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Behavioral Archaeology

Behavioral Archaeology is a subfield of archaeology that uses material culture and its spatial and temporal distribution to infer human behavior and societal processes, distinguished by its focus on the dynamic relationships between artifacts and human actions within specific socio-cultural contexts.

274

Publications

23K

Citations

464

Authors

257

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

56

Parents

Publications

274

Archaeological Context and Systemic Context

Michael Brian Schiffer · American Antiquity · 1972 · 1.1K citations

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Demography and Cultural Evolution: How Adaptive Cultural Processes Can Produce Maladaptive Losses—The Tasmanian Case

Joseph Henrich · American Antiquity · 2004 · 1.1K citations

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Social Theory and Archaeology.

Robert Chapman, Michael Shanks, Christopher Tilley · Man · 1988 · 783 citations

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The Origin of Modern Human Behavior

Christopher S. Henshilwood, Curtis W. Marean · Current Anthropology · 2003 · 725 citations

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How things shape the mind: a theory of material engagement

Choice Reviews Online · 2014 · 706 citations

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Authors

464

  1. MB
    Michael Brian Schiffer

    University of Arizona, United States

    15 publications · 2K citations

    15

    h-index

  2. MJ
    Michael J. O’Brien

    University of Missouri, United States

    5 publications · 317 citations

    5

    h-index

  3. BG
    Bruce G. Trigger

    McGill University, Canada

    4 publications · 288 citations

    4

    h-index

  4. DG
    Duilio Garofoli

    University of Tübingen, Germany

    4 publications · 87 citations

    4

    h-index

  5. JE
    Jane Eva Baxter

    DePaul University, United States

    4 publications · 316 citations

    4

    h-index

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Institutions

257

  1. University of Arizona

    Tucson, United States

    14 h-index

    24 publications

    2.5K citations

  2. University of Tübingen

    Tübingen, Germany

    7 h-index

    9 publications

    437 citations

  3. Arizona State University

    Tempe, United States

    7 h-index

    10 publications

    1.5K citations

  4. Australian National University

    Canberra, Australia

    6 h-index

    10 publications

    435 citations

  5. Stanford University

    Stanford, United States

    6 h-index

    9 publications

    1.4K citations

  6. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    6 h-index

    6 publications

    335 citations

  7. University of Utah

    Salt Lake City, United States

    5 h-index

    7 publications

    1K citations

  8. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    5 h-index

    15 publications

    514 citations

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Venues

  1. American Antiquity

    34 publications · 5.4K citations

    26

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  2. Cambridge Archaeological Journal

    13 publications · 913 citations

    13

    h-index

  3. Current Anthropology

    CA · 14 publications · 1.7K citations

    12

    h-index

  4. 9

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  5. American Anthropologist

    9 publications · 758 citations

    9

    h-index

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