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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Run to the Hills: A Stratified Sampling Approach to Site Clustering on High Grounds in Ancient Samnium (Molise, Italy)	21
Rise of the Nomad Kings—Pastoral Polities in the Horn of Africa ( a.d. 650–1000)	16
Long Bones and Antlers for Artifact Production in the Final Late Bronze Age Settlement of Thessaloniki Toumba (Northern Greece, 1210–1040 cal b.c.)	14
Dating and Interpreting Landscapes of Livestock Herding: Excavation of a Hut Site and Enclosure in Southwestern Ireland	12
Backdirting: Theorizing Backdirt through Time, Place, and Process	11
Jels 3, a New Late Palaeolithic Open-Air Site in Denmark, Sheds Light on the Pioneer Colonization of Northern Europe	11
Models of Grinding Stone Manufacture, Use, and Discard from Tigrai, Ethiopia: Opportunities for Cultural Comparisons and Implications for Usewear Analysis	9
Burial Histories, Bodies, and Pots: Mortuary Practices in the Southeastern Rainforests of the Andes during the 1st Millennium a.d. (El Cadillal, Argentina)	9
An Actualistic Experimental Study of Giant Quartzite Core Reduction Strategies: Implications for Large Flake Blank Production and Handaxe Manufacture at Amanzi Springs, South Africa	9
Toward Systematic Underwater Survey of Mediterranean Maritime Activity along the Southern Turkish Coast	9
Urban Archaeology in the Lower Amazon: Fieldwork Uncovering Large Pre-Colonial Villages in Santarém City, Brazil	8
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	8
Drone Survey to Monitor Erosion Impacts on Coastal Archaeological Sites	8
The Social Construction of Backdirt in Chaco Archaeology	8
The Effect of Moral and Threat Appeals on Reducing Depreciative Behavior at Rock Imagery Sites	8
Metal Detecting in the Wake of 16th Century a.d. Spanish Expeditions	7
Persian Paradises: Unveiling the Sasanian Dastgerd of Mohammadabad-Baghdasht, South of Jereh, Pars, Iran	6
Caving 16,000 Years Ago: Pleistocene Human Movement Within the Decorated Cave of Etxeberri, Western Pyrenees (France)	6
A Techno-Functional Analysis of Acheulean Backed Knives from Wonderboom, South Africa	6
Sacrifice, Subsistence, and Sacra in Stela Cave: Maya Ritual Practice in Patterns of Ceremonial Chipped Stone	6
Collaborative Science and Digital Tools: Monitoring Heritage at Risk during the People of Guana Project	6
A Symmetrical Archaeology Approach to Previously Excavated Sites: or, How I Learned to Appreciate Antiquarian Backdirt	6
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	6
High-Resolution Spatial Analysis of Archaeobotanical Remains from a Kitchen Context in Imperial Late Antique (ca. a.d. 600) Dhiban, Jordan	6
First Evidence of Burial Practices and Stone Constructions from the 15th Century a.d. Pre-Colonial Middle Cuanza River, Angola	5

In between the Sites: Understanding Late Holocene Manteño Agricultural Contexts in the Chongón-Colonche Mountains of Coastal Ecuador through UAV-Lidar and Excavation	5
Analyzing Low-Density Assemblages from Fieldwalking Surveys: Hellenistic and Roman Land Use in the Sibaritide (Calabria, Italy)	5
Gone with the Wind, Waves, and Walking: Prioritizing Research at Vulnerable Archaeological Sites in Coastal Zones	5
Household Labor Practices and Dryland Agroforestry in Upland Kula, Maui Island	5
An Elite Bronze Age Double-Horse Burial from Western Ukraine and the Chariot Package Dissemination	4
Fools Rush In: Zooarchaeology as Slow Science and an Archaeology of Care in Late Nasca Peru ( a.d. 450–650)	4
Dirty Evidence: Multi-Method Identification of Daub, Animal Dung, or Human Excrement at Angel Mounds	4
Multi-Period Ore Exploitation in Upper Silesia, Central Europe	4
Social Dynamics, Knowledge Spheres, and Technological Transfers in Balearic Island Pottery during the 2nd Millennium b.c.	4
Laser-Aided Profile Measurement and Cluster Analysis of Ceramic Shapes	4
Minimally Invasive High-Resolution Investigation of Site Form and Disturbance at Rat Island (AhGx-7), Cootes Paradise, Ontario	4
Human Ecology and the Southern Iberian Neolithic: An Approach from Archaeobotany and Archaeozoology	4
Human Adaptation to the High-Altitude Permafrost Zone at Daisetsuzan National Park, Japan	4
Social Landscapes of Euphorbia Kop: A K2 Farmer Settlement with a Forager Presence in Southern Africa	4
Temporal Analysis of Looting Activity in Tūwāneh (Southern Jordan)	3
Classifying Functional Areas at the Roman Villa of Mascherone (Manfredonia, Italy): Modeling Sparse Surface Survey Count Data using a Bayesian Zero-Inflated Negative Binomial Model	3
Hidden in Plain Sight: The Unrecognized Contribution of the Survey of India in the Documentation of Ancient Settlements in Pakistan and India	3
Furrows Without Ridges: Evidence for an Agricultural Field at Angel Mounds (12Vg1), Southwestern Indiana, USA	3
Detection of Hunting Pits using Airborne Laser Scanning and Deep Learning	3
Unearthing Identity: the Role of Archaeology in Shaping English National Identity and Heritage Interpretation	3
Sherds and the City: Pottery Production, Society, and the Changing Urban Fabric of Fustat, Egypt	3
Approaching Marginal Landscapes in Archaeology: the Case of Ravenna’s Reclaimed Wetlands	3
Introduction: How do we Think about Backdirt?	3
Mineralogy and Sourcing of a Stone Bead Industry Found in Communal Cemeteries Associated with Eastern Africa's First Pastoralists, ca. 5000b.p.	3