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John Baines

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1978

Active since

Affiliations

University of Oxford(Current)

Complexity Science Hub Vienna

Kent State University

University of Connecticut

National Research University Higher School of Economics

John Baines is an author at University of Oxford specializing in language studies, cultural history, and classics.

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LanguageCultural HistoryClassicsArchaeologyAncient HistoryAnthropologyIntellectual HistoryMiddle Eastern StudiesArtsArt History

Publications per year

1978–2022

50

Publications

50

Quantitative historical analysis uncovers a single dimension of complexity that structures global variation in human social organization

Peter Turchin, Thomas E. Currie, Harvey Whitehouse et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2017 · 278 citations · Full text

Social Theory, Social Change, Social Structures +17

Conceptions of God in Ancient Egypt: The One and the Many

Donald B. Redford, Erik Hornung, John Baines · The American Historical Review · 1983 · 266 citations

Ancient Egyptian Religion, Religious Symbol, Ancient Egypt +7

Literacy and Ancient Egyptian Society

John Baines · Man · 1983 · 260 citations

RETRACTED ARTICLE: Complex societies precede moralizing gods throughout world history

Harvey Whitehouse, Pieter François, Patrick E. Savage et al. · Nature · 2019 · 237 citations

Comparative Religion, Moral Philosophy, Retracted Article +1

Restricted Knowledge, Hierarchy, and Decorum: Modern Perceptions and Ancient Institutions

John Baines · Journal of the American Research Center in Egypt · 1990 · 131 citations

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