Journal of Archaeological Research

Papers
(The median citation count of Journal of Archaeological Research is 5. 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 2021-12-01 to 2025-12-01.)
ArticleCitations
Breaking Down the “Barbarian” Trope: Strategic Military Coordination in Decentralized Collectives24
Niche Construction and Long-Term Trajectories of Food Production23
Aksumite Settlement Patterns: Site Size Hierarchies and Spatial Clustering20
Collapse Studies in Archaeology from 2012 to 202318
Distributed Urban Networks in the Gulf Lowlands of Veracruz16
Hunting and the Social Lives of Southern Africa’s First Farmers15
Eschewing the Apocalyptic: Recent Research on the Aftermath of “Collapse” in Archaeology Across the Americas14
Zooarchaeology of Managed, Captive, Tame, and Domestic Birds: Shifts in Human–Avian Relationships14
Agriculture in the Ancient Maya Lowlands (Part 2): Landesque Capital and Long-term Resource Management Strategies13
Was There a 3.2 ka Crisis in Europe? A Critical Comparison of Climatic, Environmental, and Archaeological Evidence for Radical Change during the Bronze Age–Iron Age Transition13
The Past, Ethnic Purity, and the Foundations of Nazi Ideology: Archaeology at War10
Considering Ideas of Collective Action, Institutions, and “Hunter-Gatherers” in the American Southeast9
Archaeological Research in the Canary Islands: Island Archaeology off Africa’s Atlantic Coast9
Survey Archaeology in the Mediterranean World: Regional Traditions and Contributions to Long-Term History8
Community Formation in the Chulmun (Neolithic) and Mumun (Bronze Age) Periods of Korea8
Agriculture in the Ancient Maya Lowlands (Part 1): Paleoethnobotanical Residues and New Perspectives on Plant Management8
The Archaeology of Reindeer Domestication and Herding Practices in Northern Fennoscandia8
Complexity Without Monumentality in Biblical Times7
Tendencies in the Tempo of Prehistoric Agricultural Expansions6
Reflective Perspectives from 33 Years at the Journal of Archaeological Research6
From History to Cultural Diversity: The Changing Roles of the Maya Script as Archaeological Data6
Reconnecting the Forest, Savanna, and Sahel in West Africa: The Sociopolitical Implications of a Long-Networked Past6
Shell Midden Archaeology: Current Trends and Future Directions5
Bone Tool Diversity During the Stone Age: More Insights into the Human Story5
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