| Vertebrate taphonomy RL Lyman Cambridge University Press, 1994 | 5262 | 1994 |
| Quantitative paleozoology RL Lyman Cambridge University Press, 2008 | 1537 | 2008 |
| Bone density and differential survivorship of fossil classes RL Lyman Journal of Anthropological archaeology 3 (4), 259-299, 1984 | 847 | 1984 |
| Quantitative units and terminology in zooarchaeology RL Lyman American Antiquity 59 (1), 36-71, 1994 | 533 | 1994 |
| Applying evolutionary archaeology: A systematic approach MJ O'Brien, RL Lyman Springer Science & Business Media, 2000 | 469 | 2000 |
| Archaeofaunas and butchery studies: a taphonomic perspective RL Lyman Advances in archaeological method and theory, 249-337, 1987 | 386 | 1987 |
| Cladistics is useful for reconstructing archaeological phylogenies: Palaeoindian points from the southeastern United States MJ O'Brien, J Darwent, RL Lyman Journal of Archaeological Science 28 (10), 1115-1136, 2001 | 346 | 2001 |
| Bone frequencies: differential transport, in situ destruction, and the MGUI RL Lyman Journal of Archaeological Science 12 (3), 221-236, 1985 | 337 | 1985 |
| The rise and fall of culture history RL Lyman, MJ O'Brien, RC Dunnell Springer Science & Business Media, 1997 | 327 | 1997 |
| A critical evaluation of bone weathering as an indication of bone assemblage formation RL Lyman, GL Fox Journal of Archaeological Science 16 (3), 293-317, 1989 | 307 | 1989 |
| What taphonomy is, what it isn’t, and why taphonomists should care about the difference RL Lyman Journal of Taphonomy 8 (1), 1-16, 2010 | 289* | 2010 |
| On the body: insect's life stage presence, their postmortem artifacts H NH Forensic taphonomy, 415-441, 1997 | 284 | 1997 |
| Cladistics and archaeology MJ O'Brien, RL Lyman, DS Glover, J Darwent (No Title), 2003 | 277* | 2003 |
| Seriation, stratigraphy, and index fossils: The backbone of archaeological dating MJ O'Brien, RL Lyman Springer Science & Business Media, 2007 | 262 | 2007 |
| Identification, classification and zooarchaeology JC Driver, K Bovy, VL Butler, KD Lupo, RL Lyman, C Otaola Ethnobiology letters 2, 19-39, 2011 | 251 | 2011 |
| Intraspecific prey choice by Amazonian hunters [and comments and reply] M Alvard, JB Alcorn, RE Bodmer, R Hames, K Hill, J Hudson, RL Lyman, ... Current Anthropology 36 (5), 789-818, 1995 | 250 | 1995 |
| The goals of evolutionary archaeology: History and explanation RL Lyman, MJ O'Brien Current Anthropology 39 (5), 615-652, 1998 | 236 | 1998 |
| Taphonomy at a distance: Zhoukoudian," the cave home of beijing man"?[and Comments and Reply] LR Binford, CK Ho, JS Aigner, MH Alimen, LA Borrero, Cheng Te-K'un, ... Current Anthropology 26 (4), 413-442, 1985 | 233 | 1985 |
| On the analysis of vertebrate mortality profiles: sample size, mortality type, and hunting pressure RL Lyman American Antiquity 52 (1), 125-142, 1987 | 192 | 1987 |
| Available meat from faunal remains: a consideration of techniques RL Lyman American Antiquity 44 (3), 536-546, 1979 | 173 | 1979 |
