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Experimental Archaeology

Experimental archaeology is a sub-field of archaeological research that generates and tests hypotheses through controlled experimental replication of past phenomena and practices.

845

Publications

41K

Citations

2K

Authors

743

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

178

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Publications

845

Partial uracil–DNA–glycosylase treatment for screening of ancient DNA

Nadin Rohland, Éadaoin Harney, Swapan Mallick et al. · Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences · 2014 · 595 citations · Full text

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Fire As an Engineering Tool of Early Modern Humans

Kyle S. Brown, Curtis W. Marean, Andy I.R. Herries et al. · Science · 2009 · 583 citations

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Experimental evidence for the co-evolution of hominin tool-making teaching and language

Thomas J. H. Morgan, Natalie Uomini, Luke Rendell et al. · Nature Communications · 2015 · 575 citations · Full text

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Toward the Identification of Formation Processes

Michael Brian Schiffer · American Antiquity · 1983 · 574 citations

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An experimental model of the timing of hominid and carnivore influence on archaeological bone assemblages

Robert J. Blumenschine · Journal of Archaeological Science · 1988 · 466 citations

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Authors

2K

  1. MI
    Metin I. Eren

    Cleveland Museum of Natural History, United States

    18 publications · 810 citations

    14

    h-index

  2. LW
    Lyn Wadley

    University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa

    8 publications · 581 citations

    8

    h-index

  3. SP
    Shannon P. McPherron

    Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Germany

    8 publications · 170 citations

    8

    h-index

  4. KS
    Kyle S. Brown

    University of Cape Town, South Africa

    7 publications · 1.3K citations

    7

    h-index

  5. JP
    Justin Pargeter

    University of Johannesburg, South Africa

    7 publications · 604 citations

    7

    h-index

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Institutions

743

  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    23 h-index

    116 publications

    4.1K citations

  2. University of the Witwatersrand

    Johannesburg, South Africa

    18 h-index

    26 publications

    2K citations

  3. Leiden University

    Leiden, The Netherlands

    17 h-index

    34 publications

    2K citations

  4. University College London

    London, United Kingdom

    17 h-index

    30 publications

    2.9K citations

  5. Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology

    Leipzig, Germany

    16 h-index

    56 publications

    2.3K citations

  6. University of Tübingen

    Tübingen, Germany

    15 h-index

    34 publications

    1.3K citations

  7. Université de Bordeaux

    Bordeaux, France

    13 h-index

    29 publications

    1.9K citations

  8. Universitat Rovira i Virgili

    Tarragona, Spain

    13 h-index

    39 publications

    2K citations

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Venues

  1. American Antiquity

    69 publications · 5.4K citations

    41

    h-index

  2. Journal of Archaeological Science

    63 publications · 5.1K citations

    40

    h-index

  3. World Archaeology

    31 publications · 2.5K citations

    25

    h-index

  4. Archaeometry

    36 publications · 1.4K citations

    24

    h-index

  5. Journal of Field Archaeology

    31 publications · 1.3K citations

    21

    h-index

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See also

Experimental Archaeology

Core Methods

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