OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Field Archaeology is 3. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-10-01 to 2025-10-01.)

Article	Citations
Run to the Hills: A Stratified Sampling Approach to Site Clustering on High Grounds in Ancient Samnium (Molise, Italy)	42
Untangling the Taphonomy of Charred Plant Remains in Ritual Contexts: Late Antique and Medieval Churches and Graves from Croatia	18
Jels 3, a New Late Palaeolithic Open-Air Site in Denmark, Sheds Light on the Pioneer Colonization of Northern Europe	14
Long Bones and Antlers for Artifact Production in the Final Late Bronze Age Settlement of Thessaloniki Toumba (Northern Greece, 1210–1040 cal b.c.)	13
Rise of the Nomad Kings—Pastoral Polities in the Horn of Africa ( a.d. 650–1000)	12
Backdirting: Theorizing Backdirt through Time, Place, and Process	11
Dating and Interpreting Landscapes of Livestock Herding: Excavation of a Hut Site and Enclosure in Southwestern Ireland	11
Burial Histories, Bodies, and Pots: Mortuary Practices in the Southeastern Rainforests of the Andes during the 1st Millennium a.d. (El Cadillal, Argentina)	9
Models of Grinding Stone Manufacture, Use, and Discard from Tigrai, Ethiopia: Opportunities for Cultural Comparisons and Implications for Usewear Analysis	9
Drone Survey to Monitor Erosion Impacts on Coastal Archaeological Sites	8
An Actualistic Experimental Study of Giant Quartzite Core Reduction Strategies: Implications for Large Flake Blank Production and Handaxe Manufacture at Amanzi Springs, South Africa	8
Drawing and Knowledge Construction in Archaeology: The Aide Mémoire Project	8
Big Data in Maritime Archaeology: Challenges and Prospects from the Middle East and North Africa	8
Toward Systematic Underwater Survey of Mediterranean Maritime Activity along the Southern Turkish Coast	8
Urban Archaeology in the Lower Amazon: Fieldwork Uncovering Large Pre-Colonial Villages in Santarém City, Brazil	7
The Social Construction of Backdirt in Chaco Archaeology	6
Metal Detecting in the Wake of 16th Century a.d. Spanish Expeditions	6
Persian Paradises: Unveiling the Sasanian Dastgerd of Mohammadabad-Baghdasht, South of Jereh, Pars, Iran	6
High-Resolution Spatial Analysis of Archaeobotanical Remains from a Kitchen Context in Imperial Late Antique (ca. a.d. 600) Dhiban, Jordan	6
Searching for the Missing Graves of PoWs from the Second World War—an Example of Research Conducted in the Area of ⁣⁣Stalag VIII B (344) Lamsdorf	6
In between the Sites: Understanding Late Holocene Manteño Agricultural Contexts in the Chongón-Colonche Mountains of Coastal Ecuador through UAV-Lidar and Excavation	6
Gone with the Wind, Waves, and Walking: Prioritizing Research at Vulnerable Archaeological Sites in Coastal Zones	5
Collaborative Science and Digital Tools: Monitoring Heritage at Risk during the People of Guana Project	5
A Techno-Functional Analysis of Acheulean Backed Knives from Wonderboom, South Africa	5
Household Labor Practices and Dryland Agroforestry in Upland Kula, Maui Island	5

Monumental and Long-Lasting or Temporary and Performative? How did Neolithic Rondels Function? Radiocarbon Dating and Bayesian Chronological Modeling of the Rondel at Nowe Objezierze (Northwestern Pol	5
A Symmetrical Archaeology Approach to Previously Excavated Sites: or, How I Learned to Appreciate Antiquarian Backdirt	5
Caving 16,000 Years Ago: Pleistocene Human Movement Within the Decorated Cave of Etxeberri, Western Pyrenees (France)	5
Analyzing Low-Density Assemblages from Fieldwalking Surveys: Hellenistic and Roman Land Use in the Sibaritide (Calabria, Italy)	4
Human Ecology and the Southern Iberian Neolithic: An Approach from Archaeobotany and Archaeozoology	4
Social Landscapes of Euphorbia Kop: A K2 Farmer Settlement with a Forager Presence in Southern Africa	4
Social Dynamics, Knowledge Spheres, and Technological Transfers in Balearic Island Pottery during the 2nd Millennium b.c.	4
An Elite Bronze Age Double-Horse Burial from Western Ukraine and the Chariot Package Dissemination	4
Laser-Aided Profile Measurement and Cluster Analysis of Ceramic Shapes	4
Human Adaptation to the High-Altitude Permafrost Zone at Daisetsuzan National Park, Japan	4
Minimally Invasive High-Resolution Investigation of Site Form and Disturbance at Rat Island (AhGx-7), Cootes Paradise, Ontario	4
Mineralogy and Sourcing of a Stone Bead Industry Found in Communal Cemeteries Associated with Eastern Africa's First Pastoralists, ca. 5000b.p.	3
Scratching the Surface: Integrating Low-Visibility Zones and Large Rural Sites in Landscape Archaeology Using Point Sampling	3
Sherds and the City: Pottery Production, Society, and the Changing Urban Fabric of Fustat, Egypt	3
Unearthing Identity: the Role of Archaeology in Shaping English National Identity and Heritage Interpretation	3
Multi-Period Ore Exploitation in Upper Silesia, Central Europe	3
Temporal Analysis of Looting Activity in Tūwāneh (Southern Jordan)	3
Furrows Without Ridges: Evidence for an Agricultural Field at Angel Mounds (12Vg1), Southwestern Indiana, USA	3
Approaching Marginal Landscapes in Archaeology: the Case of Ravenna’s Reclaimed Wetlands	3
Introduction: How do we Think about Backdirt?	3