2026 Timothy Earle: Social Sciences and Humanities Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Social Sciences and Humanities	51	2528	2306	1234	1111	129	14827

Research.com Recognitions

2014 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Overview

Timothy Earle is affiliated with Northwestern University in the United States. Their research predominantly spans the fields of Social Sciences and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a notable focus on paleontology, geography, planning and development, anthropology, archaeology, and economics and econometrics.

Their work covers several main topics, including:

Archaeology and ancient environmental studies
Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies
Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
Historical Economic and Social Studies
Archaeology and Rock Art Studies
Classical Antiquity Studies
Ancient Near East History

Timothy Earle has contributed research articles to several publication venues. Frequent venues where their work appears include:

Current Anthropology
European Journal of Archaeology
Biological Conservation
Science Advances
Journal of Cognitive Historiography

Their recent papers include:

"An Introduction to Seshat," 2020, Journal of Cognitive Historiography
"Biodiversity and the human past: Lessons for conservation biology," 2022, Biological Conservation
"Early Monumentality, Ritual, and Political Complexity," 2024, Current Anthropology
"A multi-analytical study of the Montelirio beaded attires: Marine resources, sumptuary crafts, and female power in copper age Iberia," 2025, Science Advances
"Everyday Life at Bjerre Site 7, a Late Bronze Age House in Thy, Denmark," 2022, European Journal of Archaeology

Co-authors frequently collaborating with Timothy Earle include:

Leonardo García Sanjuán
John K. Millhauser
Charles Stanish
Henry Tantaleán
Gustavo Barrientos

Timothy Earle has also contributed to book publications. Notably, they have a book published by Eliot Werner Publications eBooks entitled A Primer on Chiefs and Chiefdoms (2021).

In recognition of their scholarly work, they were named a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2014.

Best Publications

How Chiefs Come to Power: The Political Economy in Prehistory

Timothy K. Earle

1486
Citations
Specialization, Exchange and Complex Societies

Barbara J. Price;Elizabeth Brumfiel;Timothy K. Earle

1147
Citations
Ideology, materialization, and power strategies.

Elizabeth DeMarrais;Luis Jaime Castillo;Timothy Earle

1123
Citations
The evolution of human societies : from foraging group to agrarian state

Allen W. Johnson;Timothy K. Earle

1072
Citations
Staple Finance, Wealth Finance, and Storage in the Inka Political Economy [and Comments and Reply]

Terence N. D'Altroy;Timothy K. Earle;David L. Browman;Darrell La Lone

946
Citations
The Development of Social Stratification in Bronze Age Europe [and Comments and Reply]

Antonio Gilman;Robert McC. Adams;Anna Maria Bietti Sestieri;Alberto Cazzella

525
Citations
The evolution of human societies

Robert L. Carneiro;Allen W. Johnson;Timothy Earle

428
Citations
Evolution of Specialized Pottery Production: A Trial Model [and Comments and Reply]

Prudence M. Rice;William Y. Adams;Joseph W. Ball;Whitney M. Davis

421
Citations
CHIEFDOMS IN ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND ETHNOHISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE

Timothy K. Earle

398
Citations
Exchange Systems in Prehistory

Timothy Earle

384
Citations
Staple Finance, Wealth Finance, and Storage in the Inka Political Economy

Terence N. D'Altroy;Timothy K. Earle

321
Citations
Chiefdoms: Power, Economy, And Ideology

Timothy K. Earle

286
Citations
Processual Archaeology and the Radical Critique [and Comments and Reply]

Timothy K. Earle;Robert W. Preucel;Elizabeth M. Brumfiel;Christopher Carr

253
Citations
A REAPPRAISAL OF REDISTRIBUTION: COMPLEX HAWAIIAN CHIEFDOMS

Timothy K. Earle

251
Citations
The Evolution of Chiefdoms

Timothy Earle

249
Citations
Economic and Social Organization of a Complex Chiefdom: The Halelea District, Kaua’i, Hawaii

Timothy K. Earle

218
Citations
Eventful archaeology: The place of space in structural transformation

Robin A. Beck;Douglas J. Bolender;James A. Brown;Timothy K. Earle

206
Citations
Status Distinction and Legitimation of Power as Reflected in Changing Patterns of Consumption in Late Prehispanic Peru

Cathy Lynne Costin;Timothy Earle

202
Citations
Contexts for Prehistoric Exchange

Jonathon E. Ericson;Timothy K. Earle

196
Citations
Bronze Age Economics: The Beginnings of Political Economies

Timothy K. Earle

185
Citations
The Evolution of Human Societies: From Foraging Group to Agrarian State

Patrick D. Nolan;Allen W. Johnson;Timothy Earle

154
Citations
Feasts: Archaeological and Ethnographic Perspectives on Food, Politics, and Power.

Timothy Earle

25
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Gary M. Feinman Field Museum of Natural History

Ian Hodder Stanford University

Michael E. Smith Arizona State University

Matthew Spriggs Australian National University

Bruce G. Trigger McGill University

Stephen Shennan University College London

External Links

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