Alex Mackay

Alex Mackay

University of Wollongong

H-index: 30

Oceania-Australia

About Alex Mackay

Alex Mackay, With an exceptional h-index of 30 and a recent h-index of 21 (since 2020), a distinguished researcher at University of Wollongong, specializes in the field of archaeology, palaeoanthropology, late Pleistocene, Africa, southern Africa.

His recent articles reflect a diverse array of research interests and contributions to the field:

No one home? New evidence for MIS 3 occupations in the Western Cape (South Africa) from Mertenhof Rock Shelter

Variability in Silcrete Heat Treatment at Klein Kliphuis Shelter, South Africa, and Its Role in Core Reduction

The Sedimentary Context of Open-Air Archaeology: A Case Study in the Western Cape’s Doring River Valley, South Africa

Spitzkloof A Rockshelter, South Africa

Coherent changes in wood charcoals, site occupation and lithic technology across the MIS 4/3 transition at Klein Kliphuis rock shelter, South Africa

Varsche Rivier 003, South Africa

Doring River Catchment, South Africa

The Middle Stone Age Sequence at Klipfonteinrand 1 (KFR1), Western Cape, South Africa

Alex Mackay Information

University

Position

Faculty member

Citations(all)

3175

Citations(since 2020)

1586

Cited By

2213

hIndex(all)

30

hIndex(since 2020)

21

i10Index(all)

56

i10Index(since 2020)

46

Email

University Profile Page

University of Wollongong

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Alex Mackay Skills & Research Interests

archaeology

palaeoanthropology

late Pleistocene

Africa

southern Africa

Top articles of Alex Mackay

Title

Journal

Author(s)

Publication Date

No one home? New evidence for MIS 3 occupations in the Western Cape (South Africa) from Mertenhof Rock Shelter

Manuel Will

Zenobia Jacobs

Alex Mackay

2024/4/4

Variability in Silcrete Heat Treatment at Klein Kliphuis Shelter, South Africa, and Its Role in Core Reduction

Lithic Technology

Patrick Schmidt

Peter Hiscock

Alex Mackay

2024/1/2

The Sedimentary Context of Open-Air Archaeology: A Case Study in the Western Cape’s Doring River Valley, South Africa

Soil Systems

Natasha Phillips

Ian Moffat

Alex Mackay

Brian G Jones

2023/3/10

Spitzkloof A Rockshelter, South Africa

Genevieve Dewar

Alex Mackay

Brian A Stewart

2023/8/18

Coherent changes in wood charcoals, site occupation and lithic technology across the MIS 4/3 transition at Klein Kliphuis rock shelter, South Africa

Journal of Quaternary Science

Alex Mackay

Caroline R Cartwright

2023/1

Varsche Rivier 003, South Africa

Teresa E Steele

Alex Mackay

Alex Blackwood

Susan E Lagle

Naomi L Martisius

...

2023/8/18

Doring River Catchment, South Africa

Alex Mackay

Christopher JH Ames

Marika A Low

Jessica-Louise McNeil

Corey A O’Driscoll

...

2023/8/18

The Middle Stone Age Sequence at Klipfonteinrand 1 (KFR1), Western Cape, South Africa

Journal of Paleolithic Archaeology

Alex Mackay

Rosaria BK Saktura

Corey A O’Driscoll

Kelsey C Boyd

Ben Marwick

...

2023/6/14

Replicability in lithic analysis

American antiquity

Justin Pargeter

Alison Brooks

Katja Douze

Metin Eren

Huw S Groucutt

...

2023/4

Middle Stone Age technology from MIS 6 and MIS 5 at Klipfonteinrand 1, South Africa

Corey A O'Driscoll

Alex Mackay

2023/10/15

Environmental influences on human innovation and behavioural diversity in southern Africa 92–80 thousand years ago

Nature Ecology & Evolution

Alex Mackay

Simon J Armitage

Elizabeth M Niespolo

Warren D Sharp

Mareike C Stahlschmidt

...

2022/4

Reconstructing Middle Stone Age mobility patterns from raw material transfers in South Africa’s Still Bay (77–70 ka) technocomplex

Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences

Alex Mackay

Christopher JH Ames

Jessica-Louise McNeil

Matthew Shaw

2022/1

What causes differences in fracture rates of silcrete during heat treatment? A near-infrared study of water-related transformations in South African silcretes

Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports

Sara Watson

Shezani Nasoordeen

Mark N Grote

Alex Mackay

Patrick Schmidt

2021/10/1

Early human impacts and ecosystem reorganization in southern-central Africa

Margaret W Blome

Jessica C Thompson

David K Wright

Sarah J Ivory

Jeong-Heon Choi

...

2021/5/5

Characterising middle stone age core forms along the Doring River, South Africa, and their implications for past technological organisation

The South African Archaeological Bulletin

Matthew Shaw

JESSICA-LOUISE McNEIL

COREY A O’DRISCOLL

Christopher JH Ames

Alex Mackay

2021/12/1

A matter of space and time: How frequent is convergence in lithic technology in the African archaeological record over the last 300 kyr?

Culture history and convergent evolution: Can we detect populations in prehistory?

Manuel Will

Alex Mackay

2020

Robberg material procurement and transport in the Doring River catchment: evidence from the open-air locality of Uitspankraal 9, Western Cape, South Africa

Journal of African Archaeology

Sara Watson

Marika Low

Natasha Phillips

Corey O’Driscoll

Matthew Shaw

...

2020/12/17

On the Operation of Retouch in Southern Africa’s Early Middle Stone Age

Journal of Paleolithic Archaeology

Corey A O’Driscoll

Alex Mackay

2020/12

Excavations at Klipfonteinrand reveal local and regional patterns of adaptation and interaction through MIS 2 in southern Africa

Journal of Paleolithic Archaeology

Alex Mackay

Caroline R Cartwright

Susann Heinrich

Marika A Low

Mareike C Stahlschmidt

...

2019

Evaluating erosional impacts on open-air archaeological sites along the Doring River, South Africa: methods and implications for research prioritization

Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences

Christopher JH Ames

Sherrie Chambers

Matthew Shaw

Natasha Phillips

Brian G Jones

...

2020/5

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Co-Authors

H-index: 64
Zenobia Jacobs

Zenobia Jacobs

University of Wollongong

H-index: 27
Jessica Thompson

Jessica Thompson

Yale University

H-index: 27
Ben Marwick

Ben Marwick

University of Washington

H-index: 24
Patrick Schmidt (ORCID:0000-0002-8727-6127)

Patrick Schmidt (ORCID:0000-0002-8727-6127)

Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen

H-index: 18
Manuel Will

Manuel Will

Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen

H-index: 16
Brian A. Stewart

Brian A. Stewart

University of Michigan-Dearborn

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