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Cave Traditions

Cave Traditions is a scholarly construct that identifies and analyzes recurring mythological, religious, or cultural narratives associated with caves across diverse civilizations, distinguishing it from other place-based traditions by its focus on subterranean spaces as symbolic or sacred sites of transformation, revelation, and ancestral memory.

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4.2K

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211

Authors

110

Institutions

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2017–2026

10

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Publications

95

The ‘human revolution’ in lowland tropical Southeast Asia: the antiquity and behavior of anatomically modern humans at Niah Cave (Sarawak, Borneo)

Graeme Barker, Huw Barton, Michael I. Bird et al. · Journal of Human Evolution · 2006 · 425 citations

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Pinnacle Point Cave 13B (Western Cape Province, South Africa) in context: The Cape Floral kingdom, shellfish, and modern human origins

Curtis W. Marean · Journal of Human Evolution · 2010 · 338 citations

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Swartkrans: A Cave's Chronicle of Early Man

Lee R. Berger, C. K. Brain · The South African Archaeological Bulletin · 1994 · 271 citations

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Sacred darkness: a global perspective on the ritual use of caves

Choice Reviews Online · 2013 · 172 citations

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Images from the underworld: Naj Tunich and the tradition of Maya cave painting

Choice Reviews Online · 1996 · 148 citations

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1–5 of 95

Authors

211

  1. JE
    James E. Brady

    California State University Los Angeles, United States

    3 publications · 77 citations

    3

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  2. MD
    Marion Dowd

    Institute of Technology Sligo, Ireland

    2 publications · 39 citations

    2

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  3. CK
    C. K. Brain

    Anglo-Boer War Museum, South Africa

    2 publications · 345 citations

    2

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  4. RS
    Robin Skeates

    Durham University, United Kingdom

    1 publications · 13 citations

    2

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  5. AH
    Abbé Henri Breuil

    2 publications · 101 citations

    2

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1–5 of 211

Institutions

110

  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    6 h-index

    12 publications

    678 citations

  2. University of the Witwatersrand

    Johannesburg, South Africa

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    166 citations

  3. Université de Bordeaux

    Bordeaux, France

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    194 citations

  4. De la Préhistoire à l'Actuel : Culture, Environnement et Anthropologie

    Pessac, France

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    194 citations

  5. Simon Fraser University

    Burnaby, Canada

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    36 citations

  6. University of Bristol

    Bristol, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    440 citations

  7. Polish Academy of Sciences

    Warsaw, Poland

    2 h-index

    5 publications

    106 citations

  8. University of New Mexico

    Albuquerque, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    70 citations

1–8 of 110

Venues

  1. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 7 publications · 683 citations

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  2. Quaternary International

    5 publications · 126 citations

    5

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  3. Time and Mind

    4 publications · 106 citations

    4

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  4. Journal of Human Evolution

    JHE · 4 publications · 803 citations

    4

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  5. American Antiquity

    3 publications · 166 citations

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