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Papers

(The median citation count of Journal of Archaeological Research 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
Breaking Down the “Barbarian” Trope: Strategic Military Coordination in Decentralized Collectives	29
Niche Construction and Long-Term Trajectories of Food Production	28
Collapse Studies in Archaeology from 2012 to 2023	24
Hunting and the Social Lives of Southern Africa’s First Farmers	23
Distributed Urban Networks in the Gulf Lowlands of Veracruz	23
The Contribution of the Anthropology of Techniques to the Study of the Western Linearbandkeramik	21
Eschewing the Apocalyptic: Recent Research on the Aftermath of “Collapse” in Archaeology Across the Americas	18
Rethinking Key Transformations in the Neolithic and Bronze Age Central Europe: A Radiocarbon Modeling Approach	17
Zooarchaeology of Managed, Captive, Tame, and Domestic Birds: Shifts in Human–Avian Relationships	16
Meeting the Urgent Need and Growing Demand for Archaeological Synthesis	13
Was There a 3.2 ka Crisis in Europe? A Critical Comparison of Climatic, Environmental, and Archaeological Evidence for Radical Change during the Bronze Age–Iron Age Transition	13
Agriculture in the Ancient Maya Lowlands (Part 2): Landesque Capital and Long-term Resource Management Strategies	12
Archaeological Research in the Canary Islands: Island Archaeology off Africa’s Atlantic Coast	11
Considering Ideas of Collective Action, Institutions, and “Hunter-Gatherers” in the American Southeast	11
The Past, Ethnic Purity, and the Foundations of Nazi Ideology: Archaeology at War	11
Survey Archaeology in the Mediterranean World: Regional Traditions and Contributions to Long-Term History	10
Agriculture in the Ancient Maya Lowlands (Part 1): Paleoethnobotanical Residues and New Perspectives on Plant Management	10
The Archaeology of Reindeer Domestication and Herding Practices in Northern Fennoscandia	10
Community Formation in the Chulmun (Neolithic) and Mumun (Bronze Age) Periods of Korea	7
Townlands of the Swahili Coast: A Framework for Compact, High-Density Tropical Urbanism on Eastern Africa’s Indian Ocean Rim	7
Reconnecting the Forest, Savanna, and Sahel in West Africa: The Sociopolitical Implications of a Long-Networked Past	5
Complexity Without Monumentality in Biblical Times	5
Reflective Perspectives from 33 Years at the Journal of Archaeological Research	4
Tendencies in the Tempo of Prehistoric Agricultural Expansions	3
From History to Cultural Diversity: The Changing Roles of the Maya Script as Archaeological Data	3

Bone Tool Diversity During the Stone Age: More Insights into the Human Story