamic Hydro‐Agricultural Strategies in Northwest Arabia: A Geoarchaeological Study of al‐Bint Dam (Sadd al‐Bint)	2
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The Roman Water Management of Arles as Read in Aqueduct Carbonate Archives	2
Modeling and monitoring submerged prehistoric sites during offshore sand dredging and implications for the study of Early Holocene Coastal Occupation of Southern California	2
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A Return to Chalosse Cherts: An Integrated Approach Based on Field Survey, Petrography and Geochemical Analysis to Understand a Palaeolithic Tracer	2
Chronology of Upper Paleolithic human activities recorded in a stalagmite at Points Cave (Aiguèze, Gard, France)	2
Paleoenvironmental Reconstruction of the Settlement Area of Ancient Bubastis (Tell Basta), Southeastern Nile Delta (Egypt)	2
Geoarchaeological and microstratigraphic view of a Neanderthal settlement at Rambla de Ahíllas in Iberian Range: Abrigo de la Quebrada (Chelva, Valencia, Spain)	2
Diversification of lithic raw materials used by Mesolithic inhabitants of Los Canes cave (Sierra del Cuera, Eastern Asturias, Spain), and quartz crystallite size of chert as an essential indicator par	2
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Development of water management strategies in southern Mesopotamia during the fourth and third millennium B.C.E.	1

The ceramic vessels of the late antique and early medieval domus in the religious complex of San Pietro (Canusium, Italy): Clayey geosources, local production and imports in northern Apu	1
3D modeling of the impact of ancient Yellow River floods on urban landscapes: A new look at the late imperial landscape at the Shuntianmen Site of Kaifeng City, Henan Province, China	1
An interdisciplinary approach to the collapse of the port and degradation of freshwater resources at Panama Viejo (Panama), 1519–1671	1
Climatic shifts, geomorphic change, ancient routes of migration and adaption in southwestern China: Site formation processes at Luojiaba, Sichuan Province	1
Arroyo formation impacts on an early dryland agricultural community in Northeastern Utah, USA	1
Wetland landscapes in the Southern Maya Lowlands (Naachtun, Guatemala) from the ancient agroecosystems to the tropical biosphere reserve: Ecology, exploitation and management of water and soil resourc	1
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‘Paleoenvironmental study of modern charcoal making activity on forest soils in the Northern Vosges Mountains (Bitche, France): A multidisciplinary study of two remaining charcoal platforms and associ	1
Pleistocene freshwater ostracods from the Homo erectus site at Bilzingsleben, Germany—Review of historic collection and unpublished manuscript material for palaeoenvironmental reconstruction	1
Retraction: Applying geoarchaeological principles to marine archaeology: A reappraisal of the “first marine” and “in situ” lithic scatters in the Dampier Archipelago, NW Australia	1
The Soil Erosion Paradox Re‐Examined: Alluviation and Land Use History in a Small British Lowland River Catchment in the Late Holocene	1
Reconstructing the Classical and Post‐Classical Agricultural Landscape of the Udhruh Qanat in Wādī al‐Fiqai, Southern Jordan	1
Human–Environment Interactions in a Changing Alluvial Landscape in Ancient Bengal Over the Past Two Millennia: The Site of Mahasthangarh, Bangladesh	1
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The role of geoarchaeology in the interpretation of fragmented buildings and occupation surfaces: The case of coastal settlements in northeast Scotland	1
Is It the Floor or Isn't It the Floor? How to Interpret the Homogeneous Infill of a Prehistoric House?	1
Correction to “A Newly Identified Basalt Adze Quarry at Honoko'i Gulch, East Moloka'i, Hawaiian Islands”	1
Assessing raw material diversity at Poverty Point (16WC5) using non‐destructive reflectance spectroscopy	1
Shell‐Dense Island Off Culasawani, Vanua Levu Island, Fiji: Midden or Muddle?	1
Unearthing the Histories of Agrarian Landscapes: A Research Framework for Terraces as Sustainable Environments	1
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Burning, Cleaning, Dumping, and Dissolution: Site Formation Processes and Stratigraphy of Pre‐110,000‐Year‐Old MSA l Deposits in Cave 1, Klasies River Main Site, South Africa	1
Examining the distribution of Middle Paleolithic Nubian cores relative to chert quality in southern (Nejd, Dhofar) and south‐central (Duqm, Al Wusta) Oman	1
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Provenance, production, and distribution of basalt and volcanic glass artifacts in Leeward Kohala, Hawaiʻi Island	1
Planetary geoarchaeology as a new frontier in archaeological science: Evaluating site formation processes on Earth's Moon	1
Petrographic insight into the sourcing and production of pre‐colonial Ceramics from Aruba	1
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Microarchaeological approach to underwater stratigraphy of submerged settlements: A case study of Atlit‐Yam Pre‐Pottery Neolithic site, off the Carmel Coast, Israel	1
Life near the water: Geoarchaeological investigation of site formation processes and occupation patterns at the near‐bank mound of Liangzhu City, China	1
The medieval croft plužina field system in a mountain region of central Europe: The interdisciplinary record of the earthen field boundaries in Debrné, Czechia	1
Microstratigraphy and Site Formation Processes at Quebrada Jaguay 280 (Peru)	1
Holocene Floodplain Transformation Through Catchment‐Scale Human‐Environment Interactions: An Interdisciplinary Case Study of the Gete Catchment (Belgium)	1
Virtual Special Issue: Geoarchaeology at the Micro‐Scale: Recent Advances in Microanalytical Techniques	1