Place-Name Studies is a subfield of historical geography that investigates the origins, meanings, spatial distributions, and historical transformations of place names (toponyms) as evidence for reconstructing past landscapes, settlement patterns, cultural practices, and power relations.
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The Place-Names of Roman Britain
Edith Mary Wightman, A. L. F. Rivet, Colin Smith · The American Journal of Philology · 1984 · 410 citations
Humanities, Geography, History +7
Wisdom sits in places landscape and language among the Western Apache
1996 · 372 citations
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- AMAllen Mawer
10 publications · 162 citations
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9 publications · 160 citations
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University College London
London, United Kingdom
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21 publications
844 citations
Pennsylvania State University
State College, United States
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6 publications
298 citations
Manchester Metropolitan University
Manchester, United Kingdom
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7 publications
564 citations
University of Victoria
Victoria, Canada
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6 publications
715 citations
Holon Institute of Technology
Holon, Israel
4 h-index
4 publications
98 citations
University of Edinburgh
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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4 publications
152 citations
National University of Singapore
Singapore, Singapore
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4 publications
65 citations
University of Haifa
Haifa, Israel
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4 publications
878 citations
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- Names
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- Choice Reviews Online
CRO · 16 publications · 747 citations
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- Geographical Journal
21 publications · 657 citations
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- The Modern Language Review
10 publications · 288 citations
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- Journal of Historical Geography
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