Thomas K. Harper

Thomas K. Harper

Penn State University

H-index: 20

North America-United States

About Thomas K. Harper

Thomas K. Harper, With an exceptional h-index of 20 and a recent h-index of 20 (since 2020), a distinguished researcher at Penn State University, specializes in the field of Archaeology, Paleoecology, Radiocarbon, Paleodemography, Paleoclimatology.

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

Testing scale-dependent temporal and spatial biases in relative chronology using AMS 14C dating: A case study of Early–Middle Cucuteni-Tripolye sites in Southeastern Europe

Great Basin Survivance (USA): Challenges and Windfalls of the Neoglaciation/Late Holocene Dry Period (3100–1800 cal BP)

Trans–Holocene Bayesian chronology for tree and field crop use from El Gigante rockshelter, Honduras

Assessing the spread of Eneolithic agricultural communities in the forest-steppe of Ukraine using AMS radiocarbon dating

Genetic continuity and change among the Indigenous peoples of California

Temporal and geographic extent of the late Holocene dry period in the central Great Basin, USA

Two teosintes made modern maize

Genomes from Verteba cave suggest diversity within the Trypillians in Ukraine

Thomas K. Harper Information

University

Position

Department of Anthropology

Citations(all)

2754

Citations(since 2020)

2555

Cited By

1082

hIndex(all)

20

hIndex(since 2020)

20

i10Index(all)

24

i10Index(since 2020)

24

Email

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Penn State University

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Thomas K. Harper Skills & Research Interests

Archaeology

Paleoecology

Radiocarbon

Paleodemography

Paleoclimatology

Top articles of Thomas K. Harper

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Journal

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Publication Date

Testing scale-dependent temporal and spatial biases in relative chronology using AMS 14C dating: A case study of Early–Middle Cucuteni-Tripolye sites in Southeastern Europe

Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports

Aleksandr Diachenko

Thomas K Harper

Dmitriy K Chernovol

Sergiu Bodean

Yevhenii Levinzon

...

2024/5/1

Great Basin Survivance (USA): Challenges and Windfalls of the Neoglaciation/Late Holocene Dry Period (3100–1800 cal BP)

American Antiquity

David Hurst Thomas

David Rhode

Constance I Millar

Douglas J Kennett

Thomas K Harper

...

2023/7

Trans–Holocene Bayesian chronology for tree and field crop use from El Gigante rockshelter, Honduras

Plos one

Douglas J Kennett

Thomas K Harper

Amber VanDerwarker

Heather B Thakar

Alejandra Domic

...

2023/6/23

Assessing the spread of Eneolithic agricultural communities in the forest-steppe of Ukraine using AMS radiocarbon dating

Radiocarbon

Thomas K Harper

Aleksandr Diachenko

Sergei N Ryzhov

Yuri Y Rassamakin

Laurie R Eccles

...

2023/6

Genetic continuity and change among the Indigenous peoples of California

Nature

Nathan Nakatsuka

Brian Holguin

Jakob Sedig

Paul E Langenwalter

John Carpenter

...

2023/12/7

Temporal and geographic extent of the late Holocene dry period in the central Great Basin, USA

Scott Mensing

Wei Wang

David Rhode

Douglas J Kennett

Adam Csank

...

2023/1/15

Two teosintes made modern maize

Science

Ning Yang

Yuebin Wang

Xiangguo Liu

Minliang Jin

Miguel Vallebueno-Estrada

...

2023/12/1

Genomes from Verteba cave suggest diversity within the Trypillians in Ukraine

Scientific Reports

Pere Gelabert

Ryan W Schmidt

Daniel M Fernandes

Jordan K Karsten

Thomas K Harper

...

2022/5/4

The Settlement Record, Paleodemography, and Evidence for Migrations in Eneolithic Ukraine

Thomas K. Harper

2022/4

Assembling the dead: human vertebrae-on-posts in the Chincha Valley, Peru

Antiquity

Jacob L Bongers

Juliana Gómez Mejía

Thomas K Harper

Susanna Seidensticker

2022/4

South-to-north migration preceded the advent of intensive farming in the Maya region

Nature Communications

Douglas J Kennett

Mark Lipson

Keith M Prufer

David Mora-Marín

Richard J George

...

2022/3/22

Drought-induced civil conflict among the ancient Maya

Nature communications

Douglas J Kennett

Marilyn Masson

Carlos Peraza Lope

Stanley Serafin

Richard J George

...

2022/7/19

SARP Revisited: Reconstructing Population Trends Through Large-Scale Analysis of Archaeological Settlement Data

Thomas K Harper

2022

Combining Relative Chronology and AMS 14C Dating to Contextualize ‘Megasites’, Serial Migrations and Diachronic Expressions of Material Culture in the Western Tripolye Culture …

Documenta Praehistorica

Thomas K Harper

Aleksandr Diachenko

Yuri Y Rassamakin

Dmitriy K Chernovol

Valentina A Shumova

...

2021/11/24

A paleogenomic reconstruction of the deep population history of the Andes

Cell

Nathan Nakatsuka

Iosif Lazaridis

Chiara Barbieri

Pontus Skoglund

Nadin Rohland

...

2020/5/28

Archaeological Central American maize genomes suggest ancient gene flow from South America

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Logan Kistler

Heather B Thakar

Amber M VanDerwarker

Alejandra Domic

Anders Bergström

...

2020/12/29

Integration of ancient DNA with transdisciplinary dataset finds strong support for Inca resettlement in the south Peruvian coast

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Jacob L Bongers

Nathan Nakatsuka

Colleen O’Shea

Thomas K Harper

Henry Tantaleán

...

2020/8/4

Ancient genomes in South Patagonia reveal population movements associated with technological shifts and geography

Nature communications

Nathan Nakatsuka

Pierre Luisi

Josefina MB Motti

Mónica Salemme

Fernando Santiago

...

2020/8/3

Early isotopic evidence for maize as a staple grain in the Americas

Science Advances

Douglas J Kennett

Keith M Prufer

Brendan J Culleton

Richard J George

Mark Robinson

...

2020/6/1

See List of Professors in Thomas K. Harper University(Penn State University)

Co-Authors

H-index: 70
Douglas J Kennett

Douglas J Kennett

University of California, Santa Barbara

H-index: 39
Bernhard Weninger

Bernhard Weninger

Universität zu Köln

H-index: 29
José M. Capriles

José M. Capriles

Penn State University

H-index: 24
Sarah McClure

Sarah McClure

University of California, Santa Barbara

H-index: 20
Amber VanDerwarker

Amber VanDerwarker

University of California, Santa Barbara

H-index: 15
Alejandra I. Domic

Alejandra I. Domic

Penn State University

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