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Site Formation Processes

Site Formation Processes is an archaeological concept denoting the sequence of cultural and natural actions and transformations that create, modify, bury, preserve, and expose material remains from their original use and deposition through to their recovery and interpretation.

323

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18.2K

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839

Authors

398

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2017–2026

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Site Formation Process

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Publications

323

Organization and Formation Processes: Looking at Curated Technologies

Lewis R. Binford · Journal of Anthropological Research · 1979 · 1.4K citations

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Archaeological Context and Systemic Context

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

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Formation processes of the archaeological record

Martin Bell · Journal of Archaeological Science · 1989 · 1.1K citations

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Formation Processes of the Archaeological Record. Michael B. Schiffer. University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque, 1987. xvii + 428 pp., tables, illustrations, references, index. $39.95 (cloth); $19.95 (paper).

John W. Rick · American Antiquity · 1989 · 910 citations

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Toward the Identification of Formation Processes

Michael Brian Schiffer · American Antiquity · 1983 · 574 citations

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Authors

839

  1. MB
    Michael Brian Schiffer

    University of Arizona, United States

    6 publications · 2.3K citations

    6

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  2. EH
    Erella Hovers

    Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel

    5 publications · 254 citations

    5

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  3. PG
    Paul Goldberg

    Boston University, United States

    5 publications · 152 citations

    5

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  4. PV
    Peter Veth

    The University of Western Australia, Australia

    4 publications · 161 citations

    4

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  5. AB
    Alfonso Benito‐Calvo

    Centro Nacional de Investigación sobre la Evolución Humana, Spain

    4 publications · 226 citations

    4

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Institutions

398

  1. University of Arizona

    Tucson, United States

    10 h-index

    19 publications

    2.8K citations

  2. University of Tübingen

    Tübingen, Germany

    9 h-index

    17 publications

    630 citations

  3. Boston University

    Boston, United States

    9 h-index

    10 publications

    549 citations

  4. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    7 h-index

    14 publications

    650 citations

  5. Israel Antiquities Authority

    Jerusalem, Israel

    6 h-index

    7 publications

    306 citations

  6. University of Haifa

    Haifa, Israel

    6 h-index

    9 publications

    247 citations

  7. University of Auckland

    Auckland, New Zealand

    6 h-index

    12 publications

    467 citations

  8. Hebrew University of Jerusalem

    Jerusalem, Israel

    6 h-index

    20 publications

    999 citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Archaeological Science

    31 publications · 2.6K citations

    22

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  2. American Antiquity

    24 publications · 4.1K citations

    21

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  3. Geoarchaeology

    20 publications · 685 citations

    17

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  4. Quaternary International

    15 publications · 460 citations

    13

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  5. Journal of Human Evolution

    JHE · 9 publications · 864 citations

    9

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