Charles S. Spencer - Concepedia

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Charles S. Spencer

American Museum of Natural History

Also Known As

C. S. SPENCER, Charles S. (Charles Sidney) Spencer, Charles S. Spencer

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American Museum of Natural History Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas Southern Illinois University Carbondale University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee

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Charles S. Spencer is an author at American Museum of Natural History specializing in social sciences, archaeology, and language studies.

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#	Concept	H-Index	Publications	Citations
1	Language Studies	11	11	549
2	Engineering	5	5	217
3	Arts	2	2	47
4	Education	2	2	217
5	Natural Sciences	1	1	53

Charles S. Spencer

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	Year	Citations
Human Agency, Biased Transmission, and the Cultural Evolution of Chiefly Authority Charles S. Spencer Journal of Anthropological Archaeology Chiefly AuthoritySocial IdentityCultureCultural TransmissionSocial Theory	1993	147
Territorial expansion and primary state formation Charles S. Spencer Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ColonialismArchaeologyRegional DevelopmentSocial SciencesCentral Authority	2010	139
On the tempo and mode of state formation: Neoevolutionism reconsidered Charles S. Spencer Journal of Anthropological Archaeology Political TheoryState FormationPolitical TransformationPolitical SystemGovernment Policy	1990	115
Multilevel Selection and Political Evolution in the Valley of Oaxaca, 500–100 B.C. Charles S. Spencer, Elsa M. Redmond Journal of Anthropological Archaeology Political DevelopmentPolitical EvolutionMultilevel SelectionAnthropologySocial Change	2001	98
Chiefdoms at the threshold: The competitive origins of the primary state Elsa M. Redmond, Charles S. Spencer Journal of Anthropological Archaeology Public PolicyBusiness HistoryGovernmental ProcessPublic GovernancePolitical Economy	2011	98
Practice and Political Centralisation: A New Approach to Political Evolution [and Comments and Reply] Paul Roscoe, Christopher Boehm, Carol R. Ember, Current Anthropology DemocracyPolitical CentralisationPolitical DevelopmentNew ApproachPolitical Behavior	1993	88
Evolutionary approaches in archaeology Charles S. Spencer Journal of Archaeological Research Prehistoric ArchaeologyEvolutionary BiologyArchaeological ExcavationArchaeologyAnthropology	1997	87
Primary State Formation in Mesoamerica Charles S. Spencer, Elsa M. Redmond Annual Review of Anthropology Historical ArchaeologyGeographyArchaeological RecordRegional GeologyArchaeology	2004	84
A Mathematical Model of Primary State Formation Charles S. Spencer Cultural Dynamics Regime AnalysisEngineeringPrimary StateSocial SciencesPolitical Ecology	1998	75
Ecological Theory and Cultural Evolution in the Valley of Oaxaca [and Comments and Reply] William T. Sanders, Deborah L. Nichols, Richard E. Blanton, Current Anthropology Historical GeographyEcological TheoryLatin American ArchaeologyEnvironmental HistoryEducation	1988	70

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