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Discipline name D-index D-index (Discipline H-index) only includes papers and citation values for an examined discipline in contrast to General H-index which accounts for publications across all disciplines. Citations Publications World Ranking National Ranking
Social Sciences and Humanities D-index 41 Citations 9,352 145 World Ranking 2630 National Ranking 142

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Archaeology
  • Anthropology
  • Social science

Brian Hayden spends much of his time researching Resource, Anthropology, Prehistory, Ecology and Maya. Brian Hayden combines subjects such as Domestication and Ethnology with his study of Resource. His work in the fields of Anthropology, such as Power, intersects with other areas such as Food politics.

His research integrates issues of Littoral zone, Ecology, Typology and Civilization in his study of Prehistory. His Ecology research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Stone Age, Technological transitions and Mesolithic. Specifically, his work in Archaeology is concerned with the study of Ethnography.

His most cited work include:

  • Food Sharing Among Ache Foragers: Tests of Explanatory Hypotheses [and Comments and Reply] (395 citations)
  • The Significance of Food Storage Among Hunter-Gatherers: Residence Patterns, Population Densities, and Social Inequalities [and Comments and Reply] (310 citations)
  • Nimrods, Piscators, Pluckers, and Planters: The Emergence of Food Production (293 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

His main research concerns Archaeology, Prehistory, Anthropology, Excavation and Ethnology. His Archaeology study frequently draws parallels with other fields, such as Social organization. His work carried out in the field of Prehistory brings together such families of science as Power and Ecology, Fishing.

Power is closely attributed to Ethnography in his research. His Ethnology research integrates issues from Domestication and Mesolithic. His Paleoethnobotany study incorporates themes from Taphonomy and Geoarchaeology.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Archaeology (42.00%)
  • Prehistory (14.00%)
  • Anthropology (10.67%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2014-2020)?

  • Archaeology (42.00%)
  • Excavation (8.67%)
  • Paleoethnobotany (5.33%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

The scientist’s investigation covers issues in Archaeology, Excavation, Paleoethnobotany, Zooarchaeology and Taphonomy. His Archaeology research includes a combination of various areas of study, such as White and Settlement. The concepts of his Excavation study are interwoven with issues in Typology and Roasting.

His Paleoethnobotany research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Social organization and Household archaeology. The Social organization study combines topics in areas such as Prehistory and Lithic analysis. His Taphonomy study combines topics in areas such as Sediment, Geoarchaeology and Projectile point.

Between 2014 and 2020, his most popular works were:

  • Insights into early lithic technologies from ethnography. (15 citations)
  • The Power of Ritual in Prehistory: Secret Societies and Origins of Social Complexity (9 citations)
  • Are Burials Socially Integrative? The Natufian Case (4 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Archaeology
  • Anthropology
  • Social science

Brian Hayden mostly deals with Archaeology, Grinding, Ethnology, Excavation and Ancient history. Brian Hayden is studying Subsistence agriculture, which is a component of Archaeology. Brian Hayden incorporates Ethnology and Southeast asia in his research.

His Epipaleolithic research extends to the thematically linked field of Ancient history.

This overview was generated by a machine learning system which analysed the scientist’s body of work. If you have any feedback, you can contact us here.

Best Publications

Food Sharing Among Ache Foragers: Tests of Explanatory Hypotheses [and Comments and Reply]

Hillard Kaplan;Kim Hill;Rowe V. Cadeliña;Brian Hayden.
Current Anthropology (1985)

982 Citations

Maritime Hunter-Gatherers: Ecology and Prehistory [and Comments and Reply]

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Current Anthropology (1980)

593 Citations

Nimrods, Piscators, Pluckers, and Planters: The Emergence of Food Production

Brian Hayden.
Journal of Anthropological Archaeology (1990)

571 Citations

Anthropological Applications of Optimal Foraging Theory: A Critical Review [and Comments and Reply]

Eric Alden Smith;Robert L. Bettinger;Charles A. Bishop;Valda Blundell.
Current Anthropology (1983)

563 Citations

The Significance of Food Storage Among Hunter-Gatherers: Residence Patterns, Population Densities, and Social Inequalities [and Comments and Reply]

Alain Testart;Richard G. Forbis;Brian Hayden;Tim Ingold.
Current Anthropology (1982)

523 Citations

Where the garbage goes: Refuse disposal in the Maya Highlands

Brian Hayden;Aubrey Cannon.
Journal of Anthropological Archaeology (1983)

397 Citations

Feasts : archaeological and ethnographic perspectives on food, politics, and power

Michael Dietler;Brian Hayden.
American Journal of Archaeology (2002)

392 Citations

Pathways to Power

Brian Hayden.
(1995)

360 Citations

Research and Development in the Stone Age: Technological Transitions among Hunter-Gatherers [and Comments and Reply]

Brian Hayden;Sandra Bowdler;Karl W. Butzer;Mark N. Cohen.
Current Anthropology (1981)

313 Citations

Practical and prestige technologies: The evolution of material systems

Brian Hayden.
Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory (1998)

298 Citations

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