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Surface Artifact Survey

Surface Artifact Survey is a systematic archaeological method involving the identification, recording, and collection of artifacts exposed on the ground surface to assess and interpret past human activity within a given landscape.

102

Publications

3.4K

Citations

240

Authors

107

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

14

Variants

Archaeological Surface Survey

Parents

Publications

102

The design of archaeological surveys

Michael Brian Schiffer, Alan P. Sullivan, Timothy C. Klinger · World Archaeology · 1978 · 195 citations

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It's a Small World after All: Comparative Analyses of Community Organization in Archaeology

Michael Kolb, James E. Snead · American Antiquity · 1997 · 159 citations

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Systematic, Intensive Surface Collection

Charles L. Redman, Patty Jo Watson · American Antiquity · 1970 · 144 citations

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Excavating the Roman peasant II: excavations at Case Nuove, Cinigiano (GR)

Emanuele Vaccaro, Mariaelena Ghisleni, Antonia Arnoldus‐Huyzendveld et al. · Papers of the British School at Rome · 2013 · 112 citations · Full text

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Downslope Movement and Archaeological Intrasite Spatial Analysis

John W. Rick · American Antiquity · 1976 · 101 citations

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Authors

240

  1. SH
    Simon Holdaway

    University of Auckland, New Zealand

    4 publications · 199 citations

    4

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  2. SR
    Sharon R. Stocker

    University of Cincinnati, United States

    3 publications · 54 citations

    3

    h-index

  3. CR
    Curtis Runnels

    Boston University, United States

    3 publications · 49 citations

    3

    h-index

  4. TH
    Thomas H. Charlton

    University of Iowa, United States

    3 publications · 100 citations

    3

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  5. PF
    Patricia Fanning

    Macquarie University, Australia

    3 publications · 175 citations

    3

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Institutions

107

  1. University College London

    London, United Kingdom

    5 h-index

    6 publications

    166 citations

  2. University of Toronto

    Toronto, Canada

    4 h-index

    7 publications

    197 citations

  3. University of Iowa

    Iowa City, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    100 citations

  4. University of New Mexico

    Albuquerque, United States

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    122 citations

  5. La Trobe University

    Melbourne, Australia

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    71 citations

  6. University of Cincinnati

    Cincinnati, United States

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    74 citations

  7. Millsaps College

    Jackson, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    57 citations

  8. University of Auckland

    Auckland, New Zealand

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    102 citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Field Archaeology

    14 publications · 470 citations

    12

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  2. American Antiquity

    10 publications · 552 citations

    10

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  3. Antiquity

    5 publications · 141 citations

    5

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  4. Journal of Archaeological Science

    5 publications · 139 citations

    5

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  5. Geoarchaeology

    3 publications · 140 citations

    3

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